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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1683
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1683 -
AMENDING CERTAIN SectionS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6425, AS AMENDED,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 1972 AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
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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, it has been noted that the use of regulated drugs as
substitute for prohibited drugs has become rampant;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is an imperative necessity to effectively check the use
of both prohibited and regulated drugs by increasing the penalties for
illegal traffic in, and illegal importation of, all dangerous drugs,
and illegal manufacture of regulated drugs, and by making them capital
offenses.
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 and decree: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. Sub-paragraph (2), paragraph (e) of
Section 2 of Republic Act No. 6425 is hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"(2) "Regulated drug" which includes self-inducing
sedatives, such as secobarbital, phenobarbital, pentobarbital,
amobarbital and any other drug which contains a salt or a derivative of
a salt of barbituric acid; any salt; isomer or salt of anisomer, of
amphetamine, such as bensedrine or dexedrine, or any drug which
produces a physiological action similar to amphetamine; and hypnotic
drugs, such as methaqualone, nitrazepam or any other compound producing
similar physiological effects;"
Section 2. Section 3 of the same Act is hereby
amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 3. Importation of Prohibited Drugs. — The
penalty of life imprisonment to death and a fine ranging from twenty to
thirty thousand pesos shall be imposed upon any person who, unless
authorized by law, shall import or bring into the Philippines any
prohibited drug."
Section 3. Section 14 of the same Act is amended to
read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 14. Importation of Regulated Drugs. — The
penalty of life imprisonment to death and a fine ranging from twenty to
thirty thousand pesos shall be impose upon any person who, unless
authorized by law, shall import or bring any regulated drug into the
Philippines".
Section 4. Article III of R.A. No. 6425 is hereby
amended by adding a new section between Sections 14 and 15 to be known
as Section 14-A which shall read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 14-A. Manufacture of Regulated Drugs. — The
penalty of life imprisonment to death and a fine ranging from twenty to
thirty thousand pesos shall be imposed upon any person who, unless
authorized by law, shall engage in the manufacture of any regulated
drug." chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 5. Section 15 of the same Act is hereby
amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 15. Sale, Administration, Dispensation,
Delivery, Transportation and Distribution of Regulated Drugs. — The
penalty of life imprisonment to death and a fine ranging from twenty to
thirty thousand pesos shall be imposed upon any persons who, unless
authorized by law, shall sell, dispense, deliver, transport or
distribute any regulated drug. If the victim of the offense is a minor,
or should a regulated 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."
Section 6. Paragraph (1) of Section 36 of the same
Act is hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"(1) Authorize, pursuant to the provisions of this
Act, the importation, distribution, manufacture, production,
compounding, prescription, dispensing and sale of, and other lawful
acts in connection with, dangerous drugs of such kind and quantity as
it may deem necessary according to the medical and research needs of
the country, which authorization shall be required by the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue as a basis for the issuance of permits for such
purposes in accordance with Republic Act No. 953; and to determine the
quantity\quantities to be imported, manufactured and held in stock at
any given time by an authorized importer, manufacturer distributor of
dangerous drugs;"
Section 7. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 14th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Eighty.
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