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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 247
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 247 -
PROHIBITING AND PENALIZING DEFACEMENT, MUTILATION, TEARING, BURNING OR
DESTRUCTION OF CENTRAL BANK NOTES AND COINS
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WHEREAS,
the Central Bank has the sole right and authority to issue currency
within the territory of the Philippines under its issue power, and
pursuant to Section 54 of Republic Act No. 265, otherwise known as the
"Central Bank Act," as amended, by Presidential Decree No. 72 dated
November 29, 1972, the notes and coins issued by the Central Bank shall
be fully guaranteed by the Government of the Republic of the
Philippines and shall be legal tender in the Philippines for all debts,
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WHEREAS, Central Bank notes and coins are issued for circulation as
medium of exchange and to utilize them for other purposes does not
speak well of the due respect and dignity befitting our currency;
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WHEREAS, defacing, mutilating, tearing, or partially burning or
destroying our currency by any means renders it unfit for circulation,
thereby unduly shortening its lifetime, and such acts unfavorably
reflect on the discipline of our people and create a bad image for our
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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,
Proclamation No. 1104 dated January 17, 1973, and General Order No. 1
dated September 22, 1972, and in order to effect the desired changes
and reforms in the social, economic and political structure of our
society, do hereby order and decree:cralaw:red
1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to
wilfully deface, mutilate, tear, burn or destroy, in any manner
whatsoever, currency notes and coins issued by the Central Bank of the
Philippines; and chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
2. That any person who shall violate this Decree
shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty
thousand pesos and/or by imprisonment of not more than five years.
All laws, orders and regulations, or parts thereof, inconsistent
herewith are hereby modified or repealed accordingly.
This Decree is hereby made part of the law of the land and shall take
effect immediately after the publication thereof in a newspaper of
general circulation.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 18th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-three.
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