MALACAÑANG
RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE PHILIPPINES
Manila

Proclamation No. 170

CALLING THE CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES TO A SPECIAL SESSION

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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