MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 333, December 6, 1964 ]
PROCLAIMING THE EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY IN THE PROVINCE OF SURIGAO DEL SUR
WHEREAS, as a result of typhoon Louise, the inhabitants of Surigao del Sur 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 price 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 certain 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 hiding, concealing, or hoarding the goods, or commodities for the same purposes.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 6th day of December 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
NOTE: For the average retail prices of prime commodities, refer to price lists for Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur published in the Official Gazette issue, dated December 14, 1964.
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