Executive Order No. 365




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 365, January 06, 1960 ] FIXING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1960, AS CENSUS DAY FOR POPULATION AND HOUSING, AND TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1960, AS CENSUS DAY FOR AGRICULTURE WHEREAS, Commonwealth Act No. 591 authorizes the Bureau of the Census and Statistics “to prepare for and undertake all censuses of population, agriculture, industry, and commerce,” and Republic Act No. 2300 sets aside an appropriation for the taking of the 1960 census of population and agriculture; NOW, THEREFORE, I, CARLOS P. GARCIA, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby designate Monday, February 1, 1960, as Census Day for Population and Housing, and Tuesday, May 3, 1960, as Census Day for Agriculture, on which dates the enumeration of pulation, housing, and agriculture and the collection of all pertinent social and economic data about the Philippines shall begin and proceed on consecutive dates from daylight to darkness, including Sundays and holidays, until completed. The population count of the Philippines shall be as of 12:01 a.m. of the Census Day, February 1, 1960. The necessary supervisors, enumerators, and other subordinate personnel for the Census work shall be appointed by the Director of the Census and Statistics. All heads of Departments of the Government are hereby enjoined to authorize and direct all bureaus and offices respectively under them and provincial, city, and municipal officials, as well as provincial Constabulary commanders concerned, to make available, for purposes of the census-taking, the services of such of their personnel as may be requisitioned for said purposes. All residents of the Philippines are enjoined to give any required assistance in executing the provisions of this Executive Order by giving all information requested by Census Enumerators and allowing them to affix on any such corporations or associations, through their representatives who would sell them and invest the proceeds thereof in the Philippines.” “4. The Far East Management Corporation and Other Agents.—The association of Filipino residents abroad or any investor acting independently may deal directly with the Far East Management Corporation or any other corporation or association duly authorized to transact business for the distribution and sale in the Philippines of capital goods, producers’, and consumers’ goods and the investment of the proceeds thereof locally. The funds may be invested in government bonds or in other forms of investment which is expected to give reasonable returns. “Any representative of the Far East Management Corporation or of any other corporation or association or any individual operator who solicits investment in accordance with Rule 1 hereof from any Filipino resident abroad or opens an office in the United States for this purpose must first report to the Philippine consul who has jurisdiction over the particular territory concerned. It is understood that these representatives or persons shall comply with all the other existing legal requirements or rules and regulations enforced in the different states where they may desire to solicit such investments. “Any contract otherwise valid and legal under existing laws must further contain for its recognition under these rules and regulations a clause providing for a guarantee or performance bond issued by a surety or bonding company or a recognized bank to the satisfaction of the investor, conditioned on the faithful administration of the proceeds of the goods and their proper investment. “In the event that the Far East Management Corporation or any other corporation or association or individual acts as agent in the sale of Philippine Government bonds or securities to Filipinos in the United States, the said corporation or association or.individual must be bonded in an amount to be determined by the Central Bank of the Philippines, and the said Corporation or association or individual must operate under the terms and conditions to be promulgated and required by the Central Bank of the Philippines.” “8. Control on Imports.—All importations under this grant shall be strictly in accordance with the listing of permissible importations embodied in the Central Bank Statistical Classification of Commodities and shall be reported to the Central Bank of the Philippines. Authority for the release of goods shall be issued by the Department of Commerce and Industry.1a⍵⍴h!1 Executive Order No. 361 is hereby further amended by adding the following rule: “9. Processing of Papers.—The processing of the papers in connection with the investments under this Executive Order shall be handled by the Department of Commerce and Industry, which is hereby authorized to issue the necessary implementing rules and regulations. All duly processed applications .shall be submitted to the Cabinet for approval.” Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourteenth. (SGD.) CARLOS P. GARCIA President of the Philippines By the President: (SGD.) ENRIQUE C. QUEMA Assistant Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation