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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 429-A, January 5, 2001 ]

AMENDING PROCLAMATION NO. 429 ISSUED ON DECEMBER 21, 2000, ENTITLED “CALLING THE CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES TO A SPECIAL SESSION”

Pursuant to the powers vested in me by the Constitution, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Philippines, do hereby call the Congress of the Philippines to a Special Session from January 8 to 12, 2001 to urgently consider the passage of the following vital legislative measures on:

¨ Elevating the Rank of Court of Tax Appeals;

¨ Amending the Tariff Rates on Various Tariff Headings Under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines;

¨ Shift of Customs Valuation; and

¨ Optimum Revenue Performance Through Lateral Attrition,

in addition to the vital legislative measures enumerated in Proclamation No. 429 issued on December 21, 2000.1aшphi1

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 5th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand one.

(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAMON B. CARDENAS
Acting Executive Secretary

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