MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 38, May 19, 1966 ]

CALLING THE CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES TO A SPECIAL SESSION

WHEREAS, the public interest requires that the Congress of the Philippines be convened in a special session in order to consider urgent legislative measures;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby call the Congress of the Philippines to a special session for such number of days as may be necessary but not to exceed thirty (30) days commencing tomorrow, May 20, 1966, at five o’clock in the afternoon, to consider the following subjects and such other subjects as may be certified to the Congress by me:

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1. H. No. 3411 – “AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE INCREASE OF PHILIPPINE ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM.”
2. H. No. 2
S. No. 374 – “AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO REORGANIZE WITHIN ONE YEAR THE DIFFERENT EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS, OFFICES, AGENCIES, AND INSTRUMENTALITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE CORPORATIONS OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY IT.”
3. H. No. 3136 – “AN ACT CREATING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE COMMISSION.”
4. H. No. 3802 – “AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO INCUR, ON BEHALF OF THE REPUBLIC, LOANS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT AND/OR OTHER FOREIGN OR INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO FINANCE AN EXPANDED PROGRAM OR IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.”
5. H. No. 12 – “AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND, ENTITLED ‘AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ISSUE BONDS TO FINANCE PUBLIC WORKS AND PROJECTS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AUTHORIZED BY LAW, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES’, AS AMENDED.”
6. H. No. 4 – “AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN, AS AMENDED, AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO INCUR OR GUARANTEE FOREIGN DEBTS IN BEHALF OF THE REPUBLIC FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.”
7. H. No. 5
S. No. 12 – “AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTIONS (a), (b), (d), (e) AND (h) OF SECTION 2 AND SECTIONS 3, 6, 12 AND 19 OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACTS NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED ELEVEN AND THREE THOUSAND SEVENTY-NINE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REPARATIONS LAW SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE UTILIZATION OF ALL REPARATIONS PAYMENTS BY THE GOVERNMENT.”
8. H. No. 1534 – “AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.”
9. S. No. 24 – “AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS OF THE PHILIPPINES.”
10. H. No. 3867 – “AN ACT CREATING A PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD, PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.”
11. H. No. 6802 – “AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND SYNCHRONIZING SAME WITH PREVIOUS PUBLIC WORKS APPROPRIATIONS.”
12. H. No. 6951 – “AN ACT TO CREATE THE POLICE COMMISSION AND TO AMEND AND REVISE THE LAWS RELATIVE TO THE LOCAL POLICE SYSTEM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.”
13. H. No. 1131 – “AN ACT APPROPRIATING ONE HUNDRED MILLION PESOS TO FINANCE THE PESO COUNTERPART REQUIREMENT OF THE LOAN OF TWENTY MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT, KNOWN AS THE WORLD BANK, TO THE NATIONAL WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE AUTHORITY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE MANILA AND SUBURBS WATER SYSTEM.”
14. H. No. 3772 – “AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN, ENTITLED ‘AN ACT CREATING A PUBLIC CORPORATION TO BE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE AUTHORITY.'”

All persons entitled to sit as members of the Congress of the Philippines are requested to take notice 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.

Done in the City of Manila, this 19th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-six.1aшphi1

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary


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