Section 1
Section 1. The Purchase and Equipment Division (now Supply Coordination Office) of the Government of the Philippines and other officers and employees of the municipal and provincial governments and the Government of the Philippines and of chartered cities, boards, commissions, bureaus, departments, offices, agencies, branches, and bodies of any description, including government-owned companies, authorized to requisition, purchase, or contract or make disbursements for articles, materials, and supplies for public use, public biddings, or public works, shall give preference to materials and supplies produced, made, and manufactured in the Philippines or in the United States, and to domestic entities, subject to the conditions herein-below specified.