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By virtue of the powers vested in me by Section 3 of Republic Act No. 509, entitled “An Act declaring national policy, authorizing the President of the Philippines for a limited period to fix ceiling prices of commodities and to promulgate rules and regulations regarding prices of commodities to effectuate such policy, and authorizing the appropriation of a certain sum for purpose,” and upon the recommendation of the Price Administration Board, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. The following essential commodity shall not be sold at more than the maximum selling prices for importers, wholesaler’s and retailers set opposite each:

FOODSTUFF (IMPORTED)

Commodity	Unit	Importer’s price	Wholesaler’s price	Retailer’s price
Without 17% Special Excise Tax on Foreign Exchange: Canned Fish —
Sardines in To­mato Sauce, Oval (Japanese)  Pacific Sky Madam	24/15-oz.	P12.87/cs.	P13.48/cs.	P0.60/tin
Madam & Pacific Sky	48/15-oz.	25.74/cs.	26.96/cs.	0.60/tin
Sardines in Tomato Sauce, Tall Round Tins (Japanese)
Madam	50/5-oz.	12.51/cs.	13.11/cs.	0.28/tin
Madam	100/5-oz.	26.02/cs.	26.21/cs.	0.28/tin

SEC. 2. The ceiling prices fixed in this Order include the 7 per cent Sales Tax and 1 per cent Municipal Tax.

SEC. 3. This Order shall take effect three days after the date hereof.

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the seventh.


By the President:
(SGD.) MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary