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Chief Of The Phil. Cons., Et Al. vs. Judge, Et Al.

THE CHIEF OF THE PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY and THE CHIEF, GENERAL AFFAIRS , PHILIPPINE ARMY, petitioners, vs. THE JUDGE, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF RIZAL, CALOOCAN CITY and LEON ROQUE, respondents.

G.R. No. L-22308 | 1966-03-31

D E C I S I O N 


CONCEPCION, J.: 

The issue in these three (3) cases is substantially the same, namely: whether a municipal ordinance may validly authorize licensed cockpits to hold cockfights on days other than those mentioned in Sections 2285 and 2286 of the Revised Administrative Code. 1 

G.R. No. L-22308 involves an ordinance of the City of Caloocan 2 vesting in its mayor the power to authorize the holding of cockfights in license cockpits on ordinary days, not exceeding three (3) days of any one (1) week. Pursuant to this ordinance, the Mayor of Caloocan had authorized the Grace Park Cockpit, operated by Leon Roque, to...