---

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 615, September 12, 1953 ]

FIXING THE CEILING PRICES OF COMMODITY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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 the 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 wholesalers and retailers set opposite each:

FOODSTUFF (LOCAL)

Commodity	Unit	Wholesaler’s price	Retailer’s price
Beverage — Coffee:
Ground Coffee Packed in Special Paper Bag (Local):
Chase & Sanborn	Bag/1#	₱2.95	₱3.25

Section 2. The ceiling prices fixed in this Order include the -7 per cent sales tax.

Section 3. This Order shall take effect three days after the date hereof.1a⍵⍴h!1

Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eighth.

(SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary

The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation

---