MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 539, October 24, 1952 ]
PROVIDING THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 492, DATED FEBRUARY 8, 1952, ENTITLED —DIRECTING THE IMPORTATION BY THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT EXCLUSIVELY OF ALUMINUM SULPHATE, CHLORINE, STEEL PIPES AND CAST IRON FITTINGS WITHOUT THE NEED OF ANY KIND OF LICENSE WHICH DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY LIMITS OR CONTROLS IMPORTATION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE,— SHALL TAKE EFFECT AS OF JULY 1, 1951.
Pursuant to the power vested in me by section 1 of Republic Act No. 650, and the interest of the public service requiring, I, ELPIDIO QUIRINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order that Executive Order No. 492, dated February 8, 1952, entitled, —Directing the importation by the Metropolitan Water District exclusively of aluminum sulphate, chlorine, steel pipes and cast iron fittings without the need of any kind of license which directly or indirectly limits or controls importation and foreign exchange,— shall take effect as of July 1, 1951.
Done in the City of Manila, this 24th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-two, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the seventh. 1a⍵⍴h!1
(SGD.)— ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.)— MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary