REQUIRING ALL OWNERS OR OPERATORS OF XEROX AND OTHER TYPES OF COPYING MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT TO REGISTER THEIR EQUIPMENT OR MACHINES

WHEREAS, xerox and other similar copying machines or
equipment have been utilized for the production of subversive propaganda
materials;

WHEREAS, these copying machines or equipment have also been
utilized in the falsification of letters and important papers mid
documents; and

WHEREAS, it has, therefore, become necessary for the
Government to regulate the use of these machines or equipment;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested 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 and
order:

1. That all such machines or equipment be registered with
   either the Philippine Constabulary or the National Bureau of
   Investigation;
2. That these equipment or machines shall be registered
   within a period of fifteen (15) days from the date hereof, and in the
   event of failure to register within the period herein prescribed, the
   machine or equipment shall be confiscated by the National Bureau of
   Investigation or the Philippine Constabulary;
3. That the Chief, Philippine Constabulary or the
   Director, National Bureau of Investigation shall inform the Secretary
   of National Defense, the Secretary of Justice and the Secretary of
   Public Information of the registration herein required for their
   information and guidance;
4. That the Secretary of Public Information shall widely
   publish this order especially during the period of fifteen (15) days
   prescribed for the registration of these equipment and machines;
5. That all future acquisitions by purchase, lease or other
   modes, of these machines or equipment shall be registered as herein
   prescribed.
6. That the Chief, Philippine Constabulary, and the Director,
   National Bureau of Investigation, shall prescribe any rules or
   regulations needed to implement this Decree.

Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of March, in the year of
Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.