By virtue of the powers vested in me by section 3 of Republic Act No. 509, entitled œAn 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 order:

SECTION 1. The following essential commodity shall not be sold at more than the maximum selling prices for importers, wholesalers and retailers set opposite each:

FOODSTUFF (IMPORTED)

Without 19 percent Special Excise Tax on Foreign Exchange

Commodity	Unit	Importer ™s price	Wholesaler ™s price	Retailer ™s price
Canned fish
Sardines in tomato sauce, oval (Japanese) :     Winged wheel	48/15 oz.	P25.74	P26.96	P0.60
Sardines in tomato sauce, tall round  tins (Japanese):     Winged wheel	100/5 oz.	25.02	26.21	0.28

SEC. 2. The ceiling prices fixed in this Order include the 7 per cent sales tax and 1 per cent municipal tax.

SEC. 3. This Order shall take effect three days after the date hereof.

Done in the City of Manila, this 8th day of October; in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eighth.


By the President:
(SGD.) MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary