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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1609 - AN ACT TO
ENCOURAGE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION BY MAKING FERTILIZERS AVAILABLE TO
FARMERS AT REASONABLE PRICES |
Section 1.
Declaration of Policy. — It is hereby declared to be the national
policy to encourage the more rapid expansion of agricultural
production, and to increase farm productivity by making available to
the farmers adequate fertilizers at reasonable prices.
Sec. 2. The government shall purchase fertilizers
in the manner hereinafter provided, and shall sell the same to farmers
in the manner hereinafter provided, according to the following schedule
of prices: Sec. 3. Only bona fide farmers shall be eligible to purchase fertilizers under this Act and they shall be allowed to purchase only those types and in the quantities which the field agents of the Bureau of Agricultural Extension shall certify jointly with the municipal agriculturist to be actually necessary for their own planting operations; the fertilizers acquired under this Act shall in no case be resold.cralaw Sec. 4. The ACCFA is hereby designated to administer the distribution of the fertilizers through the FACOMAS and in towns where there are no FACOMAS through the Bureau of Agricultural Extension: Provided, That said fertilizers shall be distributed among bona fide farmers in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the ACCFA without any discrimination whatsoever and upon payment in cash to the ACCFA; that the ACCFA shall enter into joint arrangements with other government commodity corporations especially organized to help particular industries, such as the Abaca Corporation, the Philippine Sugar Institute, the Philippine Tobacco Administration, the Philippine Coconut Administration, and the National Rice and Corn Corporation, to have said corporations and farmers' cooperative marketing associations handle the distribution for bona fide farmers in their respective industries: Provided, further, That the ACCFA shall be responsible for delivering the fertilizers to the farmers at the fertilizing period appropriate to each crop and region: And provided, finally, That the farm corporations concerned, whether directly or through their respective procurement commodity corporations or marketing associations, shall file their order one hundred twenty days before the desired time for delivery, the procedures for filing such an order specifying their requirements in type, form, quality and quantity to be determined by the ACCFA.cralaw Sec. 5. The ACCFA shall determine before the beginning of each crop year, in consultation with the Bureau of Agricultural Extension, the various commodity corporations, and the various chambers of agriculture, the aggregate fertilizer requirements for the year and the monthly schedule of procurement and delivery.cralaw Sec. 6. The ACCFA shall procure the fertilizers in the quantities and types which are required at the lowest possible prices first from locally produced supplies and the balance from imports through public bidding to be conducted by a committee composed of the Secretary of Finance or his representative, as chairman, the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources or his representative and a representative of the ACCFA, as members: Provided, That the Central Bank of the Philippines shall allocate the necessary dollars for the importation of said fertilizers. Sec. 7. The representatives of the commodity corporations may demand at any time that a bidding be called by the committee herein created, for the purpose of assuring procurement and delivery of their respective fertilizer requirements on time.cralaw Sec. 8. Any person or official of the ACCFA who shall discriminate in favor of or against any person or persons in violation of section three hereof or who shall violate any provision of this Act shall be punished by a fine of two thousand pesos or imprisonment for one year, or both.cralaw Sec. 9. There is hereby appropriated for the purposes of this Act an amount of eighteen million pesos to be drawn every year and for a period of three years out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated.cralaw
Section 10. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval and for a period of three years from the date of its approval.cralaw Approved: August 23, 1956 |