LAWS & EXECUTIVE ISSUANCES (1900-2014) : GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION Vol. 2

LAWS & EXECUTIVE ISSUANCES
(1907-2010)
GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION
Vol. II
EXECUTIVE ISSUANCES
Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City, Metro Manila
foreword
all throughout the history of the

Philippine government, reorganizaon
iniaves embody the resolve of our
leaders not only to make government
operaons more efficient and effecve, but more importantly,
to make government a visible presence in the daily lives of our
people, delivering vital public services that are responsive to the
development needs of our country and the quest for a beer quality
of life of all Filipinos.
This compendium of Philippine laws and execuve issuances

is intended to serve as a reference material for legislators and policy
makers in craing laws and formulang policies and programs
on government reorganizaon. Public administraon scholars
and praconers will also find this book valuable as it provides
informaon on the broad spectrum of government iniaves to
make public organizaons more efficient and responsive to the
changing needs of our people and our social community.
The laws and execuve issuances included in this compendium

were craed from the American period, the Commonwealth era,
the Japanese occupa!on, to the country’s independence up to
2011. This compendium is a virtual chronicle of the evolu!on of
legisla!on and measures to reorganize our government and make it
responsive to our people. The reader will see laws that are named
Acts, Commonwealth Acts, Batas Pambansa and Republic Acts.
Execu!ve Issuances are those promulgated by Presidents of the
Philippines such as Presiden!al Decrees and Execu!ve Orders.
This is the fourth book in a series of topical compila!on of

laws produced through the ini!a!ve of the Office of the Secretary
General and the Legisla!ve Informa!on Resources Management
Department. This fourth book was made possible by the support
and coopera!on of the University of the Philippines-Na!onal
College of Public Administra!on and Governance, our enduring
partner in all our efforts to enhance legisla!ve competence and
performance in the House of Representa!cves. Certainly, this is
another most commendable program on legisla!ve documenta!on
which will certainly enrich the terrain of legisla!ve policy making in
the country.
I acknowledge the !reless efforts devoted to the produc!on

of this book by the House Secretary General Marilyn B. Barua-Yap,
Dean Edna E. A. Co, and the Legisla!ve Informa!on Resources
Management Department, consis!ng of the Legisla!ve Library
Service and the Archives and Museum Management Service.
FELICIANO BELMONTE, JR.

Speaker
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LAWS AND EXECUTIVE ISSUANCES ON
Vol. II
EXECUTIVE ISSUANCES
PRESIDENTIAL DECREES PAGE
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1 3

REORGANIZING THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1-A 5

AMENDING PART VI ON ECONOMIC PLANNING AND PROGRAM
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION
PLAN, BY RECONSTITUTING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE
NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
AND RETAINING THE NATIONAL COMPUTER CENTER IN THE
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1-B 7

AMENDING PART II ON DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION OF
THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN, BY ALLOWING
MORE THAN ONE UNDERSECRETARY OF A DEPARTMENT
UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS

PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RICE AND CORN
INDUSTRY AND CREATING FOR THIS PURPOSE THE NATIONAL
GRAINS AUTHORITY
i
LAWS AND EXECUTIVE ISSUANCES ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND WELFARE

CREATING THE CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES,
DEFINING ITS OBJECTIVES, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES

ESTABLISHING THE METROPOLITAN MANILA FLOOD
CONTROL AND DRAINAGE COUNCIL

CREATING A NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES

CANCELLING FRANCHISES, PERMITS AND AUTHORIZATIONS
GRANTED FOR THE OPERATION OF RADIO, TELEVISION AND
TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES THAT HAVE REMAINED
UNUSED BY THEIR HOLDERS AFTER A REASONABLE LENGTH
OF TIME, THAT HAVE VIOLATED THE TERMS UNDER WHICH
THEY WERE ISSUED; CREATING THE MASS MEDIA COUNCIL
AND PRESCRIBING RULES AND REGULATIONS ON THE
OPENING AND OPERATION OF MASS MEDIA

CREATING THE NAYONG PILIPINO FOUNDATION

PROMULGATION OF RULES GOVERNING THE CREATION OF
MILITARY TRIBUNALS, ETC.

PROVIDING FOR THE ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT OF THE
FISHERY INDUSTRY OF THE PHILIPPINES

ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURAL
RESEARCH
ii
EXECUTIVE ISSUANCES

AMENDING PERTINENT PARTS OF THE INTEGRATED
REORGANIZATION PLAN, BY ATTACHING THE WAGE
COMMISSION, OIL INDUSTRY COMMISSION, AND PRICE
CONTROL COUNCIL TO THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

ABOLISHING THE CUSTODY AND DISPOSAL ADMINISTRATION
UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

CREATING THE EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE AUTHORITY AND
REVISING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5490

CONSTITUTING THE TECHNICAL STAFF OF THE JOINT
LEGISLATIVE-EXECUTIVE TAX COMMISSION AS A NEW
AGENCY UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION OF
THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, TO
BE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL TAX RESEARCH CENTER

ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE ATMOSPHERIC GEOPHYSICAL
AND ASTRONOMICAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

CREATING THE CEMENT INDUSTRY AUTHORITY

DECLARING THE EFFECTIVITY OF THE CREATION OF THE
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AS PROVIDED IN THE NEW
CONSTITUTION AND PROVIDING GUIDELINES FOR THE
OPERATION THEREOF
iii

DECLARING THE EFFECTIVITY OF THE CREATION OF
THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT AS PROVIDED IN THE NEW
CONSTITUTION AND PROVIDING GUIDELINES FOR THE
OPERATION THEREOF

CREATING THE FERTILIZER INDUSTRY AUTHORITY

PROVIDING FOR A SYSTEM OF ESTABLISHING EXPORT
INDUSTRY AUTHORITIES, DEFINING THE FUNCTIONS OF SUCH
AUTHORITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

CREATING THE PHILIPPINE SHIPPERS' COUNCIL

PROVIDING FOR THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN, AS AMENDED,
THROUGH THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1973-1974

CREATING THE PHILIPPINE CENTER IN NEW YORK AND THE
PHILIPPINE CENTER MANAGEMENT BOARD

AMENDING PART IX OF THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION
PLAN BY RENAMING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND
TOURISM AS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE, AND CREATING
THE DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM WITH A PHILIPPINE TOURIST
AUTHORITY ATTACHED TO IT IN LIEU OF PHILIPPINE TOURIST
COMMISSION
iv
EXECUTIVE ISSUANCES

ABOLISHING THE MASS MEDIA COUNCIL CREATED UNDER
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 36, AND CREATING IN ITS STEAD
THE MEDIA ADVISORY COUNCIL, PRESCRIBING RULES AND
REGULATIONS TO ENABLE THE NEW BODY TO DISCHARGE
ITS FUNCTIONS EFFECTIVELY

CREATING THE PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION
AND PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS

A M E N D I N G C E RTA I N PA RT S O F T H E I N T E G R AT E D
ORGANIZATION PLAN

CREATING A PHILIPPINE COCONUT AUTHORITY

C R E AT IN G A P H I L I P P IN E V E T E R AN S IN V E S T M EN T
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY DEFINING ITS POWERS AND
FUNCTIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF A PHILIPPINE VETERANS
ASSISTANCE COMMISSION, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT
NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-
FOUR, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "THE CODE OF AGRARIAN
REFORM IN THE PHILIPPINES"
v

AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OFAPHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL
TRADING CORPORATION; APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR;

CREATING THE PHILIPPINE CENTER IN SAN FRANCISCO,
CALIFORNIA AND THE PHILIPPINE CENTER MANAGEMENT
BOARD

AN ACT CREATING A PHILIPPINE AMANAH BANK

RECONSTITUTING THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE ON WOOD
INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT (PCWID) INTO A PLANNING,
EVALUATION AND CONSULTATIVE BODY

C R E AT I N G T H E " N AT I O N A L E L E C T R I F I C AT I O N
ADMINISTRATION" AS A CORPORATION, PRESCRIBING ITS
POWERS AND ACTIVITIES, APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY
FUNDS THEREFOR AND DECLARING A NATIONAL POLICY
OBJECTIVE FOR THE TOTAL ELECTRIFICATION OF THE
PHILIPPINES ON AN AREA COVERAGE SERVICE BASIS,
THE ORGANIZATION, PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF
ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES TO ATTAIN THE SAID OBJECTIVE,
PRESCRIBING TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THEIR
OPERATIONS, THE REPEAL OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6038, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT CREATING THE IRON AND STEEL AUTHORITY

ESTABLISHING A COCONUT CONSUMERS STABILIZATION
FUND
vi
EXECUTIVE ISSUANCES

INSTITUTING A NATIONAL REFERENCE CARD SYSTEM
AND CREATING THEREFOR THE NATIONAL REGISTRATION
COORDINATING COMMITTEE

CREATING THE "DESIGN CENTER PHILIPPINES" TO DEVELOP,
PROMOTE AND ENHANCE THE PRODUCT DESIGN OF ALL
PHILIPPINE PRODUCTS AND HANDICRAFT

CREATING A PASIG RIVER DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL TO
OVERSEE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PASIG RIVER
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND PROVIDING THE COUNCIL
WITH THE POWER TO ADMINISTER THE PASIG RIVER
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TRUST ACCOUNT

AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF A PHILIPPINE AEROSPACE
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AMENDING SECTION 24 OF THE JUDICIARY ACT, AS
AMENDED

ORGANIZING THE NATIONAL SOCIAL ACTION COUNCIL
(NASAC) CREATED UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 182-A, AS
AMENDED, AS A BODY CORPORATE, DEFINING ITS FUNCTIONS
AND PROVIDING GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE THERETO

CREATING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL OIL COMPANY,
DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS
THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
vii

AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE PHILIPPINE AEROSPACE
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO.
286, DATED SEPTEMBER 5, 1973, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

CREATING THE PHILIPPINE COTTON CORPORATION AS A
CENTRAL AUTHORITY TO UNDERTAKE, IMPLEMENT AND
SUPERVISE COTTON PRODUCTION IN THE PHILIPPINES ON A
COMMERCIAL SCALE

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 243 CREATING
A PHILIPPINE VETERANS INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY

FURTHER AMENDING PART III, ARTICLE IV, SECTION 2 AND
3 OF THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN APPROVED
UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1, DATED SEPTEMBER
24, 1972 AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS
FOR THE OPERATION OF THE CAREER EXECUTIVE SERVICE
BOARD

AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE INTEGRATED
REORGANIZATION PLAN AS ADOPTED UNDER PRESIDENTIAL
DECREE NO. 1

AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED
SIXTY-THREE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN
ACT REVISING THE CHARTER OF THE NATIONAL POWER
CORPORATION"
viii

CREATING THE PHILIPPINE SUGAR COMMISSION

CODIFYING, REVISING AND UPDATING ALL FORESTRY LAWS

AMENDING SECTION 24 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO.
66 WHICH CREATED THE EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE
AUTHORITY

CREATING THE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND PLANNING
COMMISSION

RECONSTITUTING THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS AND
STATISTICS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AS A NEW
AGENCY UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION OF
THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
TO BE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL CENSUS AND STATISTICS
OFFICE

CREATING THE PHILIPPINE RACING COMMISSION

INTEGRATION OF THE CITY/MUNICIPAL POLICE FORCES,
JAILS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE GREATER
MANILA AREA
ix

CREATING A NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL,
RECONSTITUTING ITS MEMBERSHIP, VESTING THE SAME
WITH POWERS TO COORDINATE AND INTEGRATE WATER
RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, AND PROVIDING FUNDS
THEREFOR

A DECREE INSTITUTING A LABOR CODE, THEREBY REVISING
AND CONSOLIDATING LABOR AND SOCIAL LAWS TO
AFFORD PROTECTION TO LABOR, PROMOTE EMPLOYMENT
AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND ENSURE
INDUSTRIAL PEACE BASED ON SOCIAL JUSTICE

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1 DATED SEPTEMBER
24, 1972 RELATIVE TO PART X OF THE INTEGRATED
REORGANIZATION PLAN

REORGANIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND
NATURAL RESOURCES INTO TWO DEPARTMENTS, NAMELY:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE
CHAPTER I, PART VIII OF THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION
PLAN

TRANSFERRING THE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AS WELL
AS CERTAIN POWER OF THE AGRARIAN REFORM FUND
COMMISSION TO THE LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES

24, 1922, RELATIVE TO PART XX OF THE INTEGRATED
REORGANIZATION PLAN
x

PROVIDING FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF MARITIME
FUNCTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES, CREATING THE MARITIME
INDUSTRY AUTHORITY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

DEFINING THE POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE OFFICE OF
THE SOLICITOR GENERAL

CREATING A RADIATION HEALTH OFFICE IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH

INTEGRATION OF POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND JAILS
IN CERTAIN PROVINCES

AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF PHILIPPINE CENTERS
ABROAD

FURTHER AMENDING PART IX OF THE INTEGRATED
REORGANIZATION PLAN BY CREATING A DEPARTMENT OF
INDUSTRY

CREATING A NATIONAL NUTRITION COUNCIL AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

C R E AT I N G T H E M A N I L A T R A N S I T C O R P O R AT I O N ,
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
xi

AMENDING THE APPROVED INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION
PLAN INSOFAR AS THE NUMBER OF REGIONAL OFFICES OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS IS CONCERNED
BY DIVIDING HIGHWAY REGIONAL OFFICE NO. 4 INTO TWO
REGIONS, TO BE KNOWN AS REGION 4-A AND REGION 4-B

AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL
DECREE NUMBER ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE, ENTITLED
"STRENGTHENING THE COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT", RELATING
TO THE REGULATORY POWERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
OVER COOPERATIVES

P R O V I D I N G F O R T H E R E O R G A N I Z AT I O N O F P O RT
ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION FUNCTIONS IN THE
COUNTRY, CREATING THE PHILIPPINE PORT AUTHORITY,
PAVING THE WAY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INDIVIDUAL,
AUTONOMOUS PORT/INDUSTRIAL ZONE AUTHORITIES IN THE
DIFFERENT PORT DISTRICTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESTORING BRANCH VI OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF
ILOCOS SUR, TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF TAGUDIN, AMENDING
SECTION 52 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 296, AS AMENDED BY
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 204

CREATING A LOCAL TAX ORDINANCE ADVISORY BOARD IN
THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE, DEFINING ITS
FUNCTIONS, PRESCRIBING CERTAIN GUIDELINES FOR THE
STAFFING THEREOF AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR,
FURTHER AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL
DECREE NO. 231, AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE
NO. 426
xii

AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6260, ENTITLED AN "ACT
INSTITUTING A COCONUT INVESTMENT FUND AND
CREATING A COCONUT INVESTMENT COMPANY FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION THEREOF"

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 135

INTEGRATION OF POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND JAILS
IN OTHER PROVINCES

CONSTITUTING MUNICIPAL COURTS INTO MUNICIPAL
CIRCUIT COURTS

CREATING AND ESTABLISHING THE PHIVIDEC INDUSTRIAL
AUTHORITY AND MAKING IT A SUBSIDIARY AGENCY OF
THE PHILIPPINE VETERANS INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION DEFINING ITS POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 264, CREATING THE
PHILIPPINE AMANAH BANK

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 461 TO CREATE
DEPARTMENT-WIDE REGIONAL OFFICES IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE, TO INTEGRATE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
SERVICES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
xiii

AMENDING SECTION TWO OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE
NUMBER FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT CREATING THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS

CREATING THE PHILIPPINE FOREIGN LOAN GUARANTEE
CORPORATION, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES AND FOR
THE OTHER PURPOSES

THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED AND ONE, ENTITLED, "AN ACT
CREATING THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION"

REVISING THE CHAPTER OF THE PHILIPPINE TOURISM
AUTHORITY CREATED UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO.
189, DATED MAY 11, 1973

SUSPENDING THE EFFECTIVITY OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE
NO. 547

A P P R O P R I AT I N G C O U N T E R PA RT F U N D S F O R T H E
PHILIPPINE POPULATION PROJECT AND CREATING THE
PROJECT MANAGEMENT STAFF THEREOF AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

CREATING A COMMITTEE TO EXPROPRIATE THE DAGAT-
DAGATAN LAGOON AND ITS ADJACENT AREAS AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
xiv

CREATING THE TONDO FORESHORE DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY, DEFINING ITS OBJECTIVES POWERS AND
FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

ABOLISHING THE MEDIA ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE
BUREAU OF STANDARDS FOR MASS MEDIA, AND AUTHORIZING
THE ORGANIZATION OF REGULATORY COUNCILS FOR PRINT
MEDIA AND FOR BROADCAST MEDIA

AMENDING PARAGRAPH TWO OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO.
12

FURTHER AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 232, AS
AMENDED

INTEGRATION OF OTHER POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS
AND JAILS

NUMBERED THIRTY HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR ENTITLED
"AN ACT CREATING THE MINDANAO DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY, PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS, FUNCTIONS, AND
DUTIES, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES"
xv

AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS TO
REORGANIZE ITS DEPARTMENTS, OFFICES, DIVISIONS,
SECTIONS OR UNITS, FIX THE SALARIES OF ITS OFFICIALS
AND EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDE APPROPRIATION FOR ITS
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION EXPENSES

AMENDING THE APPROVED STAFFING PATTERN OF THE
BUREAU OF CUSTOMS BY CREATING NEW DIVISIONS/UNITS
THEREIN, INCLUDING THE INCREASE OF POSITIONS IN THE
OPERATION AND ENFORCEMENT, COMMUNICATIONS AND
THE NATIONAL POLICE GROUPS

THE CHILD AND YOUTH WELFARE CODE

INTEGRATING NATIONWIDE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT,
PHYSICAL FITNESS AND AMATEUR SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS AND CREATING FOR THIS PURPOSE THE
DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES

TRANSFERRING THE PHILIPPINE ATOMIC ENERGY
COMMISSION FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT
BOARD TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

CREATING THE FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

CREATING THE LEYTE SAB-A BASIN DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
xvi

CREATING A NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE ROLE OF
FILIPINO WOMEN

FURTHER AMENDING SECTIONS TWO, TEN AND FIFTEEN OF
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND
FIFTY-EIGHT, AS AMENDED, CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC HIGHWAYS

INTEGRATION OF THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND
JAILS IN PROVINCES/CITIES NOT COVERED BY PREVIOUS
POLICE INTEGRATION DECREES

AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE
SYSTEM TO ASSISTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION, DEVELOPMENT,
AND/OR OPERATION OF A NEW MANILA HOTEL AND
DISSOLVING THE EXISTING MANILA HOTEL COMPANY

REQUIRING THE TAKING OF AN INTEGRATED CENSUS OF
POPULATION AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN MAY 1975 AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES

EXTENDING THE CORPORATE LIFE OF THE NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY FOR ANOTHER TWENTY-FIVE (25)
YEARS AND INCREASING ITS AUTHORIZED CAPITAL TO TWO
HUNDRED MILLION PESOS, WITH ADDITIONAL POWERS

CREATING THE PHILIPPINE HEART CENTER FOR ASIA
xvii

CREATING THE "FARM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION"
PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND ACTIVITIES PROVIDING
FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

CREATING THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES DEVELOPMENT
ADMINISTRATION AND ABOLISHING THE COMMISSION ON
NATIONAL INTEGRATION, THE MINDANAO DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY, THE PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE FOR THE
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MINDANAO,
AND THE SPECIAL PROGRAM OF ASSISTANCE FOR THE
REHABILITATION OF EVACUEES (SPARE), APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

FURTHER AMENDING SECTION TWO OF PRESIDENTIAL
DECREE NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT,
AS AMENDED, CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
HIGHWAYS

REORGANIZATION PLAN BY RECONSTITUTING THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE

AMENDING THE JUDICIARY ACT BY INCLUDING NEWLY
CREATED PROVINCES IN THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
OF THE COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE, COMMISSIONING JUDGES
THEREFOR AND FIXING THEIR PERMANENT STATIONS

CREATING ADDITIONAL COURTS IN CERTAIN CITIES AND
MUNICIPALITIES
xviii

FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN
ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RAILWAYS,
PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS, FUNCTIONS, AND DUTIES
AND PROVIDING FOR THE NECESSARY FUNDS FOR THE
OPERATIONS", AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED
SIXTY-THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX

CREATING THE NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY AND
DISSOLVING THE EXISTING HOUSING AGENCIES, DEFINING
ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR,

PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTITUTION OF THE INTEGRATED
NATIONAL POLICE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REORGANIZATION PLAN AS EARLIER AMENDED BY
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 488 WHICH CREATED THE
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY

CREATING THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE ONAGRICULTURAL
CREDIT

PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROVISIONS OF THE
CONSTITUTION, PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS
xix

CREATING THE METROPOLITAN MANILA AND THE
METROPOLITAN MANILA COMMISSION AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

REORGANIZING THE PRESIDENTIAL ACTION COMMITTEE ON
LAND PROBLEMS (PACLAP)

PLACING THE PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION
UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION OF THE CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION

AMENDING THE TITLE AND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED
NINETY TWO, ENTITLED “CREATING THE MANILA TRANSIT
CORPORATION, APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS THEREFOR AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES”

AMENDING P.D. 48 TO EXPAND THE FUNCTIONS OF THE
PHILIPPINE COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH TO
INCLUDE MINES RESEARCH, AND CHANGE ITS NAME TO
PHILIPPINE COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURE AND RESOURCES
RESEARCH

A DECREE ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE CONVENTION
BUREAU DEFINING ITS FUNCTIONS AND SOURCES OF
FUNDING

PLACING PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL GAMES AND OTHER
PROFESSIONAL GAMES UNDER THE SUPERVISION AND
REGULATION OF THE GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS BOARD
xx

ORGANIZING THE KATIPUNAN NG MGA SANGGUNIAN

REORGANIZING THE BUDGET COMMISSION

CREATING AN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DEFINING ITS
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS, THEREFOR,

AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE
NO. 94

CREATING THE LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL,
DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS AND PROVIDING
FUNDS THEREFOR

AMENDING SECTION 1 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 243 AS
AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 353 BY CHANGING
THE COMPOSITION AND APPOINTMENT OF THE MEMBERS OF
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PHILIPPINE VETERANS
INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL FINANCIAL
SERVICES IN METROPOLITAN MANILA, CREATING LOCAL
TREASURY AND ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS THEREIN, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

