Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 11382)
Under Act No. 1147, 'large cattle' include carabaos, horses, mules, asses, and all members of the bovine family.
Owners of large cattle must register their private brands at the office of the treasurer of the municipality of their residence by filing in triplicate copies of their brands.
No person shall register or file a duplicate of any brand previously registered in the name of another, unless they provide satisfactory evidence of having succeeded to the rights to such brand.
Each municipality must have a distinctive brand for branding large cattle owned by the municipality and for counter branding cattle owned by persons in the municipality that do not bear another municipality’s counter brand.
Unbranded cattle at least two years old found within a municipality must be branded on the right with the owner's registered brand and counter-branded on the left hip with the registered brand of the municipality.
Failure to brand, register, or re-register large cattle is punishable by a fine of not less than two pesos nor more than five pesos or by imprisonment of not less than five days nor more than thirty days, or both, for each animal.
The municipal treasurer must verify the production of the original certificate of ownership and certificates of transfer for branded cattle or other evidence of ownership for unbranded cattle before issuing a slaughter permit.
Yes, cattle imported for immediate slaughter need not be branded or registered, but must comply with the provisions of section 30 regarding slaughter permits.
Seized or estray animals must be delivered to the municipal treasurer who shall care for them, post notices for owners to claim them within 15 days, and if unclaimed, the animals may be sold at public auction by order of the provincial board.
Refusing to produce required certificates on demand is punishable by a fine of not less than ten pesos nor more than five hundred pesos, or imprisonment for one to six months, or both at the court’s discretion.
Yes, each certificate of registration and transfer must have affixed a special one peso stamp which must be canceled by the municipal treasurer with the municipal seal, and the cost is paid by the owner or purchaser.
Sales must be recorded by the municipal treasurer with details of owners, purchaser, description of the animal, and a certificate of transfer must be issued signed and countersigned by municipal officials and the parties involved.
Yes, but duties and responsibilities are performed by persons designated in writing by the provincial governor and funds accruing are handled through the provincial treasury for the benefit of those localities.
It is prohibited to slaughter or kill large cattle for food at the municipal slaughterhouse without a permit issued by the municipal treasurer, and violation is punishable by fines or imprisonment or both.
Proceeds are paid into the municipal treasury, with expenses deducted. After one year from the sale, net proceeds become municipal funds subject to appropriation by the municipality.