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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 427, July 6, 1968 ]

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, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, 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 (30) days commencing on July 8, 1968 to consider the following subjects and other legislative matters:

H. No. 14559	AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED, BY THE INSERTING A NEW SECTION PROVIDING FOR THE CONFISCATION AND FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY USED IN THE MISSION OF CRIMES UNDER SUCH CODE”.
S. No. 678
H. No. 16303	AN ACT AMENDING CURTAIN SECTIONS OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPPINES.
H. No. 14544	AN ACT INCREASING THE SPECIFIC TAX ON CERTIFICATE DISTILLED SPIRITS AND ON FERMENTED LIQUID AND LIMITING TO DISTILLERIES THE PROCESS OF DENATURATION, AMENDING FIR THUS PURPOSE SECTIONS ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE AND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
H. No. 16507	AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED BY SECTION THERE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE, TO PROVIDE MEANS FOR INCREASING THE HIGHWAY SPECIAL FUND.
H. No. 14563	AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN CAREER INTERNAL REVENUE AND CUSTOMS SERVICES.
H. No. 14545	AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND CERTAIN SECTION OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED, AUTHORIZING THE EXEMPTION OF BASIC INDUSTRIES FROM THE PAYMENT OF CERTAIN TAXES.
H. No. 86	REAL PROPERTY TAX CODE.
H. No. 1310	AN ACT INSTITUTING THE TAX CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES.
	AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO, KNOWN AS THE “PORTWORKS FUND ACT” AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY AND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWELVE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISBURSEMENT OF SAID FUND.
P. S. R. No. 41	RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES OF THE CONVENTION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME AND CAPITAL.
H. No. 932	AN ACT PRESCRIBING CONDITIONS FOR THE GRANT OF TAX AND OTHER EXEMPTION ON DONATIONS AND IMPORTATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, RELIGIOUS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTEEN.
H. No. 17066	AN ACT CREATING A SPECIAL SCHOOL FUND TO BE CONSTITUTED FROM PROCEEDS OF CERTAIN TAXES.
H. No. 17204	AN ACT CREATING A SPECIAL HOSPITAL AND RURAL HEALTH FUND TO BE CONSTITUTED OUT OF PROCEEDS OF CERTAIN TAXES.
H. No. 17485	AN ACT CREATING A SPECIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUND TO BE CONSTITUTED FROM PROCEEDS OF CERTAIN TAXES.
H. No. 17192	AN ACT CREATING AN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT FUND.
H. No. 17194	AN ACT CREATING A LOW-COST HOUSING FUND TO PROVINCE LOW-COST HOUSING UNIT FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.
H. No. 17193	AN ACT CREATING INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND TO PARTLY FINANCE THE COUNTRY’S DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.1aшphi1
	AN ACT CREATING A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS AND SOCIAL WELFARE FUND.
	AN ACT CREATING A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE LAND REFORM FUND.
	AN ACT CREATING A MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT FUND.
	AN ACT CREATING A SPECIAL FUND FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND ORDER.
H. No. 80	AN ACT LIMITING OWNERSHIP OF CAPITAL STOCK OF BANNING INSTITUTIONS TO FILIPINO CITIZENS, AND PROVIDING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR FOREIGN BANKS.
S. No. 682
H. No. 6110	AN ACT PROVIDING THAT NO ALIEN OR ORGANIZATION FORTY PER CENT OR MORE OF THE CAPITAL IF WHICH IS OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY ALIENS SHALL BE REGISTERED, LICENSED OR PERMITTED TO DO BUSINESS OR ENGAGED IN ANY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY NOR SHALL MAKE ANY INVESTMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES WITHOUT PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FROM THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH ALIEN OR ORGANIZATION WILL ENGAGE IN AN ACTIVITY WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOUND AND BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL ECONOMY ON A SELF-SUSTAINING BASIS AND FOR THE VALIDATION OF SHARES OF STOCKS OR PROPERTY INTERESTS IN THE PHILIPPINE ENTITIES.
S. No. 683
H. No. 6103	AN ACT AMENDING SUBPARAGRAPH (1) AND (2), PARAGRAPH (6) OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED TWO, PACT 3, TIME II, BOOK I OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES IN ORDER THAT IMPORT QUOTING MAY BE ESTABLISHED FOR CAUSES OTHER THAN THE RESULT OF ANY CONCESSION GRANTED UNDER A TRADE AGRREMENT.
S. No. 681
H. No. 16845	AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL POLICY ON MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT CREATING A NATIONAL MANPOWER COUNCIL AND OTHER MANPOWER INSTITUTIONS, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR.
S. No. 832	AN ACT TO INVIGORATE THE COUNTRY’S EXPORT TRADE AS A MEANS OF ACCELERATING THE RATE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH BY GRANTING CERTAIN INCENTIVES TO EXPORT INDUSTRIES.