CREATING THE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS COMMISSION
xxi

ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL CROP PROTECTION CENTER
WITHIN THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF
THE PHILIPPINES AT LOS BAÑOS, AND SEVEN REGIONAL
CROP PROTECTION CENTER WITHIN THE BUREAU OF PLANT
INDUSTRY

CREATING THE PHILIPPINE EXPORT COUNCIL, DEFINING
ITS POWERS AND DUTIES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

REORGANIZING THE COURTS OF AGRARIAN RELATIONS,
STREAMLINING THEIR PROCEDURES, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

STRENGTHENING AND RECONSTITUTING THE POWER
DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, DEFINING ITS RELATIONSHIPS
WITH THE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND OTHER
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR,

ESTABLISHING ORGANIZATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE
REFORMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

CREATING AN AGENCY TO BE KNOWN AS NATIONAL GAMING
COMMISSION TO SUPERVISE AND CONTROL ALL FORMS OF
GAMING AND IMPOSING TAXES THEREON
xxii

FURTHER AMENDING THE JUDICIARY ACT OF 1948, REPUBLIC
ACT 296, AS AMENDED

CREATING THE OFFICE OF ISLAMIC AFFAIRS IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFINING ITS FUNCTIONS
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

CREATING THE PHILIPPINE FISH MARKETING AUTHORITY,
DEFINING ITS FUNCTIONS AND POWERS, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

CONVERTING THE BUREAU OF FARM MANAGEMENT OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM INTO A BUREAU OF
LAND TENURE IMPROVEMENT

CREATING THE NATIONAL FERTILIZER CORPORATION OF
THE PHILIPPINES (FERTIPHIL), DEFINING ITS POWERS AND
FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

CHANGING THE NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
WELFARE TO DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND
DEVELOPMENT

CREATING THE NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
CENTER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
xxiii

CREATING THE FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE, AUTHORIZING
IT TO ESTABLISH A CAREER FOREIGN SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND OTHER
PURPOSES

CREATING THE PHILIPPINE AMUSEMENTS AND
GAMING CORPORATION, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND
FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

REVISING THE CHARTER OF THE PHILIPPINE
INTERNATIONAL TRADING CORPORATION

CREATING THE EXPORT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF
THE PHILIPPINES, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS

REVISING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 550 CREATING THE
PHILIPPINE FOREIGN LOAN GUARANTEE CORPORATION SO
IT WILL NOW BE ENTITLED THE PHILIPPINE EXPORT AND
FOREIGN LOAN GUARANTEE CORPORATION

CREATING THE PUBLIC ESTATES AUTHORITY, DEFINING ITS
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFORE

AMENDING SECTION 8 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 420
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CREATING AND ESTABLISHING THE TECHNOLOGY
RESOURCE CENTER, DEFINING ITS POWERS, FUNCTIONS
AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

CREATING THE PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT
STUDIES

C R E AT I N G T H E A B A C A I N D U S T RY D E V E L O P M E N T
AUTHORITY

CREATING THE METROPOLITAN MANILA TRAFFIC
MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL OFFICES
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND OTHER RELATED
PURPOSES

CREATING A NATIONAL HOME MORTGAGE FINANCE
CORPORATION DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND
FOR OTHER’ PURPOSES

REORGANIZING THE PROSECUTION STAFF OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE OFFICES OF THE
PROVINCIAL AND CITY FISCALS, REGIONALIZING THE
PROSECUTION SERVICE, AND CREATING THE NATIONAL
PROSECUTION SERVICE
xxv

REVISING COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 136, CREATING THE
BUREAU OF MINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

CREATING THE NATIONALYOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
FOUNDATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, DEFINING ITS OBJECTIVES,
POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

CREATING THE NATIONAL ENGINEERING CENTER

CREATING THE PHILIPPINE PILGRIMAGE AUTHORITY

CONSTITUTING THE MUSEUM OF PHILIPPINE COSTUMES
INTO A BODY CORPORATE AND PROVIDING GOVERNMENT
ASSISTANCE THERETO

CREATING THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INTEGRATED AREA
DEVELOPMENT IN LIEU OF THE CABINET COORDINATING
COMMITTEE ON INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS

CREATION OF A NATIONAL POST-HARVEST INSTITUTE FOR
RESEARCH AND EXTENSION (NAPHIRE)

REVISING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 941, CREATING THE
PHILIPPINE EXPORT COUNCIL, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND
DUTIES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
xxvi

CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND
THE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION,
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND ACCORDINGLY
AMENDING CERTAIN PRESIDENTIAL DECREES

PROVIDING FOR THE CONVERSION OF DEPARTMENTS
INTO MINISTRIES AND FOR THE SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE
ORGANIZATION THEREFORE

CREATING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL IRON AND STEEL
CORPORATION, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS,
PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

CONVERTING THE BUDGET COMMISSION AND THE NATIONAL
SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INTO MINISTRIES

CREATING THE POPULATION/FAMILY PLANNING OFFICE IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

GRANTING CONTINUING AUTHORITY TO THEPRESIDENT
OF THE PHILIPPINES TO REORGANIZE THE NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT

AMENDING P.D. NO. 899 REORGANIZING THE BUDGET
COMMISSION

CREATING THE GARMENTS AND TEXTILE EXPORT BOARD
(GTEB) DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING
FUNDS THEREFORE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
xxvii

REORGANIZING THE INVESTMENTS COORDINATION
COMMITTEE AND INSTITUTING A MECHANISM FOR THE
REORGANIZATION OF ALL COMMITTEES ATTACHED TO THE
NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY;
AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ARTICLE FIVE, CHAPTER ONE,
PART SIX OF THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN

CREATING THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT INTELLIGENCE
AND INVESTIGATION BUREAU (FDIIB), PRESCRIBING ITS
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR ITS
OPERATIONS, AND AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE PORTIONS
OF THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN ON FINANCE
AND NATIONAL SECURITY

REVISING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 189, DATED MAY
11, 1973, AS AMENDED, CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF
TOURISM

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 492, AS AMENDED,
ENTITLED CREATING THE METRO MANILA TRANSIT
OTHER PURPOSES

PROVIDING FOR THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE NATIONAL
COMPUTER CENTER

CREATING A SPECIAL COURT TO BE KNOWN AS
"SANDIGANBAYAN" AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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CREATING THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, TO BE
KNOWN AS TANODBAYAN

A DECREE RETAINING THE COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATION
OFFICE AS AN AGENCY DIRECTLY UNDER THE OFFICE
OF THE PRESIDENT

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1275 ENTITLED
"REORGANIZING THE PROSECUTION STAFF OF THE
PROVINCIAL AND CITY FISCALS, REGIONALIZING THE
PROSECUTION SERVICE, AND CREATING THE NATIONAL
PROSECUTION SERVICE"

REORGANIZATION PLAN, AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL
DECREES 488 AND 769 CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF
INDUSTRY

REORGANIZING THE NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
CENTER AND REDEFINING ITS FUNCTIONS AND OBJECTIVES,
REVISING FOR THIS PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 1041

ESTABLISHING A FOUNDATION FOR RESPIRATORY DISEASES
OF CHILDREN
xxix

IMPLEMENTING THE COTABATO-AGUSAN RIVER BASIN
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CREATING FOR THIS PURPOSE
THE COTABATO-AGUSAN RIVER BASIN PROGRAM OFFICE
AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR

ESTABLISHING A DAY CARE CENTER IN EVERY BARANGAY

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1206 CREATING THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

MINISTRY-WIDE REGIONAL OFFICES IN THE MINISTRY OF
AGRICULTURE

E S TA B L I S H I N G A N AT I O N A L C A R T O G R A P H Y,
PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE-SENSING CENTER,
DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING

REVISING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1486 CREATING A
SPECIAL COURT TO BE KNOWN AS "SANDIGANBAYAN" AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REVISING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1487 CREATING
THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, TO BE KNOWN AS
TANODBAYAN
xxx

PROVIDING THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISION OF
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND FOUR
HUNDRED AND TWO CREATING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL
IRON AND STEEL CORPORATION

CREATING THE “INTRAMUROS ADMINISTRATION” FOR
PURPOSES OF RESTORING AND ADMINISTERING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF INTRAMUROS

IMPLEMENTING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SANGGUNIANG
PAMPOOK AND THE LUPONG TAGAPAGPAGANAP NG POOK IN
REGION IX AND REGION XII AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

FURTHER REVISING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1487, AS
REVISED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1607, CREATING THE
OFFICE OF THE TANODBAYAN

CREATING THE LUNGSOD NG KABATAAN

GRANTING ADDITIONAL POWERS TO THE PHILIPPINE
COCONUT AUTHORITY

REORGANIZING THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
AND ESTABLISHING A REVISED CHARTER THEREFOR

CREATING THE POSITION OF VICE-MAYOR IN THE CITIES
AND MUNICIPALITIES OF METRO MANILA AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
xxxi

AMENDING SECTIONS 2, 6, AND 8 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE
NO. 902-A

ENTITLED "CREATING THE METRO MANILA TRANSIT
OTHER PURPOSES"

AMENDING SECTION 2 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO.
1674 ENTITLED: "PROVIDING A MECHANISM FOR PRICE
REGULATION, CREATING A PRICE STABILIZATION COUNCIL,
PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES"

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 690, THE REVISED
CHARTER OF THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY

CREATING THE NATIONAL COAL AUTHORITY DEFINING
ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS

CREATING THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AUTHORITY
OF THE PHILIPPINES (CIAP)

RECONSTITUTING THE NATIONAL GRAINS AUTHORITY
TO THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY, BROADENING ITS
FUNCTIONS AND POWERS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
xxxii

CREATING THE PHILIPPINE ISLAMIC CENTER IN JEDDAH,
SAUDI ARABIA

ABOLISHING THE COUNCILS FOR THE PRINT AND BROADCAST
MEDIA CREATED UNDER LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 587
IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 576, AS
AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1776

CREATING THE EXPORT CREDIT CORPORATION,
DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS

CREATING THE LUNG CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES

CREATING THE NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF THE
PHILIPPINES

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1843, ENTITLED
"REORGANIZING THE LUPONG TAGAPAGPAGANAP OF
REGIONS IX AND XII"

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1843, AS
AMENDED, BY HOLDING IN ABEYANCE THE ABOLITION OF
THE TWO LUPONG TAGAPAGPAGANAP NG POOK IN REGIONS
IX AND XII
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CREATING A FACT-FINDING BOARD WITH PLENARY
POWERS TO INVESTIGATE THE TRAGEDY WHICH OCCURRED
ON AUGUST 21, 1983

CREATING THE PHILIPPINE SUGAR CORPORATION

AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-ONE, AS AMENDED,
ENTITLED "AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE DEPOSIT
INSURANCE CORPORATION, DEFINING THE POWERS AND
DUTIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"
EXECUTIVE ORDERS PAGE
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 94, S. 1947 1100

REORGANIZING THE DIFFERENT EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS,
BUREAUS, OFFICES, AND AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT
OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, MAKING CERTAIN
READJUSTMENTS OF PERSONNEL AND REALLOTMENTS
OF FUNDS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 392, S. 1951 1137

FURTHER REORGANIZING THE DIFFERENT EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS, OFFICES AND AGENCIES OF
THE GOVENRMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES,
MAKING CERTAIN READJUSTMENTS OF PERSONNEL AND
REALLOTMENTS OF FUNDS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH,
LIST OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS (Table) 1153
APPENDIX: List of Law Amendments on Governance 1340
INDEX 1368
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EXECUTIVE ISSUANCES – PRESIDENTIAL DECREES
Vol. II
Executive Issuances
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LAWS AND EXECUTIVE ISSUANCES ON GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION
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REORGANIZING THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL

GOVERNMENT
WHEREAS, there were pending before Congress prior to

the promulgation of Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21,
1972, certain priority measures vital to the national development
program of the Government and which were duly certified by the
President as urgent measures;
WHEREAS, one of these priority measures is the Integrated

Reorganization Plan reorganizing the entire Executive Branch
of the National Government, prepared by the Commission on
Reorganization;
WHEREAS, the Integrated Reorganization Plan is

necessary to the realization of the Government’s program to effect
administrative reforms in the government machinery;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS,

Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and
General Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, as amended, in order
to effect the desired changes and reforms in the social, economic
and political structure of the country, do hereby order and decree
that the Integrated Reorganization Plan as prepared, completed,
and submitted by the Commission on Reorganization shall be, as
it is hereby adopted, approved, and made as part of the law of the
land: Provided, That there shall be created and organized, in lieu of
the Public Information Office within the Office of the President as
recommended in the Integrated Reorganization Plan, a Department
of Public Information, the composition of which shall be indicated in
future implementing orders.
Changes and modification in the Integrated Reorganization

Plan shall be made from time to time, as necessity requires, to
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be correspondingly announced by me or by my duly authorized

representative.
Implementation of the Integrated Reorganization Plan as

herein adopted, approved and decreed shall be carried out by Letters
of Implementation which will be issued by me from time to time, or
by my duly authorized representative.
All concerned, especially heads of departments, chiefs

of bureaus, and offices, agencies and instrumentalities of
the Government, including government-owned or controlled
corporations, shall act accordingly, pursuant to the contents of this
Decree.
Done in the City of Manila, this 24th day of September, in

the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines
BY THE PRESIDENT:
(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR

Executive Secretary
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1-A
AMENDING PART VI ON ECONOMIC PLANNING AND

PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTEGRATED
REORGANIZATION PLAN, BY RECONSTITUTING THE
MEMBERSHIP OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND RETAINING THE
NATIONAL COMPUTER CENTER IN THE OFFICE OF
THE PRESIDENT
WHEREAS, there is a need to further strengthen the

primordial function of national development planning by securing
the direct involvement of the highest leadership of the nation in the
planning process;
WHEREAS, the present requirements of national

development administration strongly indicate the need for
immediate and authoritative decisions on policies and plans for
national development;
WHEREAS, to attain these objectives, it is imperative to

reconstitute the membership of the National Economic Development
Authority (NEDA) in order to include the President of the Philippines
as Chairman, and the Executive Secretary as member, in the top
planning body of the nation; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide the Office of the

President with a computer-based information system that will serve
as a basic aid to the Presidency in decision-making;

Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines,
and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972,
and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended,
in order to effect the desired changes and reforms in the social,
economic and political structure of the country, do hereby order and
decree that modification of Part VI of the Integrated Reorganization
Plan are hereby adopted and approved, as follows:
The National Economic Development Authority shall be

composed of eleven members, with the President of the Philippines,
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as Chairman; and the Executive Secretary, the Director-General of

the Authority, the Secretary of Finance, the Secretary of Agriculture
and Natural Resources, the Secretary of Trade and Tourism, the
Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications,
the Governor of the Central Bank, the Commissioner of the Budget,
the Chairman of the Board of Investments, and a representative
of the private sector who shall hold office at the pleasure of the
President, as members.
The President shall designate the Vice-Chairman of the

Authority who shall serve as such at his pleasure, from among the
members of the NEDA Board.
Decisions of the Authority shall be by consensus with the

concurrence of the President of the Philippines.
The National Computer Center is retained in the Office of

the President, directly under the Executive Office. The provisions
of Article VII, Chapter I, Part VI of the Plan pertaining to the
Center shall remain applicable, except as otherwise modified by the
retention of the Center under the Office of the President.
The Director-General of the Authority shall be authorized,

subject to the approval of the NEDA Board, to reallocate the
functions of and accordingly reconstitute, as necessary, the offices
and units directly under the NEDA.
Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day of November in the

year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1-B
AMENDING PART II ON DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION

OF THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN, BY
ALLOWING MORE THAN ONE UNDERSECRETARY OF
A DEPARTMENT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS
WHEREAS, the Reorganization Plan adopted under

Presidential Decree No. 1 provides that each Department shall be
headed by a Secretary with one Undersecretary;
WHEREAS, it is recognized that, as a general rule, one

Undersecretary for a Department is essential in providing for
professionalism, unity, and continuity in the administration of the
Department;
WHEREAS, the conditions and needs of a particular

Department, especially at certain stages of its operation or
development, may require exception from the general rule of one
Undersecretary;

General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, in order
to effect the desired changes and reforms in the social, economic
and political structure of the country, do hereby order and decree
that the general rule of one Undersecretary for a Department, as
provided in Article II, Part II of the Integrated Reorganization Plan,
shall be modified only under the following conditions:
When, at the time of reorganization, there are two or

more incumbent Undersecretaries, and the Department Secretary
certifies to the need of more than one Undersecretary; or
When, at the time of reorganization, the Secretary of a

newly-created Department certifies to the need of more than one
Undersecretary.
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In either of the above instances, provision for more than

one Undersecretary of a Department shall be allowed only upon my
approval.
Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day of November, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:
(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES

Assistant Executive Secretary
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PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RICE AND CORN

INDUSTRY AND CREATING FOR THIS PURPOSE THE
NATIONAL GRAINS AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, there were pending before Congress prior to

1972, certain priority measures vital to the national development
program of the Government, and which were duly certified by the
President as urgent measures.
WHEREAS, one of these priority measures is the proposed

bill entitled “An Act to Develop the Rice and Corn Industry, Create
the National Grains Authority and Provide Funds Therefor.”
WHEREAS, the rice and corn industry has not been fully
harnessed for the economy of the country nor has it been the object
of a truly integrated development, planning, programming and
implementation;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, by virtue

of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as Commander-in-
Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to
Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972 and General
Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, as amended, in order to effect
desired changes and reforms in the social, economic and political
structure of our society, do hereby decree that the “Act to Develop
the Rice and Corn Industry, Create National Grain Authority and
Provide Funds Therefor” as hereto attached is hereby adopted, and
approved and made as part of the law of the land.
Changes and modifications in the said “Act to Develop

the Rice and Corn Industry, Create the National Grain Authority
and Provide Funds Therefor” shall be made from time to time, as
necessity requires, to be correspondingly announced by me or by my
duly authorized representative.
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This Decree shall take effect immediately.
All concerned shall act accordingly.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES,

DEFINING ITS OBJECTIVES, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS
WHEREAS, one of the priority measures pending before

Congress prior to the promulgation of Proclamation No. 1081 dated
September 21, 1972, was House Bill No. 4454 creating the Cultural
Center of the Philippines; and
WHEREAS, this measure is necessary to establish and

enable the Cultural Center of the Philippines as a non-municipal
public corporation to implement more effectively and vigorously the
constitutional injunction that arts and letters shall be under the
patronage of the State.

President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me
by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces
of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated
September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1 dated September
22, 1972, as amended, in order to promote, enhance and develop
Philippine culture, do hereby order and decree that House Bill
No. 4454 of the Seventh Congress of the Philippines, Sixth Special
Session, with certain modifications shall be, as it is hereby adopted,
approved and made as part of the law of the land, as follows:
SECTION 1. Name and Location. – Pursuant to the

constitutional mandate that arts and letters shall be under the
patronage of the State, there is hereby created a body corporate
to be known as the Cultural Center of the Philippines, hereinafter
referred to as the Center, with its main executive office in the City
of Manila.
SEC. 2. Purposes and Objectives. – The Center shall have

the following purposes and objectives:
(a) To construct, establish and maintain in a single site

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a national theater, a national music hall, an art gallery and such

other buildings and facilities as are necessary or desirable for the
holding of conferences, seminars, concerts and the like;
(b) To awaken the consciousness of our people to our

cultural heritage, and to encourage them to assist in its preservation,
promotion, enhancement and development;
(c) To cultivate and enhance public interest in, and

appreciations of, distinctive Philippine arts in various fields;
(d) To discover, assist and develop talents, connected with

Philippine cultural pursuits and create greater opportunities for
individual and national self-expression in cultural affairs;
(e) To encourage the organization of cultural groups,

associations or societies and the holding or staging of cultural
exhibitions, performances and similar activities.
SEC. 3. Nature. – The corporation hereby created shall be a

non-municipal public corporation. Its property, real and personal,
shall belong to and be managed exclusively by the corporation for
the benefit of the Filipino people. Any income that may be derived
from its projects and operations shall be invested in a Cultural
Development Fund set up to attain the objectives of this Act, or
utilized for such purposes as its governing board may decide upon,
consistent with the purposes herein provided. It shall enjoy autonomy
of policy and operation but may seek the assistance and cooperation
of various government offices in pursuit of its objectives.
SEC. 4. General Corporate Powers. – The Cultural Center of

the Philippines shall have perpetual succession with the power to
sue and be sued; to contract and be contracted with; to own and hold
such real and personal property as shall be necessary for corporate
purposes; to receive real and personal property by gift, devise, or
bequest; to adopt a seal and alter the same; to adopt by-laws, rules
and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act; and
generally, to do all such acts and things as may be necessary to
carry into effect the provisions of this Act.
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SEC. 5. Existence. – The corporation shall have perpetual

succession. - Within sixty (60) days from the approval of this Act, the
President of the Philippines shall issue a proclamation declaring
the dissolution of the trust created by Executive Order No. 30 dated
June 25, 1966, known as the Cultural Center of the Philippines and
transferring all the properties including the Cultural Development
Fund at present managed by an investment bank and a parcel of
land covered by Presidential Proclamation No. 316 dated December
15, 1967, as well as all obligations thereof to the new Center created
herein.
SEC. 6. Board of Trustees. – The governing powers and

authority of the corporation shall be vested in, and exercised by, a
Board of nine (9) trustees who shall serve without compensation.
(a) The trustees appointed by the President of the

Philippines pursuant to Executive Order No. 30 dated June 25,
1966, and currently holding office shall be the first Trustees to serve
on the Board of the new Center and shall be known as Founding
Trustees. They shall elect the remaining trustees for a complete
Board of nine (9) members. Elected trustees shall hold office for a
period of four (4) years.
(b) Vacancies in the Board of Trustees due to termination

of term, resignation, incapacity, death or other cause as may be
provided in the By-laws, shall be filled by election by a vote of a
majority of the trustees held at the next regular meeting following
occurrence of such vacancy. The elected trustee shall then hold office
for a complete term of four years unless sooner terminated by reason
of resignation, incapacity, death or other cause. Should only one
trustee survive, the vacancies shall be filled by the surviving trustee
acting in consultation with the ranking officers of the Center. Such
officers shall be designated in the Center’s Code of By-laws. Should
for any reason the Board be left entirely vacant, the same shall be
filled by the President of the Philippines acting in consultation with
the aforementioned ranking officers of the Center.
(c) No person may serve as trustee who is not a resident

