Effective immediately the outgoing quarantine clearance for vessels bound for foreign ports should be procured only from the ports listed hereunder:

1.       Manila
2.       Cebu City
3.       Iloilo City
4.       San Fernando, La Union
5.       Subic, Zambales
6.       Sangley Point, Cavite
7.       Jose Panganiban, C. Norte
8.       Larap, Cam. Norte
9.       Legaspi, Albay
10.     Tabaco, Albay
11.     Tacloban, Leyte
12.     Davao City
13.     Cagayan de Oro, M. Oriental
14.     Zamboanga City
15.     Jolo, Sulu
16.     Bongao, Sulu
17.     Sitangkai, Sulu

If the last port of call has no quarantine officer, outgoing quarantine clearance should be obtained from the last open port as listed above.  For instance, if a vessel calls at Manila and Iloilo and proceeds Sto San Carlos, Negros Oriental, the vessel should have an outgoing quarantine clearance from Iloilo and not from San Carlos.

Masters of vessel's navigating within Philippine waters are hereby required to report to the quarantine officer of the nearest open port the occurrence of any infectious disease on board in order that proper instructions could be issued for its effective control.

Adopted: 18 Nov. 1952

(SGD.) R. ABRIOL
Colonel B.Q.
Director of Quarantine

Effective: 18 November 1952