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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1708
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1708 -
AMENDING PARAGRAPH (i), Section 2 OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-FOUR
HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF
1972", AS AMENDED
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WHEREAS,
the volume of marijuana apprehended by law enforcement officers and men
appears to confirm the observation that the illegal growing,
cultivation and production of marijuana plants remain unchecked; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, law enforcement agencies tasked with the enforcement of the
Dangerous Drugs Act claim that the proliferation of "Marijuana
plantations" is mainly attributable to the failure of the Dangerous
Drugs Act to penalize the possession of marijuana seeds which are the
very source of marijuana plants;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the view that the Dangerous Drugs Act fails to penalize the
possession of marijuana seeds has been confirmed by the Court of
Appeals in its decision in the Moises Padua case which, in acquitting
the accused, rules that the seeds or marijuana are not embraced in the
definition of "Indian Hemp" as provided in the said act;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is imperative that the possession of marijuana seeds be
penalized to provide a deterrent to, or check the proliferation of
"marijuana plantations".
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree as follows:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section 2(i) of Republic Act Numbered
sixty-four hundred and twenty-five, as amended, is hereby amended to
read as follows: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"(i) "Indian Hemp" — otherwise known as "Marijuana"
embraces every kind and class of the plant cannabis sativa L.,
including cannabis americana, hashhish, bhang, guaza, churrus and
ganjab, and embraces every kind, class and character of Indian Hemp,
whether dried or fresh, flowering or fruiting tops of the pistillate
plant, SEEDS THEREOF, and all its geographic varieties whether as a
reefer, resin, extract, tincture or in any form whatsoever".
Section 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 8th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty.
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