Amending P.D. No. 458 Re: Design and Construction of Airports
Presidential Decree No. 963, issued on July 15, 1976, amends Presidential Decree No. 458 regarding the design and construction of airports in the Philippines. The decree emphasizes the need for an integrated approach to the planning, construction, maintenance, and operation of transportation systems to enhance the efficiency and safety of air travel. It specifically transfers the responsibility for the location and design of airport runways from the Department of Public Highways to the Department of Public Works, Transportation, and Communications, through the Civil Aeronautics Administration. This integration is aimed at improving overall airport systems planning and operations, and the decree takes effect immediately.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Presidential Decree No. 963
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Presidential Decrees
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
July 15, 1976
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 963
AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 458 RELATIVE TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AIRPORTS
WHEREAS, there is a need to integrate the planning, construction, maintenance and operation of all modes of transport to enable effective and economical flow of cargo and passenger traffic throughout the country; acd
WHEREAS, it is doubly imperative that such integrated approach be adopted to airport systems to ensure a high degree of efficiency and safety in air transportation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree and order to be part of the law of the land, the following:
SECTION 1. Presidential Decree No. 458, dated May 16, 1974, is hereby amended by transferring the functions of the location and design of airport runways from the Department of Public Highways to the Department of Public Works, Transportation through the Civil Aeronautic Administration and Communications to be integrated into a total airport systems planning and operations. aisa dc
SECTION 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 15th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Six.
Cite This Law
Amending P.D. No. 458 Re: Design and Construction of Airports, Presidential Decree No. 963, Jul 15, 1976 (Philippines)
Amending P.D. No. 458 Re: Design and Construction of Airports, Presidential Decree No. 963 (Phil. 1976)
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