AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9296, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE MEAT INSPECTION CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES"
Meat Inspection Code Amendment
Year:
2013
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
May 15, 2013
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This Act amends Republic Act No. 9296, known as the Meat Inspection Code of the Philippines, to enhance the regulatory framework for meat inspection and establish a Meat Inspection Service Development Trust Fund. It aims to improve the standards and enforcement mechanisms related to meat safety and quality in the Philippines.Full Text
Fifteenth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand twelve.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 10536
AN ACT AMENDING , OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE MEAT INSPECTION CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES"
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. Section 4 of Republic Act No. 9296, otherwise known as "The Meat Inspection Code of the Philippines", hereinafter referred to as the "Act", is hereby amended by inserting between subsections 15 and 16, to be designated as subsection 16, to read as follows:
Section 2. Section 7 of the Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 3. Section 9 of the Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 4. Section 46 of the Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 5. Section 47 of the Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 6. Section 56 of the Act is hereby deleted and replaced with a new Section 56 to read as follows:
Section 7. If, for any reason, any provision of this Act is declared to be unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions hereof which are not affected shall continue to be in full force and effect.
Section 8. All laws, decrees, executive orders and other administrative issuances and parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby deemed repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
Section 9. This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days from its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,
This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 3388 and House Bill No. 5490 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on February 4, 2013.
Approved: MAY 15 2013
(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
President of the Philippines
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