Presidential Decree No. 1211 (PD 1211) — Regulating the Milling of Rice
WHEREAS, the government is desirous of improving the
nutritional value of rice as a staple food;
WHEREAS, brown rice and regular milled rice contain higher
quantities of nutrients like protein, vitamins and minerals needed by the human
body.
WHEREAS, consistent with the nutrition program of the
government it is imperative to regulate the milling of rice;
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 and make as part of the law of the land, the following:
SECTION 1. The milling of overmilled rice (rice with all the
bran removed) is hereby prohibited. All rice mill owners/operators are required
to mill a minimum of 10% of all palay owned and/or received by them for milling
into brown rice (rice with only the hull removed) and the balance into tegular
milled rice only.
SEC. 2. Ricemill owners/operators whose mills are not
equipped with the necessary mechanism or device to control the milling degree
shall be given temporary permits for a period of one (1) year from the
effectivity of this decree and only for the purpose of servicing the monthly
requirements of individual households; provided, further, that if after the
lapse of this grace period, any mill owner/operator who has not improved his
mill to enable it to mill brown rice and regular milled rice shall not be
licensed by N.G.A.
SEC. 3. The Department of Public Information shall require
all sectors of the mass media to allocate spot time and/or space for the
informational and educational campaign on brown rice and regular milled rice to
be conducted by the National Grains Authority.
SEC. 4. The Department of Education and Culture and all
other government agencies and/or instrumentalities, including all government
owned or controlled corporations, shall assist the NGA in this campaign.
SEC. 5. The National Grains Authority shall promulgate such
rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this decree.
SEC. 6. Any violation of any provision of this decree and
the rules and regulations to be promulgated pursuant herewith shall subject the
offender to cancellation of his license and upon conviction, to imprisonment of
not less than one (1) year nor more than two (2) years or by a fine ranging from
Four Thousand To Six Thousand Pesos, or both, at the discretion of the court. If
the offender is a corporation or a partnership, the President/General Manager
and or Managing Director or Managing Partner, as the case may be, shall be
laible for the offense committed and subject to the penalties specified
herein.
SEC. 7. Any provision of law, order, decree or letters of
instruction inconsistent with the provisions of this decree is hereby repealed
or modified accordingly.
SEC. 8. This decree shall take effect thirty (30) days from
date hereof.
Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of October, in the year of Our
Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the
Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Executive Assistant
Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).