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of the Philippines, of good moral standing in the community and at

least 25 years of age: Provided, That there shall always be a majority
of the trustees who are citizens of the Philippines. Trustees may not
be reelected for more than two (2) consecutive terms.
(d) A trustee who shall seek a political office shall be deemed

automatically resigned upon filing of the certificate of candidacy.
(e) The majority of the trustees holding office shall

constitute a quorum to do business.
SEC. 7. By-Laws. – The Board of Trustees shall ordain and

promulgate the rules and regulations governing the Center, providing
for, among other things, the organization, regular monthly, special
and annual meetings of the Board, its officers, their powers and
duties, as well as other officers, and their duties, of the Center, in
a Code of By-Laws which shall be passed by an affirmative vote of
majority plus one of all the members. Amendments thereto shall
likewise be made by a similar vote of the trustees at any meeting of
the Board duly convened.
SEC. 8. Appointment of Personnel. – The Chairman, with

the confirmation of the Board, shall have the power to appoint all
officers, staff and personnel of the Center with such compensation as
may be fixed by the Board, who shall be residents of the Philippines.
The Center may elect membership in the Government Service
Insurance System and if it so elects, its officers and employees
who qualify shall have the same rights and privileges as well as
obligations as those enjoyed or borne by persons in the government
service. Officials and employees of the Center shall be exempt from
the coverage of the Civil Service Law and Rules.
SEC. 9. Chapters. – The Center shall establish regional

cultural centers in all regions of the Philippines in pursuit of the
purposes and objectives for which it is hereby organized.
SEC. 10. Title to Properties. – The corporation hereby

created shall succeed to all rights, title and interests of the trust
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created by Executive Order No. 30 dated June 25, 1966, known by

the same name, to properties of all classes within the territory of the
Philippines and assume all its obligations upon proclamation by the
President of the dissolution of the trust and transfer of all its rights
and obligations to the corporation.
SEC. 11. Finances. – The corporation shall be financed both

by the income from its various assets and from its operation, as
well as by contributions from the private sector either from local
or foreign sources. For permanent support of the Center, the
equivalent of five (5%) per centum of the total annual collections
of all taxes on amusement is hereby set aside and appropriated for
the yearly maintenance and support of the Center. Government
corporations are hereby authorized to make such contributions to
the Center from time to time as their discretion decide, provided that
said contributions do not exceed fifteen per centum (15%) of their
annual unimpaired surplus. Contributions to the Center shall be
considered as deductions deductible in full and shall not be included
for purposes of computing the maximum amounts deductible under
the first paragraph of Section 30 (h) of Commonwealth Act No. 466,
as amended.
SEC. 12. Title to Land Site. – The parcel of land described

in and embraced by Presidential Proclamation No. 316 dated
December 15, 1967, is hereby assigned, transferred and conveyed
to the Center in fee simple provided only that the same as well as
all improvements thereon and all other properties of the Center
after payment of obligations shall revert to the Government of the
Philippines when and if the Center ceases to exist.
SEC. 13. Tax Exemption. – The Center shall be exempt

from all forms of taxation whatever and from duties and all other
imposts on any equipment, articles or goods that it may import from
abroad which may be reasonably necessary for use in or as part of
its operations.
SEC. 14. Annual Report. – The corporation shall, at the end

of every calendar year, submit to the President of the Philippines
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and Congress an annual report containing the activities of the

corporation and showing clearly its exact financial condition, the
sources of all receipts and the purposes of all disbursements.
SEC. 15. Separability Clause. – If any clause, paragraph or

part of this Act shall be adjudged to be invalid, the same shall not
affect, impair or invalidate the other provisions of this Act.
SEC. 16. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Done in the City of Manila, this 5th day of October, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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ESTABLISHING THE METROPOLITAN MANILA FLOOD

CONTROL AND DRAINAGE COUNCIL
WHEREAS, there were pending before Congress prior to the

promulgation of Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972,
priority measures duly certified by the President as urgent for the
solution of pressing problems of the country;
WHEREAS, one of these measures is the “Act to Undertake

an Integrated Flood Control and Drainage Program for the Greater
Manila Area and Public Works Projects in other Cities and
Municipalities and to Provide Sources of Funds Therefor;”
WHEREAS, the above-mentioned act is necessary for the

implementation solution to the recurring floods in the Manila
Metropolitan Area which have caused untold sufferings, tremendous
loss, and destruction of lives and properties;

President of the Philippines, in accordance with the powers vested
as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines,
do hereby order and decree that the Metropolitan Manila Flood
Control and Drainage Council be established with the following as
members: (1) the Secretary of Public Works and Communications,
Chairman, (2) the fourteen member-mayors of the Metropolitan
Mayors Coordinating Council as members, and; (3) such other
members that the President may designate.
The Council shall have the tasks of formulating and

implementing an Integrated Flood Control and Drainage Program
for the Metropolitan Manila Area.
In order to provide for the proper financing of the project,

there is hereby created a Greater Manila Metropolitan Area and
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Drainage Fund Account to be deposited in the National Treasury

which shall be constituted from the following sources:
(a) Proceeds from a special metropolitan flood tax of twenty-

five (P0.25) centavos levied on all admission tickets of movie houses
in Greater Manila for a period of fifteen (15) years;
(b) Fund releases from appropriation of various Public

Works Acts for the Project;
(c) Proceeds from additional real estate taxes (not exceeding

one-eighth (1/8) of 1% of the assessed value of real estate located
within Metropolitan Manila), other taxes or sources which may be
imposed if and when the funds generated by the special metropolitan
flood tax on theater admission is not sufficient to complete and
maintain the flood control and drainings project.
All agencies and offices of the Government are enjoined to

extend full cooperation and assistance to the Metropolitan Manila
Flood Control and Drainage Council herein established to insure
the successful prosecution of the essential project.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING A NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION
To promote industrial peace, maximize productivity and

secure social justice for all the people, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS,
under the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed
Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081
dated September 21, 1972, and General Orders Nos. 1 and 5 dated
September 22, 1972, do hereby order and decree:
SECTION 1. A National Labor Relations Commission is

hereby established in the Department of Labor composed of three
members with the Undersecretary of Labor or his duly authorized
representative as Chairman, and the Director of Labor Relations
and the Director of Labor Standards or their duly authorized
representatives as members. If the Undersecretary of Labor cannot
attend, his duly authorized representative shall sit as a member,
and the Director of Labor Standards or, in his absence, the Director
of Labor Relations shall act as Chairman.
SEC. 2. The Commission shall have original and exclusive

jurisdiction over the following:
1) All matters involving employee-employer relations

including all disputes and grievances which may otherwise lead to
strikes and lockouts under Republic Act No. 875;
2) All strikes overtaken by Proclamation No. 1081; and
3) All pending cases in the Bureau of Labor Relations.
SEC. 3. The parties to any dispute, grievance of issue shall

first exhaust all steps in the grievance procedure provided for in the
applicable collective bargaining agreement or such other means of
dispute settlement mutually agreed upon by them before either or
both parties may raise issue, dispute or grievance to the Commission.
The complaining party will be required to show proofs of failure to
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settle the issue, dispute or grievance under the procedure agreed

upon by the parties.
SEC. 4. Before assuming jurisdiction over any issue, dispute

or grievance, the Commission or its duly authorized representative
shall give the parties a chance to submit their problem for voluntary
arbitration. However, if the parties fail to agree on the arbitrator,
the Commission may designate an arbitrator to hear and decide
such grievance, dispute or issue or itself act as the arbitrator.
SEC. 5. The decision of the Commission shall be immediately

executory unless appealed to the Secretary of Labor who shall act
on all cases within five (5) days from filing. The latter’s decision is
appealable to the President.
Outside the Greater Manila Area, the Commission is

empowered to designate a representative who, together with a
representative of the union and a representative of management
to be nominated by the immediate parties to the particular issue,
dispute or grievance shall mediate, conciliate and, if necessary,
conduct a fact-finding investigation and submit its findings to
the Commission within five (5) days from commencement of the
investigation for decision.
SEC. 6. Upon promulgation of this decree, all collective

bargaining agreements shall contain a provision designating a
voluntary arbitrator, who may be an individual or a committee, to
decide all disputes and grievances arising out of the implementation
of the collective bargaining agreement. All existing collective
bargaining agreements without such provision shall be duly
amended to include such provision. Such amendment shall be
reported immediately to the Commission. All lockouts shall be
deemed illegal.
SEC. 7. The Commission or any member thereof shall have

the power to administer oath, issue subpoena and subpoena duces
tecum, and to hold any person in contempt for refusal to comply.
SEC. 8. On recommendation of the Commission, the Secretary

of Labor shall designate mediators, fact-finders, representation
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officers and such other assistants as the Commission may deem

necessary from among the existing officials and personnel of the
Department of Labor.
SEC. 9. The Commission shall promulgate such rules of

procedure and other regulations as would enable it to resolve or
terminate all cases within thirty (30) days from filing, as well as
rules and regulations governing collective bargaining.
SEC. 10. The President of the Philippines, on recommendation

of the Commission and the Secretary of Labor, may order the arrest
and detention of any person held in contempt by the Commission
for non-compliance and defiance of any subpoena, order or decision
duly issued by the Commission in accordance with this Decree and
its implementing rules and regulations any for any violation of the
provisions of this Decree.
SEC. 11. No employer may shut down his establishment

or dismiss or terminate the services of regular employees with at
least one year of service without written clearance of the Secretary
of Labor.
SEC. 12. All provisions of existing laws, orders, and

regulations contrary to or inconsistent with this decree are hereby
repealed.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CANCELLING FRANCHISES, PERMITS AND AUTHORIZATIONS

GRANTED FOR THE OPERATION OF RADIO, TELEVISION
AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES THAT HAVE
REMAINED UNUSED BY THEIR HOLDERS AFTER
A REASONABLE LENGTH OF TIME, THAT HAVE
VIOLATED THE TERMS UNDER WHICH THEY WERE
ISSUED; CREATING THE MASS MEDIA COUNCIL AND
PRESCRIBING RULES AND REGULATIONS ON THE
OPENING AND OPERATION OF MASS MEDIA
WHEREAS, the mass media have been used in the conspiracy

against the Government and have taken part in that conspiracy
either by direct willful participation, or by indirectly giving aid
and comfort to the forces of insurgency and subversion seeking to
overthrow the government by organized violence:
WHEREAS, some franchises, permits and authorizations

granted for the operation of radio, television and telecommunication
facilities have remained unused or unavailed of by their proper
holders after a reasonable length of time from the time such
franchises, permits and authorizations were issued; that some of
them have been leased to parties not otherwise authorized to operate
such facilities; and some of them, in the actual operation of these
facilities, have violated or refused to comply with regulations of the
Radio Control Board, or any other government authority having
supervision over their operation;
WHEREAS, in order to safeguard the security of the state

and promote the objectives and goals of sound government, it is
necessary that judicious care be exercised in deciding what mass
media facilities should be authorized to operate;

President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested
by the Constitution as Commander in Chief of all the Armed Forces
of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated
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September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22,
1972, do hereby decree and order:
1. The cancellation of all franchises, permits and

authorizations granted for the operation of all mass media facilities
that have consciously or unconsciously taken part in the conspiracy
against the Government, given aid and comfort to the forces of
insurgency and subversion and have either directly supported, or
aided and abetted the subversion of our established traditions and
value;
2. The cancellation of all franchises, permits and

authorizations granted for the operation of radio, television and
telecommunication facilities; (a) if such franchises, permits and
authorizations have not been availed of or used by the party or
parties in whose name they were issued, (b) if they have been given
over for lease or use by parties not otherwise authorized to hold such
franchises, permits and authorizations, or (c) if in their operation
they have violated or failed to comply with the regulations of the
Radio Control Board or any other government entity authorized to
oversee the operation thereof.
3. The creation of a Mass Media Council, headed by the

Secretary of Public Information as chairman, with the Secretary of
National Defense as co-chairman, and one representative from the
mass media to be appointed by the President as member, and with
a secretariat to be headed by the Chairman of the Radio Control
Board, with the duty of passing upon applications of mass media for
permission to operate, so that no newspaper, magazine, periodical
or publication of any kind, radio, television or telecommunications
facility, station or network may so operate without obtaining from
the Mass Media Council a certificate of authority to operate prior to
actual operation. Such certificate of authority shall be duly signed
by the President, and shall be in force for six months, renewable
for another six months thereafter, unless otherwise terminated
earlier.
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4. All mass media facilities shall guarantee space and time

for information emanating from the Government, and shall allot,
as the Secretary of Public Information may direct, adequate space
and time for all national undertakings, projects and campaigns that
require wide, public dissemination, and shall treat information
pertaining thereto as public service material whether this be in
the form of news matter, pictures, features, or the like, or in any
promotional form. All radio and television stations and networks
shall, under the guidance of the Department of Public Information,
carry simultaneous regular broadcasts on agricultural production,
consumers’ prices index, general government and such other
subjects of vital concern to the public. The print media shall carry
the equivalent of these broadcasts.
This Decree is hereby made part of the laws of the land.

It shall take effect immediately and shall remain in force for the
duration of the present national emergency, or unless otherwise
ordered by me or by my duly designated representative.
Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of November, in the


By the President:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING THE NAYONG PILIPINO FOUNDATION
WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary to create a foundation

which will promote, encourage and initiate research and development
projects and activities in social sciences, humanities, social and
amelioration and allied fields.

22, 1972, do hereby create the Nayong Pilipino Foundation, a body
corporate, with its main executive office at Manila, hereinafter
known as the Nayong Pilipino.
1. The purposes and objectives of the Nayong Pilipino are

as follows:
(a) To promote, encourage, espouse and/or initiate research

and development projects on social sciences and humanities and
related fields;
(b) To formulate a comprehensive social welfare program

for the upliftment, improvement and amelioration of the social and
economic conditions of the unfortunate destitute members of our
society with the end in view of availing maximum utilization of
their potentialities in the solution of the country’s problems;
(c) To encourage and facilitate the active participation of

the domestic and foreign sectors in furnishing financial, technical
and other forms of assistance for the Foundation’s social welfare
programs;
(d) To promote and encourage the dissemination of the results

of its researches and studies in social sciences and humanities and to
encourage their practical application to problems of the masses;
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(e) To establish, set up and/or maintain scholarships or

professional chairs in order to foster, promote and encourage the
study and improvement of fundamental or pure research, applied
research, developmental work and/or economic evaluation in the
fields of social sciences or humanities;
(f) To establish parks and recreation centers for the

promotion of tourism in this country; and
(g) To construct, improve, enlarge or equip or to cause

the building, improvement, enlarging or equipping of buildings,
libraries, laboratories, workshops or other educational accessories,
required for scientific research; to establish, maintain, or aid others
to establish or maintain institutions doing research of all kinds in
the fields of social sciences and humanities.
2. The Foundation shall be a non-stock, non-profit public

corporation, organized, established and operated in the public
interest and no portion of its funds and income shall inure to the
benefit of any of its members.
3. The policy-making body of the Nayong Pilipino shall be

the Board of Trustees composed of a Chairman and eight Members to
be appointed by the President for a term of one year. The chairman
and members shall be persons genuinely interested in the promotion
of the purposes and objectives of the Foundation.
4. The Board of Trustees shall ordain and promulgate rules

and regulations to govern the organization, meeting of the Board, its
officers, their powers and duties, as well as other officers, and their
duties, and matters pertinent to the management and operation of
the Nayong Pilipino, in a Code of By-Laws which shall be passed by
an affirmative vote of the majority of all the members.
5. The Board shall appoint an Executive Secretary who

shall take charge of administering the affairs of the Foundation and
shall act as secretary to the Board.
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6. The Nayong Pilipino shall have the power to sue and

be sued; to contract and be contracted with; to own and hold such
real and personal property as shall be necessary for corporate
purposes; to receive real and personal property by gift, devise or
bequest; to adopt a seal and alter the same; to adopt by-laws, rules
and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree;
to exercise all the general powers of a corporation established under
the Corporation Law; and to do all such acts and things as may be
necessary to carry into effect the provision of this Decree.
7. The ownership and title to the property now actually

occupied by the Nayong Pilipino Foundation is hereby transferred
in fee simple to the Nayong Pilipino, subject to the following
conditions:
(a) The title to the land conveyed by this Decree shall not
be transferred by the Nayong Pilipino to another person or entity
without previous authorization by the President of the Philippines.
(b) The Nayong Pilipino is hereby authorized to mortgage

the property referred to above for the purpose of carrying out its
objectives and purposes only; and
(c) In case the Nayong Pilipino is dissolved or ceases, for

any reason, to undertake its objectives, or ceases to need the land
for any reason, said land shall ipso facto revert to the National
Government without compensation.
8. The Nayong Pilipino shall be exempt from all forms of

taxation whatever and from duties and all other imposts on any
equipment, articles or goods that it may import from abroad which
may be reasonably necessary for use in or as part of its operation.
9. The Nayong Pilipino shall, at the end of every calendar

year, submit to the President of the Philippines and Congress
an annual report containing the activities of the corporation and
showing clearly its exact financial condition, the sources of all
receipts and the purposes of all disbursements.
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10. If any clause, paragraph or part of this Decree shall be

adjudged to be invalid, the same shall not affect, impair or invalidate
the other provisions of this Decree.
11. All Acts, executive orders, administrative orders and

proclamations or parts thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.
12. This Decree is hereby made part of the law of the land
and shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of November, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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PROMULGATION OF RULES GOVERNING THE CREATION OF

MILITARY TRIBUNALS, ETC.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated

September 21, 1972, martial law is in effect throughout the
Philippines;
WHEREAS, under General Order No. 3 and 3-A, dated

September 22, 1972 and September 24, 1972, respectively, certain
offenses have been withdrawn from the jurisdiction of the judicial
department and directed to be tried by special civil and military
tribunals which may be created by me or upon my orders;
WHEREAS, under General Order No. 8 dated September

27, 1972, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
has been empowered to create military tribunals to try and decide
cases of military personnel and such other cases as may be referred
to them;
WHEREAS, under General Order No. 12 dated September

30, 1972 and General Order No. 12-A, dated October 2, 1972, the
trial and decision on certain offenses are exclusively cognizable by
military tribunals or cognizable by said tribunals concurrently with
the civil courts;
WHEREAS, for a more orderly administration of justice in

the cases triable by the said military tribunals, it is necessary that
the rules of procedure and other matters be prescribed by me;

by the Constitution as Comander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces
of the Philippines, and pursuant to the proclamation and general
orders mentioned above, do hereby promulgate and decree as part
of the law of the land, the attached RULES GOVERNING THE
CREATION, COMPOSITION, JURISDICTION, PROCEDURE,
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AND OTHER MATTERS RELEVANT TO MILITARY TRIBUNALS

and do hereby enjoin strict adherence to them by all concerned,
provided that the Chief of Staff, shall with the approval of the
Secretary of National Defense, issue and promulgate implementing
instructions which are not inconsistent with said rules.
All actions taken pursuant to Circular M-1, General

Headquarters, Armed Forces of the Philippines dated October 2,
1972 are hereby confirmed.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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PROVIDING FOR THE ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT OF THE

FISHERY INDUSTRY OF THE PHILIPPINES
WHEREAS, fish is one of the major and cheapest sources of

protein in the diet of the Filipino people;
WHEREAS, 2.2 million Filipinos depend directly on the

fishing industry for their livelihood;
WHEREAS, the Philippines continues to import fish and

fishery products in substantial quantities because of the insufficiency
of domestic production:
WHEREAS, in the New Society, there is a compelling need

to bring fish prices down to the lowest possible level in order to
benefit the lower-income groups in the society;
WHEREAS, the most effective method of bringing down fish

prices is to increase production of both marine and the inland fish;
WHEREAS, the vast fishery resources of the Philippines have

remained largely untapped due to unnecessary constraints brought
about by law or by regulations and by the failure to provide an
integrated development program and the appropriate incentives;
WHEREAS, there was pending before Congress prior to

1992, a proposed bill entitled “AN ACT TO ACCELERATE THE
INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE FISHERY
INDUSTRY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” designed to develop
the industry in all its aspects and which had been duly certified by
me as one of the priority measures needed for the national economic
program of the Government;

President of the Philippines by virtue of the powers in me vested
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by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces

1972, in order to effect the desired changes and reforms in the social,
economic and political structure of our society; do hereby order and
decree that the following Fishery Industry Development Decree of
1972 be adopted and made part of the law of the land;
SECTION 1. Title. – This Decree shall be known as the

Fishery Industry Development Decree of 1972.
SEC. 2. Declaration of policy. – It is hereby declared the

policy of the State to accelerate the integrated development of the
fishery resources of the country. For this purpose, the government
shall promote, encourage, and hasten the organization of, provide
assistance to, and help integrate the activities of all persons,
associations, cooperatives and corporations engaged in the industry
so that the nation may achieve self-sufficiency in the supply of
fish and fishery products and to achieve said purposes, the fishing
industry shall be considered as a Board of Investment pioneer
project. It shall also encourage and promote the diversification
of export products and markets to enable the fishery industry to
contribute positively in the development and growth of the national
economy. More particularly, the government shall help provide
financing, training, extension services, technical assistance and
infrastructures for production, storage, processing, transportation,
marketing and the distribution of fish and fishery products.
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SEC. 4. Fishery Industry Development Council. To implement

the foregoing policy enunciated in Section Two of this Decree,
there is hereby created a Fishery Industry Development Council,
hereinafter referred to as the “Council”, which shall be composed of
the following:
Secretary of Agriculture and Chairman

Natural Resources
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Director of Fisheries Vice-Chairman and

Executive Officer
Secretary of National Defense Member
Governor of the Central Bank of Member

the Philippines
Chairman of the Development Member

Bank of the Philippines
President of the Philippine Member

National Bank
Chairman of the Board of Member

Investments
And as a representative each to be recommended by the

largest nation-wide bona fide organizations of fishpond operators
and fishing associations, to be appointed by the President upon the
recommendation of the Secretary, Department of Agriculture and
Natural Resources for a term of two years.
Within thirty days after the approval of this Decree, the

President of the Philippines shall constitute the Council. The Council
shall meet regularly on the first Monday of each month: Provided,
That the Chairman may convene the Council in special meetings
to consider urgent matters. If any of the members shall not be able
to attend the regular and special meetings of the Council, he shall
send a duly authorized representative to exercise his powers and
perform his functions.
The Council shall adopt the rules and regulations necessary

to govern its proceedings, and determine its official location and
address.
SEC. 5. Powers and functions of the Council. – The Fishery

Industry Development Council shall have the following functions,
powers and duties:
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1. To provide comprehensive policy guidance and create a

healthy investment climate for the development of the industry in
all its aspects, and delineate and coordinate the various activities of
the participating agencies of the industry;
2. To encourage persons, associations, cooperatives and

corporations engaged or who will engage in the production, storage,
processing, marketing and distribution phases of the industry
to adopt such systems and practices which will reduce costs and
improve the quality of fish and fishery products in order to bring
about fair returns to producers and reasonable prices for the benefit
of the consumers;
3. To promote the establishment of infrastructure and

other physical facilities geared towards the development of the
fishing industry;
4. To encourage the improvement and modernization of

the fishing fleet of the country and the expansion of its operation;
5. To provide guidelines aimed at protecting fish habitats,

marine parks, and other fishery resources from pollution;
6. To draw up a comprehensive financial program for the

industry indicating therein the sources, either domestic or foreign,
allocating the funds thereof under a system of priority;
7. To devise a feasible system of insurance which will meet

the needs of the industry.
The Council shall, within ninety days after it has been

constituted, adopt a Fishery Industry Development Program,
hereinafter referred to as the “Program”, which shall be implemented
by its constituent agencies.
In this regard, the President of the Philippines in consultation

with the Council and Monetary Board, may under Republic Act
Numbered Sixty-one hundred and forty-two, enter into, make,
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perform and carry out contracts of every class and description

necessary or incidental to the realization of the objectives of the
Program with any person, firm or corporation, private or public,
or initiate contracts and/or agreements in behalf of the industry
between the Philippine Government and foreign governments or
institutions.
SEC. 6. Implementing Agencies. – The agencies represented

in the Council shall, in accordance with the Fishery Industry
Development Program adopted by the Council, have the following
functions, powers and duties under this Decree:
A. The Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources

shall:
1. Direct and coordinate the activities of its component

agencies in accelerating the development of the industry;
2. Direct and facilitate the orderly, systematic and

expeditious transfer of the jurisdiction of public lands available for
fishpond development to the Bureau of Fisheries upon the effectivity
of this Decree. For this purpose, all public lands, such as tidal
swamps, mangrove and other swamps, marshes, ponds and streams
within public lands, including public lands left dry during the lowest
low tide and covered by water during the highest tide; and which
are not needed for forestry purposes are hereby declared available
for fishpond purposes and automatically transferred to the Bureau
of Fisheries for its administration and disposition; Provided, That
the Bureau of Fisheries shall set aside portions of such public lands
for fish propagation, fish sanctuary, conservation and ecological
purposes: And provided, That certain tidal swamps, mangrove and
other swamps, marshes, ponds, streams within public lands, used
or utilized by fishery schools and colleges be set aside for their use;
and
3. Undertake such other measures as may be necessary to

efficiently carry out the fishery industry development program.
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B. The Bureau of Fisheries shall be the research, advisory

and executive arm of the Council and as such shall have the primary
and direct responsibility for implementing the Program as approved
by the Council with the active cooperation of, and in coordination
with other participating agencies. It shall:
1. Exercise the powers, duties and function under Republic

Act Numbered Thirty-five hundred and twelve, not inconsistent with
the provisions herein stated for the attainment of policy, objectives
and purposes of this Decree.
2. Issue or promulgate and execute instructions,

orders, rules and regulations for the development, improvement,
management and/or conservation of fish and fishery resources,
declare and/or establish and enforce for a specified time of the year
a close season for the catching and selling of a specified species of
fish or the operation of a specified fishing gear covering the entire
Philippine territorial waters or any portion thereof that shall be
specifically defined, subject to the approval of the Council. Such
instructions, rule or regulation, declaration and/or establishment
shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official
Gazette and two newspapers of general circulation;
3. Prescribe fees for the gathering, taking, culturing and

processing of fish and other fishery products, permit, license or
concession fees, fees for the importation or exportation of aquatic
products and other fees for the grant of fishery privileges, subject to
the approval of the Council;
4. Grant or execute leases, subject to the approval of the

Council, entitling the holders thereof to develop a definite tract of
public land to be devoted exclusively for fishpond purposes for a
period of fifteen (15) to twenty-five (25) years, subject to renewal for
an equal or longer period;
5. Grant concession for collecting or gathering of marine

mollusks or their shells, sponges, seaweeds and other aquatic
products in any of the territorial waters of the Philippines;
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6. Undertake a fisheries training program and coordinate

with and provide assistance to fishery educational institutions in
their research and instructional activities to provide the fishery
industry with technically competent manpower: Provided, That the
fishery educational institution shall devise and adopt a standard
“core” curriculum aimed at the training of vocational level of fishery
technicians;
7. Perform all powers, functions and duties over fishing

vessels of more than three (3) gross tons regarding the registration,
documentation, inspections and licensing of said vessels for the
purpose of fishing operations: Provided, That the license granted
shall allow the licensee to operate only in Philippine waters of more
than seven (7) fathoms deep, subject to the conditions that may be
stated therein and the rules and regulations that may, from time to
time, be promulgated by the Director of Fisheries with the approval
of the Council, notwithstanding the provisions of law to the contrary:
Provided, further, That the Bureau of Fisheries after a thorough
and careful study is hereby empowered to declare an open and close
season for the operation of baby trawls in areas seven fathoms deep
or less: Provided, furthermore, That operations of baby trawls using
fishing boats of three (3) gross tons or less may operate in areas
four fathoms (4) deep or more subject to the approval of the Council
herein created, may declare, an open and close season for their
operations;
Notwithstanding the provision of any law to the contrary, a

fishing vessel may be accepted for registration, documentation and
licensing purposes by the Bureau of Fisheries, upon inspection and
verification by the naval architect and marine engineer of the said
Bureau that the fishing vessel is seaworthy and fit for operations;
8. Issue permits for the importation into and exportation

from the Philippines of any fish or fishery products, mollusks,
crustaceans, other aquatic animal, adult, young, fry or fish eggs for
propagation or for other purposes, subject to the approval of the
Council: Provided, that the exportation of fry or fish eggs shall be
allowed only after the requirements of the industry are met;
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9. Issue for scientific research and educational purposes,

temporary permits to any person, association or corporation to
operate fishing vessels for a period not exceeding six months on the
basis of rules and regulations approved by the Council;
10. Issue fishermen’s license in connection with the

operation of a fishing vessel of more than three (3) gross tons on the
basis of rules and regulations approved by the Council;
11. Designate in writing, as Deputy Fish Warden,

competent public officials and/or private reputable persons engaged
in the fishery industry, with full power, and authority to enforce all
fishery laws, rules or regulations and to arrest offenders against the
same: Provided, That the Director shall prescribe the qualification
of persons to be appointed, subject to the approval of the Council;
12. Maintain a system of regularly obtaining and

disseminating accurate data and statistics on fish production,
distribution, utilization and fishery resources of the country and
other useful information relating to the industry;
13. Undertake applied fisheries research aimed at increasing

the efficiency and effectiveness of the methods and techniques of
production and utilization of fish and fishery products and the
utilization of different fertilizers for fishponds;
14. Designate and set the boundaries of Fishery Districts

and submit to the Council, a program within one (1) year after
the passage of this Act for the Organization of District Fishery
Corporations or Cooperatives to be composed of the various
components of the industry in each district which shall engage
in the buying, processing, storing and marketing of fish and
fishery products. To serve this purpose, the Bureau shall promote
in each of the Fishery Districts to be established under this
Act, the establishment of adequate refrigerating plants for ice
making, storage and quick-freezing to be owned preferably by the
District Fishery Corporation or Cooperatives: Provided, That the
refrigerating and cold storage plants belonging to the Bureau shall
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be sold to the District Fishery Corporations or Cooperatives under

such terms and conditions promulgated by the Bureau, subject to
the approval of the Council: Provided, further, That ice-making,
cold storage and quick-freezing facilities may be established by
any person, corporation or cooperative in any part of the country
without the necessity of any Congressional or municipal franchise,
notwithstanding the provisions of the law to the contrary.
The Development Bank of the Philippines is hereby

authorized to convert its outstanding and collectible loans to the
fishery industry in the District into equity shares of stock in these
District Fishery Corporations or Cooperatives as these loans are
paid: Provided, however, That such shares of the Bank shall be sold
to the private sector at its option in the following order of priority:
municipal fisheries operator or small fishermen, fish retailers,
fishery cooperatives, fishpond operators and deep-sea fishing
operators;
15. Promote the organization of small fishermen’s

associations and cooperatives in cooperation with existing
government cooperative agencies, and the nationwide federation of
these organizations;
16. Determine and designate fish landing points in

appropriate places throughout the Philippines and require the
landing of all commercial fishing vessels at these designated
places: Provided, That all fish landing points established prior to
the approval of this Act shall be considered authorized fish landing
points;
17. Conduct and supervise the inspection of fish and fishery

products for export, imports and those produced and consumed
locally, for quality and compliance with fishery and other pertinent
laws. For this purpose, the Bureau shall establish within one (1)
year after the approval of this Act quality grades and standards
to conform to world standards as much as possible, subject to the
approval of the Council; and
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18. Promote the development of a viable fish meal industry

in the country within two (2) years after the promulgation of this
Decree in order to maximize the utilization of fish and fishery
products and to complement the development of the animal industry.
For this purpose, the Bureau shall, subject to the approval of the
Council, recommend to the Central Bank the gradual reduction of
fish meal imports to induce the development of the local fish meal
industry.
In order to enable the Bureau of Fisheries, as the executive

arm of the Council, to efficiently implement the Fishery Industry
Development Program and carry out its other functions under
this Decree, its organizational set-up is hereby strengthened.
The Director shall be assisted by an Assistant Director for
Administration, Information and Regulations and an Assistant
Director for Research and Development. To be more responsive to
the needs of, and effectively carry out the purposes and objectives
of this Decree, there are hereby created the Administrative
Division; Licenses and Protection Division; Fishery Economics and
Information Division; Fishery Research Division; Fish Propagation
Division; and Technological Division. In addition, a Planning and
Management Staff and other organizational units as provided for in
the Integrated Reorganization Plan, are created; Provided, That the
aforementioned organizational units shall be staffed by the Director
from qualified personnel of the Bureau as first priority, and he shall
include proposals for additional necessary personnel therefor in its
appropriation for the immediate succeeding year.
C. The Central Bank of the Philippines, through the

Monetary Board shall be primarily responsible for seeking ways
and means of financing the requirements of the Fishery Industry
Development Program in all its aspects. For this purpose, it shall,
in addition to its present powers and functions, undertake the
following activities:
1. Coordinate the policies, programs and activities of all

banks and financial institutions relating to the provision of credit
to persons, associations, cooperatives, corporations engaged in the
fishery industry;
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2. Grant preferential rates in the rediscounting of papers

involving loans for the fishery industry; and
3. Grant concessionary rate of interest on loans for the

development of fishery industry upon certification by the Director
of Fisheries;
D. The Secretary of National Defense shall extend all

assistance including personnel and equipment as maybe necessary
in the enforcement of fishery laws and regulations and in the
attainment of the aims and objectives embodied in this Decree.
E. The private sector of the fishery industry shall direct

their collective efforts towards a more active cooperation and
coordination with government agencies. It shall:
1. Assume the primary responsibility of accelerating the

development of the industry;
2. Conduct research and experiments in cooperation with

government agencies;
3. Allow implementing agencies of the government access

to such statistical data and information as would be necessary in
the formulation of sound policies; and
4. Take active participation in technical manpower training

by giving on-the-job training opportunities to fisheries apprentices,
trainees and volunteers.
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SEC. 9. Role of other government agencies. – All departments,

authorities, commissions, bureaus, agencies, offices, of the National
Government, government-owned or controlled corporations and
entities, and local governments not directly involved as participating
agencies of the Fishery Industry Development Program shall
cooperate with the Council and the agencies under it in the
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implementation of the provisions of this Decree. For this purpose,

they are hereby authorized and directed to extend assistance,
technical guidance and provide facilities to the Council and the
implementing agencies under this Decree, subject only to limitations
of their respective charters resources.
SEC. 10. fishery industry development fund. – To carry out

the provisions of this Decree, there is hereby established a Fishery
Industry Development Fund, hereinafter referred to as Fund, to
finance the development of the industry. It shall be held in trust by
the Central Bank of the Philippines and shall be constituted in the
manner and from the sources hereinafter provided.
A. An annual lease rental and/or permit fee per hectare of

fishpond shall be collected based on a schedule to be prescribed by
the Bureau of Fisheries with the approval of the Council.
B. An annual fee for commercial fishing boat license on

fishing vessels of more than three(3) gross tons shall be collected
based on a schedule to be prescribed by the Bureau of Fisheries with
the approval of the Council and the fish caught fee as prescribed
in Act Numbered Four thousand three as amended shall not be
imposed.
Public officials of all agencies charged with the function

of collecting the revenues, proceeds, rentals, charges, duties and
fees under this section are hereby directed to remit directly to the
Central Bank any and all monthly collections thereof within fifteen
(15) days of every succeeding month.
The Central Bank as the trustee of the Fund is hereby

authorized to invest the Fund and proceeds thereof shall form part
of the Fund.
The Fund shall be utilized for financing the requirements of

the fishery industry: Provided, That the disposition, allocation and
utilization of the Fund for the purposes envisioned in this Decree
shall be the exclusive prerogative of the Council.
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SEC. 19. Repealing clause. – All Acts, parts of Acts, executive

orders and regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this
Decree are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SEC. 20. Separability clause. – The provisions of this Decree

are hereby declared to be separable and, if any clause, sentence,
provision or section of this Decree or application thereof to any
person or circumstances should for any reason be held invalid or
unconstitutional, such validity or unconstitutionality shall not
affect the other provisions or application of this Decree which can
be given force and effect.
SEC. 21. Effectivity. This Decree shall take effect upon its
approval.

year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURAL

RESEARCH
WHEREAS, agricultural growth, which embodies the

development of our farm, forest, and fishery resources, is a matter
of national concern;
WHEREAS, in order to attain the national goals in

agricultural growth and development, research is necessary to
determine the alternative means of achieving these goals or to
identify the best means among the alternative;
WHEREAS, agricultural research, which includes forestry

and fisheries, is a systematic method of joining and applying
knowledge efficiently not only to the biological, physical, and
economic phases or producing, processing, and distributing farm,
forest, and fishery products, but also in improving consumer health
and nutrition, as well as the social and economic aspects of rural
living;
WHEREAS, the application of better agricultural technology

arising out of research would directly benefit not only the rural
population which comprises two-thirds of the total Philippine
population, but also a major segment of the urban sector;
WHEREAS, the national agricultural research program

must not only be sensitive to the current needs of an advancing and
developing agriculture but should also be forward-looking if it is to
make most effective use of available money and manpower;
WHEREAS, to effectively implement the national agricultural

research program, it is necessary to develop a research capability in
terms of manpower, facilities, funding, and programs;
WHEREAS, in integrated fashion, the Philippine Government

has initiated and implemented two closely related studies for the
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purpose of reviewing the existing national agricultural research

operations and developing a responsive and effective national
system for agricultural research;
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need for a coordinating agency

that will oversee, unify, and integrate the planning, administration,
and implementation of the government’s agricultural research
program;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, as

economic, and political structure of the country, do hereby create
the Philippine Council for Agricultural Research (PCAR) with the
following major functions and powers:
a) Define goals, purposes, and scope of research necessary

to support progressive development of agriculture, forestry, and
fisheries for the nation on continuing basis;
b) Using the basic guidelines of relevance, excellence, and

cooperation, develop the national agricultural research program
based on a multi-disciplinary, inter-agency, and systems approach
for the various component commodities;
c) Establish a system of priorities for agriculture, forestry,

and fisheries research and provide meaningful mechanisms for
updating these priorities;
d) Develop and implement a fund-generating strategy for

supporting agricultural research;
e) Program the allocation of all government revenue

earmarked for agricultural research to implement a dynamic
national agricultural research program;
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f) Provide the mechanism for assessment of progress and

updating the national agricultural research program;
g) Establish and provide support for a national network of

centers of excellence for the various commodity research programs
by drawing from the facilities of cooperating universities and colleges
and other research agencies and linking these closely with selected
PCAR research centers and stations;
h) Develop a mechanism for full communication

among workers in research, extension, education, and national
development;
i) Establish a repository for research information in

agriculture, forestry, and fisheries;
j) Provide for a systematic program of agricultural

research manpower development and improvement;
k) Provide for appropriate incentives to encourage topnotch

research workers to remain working in their respective areas of
agricultural research; and
l) It shall have the power and authority to call on any

department, bureau, office, agency, state university or college,
commodity institute, and other instrumentalities of the government
for assistance in the form of personnel, facilities, and other resources
as the need arise in the discharge of its functions.
For administrative purposes, the Philippine Council for

Agricultural Research is attached to the Department of Agriculture
and Natural Resources.
The Council shall be composed of the following officials;
1. The Chairman, National Science

Development Board. Chairman
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2. The Secretary of Agriculture and

Natural Resources Vice-Chairman
3. The Budget Commissioner
4. A Representative of the National

Economic Development Authority
5. The President, Association of Colleges

of Agriculture of the Philippines
6. The Chancellor, University of the

Philippines at Los Baños.
7. One outstanding leader in

agricultural business to be appointed
by the President
upon recommendation of the PCAR
Governing Council.
The policies and guidelines formulated by the Council shall

be implemented by a Secretariat headed by a Director-General who
shall be assisted by two Deputy Director-Generals, technical research
directors, and commodity research program leaders who shall be
designated by the Council and composed of personnel assigned and/
or detailed to PCAR from the different departments, bureaus, state
universities or colleges, commodity institutes, offices, agencies and
other instrumentalities of the government.
The basic planning and coordination of the national

agricultural research program shall rest on the various Commodity
Research Planning and Implementation Teams. The composition of
these Teams shall be determined on an interdisciplinary basis with
the guiding principle that the best possible expertise in the country
should be drafted into these Teams irrespective of what agency they
came from.
For the purpose of ensuring maximum quality, competence,

and effectiveness of the technical commodity research program of
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PCAR, a Technical Program Planning and Review Board composed

of top quality technical men, is authorized to be constituted to assist
the PCAR Director-General. The members of the PCAR Technical
Program Planning and Review Board shall be appointed by the
Council.
The Philippine Council for Agricultural Research is

authorized to pay honoraria and to make research grants.
Selected field stations, personnel, facilities, and funds of the

Department of Agriculture and National Resources, as may be later
identified by the Council with the concurrence of the Secretary of
Agriculture and National Resources, are hereby transferred to the
operational control of the Council.
Research personnel, facilities and other research resources

which belong to universities, colleges, and commodity institutes shall
be harnessed on a contract basis in support of the PCAR agricultural
research program. Where needed, such research resources would
likewise be available for development assistance as determined by
the PCAR Governing Council.
The Council is hereby directed to develop appropriate rules

and regulations governing technical personnel, accounting and
auditing procedures for research funds, and research program
budgeting. When approved by the Council, such rules and regulations
mentioned above shall carry the force of law.
The Council shall formulate the national long term and

annual programs in agricultural research. All government revenue
earmarked for agricultural research (including research in forestry
and fisheries), whether coming from regular budget appropriations
or tax levies on specific commodities, or from the National Science
Development Board, should be programmed by the Philippine
Council for Agricultural Research. Beginning July 1, 1973, no funds
earmarked for agricultural research shall be released by the Budget
Commission or other funding agencies for research activities in
PCAR research center and stations, universities, colleges, and other
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research agencies unless these were integrated as a part of the

national agricultural research program. However, a small reserve
should be set aside to provide for contingency allocations to finance
research covering immediate problems of an emergency nature that
might arise during a given year.
The Council is hereby authorized to draw from and negotiate

for funds, not otherwise specifically allocated, of the National
Economic Council, National Food and Agriculture Council, National
Science Development Board, Department of Agriculture and Natural
Resources, agricultural institutions, and all other possible funds
sources, for the establishment, operational and program expenses
of the Philippine Council for Agricultural Research.
All income and revenue that shall accrue from operations

of PCAR research programs shall be considered as automatic
appropriations for subsequent PCAR activities.
The Council shall submit to the President periodic reports

of its activities.
All Acts, parts of Acts, executive order, ordinances, rules

and regulations which are inconsistent with the provisions of this
Presidential Decree are hereby repealed, amended, or modified
accordingly.
Done in the City of Manila, this 10th day of November, in

the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seven-two.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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AMENDING PERTINENT PARTS OF THE INTEGRATED

REORGANIZATION PLAN, BY ATTACHING THE WAGE
COMMISSION, OIL INDUSTRY COMMISSION, AND PRICE
CONTROL COUNCIL TO THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC
WHEREAS, there is a need to link certain regulatory

functions with the requirements of development, especially as
these pertain to the establishment of reasonable levels of wages as
well as the prices of essential consumer commodities, including oil
products;
WHEREAS, the National Economic Development Authority

hereinafter referred to as the NEDA, being the highest development
planning body of the country, is the logical focal point for securing
the desired linkage that will give development orientation in the
performance of the above mentioned regulatory functions; and
WHEREAS, to attain this objective, it is necessary to place

the agencies concerned with these regulatory functions under the
administrative supervision of the NEDA;

Commander- in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines,
economic and political structure of the country, do hereby order
and decree that modifications of pertinent Parts of the Integrated
Reorganization Plan are hereby adopted and approved, as follows:
1. The Oil Industry Commission and the Price Control

Council are transferred from the Office of the President and placed
under the Administrative supervision of the NEDA.
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2. The Wage Commission is transferred from the

Department of Labor and placed under the administrative
supervision of the NEDA.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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ABOLISHING THE CUSTODY AND DISPOSAL ADMINISTRATION

UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1 dated

September 24, 1972, the Integrated Reorganization Plan was
adopted and made part of the law of the land;
WHEREAS, the fifth paragraph of said Presidential Decree

