Proclamation No. 464




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 464, October 1, 1965 ] PROCLAIMING THE EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS, AND THE CITIES OF LIPA AND TAGAYTAY. WHEREAS, the recent eruptions of the Taal Volcano have caused widespread desolation and tremendous destruction to life and property among the people as well as great damage to agricultural crops, livestocks, fisheries and other vital productive industries in the areas surrounding and near said volcano; WHEREAS, the aforesaid calamity has wrought havoc and suffering among the inhabitants of the municipalities of Talisay, San Nicolas, Agoncillo, Taal, Tanauan, Lemery, Mataasnakahoy and Cuenca, province of Batangas, and the cities of Lipa and Tagaytay, with the consequent scarcity of commodities of prime necessity in the daily life of the people and the excessive increase in the price of said commodities due to profiteering and hoarding by those who control the supply of prime commodities, threatening the people of said areas with famine and untold hardships; and WHEREAS, it is imperative that immediate steps be taken to cope effectively with the emergency so as to avert panic and disorder ‘among the people of the aforesaid areas; NOW THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Act No. 4164 of the Philippine Legislature, entitled “An Act. to prevent excessive increase in the price of certain prime necessities in 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 municipalities of Talisay, San Nicolas, Agoncillo, Taal, Tanauan, Lemery, Mataasnakahoy and Cuenca, province of Batangas, and the cities of Lipa and Tagaytay. During the existence of such calamity, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation in said municipalities and cities (1) to sell or offer for sale palay, rice, corn, cloth, milk, canned goods, sugar and other foodstuffs, building and construction materials and ether prime necessities in life at prices higher by twenty-five per cent (25%) or more, over and above the average current local price of such commodities one month prior to the occurence 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 and commodities for the same purpose. The Secretary of Commerce and Industry is hereby empowered to carry this proclamation into effect and is hereby authorized to call upon such entities and instrumentalities of Government as may be needed to give the necessary cooperation and assistance for the successful prosecution of this proclamation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1 Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-five. DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL President of the Philippines By the President: SALVADOR L. MARIÑO Acting Assistant Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation