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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 67, August 9, 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 on August 15, 1966, at ten o’clock in the morning, to consider the following subjects and such other subjects as may be certified to the Congress by me:

1.	H. No. 2	–	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.
	S. No. 374
2.	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.1aшphi1
3.	H. No. 5	–	AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (a), (b), (d), (e) AND (h) OF SECTION TWO AND SECTIONS THREE, SIX, TWELVE AND NINETEEN 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.
	S. No. 12
4.	S. No. 388	–	AN ACT CREATING CIRCUIT CRIMINAL COURTS TO TRY AND DECIDE CERTAIN CRIMINAL CASES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
	H. No. 9801
5.	S. No. 389	–	AN ACT PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL PROSECUTORS IN THE PROSECUTIONDIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, ENLARGING AND REORGANIZING ITS PROSECUTION STAFF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
	H. No. 9802
6.	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.
7.	H. No. 879	–	AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX AND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED (re specific tax on cigarettes).
8.	H. No. 921	–	AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED TWENTY AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE (re capital stock of National Power Corporation).
9.	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 DEVELOPMENT OF THE MANILA AND SUBURBS WATER SYSTEM.
	S. No. 423
10.	H. No. 2035	–	AN ACT FURTHER AMENDING SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND FIFTY-TWO, AS AMENDED (re increase of subscription to the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development).
	S. No. 159
11.	H. No. 3136	–	AN ACT CREATING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE COMMISSION.
12.	H. No. 3867	–	AN ACT CREATING A PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD, PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
	S. No. 338
13.	H. No. 6396	–	AN ACT APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX TO JUNE THIRTY, NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
14.	H. No. 6951	–	AN ACT TO CREATE THE POLICE COMMISSION AND TO AMEND AND REVISE THE LAWS RELATIVE TO THE LOCAL POLICE SYSTEM AND OTHER PURPOSES.

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 9th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-six.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary

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