Act No. 1769

: The primary purpose of Act No. 1769 is to amend Act No. 1396, "The Special Provincial Government Act," by authorizing provincial boards to grant licenses for collecting edible birds' nests and to make regulations to prevent the extermination of the birds that build such nests.
: Provincial boards are authorized to grant licenses for collecting edible birds' nests.
: Provincial boards have the power to make regulations necessary to prevent the extermination of the birds that build edible nests and to protect the edible birds' nest industry.
: Any person collecting edible birds' nests without a license or violating any regulations may be punished by a fine not exceeding one peso, or imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the court.
: Yes, the Act states that the taking of one nest without a license constitutes an offense.
: The fees and penalties collected are to be paid into the township and settlement fund.
: This Act took effect upon its passage on October 11, 1907.
: Section seventeen of Act No. 1396 was amended by adding a paragraph authorizing licensing and regulation concerning edible birds' nests.
: The maximum imprisonment term is thirty days.
: The passage was expedited in accordance with Section Two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed on September 26, 1900.