QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 319)
A “night club” includes any place or establishment selling to the public food or drink where customers are allowed to dance.
It includes any place where dancing is permitted to the public and where professional hostesses or dancers are employed, or where an admission fee or any other charge for dancing is collected.
Any woman employed by these establishments to entertain guests at their table or to dance with them.
Any woman who dances in these establishments for a fee or remuneration paid directly or indirectly by the operator or by the persons with whom she dances.
They cannot be established within 1,000 lineal meters from any city hall/municipal building/provincial building, public plaza, public school, church, hospital, athletic stadium, public park, or any institution of learning or charity.
They must have a properly ventilated, well-lighted, and sanitary dancing space at all times while open, with no dark corners, and the building must be safe for dancing purposes (including certification by the city or district engineer).
There shall be no private rooms or separate compartments except those assigned for lavatories, dressing rooms for ladies, bar and kitchen. If the establishment also operates a hotel, the dancing and dining hall must be on a floor separate from lodging rooms.
At least two sets: one exclusively for women and another for men.
The establishment must be properly enclosed with a fence with only one entrance and no direct or indirect communication with any dwelling place/house/building except through said entrance.
It must have proper places for parking vehicles to avoid congestion and blocking of traffic, either an open ground or a parking place with one door for entrance and another for exit.
From 5:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight every day, except Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve as stated in the proviso, and Saturdays/days preceding official holidays/town fiestas when they may be open until 2:00 a.m. of the following day.
If duly licensed to operate a regular restaurant/café/refreshment parlor, it may remain open before or after the stated hours to serve only meals or refreshments, without permitting dancing.
Minors under 18, persons carrying deadly weapons or firearms (except government officials performing public functions), and intoxicated persons.
When they are in private parties and accompanied by their parents or guardians.
They must be at least 21 years old and must obtain a written certificate from the District or City Health Officer that they are free from contagious or infectious diseases. With written consent of parents/guardians, women aged 18 to below 21 may be employed.
Once every three months.