Constitution of Executive Committee to Ensure Efficient Flow of Rice, Corn and Other Prime Consumer Commodities
Letter of Instructions No. 113, issued on August 11, 1973, establishes an Executive Committee tasked with controlling and coordinating the distribution of essential commodities such as rice, corn, sugar, and coconut oil in response to a market crisis. The Secretary of National Defense is appointed as the Chairman, with the Executive Secretary as Vice Chairman, overseeing a secretariat that includes representatives from various government agencies. A National Prime Commodities Operations Center will be set up to ensure efficient distribution from production to consumers. To facilitate these objectives, existing laws and orders are suspended during the emergency period, continuing until the market situation stabilizes.
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- What is Constitution of Executive Committee to Ensure Efficient Flow of Rice, Corn and Other Prime Consumer Commodities about?
- Letter of Instructions No. 113, issued on August 11, 1973, establishes an Executive Committee tasked with controlling and coordinating the distribution of essential commodities such as rice, corn, sugar, and coconut oil in response to a market crisis. The Secretary of National Defense is appointed as the Chairman, with the Executive Secretary as Vice Chairman, overseeing a secretariat that includes representatives from various government agencies. A National Prime Commodities Operations Center will be set up to ensure efficient distribution from production to consumers. To facilitate these objectives, existing laws and orders are suspended during the emergency period, continuing until the market situation stabilizes.
- What type of law is Letter of Instructions No. 113?
- Constitution of Executive Committee to Ensure Efficient Flow of Rice, Corn and Other Prime Consumer Commodities (Letter of Instructions No. 113) is a Philippine Presidential Issuances enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Constitution of Executive Committee to Ensure Efficient Flow of Rice, Corn and Other Prime Consumer Commodities enacted?
- Constitution of Executive Committee to Ensure Efficient Flow of Rice, Corn and Other Prime Consumer Commodities (Letter of Instructions No. 113) was enacted on Aug 11, 1973.
- What is the citation for Constitution of Executive Committee to Ensure Efficient Flow of Rice, Corn and Other Prime Consumer Commodities?
- Constitution of Executive Committee to Ensure Efficient Flow of Rice, Corn and Other Prime Consumer Commodities, Letter of Instructions No. 113, Aug 11, 1973 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Letter of Instructions No. 113
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Letters of Instructions
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
August 11, 1973
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 113
| TO | : | The Secretary, DND |
| The Executive Secretary | ||
| The Secretary, DANR | ||
| The Secretary, DT | ||
| The Secretary, DLGCD | ||
| The Secretary, DPI | ||
| The Chief of Constabulary | ||
| The Administrator, NGA |
In view of the present unstable market situation for rice and corn and other prime commodities like sugar and coconut oil as a result of the precarious balance between available supply and demand for these commodities, it has now become necessary that the distribution of these consumer commodities to the people be effectively carried out, monitored, and if necessary, be controlled. casia
The above considered, you are hereby constituted into an Executive Committee to take over the control and coordination of all government agencies and its instrumentalities in coordination with the private sector, in order to promote and ensure the more rapid and efficient flow of rice, corn and other prime consumer commodities from the point of production up to the point of immediate distribution to the final consumers.
To attain the above goal, the Secretary of National Defense is hereby designated as Chairman and the Executive Secretary as Vice Chairman for this Committee. A Secretariat composed of representatives from the above-named agencies shall be organized and a National Prime Commodities Operations Center established at the Headquarters Philippine Constabulary, at Camp Crame, Quezon City. acd
For the purposes of this Committee and in order for the paramount objectives to be allowed, all provisions of the various laws, decrees, executive orders, administrative orders and letters of instruction are hereby suspended for the duration of the emergency. This instruction shall continue to be enforced until after the crucial situation shall have been stabilized and normalized.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 11th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Three.
Cite This Law
Constitution of Executive Committee to Ensure Efficient Flow of Rice, Corn and Other Prime Consumer Commodities, Letter of Instructions No. 113, Aug 11, 1973 (Philippines)
Constitution of Executive Committee to Ensure Efficient Flow of Rice, Corn and Other Prime Consumer Commodities, Letter of Instructions No. 113 (Phil. 1973)
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