[ PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 51-A, November 16, 1972 ]

AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO OBTAIN SUCH INDEBTEDNESS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION OF CARGO AIRCRAFTS

WHEREAS, there is need to acquired cargo aircrafts to enable the Government to undertake socio-economnic activities such as rescue and airlift operations during calamities, typhoon moderation projects, regional commodity movements, and other development work;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September 21, 1972, do decree that the (attached Authority for the Acquisition of Cargo Aircrafts) is hereby adopted and made a part of the law of the Land.

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of November, 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