CHAN ROBLES AND ASSOCIATES LAW FIRM - Welcome to the Home of the Philippine On-Line Legal Resources

Philippine Laws, Statutes & Codes

ON-LINE
.
Sponsored by:  The ChanRobles Group

A collection of Philippine laws, statutes and codes
not included or cited in the main indices
of the Chan Robles Virtual Law Library.





google search for chanrobles.com Search for www.chanrobles.com

Google
 
Web www.chanrobles.com




THE CHAN ROBLES VIRTUAL LAW LIBRARY - QUICK GLANCE
 Philippines| Worldwide|The Business Page





PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 542


 


PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 542 - AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 264, CREATING THE PHILIPPINE AMANAH BANK
 


WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 264, dated August 2, 1973 was designed and intended principally to rehabilitate, develop, expand and promote the socio-economic conditions of the economically depressed provinces of Mindanao, particularly in the Muslim provinces of North Cotabato, Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga del Norte, and Zamboanga del Sur, and to provide more opportunities and incentives to the Muslim citizens of the Philippines, in actively and sincerely participating and getting involved in community development and  nation-building;

WHEREAS, in order to render more effective the foregoing intentions and objectives of this Decree, it is necessary that the religious beliefs and practices of the Muslim citizens of the Philippines, be followed and respected, unless otherwise it is contrary to law, good morals and public policy.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby amend Presidential Decree No. 264, as follows:

Section 1.    Section 1 of Presidential Decree No. 264, creating the Philippine Amanah Bank, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 1.    Purposes, Name, Domicile and Basis. — To provide credit commercial, development and savings banking facilities at reasonable terms to the people of the primarily Muslim provinces of Mindanao, principally, the provinces of North Cotabato, Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat, Lanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Sulu, Basilan, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur and Palawan for the establishment, acquisition, development and expansion of agricultural, commercial and industrial enterprises, there is hereby created a body corporate to be known as the Philippine Amanah Bank, which shall have its principal place of business at Zamboanga City and shall exist for fifty years.

The Philippine Amanah Bank shall be based on the Islamic Concept of Banking, following the no-interest and partnership principles." 

Section 2.    The third paragraph of Section 15 of the same decree is hereby amended to read as follows:

"All profits assigned as dividends to the shares of the government, and all remaining net profits of the bank after the payment of dividends to stockholders other than the government of the Philippines, its agencies or instrumentalities, if there is any, shall be transmitted to the Muslim Development Fund of the Philippine Amanah Bank."

Section 3.    All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 4.    This Decree shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 20th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.


chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
chan robles virtual law library


Back to Home  -  Back to Main
chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary











 Copyright © 1998-2007 by 
ChanRobles Publishing Company 
 All Rights Reserved 
A production of The ChanRobles Group
Questions and comments mailto: 
cralaw@chanrobles.com or jgc@chanrobles.com
Designed & Maintained by:
Harvard Computer Systems, Inc. 

Since 19.07.98.






google search for chanrobles.com Search for www.chanrobles.com

Google
 
Web www.chanrobles.com
.