EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 285, January 16, 1958

OPENING THE PORT OF PARANG, COTABATO, AS A SUBPORT OF ENTRY

In order to stimulate commerce and trade in Cotabato and nearby areas, which will redound to the economic benefit of the inhabitants thereof and the country at large, I, CARLOS P. GARCIA, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by Section 702 of Republic Act No. 1937, otherwise known as the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Finance, do hereby order:

• 1. The port of Parang in the province of Cotabato is hereby established and opened as a subport of entry open to both foreign and coastwise trade under the administrative jurisdiction of the Collector of Customs of Davao, the principal port of entry.

• 2. The Collector of Customs of Davao, with the approval of the Commissioner of Customs, shall assign the necessary personnel for the proper conduct of the public business at said subport and, with the further approval of the Secretary of Finance, shall prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the operation thereof.

• 3. The Commissioner of Immigration and the Director of Quarantine shall assign personnel from their offices to take charge of immigration and quarantine matters, respectively, at the subport.

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the twelfth.

(Sgd.) CARLOS P. GARCIA

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. PAJO

Executive Secretary