Authorization for Gov't to Issue Rules

Presidential Decree No. 1603 is issued by virtue of the powers vested in the President by the Constitution.
Section 1 authorizes each ministry, bureau, or office of the Government to promulgate implementing rules for effective enforcement of laws, decrees, orders, or instructions it handles.
Section 1 states the authority applies unless the contrary is specifically provided.
Section 1 makes presidential approval a governing requirement for effectiveness of such rules and regulations.

Section 1 covers each ministry, bureau, or office of the Government.
Section 1 applies to rules needed for effective implementation of laws, decrees, orders, or instructions pertaining to the issuing office.
Section 1 also covers implementing rules for matters the office is in charge of enforcing.
Section 1 allows issuance for implementation of covered instruments unless a contrary specific provision exists.

Section 1 empowers government offices to promulgate rules and regulations necessary for effective implementation.
Section 1 requires that such rules and regulations are subject to approval by the President of the Philippines.
Section 1 provides that rules take effect upon such presidential approval.
Section 1 creates a publication-and-delay effectiveness condition: rules and regulations referred to in Section 2 take effect fifteen days after publication in the Official Gazette.

Section 2 imposes liability on any person who violates a rule or regulation promulgated under Section 1.
Section 2 applies when the violated rule or regulation does not involve merely matters of internal administration.
Section 2 requires that the rule or regulation is necessary for the effective implementation of essential governmental policies.
Section 2 conditions this application on certification by the President.
Section 2 sets the penalty for qualifying violations as either imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year, or fine not exceeding twenty thousand (P20,000.00) pesos, or both.

Section 3 provides the decree takes effect immediately.
The decree is done in the City of Manila on June 11, 1978.
Presidential Decree No. 1603 is signed by FERDINAND E. MARCOS as President of the Philippines.