AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 297, DATED DECEMBER 24, 1949
By virtue of the powers vested in me by Republic Act No. 330, entitled “An Act authorizing the President of the Philippines to establish a system of import control by regulating imports of non-essential and luxury articles, creating an Import Control Board, authorizing the issuance of rules and regulations to carry into effect such control and penalizing violations of this Act,” I, ELPIDIO QUIRINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:
Section 1. Section 2 of Executive Order No. 297 is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Articles or materials included in Appendix A which are necessary for the operation of locally established industries and those needed in construction projects covered by rehabilitation contracts, financed partly or wholly by War Damage funds, as determined in each case by the Import Control Board, shall not be subject to the percentage reduction fixed in Appendix B, but the manufacturer or contractor shall apply for import permit therefor.
”Section 2. This Order shall take effect upon its promulgation.
Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourth.
(SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary
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