MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 1046, July 12, 1972 ]
PROCLAIMING A STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY IN THE ISLAND OF LUZON, INCLUDING THE PROVINCES ALREADY COVERED BY PROCLAMATION NOS. 775, 776 AND 792, ALL SERIES OF 1970, AND IN THE PROVINCES OF BATANES, MARINDUQUE, OCCIDENTAL MINDORO AND ORIENTAL MINDORO; AND DESIGNATING THE PRICE CONTROL COUNCIL 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 lives has resulted from the strong winds and heavy rains of Typhoon Edeng in the entire island of Luzon, and in the provinces of Batanes, Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro;
WHEREAS, a state of public calamity exists in the areas above-mentioned, arising from the effects of the typhoon;
WHEREAS, to prevent the excessive increase in the prices of essential commodities due to profiteering and hoarding by those who control the supply thereof and also to enable the government as well as civic, relief and welfare agencies, to carry out its objectives effectively, it is now imperative that a state of calamity be proclaimed in the aforesaid 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 entire island of Luzon, including the provinces already covered by Proclamation Nos. 775, 776 and 792, all series of 1970, the provinces of Batangas, Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro. During the existence of such a 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, namely, Act No. 4164, and Republic Act No. 6361 and regulations issued thereunder, 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.
All government agencies are hereby directed to implement and execute rescue and relief operations in accordance with existing operational plans. The government rescue and relief coordinating center at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, created under Proclamation No. 761, series of 1970, shall expand its scope of responsibility of overseeing, coordinating and directing rescue and relief operations to include the above affected areas, utilizing for the purpose all available and necessary material resources, equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), those of other government agencies and those that can be generated from the private sector.
The government coordinating center 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 Price Control Council 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 well as under Proclamation Nos. 761 dated October 15, 1970, Proclamation No. 775 dated November 20, 1970, Proclamation No. 776 dated November 23, 1970 and Proclamation No. 792 dated December 23, 1970. As such implementing agency, the Price Control Council 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 4164 and R.A. 6361, 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.1aшphi1
Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
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