ARTICLE  XIII Celebration of Fiestas SECTION  2228 . Celebration of Fiesta. —  A fiesta may be held in each municipality not oftener than once a year upon a date fixed by the municipal council. A fiesta shall not be held upon any other date than that lawfully fixed therefor, except when for weig hty reasons, such as typhoons, inundations, earthquakes, epidemics, or other public calamities, the fiesta cannot be held on the date fixed, in which case it may be held at a later date in the same year, by resolution of the council. [2377-1; 2477-1.] SECTION  2229 . Changing Date of Fiesta. —  A municipal council may, by resolution passed by two-thirds of all the members of the council, change the fixed date for the celebration of the fiesta; but when the date has been once fixed by the municipal council,  it shall not be changed with greater frequency than once in five years. [2377-1.] SECTION  2230 . Fixing Date of Fiesta. —  In fixing or changing the date of the fiesta, the municipal council shall give preference to a date which, by reason of an important event in the municipality, the province, the Philippine Archipelago, and in general,  in the history of the Philippine Islands or of the United States, may be considered memorable and worthy of being commemorated by a local fiesta. [1909-1; 2054-3; 2377-1.] SECTION  2231 . Restriction Upon Cockfighting. —  Cockfighting shall take place only in licensed cockpits and, except as provided in the next succeeding section hereof, only upon legal holidays and for a period of not exceeding three days during the celebrati on of the local fiesta. No card game or games of chance of any kind shall be permitted on the premises of the cockpit. ARTICLE  XIV Cockfighting [2477-1.] SECTION  2232 . Cockfighting at Fairs and Carnivals. —  In provinces where the provincial board resolves that a fair or exposition of agricultural and 655 Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011