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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 20
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 20 -
AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6359, ENTITLED "AN ACT
TO REGULATE RENTALS FOR THE YEARS OF DWELLING UNITS OR OF LAND ON WHICH
ANOTHER'S DWELLING IS LOCATED AND PENALIZING VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES"
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WHEREAS, the effects of the recent
calamities which befell the country tended to raise prices of the basic
necessities of life including rentals for housing;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Government through various measures have successfully been
able to stabilize the prices of basic commodities, and it is essential
that rentals for housing should likewise be stabilized; and chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the freezing of rentals for the lower income group at their
present levels is desirable as the equitable levels for both the lessor
and the lessee;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 adopt and
make as part of the law of the land certain amendments to the
provisions of Republic Act No. 6359, which shall read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 1. No lessor of a dwelling unit or of land on
which another's dwelling is located shall upon promulgation of this
Decree and until otherwise provided, increase the monthly rental agreed
upon between the lessor and the lessee, as of the effectivity of this
Act when said monthly rental does not exceed three hundred (P300.00)
pesos a month."
"Sec. 3. No lessor of a dwelling unit or of land on
which another's dwelling is located may demand a deposit, for any
purpose, of any amount in excess of two month's rental in advance.
"Sec. 4. Except when the lease is for a definite
period, the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 1673 of the Civil
Code of the Philippines insofar as they refer to dwelling unit of land
on which another's dwelling is located shall be suspended until
otherwise provided; but other provisions of the Civil Code and the
Rules of Court of the Philippines of lease contracts, insofar as they
are not in conflict with the provisions of this Act, shall
apply. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"Sec. 5. Any person violating any provision of this
Act shall be punished by imprisonment of not less that one year nor
more than five years and a fine of not less than five thousand pesos
nor more than ten thousand pesos." chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 12th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-two.
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