MAKING PUBLIC THE TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

WHEREAS, a Treaty of Friendship between the
Republic of the Philippines and the French Republic, designed to strengthen the
ties of friendship by which the two countries are united, was concluded and
signed by the respective Plenipotentiaries of the two Governments at Paris, on
June 26, 1947;

WHEREAS, the Senate of the Philippines, by its
Resolution No. 49, adopted on May 4, 1948, concurred in the making of the said
Treaty of Friendship, subject to the following reservation:

“RESOLVED, That the Senate of the Philippines
concur, as it hereby concurs, in the Treaty of Friendship between the French
Republic and the Republic of the Philippines which was concluded and signed at
Paris on June twenty-six, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, with the
understanding, that nothing in the treaty shall be construed as affecting,
altering, amending or repealing any of the existing constitutional provisions,
statutes, or laws, of the Republic of the Philippines prohibiting aliens, or
limiting or regulating their rights to acquire, possess, and dispose of movable
or immovable property, to establish and maintain schools of learning, to reside
and travel, and to engage in trade, industry, and other pursuits.”

WHEREAS, the said Treaty has been duly ratified
and confirmed by the President of the Philippines subject to the reservation in
the resolution of concurrence of the Philippine Senate, quoted above;

WHEREAS, the said Treaty has been duly ratified
by the Government of the French Republic;

WHEREAS, the instruments of ratification of the
two Governments were exchanged at Baguio, Philippines, on April 19, 1950; and

WHEREAS, it is stipulated in the said Treaty that
it shall enter into force on the date of the exchange of the instruments of
ratification.

NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Elpidio
Quirino, President of the Philippines, have caused the said Treaty, a certified
copy of which is hereto annexed, to be made public to the end that the same and
every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith
by the Republic of the Philippines and the citizens thereof, subject to the
aforesaid reservation.

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 12th day of May,
in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of
the Philippines, the fourth.

ELPIDIO QURINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:
TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary

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