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Decree on Legal and Cultural Deposit

DECREE ON LEGAL AND CULTURAL DEPOSIT

P.D. No. 812 | 1975-10-16

MALACAÑANG
Manila

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 812
 
October 16, 1975

DECREE ON LEGAL AND CULTURAL DEPOSIT

WHEREAS, the acquisition, organization and preservation of a nation's intellectual and cultural heritage is a prime duty of the State;

WHEREAS, the cultural heritage of the Filipino nation is manifested in, among others, a comprehensive national bibliography, the principal basis of which are the published and printed materials on legal deposit;
 
WHEREAS, these legal deposit materials are of great value to readers, researchers, and scholars;
 
WHEREAS, there also exists an imperative need to preserve published and printed...