MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 1302, August 18, 1974 ]
PROCLAIMING A STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY IN THE PROVINCES OF RIZAL, TARLAC, PAMPANGA, BULACAN, NUEVA ECIJA, BATAAN, ZAMBALES, LAGUNA, CAVITE, QUEZON, BENGUET, PANGASINAN, AND THE SUB-PROVINCE OF AURORA, AND ALL CITIES WITHIN SAID PROVINCES INCLUDING MANILA, QUEZON CITY, PASAY CITY AND CALOOCAN CITY AND DESIGNATING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AS THE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NO. 4164 IN ALL AREAS WHERE A STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY HAS BEEN DECLARED
WHEREAS, widespread destruction to property and loss of life has resulted from the strong winds and heavy rains of typhoon Norming in the provinces of Rizal, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Zambales, Laguna, Cavite, Quezon, Benguet, Pangasinan, and the sub-province of Aurora, and all cities within said provinces including Manila, Quezon City, Pasay City and Caloocan City;
WHEREAS, a state of public calamity exists in the area above-mentioned arising from the effect of said typhoon; and
WHEREAS, to prevent the excessive increase in the prices of essential commodities due to profiteering and hoarding by those who control the supplies thereof and also to enable the government as well as the civic, relief and welfare agencies to carry out its objectives effectively, it is imperative that a state of calamity be proclaimed in the said areas;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by existing laws, particularly Act No. 4164 and Section 105 (V) of Republic Act No. 1937, do hereby proclaim and certify that a state of public calamity exists in the provinces of Rizal, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Zambales, Laguna, Cavite, Quezon, Benguet, Pangasinan and the sub-province of Aurora and all cities within said provinces, including Manila, Quezon City, Pasay City and Caloocan City. During the existence of such calamity it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation in said areas: (1) to sell or offer for sale foodstuffs, building and construction materials and other prime necessities in life at prices exceeding those fixed or may be fixed by the authorities concerned pursuant to existing laws; 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 such goods or commodities for the same purpose.
The government coordinator center at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, created under Proclamation No. 761, series of 1970, is authorized to call upon all departments, bureaus, agencies or instrumentalities of the government, including government-owned or controlled corporations, as well as the private sector, to give the necessary cooperation and assistance for the successful prosecution of this proclamation.
In addition, the Department of Trade is hereby designated the implementing agency to enforce the provisions of Act No. 4164, particularly Section 3 thereof, in all areas where a state of public calamity has been declared under this Proclamation. As such implementing agency, the Department of Trade is hereby empowered to order the seizure of any commodity or material or merchandise of prime necessity, sell it to the public at the price authorized by Act No. 4164 and R.A. No. 6361 and the implementing rules and regulations, and reimburse to the owner of the same its legal price.
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 18th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.1aшphi1
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
By the President:
(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
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