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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1675
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1675 -
AMENDING FURTHER Section 4 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6425, AS AMENDED,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 1972
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WHEREAS,
the campaign against the manufacture and distribution of dangerous
drugs is one of the nation's primary concern in the fight against
criminality and lawlessness;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the baneful effects of drug addiction, if not effectively
checked, would undermine public order and the stability of the State;
and
WHEREAS, there is urgent necessity to reinforce the drive against
dangerous drugs by making "drug pushing" a capital offense.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the land do hereby order as follows:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section 4 of Republic Act No. 6425 as
amended, otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, is hereby
further amended to read as follows. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"Sec. 4. Sale, Administration Delivery, Distribution
and Transportation of prohibited Drug. — The penalty of life
imprisonment to death and a fine ranging from twenty thousand to thirty
thousand pesos shall be imposed upon any person who, unless authorized
by law, shall sell, administer, deliver, give away to another,
distribute, dispatch in transit or transport any prohibited drug, or
shall act as a broker in any of such transactions. If the victim of the
offense is a minor, or should a prohibited drug involved in any offense
under this Section be the proximate cause of the death of a victim
thereof, the maximum penalty herein provided shall be imposed." chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 17th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and eighty.
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