No. 1 provides that changes and modifications in the Integrated
Reorganization Plan shall be made from time to time, as necessity
requires, to be correspondingly announced by me or by my duly
authorized representative;
WHEREAS, the Custody and Disposal Administration is

one of the offices retained in the Department of Finance subject to
the provisions of paragraph 4, Article 1, Part I of the Integrated
Reorganization Plan; and
WHEREAS, the cited provisions of the Integrated

Reorganization Plan state that, unless otherwise provided in the
said Plan or in the executive directives creating them, existing
agencies created by executive directives shall continue to exist for
one year after the approval of the said Plan unless sooner terminated
or extended by the President;

22, 1972, as amended, in order to effect the desired changes in the
Executive Department as necessity requires, do hereby order and
decree the abolition of the Custody and Disposal Administration
under the Department of Finance.
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The pertinent functions of the herein abolished office are

correspondingly transferred to the Bureau of Customs together with
its applicable appropriations, records, equipment, property and such
personnel as the Secretary of Finance may deem necessary.
The Secretary of Finance is hereby directed to implement

this Decree within thirty days after date of promulgation with the
assistance of the Budget Commission, the Civil Service Commission,
and the Presidential Commission on Reorganization.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING THE EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE AUTHORITY AND

REVISING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5490
WHEREAS, pending before Congress prior to the

promulgation of Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21,
1972, was House No. 4317, entitled “An Act to Revise the Charter
of the Foreign Trade Zone Authority Created Under Republic Act
Numbered Five Thousand Four Hundred and Ninety and For Other
Purposes”, which I have certified as one of the urgent measures
necessitating immediate enactment;
WHEREAS, it is imperative that this measure be immediately

made part of the law of the land in order to assure the accelerated
development and efficient operation of the export processing zone in
Mariveles, Bataan, and such other zones as may be established in
the country, and thereby hastening the realization of the objectives
of the Government to create a new social and economic order for the
national benefit;

1972, as amended, do hereby order and decree the following to be
the Revised Charter of the Foreign Trade Zone Authority Created
Under Republic Act No. 5490 and as part of the law of the land:
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. – It is hereby declared

to be the policy of the Government to encourage and promote
foreign commerce as a means of making the Philippines a center of
international trade, of strengthening our export trade and foreign
exchange position, of hastening industrialization, of reducing
domestic unemployment, and of accelerating the development of
the country, by establishing export processing zones in strategic
locations in the Philippines.
SEC. 2. Creation of an Export Processing Zone Authority. – To

carry out the above policy, there is hereby created a body corporate
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to be known as the Export Processing Zone Authority, hereinafter

referred to as Authority, which shall be under the direct supervision
of the Office of the President. The functions of the Authority are
hereby declared governmental.
SEC. 3. Principal Office. – The Authority shall maintain

its principal office in the Greater Manila area but it may establish
branches and agencies within the Philippines as may be necessary
for the proper conduct of its business.
SEC. 4. Purposes and Specific Powers. – The purposes and

specific powers of the Authority are as follows:
(a) To operate, administer and manage the export processing

zone established in the Port of Mariveles, Bataan, and such other
export processing zones as may be established under this Decree; to
construct, acquire, own, lease, operate and maintain infrastructure
facilities, factory building, warehouses, dams, reservoir, water
distribution, electric light and power system, telecommunications
and transportation, or such other facilities and services necessary
or useful in the conduct of commerce or in the attainment of the
purposes and objectives of this Decree;
(b) To take water from any public stream, river, creek,

lake, spring or waterfall in the Philippines as may be necessary for
the attainment of the purposes of this Decree; to alter, straighten,
obstruct or increase the flow of water in streams or in water channels
intersecting or connecting therewith or contiguous to its works or
any part thereof; and to undertake land reclamation;
(c) To acquire and hold agricultural lands in excess of

the areas permitted to private corporations or associations by the
Constitution;
(d) To determine and regulate the enterprises to be

established within an export processing zone in order not to
adversely affect the operations of existing domestic industries
outside said Zone; to operate such Zone as a public utility wherein
all the rates and charges for all services or privileges therein shall
be fair and reasonable as determined solely by the Authority, and
the Authority shall afford all who may apply for the use of the Zone
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and its facilities and appurtenances uniform treatment under like

conditions subject to such treaties or commercial conventions as are
now enforced or may hereafter be made by the Philippines with any
foreign government from time to time;
(e) To grant the use or to rent, lease or let, for a

consideration and under such terms, arrangements and conditions
it may deem reasonable and proper, any and all port facilities,
including stevedoring and port terminal services, or any concession
properly incident thereto or in connection with the receipt, delivery,
shipment and transfer in transit, weighing, marking, tagging
fumigating, refrigerating, icing, storing, and handling of goods,
wares and merchandise: Provided, however, That where the port
terminal facilities are owned and operated by private persons, the
fees and charges to be levied shall not exceed that being collected by
the Government for similar services;
(f) Upon application, to grant such franchise to operate and

maintain exclusively within the Zone electric light, heat or power
system, transportation, communication, warehousing, iceplant
or cold storage; and, under uniform and reasonable rates and
regulations made thereunder, permit to persons, firms, corporations
or associations the use of the Zone and its facilities, or the privilege
to erect such buildings and other structures within the Zone as will
meet their particular requirements: Provided, That such franchise
or permission shall not constitute a vested right as against the
Government, nor interfere with or complicate the revocation of the
grant: Provided, further, That such franchise or permit shall not be
granted on terms that conflict with the public use of the Zone, as set
forth in this Decree;
(g) To fix, assess and collect storage charges and fees,

including rentals for the lease, use or occupancy of lands, buildings,
structure, warehouses, facilities and other properties owned and
administered by the Authority; and to fix and collect the fees and
charges for the issuance of permits, licenses and the rendering of
services not enumerated herein, the provisions of law to the contrary
notwithstanding;
(h) For the due and effective exercise of the powers

conferred by law and to the extend requisite therefor, to exercise
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exclusive jurisdiction and sole police authority over all areas owned
or administered by the Authority. For this purpose, the Authority
shall have supervision and control over the bringing in or taking out
of the Zone, including the movement thereon, of all cargoes, wares,
articles, machineries, equipment, supplies or merchandise of every
type and description;
(i) When essential to the proper administration of its

corporate affairs or when necessary for the proper transaction of its
business or for carrying out the purposes of this Decree, to contract
indebtedness and issue bonds, subject to the conditions set forth in
Section 19 hereof;
(j) To create and operate and/or contract to operate such

agencies, functional units, offices and departments of the Authority
as it may deem necessary or useful for the furtherance of any of the
purposes of this Decree;
(k) To adopt, alter and use a corporate seal which shall be

judicially noticed; make contracts, lease, own or otherwise dispose
of personal and real property; sue and be sued; and otherwise do
and perform any and all things that may be necessary or proper to
carry out the purposes of the Authority.
SEC. 5. Capitalization. – The capital of the Authority shall

consist of (1) its existing assets and such other properties as may
be contributed to the Authority by the Government to form part
of capital, (2) all capitalized surplus, and (3) cash contribution by
the Government in the amount of two hundred million pesos, which
is hereby appropriated out of any fund in the National Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, be they collection from any or all taxes
accruing to the general fund or proceeds from loans the issue of
bonds, treasury bills or notes, or derived from any other sources
of income, by or of the National Government, which amount
shall be programmed and released by the Budget Commission in
accordance with the schedule of development and expenditure to be
prepared and submitted by the Authority: Provided, however, That
any budgetary outlay allocated and released in favor of the Export
Processing Zone Authority and/or Foreign Trade Zone Authority
shall be correspondingly credited to the authorized capitalization
herein provided.
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SEC. 6. Board of Commissioners. – The corporate powers

of the Authority shall be vested in and exercised by the Board of
Commissioners, hereinafter referred to as the Board, to be composed
of seven members to wit: the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank
of the Philippines, the vice-Chairman of the Board of Investments,
the Undersecretary of Finance and the Undersecretary of the
Department of Trade and Tourism, who shall be ex-officio members,
and the remaining members shall be appointed by the President
with the consent of the Commission on Appointments. The President
shall designate from among the members of the Board its Chairman,
who shall at the same time be the Administrator of the Authority.
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SEC. 11. Powers and Duties of the Board. – The Board shall
have the following powers and duties:
(a) To promulgate policies and to prescribe such rules

and regulations as may be necessary to implement the intent
and provisions of this Decree, which rules and regulations shall
take effect thirty (30) days following their publication in two (2)
newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines;
(b) To recommend the establishment of other export

processing zones as it may deem advisable, and to recommend to the
President the issuance of a proclamation to fix and delimit the site
of the Zone or Zones, which shall at all times remain to be owned by
the Authority. The site of the Zone or Zones, as proclaimed by the
President, shall be surveyed by the Bureau of Lands and conveyed
thereafter in absolute ownership to the Authority by the President
of the Philippines for the nominal sum of one peso for each parcel of
land. Upon receipt of said deed of conveyance, the proper Register of
Deeds shall register the same and issue the corresponding original
certificate of title to the Authority;
(c) To approve the annual budget and such supplemental

budgets which may be submitted to it by the Chairman;
(d) Upon the recommendation of the Administrator, to

organize, reorganize and determine the Authority’s staffing pattern;
to fix their salaries and to define their powers and duties;
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(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of law, rules and

regulations to the contrary, to enter by itself into any contract or
agreement as may be necessary for the proper, efficient and stable
administration of the Authority and for the attainment of the
(f) To recommend to the President the application of

compulsory arbitration in the settlement of any labor dispute
affecting any industry or business located inside the Zone. If in the
opinion of the President the labor dispute would seriously impair
Zone operation, he shall forthwith certify said labor dispute to the
National Labor Relations Commission or the Court of Industrial
Relations for immediate compulsory arbitration;
(g) To recommend to the Commissioner of Immigration

that entry into the Philippines of foreign nationals for employment
as authorized under Section 16 of this Decree;
(h) To render annual reports to the President and such

special reports as may be requested; and
(i) Generally, to exercise all the powers necessary or

incidental to attain the purposes of this Decree.
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SEC. 29. Transitory Provisions. – The properties, monies,

assets, rights, choses in action, obligations, liabilities, records and
contracts of the Foreign Trade Zone Authority under Republic Act
Numbered fifty-four hundred ninety shall continue to be vested
in and assumed by the Export Processing Zone Authority, as a
government corporation, pursuant to this Decree.
Likewise, all personnel of the Foreign Trade Zone Authority

who are occupying permanent positions shall be absorbed by Export
Processing Zone Authority and shall remain in their respective
positions without demotion in rank or reduction in salary: Provided,
That employees who shall be separated from the service shall be
given by the Authority at least one month gratuity for every year
of service but in no case more than twenty-four months salary, in
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addition to all benefits to which they may be entitled under existing

laws and regulations.
SEC. 30. Repealing Clause. – The provisions of Republic Act

Numbered Fifty-four hundred ninety and all other acts, executive
orders, proclamations, administrative orders, rules and regulations
or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this
Decree are either repealed or modified accordingly.
SEC. 31. Separability Clause. – The provisions of this Decree

are hereby declared to be separable, and in the event any one or
more of such provisions are held unconstitutional, the validity of
other provisions shall not be affected.
SEC. 32. Effectivity. – This Decree shall take effect upon its
approval.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CONSTITUTING THE TECHNICAL STAFF OF THE JOINT

LEGISLATIVE-EXECUTIVE TAX COMMISSION AS A NEW
AGENCY UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION
OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL TAX
RESEARCH CENTER
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to restructure our tax

system and raise the level of tax consciousness among our people to
achieve a faster rate of economic growth and to bring about a more
equitable distribution of wealth and income taking into full account
the requirements of the New Society, and considering the experience
and practices of other countries, particularly Asian nations;
WHEREAS, in order to have a systematic and objective

approach to tax reform in this country, there must be a continuing
research on taxation, a need recognized even by the United Nations
as embodied in its Report on the Meeting of the Expert Group on
Tax Reform Planning in 1970;
WHEREAS, there is now a joint Legislative-Executive Tax

Commission which was created precisely to serve this need and has
been in fact serving it through its continuing studies and research
which have been the basis of tax policy and legislation;
WHEREAS, to effect a faster realization of effecting needed

tax reforms, it is imperative that this agency and its function be
placed under the Executive Branch of the Government;
NOW, THEREFOR, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS,

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, do hereby order
and decree as follows:
1. The Technical Staff of the Joint Legislative-Executive

Tax Commission is hereby converted into a purely executive single-
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headed agency under the administrative supervision of the National

Economic Development Authority, to be known as the National Tax
Research Center.
2. The National Tax Research Center, to be headed by an

Executive Director, shall continue to perform the pertinent functions
of the Joint Legislative-Executive Tax Commission under Republic
Act No. 2211.
3. Such personnel as may be necessary from the technical,

administrative and other supporting staffs of the Joint Legislative-
Executive Tax Commission, as well as its applicable appropriations,
records, equipment and property are transferred to the National
Tax Research Center.
Implementation of this decree shall be carried out by Letter

of Implementation which shall be issued by me or by my duly
authorized representative. Consonant with the provisions of said
Letter of Implementation, the Executive Director of the National
Tax Research Center shall, within a period of sixty days from the
issuance thereof, effect the organization of the units of the agency in
consultation with the Presidential Commission on Reorganization.
Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of December in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE ATMOSPHERIC GEOPHYSICAL

AND ASTRONOMICAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
WHEREAS, there were pending before Congress prior to the

promulgation of Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972,
certain priority measures vital to the national development program
of the government, and which are duly certified by the President as
urgent measures;
WHEREAS, one of these priority measures is the

“Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Science Act of 1972,” S.
No. 940, establishing the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical, and
Astronomical Services Administration, introduced in the Senate;
WHEREAS, the “Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical

Science Act of 1972” is necessary for the successful prosecution of
the Government’s program to mitigate or reduce the losses of life,
property, and the economy of the nation occasioned by typhoons,
floods, droughts, and other destructive weather disturbances;

and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21,
1972, as amended, in order to achieve the Government’s avowed
objective of providing environmental protection and utilizing
scientific knowledge as an effective instrument to ensure the safety,
well-being, and economic security of all the people, and for the
promotion of national progress, do hereby order and decree that the
“Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Science Act of 1972,”
as follows, with some modifications, shall be as it is hereby adopted,
approved and made part of the law of the land:
SECTION 1. Title. – This Act shall be known and cited as the

“Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Science Act of 1972.”
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is hereby declared to be the

policy of the State to provide protection against natural calamities
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and utilize scientific knowledge as an effective instrument to insure

the safety, well-being, and economic security of all the people, and
for promotion of national progress.
In the implementation of the foregoing policy, the government

shall in accordance with the provisions of this Act:
(a) Intensify research efforts in the atmospheric, geophysical

and astronomical sciences and furnish incentives for same;
(b) Undertake measures to further minimize the adverse

effects of natural disasters such as typhoons, floods, earthquakes,
and tsunami (seismic sea wave);
(c) Recommend progressive innovations in the educational

system of the country in order to infuse greater awareness of the
growing needs for protection against natural calamities so that said
system will provide a steady source of competent scientific personnel
and technological manpower;
(d) Facilitate the acquisition, collection, archiving, and

processing of atmospheric, geophysical and astronomical data and
making same available in usable form for the benefit of agriculture,
commerce and industry, and the general public;
(e) Promote coordination and cooperation in atmospheric,

geophysical and astronomical science research, to obtain consolidated
effort and minimize duplication thereby optimizing results;
(f) Establish weather stations in strategic places throughout

the country including Batanes, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur,
Albay, Sorsogon, Samar and Romblon.
SEC. 3. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and

Astronomical Services: Powers, Duties and Functions. – To carry
out the provisions of the preceding section, there is hereby created
a Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services
Administration, herein referred to as “PAGASA” which shall be
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under the Department of National Defense, with the following

functions, powers and duties, among others:
(a) To observe and report the weather of the Philippines

and specified adjacent areas, issue forecasts and warnings of
weather and flood conditions affecting national safety, welfare and
economy;
(b) To undertake in coordination with other agencies,

activities geared towards the moderation of typhoons availing of
modern scientific and technological advances in order to reduce
their destructive potentials while retaining their beneficial effects
and also to undertake other weather modification projects;
(c) To conduct continuous earthquake recording and

observation through an adequate seismological network throughout
the country to gather as much information as may be necessary
to provide basis for determination of safety factors in the design
of building structures and infrastructures and also to serve as
contributions to researches leading to earthquake prediction; issue
advisories and precautionary measures to areas affected by strong
earthquake for the welfare of the people thereat;
(d) To coordinate with international organizations in

tsunami (seismic sea wave) and typhoon warning dissemination
particularly to the coastal regions of the Philippines bound to be
affected;
(e) To provide and disseminate the precise standard time

of the Philippines; to maintain and operate an adequate satellite
tracking and monitoring system especially for weather surveillance
and for other astronomical information; to observe, analyze and
interpret varied astronomical phenomena and collate observational
data for publication and exchange with foreign observatories;
(f) To provide for an adequate communications system

for efficient reception and transmission of meteorological, seismic
and astronomical reports or information to and from field stations
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throughout the country and to provide the same for an efficient

international weather communication system for exchange of
wealth information with other countries as reported from land, sea
and air;
(g) To coordinate with other national agencies in pre-

disaster and community preparedness planning to minimize losses
to lives and property due to natural disasters such as typhoons,
floods, earthquakes, and tsunami;
(h) To collect, process, archive, publish, disseminate

atmospheric, geophysical and astronomical data for use by
agriculture, commerce, industry, the scientific and engineering
community, and the general public; and coordinate national activities
in meteorological, geophysical and astronomical data problems with
the world scientific organizations;
(i) To conduct fundamental and applied research and

investigations and experiments needed to achieve advances in
applied meteorological, geophysical and astronomical fields in
cooperation with the University of the Philippines and other science
agencies; and provide the training facilities to meet the country’s
need for meteorological, geophysical and astronomical personnel;
and
(j) To accept donations in the form of equipment, scholarship

awards, sites for stations, buildings, etc., from local and/or foreign
sources to promote the objectives of the PAGASA.
SEC. 4. Major Organizational Units: Powers, Duties, and

Functions. – The PAGASA shall be composed of the following
major organizational units: National Weather Service, National
Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Information Service,
and National Institute of Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical
Sciences.
(a) The National Weather Service shall undertake

operational activities pertaining to the observation, moderation,
modification and reporting of the weather within the Philippine area
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of responsibility and issue forecasts and warnings of weather and

flood conditions affecting national safety, welfare and economy.
(b) The National Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical

Data Service shall undertake activities concerning the acquisition,
collection, quality control, processing and archiving of atmospheric
and allied data, to include among others, meteorological, seismic,
oceanographic and astronomical data and observations and making
same available in usable form for the benefit of agriculture, commerce
and industry. This Service shall also conduct continuing studies of
Philippine Climatology, Agrometeorology, Solar Radiation, Wind
Effects, or Gustiness and other such technological studies vital to
national progress.
(c) The National Geophysical and Astronomical Service

shall undertake activities or observations and studies of Geophysical
and Astronomical phenomena essential for the safety and welfare
of the people and also for the economy of the country. The service
shall issue bulletins and/or technical advice to the public in case
of significant geophysical events like severe earthquakes, and
tsunami, and shall also serve as the official time service agency of
the Philippines.
(d) The National Institute of Atmospheric, Geophysical and

Astronomical Sciences shall undertake activities to develop a high
level of knowledge in the atmospheric, geophysical and astronomical
sciences to provide for an adequate manpower supply of well-
trained scientists and technological personnel in the country with
respect to these fields. The institute shall also conduct researches
in Atmospheric Science (especially) in weather moderation and/or
modification among others, in Geophysics and in Astronomy.
SEC. 5. Administrator, Head of Major Organizational Units,

Other Personnel. – The PAGASA shall be headed by an Administrator
with a compensation equivalent to that of a class A bureau. The
Administrator shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines,
subject to the confirmation of the Commission on Appointments.
He shall hold office during good behavior and shall not be removed
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therefrom except for cause. He shall be a citizen of the Philippines

with proven executive ability who shall have distinguished himself
in science and technology: Provided, That no one shall be appointed
Administrator who is already holding an appointive or elective
position in a concurrent capacity in the Government. Each head
of major organizational units of PAGASA shall be a citizen of the
Philippines with proven executive ability who shall have achieved
distinction in the particular field of National Service.
All subordinate personnel of PAGASA below the rank of

head of service or institute shall be appointed by the Administrator
upon recommendation of the respective head of service or institute,
in accordance with applicable civil service laws and rules.
SEC. 6. Powers and Duties of the Administrator. – To

implement the policies and objectives of the PAGASA as provided
for in this Act, the administrator shall have the following functions,
duties and powers, among others:
(a) To promulgate such rules and regulations as may be

necessary for the conduct and exercise of the essential functions of
the organization;
(b) To exercise supervision and control over all units under

the Administration;
(c) To delegate authority for the performance of any

function to officers and employees under his direction;
(d) To prescribe the office hours for employees of the

PAGASA engaged in meteorological, geophysical, astronomical and
other technical work in order to maintain a continuous 24 hours
watch as necessary;
(e) When necessary, duty beyond prescribed hours especially

during the occurrance of very inclement weather, tropical cyclones,
earthquakes, and tsunamis, may be required of any employee in
the meteorological, geophysical and astronomical or any of its
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other services as directed by the Administrator. He may authorize

corresponding overtime pay for services in excess of 40 hours a week
on the regular rate plus at least twenty-five per centum additional:
and Provided Further that such overtime pay shall be charged
against the appropriation for the purpose or from salary savings of
the agency;
(f) In order to stimulate keen interest in research work

among the scientific personnel of the Agency, a research incentive
pay may be authorized by the Administrator in the form of fixed
increment amounting to fifteen per cent of the researcher’s monthly
salary for each month for a period of one year to the researcher
concerned following the completion and publication of his research
work: Provided, however, That the award shall be made only after
the technical paper is duly presented and defended in a scientific
seminar prescribed for by the Administrator;
(g) To provide at government expense compatible with

available resources, living quarters for such personnel who by the
nature of their duties are to be on call 24 hours a day; and
(h) To submit within sixty days after the close of each fiscal
year, an annual report to the Secretary of National Defense.
SEC. 7. Authority to Procure Scientific Equipment. – Any

provision of law and regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Administrator is hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the
Secretary of National Defense, to conduct sealed bids and/or canvass
of the foreign and/or local market without the intervention of the
Bureau of Supply Coordination in the procurement of instruments,
materials, equipment and supplies of technical and scientific nature
from local or foreign manufacturers.
SEC. 8. Authority to Make Disbursements in Actual

Emergency. – Any provision of law and regulation to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Administrator is hereby authorized, in case
of natural calamities related to the functions of the PAGASA, to
disburse an amount not exceeding fifty thousand pesos a month
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from the funds of the PAGASA appropriated for specified purposes

or from savings, without seeking prior authority or approval from
any other office. In making such disbursements, the Administrator
shall be answerable only to the Secretary of National Defense
and the President of the Philippines, and in no case shall said
disbursements be made except during an actual real emergency and
for strictly official expenditures of the PAGASA.
SEC. 9. Hazardous Duty Pay During National Calamities.

