MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 816, February 19, 1971 ]
DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM MARCH 29 TO APRIL 4, 1971, AS TAX CONSCIOUSNESS WEEK.”
WHEREAS, it is the civic obligation and patriotic duty of every citizen to pay his just taxes promptly; and
WHEREAS, there is need of instilling among our citizenry greater consciousness of their obligation and underscoring the taxpayer’s role in economic progress and nation-building;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the period from March 29 to April 4, 1971, as “Tax Consciousness Week” under the auspices of the Department of Finance.
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 19th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
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