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. 401
May 9, 1939
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Proclamation No. 401Reducing Import Duty on Husked Non-Glutinous Rice
- Import duty on husked non-glutinous rice is reduced from 5 centavos per kilo to 4 centavos per kilo (2 dollars or 4 pesos for every 100 kilos, gross weight).
- This reduction is effective from the date of the proclamation (May 9, 1939) up to May 10, 1939.
- The reduction is implemented to control the price of rice within reasonable levels due to crop shortage and rising prices of native rice, without harming the interests of palay producers.
- The reduction is intended to benefit the public, particularly the consumers.
- The legal basis for the proclamation is the powers conferred upon the President by the Constitution and Section 3 of Act No. 3918, which amends paragraphs 215 and 217 of the Act of Congress of August 5, 1909.
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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. 401
•May 9, 1939
MALACAÑANG PALACEManila
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
Proclamation No. 401
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," do hereby, upon recommendation...
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