Preamble
WHEREAS, pending before Congress prior to the promulgation of Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, was House No. 4317, entitled "An Act to Revise the Charter of the Foreign Trade Zone Authority Created Under Republic Act Numbered Five Thousand Four Hundred and Ninety and For Other Purposes", which I have certified as one of the urgent measures necessitating immediate enactment; WHEREAS, it is imperative that this measure be immediately made part of the law of the land in order to assure the accelerated development and efficient operation of the export processing zone in Mariveles, Bataan, and such other zones as may be established in the country, and thereby hastening the realization of the objectives of the Government to create a new social and economic order for the national benefit; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby order and decree the following to be the .Revised Charter of the Foreign Trade Zone Authority Created Under Republic Act No. 5490 and as part of the law of the land: