REPUBLIC ACT NO. 127, June 14, 1947

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 127, June 14, 1947 ]

AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION TWENTY-ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCUST ACT.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Section twenty-one of Act Numbered Twenty-four hundred and seventy-two, otherwise known as the Locust Act, exempting from service in the destruction of locusts officers of the National Government, officers or servants of companies engaged in the business of common carriers on sea or land, priests or ministers of the gospel, physicians, "practicantes," pharmacists, "practicantes de farmacia," actually engaged in business, or lawyers actually engaged in court proceedings, and such provincial and municipal officials as may be designated by the locust board, is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, June 14, 1947.