PD 496 Preamble

Preamble

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:

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