Preamble
WHEREAS, a need exists to re-define and broaden the functions and powers of the Philippine Sugar Commission created under the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 388, dated February 2, 1974; WHEREAS, it has become necessary to include within The functions and powers of the Philippine Sugar Commission to restore, maintain, regulate and exercise exclusive control and supervision over sugar planters and or sugar producers marketing cooperatives already in existence under laws before their appeal by the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 175, and those created pursuant to the same provisions of Presidential Decree No. 175, in order to effectively promote the integrated development scheme of the sugar industry. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, and upon the recommendation of the sugar planters, millers and traders of the Philippines through their associations and cooperatives, do hereby decree and order the creation of the Philippine Sugar Commission as follows: