PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES
REPUBLIC ACTS
| REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1146 - AN
ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNMENT TO SELL FERTILIZERS TO RICE AND CORN
PRODUCERS AND FARMERS AT ACTUAL COST, CONSTITUTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES, FOR THIS PURPOSE, AS THE AGENCY TO
TAKE CHARGE OF THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF FERTILIZERS AND TO
IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT |
| Section 1.
Declaration of policy. � It is hereby declared to be the national
policy during the time that this act is in force to increase the
production of rice and corn at a minimum cost of operation, this is to
be made possible by the Government offering every possible
encouragement and incentive to rice and corn producers and farmers and
to utilize every possible means which will implement the rehabilitation
and peace and order program of the Government. Sec. 2. The Government is hereby authorized to sell at actual cost fertilizers to palay and corn producers and farmers. Sec. 3. The Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources is hereby designated to take charge of the sale and distribution of fertilizers, granting to the said department the power to promulgate rules and regulations subject to the provisions of this Act, and the authority to vest the powers and duties prescribed by this Act in any of its division or sections as it may deem wise.
Sec. 4. The sum of six million pesos is hereby
appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, as a revolving fund for the purchase and sale of
fertilizers. Approved: June 17, 1954 |