By virtue of the powers vested in me by Republic Act No. 330 entitled œAn Act authorizing the President of the Philippines to establish a system of import control by regulating imports of non-essential and luxury articles, creating an Import Control Board, authorizing the issuance of rules and regulations to carry into effect such control, and penalizing violations of this Act,  as amended by Republic Act No. 423, I Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:

Section 1. Section 2 of Executive Order No. 297 as amended by Executive Order No. 302 is hereby further amended to read as follows:

œArticles or materials included in Appendix A which are necessary for the operation of locally established industries, those needed in construction projects covered by rehabilitation contracts financed partly or wholly by war damage funds, AND MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES NEEDED BY THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY FOR MILITARY USE, as determined in each case by the Import Control Board, shall not be subject to the percentage reductions fixed in Appendix B, but the manufacturer, contractor, OR THE SAID ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY shall apply for import permit therefor. 

SEC. 2. This Order shall take effect upon its promulgation.

Done in the City of Baguio, this 18th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred fifty and of the independence of the Philippines, the fourth.


By the President:
(SGD.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary