Presidential Decree No. 825 (PD 825) — Providing Penalty for Improper Disposal of Garbage and Other Forms of Uncleanliness and for Other Purposes.
WHEREAS, one of the principal aims of the New Society is to
effect social, economic and political reform through discipline and
order;
WHEREAS, a healthy citizenry is a vital factor in bringing
about these reforms; and
WHEREAS, to attain these objectives it becomes the duty of
every citizen and resident of the Philippines to keep his environment or
surroundings clean and wholesome;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,
do hereby order and decree:
SECTION 1. Any provision of existing laws to the contrary
notwithstanding, all citizens and residents of the Philippines; all
universities, colleges and schools and other similar institutions,
private as well as public; all commercial and industrial establishments
such as hotels, restaurants, hospitals, cinemahouses, public markets,
department stores, groceries and the like; all public conveyances; all
residential houses; and all other establishments of any kinds, shall
undertake the cleaning of their own surroundings, their yards and
gardens, as well as the canals, roads or streets in their immediate
premises.
All garbages, filth and other waste matters, shall be placed in
the proper receptacles for the disposition thereof by garbage
collectors.
SEC. 2. Any person, who shall litter or throw garbage,
filth, or other waste matters in public places, such as roads, canals,
esteros or parks, shall suffer an imprisonment of not less than 5 days
nor more than one year or a fine of not less than P100 nor more than
P2,000.00 or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the
Court or tribunal, without prejudice to the imposition of a higher
penalty under any other law or decree.
If the violator is a
corporation, firm, or other corporate entities, the maximum penalty
shall be imposed upon the president, manager, director or persons
responsible for its operation.
SEC. 3. Owners of idle lots in Greater Manila are
required to keep their idle lots clean to prevent them from becoming the
breeding places of mosquitoes, flies, mice, rats and other scavengers.
In the event of their failure or inability to comply with this
obligation, the government shall undertake the cleaning of said lots at
the expense of the owners. The government may, through the Barangay
Council, further utilize the land for its food production program.
SEC. 4. The Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and
Communications, with the assistance of health officials and local
governments concerned, shall supervise the implementation of this
Decree.
SEC. 5. All provisions of laws, decrees, order or
regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby amended or modified
accordingly.
SEC. 6. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 7th day of November, in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
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