Reducing During A Certain Period the Import Duty on Husked Non-Glutinous Rice from 5 To 4 Centavos Per Kilo
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Reducing During A Certain Period the Import Duty on Husked Non-Glutinous Rice from 5 To 4 Centavos Per Kilo
Proclamation No. 475
October 27, 1939
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Summary of Proclamation No. 475Reduction of Import Duty on Husked Non-Glutinous Rice
- The import duty on husked non-glutinous rice is reduced from 5 centavos per kilo to 4 centavos per kilo (Section 3).
- This reduction is effective only on the date of the proclamation (Section 3).
Reasons for the Reduction
- Due to crop shortage, the prevailing price of native rice has risen to higher levels, which may bring distress to the people (Preamble).
- A reasonable reduction in the import duty on rice will make it possible to control the price of rice within reasonable levels (Preamble).
- The reduction will not harm the interests of palay producers (Preamble).
- The reduction will benefit the public, particularly the consumers (Preamble).
Legal Basis
- The President's powers are conferred by the Constitution and Section 3 of Act No. 3918, entitled "An Act amending paragraphs two hundred and fifteen and two hundred and seventeen of the Act of Congress of August fifth, nineteen hundred and nine" (Preamble).
- The reduction is upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Finance (Preamble).
Effective Date
- The reduced import duty of 4 centavos per kilo on husked non-glutinous rice is effective only on the date of the proclamation, October 27, 1939 (Section 3).
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Reducing During A Certain Period the Import Duty on Husked Non-Glutinous Rice from 5 To 4 Centavos Per Kilo
Proclamation No. 475
•October 27, 1939
MALACAÑANG PALACEManila
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
Proclamation No. 475
REDUCING DURING A CERTAIN PERIOD THE IMPORT DUTY ON HUSKED NON-GLUTINOUS RICE FROM 5 TO 4 CENTAVOS PER KILO.
Having found after due investigation that, because of the crop shortage, the prevailing price of native rice has risen to higher levels which, if not checked at once, may bring distress to the people; and considering that a reasonable reduction in the duty now being levied on imported rice will make it possible to control the price of rice within reasonable levels, without harming the interests of palay producers; and as such a reduction will redound to the benefit of the public, particularly the consumers, I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers conferred upon me by the Constitution and by section three of Act Numbered Thirty-nine hundred and eighteen, entitled "An Act amending paragraphs two hundred and fifteen and two hundred and seventeen of the Act of Congress of August fifth, nineteen hundred and nine," and upon recommendation of...
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