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ACT NO. 3852 - AN ACT TO
AMEND SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR, PARAGRAPH TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND SEVENTY-SEVEN
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Section 1. Section eighteen hundred and forty-four, paragraph
two of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the
Administrative Code, as amended by Act Numbered Three thousand and
seventy-seven, is hereby further amended so as to read as follows: "As custodian and administrator
of public lands classified by the Bureau of Forestry as non-timber
lands, and of other real property of the Insular Government, the
Director of Lands, with the approval of the Department Head shall have
power to regulate the occupation or provisional use thereof, specifying
in the regulations what kind of license shall be issued by the Director
of Lands, including licenses for the taking of stone, sand, gravel, and
earth from lands of the public domain or from the beds of seas, rivers,
streams, creeks, and other public waters, where such taking is not
otherwise regulated under existing law; Provided, That the amounts
which may be collected for licenses to take such materials shall accrue
to the roads and bridges fund of the province concerned: And provided,
further, That for the purposes of this Act, provincial treasurers are
designated deputies of the Director of Lands."
Sec. 2. Section twenty-seven hundred and fifty-three of Act Numbered twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code, as amended by Act Numbered Three thousand and seventy-seven is hereby further amended by adding thereto subsection (c) which shall read as follows: "(c) Any person who for
commercial purposes and without proper license, takes directly or
indirectly stone, gravel, sand, and earth from lands of the public
domain or from the beds of seas, rivers, stream, creeks, and other
public waters, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred
pesos or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or by both fine and
imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court."
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved: November 12, 1931. |
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