Proclamation No. 663, s. 1970

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 663, March 6, 1970 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 1 TO 7, 1970, AS “TAX CONSCIOUSNESS WEEK.”

WHEREAS, it is the civic obligation and patriotic duty of every citizen to pay his just taxes promptly; and

WHEREAS, there is need of instilling among our citizenry greater consciousness of their obligation and underscoring the taxpayer’s role in economic progress and nation-building;

NOW THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the period from April 1 to 7, 1970, as ‘”Tax Consciousness Week” under the auspices of the Department of” Finance.

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

Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Acting Executive Secretary