[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 463, August 18, 1951 ]
AMENDING SECTION ONE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 342, DATED AUGUST 14, 1950, ENTITLED DEFINING THE CEILING PRICES OF COMMODITIES FOR THE CITY OF MANILA AND SUBURBS, THE PROVINCES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
By virtue of the powers vested in me by section 3 of Republic Act No. 509, entitled An Act declaring national policy, authorizing the President of the Philippines for a limited period to fix ceiling prices of commodities and to promulgate rules and regulations regarding prices of commodities to effectuate such policy, and authorizing the appropriation of a certain sum for the purpose, and upon the recommendation of the Price Administration Board, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby amend section 1 of Executive Order No. 342, dated August 14, 1950, to read as follows:
SECTION 1. The Price Administration Board is hereby authorized to fix the ceiling prices of commodities for all ports of entry and provincial capitals of the different provinces of the Philippines by adding the transportation and handling charges to the basic ceiling prices fixed for the City of Manila in accordance with the zones herein established, as follows:
(a) For zone No. 1, comprising the Provinces of Bataan, Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Cebu, Iloilo, Laguna, Mindoro Oriental, Pampanga, Quezon, Rizal, Tarlac and Zambales, P0.01 per pound or fraction thereof.
(b) For zone No. 2 comprising the Provinces of Albay, Antique, Bohol, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Capiz, Catanduanes, La Union, Leyte, Marinduque, Masbate, Mindoro Occidental, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan, Romblon, Samar and Sorsogon, P0.02 per pound or fraction thereof.
(c) For zone No. 3 comprising the Provinces of Agusan, Davao, Ilocos Sur, Lanao, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Mountain Province, Nueva Vizcaya, Surigao and Zamboanga, P0.03 per pound or fraction thereof.
(d) For zone No. 4 comprising the Provinces of Abra, Bukidnon, Cagayan, Cotabato, Ilocos Norte, Isabela, Palawan and Sulu, P0.04 per pound or fraction thereof.
(e) For zone No. 5 comprising the Province of Batanes, P0.05 per pound of fraction thereof.
The Price Administration Board is hereby further authorized to fix the ceiling prices of commodities for inland municipalities of the different provinces of the Philippines, except in the Province of Batanes which comprises zone No. 5, by applying the ceiling prices fixed for the zone next higher.
This Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 18th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the sixth.
By the President:
(SGD.) MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary
SECTION 1. The Price Administration Board is hereby authorized to fix the ceiling prices of commodities for all ports of entry and provincial capitals of the different provinces of the Philippines by adding the transportation and handling charges to the basic ceiling prices fixed for the City of Manila in accordance with the zones herein established, as follows:
(a) For zone No. 1, comprising the Provinces of Bataan, Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Cebu, Iloilo, Laguna, Mindoro Oriental, Pampanga, Quezon, Rizal, Tarlac and Zambales, P0.01 per pound or fraction thereof.
(b) For zone No. 2 comprising the Provinces of Albay, Antique, Bohol, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Capiz, Catanduanes, La Union, Leyte, Marinduque, Masbate, Mindoro Occidental, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan, Romblon, Samar and Sorsogon, P0.02 per pound or fraction thereof.
(c) For zone No. 3 comprising the Provinces of Agusan, Davao, Ilocos Sur, Lanao, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Mountain Province, Nueva Vizcaya, Surigao and Zamboanga, P0.03 per pound or fraction thereof.
(d) For zone No. 4 comprising the Provinces of Abra, Bukidnon, Cagayan, Cotabato, Ilocos Norte, Isabela, Palawan and Sulu, P0.04 per pound or fraction thereof.
(e) For zone No. 5 comprising the Province of Batanes, P0.05 per pound of fraction thereof.
The Price Administration Board is hereby further authorized to fix the ceiling prices of commodities for inland municipalities of the different provinces of the Philippines, except in the Province of Batanes which comprises zone No. 5, by applying the ceiling prices fixed for the zone next higher.
This Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 18th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the sixth.
(SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary