EXTENDING FRANKING PRIVILEGE TO THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES LADIES CLUB STEERING COMMITTEE FOR MAILING MONTHLY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ONLY TO ORPHANS OF PERSONNEL OF THE A…

WHEREAS, the Armed Forces of the Philippines Ladies Club
Steering Committee launched project “Sandigan” for the purpose of
raising funds to be given as financial assistance to orphans of
personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines who died in combat;

WHEREAS, the aforesaid Committee does not have enough funds
for mailing the monthly financial assistance to the aforesaid orphans as
in fact it is still campaigning for contribution for the purpose
mentioned above;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and pursuant
to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, do hereby order and
decree as part of the law of the land that:

1. The Armed Forces of the Philippines Ladies Club Steering
   Committee may transmit in the mail, free of charge, monthly financial
   assistance intended for orphans of personnel of the Armed Forces of the
   Philippines who died in combat.
2. The envelope or wrapper of the privilege mail matter shall bear
   on the left upper corner the name, official designation and station of
   the official sending such mail matter and on the right upper corner the
   words: “Private or unauthorized use to avoid payment of postage is
   penalized by fine or imprisonment or both.”
3. That any person who uses the privilege granted here-under for
   private or unauthorized purpose shall be punished by a fine of five
   hundred pesos or imprisonment of not more than three (3) years or
   both.

This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila this 11th day of September in the
year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-five.