70 OG No. 36, 7553 (September 9, 1974)

[ PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 540, August 14, 1974 ]

REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1635 ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE PRINTING AND ISSUE OF SEMI-POSTAL STAMPS IN ORDER TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE PHILIPPINE TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY."

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 1635, which authorizes the
semi-postal stamps for the support of the Philippine Tuberculosis
Society has spawned problems of mail jam immediately before August 19
and after September 30 each year due to the onrush of mail mailers by
the bulk and disposal of mail matter without semi-postal stamps which
can not be returned to senders; and

WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 283 dated August 31, 1973,
already provides substantial funds to the Society by authorizing the
holding of a lottery draw by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office
since March 11, 1974, and every year thereafter exclusively to finance
the domiciliary service of the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, Inc;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,
do hereby repeal Republic Act No. 1635; Provided, That any unsold
anti-TB stamps at the time of the issuance of this decree may continue
to be sold to the public but its use shall not be compulsory, the
proceeds of the sale to accrue as income of the Bureau of Posts.

This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of August, in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.

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