PROCLAMATION NO. 170, July 01, 1955

CALLING THE CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES TO A SPECIAL SESSION

Presidential Proclamations July 1, 1955
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WHEREAS, the public interest requires that the Congress of
the Philippines be convened in a special session in order to consider urgent
legislative measures;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do
hereby call the Congress of the Philippines to a special session for such
number of days as may be necessary, but not to exceed thirty days, commencing
at ten o’clock in the morning of the seventh day of July, nineteen hundred and
fifty-five, to consider the enactment of the following legislative measures and
such others as I may submit:

1.

AN ACT DEFINING A LAND TENURE
POLICY, PROVIDING FOR AN INSTRUMENTALITY TO CARRY OUT THE POLICY,
APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES;

2.

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR
PUBLIC WORKS;

3.

AN ACT TO AMEND, REPEAL, AND ADD
NEW SECTIONS TO REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
THE HOME FINANCING ACT, TO ENABLE THE HOME FINANCING COMMISSION TO CARRY OUT
ITS FUNCTIONS ETFECTIVELY AND TO CORRECT THE DEFICIENCIES OF THE ACT IN ORDER
TO MAKE IT MORE RESPONSIVE TO PECULIAR LOCAL NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS;

4.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE A SOUND BASIS
FOR FOREIGN CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION OF THIS ACT BY THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL, APPROPRIATING
ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES;

5.

AN ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT
NUMBERED TWELVE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE, ENTITLED “AN ACT AMENDING SECTION
TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND NINETEEN AND ONE-HALF OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE
CODE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”;

6.

AN ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT
NUMBERED TWELVE HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED “AN ACT CREATING THE COURT OF
AGRARIAN RELATIONS, PRESCRIBING ITS JURISDICTION, AND ESTABLISHING ITS RULES
OF PROCEDURES”;

7.

AN ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT
NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED
ELECTION CODE;

8.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO(K) OF
COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED TWENTY, ENTITLED “AN ACT CREATING THE
NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND ACTIVITIES,
APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR, AND RESERVING THE UNAPPROPRIATED
PUBLIC WATERS FOR ITS USE,” AS AMENDED BY SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT
NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT; AND

9.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE SO-CALLED
NO-DOLLAR IMPORTS EXCEPT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

All persons entitled to sit as members of the Congress of
the Philippines are requested to take notice of this proclamation.

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 1st day of July, in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the Independence of
the Philippines, the ninth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By
the President:

MARIANO
YENKO, JR.
Assistant Executive Secretary

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