Section 55
SEC. 55. Section one hundred eight of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 108. Guiding principle. — The Monetary Board shall use the powers granted to it under the present article and elsewhere in this Act to ensure that the supply, availability and cost of money are in accord with the needs of the Philippine economy and that bank credit is not granted for speculative purposes prejudicial to the national interests. Regulations on bank operations shall be applied to all banks of the same category uniformly and without discrimination."