Act No. 3023, March 08, 1922

[ Act No. 3023, March 08, 1922 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROHIBITING THE MANUFACTURE, POSSESSION, AND SALE OF DYNAMITE AND OTHER EXPLOSIVES WITHOUT A SPECIAL PERMIT, PROVIDING A PENALTY THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same: SECTION 1. Sections one and two of Act Numbered Twenty-two hundred and fifty-five are hereby amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. The manufacture, distribution, storage, use or possession of gunpowder, dynamite, explosives, blasting supplies, or ingredients thereof, except in accordance with the provisions hereof and of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and ninety-nine, as amended, is hereby declared illegal: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the manufacture, purchase, importation or possession of dynamite, explosives or their ingredients by the Army and Navy of the United States Licenses: of America: Provided, further, That the Chief of Constabulary may, upon application, under such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by him and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, issue licenses as follows:

"( a ) Dealer's license, authorizing the importation, purchase, possession, sale, transfer, and general business handling gunpowder, dynamite, explosives or their ingredients.

"( b ) Manufacturer's license, authorizing the manufacture of gunpowder, dynamite, explosives, or their ingredients, or the manufacture and sale of fireworks for use on fiesta days, etc.

"( c ) Purchaser's license, authorizing the purchase and possession of dynamite, explosives or their ingredients for use in mines, quarries, road construction, wrecking and for use in any other legal and lawful occupation.

"( d ) Foreman's license, authorizing the purchase and possession of dynamite, explosives, or their ingredients by workmen in mines, quarries, road construction, wrecking or for use in any other legal and lawful public or private works."

"SEC. 2. Any person violating the provisions of the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not less than six hundred pesos nor more than two thousand pesos, and by imprisonment for not less than three months nor more than two years, in the discretion of the court."

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

Approved, March 8, 1922.