[ Act No. 62, December 21, 1900 ]

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PROVOST-MARSHAL-GENERAL TO ESTABLISH POLICE AND HEALTH REGULATIONS IN THE NATURE OF MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF MANILA.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that:SECTION 1. The Provost-Marshal-General shall have power, subject to the approval of the Military Governor, to make and issue police and health regulations in the nature of municipal ordinances for the city of Manila, not in violation of existing orders of the Military Governor or legislation of the Commission, which he shall, after their issue, report to the Commission through the Military Governor.SEC. 2. Provision may be made in said regulations for the hearing and punishment of violations of said regulations in the inferior or superior provost courts of Manila, but the punishment for any such violation shall not exceed one hundred pesos or three months imprisonment, or both.SEC. 3. The Commission may suspend, amend, or repeal said regulations.SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.Enacted, December 21, 1900.

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