AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 189, DATED MAY 11, 1973.

I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of
all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081,
dated September 21, 1972 and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as
amended, do hereby decree, declare and promulgate the following amendments to
Presidential Decree No. 189, dated May 11, 1973, which are hereby approved,
adopted and made part of the law of the land.

SECTION 1. To provide for the effectivity of the rules and
regulations to be issued by the Department of Tourism, a new section to be known
as Section 4-A is hereby added, which shall read as follows:

“SEC 4-A. The rules and regulations promulgated by the
Department of Tourism pursuant to the authority granted in this Decree shall
take effect thirty (30) days after their publication in the Official Gazette or
in a newspaper of general circulation.”

SEC. 2. To provide penalties for the violation of any
provision of the said Decree or of the rules and regulations or circulars of the
Department of Tourism, a new section to be known as Section 4-B is hereby added,
which shall read as follows:

“SEC. 4-B. Any person violating or causing another to
violate any provision of this Decree or of the rules and regulations or
circulars promulgated by the Department of Tourism pursuant to its power and
authority to license, classify, regulate and/or supervise the operation of all
persons, businesses, establishments, facilities and services that cater to, or
have anything to do with travelers and tourists, both international and domestic
shall, upon conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction, suffer the penalty
of imprisonment of not less than two (2) years nor more than five (5) years or a
fine of not less than two thousand pesos (P2,000) nor more than five thousand
pesos (P5,000) or both, at the discretion of the Court. In addition thereto,
such violation shall ipso facto, constitute a valid ground for the revocation of
all privileges, permits and authorization granted to such person or entity under
this Decree by the Department of Tourism: Provided, however, That if the
offender is a corporation, firm, partnership or association, the penalty shall
be imposed upon the guilty officer or officers, as the case may be, of the
corporation, firm or association, and if such guilty officer or officers is an
alien, in addition to the penalties herein prescribed, he or they shall be
deported without further proceedings on the part of the Commission on
Immigration and Deportation.”

SEC. 3. This amendatory Decree shall take effect
immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day of August, in the year of Our Lord,
nineteen hundred and seventy-three.

			(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President Republic of the Philippines
	By the President:
	(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
		Assistant Executive Secretary