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G. PD 825 Providing Penalty For Improper Disposal of Garbage and Other Forms of Uncleanliness and For Other Purposes
G. PD 825 Providing Penalty For Improper Disposal of Garbage and Other Forms of Uncleanliness and For Other Purposes
GAR"AGE AND OT#ER !ORMS O! $NCLEANLINESS AND !OR OT#ER P$RPOSES WHEREAS, one of the principal aims of the New Society is to effect social, economic and political reform through discipline and order; WHEREAS, a healthy citizenry is a ital factor in !ringing a!out these reforms; and WHEREAS, to attain these o!"ecti es it !ecomes the duty of e ery citizen and resident of the #hilippines to $eep his en ironment or surroundings clean and wholesome; N%W, &HERE'%RE, (, 'ER)(NAN) E* MAR+%S, #resident of the #hilippines, !y irtue of the powers ested in me !y the +onstitution, do here!y order and decree, Se%&'o( 1. Any pro ision of e-isting laws to the contrary notwithstanding, all citizens and residents of the #hilippines; all uni ersities, colleges and schools and other similar institutions, pri ate as well as pu!lic; all commercial and industrial esta!lishments such as hotels, restaurants, hospitals, cinema houses, pu!lic mar$ets, department stores, groceries and the li$e; all pu!lic con eyances; all residential houses; and all other esta!lishments of any $inds, shall underta$e the cleaning of their own surroundings, their yards and gardens, as well as the canals, roads or streets in their immediate premises* All gar!ages, filth and other waste matters, shall !e placed in the proper receptacles for the disposition thereof !y gar!age collectors* Se%&'o( 2. Any person, who shall litter or throw gar!age, filth, or other waste matters in pu!lic places, such as roads, canals esteros or par$s, shall suffer an imprisonment of not less than . days nor more
than one year or a fine of not less than #/00 nor more than #1,000*00 or !oth such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the +ourt or tri!unal, without pre"udice to the imposition of a higher penalty under any other law or decree* (f the iolator is a corporation, firm, or other corporate entities, the ma-imum penalty shall !e imposed upon the president, manager, director or persons responsi!le for its operation* Se%&'o( ). %wners of idle lots in 2reater Manila are re3uired to $eep their idle lots clean to pre ent them from !ecoming the !reeding places of mos3uitos, flies, mice, rats and other sca engers* (n the e ent of their failure or ina!ility to comply with this o!ligation, the go ernment shall underta$e the cleaning of said lots at the e-pense of the owners* &he go ernment may, through the 4arangay +ouncil, further utilize the land for its food production program* Se%&'o( *. &he Secretary of #u!lic Wor$s, &ransportation and +ommunications, with the assistance of health officials and local go ernments concerned, shall super ise the implementation of this )ecree* Se%&'o( 5. All pro isions of laws, decrees, order or regulations inconsistent herewith are here!y amended or modified accordingly* Se%&'o( +. &his )ecree shall ta$e effect immediately* )one in the +ity of Manila, this 5th day of No em!er, in the year of %ur 6ord, nineteen hundred and se enty7fi e*