QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 319)
A “night club” is any place or establishment selling to the public food or drink where customers are allowed to dance.
It is any place or establishment where dancing is permitted to the public and where professional hostesses/dancers are employed, or where an admission fee or any other charge for dancing is collected.
Any woman employed by the establishments defined in the Order to entertain guests at their table or to dance with them.
Any woman who dances at any of the 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 specified public/educational/religious/charitable places such as city hall/municipal buildings, public plaza, public school, church, hospital, athletic stadium, public park, institutions of learning, or of charity.
There must be a dancing space that is properly ventilated, well lighted, maintained under sanitary conditions at all times while open, with no dark corners, and the building must be safe for dancing purposes.
Generally no. There shall be no private rooms or separate compartments except those assigned for lavatories, dressing rooms for ladies, bar and kitchen.
The dancing and dining hall must be on a floor separate from its lodging rooms.
At least two sets of lavatories: one exclusively for women and another for men.
The building must be certified by the city or district engineer as safe for dancing purposes.
They must be properly enclosed with a fence with only one entrance; there should be no direct or indirect communication with any dwelling house or building except through the entrance; and there must be proper parking facilities to avoid congestion and blocking of traffic (open ground or with one entrance door and another exit door).
From 5:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight every day, except Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, and additional exceptions for Saturdays and days preceding official holidays and town fiestas.
On Saturdays and days preceding official holidays and on days falling on town fiestas (until 2:00 a.m. of the following day), except Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve are separately excepted in the provision.
It may remain open before or after the prescribed hours to serve only meals or refreshments, but dancing must not take place therein during those extended hours.
Minors under 18, persons carrying deadly weapons or firearms (except government officials in public function), and intoxicated persons shall not be admitted nor allowed to remain as customer, employee, or in any capacity.
When they are in private parties and accompanied by their parents or guardians.
They must be at least 21 years old and must first obtain a written certificate from the District or City Health Officer that they are free from contagious/infectious diseases; with parents’/guardians’ written consent, those aged 18 but below 21 may be employed. They must also obtain the required medical certificate once every three months.