WHEREAS,
the Filipino veterans and ex-servicemen, have consistently demonstrated
their devotion to, and their willingness to sacrifice their lives and
fortune for, their motherland and countrymen; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Filipino people recognizes the wants and needs of the
veterans, ex-servicemen, their widows, orphans and dependents;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the renewed interest of the Government to provide broader
avenues of assistance to these veterans, ex-servicemen, their widows,
orphans and dependents can best be directed through the Philippine
Veterans Assistance Commission created under Presidential Decree No.
244 dated July 12, 1973;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Philippine Veterans Assistance Commission is charged with
establishing, maintaining and making available for this significant
sector of our society all such services necessary to provide for
employment, medical care, education and related services; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in order to carry out this mission, the Philippine Veterans
Assistance Commission has been authorized to solicit funds and now
actually receiving contributions, donations, gifts and other valuable
properties from private persons and government agencies or
institutions;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of 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, do hereby order and decree: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office
is hereby authorized and directed to hold annually one special draw on
a Sunday closest to the Fall of Corregidor Day on May sixth of every
year thereafter, the whole proceeds of which shall, after deducting the
payment of the prizes and expenses as provided in Section six of
Republic Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Sixty-nine, as amended, be
turned over to the Philippine Veterans Assistance Commission for the
support and maintenance of all veterans assistance
projects. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. All laws, decrees or parts thereof
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 3. This Decree shall take effect
immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 18th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-four.
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