MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 2315

AUTHORIZING THE DRUG ABUSE REHABILITATION NETWORK, INC. (DARN) TO CONDUCT A NATIONAL FUND CAMPAIGN DURING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1, 1983 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1984

WHEREAS, narcotics and dangerous drugs are deleterious because they are constitute a threat to the fabric of morality which is indispensable to the preservation of public order, undermining the character and spirit of our people, and producing their particular form of destruction without force and violence especially on youthful citizen of our country;

WHEREAS, it is the abiding concern of the Government as well as of all civic-conscious citizens from the various sectors of society to combat the evils of drug abuse so as to preserve, nourish and develop the health and welfare of our youth and prepare them for dynamic roles in future society, and

WHEREAS, the DRUG ABUSE REHABILITATION NETWORK, INC. (DARN), a private, non-stock, non-profit agency duly accredited by the Government to operate and maintain a treatment and rehabilitation center for drug dependents and to conduct preventive education and community information, needs unconditional public support;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby authorize the Drug Abuse Rehabilitation Network, Inc. (DARN) to conduct a national fund campaign during the period from October 1, 1983 to September 30, 1984. I call upon all citizens and residents of the Philippines, irrespective of nationality and creed, to give generously and participate actively in this drive and thus help in the rekindling of hopes and aspirations of the youth, especially those afflicted by this malady, so that they may be re-integrated back to our society as useful and productive citizens.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, further declare that the DARN, its property and its operations and transactions shall be exempt from all kinds of taxes, direct or indirect and any obligation for payment, withholding or collection of any tax or duty.⚖ - ℒαɯρhi৷

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 27th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-three.

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

By the President:

(SGD.) JOAQUIN T. VENUS, JR.
Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant


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