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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1483
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1483 -
AUTHORIZING THE IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO FOR BLENDING
PURPOSES
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WHEREAS,
Filipino exporters of cigars have failed to reach the 200,000,000
volume of prewar days;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, this failure has been attributed to the change in customers'
taste in cigars from one made of purely local cigar leaf to one blended
with imported tobacco varieties;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is need to encourage the growth of cigar export
considering that the industry provides employment opportunities to a
large segment of our population and foreign exchange earnings to the
country.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
decree and order the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. The importation of foreign cigar lead
tobacco for the purpose of blending with local cigar leaf tobacco to
improve the quality of locally made cigars for export is hereby
authorized: Provided, That the total importation for any one year shall
not exceed one hundred thousand (100,000) kilograms unless the export
market conditions require otherwise: Provided, further, That the
authority to import shall be granted only to bona fide cigar
manufacturers-exporters at least sixty percent (60%) of the capital
stock of which is owned by Filipinos and bona fide cigar
manufacturing-exporting companies existing at the time of the
promulgation of this Decree.
Section 2. The Philippine Tobacco Board shall
promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to implement and
effectively carry out the provisions of this Decree. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. An inter-agency Committee to be created
by the Philippine Tobacco Board shall enforce this Decree and its
implementing rules and regulations. The said Committee shall be
composed of the Chairman-General Manager of the Philippine Tobacco
Administration as Chairman and a representative each of the Bureau of
Foreign Trade and of the tobacco manufacturing-exporting sector as
Members.
Section 4. Any person violating any provision of
this Decree or the implementing rules and regulations promulgated by
the Philippine Tobacco Board shall be fined in an amount not less than
five thousand pesos nor more than ten thousand pesos or imprisoned for
not less than one year nor more than five years, or both, in the
discretion of the court. In case the violation in committed by a
corporation, the penalties herein provided shall be imposed upon the
President or in his absence, upon the Manager or person in charge of
the business thereof. Such violations shall ipso facto cause the
revocation of all privileges, permits and authorization granted to such
person under this Decree.
Section 5. All existing laws, rules and regulations
inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.
Section 6. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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