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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1818
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1818 -
PROHIBITING COURTS FROM ISSUING RESTRAINING ORDERS OR PRELIMINARY
INJUNCTIONS IN CASES INVOLVING INFRASTRUCTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OF, AND PUBLIC UTILITIES OPERATED BY, THE
GOVERNMENT
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WHEREAS,
Presidential Decree No. 605 prohibits the issuance by the courts of
restraining orders or injunctions in cases involving concessions,
licenses, and other permits issued by administrative officials or
bodies for the exploitation, development and utilization of natural
resources of the country; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to adopt a similar prohibition
against the issuance of such restraining orders or injunctions in other
areas of activity equally critical to the economic development effort
of the nation, in order not to disrupt or hamper the pursuit of
essential government projects.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
decree and order as follows: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. No court in the Philippines shall have
jurisdiction to issue any restraining order, preliminary injunction, or
preliminary mandatory injunction in any case, dispute, or controversy
involving an infrastructure project, or a mining, fishery, forest or
other natural resource development project of the government, or any
public utility operated by the government, including among others
public utilities for the transport of the goods or commodities,
stevedoring and arrastre contracts, to prohibit any person or persons,
entity or governmental official from proceeding with, or continuing the
execution or implementation of any such project, or the operation of
such public utility, or pursuing any lawful activity necessary for such
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Section 2. This decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 16th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-one.
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