S. No. 826	AN ACT CREATING A COMMISSION ON YOUTH CITIZENSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT (CYCD), DEFINING ITS POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR.
S. No. 773	AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION, PRESCRIBING ITS DUTIES, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND AUTHORIZING FUNDS THEREFOR.
S. No. 271	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE AND THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN. (THE OTHER FORMS OF ARSON)
H. No. 2215	AN ACT AMENDING SECTION SIX OF ARTICLE THREE, SECTION EIGHT, SECTION NINE AND PARAGRAPH (D), SECTION 10 OF ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION NINETEEN OF ARTICLE SIX AND SECTION THIRTY OF ARTICLE TEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE HIGHWAY ACT OF 1954.
S. No. 9
	AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWO MILLION PESOS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE BOARD OF INVESTMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT TO NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE.
H. No. 16724	AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTY MILLION PESOS FOR THE REHABILITATION, REPAIR OR RECONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN ALL PROVINCES WHICH WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED BY TYPHOON WELMING AND RECENT FLOODS.
H. No. 17434	AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR PUBLIC WORKS SYNCHRONIZING THE SAME WITH PREVIOUS PUBLIC WORKS APPROPRIATION.
H. No. 16802	AN ACT PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE CONTINUATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PHILIPPINE ACTION GROUP IN VIETNAM.
H. No. 2	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO REORGANIZE WITHIN ONE YEAR THE DIFFERENT EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS, OFFICES, AGENCIES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT INCLUDING THE CORPORATIONS OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY IT.
S. No. 374
	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES WITH THE HELP OF COMMISSION ON REORGANIZATION, TO REORGANIZE WITHIN EIGHTEEN MONTHS THE DIFFERENT EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS OFFICES, AGENCIES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT INCLUDING BANKING OR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND CORPORATIONS OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY IT, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS.
H. No. 17517	AN ACT EXEMPTING THE PRESS FOUNDATION OF ASIA AND ITS GRANTS FROM THE PAYMENT OF GIFT, FRANCHISE, SPECIFIC, PERCENTAGE, REAL PROPERTY AND ALL OTHER TAXES, DUTIES AND FEES AND TO EXEMPT FOREIGN PERSONNEL OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION OF ASIA FROM THE PAYMENTS OF INCOME TAX.
H. No. 16381	AN ACT AMENDING HEADING 12.01 OF CHAPTER TWELVE, SECTION C OF REPUBLIC AT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN. OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
S. No. 2	AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-ONE, ENTITLED “AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF SELF-LIQUIDATING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS BY PRIVATE PERSONS”.
S. No. 72	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 29 OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED NINETY-SIX, ALSO KNOWN AS THE JUDICIARY ACT OF 1948, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
H. No. 17449
S. No. 76	AN ACT TO PROVIDE A UNIFORM PROCEDURE FOR APPEALS FROM THE COURT OF AGRARIAN RELATIONS, THE SECRETARY OF LABOR UNDER SECTION SEVEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED TWO, ALSO KNOWN AS THE “MINIMUM WAGE LAW”, THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR UNDER SECTION TWENTY-THREE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE, ALSO KNOWN AS ” THE INDUSTRIAL PEACE ACT”. THE LAND REGISTRATION COMMISSION, THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, THE SOCIAL SECURITY COMMISSION, THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD, THE PATENT OFFICE, THE WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND THE AGRICULTURAL INVENTIONS BOARD, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
H. No. 17450	AN ACT AMENDING SECTION NINE AND SEVENTEEN OF THE JUDICIARY ACT OF 1948 (THE SUPREME COURT, QUORUM OF THE COURT, ETC.)
S. No. 74
	AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SIGHT MILLION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTEEN THOUSAND PESOS TO COVER COMMITMENTS TO THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 604.
	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY NUMBERED AND FORTY-SIX, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO DEFINE THE BASELINES OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA OF THE PHILIPPINES.
H. No. 11236	AN ACT LIMITING THE RIGHT TO ENGAGE IN THE VEGETABLE INDUSTRY TO CITIZENS OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
H. No. 17265	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES IN THE PHILIPPINES.

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 Philippine to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary

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