Preamble
WHEREAS, the Solicitation Permit Law (ACT 4075) was enacted on October 27, 1933, and within the forty-three years of its effectivity substantial social and economic changes have taken place in our country so much so that said law is no longer attuned to present conditions; WHEREAS, it has become customary and traditional for all duly organized private and semi-government entities, associations and organizations to enjoin the cooperation and support of the public in the various civic activities and projects which they undertake from time to time; WHEREAS, the people's "bayanihan" spirit will be further enhanced or promoted if they are directly or indirectly involved in all charitable and public welfare activities; and WHEREAS, there is an imperative need to give legal sanction and to regulate the solicitation of donations and voluntary contributions from the public sector in order to obviate illegal fund drives; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree and order as follows: