PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 546, August 30, 1974

EXTENDING THE EFFECTS OF THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NO. 4166, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE LIMITATION, REGULATION AND ALLOCATION OF SUGAR PRODUCED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, A…

Presidential Decrees August 30, 1974
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WHEREAS, Act No. 4166, as amended, otherwise known as the
Sugar Limitation Law, shall expire by the end of the 1973-1974 crop year
(August 31, 1974), pursuant to Republic Act No. 279; and

WHEREAS, continuance of the effectivity of the said Act, as
amended, is in the national interest;

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

SECTION 1. Act No. 4166, entitled “AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE
LIMITATION, REGULATION AND ALLOCATION OF SUGAR PRODUCED IN THE
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR THE PROCESSING AND MARKETING THEREOF, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES,” as amended, shall continue in force for another
five crop years, commencing with the 1974-1975 crop year, unless the
President of the Philippines determines that the state of national
emergency declared in said Act has temporarily or definitely ceased, in
which case he shall so declare by proclamation, whereupon the effects of
said Act, as amended, shall thereby either be suspended temporarily or
cease definitely, in part or in whole.

SEC. 2. This Decree shall
take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 30th day of August, in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.

   
   
 
(Sgd.)
  FERDINAND E. MARCOS
  President of the Philippines
     

 

By the President:  
     
(Sgd.)
  ALEJANDRO MELCHOR  
  Executive Secretary