Presidential Decree No. 496 (PD 496) — Amending Section 3 of Presidential Decree No. 260
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 260 has declared certain
sites, churches and places as national shrines, monuments, and/or
landmarks, defining the implementing agencies and providing funds
therefor;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to make an appropriation for the
said purposes effective at the beginning of the fiscal year 1974.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,
do hereby amend Presidential Decree No. 260 as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 3 of Presidential Decree No. 260 is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 3. To carry out the purposes of this Decree the sum
of five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) for the National Museum
and the same amount for the National Historical Commission are hereby
appropriated from the General Fund not otherwise appropriated beginning
July 1, 1974. Such amount as may be necessary shall be provided in the
subsequent fiscal year's budgets."
SEC. 2. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed and/or modified accordingly.
SEC. 3. This decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of June, in the year of
Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
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