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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 140
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 140 -
REQUIRING ALL OWNERS OR OPERATORS OF XEROX AND OTHER TYPES OF COPYING
MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT TO REGISTER THEIR EQUIPMENT OR MACHINES
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WHEREAS, xerox and other similar copying
machines or equipment have been utilized for the production of
subversive propaganda materials;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the copying machines or equipment have also been utilized in
the falsification of letters and important papers and documents;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it has, therefore, become necessary for the Government to
regulate the use of those machines or equipment;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 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, do hereby
decree and order:cralaw:red
1. That all such machines or equipment be registered
with either the Philippine Constabulary or the National Bureau of
Investigation;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
2. That these equipment or machines shall be
registered within a period of fifteen (15) days from the date hereof,
and in the event of failure to register within a period herein
prescribed, the machine or equipment shall be confiscated by the
National Bureau of Investigation or the Philippine Constabulary;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
3. That the Chief, Philippine Constabulary or the
Director, Bureau of Investigation shall inform the Secretary of
National Defense, the Secretary of Justice and the Secretary of Public
Information of the registration herein required for their information
and guidance;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
4. That the Secretary of Public Information shall
widely publish this order especially during the period of fifteen (15)
days prescribed for the registration of these equipment and machines;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
5. That all future acquisitions by purchase, lease or
other modes, of these machines or equipment shall be registered as
herein prescribed; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
6. That the Chief, Philippine Constabulary, and the
Director, National Bureau of Investigation, shall prescribe any rules
or regulations needed to implement this decree.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 2nd day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-three.
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