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FULL TITLE : AN ACT REGULATING THE CATCHING SALE, PURCHASE, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, IMPORTATION, AND EXPORTATION OF ALL SHARKS, RAYS, CHIMAERAS, OR ANY PART THEREOF IN THE COUNTRY
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Date filed
July 9, 2018
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Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB07912 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT REGULATING THE CATCHING SALE, PURCHASE, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, IMPORTATION, AND EXPORTATION OF ALL SHARKS, RAYS, CHIMAERAS, OR ANY PART THEREOF IN THE COUNTRY | |
| ABSTRACT : Provides for the conservation and protection of sharks, management of their threats, and creation of shark sanctuaries. Declares the following acts as illegal and penalizes the same: killing, taking, keeping in captivity, inflicting injury, harassing and trading vulnerable, threatened, endangered, or critically endangered species, and finning of sharks, among others. | |
| ALIAS NAME : "Shark Conservation Act of the Philippines." | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : MACAPAGAL ARROYO, GLORIA | |
| DATE FILED : 2018-07-09 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Biazon (000 2018-09-03) | 2. Olivarez (000 2018-09-04) |
| 3. Fortun (000 2018-09-24) | 4. Tambunting (000 2018-09-27) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| MOTHER BILL: HB08926 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES ON 2018-07-30 |
Abstract
Provides for the conservation and protection of sharks, management of their threats, and creation of shark sanctuaries. Declares the following acts as illegal and penalizes the same: killing, taking, keeping in captivity, inflicting injury, harassing and trading vulnerable, threatened, endangered, or critically endangered species, and finning of sharks, among others. ']
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