– In case of natural calamities, any officer or employee of the
Administration, during the time that he is performing official duties
or function involving exposure to personal danger, shall be entitled
to additional compensation to be determined by the Administrator
and approved by the Secretary of National Defense, exclusive of the
usual per diems and other allowances: Provided, That in no case
shall the total amount of such additional compensation exceed
twenty-five per cent of his annual salary for a period of one year.
SEC. 10. Appropriations. – The sum of fourteen million

pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in
the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in addition to
the current budget of the Weather Bureau, to carry into effect the
provisions of this Act. Of this amount, ten million pesos shall be
used exclusively for the purchase of modern weather equipment to
rehabilitate, update, upgrade and replenish the worn out, defective,
old and burned facilities; four million pesos shall be for capital
outlay, personnel and other operating expenses of the PAGASA.
SEC. 11. Transfer of Personnel, Property. – The Weather

Bureau is hereby abolished. The present personnel, records, assets,
liabilities, funds, and unexpended balance of the appropriation
of the Weather Bureau shall be transferred to PAGASA. The
incumbent Director of the Weather Bureau shall continue to be the
Administrator of the PAGASA. In his capacity as Administrator he
is authorized to reorganize, subject to the limitations imposed by
this Act, the internal organization of the Administration, whenever
advisable for purposes of efficiency and economy: Provided, That
any major reorganization shall be subject to the approval of the
Secretary of National Defense.
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SEC. 12. Repeal of Inconsistent Laws. – All laws, orders,

proclamations, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are
inconsistent with any provision of this Act, are hereby repealed or
modified accordingly.
The implementation of the “Atmospheric, Geophysical and

Astronomical Science Act of 1972” as herein adopted, approved,
and decreed shall be carried out effective from date hereof as
a modification of the Integrated Reorganization Plan under
Presidential Decree No. 1.
All concerned shall act accordingly pursuant to the contents

of this decree.
Done in the City of Manila, this 8th day of December, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING THE CEMENT INDUSTRY AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, it is to the national interest that all installed

industrial productive capacity be utilized fully in order to hasten
the economic development of the country;
WHEREAS, the cement industry in particular, in which the

government has investments and guarantees exceeding one billion
pesos, has a productive capacity far in excess of the present and
expected domestic requirements for cement in the next few years;
WHEREAS, there exists a substantial foreign market for

cement which could be tapped by the Philippine Cement Industry
thus utilizing its idle capacity and generating needed foreign
exchange for the country;
WHEREAS, a concerted and determined effort is necessary

in order to expand the export market for Philippine cement;
WHEREAS, an orderly and stable domestic market is a

desirable base for the development and maintenance of a substantial
export market;
WHEREAS, the establishment of such domestic market

and the expansion of the export market can most expeditiously be
accomplished through a centralized government authority;

General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do
hereby create the Cement Industry Authority to regulate the cement
industry in the Philippines and to expand the cement export market
to the end that idle capacity be utilized, foreign exchange generated
and greater labor employment opportunities secured.
SECTION 1. The Cement Industry Authority shall be

composed of the Chairman of the Board of Investments, as Chairman,
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and the heads of the Central Bank of the Philippines, Department

of Finance, Department of Trade and Tourism, and Development
Bank of the Philippines, or their representatives, as members.
The secretariat of the Authority shall be provided by the Board of
Investments.
SEC. 2. The Cement Industry Authority shall constitute

itself immediately and shall exist for a period of three years from
the date of this decree.
SEC. 3. The Cement Industry Authority shall handle all

exports of Philippine cement and clinker. No cement nor clinker
may be exported from the Philippines without the express approval
of the Cement Industry Authority. To carry out its export functions,
it shall have the authority to:
(1) Embark on a concerted and aggressive campaign to

export cement;
(2) Negotiate and enter into contract for the export of

cement and clinker under such terms and conditions as it may deem
reasonable, taking into account industry direct costs of production;
(3) Negotiate and enter into contracts for shipping facilities

necessary for the export of cement and clinker including the purchase
and/or charter of vessels when necessary;
(4) Establish and maintain advance depots or storage

facilities for Philippine cement in foreign markets whenever such
facilities are deemed necessary for the promotion of cement exports
to those markets;
(5) Negotiate and enter into agreements with counterpart

AuthoriTIES in cement exporting countries in order to prevent
unreasonable competition and maintain appropriate price levels for
cement and clinker exports;
(6) Arrange the financing necessary to succesfully meet its

export commitments;
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(7) Assign to and require any cement company to fill any

export contract entered into by the Authority;
(8) Conduct inspections of export shipments to test product

quality and bag weights; require cement plants when necessary
and feasible, to alter products specifications to meet specific export
requirements;
(9) Establish and administer a scheme that will insure an

equitable sharing among all the companies in the industry of the
benefits and burdens arising out of exports;
(10) Make representations to the appropriate government

institutions or agencies, such incentives as may be necessary to
enable the cement companies to attain the export objectives of the
Authority;
(11) Engage in such other activities as may be necessary, to

carry out the export objectives of the Authority;
SEC. 4. The Cement Industry Authority shall regulate all

phases of the distribution and marketing of cement for the domestic
and government market. No new cement plant shall be established
nor shall any existing cement plant be expanded without the
express approval of the Cement Industry Authority. To carry out
its regulatory functions in the domestic market, it shall have the
authority to:
(1) Establish and enforce sales quotas, distribution areas

such other marketing regulations as it may deem necessary to (i)
allocate in an equitable, orderly and efficient manner the domestic
and government demand among all the cement companies, and (ii)
maintain the stability of the local market;
(2) Advice the Price Control Council in establishing and

enforcing, in conjunction with appropriate government agencies,
uniform and reasonable selling prices of cement at the various levels
of distribution and within given marketing areas, taking into account
costs of production, transportation, handling and warehousing;
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(3) Conduct periodic inspections of all plants to (a) test

product quality and bag weights, (b) check inventories, production,
sales and delivery records, and (c) verify compliance with the rules
and regulations that it may promulgate in connection with the
domestic marketing OF cement;
(4) Impose appropriate penalties on cement companies,

their distributors and dealers for violation of any rule, quota or
guideline established by the Authority;
(5) Establish a reporting system and maintain statistical

records on the production, distribution and consumption of cement
by geographic areas to serve as the basis for the efficient and
economic distribution of cement;
(6) Negotiate and enter into contracts for the bulk purchase
of materials and supplies common to all cement plants such as kraft
paper, grinding balls, silica, etc., and maintain inventories of such
materials where necessary to reduce operating cost of the industry.
SEC. 5. The Cement Industry Authority may delegate such

powers granted herein to such industry, association or company
in which all cement companies are represented as may presently
exist or be organized to assist the Authority in carrying out its
functions.
Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of January, in the

year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AS PROVIDED IN THE
NEW CONSTITUTION AND PROVIDING GUIDELINES
FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF
WHEREAS, on January 17, 1973, the new Constitution

became effective when it was ratified by the people as announced by
Proclamation No. 1102 issued on the same date; and
WHEREAS, the new Constitution provides for an

independent Civil Service Commission composed of a Chairman
and two Commissioners and as a result of the effectivity of the
new Constitution the Civil Service Commission provided therein is
deemed to have come into existence;

September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1 dated September 22,
1972, do hereby declare and decree:
1. The Civil Service Commission provided in the new

Constitution (Art. XII) is now in existence.
2. Said Commission shall function in accordance with the

pertinent provisions of the Constitution and existing laws, rules
and regulations which are not in conflict or incompatible with the
provisions of the Constitution.
3. In the performance of its duties and functions, the

Commission shall be guided by the objectives as laid down in the
Constitution to promote morale, efficiency and integrity in the Civil
Service, as well as the economic, social and other policies of the
Government.
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This Decree is hereby made part of the law of the land and
shall take effect immediately.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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COMMISSION ON AUDIT AS PROVIDED IN THE NEW
CONSTITUTION AND PROVIDING GUIDELINES FOR
THE OPERATION THEREOF
WHEREAS, on January 17, 1973, the new Constitution

became effective when it was ratified by the people as announced by
Proclamation No. 1102 issued on the same date; and
WHEREAS, the new Constitution provides for an

independent Commission on Audit composed of a Chairman and
two Commissioners, and as a result of the effectivity of the new
Constitution the Commission on Audit provided therein is deemed
to have come into existence;

1972, do hereby declare and decree;
1. The Commission on Audit provided in the new

Constitution (Art. XII) is now in existence.
2. The Commission on Audit shall function in accordance

with the pertinent provisions of the Constitution and existing laws,
rules and regulations which are not in conflict or incompatible with
the provisions of the Constitution.
3. The Commission, in the discharge of its duties and

functions, shall see to it that government funds and property are
fully protected and conserved and that irregular, unnecessary,
excessive or extravagant expenditures or uses of such funds and
property are prevented.
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BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING THE FERTILIZER INDUSTRY AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, fertilizer is a vital input to food production and

must therefore be supplied in adequate quantities at the lowest
possible cost;
WHEREAS, world fertilizer prices have increased drastically

in recent months;
WHEREAS, the domestic fertilizer market has elements of

disorganization leading to higher distribution costs;
WHEREAS, there is a need to insure the viability of the

fertilizer industry in which the government has substantial financial
interests;
WHEREAS, the national interest demands the maximum

production utilization of all installed fertilizer production capacity
in the country and the rationalization of all fertilizer importations
of the industry;
WHEREAS, the objectives for the fertilizer industry can

be most expeditiously accomplished through greater government
participation and control through a centralized government
authority;

September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September
22, 1972, as amended, do hereby create the Fertilizer Industry
Authority to regulate, control and develop the fertilizer industry in
the Philippines with the end in view of assuring the agricultural
sector of adequate fertilizer supply at the lowest possible cost.
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SECTION 1. The Fertilizer Industry Authority, which shall

have jurisdiction over all existing and potential manufacturers and
suppliers of fertilizer and fertilizer inputs, shall have the following
functions:
1. To control and regulate the prices, terms mark-ups,

distribution channels, promotion, storage and other marketing
factors in the domestic fertilizer market;
2. To establish and implement regulations governing the

import and export of fertilizer inputs, and when necessary, to itself
import and/or export such items;
3. To control and regulate all aspects of domestic fertilizer

production, including the utilization of idle capacity and orderly
expansion of the industry;
4. To control and assist in the financing of the importation

of fertilizer and fertilizer inputs, of production, of inventory and
working capital, and of the expansion of the industry;
5. To do all such things as may be necessary to maintain an

adequate supply of fertilizers to the domestic market at reasonable
prices while maintaining the long-term viability of the industry.
SEC. 2. The Fertilizer Industry Authority shall be composed

of the following officials or their representatives:
1. Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources,

Chairman.
2. Secretary of Finance, Member
3. Chairman, Board of Investments, Member
4. Governor, Central Bank, Member
5. President, Philippine National Bank, Member
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The Authority is empowered to create the position of

Executive Director and other subordinate officials as may be
required. All managerial and technical positions shall be specifically
exempt from WAPCO and Civil Service requirements.
The Authority shall be supported by a Secretariat to be

supplied initially by the Department of Agriculture and Natural
Resources until such time as the Authority can create its own staff.
SEC. 3. The Fertilizer Industry Authority shall have the

following powers:
1. To make a continuous assessment of the fertilizer supply

and demand situation, both domestic and worldwide;
2. To establish and enforce sales quotas, production

schedules, distribution areas and such other marketing regulations
as may be necessary to assure market stability and viable operations
in the industry;
3. To determine and set the volumes and prices, both

wholesale and retail, of fertilizer and fertilizer inputs;
4. To negotiate and enter into contracts for all imports and

exports of fertilizer and fertilizer inputs;
5. To import fertilizer and fertilizer inputs exempt from

customs duties, compensating and sales taxes and all other taxes for
a period of two years from date hereof, unless earlier terminated or
later extended by the President, and to sell or convey such fertilizer
or fertilizer input to any individual association, partnership, or
corporation likewise exempt from the payment of customs duties
and all other taxes.
6. To control and regulate all marketing companies,

whether importer, indentor, wholesaler or retailer;
7. To regulate and control quality of the different grades of

fertilizer and to set new grades when necessary;
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8. To compel the utilization of unused or underutilized

capacities of fertilizer companies and to direct any improvements,
modifications or repairs as may be necessary to accomplish this;
9. To approve or to reject the establishment of new

fertilizer or fertilizer input plants and the expansion or contraction
of existing capacities;
10. To promote and coordinate all fertilizer research;
11. To obtain complete access to all pertinent information on

the operations of the industry, including audited and/or unaudited
financial statements, marketing, production, and inventory data;
12. To call upon anyone in the fertilizer industry or in

industries related to the fertilizer industry or any other government
agency to assist the Authority in carrying out its functions;
13. To establish and impose appropriate penalties on the

fertilizer manufacturers, distributors, dealers, wholesalers, retailers
and raw materials suppliers for violations of any rule, quota, or
guideline established by the Authority; and
14. To do any and all acts not contrary to law or existing

decrees and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the
functions of the Authority;
SEC. 4. The Fertilizer Industry Authority may delegate such

selected privileges, powers, or authority as may be allowed by law
to corporations, cooperatives, associations, or individuals as may
presently exist or be organized to assist the Authority in carrying
out its functions.
SEC. 5. The Fertilizer Industry Authority shall constitute

itself immediately and shall exist for five (5) years from the date
of this Decree, unless earlier abolished by the President of the
Philippines.
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SEC. 6. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of February, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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PROVIDING FOR A SYSTEM OF ESTABLISHING EXPORT

INDUSTRY AUTHORITIES, DEFINING THE FUNCTIONS
OF SUCH AUTHORITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by

virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as Commander-
in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines and pursuant
to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972 and General
Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby order
and decree, to be part of the laws of the land, the following:
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. – It is hereby declared

to be the policy of the State to enhance and encourage the
diversification and development of export industries, business and
trade, provide policy design as would create a wholesome sphere in
their operations, mobilize all resources in manner consistent with
rationalized free enterprise for the attainment and maintenance of
a favorable balance of trade and, to maximize the utilization of the
consequential benefits for the over-all national economic, social and
political development.
SEC. 2. Mode of Creating Export Industry Authorities.

– For the implementation of the policy set forth herein, export
industry authorities shall be established, upon recommendation
of the National Economic and Development Authority, hereinafter
called the “NEDA”, to regulate the operations of particular export
industry or industries. Such authorities shall come into existence
upon approval by the President. Unless the President prescribes the
contrary, the authorities shall be established along the organizational
lines and with the powers herein provided.
SEC. 3. Membership of the Authorities. – The authorities

to be established pursuant to this Decree shall be composed of the
Chairman of the Board of Investments, Secretary of the Department
of Trade and Tourism, and the Governor of the Central Bank as
permanent members and two (2) other members who shall come from
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other government offices concerned with the industry or industries

to be regulated as recommended by the NEDA. The authority shall
have a Chairman to be designated by the President from among the
said five (5) members.
SEC. 4. Term of the Authorities. – The authorities to be

established under the provisions of this Decree shall have a term
of three (3) years from its organization unless otherwise earlier
abolished or extended at the instance of the NEDA.
SEC. 5. The Secretariat. – Upon organization of the desired

authority, the Office or agency represented by the Chairman
designated by the President shall provide the core Secretariat. Such
technical assistance as would be required by the Chairman may
be requested from other government offices or agencies which are
hereby directed to provide the same as and when necessary.
SEC. 6. Powers and Functions of the Authorities. – The

powers, functions, duties and responsibilities of the different
authorities authorized to be established under this Decree shall
include the following:
1. Regulate all exports, business or trade involving exports

of goods or products as may be specified by the NEDA;
2. Ascertain from actual and potential producers,

manufacturers and traders of such specified export products the
types of problems that impede their program of export development
and expansion;
3. Determine ways and means to rationalize the production

and marketing operations of the exports of the specified products
in order to facilitate effective and competitive marketing of said
products in the overseas markets;
4. Coordinate government efforts to solve problems and

obstacles faced by the producers, manufacturers and traders of the
specified products;
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5. Negotiate and enter into contracts or agreements with

local or foreign entities, private or public, as would enhance and
protect the exports of such products;
6. Establish and maintain such facilities and services, in

such areas wherever necessary, for the promotion and development
of the export of said products;
7. Make arrangements with public or private sector

to provide for logistical supports in meeting and fulfilling export
commitments;
8. Establish a scheme among producers, manufacturers,

and exporters as would coordinate their efforts and avoid wastes,
insure equitable distribution of benefits and their corresponding
burden and responsibilities, with the end in view of developing and
maintaining an operation of economies of scale;
9. Take steps as to afford the producers, manufacturers

and traders such incentive and/or assistance from any source;
10. Promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary

for the effective implementation of this Decree;
11. Establish and enforce a system of business discipline

as will insure effective compliance with the rules and regulations
insured by the authority; and
12. Do such other acts as may be necessary to attain the

objectives declared in this Decree.
All government offices and agencies performing functions

relative to exports shall coordinate and abide by the applicable
orders, rules and regulations issued by the authorities organized
pursuant to this Decree.
SEC. 7. Delegation of Powers. – The export industry

authorities herein authorized to be established may delegate
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such powers granted herein to such association or organization of

the particular industry or industries for which the authority was
created.
SEC. 8. Effectivity. – This Decree shall take effect

immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of March, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING THE PHILIPPINE SHIPPERS’ COUNCIL
WHEREAS, the pressing need for economic growth requires

that Philippine exports be more competitive in the world markets
and that the cost of imports and domestic production and consumer
prices be rationalized;
WHEREAS, these objectives can be obtained faster by

facilitating the movement of goods to, from and within the Philippines
at reasonable and stable freight rates and other terms of shipment;
and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to organize the Philippine

shippers into a cohesive group to enable them to promote and protect
their common interest and the economy and to negotiate with foreign
shipping interests from position of strength for reasonable freight
rates and optimum shipping terms;

of the Philippines and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated
22, 1972, as amended, in order to effect the desired changes and
reforms in the social, economic and political structure of our society,
do hereby order and decree as part of the laws of the land the
following:
SECTION 1. Title. - This decree shall be known as the

Philippines Shippers’ Council Decree of 1973.
SEC. 2. Statement of policy; creation and composition of

the Philippine Shippers’ Council. It is hereby declared the policy
of the State to facilitate the development and growth of Philippine
foreign trade and the national economy by enhancing the interest
of Philippine shippers. For this purpose, a non-stock corporation to
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be known as the Philippine Shippers’ Council, hereinafter referred

to as the Council, is hereby created which shall be composed of all
enterprises regularly engaged in the Philippines in the business of
exporting commodities, except those firms with efficient chartering
operations which shall be given the option to join as members of the
Council, as well as other firms which may, in the general interest,
be excluded under rules to be promulgated by the Secretary of Trade
and Tourism.
SEC. 3. Purposes and powers. - The Philippine Shippers’

Council, which shall have its head office in the Greater Manila area,
shall have the following purposes and powers;
a. Promote and protect the common interest of Philippine

exporters, importers and other commercial users of water transport,
and maintain and foster close cooperation and mutual assistance
among them;
b. Conduct consultations and negotiations, on behalf of

the members, with shipping companies, associations of shipping
interests, government authorities and other institutions and
persons, whether foreign or domestic, in order to secure appropriate
vessels for the shipment of their goods, on time and at reasonable
rates and other favorable shipping terms;
c. Facilitate consultations, mediate and/or arbitrate

disputes between members and between members and non-
members;
d. Serve as clearing house of information on shipping

services and other matters of interest to Philippine shippers;
e. Bring to the attention of the government authorities

the laws, policies, rules and practices which hamper the healthy
development of Philippine trade and commerce, especially those
which serve to delay or obstruct the speedy, economical, efficient
carriage of merchandise, and recommend and work for appropriate
legislation and the adoption of remedial measures;
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f. Maintain and develop close relationships and enter

into mutually-beneficial arrangements with shippers’ councils and
other related organizations in Asian and other countries for the
attainment of the objectives of the Council;
g. Adopt a corporate seal, sue and be sued, receive donations

and grants from international and domestic organizations, exercise
the general corporate powers, and do all things necessary, suitable
or convenient for the accomplishment of any of the objectives stated
herein or the promotion, directly or indirectly, of the interest of the
corporation; and
h. Attend, participate and/or present its views in

meetings concerning promulgation of national shipping policies and
government assistance in promoting the export and import trades,
in securing reasonable freight rates from international shipping
conferences and non-conference lines and trampers and in obtaining
favorable tariff and customs treatment for Philippine commodities
entering foreign markets.
SEC. 4. Governing board. – The Council shall be governed

by a Board of Directors consisting of fifteen members, eight of whom
shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines from nominees
of major commodity groups into which the members shall be
classified. The remaining directors shall be elected by the members
of the Council. The term of office of the members of the Board shall
be three years and they may be re-appointed or re-elected, as the
case may be. The members of the Board shall elect from among
themselves a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman: Provided, That,
during the first two years of the Council, the Secretary of Trade and
Tourism shall serve as Chairman of the Board.
a. The Board shall prescribe guidelines and rules for

compliance by the members, which shall enhance the collective
strength of the Council, promote ethical conduct among the members
and provide for effective management of the affairs of the Council.
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b. The Board shall approve an annual and such

supplemental budgets as may be necessary for the administration
and operation of the Council.
SEC. 5. Sources of funds. – The members shall pay such

fees, dues and other contributions as the Board of Directors may
determine. However, in order to assist it during its formative
years, the amount of Two hundred and fifty thousand pesos is
hereby appropriated annually for two years from the general funds
of the National Government as counterpart contribution for the
administration and operation of the Council.
SEC. 6. Assistance of financial and other agencies. – The

