[ PROCLAMATION NO. 58, August 24, 1954 ]
DECLARING THE EFFECTIVITY OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 832, ENTITLED AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SALE, EXCHANGE, OR DELIVERY OF HOME POUNDED, UNDERMILLED, MILLED OR POLISHED RICE AND PROVIDING PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF, IN ALL PROVINCES AND CITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES
WHEREAS, section 10 of Republic Act No. 832, entitled An Act to regulate the sale, exchange, or delivery of Home Pounded, Undermilled, Milled or Polished Rice, and providing penalty for violation thereof, provides that said Act shall take effect upon the proclamation of the President of the Philippines when the Secretary of Health certifies that the province or provinces and cities concerned have already the facilities necessary to implement the law;
WHEREAS, the above-mentioned law is already effective in the provinces of Bataan, Tarlac and Pangasinan; and
WHEREAS, the Secretary of Health certifies that all provinces and cities in the Philippines wherein the law is not yet declared effective will have already had the necessary facilities to implement the law 30 days after the dates stated in said certificate ;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 10 of Republic Act No. 832, do hereby proclaim that said Act shall take effect in the provinces and cities enumerated below 30 days after the respective dates set opposite the names of the provinces and cities.
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1955 |
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January 1 |
City of Manila |
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Province of Rizal |
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Pasay City |
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Quezon City |
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Dagupan City |
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April 1 |
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Nueva Ecija |
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Nueva Vizcaya |
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Bulacan |
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Pampanga |
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Mindoro Oriental |
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Mindoro Occidental |
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City of: |
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Cabanatuan |
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July 1 |
Provinces of: |
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Laguna |
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Batangas |
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Cavite |
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Quezon |
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Marinduque |
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Zambales |
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La Union |
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Mountain Province |
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Cities of: |
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Baguio |
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San Pablo |
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Lipa |
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Cavite |
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Tagaytay |
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October 1 |
Provinces of: |
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Cagayan |
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Isabela |
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Ilocos Norte |
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Ilocos Sur |
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Abra |
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Batanes |
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1956 |
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January 1 |
Provinces of: |
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Albay |
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Sorsogon |
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Camarines Norte |
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Camarines Sur |
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Catanduanes |
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Masbate |
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City of: |
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Naga |
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April 1 |
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Samar |
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Leyte |
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Cebu |
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Negros Oriental |
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Surigao |
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Bukidnon |
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Agusan |
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Oriental Misamis |
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Occideaital Misamis |
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Lanao |
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April 1 |
Cities of: |
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Calbayog |
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Cebu |
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Dumaguete |
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Ozamiz |
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Ormoc |
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July 1 |
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Negros Occideaital |
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Romblon |
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Iloilo |
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Capiz |
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Antique |
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Bohol |
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Cities of: |
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Bacolod |
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Iloilo |
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October 1 |
Provinces of: |
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Cotabato |
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Davao |
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Zamboanga del Norte |
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Zamboanga del Sur |
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Sulu |
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Palawan |
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Cities of: |
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Davao |
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Zamboanga |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 24th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
FRED
RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary