November 7, 1975
PROVIDING
PENALTY FOR
IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE AND OTHER FORMS OF UNCLEANLINESS AND FOR
OTHER
PURPOSES.
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WHEREAS, one of the principal
aims of the New Society is to effect social, economic and political
reform
through discipline and order;
WHEREAS, a healthy
citizenry is a vital factor in bringing about these reforms; and
WHEREAS, to attain
these objectives it becomes the duty of every citizen and resident of
the
Philippines to keep his environment or surroundings clean and wholesome;
NOW, THEREFORE, I,
FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the
powers
vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
SECTION 1. Any provision
of existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding, all citizens and
residents
of Philippines; all universities, colleges and schools and other
similar
institutions, private as well as public; all commercial and industrial
establishments such as hotels, restaurants, hospitals, cinema houses,
public
markets, department stores, groceries and the like; all public
conveyances;
all residential houses; and all other establishments of any kind, shall
undertake the cleaning of their own surroundings, their yards and
gardens,
as well as the canals, roads or streets in their immediate premises.
All garbage, filth and other
waste matters, shall be placed in the proper receptacles for the
disposition
thereof by garbage collectors.
SECTION 2. Any person, who
shall litter or throw garbage, filth, or other waste matters in public
places, such as roads, canals, esteros or parks, shall suffer an
imprisonment
of not less than 5 days nor more than one year or a fine of not less
than
P 100 nor more than P 2,000.00 or both such fine and imprisonment at
the
discretion of the Court or tribunal, without prejudice to the
imposition
of a higher penalty under any other law or decree.
If the violator is a corporation,
firm, or other corporate entities, the maximum penalty shall be imposed
upon the president, manager, director or persons responsible for its
operation.
SECTION 3. Owners of the
idle lots in Greater Manila are required to keep their idle lots clean
to prevent them from becoming the breeding places of mosquitoes, flies,
mice, rats and other scavengers. In the event of their failure or
inability
to comply with this obligation, the government shall undertake the
cleaning
of said lots at the expense of the owners. The government may, through
the Barangay Council, further utilize the land for its food production
program.
SECTION 4. The Secretary
of Public Works, Transportation and Communications, with the assistance
of health officials and local governments concerned, shall supervise
the
implementation of this Decree.
SECTION 5. All provisions
of laws, decrees, orders or regulations inconsistent herewith are
hereby
amended or modified accordingly.
SECTION 6. This Decree shall
take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 7th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-five.
FERDINAND E.
MARCOSPresident of the
Philippines