Central Bank of the Philippines, the Development Bank of the
Philippines, the Philippine National Bank, the Philippine Export
Credit Insurance and Guarantee Corporation, the Board of
Investments, the Bureau of Customs, the Philippine Coast Guard
and other government offices and instrumentalities as well as
private financial institutions are hereby enjoined to extend the
necessary assistance to the Council and its members, particularly
in the extension of incentives, credits, financing and facilities.
During its first two years, the Council, while operating as a private
corporation, shall be attached to the Department of Trade and
Tourism, through the Secretary, for direction and supervision and
for coordination of the efforts of government authorities to assist
the Council.
SEC. 7. Council Secretariat. – The Council shall have a

secretariat to be headed by an Executive Secretary who shall be
appointed by the Board for a term of six years.
SEC. 8. Implementing rules. – The Secretary of Trade and

Tourism shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to
implement this Decree.
SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. – All provisions of existing laws,

orders and rules which are contrary to or inconsistent with this
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immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 31st day of March, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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PROVIDING FOR THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE

INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN, AS AMENDED,
THROUGH THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1973-1974
WHEREAS, pursuant to Part XXIII of the Integrated

Reorganization Plan, hereinafter referred to as the Plan, as
amended by Presidential Decree No. 89, dated January 5, 1973,
and further amplified under Memorandum Circular No. 620 of the
Executive Secretary, dated January 23, 1973, the deadline for the
preparation, review and approval of the implementing details to the
Plan, including the staffing patterns, would fall in March, 1973;
WHEREAS, the Plan has to be amended further in order

to introduce desirable organizational changes and refinements as
well as to reflect subsequent Presidential Decrees and decisions
modifying the Plan; and for this reason, the implementing details to
the Plan cannot be fully completed in March, 1973;
WHEREAS, since only the last quarter remains of Fiscal

Year 1972-1973, it also becomes impractical to proceed with the full
implementation of the Plan, as amended, during this Fiscal Year;
WHEREAS, in order to afford an orderly transition to the

reorganized set-up provided for under the Plan that would involve a
minimum disruption of governmental operations, the most practical
and effective way to implement the Plan would be through the
Budget for Fiscal Year 1973-1974;
WHEREAS, this approach will simplify full implementation

of the Plan since it will involve consolidating the process of approving
the staffing patterns and revised budgetary structures in accordance
with the reorganized set-up, with the process of preparing and
approving the Budget for Fiscal Year 1973-1974;

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1972, as amended, and Presidential Decree No. 1 dated September
24, 1972, do hereby order and decree as follows:
1. The full implementation of the Plan, as amended, shall be

effected through the Budget for Fiscal Year 1973-1974. Accordingly,
the preparation, review and approval of the implementing details to
the Plan, including the staffing patterns, shall be done and become
effective concurrently with the preparation, approval, and effectivity
of the Budget for Fiscal Year 1973-1974.
2. All departments and agencies shall prepare and

submit their budget estimates for Fiscal Year 1973-1974, including
staffing patterns, to the Budget Commission in accordance with the
reorganized set-up provided for in the Plan, as amended.
For reorganized agencies that already have staffing patterns

approved by the President, or may subsequently have staffing
patterns approved before June 30, 1973 by the Budget Commission
in consultation with the Presidential Commission on Reorganization
pursuant to a Presidential directive, said staffing patterns shall
be the basis for incorporation in the Budget for Fiscal Year 1973-
1974.
3. The Budget Commission shall, in coordination with the

Presidential Commission on Reorganization, prepare the Budget
for Fiscal Year 1973-1974 strictly in accordance with the Plan, as
amended.
All concerned, especially heads of departments, chiefs of

bureaus and offices and instrumentalities of the Government,
except government-owned and controlled corporations, the Budget
Commission and the Presidential Commission on Re- organization
shall act accordingly pursuant to the contents of this Decree.
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Presidential Decree No. 89, dated January 5, 1973, as

amplified by Memorandum Circular No. 620 of the Executive
Secretary dated January 23, 1973, is accordingly modified.
Done in the City of Manila, this 10th of May, in the year of

Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE PHILIPPINE CENTER IN NEW YORK AND THE

PHILIPPINE CENTER MANAGEMENT BOARD
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to consolidate,

integrate and coordinate all the activities in the New York Area of
all Philippine Government offices and agencies which have hitherto
been dispersed and separate from each other, thereby entailing
unnecessary expense and duplication of functions;
WHEREAS, consistent with the human and material

resources of the Philippines, it is the objective of the New Society,
among other things, to nurture and promote Philippine Culture, to
encourage foreign tourists to visit the Philippines, to expand the
foreign markets for Philippine products , to provide efficient and
comprehensive public service domestically and abroad, and, in
general, to enhance the image of the Philippines;

by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of
the Philippines, and the pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated
1972, as amended, do hereby decree and order as follows:
SECTION 1. There shall be incorporated in New York City

a Philippine Center Management Board, hereinafter called “the
Board, which shall, on behalf of the Republic of the Philippines,
acquire by purchase or by any other appropriate means a building
on Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York, U.S.A., which shall
house within its premises all the offices and agencies in New York
of the Philippine Government. Such building shall be called “The
Philippine Center in New York”, hereinafter called the Center,”
and shall serve the purposes stated in the second preambular
paragraph.
SEC. 2. The Board shall have the following composition and

functions:
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A. Composition
(1) Chairman The Philippine Consul General in New York
(2) Vice Chairman The Vice President and Manager

Philippine National Bank, New York Branch, who shall also be
Treasurer of the Board.
Members:
(3) A representative, not below the rank of Foreign Service

Officer, Class II, from the Philippine Permanent Mission to the
United Nations.
(4) The Philippine Commercial or Trade Promotion

Representative in New York
(5) The head of the Philippine Airlines in New York
(6) The representative in New York of the Commission on

Tourism
(7) The representative in New York of the Auditor General
(8) The Legal Counsel of the Philippine National Bank,

New York Branch
(9) The Philippine Center Business Manager who shall also

be Secretary of the Board.
B. Functions –
(1) The Board shall be responsible to the President of the

Philippines for the overall operation, maintenance and management
of the Center in accordance with this Decree and sound business
practices.
(2) The Board shall meet at least once a year to prepare and
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submit to the President of the Philippines, not later than the 31st
day of December of each year, its annual report on the operations,
financial position and achievements of the Center.
(3) The Board shall, in accordance with its procedures, decide

and implement policies dealing with the operations of the Center. It
may incur relevant expenditures not exceeding ten thousand dollars
($10,000.00), provided that any single expenditureS exceeding one
thousand dollars ($1,000.00) shall have the prior approval of the
Board. All expenditures in excess of $10,000.00 shall have the prior
approval of the President of the Philippines. “Approval of the Board”
means a simple majority of the entire composition of the Board.
(4) The Board shall recommend to the President of

the Philippines, for his approval, the hiring of the services of a
professional firm in New York specializing in building maintenance
and janitorial services.
(5) The Board shall approve lease contracts for the rentals
stipulated in Section 5. All lease contracts shall be signed by the
Chairman of the Board. All lease payments shall be payable to the
“Philippine Center Management Board” and such payments shall
be promptly deposited in the Philippine National Bank for credit to
the fund provided in Section 3.
(6) The Board shall adopt the most practical and effective
arrangements for the security of personnel and the premises.
(7) The Board shall have such other functions consistent

with the objectives of this Decree.
SEC. 3. The funds for the purchase, renovation, maintenance

and administration of the Center shall be advanced by the Philippine
National Bank from its own resources or from such other financing
arrangements as its Board of Directors may approve. Such advance
(s) shall be liquidated from the income of the Center. This fund shall
be called “the Center Fund”.
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SEC. 4. All real properties in New York owned by the

Philippine Government shall be sold by the Philippine Consul
General in New York, with the assistance of the Vice President and
Manager of the Philippine National Bank, New York Branch, at
the most advantageous prices and all the proceeds thereof shall be
transferred to and become part of the Center Fund.
SEC. 5. All Philippine Government offices or agencies and

private firms using the Center, except the Philippine Consulate
General and the Philippine Permanent Mission to the United
Nations, shall pay rent to the Philippine Center Management Board,
the rate of which rent shall be based primarily on the prevailing
monthly or annual rate per square foot in other buildings with
comparable facilities within a two-block radius of the Center.
SEC. 6. The Board shall appoint a Philippine Center

Business Manager, hereinafter called “the Manager,” who shall be
responsible to the Board for the effective and prompt implementation
of its policies and decisions.
A. The following emoluments shall be paid the Manager by

the Board from the Center Fund:
(1) Salary – The Manager shall have an annual salary of

twelve thousand dollars ($12,000.00), with increments proportionate
to any increase in rental rates.
(2) Benefits –
(a) Health and hospitalization insurance equivalent to

coverage of the employees of the Philippine National Bank, New
York Branch.
(b) Social Security under U.S. law.
B. Functions:
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(1) The Manager shall also be Secretary of the Board and

prepare the agenda for and minutes of Board meetings.
(2) He shall be the Board’s direct liasion with the New York
firm stipulated in Section 2(4).
(3) He shall be responsible for the safety, cleanliness and

orderly operation of the building.
SEC. 7. The following shall be the floor assignments in the

building:
Basement – storage area for Philippine products, cultural

materials, props and miscellaneous equipment.
Ground floor – display center for Philippine products and

cultural materials.
First floor – mezzanine Philippine National Bank and

Philippine Airlines.
Second floor – and second floor mezzanine auditorium/

theater/community room, library, party room.
Third and fourth floors – Commercial/Trade Representative,

Representative of the Commission on Tourism, private business
firms.
Fifth Floor – Philippine Consulate General
Sixth floor – Philippine Permanent Mission to the United

Nations
Seventh floor – storage space.
SEC. 8. The Board shall recommend to the President of the

Philippines the appointment of a Filipino architectural consultant
for the Center. Such consultant shall proceed to New York as soon
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as a building is purchased and shall advise the Board and American

architects and/or building contractors on the exterior and interior
renovation work that must be undertaken in order that the Center
may project an image which is representative of the best in Philippine
life and culture.
Done in the City of Manila, this 10th day of May, in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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AMENDING PART IX OF THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION

PLAN BY RENAMING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE
AND TOURISM AS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE, AND
CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM WITH A
PHILIPPINE TOURIST AUTHORITY ATTACHED TO IT
IN LIEU OF PHILIPPINE TOURIST COMMISSION
WHEREAS, there is need to realign government efforts

towards trade promotion and tourism development for greater
effectiveness;
WHEREAS, the tourist industry still represents an untapped

resource base toward an accelerated socio-economic development of
the Philippines;
WHEREAS, the tourism program is subjected to various

administrative and organizational problems; and
WHEREAS, tourism properly deserves the Government’s

immediate and priority attention.

September 21, 1972, as amended, and in order to effect desired
changes and reforms in the social, economic, and political structures
of our society do hereby adopt, approve, and make as part of the
law of the land the amendment to the provisions of Part IX of the
Integrated Reorganization Plan by renaming the Department of
Trade and Tourism as the Department of Trade and creating the
Department of Tourism with a Philippine Tourist Authority attached
to it in lieu of the Philippine Tourist Commission.
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. – It is hereby declared to be

the policy of the Government to make the tourist industry a positive
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instrument towards accelerated national development; through

which more people from other lands may visit and better appreciate
the Philippines and through which the Filipinos themselves may
learn more about the natural beauty, history and culture of their
country and thus develop greater pride in and commitment to the
nation.
SEC. 2. Creation of a Department of Tourism. – There is

hereby created a Department of Tourism, hereinafter referred to
as the Department, which shall be the primary policy, planning,
programming, coordinating and administrative entity of the
executive branch of government in the development of the tourist
industry, both domestic and international.
SEC. 3. Authority and Responsibility. – The authority and

responsibility for the exercise of the powers and the discharge of
the functions of the Department shall be vested in the Secretary
of Tourism, hereinafter referred to as the Secretary. The Secretary
shall be assisted by one Undersecretary.
SEC. 4. Functions. – The Department shall be responsible

for the following functions:
(a) Supervise all activities of the government which concern

tourism;
(b) Effect the removal of unnecessary barriers to travel;

the integration and simplification of travel regulations; as well as
their efficient, fair and courteous enforcement to assure expeditious
and hospitable reception of all visitors;
(c) Formulate an integrated program of promotion and

publicity designed to attract and induce people abroad to visit the
Philippines, and patronize things Philippine, and to enhance the
prestige of the Filipino people and the Republic;
(d) Review all tourism projects which may involve loans from
government financial institutions before said institutions may take
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action on them, and approve all tourism projects and firms applying
for tax incentives under the Export Incentives Act, as amended by
Presidential Decree No. 92, before the Board of Investments may
take action on them;
(e) Represent the Government in all such conferences

and meetings concerning tourism and travel and discharge
such responsibilities of Government as may arise from treaties,
agreements and other commitments on tourism and travel, to which
it is a signatory;
(f) License, regulate and supervise travel agents, tour

operators, and tour guides;
(g) Classify, regulate, supervise and license hotels, resorts,

inns, motels, hotels, restaurants and other related facilities and
services which cater to foreign and domestic tourists and in addition,
formulate suitable standards to ensure that the highest possible
standards are met, reasonable fees and charges are made and that
services are given with honesty, courtesy, and efficiency; and
(h) Perform such other functions as may be provided by

law.
SEC. 5. The Department shall have an Administrative

Service, a Planning Service, and a Financial and Management
Service in conformity with Part II of the Integrated Reorganization
Plan.
SEC. 6. The Department shall have such number of field

offices here and abroad as may be necessary for the effective
promotion of the tourist industry.
SEC. 7. Bureau of Tourist Promotion. – There is created

a Bureau of Tourist Promotion which shall, among others, be
responsible for organizing and supporting a program of public
relations, promotion and publicity calculated to interest, attract
and encourage overseas travelers to visit the Philippines, including
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the publication and dissemination of pamphlets, brochures and

other literature and publicity materials and the production and
distribution of audio-visual materials, participation in travel fairs
and other sales and promotion arts.
It shall have the following divisions with corresponding

duties and responsibilities, among others:
(a) Press and Publication Division
1. Publish, produce and disseminate publicity materials

as may have bearing on tourist attractions in the country, and the
history of the Philippines, its progress, its natural resources and the
culture and art of its people;
2. Encourage educational and cultural tours to increase

travel within the country as a means of developing domestic tourism;
and
3. Participate in fairs and exhibits to promote local goods

and products and provide a medium for the dissemination of
information about the Philippines as a tourist spot.
(b) Research and Statistics Division
1. Compile, analyze and integrate statistical data on

Tourist Industry;
2. Develop, forecast and prepare economic reports and

review based on conductive research; and
3. Undertake continuing analysis of economic conditions

and trends relating to the sectoral area concerned.
(c) Training and Evaluation Division
1. Conduct training courses and apprenticeship programs

for tourist guides, hotel and restaurant personnel and such other
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personnel who perform functions that have a bearing upon the

tourist industry; and
2. Organize and conduct promotional training seminars.
SEC. 8. Bureau of Special Services. – There is hereby created

a Bureau of Special Services which shall have the following divisions
with corresponding duties and responsibilities, among others:
(a) Tourist Reception Division
1. Coordinate with all other agencies concerned, whether

government, or private, on procedures to assure hospitable
reception of tourist during their visit to the country, including the
establishment of efficiently-run information centers at strategic
locations; and
2. Maintain a security force, where necessary, to provide

security and assistance to tourists and travelers and to extend
investigative services to tourists who may require such assistance.
(b) Licensing and Inspection Division
1. Prepare and maintain for ready reference a register

of all businesses and establishments that offer transportation,
accommodation or service of any kind to tourists;
2. Regulate and license the business of travel agencies;

tour operators, and tour guides;
3. Classify, regulate and license hotels, resorts, restaurants,

inns, motels, and hotels in accordance with set standards and
guidelines; and
4. Exercise supervision over the operation of all facilities

and services that cater to, or have anything to do with travelers.
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SEC. 9. Creation of Philippine Tourism Authority. – To

implement the policies and programs of the Department, there is
hereby created a Philippine Tourism Authority, hereinafter referred
to as the Authority, which shall be attached to the Department. The
functions of the Authority are hereby declared to be governmental.
SEC. 10. Purposes and Specific Powers. – The purposes and

(a) Implement all policies and programs of the Department

on project development;
(b) Collect such taxes as may be provided by law;
(c) Operate and/or contract to operate such agencies,

functional units, offices and Department of the Authority as it may
deem necessary or useful for the furtherance of any of the purposes
of this Decree;
(d) Extend assistance whenever necessary, to private

enterprise in undertaking tourist projects;
(e) Undertake the development of tourist attractions

including the conduct of feasibility studies and where necessary,
recommend agreements for tourist plant and facilities development
with private entities;
(f) Provide and maintain essential facilities for tourists

and travelers where private enterprise is not prepared to take care
of them; and
(g) Adopt, alter and use a corporate seal which shall be

judicially noticed; make contracts, lease, on or otherwise dispose of
personal and real property; sue and be sued; and otherwise do and
perform any and all things that may be necessary or proper to carry
out the purposes of the Authority.
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SEC. 11. Capitalization. – The capital of the Authority shall

consist of (1) existing assets transferred to it from the Board of
Travel and Tourist Industry and the Philippine Tourist and Travel
Association as hereinafter provided and such other properties as
may be contributed to the Authority by the Government to form
part of its capital and (2) the taxes under Republic Act No. 1478 and
Republic Act No. 6141. All hotel room taxes that will be collected
under the provisions of existing laws are likewise assigned to the
Authority to form part of its capital.
SEC. 12. Power to Issue Bonds or Incur Indebtedness. –

Whenever the Board may deem it advisable and necessary for the
Authority to contract loans, credits and other indebtedness, or to
issue bonds, notes, debentures, securities, and other instruments
of indebtedness for the development and/or operation of the tourist
industry, it shall by resolution so manifest and declare stating the
purpose for which the indebtedness is to be applied and citing the
project study devised for the purpose. In order for such resolution
to be valid, it shall be passed by the affirmative vote of at least
four members of the Board and approved by the President of the
Philippines upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Finance,
after consultation with the National Economic and Development
Authority and the Monetary Board of the Central Bank.
SEC. 13. The Authority shall be administered by a General

Manager who shall be appointed by the President from among
persons of proven executive competence and experience in the field
of tourist development.
SEC. 14. Board of Directors. – The corporate powers of the

authority shall be vested in and exercised by a Board of Directors
composed of the Secretary of Tourism as Chairman, the General
Manager as Vice Chairman and three part-time members who shall
be appointed by the President for their expertise.
SEC. 15. Tenure of Office. – The tenure of office of the

members shall be six years: Provided, That in the first appointments,
the term of office of the three members appointed by the President
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shall be fixed as follows: one member for six years, one member for
four years, and the third member for two years: Provided, finally,
That no vacancy shall be filled except for the unexpired portion of
the term.
SEC. 16. Meetings and Quorum. – The Board shall meet

regularly once a month and as often as the exigencies of the service
demand. The presence of at least three members shall constitute a
quorum, and the vote of three members shall be necessary for the
adoption of any rule, resolution or decision or any other act of the
Board.
SEC. 17. Compensation of Chairman and Members of the

Board. – The members of the Board shall receive such per diems
and allowances as may be fixed by the President.
SEC. 18. Powers and Duties of the Board. – The Board shall
(a) To promulgate policies and to prescribe such rules

and regulations as may be necessary to implement the intent
and provisions of this Decree, which rules and regulations shall
take effect thirty (30) days following their publication in two (2)
newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines;
(b) To approve the annual budget and such implemental

budgets which may be submitted to it by the Chairman;
(c) Upon the recommendation of the General Manager, to

organize, reorganize, and determine the Authority’s staffing pattern;
to fix their salaries and to define their powers and duties;
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of law, rules and

regulations to the contrary, to enter by itself into any contract or
agreement as may be necessary for the proper, efficient and stable
administration of the Authority and for the attainment of the
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(e) To render annual reports to the President and such

special reports as may be requested; and
(f) Generally, to exercise all the powers necessary or

incidental to attain the purposes of this Decree.
SEC. 19. General Manager: Powers and Duties. The General

Manager shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) To direct and manage the affairs of the Authority in

accordance with policies of the Board;
(b) To prepare the agenda for the meeting of the Board and
submit for its consideration and approval the policies and measures
which he deems necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of
this Decree;
(c) To submit within thirty (30) days after the close of each
fiscal year an annual report to the Board and such other reports as
may be required;
(d) To submit an annual budget and necessary supplemental

budgets to the Board for its approval;
(e) To establish the internal organization of the Authority

under such conditions that the Board may prescribe: Provided, That
any major reorganization shall be subject to the approval of the
Board; and
(f) To perform such other duties as may be assigned to him

by the Board;
SEC. 20. The Secretary of Tourism may establish a Tourism

Advisory Council, which may be composed of representatives of the
following trade organizations; (1) hotels, (2) restaurants, (3) air
carriers, (4) travel agencies, (5) cottage industry producers and/
or distributors, (6) sea carriers, (7) land transportation operators,
and (8) bankers association who shall be entitled to such per diems
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and allowances as may be authorized: Provided, That the Secretary

may designate representatives from other trade organizations as
may be necessary. The members of this Council shall be exempt
from conflict-of-interest provisions of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt
Practices Act.
SEC. 21. Applicability of the Civil Service Law. – All officials

and employees of the Authority, except technical and professional
personnel, shall be subject to Civil Service Law, rules and regulations
and the coverage of the Wage and Position Classification Office.
SEC. 22. Appointment by the Board. – Employees of the

Authority shall be appointed by the Board, upon the recommendation
of the General Manager, to positions in the approved budget using
as guide the standards set forth in the Civil Service Law and rules.
SEC. 23. Transitory Provisions. – The properties, monies,

assets, rights, choses in action, obligations, liabilities, records,
and contracts of the defunct Board of Travel and Tourist Industry
shall continue to be vested in and assumed by the Authority, as a
government corporation, pursuant to this Decree.
The Board of Directors shall determine what personnel of

the Board of Travel and Tourist Industry shall be absorbed by the
Authority.
SEC. 24. Rescission of the Charter of the Philippine Tourist

and Travel Association. – The Charter of the Philippine Tourist and
Travel Association as granted under Republic Act No. 710 is hereby
rescinded, without prejudice to its continuing as a duly registered
private corporation. Any assets derived from the government
subsidy under the aforementioned charter shall be transferred to
the Authority.
SEC. 25. The staffing requirements of the Department shall

be provided for in the General Appropriation Act.
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SEC. 26. The Civil Aeronautics Board is reconstituted and

attached to the Department. It shall be composed of the Secretary
of Tourism as Chairman, the Civil Aeronautics Administrator,
the Commander Officer of the Philippine Air Force, the Assistant
Director for Air Transportation of the Bureau of Transportation and
two other members appointed by the President of the Philippines.
SEC. 27. The Hundred Islands Conservation and Development

