PROVIDING PENALTY FOR IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE AND OTHER FORMS OF UNCLEANLINESS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 825
• Sections: 7

Preamble

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

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.

Section 2

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.

Section 3

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.

Section 4

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.

Section 5

SEC. 5. All provisions of laws, decrees, order or

regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby amended or modified

accordingly.

Section 6

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