APPROPRIATING THE AMOUNT OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE TASK FORCE ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 297
• Sections: 3

Preamble

WHEREAS, under Executive Order No. 419, dated September 19,

1973, a Task Force on Human Settlements was created to conduct a study on the

nature, policy issues and strategies related to a comprehensive and integrative

human settlement program in this country; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to appropriate the necessary amount

to carry out the purposes and objectives of the Task Force on Human

Settlements;

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, do hereby order and decree:

Section 1

SECTION 1. The sum of five hundred thousand pesos be taken

from the Excess Income Tax is hereby appropriated as operating funds of the Task

Force on Human Settlements out of any funds in the National Treasury not

otherwise appropriated.

Section 2

SEC. 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 19th day of September, 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

Acting Executive Secretary