Amendment on Local Fiesta Date and Cockfighting Rules

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Act No. 2377: Amendment on Local Fiesta Date and Cockfighting Rules

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Title Source: Supreme Court: Amendment on Local Fiesta Date and Cockfighting Rules

Law: Act No. 2377

Decision Date: Feb 28, 1914

The amendment to Act No. 2377 allows municipalities organized under Act Numbered Eighty-Two to fix or change the dates of their fiestas, taking into consideration important events and history, while also granting the council authority to regulate cockfighting and prohibit card games in cockpits.

Law Summary

Requirements for Changing Local Fiesta Dates

A resolution fixing or changing the local fiesta date must be passed by a two-thirds majority of all municipal council members.
No change of the fiesta date may be made before five years have elapsed since the last date was fixed.
A local fiesta may only be held once each year and must occur exactly on the designated date unless exceptional circumstances justify a change.

Exceptions to Fiesta Date and Frequency

The fiesta date may be changed within the same year for weighty reasons such as typhoons, inundations, earthquakes, epidemics, or other public calamities.
Such change in date also requires a resolution by the municipal council.

Regulation of Cockfighting during Fiestas

The municipal council has authority to regulate, permit, or prohibit cockfighting and the keeping or training of fighting cocks within the municipality.
Cockfights may only legally occur in licensed cockpits on legal holidays and during a period not exceeding three days for the local fiesta celebration.
Card games or games of chance are prohibited on the premises of cockpits during such events.

Repeal of Previous Conflicting Acts

Acts Numbered Nineteen Hundred and Nine and Two Thousand and Fifty-Four are repealed as of the effectivity of this Act.

Effectivity

The Act takes effect immediately upon its passage on February 28, 1914.

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