[ Proclamation No. 199, May 18, 1967 ]
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;
1. “AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”.
2. “AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND SYNCHRONIZING SAME WITH PREVIOUS PUBLIC WORKS APPROPRIATIONS”.
3. “AN ACT PRESCRIBING INCENTIVES AND GUARANTEES TO INVESTMENTS IN THE PHILIPPINES, CREATING A BOARD OF INVESTMENTS, APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”.
4. “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 CORPORATION OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY IT”.
“AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, WITH THE HELP OF A COMMISSION ON REORGANIZATION, TO REORGANIZE WITHIN EIGHTEEN MONTHS THE DIFFERENT EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS, OFFICES, AGENCIES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT INCLUDING BANKING OR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND CORPORATIONS OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY IT, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS”.
5. “DECENTRALIZATION ACT OF 1967”.
6. “AN ACT AMENDING SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY OF COMMONWEALTH ACT 466, AS INSERTED BY REPUBLIC ACT 2345 (re disposition of proceeds of income, inheritance and gift taxes)”.
7. “AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 21 OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 466, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES (re rates of tax on citizens or residents)”.
8. “AN ACT AMENDING SUBSECTIONS (a) AND (b) OF SECTION 24 OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 446, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES (re rates of tax on corporations)”.
9. “AN ACT INCREASING THE SPECIFIC TAX ON CERTAIN DISTILLED SPIRITS AND ON FERMENTED LIQUORS AND LIMITING TO DISTILLERIES THE PROCESS OF DENATURATION, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SECTIONS 133, 135, AND 164 OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE”.
10. “AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 260 AND 260-A OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 466, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AS AMENDED”.
11. “AN ACT FURTHER AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3127, AS AMENDED, AUTHORIZING THE EXEMPTION OF BASIC INDUSTRIES FROM THE PAYMENT OF CERTAIN TAXES”.
12. “AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 12 OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 466, AS AMENDED, KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (re assignment of internal revenue agents and other employees to other duties)”.
13. “AN ACT ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING CAREER INTERNAL REVENUE AND CUSTOMS SERVICES”.1aшphi1
14. “AN ACT AMENDING COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 466, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED, BY INSERTING A NEW SECTION PROVIDING FOR THE CONFISCATION AND FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY USED IN THE COMMISSION OF CRIMES UNDER SUCH CODE”.
15. “AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES”.
16. “AN ACT CREATING A PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD, PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”.
17. “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REVISED ELECTION CODE AND THE USE OF THE PERMANENT LIST OF VOTERS PREPARED PURSUANT THERETO FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE ELECTIONS OF NOVEMBER, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN”.
18. “AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE ADDITIONAL SUM OF THIRTY MILLION PESOS TO ADEQUATELY COVER THE COST AND EXPENSES IN THE ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY PRINTING PLANT”.
19. “AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “POLICE ACT OF 1966”.
20. “AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A UNIFORM RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR MEMBERS OF CITY AND MUNICIPAL POLICE FORCE; TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”.
21. “AN ACT CREATING CIRCUIT CRIMINAL COURT TO TRY AND DECIDE CERTAIN CRIMINAL CASES FOR OTHER PURPOSES”.
22. “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL PROSECUTORS IN THE PROSECUTION DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, ENLARGING AND REORGANIZING ITS PROSECUTION STAFF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”.
23. “AN ACT TO FACILITATE AND ENTRY INTO THE PHILIPPINES OF INTERNATIONAL TRADERS AND INVESTORS OF FOREIGN NATIONALS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SUBSECTION (D) OF SECTION NINE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED THIRTEEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND THREE”.
24. “AN ACT PRESCRIBING PERMANENT RESIDENCE AND RECIPROCITY AS A QUALIFICATION FOR ANY EXAMINATION OR REGISTRATION FOR THE PRACTICE OF ANY PROFESSION OR VOCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES”.
25. “AN ACT LIMITING OWNERSHIP OF CAPITAL STOCK OF BANKING INSTITUTIONS TO FILIPINO CITIZENS AND PROVIDING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR FOREIGN BANKS”.
26. “AN ACT TO AMEND SUBPARAGRAPHS (1) AND (2), PARAGRAPH A OF SECTION 402, PART 3, TITLE II, BOOK I OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, IN ORDER THAT IMPORT QUOTAS MAY BE ESTABLISHED FOR CAUSES OTHER THAN THE RESULT OF ANY CONCESSION GRANTED UNDER A TRADE AGREEMENT”.
27. “AN ACT PROVIDING THAT NO ALIEN OR ORGANIZATION TWENTY FIVE PER CENT (25%) OR MORE OF THE CAPITAL OF WHICH IS OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY ALIENS SHALL BE REGISTERED, LICENSED OR PERMITTED TO DO BUSINESS OR ENGAGE IN ANY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, NOR SHALL MAKE ANY INVESTMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES WITHOUT THE PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FROM THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”.
28. “AN ACT REGULATING THE AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR THE SUPPLY TO OR PROCUREMENT BY ALL GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS, COMPANIES OR AGENCIES OF MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, GOODS AND ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES AND PROVIDING PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF”.
29. “AN ACT EMPOWERING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO EXCHANGE AND/OR SELL GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT ACQUISITION OF LARGE LANDED ESTATES FOR REDISTRIBUTION TO TENANT FARMERS.”
30. “AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTION OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE ENTITLED ‘AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, DEFINING ITS POWERS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE MONETARY AND BANKING SYSTEM, AMENDING THE PERTINENT PROVISIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE WITH RESPECT TO THE CURRENCY AND THE BUREAU OF BANKING, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”.
31. “AN ACT CREATING A NEW GOVERNMENT AGENCY TO TAKE OVER FUNCTION OF THE NAMARCO”.
All persons entitled to sit as members of the Congress of the Philippines are requested to take notice of this proclamation.
Done in the City of Manila, this 18th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-seven.
