Presidential Decree No. 1343 (PD 1343) — AMENDING PARAGRAPH (iii) (1), SEC. 178 OF ELECTION CODE.
WHEREAS, paragraph (iii) (1), Sec. 178 of the 1978 Election
Code penalizes any person selling, furnishing, offering or taking intoxicating
liquor two days immediately preceding election day and on election day;
WHEREAS, representations have been made in behalf of hotels
and other establishments catering to foreign tourists to exempt them from the
liquor ban in view of its adverse effects on the development and promotion of
tourism;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
decree:
Paragraph (iii) (1), Sec. 178 of the 1978 Election Code amended.
SECTION 1. Paragraph (iii) (1), Sec. 178 of the 1978
Election Code amended. — Paragraph (iii) (1), Sec. 178 of the 1978 Election
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(iii) (1) Any person who sells, furnishes, offers or takes intoxicating
liquor on the days fixed by law for registration of voters in the voting
centers, or on any of the two days immediately preceding election day, or on
election day. HOTELS AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS DULY ACCREDITED BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF TOURISM AS TOURIST-ORIENTED AND HABITUALLY IN THE BUSINESS OF CATERING TO
FOREIGN TOURIST MAY, HOWEVER, BE EXEMPTED FOR JUSTIFIABLE REASONS FROM THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH UPON PRIOR AUTHORITY OF THE
COMMISSION."
Effectivity.
SEC. 2. Effectivity. — This decree shall take
effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 4th day of April in the year of Our Lord,
nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the
Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential
Assistant
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