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Friday, April 28, 2006
Prov’l board okays curfew ordinance
By Victor L. Camion
ALL minors below 18 in the municipality of Bacong will now be banned from wandering or loitering in public places, including beaches, from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.
The Provincial Board declared valid the municipal curfew ordinance of Bacong last week.
Provincial Legal Officer Erwin Vergara said the curfew ordinance conforms to the Local Government Code of 1991 and other related laws.
Violators of the ordinance will be fined not less than P1,000 or more than P1,500 or will be jailed for not less than two days or more than 10 days or both at the discretion of the Court.
"Recidivism shall be taken into consideration by the court in imposing the penalty," the ordinance, authored by councilors Alberto Leong and Restituto Figuez, said.
The curfew ordinance, however, exempts minors accompanied by their parents, guardians, or adult in-charge of their custody.
Minors, attending purely scholastic functions such as commencement exercises, convocations or other educational programs, attending religious masses or services during yuletide seasons, new year's eve and holy week rites, attending meetings of the Youth Council, or any activities involving politics like elections referendum, are also exempted.
Other cases that are exempted are minors en route to their homes or involved in emergency cases like fire, war, invasions, insurgencies or rebellions, floods, earthquakes, or any kind of both man made and natural disasters during curfew hours.
The local police and barangay officials will enforce the ordinance.
The police will sound a whistle or siren 15 minutes before curfew time and another whistle or siren at exactly 10 p.m. to signal the start of curfew hours.
The next siren at 4 a.m. will signal the end of the curfew hours.
(April 27, 2006 issue)
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