Proclaiming the Existence of Public Calamity in the City of Manila

MALACAÑANG PALACE
Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Proclamation No. 311

PROCLAIMING THE EXISTENCE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY IN THE CITY OF MANILA

Having found that the recent fire which broke out in the District of Tondo has brought havoc among the inhabitants thereof, I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers conferred upon me by Section 1 of Act No. 4164, entitled "An Act to prevent the excessive increase in the prices of certain prime necessities of life on the occasion of a public calamity, penalizing the violation thereof, and for other purposes," do hereby proclaim that a public calamity exists in the City of Manila as a result of said fire and do hereby declare in full force and effect therein the provisions of Act Numbered Four thousand one hundred sixty-four which prohibits and penalizes the hoarding of the prime necessities of life and the holding of them for sale at prices twenty-five per cent or more higher than the prices which were current in the different...

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Proclamation of Public Calamity in Manila

- Declares the existence of a public calamity in the City of Manila as a result of a recent fire in the District of Tondo. (Section 1 of Act No. 4164)
- Prohibits and penalizes the hoarding of prime necessities of life and holding them for sale at prices 25% or more higher than the prices one month before the disaster occurred. (Section 1 of Act No. 4164)
- Applies to the following commodities: rice, palay, corn, and building or construction materials.