WHEREAS, to protect the public morals, health, safety and
welfare, the State wages a relentless campaign against drug addiction and the
vices and ills attendant thereto; and
WHEREAS, some drug establishments contribute to the
frustration of said campaign by selling or dispensing drugs, medicines and other
similar substances in violation of Republic Acts Nos. 3720 and 6425, otherwise
known as the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972,
respectively, and other laws and the regulations issued thereunder;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to
Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated
September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby decree and order:
SECTION 1. Any provision of law to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Food and Drug Administrator is hereby authorized to order
the closure, or suspend or revoke the license, of any drug establishment which
after administrative investigation is found guilty of selling or dispensing
drugs, medicines and other similar substances in violation of the Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act, and Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, or other laws regulating the
sale or dispensation of drugs, or rules and regulations issued pursuant
thereto.
SEC. 2. The administrative investigation shall be summary in
character. The owner of the drugstore shall be given an opportunity to be
heard.
SEC. 3. This Decree is hereby made part of the law of the
land and shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 27th day of August, in the year of Our Lord,
nineteen hundred and seventy-three.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Assistant Executive Secretary
