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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 325, November 23, 1964 ]

PROCLAIMING THE EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY IN THE PROVINCE OF SURIGAO DEL NORTE

WHEREAS, as a result of typhoon Louise, the inhabitants of Surigao del Norte are threatened with death, famine, disorder, and epidemic; and

WHEREAS, the crisis in the aforesaid province is aggravated by the excessive increase in the price of certain prime necessities of life;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Act 4164 of the Philippine Legislature, entitled “An Act to prevent the excessive increase in the price of cetrain prime necessities of life on the occasion of a public calamity, penalizing the violation thereof, and for other purposes,” do hereby proclaim and certify that a state of public calamity exists in the above-mentioned province, and during the existence of such calamity, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation in the aforesaid province, (1) to sell or offer for sale palay, rice, corn, cloth, milk, canned goods, sugar, and other foodstuffs, building and construction materials, at prices higher by twenty-five per cent or more over and above the average current local price of such commodities one month previous to the occurrence of such public calamity as may be determined by the Director of Commerce; and (2) to aggravate the crisis by refusing for the purpose of profiteering to sell at the legal price or by bidding, concealing, or hoarding the goods, or commodities for the same purpose.1aшphi1

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-four.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:

JUAN S. CANCIO
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary

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