Proclamation No. 444, s. 1968

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 444, August 10, 1968 ]

CALLING THE CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES TO A SPECIAL SESSION.

WHEREAS, the public interest requires that the Congress of the Philippines be convened in a special session in order to consider urgent legislative measures;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby call the Congress of the Philippines to a special session for such number of days as may be necessary but not to exceed thirty (30) days commencing on August 12, 1968 to consider the following subjects and other legislative matters;

H. No. 16303	AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES.
H. No. 17195	AN ACT REVISING AND AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
H. No. 14544	AN ACT INCREASING THE SPECIFIC TAX ON CERTAIN DISTILLED SPIRITS AND ON FERMENTED LIQUORS AND LIMITING TO DISTILLERIES THE PROCESS OF DENATURATION, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SECTIONS ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE AND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE AND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
H. No. 16507	AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY TWO OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED BY SECTION THREE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE, TO PROVIDE MEANS FOR INCREASING THE HIGHWAY SPECIAL FUND.
H. No. 14563	AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN CAREER INTERNAL REVENUE AND CUSTOMS SERVICES.
H. No. 14545	AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY ONE HUNDRED TWENTY SEVEN, AS AMENDED, AUTHORIZING THE EXEMPTION OF BASIC INDUSTRIES FROM THE PAYMENT OF CERTAIN TAXES.
H. No. 1310	AN ACT INSTITUTE THE TAX CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES.
	AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND ACT NUMBERED THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO, KNOWN AS THE “PORTWORKS FUNDS ACT”, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY AND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWELVE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISBURSEMENT OF SAID FUND.
H. No. 932	AN ACT PRESCRIBING CONDITIONS FOR THE GRANT OF TAX AND OTHER EXEMPTION ON DONATIONS AND IMPORTATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, RELIGIOUS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSES REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTEEN.
H. No. 17066	AN ACT CREATING A SPECIAL SCHOOL FUND TO BE CONSTITUTED FROM PROCEEDS OF CERTAIN TAXES.
H. No. 17204	AN ACT CREATING A SPECIAL HOSPITAL AND RURAL HEALTH FUND TO BE CONSTITUTED OUT OF THE PROCEEDS OF CERTAIN TAXES.
H. No. 17485	AN ACT CREATING A SPECIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUND TO BE CONSTITUTED FROM PROCEEDS CERTAIN TAXES.
H. No. 17192	AN ACT CREATING AN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT FUND.
H. No. 17194	AN ACT CREATING A LOW-COST HOUSING FUND TO PROVIDE LOW-COST HOUSING UNIT FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.
H. No. 17193	AN ACT CREATING INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND TO PARTLY FINANCE THE COUNTRY’S DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
	AN ACT CREATING A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL WELFARE FUND.
	AN ACT CREATING A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE LAND REFORM FUND.
	AN ACT CREATING A MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT FUND.
	AN ACT CREATING A SPECIAL FUND FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND ORDER.
P. S. R. No. 41	RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN THE RATIFICATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES OF THE CONVENTION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME AND CAPITAL.
H. No. 86	REAL PROPERTY TAX CODE.
H. No. 80	AN ACT LIMITING OWNERSHIP OF CAPITAL STOCK OF BANKING INSTITUTIONS TO FILIPINO CITIZENS, AND PROVIDING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR FOREIGN BANKS.
S. No. 682
H. No. 6101	AN ACT PROVIDING THAT NO ALIEN FOR ORGANIZATION FORTY PER CENT OR MORE OF THE CAPITAL OF WHICH IS OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY ALIENS SHALL BE REGISTERED, LICENSED OR PERMITTED TO DO BUSINESS OR ENGAGED IN ANY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY NOR SHALL MAKE ANY INVESTMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES WITHOUT PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FROM THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH ALIEN OR ORGANIZATION WILL ENGAGE IN AN ACTIVITY WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOUND AND BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL ECONOMY ON A SELF-SUSTAINING BASIS AND FOR THE VALIDATION OF SHARES OF STOCKS OR PROPRIETARY INTERESTS IN THE PHILIPPINE ENTITIES.
S. No. 683
H. No. 6103	AN ACT AMENDING SUBPARAGRAPH (1) AND (2), PARAGRAPH (G) OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED TWO, PART 3, TITLE II, BOOK I OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES IN ORDER THAT IMPORT QUOTAS MAY BE ESTABLISHED FOR CAUSES OTHER THAN THE RESULT OF ANY CONCESSION GRANTED UNDER A TRADE AGREEMENT.
S. No. 681
H. No. 16845	AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL POLICY ON MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT CREATING A NATIONAL MANPOWER COUNCIL AND OTHER MANPOWER INSTITUTIONS, AND PROVIDING FUND THEREFOR.
H. No. 832	AN ACT TO INVIGORATE THE COUNTRY’S EXPORT TRADE AS A MEANS OF ACCELERATING THE RATE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH BY GRANTING CERTAIN INCENTIVES TO EXPORT INDUSTRIES.
S. No. 826	AN ACT CREATING A COMMISSION ON YOUTH CITIZENSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT (CYCD), DEFINING ITS POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR.
S. No. 773	AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION, PRESCRIBING ITS DUTIES, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE.
S. No. 271	An act to amend sections three hundred twenty-one and three hundred twenty-six of act numbered thirty eight hundred and fifteen. (re order forms of arson)
H. No. 2215	AN ACT SECTION SIX OF ARTICLE THREE, SECTION NINE AND PARAGRAPH (D), SECTION TEN OF ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION FOURTEEN OF ARTICLE FIVE SECTION NINETEEN OF ARTICLE SIX AND SECTION THIRTY OF ARTICLE TEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE HIGHWAY ACT OF 1954.
S. No. 9
	AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWO MILLION PESOS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE BOARD OF INVESTMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT TO NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE.
H. No. 16724	AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTY MILLION PESOS FOR THE REHABILITATION REPAIR OR RECONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT IN ALL PROVINCES WHICH WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED BY TYPHOON WELMING AND RECENT FLOODS.
H. No. 17343	AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR PUBLIC WORKS SYNCHRONIZING THE SAKE WITH PREVIOUS PUBLIC WORKS APPROPRIATION.
H. No. 16802	AN ACT PROVIDING FUND FOR THE CONTINUATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PHILIPPINE ACTION OUT IN VIETNAM.
H. No. 17517	AN ACT EXEMPTING THE PRESS FOUNDATION OF ASIA AND ITS GRANTS FROM THE PAYMENT OF GIFT, FRANCHISE, SPECIFIC, PERCENTAGE, REAL PROPERTY AND ALL OTHER TAXES, DUTIES AND FEES AND TO EXEMPT FOREIGN PERSONNEL OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION OF ASIA FROM THE PAYMENT OF INCOME TAX.
H. No. 16381	AN ACT AMENDING HEADING 12.01 OF CHAPTER TWELVE, SECTION C OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
S. No. 2	AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-ONE, ENTITLED “AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF SELF-LIQUIDATING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS BY PRIVATE PERSONS.”
H. No. 17265	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES IN THE PHILIPPINES.

All persons entitled to sit as Members of the Congress of the Philippines are requested to take notice of this proclamation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippine to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 10th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary