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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 19
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 19 -
AMENDING Sections ONE AND TWO OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND
FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE
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WHEREAS, in line with my Letter of
Instruction No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, issued pursuant to
Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, the Secretary of
National Defense and the Press Secretary took over the control of all
newspapers wherever they are for the duration of the present national
emergency, or until otherwise ordered by me or by my duly designated
representative to prevent further subversive activity to undermine
faith and confidence in the government;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, as a consequence of said take-over, the requirements in
Sections 1 and 2 of Republic Act No. 4569, (June 19, 1965), as amended
by Republic Act No. 4883, (June 17, 1967) regarding the publication of
judicial notices, advertisements for public bidding, notices of auction
sales and other similar notices of announcements in a newspaper or
periodical which has been regularly published for at least two years
before the date of publication of the notices or announcements and the
distribution of said notices to qualified newspapers by lot cannot be
complied with;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the inability to comply with the aforementioned requirements
has resulted in the paralyzation of the normal transactions of the
government and private sectors, such as foreclosure of mortgages, sale
of property on execution, naturalization proceedings and letting of
contracts for public works construction projects;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, this paralyzation is inimical to the economic growth of the
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, Commander- in-Chief of all the
Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081,
dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22,
1972 as amended, and in order to effect desired changes and reforms in
the social, economic and political structures of our society, do hereby
decree, that the publication of the notices mentioned in Section 1 of
Republic Act No. 4569, as amended by Republic Act No. 4883, may be made
in a newspaper, with a nationwide circulation published regularly, by a
government agency or entity, and in any newspaper published and edited
in any part of the country which is in operation during the existence
of the present national emergency; and that the distribution of said
notices by lot as required by Section 2 of the aforementioned Act shall
be dispensed with in case only one newspaper is in operation in a
particular area or region. These amendments are hereby adopted and
approved, and made part of the law of the land.
This decree shall take effect immediately, provided that amendments,
changes and modifications may be made bay me and the same shall take
effect after my announcement thereof or my duly designated
representative.
Any provision or provisions of any law, regulation or executive order
in conflict with this Decree is hereby set aside. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Done in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-two.
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