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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 83
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 83 -
AUTHORIZING PHILIPPINE VETERANS BANK TO OPERATE A COMMISSARY AND PX
FACILITIES FOR VETERANS, THEIR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS, AND MEMBERS OF THE
AFP AND THEIR DEPENDENTS
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081,
dated September 21, 1972, martial law is in effect throughout the land;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in order to extend further assistance to the Veterans of the
Philippines in World War II, and their widows and orphans, as well as
to the members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (who are now
carrying the greater part of the burden of suppressing the activities
of groups of men actively engaged in a criminal conspiracy to seize
political and state powers in the Philippines and of eradicating
widespread lawlessness, anarchy, disorder and wanton destruction of
lives and property) and their dependents, I ordered the Philippine
Veterans Bank to set aside the sum of five million pesos
(P5,000,000.00) in Letter of Instruction No. 31, October 23, 1972, as
amended, for the operation and maintenance of a commissary and PX
facilities for the aforementioned veterans, their widows and orphans,
and the members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and their
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WHEREAS, to better realize the objectives of the aforestated Letter of
Instructions and in order to render fuller meaning to said objectives,
it is necessary that certain commodities which are to be sold by the
commissary from local producers, manufacturers or suppliers be free of
all taxes, duties and/or charges imposed by the Government; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to the Letter of Instructions cited above, do hereby
promulgate and decree as part of the law of the land that all purchases
from local sources, manufacturers, suppliers and producers of
commodities or items decided by the AFP Exchange and Commissary Service
to be sold to persons entitled to commissary and PX privileges under
Letter of Instructions No. 31, dated October 23, 1972, as amended,
shall be free of all taxes, duties and other charges prescribed for
similar commodities or items under existing revenue and other laws and
regulations.
The Chief of Staff, AFP, with the approval of the Secretary of National
Defense is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out
the provisions of this decree. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Done in the City of Manila,
this 20th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-two.
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