Authority, the San Juanico Tourist Development Authority, the
Looc Estate and such other entities as may be organized to promote
tourism are hereby attached to the Department.
SEC. 28. The Department of Trade shall perform all the

functions, except those on tourism, of the Department of Trade and
Tourism pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Integrated
Reorganization Plan.
SEC. 29. Repeal. – Presidential Decree No. 132, dated

February 19, 1973 and any all acts, statutes, decrees, rules,
regulations or parts thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby

immediately.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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ABOLISHING THE MASS MEDIA COUNCIL CREATED UNDER

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 36, AND CREATING IN ITS
STEAD THE MEDIA ADVISORY COUNCIL, PRESCRIBING
RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ENABLE THE NEW
BODY TO DISCHARGE ITS FUNCTIONS EFFECTIVELY
WHEREAS, it is the objective of Government to help in the

sound development of the mass media to the end that they would
become an effective instrument in the attainment of social change;
WHEREAS, the various sectors of mass media have shown

full appreciation of the fact that their failure to institute self-
regulatory measures that would regulate corruption and abuse in
the media resulted, as it could only result, in Government having to
intervene in order to ensure that private rights and public welfare
are safeguard;
WHEREAS, the same sectors of mass media, fully aware and

cognizant of the reasons for the measures that have been instituted
since September, 1972, concerning the operation of mass media,
have shown willingness to institute a system of self-regulation and
internal discipline within their ranks to the end that no part of
media may ever again consciously or unconsciously, engage or take
part in any conspiracy against the Government, or any of its duly
constituted authorities;

1972, as amended, do hereby order and decree the amendment of
Section 3 of Presidential Decree No. 36, as follows:
“ The creation of a Media Advisory Council, headed by the

President of the National Press Club as chairman, with a recognized
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civic leader to be appointed by the President as co-chairman, and one

representative each from the Manila Overseas Press Club, print,
radio and television and such others as President of the Philippines
may designate as members.
“The Media Advisory Council shall have the duty of passing

upon applications of mass media for permission to operate, so that
no newspapers, magazine, periodical, or publication of any kind,
radio, television and telecommunications facility, station or network
may so operate without first obtaining a Certificate of Authority to
Operate from the Media Advisory Council; Provided, however, That
said Certificate of Authority shall not become valid and effective
until approved by the President of the Philippines. Such Certificate
of Authority shall be in force for six (6) months, renewable after six
(6) months thereafter, unless otherwise terminated earlier.
“Any publication existing at the time of this Decree with

a Certificate of Authority to operate duly signed by the President
or approved by the Mass Media Council shall continue without
obtaining a new Certificate until the expiration of its existing
permit.
“The Media Advisory Council shall constitute itself

immediately upon the promulgation of this Decree and shall within
15 days of its organization, promulgate rules and regulations and
such other guidelines as it may deem necessary for the operation
of mass media. Such rules and regulations and guidelines shall
provide sanctions for their infraction, subject to the approval of the
President of the Philippines. For this purpose the Media Advisory
Council shall also assume the functions and prerogatives of the
defunct Philippine Press Council, and the Press Consultative Panel
which was constituted by the Secretary of Public Information and
representatives of the mass media on October 4, 1972, insofar as
these relate to and conform with the requirements of this Decree.
“For the full and proper implementation of this Decree, the

Media Advisory Council is hereby authorized to set up a secretariat
which shall perform such functions and duties as may be entrusted
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to it by that Council. The Media Advisory Council shall submit to the

President of the Philippines a monthly report on the actions taken
and recommendations proposed on matters affecting the operation
of mass media.
shall take effect immediately and remain in force unless otherwise
ordered by me, or by my duly authorized representative.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION

AND PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS
WHEREAS, the regulations of the various professions

presently regulated by the Office of the Boards of Examiners is so
extensive, practically covering all social and economic life of the
country;
WHEREAS, the existence of the Boards of Examiners is

misconstrued for a number of years now as nothing more than an
examining unit, though all the professional laws creating the various
Boards have charged them with the supervision and regulation over
the professional practice in the Philippines; and
WHEREAS, to effectively enforce the laws regulating the

various professions, there is an urgent need to create a three-man
Commission to administer, implement, coordinate and supervise
the various Boards of Examiners;

1972, as amended, do hereby order and decree:
SECTION 1. Professional Regulation Commission. – There

is hereby created a three-man Commission to be known as the
Professional Regulation Commission which shall be attached to the
Office of the President for general direction and coordination.
SEC. 2. Composition. – The Commission shall be headed

by one full time Commissioner and two full time Associate
Commissioners, all to be appointed by the President for a term of
nine (9) years without reappointment to start from the time they
assume office, except the first two Associate Commissioners who
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shall be appointed, one for six (6) years and the other for three (3)
years, and thereafter, any vacancy in the Commission shall be filled
for the unexpired term only with the most senior of the Associate
Commissioners succeeding the Commissioner at the expiration
of his term, resignation or removal. No person shall be appointed
chairman or member of the Commission unless he is at least
forty (40) years of age, familiar with the principles and methods
of professional regulation and/or licensing and has at least five (5)
years of executive or managerial experience.
SEC. 3. Exercise of powers and functions of the Commission.

– The Commissioner, who shall be the Chairman of the Commission,
and the Associate Commissioners as members thereof shall, as a
body, exercise general administrative, executive and policy-making
functions for the whole agency.
SEC. 4. Compensation. – The Commissioner shall receive

an annual compensation of forty-eight thousand pesos (P48,000)
with five hundred pesos (P500) commutable transportation and
representation allowances and the Associate Commissioners, thirty-
six thousand pesos (P36,000) each with three hundred fifty pesos
(P350) commutable transportation and representation allowances.
SEC. 5. Powers of the Commission. – The powers of the

Commission are as follows:
a) To administer, implement and enforce the regulatory

policies of the National Government with respect to the regulation
and licensing of the various professions and occupations under
its jurisdiction including the maintenance of professional and
occupational standards and ethics and the enforcement of the rules
and regulations relative thereto.
b) To perform any and all acts, enter into contracts,

make such rules and regulations and issue such orders and other
administrative issuances as may be necessary in the execution
and implementation of its functions and the improvement of its
services.
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c) To review, coordinate, integrate and approve the

policies, resolutions, rules and regulations, orders or decisions
promulgated by the various Boards with respect to the profession
or occupation under their jurisdictions including the results of their
licensure examination but their decisions on administrative cases
shall be final and executory unless appealed to the Commission
within thirty (30) days from the date of promulgation thereof,
d) To administer and conduct the licensure examinations

of the various Boards according to the rules and regulations
promulgated by it; determine and fix the places and dates of
examinations; appoint supervisors and room examiners from
among the employees of the Government or private individuals who
have been trained by the Commission for that purpose who shall be
entitled to a daily allowance of not less than ten pesos (P10) for every
examination day actually attended; use the buildings and facilities
of public and private schools for examination purposes; and approve
the release of examination results;
e) To keep and maintain a register of authorized

practitioners of the profession or occupation; issue certificates of
registration or licenses signed by all the members of the Board
concerned and the Commissioner with the official seal of the Board
affixed;
f) To have custody of all the records of the various Boards

including their examination papers, minutes of deliberation,
records of administrative cases and investigations and examination
results;
g) To determine, fix and collect the amount to be charged

for examination, registration, registration without examination,
licenses, annual registration fees, certifications, surcharges and
other fees not specified under the provisions of Republic Act No.
6511 or amend the rates provided thereunder subject to approval by
the Office of the President;
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h) To appoint, subject to the provisions of existing laws,

such as officials and employees of the Commission as are necessary
in the effective performance of its functions and responsibilities,
prescribed their duties and fix their compensation; and to organize
or reorganize the structure of the Commission, create or abolish
positions, change the designations of existing positions to meet
changing conditions or as the need therefor arises; Provided,
That such changes shall not affect the employment status of the
incumbents, reduce their ranks and/or salaries nor result separating
them from the services;
i) To submit and recommend to the President of the

Philippines nominees for appointment as members of the various
Boards from among those nominated by the bona fide professional
organizations accredited by the Commission to fill existing or
probable vacancies;
j) The Commission may, upon the recommendation of

the Board concerned, approve the registration of and authorize the
issuance of a certificate of registration with or without examination
to a foreigner who is registered under the laws of his country:
Provided, That the requirements for the registration or licensing
in said foreign state or country are substantially the same as those
required and contemplated by the laws of the Philippines and
that the laws of such foreign state or country allow the citizens of
the Philippines to practice the profession on the same basis and
grant the same privileges as the subjects or citizens of such foreign
state or country: Provided, finally, That the applicant shall submit
competent and conclusive documentary evidence, confirmed by the
Department of Foreign Affairs, showing that his country’s existing
laws permit citizens of the Philippines to practice the profession
under the rules and regulations governing citizens thereof. The
Commission is also hereby authorized to prescribe additional
requirements or grant certain privileges to foreigners seeking
registration in the Philippines if the same privileges are granted
to or some additional requirements are required of citizens of the
Philippines in acquiring the same certificates in his country;
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k) The Commission shall have general supervision over

foreign nationals who are authorized by existing laws or granted
special permits to, practice their profession temporarily in the
Philippines to see that the terms and conditions for their employment
are strictly observed and adhered to;
l) to prescribe or revise, in conjunction with the Board

concerned and the Secretary of Education and Culture or his
authorized representative, collegiate courses the completion of or
graduation from which shall be a prerequisite for admission into the
practice of the profession concerned;
m) To exercise general supervision over the members of the

various Boards;
n) To promulgate such rules and regulations as may

be necessary to effectively implement policies with respect to the
regulation and practice of the professions;
o) To perform such other functions and duties as may

be necessary to carry out effectively the various provisions of
professional regulatory laws, decrees or orders;
SEC. 6. Powers, functions and responsibilities of various

Boards. – The various Boards shall retain the following powers,
functions and responsibilities:
a) To look from time to time into the conditions affecting

the practice of the profession or occupation under their respective
jurisdictions and whenever necessary, adopt such measures as
may be deemed proper for the enhancement of the profession or
occupation and/or the maintenance of high professional, ethical and
technical standards and for this purpose the members of a Board
may personally or through subordinate employees of the Commission
conduct ocular inspection or visit industrial, mechanical, electrical
or chemical plants or works, hospitals, clinics and other engineering
works where registered practitioners of the profession or occupation
are employed or are working for the purpose of determining
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compliance with the provisions of law relative to the practice of the

profession or occupation or as an aid in formulating policies relative
thereto in accordance with the established policies promulgated by
the Commission;
b) To investigate violations of their respective laws and the

rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and for this purpose
may issue summons, subpoenas and subpoena duces tecum to alleged
violators or witnesses thereof and compel their attendance to such
investigations or hearings;
c) To delegate the hearing of investigation of administrative

cases filed before them except in cases where the issue involved
strictly concerns the practice of the profession or occupation, in
which case the hearing shall be presided by at least one member
of the Board concerned assisted by a legal or hearing officer of the
Commission;
d) To promulgate decisions on such administrative cases

subject to review by the Commission. If after thirty (30) days
from the receipt of such decision no appeal is taken therefrom to
the Commission, the same shall become final and immediately
enforceable;
e) Subject to review by the Commission, to approve

registration without examination and the issuance of the
corresponding certificates of registration;
f) After due process, to suspend, revoke or reissue

certificates of registration for causes provided for by law or by the
rules and regulations promulgated therefor;
g) To determine and prepare the contents of licensure

examinations; score and rate the examination papers and submit
the results thereof to the Commission within one hundred twenty
(120) days after the last examination day unless extended by the
Commission; and, subject to approval by the Commission determine
the appropriate passing general rating if not provided for in the law
regulating the profession.
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SEC.7. Names of various Boards. – The names of the various

Boards shall be changed by the Commission by deleting the word
“Examiners.”
SEC. 8. Transfer of personnel, funds, records, etc. – The

present office of the Boards of Examiners, its personnel, funds,
records, supplies, equipment, materials, furniture, and fixture are
hereby transferred to the Commission.
SEC. 9. Repealing clause. – The provisions of Republic Act

No. 546 are hereby repealed as well as those of other pertinent laws
inconsistent herewith.

immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of June, in the

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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AMENDING CERTAIN PARTS OF THE INTEGRATED

ORGANIZATION PLAN
I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,

by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
do hereby decree and order the amendment of paragraph 1.a. and
1.c, Article I, Chapter III of Part II of the Integrated Reorganization
Plan:
“1.a. Region No. 1 is called the Ilocos Region, and comprises

the provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra, La Union, Benguet,
Mountain Province, and Pangasinan, and the cities of Baguio, Laoag,
Dagupan, and San Carlos, with regional center at San Fernando, La
Union.”
“1.c. Region No. 3 is called the Central Luzon Region,

and comprises the provinces of Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga,
Zambales, Bulacan, and Bataan, and the cities of Angeles,
Cabanatuan, Olongapo, Palayan, and San Jose (Nueva Ecija), with
regional center of San Fernando, Pampanga.”
Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of June, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING A PHILIPPINE COCONUT AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, the Coconut Industry has attained magnitudes

that necessitate a more concerted effort at integrating the diffuse
efforts currently being exerted towards its development;
WHEREAS, the global perspective on international fats and

oil supply situation indicates a need for developing other industrial
and food uses of coconut through a more purposeful and integrated
research activity;
WHEREAS, the present stage of the development of the

coconut and other palm oils in the country is generally characterized
by relatively low yields and quality that could be substantially
improved given the necessary support from concomitant development
activities such as research extension work, marketing and the
strengthening of credit institutions;
WHEREAS, the economic well-being of a major part of the

population depends to a large extent on the viability of the industry
and its improvement in the areas of production, processing and
marketing;
WHEREAS, the industry needs an intensive, extensive and

sustained foreign trade promotion effort in order that its position in
markets abroad will be maintained and enhanced;

of the Philippines, pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated 21
September 1972 as amended by Proclamation No. 1104, dated 17
January 1973 and General Order No. 1. Dated 22 September 1972,
as amended in order to effect the desired and necessary changes
and reforms in the social and economic structure of our society, do
hereby decree the creation of a Philippine Coconut Authority, as
follows:
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SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. – It shall be the policy

of the state to promote accelerated growth and development of
the coconut and other palm oils industry so that the benefits of
such growth shall accrue to the greatest number, and to provide
continued leadership and support in the integrated development of
the industry.
SEC. 2. Purposes and Objective. – The Authority shall have

To promote the accelerated development of the coconut and

other palm oils industry in all its aspects;
To provide general directions for the steady and orderly

development of the industry;
To achieve vertical integration of the coconut industry so

that coconut farmers become participants in and beneficiaries of the
development and growth of the coconut industry.
SEC. 3. Powers and Functions. – To carry out the purposes

and objectives mentioned in the preceding section, the Authority,
through its Board as hereinafter constituted, is hereby vested with
the following powers, in addition to those transferred to it under
Section 6 of this Decree:
To formulate and adopt a general program of development

for the coconut and other palm oils industry;
To evaluate the existing policies, programs and projects

of all agencies and instrumentalities having to do with industry
development and to integrate and coordinate the various facets of
such activities into the approved general development program;
To recommend to the President of the Philippines and upon

his approval, to effect the integration of agencies charged with the
prosecution of certain aspects of industry development with the
view of attaining efficiency and effectiveness in implementation of
the generic program;
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To supervise, coordinate and evaluate the activities of all

agencies charged with the implementation of the various aspects of
industry development, and to allocate and/or coordinate the release
of public funds in accordance with approved development programs
and projects;
To regulate the marketing and export of coconut products

and by-products, as well as those of other palm oils, including the
establishment of quotas thereon, whenever the national interest so
requires;
To receive and administer funds provided by law; to

draw, with the approval of the President, funds from existing
appropriations as may be necessary in support of its program, and
to accept donations, grants, gifts and assistance of all kinds from
international and local private foundations, associations or entities,
and to administer the same in accordance with the instructions or
directions of the donor or, in default thereof, in the manner it may
in its discretion determine;
To borrow the necessary funds from local and international

financing institutions, and to issue bonds and other instruments
of indebtedness, subject to existing rules and regulations of the
Central Bank, for the purpose of financing programs and projects
deemed vital and necessary for the early attainment of its goals and
objectives;
To formulate and recommend for adoption credit policies

affecting production, marketing and processing of coconut and other
palm oils;
To formulate and recommend for adoption by other agencies

and instrumentalities, such programs and projects as are necessary
to accelerate industry development;
To enter into, make and execute contracts of any kind as

may be necessary or incidental to the attainment of its purposes
and, generally, to exercise all the powers necessary to achieve the
purposes and objectives for which it is organized.
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SEC. 4. Governing Board. – The Authority shall be governed

by a Board of eleven members, who shall meet as often as necessary,
composed of:
Three representatives at-large of the private sector, to be

appointed by the President, who shall have recognized competence
in the many facets of the industry and be leaders of the industry
acknowledge by both the government and private sector members
of the coconut community;
The Chairman, National Science Development Board;
The Undersecretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources;
The Undersecretary of Trade;
The President, Philippine Coconut Producers Federation;
The Chairman, United Coconut Associations of the

Philippines;
The Chairman of the Board, Coconut Investment Company;
The Director, Bureau of Plant Industry;
The Director, Bureau of Agricultural Extension.
A Chairman shall be designated by the President from among

the members of the Board. The Board shall elect a Vice-Chairman
who shall assume the functions of the Chairman, whenever the
latter is absent or incapacitated, and an Executive Committee of
five from among its members, to which it may delegate such of its
powers as it deems fit.
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SEC. 6. Abolished Agencies and Transitory Provisions. –

The Coconut Coordinating Council (CCC), the Philippine Coconut
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Administration (PHILCOA) and the Philippine Coconut Research

Institute (PHILCORIN) are hereby abolished and their powers and
functions transferred to the Philippine Coconut Authority, together
with all their respective appropriations, funding from all sources,
equipment and other assets, and such personnel as are necessary;
Provided, That personnel separated from the service hereby shall
have the same rights and privileges accorded to other government
employees separated as a result of implementation of the Integrated
Reorganization Plan; Provided, further, that the Authority, through
its Board, shall effect that transfers herein provided in a manner that
will insure the least disruption of on-going programs and projects;
Provided, finally, that in the period prior to the actual assumption
of duties by the Board and its functioning as such, all officers and
employees of the abolished agencies shall continue to exercise all
their functions and discharge all their duties and responsibilities
until ordered otherwise by the Board of the Authority, except that
the Board of the PHILCORIN and the PHILCOA as well as the
Council itself, shall immediately cease to exist upon the effectivity
of this Decree, and their functions shall be exercised in the interim
by the Chairman of the National Science Development Board in the
case of the PHILCORIN and by the Secretary of Agriculture and
Natural Resources in the case of PHILCOA and the CCC, with their
incumbent Director, Chairman-General Manager and Executive
Director, respectively, as executive officers.
SEC. 7. For purposes of coordinating plans and policies

in accordance with Part II, Chapter IV, Article III, Par. 2 of the
Integrated Reorganization Plan, the Authority shall be attached to
the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
SEC. 8. Repealing Clause. – All laws, executive and

administrative orders, rules and regulations inconsistent with the
foregoing provisions are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.
SEC. 9. Separability Clause. – If any provisions of this

Decree is held unconstitutional, the same shall apply only to that
provision and the remainder hereof remains valid.
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SEC. 10. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect

immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 30th day of June in the year

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING A PHILIPPINE VETERANS INVESTMENT

DEVELOPMENT COMPANY DEFINING ITS POWERS
AND FUNCTIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, veterans and retirees of the Armed Forces of

the Philippines, upon retirement or separation from active service,
constitute a significant number whose productive capacities are no
longer fully utilized and therefore, left idle;
WHEREAS, one of the primary concerns of the Government

is to effect the desired changes and reform in all sectors of our
Society and the large number of veterans and retirees of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines represents such a significant sector;
WHEREAS, in order to promote the full and continued

utilization of the country’s manpower and develop investment
potentials, there is a need for a special agency that shall direct and
look after the productive and investment possibilities coming from
this sector;

General Order No. 1, as amended, dated September 22, 1972, and
in order to effect the desired changes and reforms in the social and
economic structure of our Society, do hereby decree and order the
creation and organization of a body corporate and politic to be known
as the PHILIPPINE VETERANS INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY, hereinafter referred to as the CORPORATION, in
accordance with the following:
SECTION 1. The Corporation shall be governed and its

activities shall be directed, controlled and managed by a Board
of Directors which shall be composed of the Secretary of National
Defense, the Executive Secretary and five other persons that shall
be designated by the President from a list of qualified veterans and
retirees.
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The five persons so designated shall serve and act as

Directors for a term of two years from the date hereof, whereupon
their successors shall be elected to serve for a like term by veterans
and retirees-stockholders at a general meeting to be called for the
purpose once every two years. The Secretary of National Defense and
the Executive Secretary shall act as Chairman and Vice-Chairman,
respectively, of the Board of Directors.
SEC. 2. The Corporation shall have the following purposes:
(a) To formulate, execute or operate such policies, programs,

projects or other activities as would allow the full and continued
employment of the productive capabilities of and investment of the
veterans and retirees of the Armed Forces of the Philippines;
(b) To direct, control, manage and operate all forms of

enterprises and investment ventures that shall be entered into
by such veterans and retirees or which will serve the preceding
purpose.
SEC. 3. The Corporation shall be subject to the provisions

of the Corporation Law insofar as they are not inconsistent with
the provisions of this Decree, or with the purposes for which this
Corporation is formed, and shall have the general powers mentioned
in said law, and such other powers as may be necessary to enable it
to accomplish its purposes.
In particular, the Corporation, shall among others be vested

with the following powers:
(a) To engage in commercial, industrial, mining, agricultural

and other enterprises, to invest, reinvest and trade in securities that
may be necessary for the accomplishment of the purposes prescribed
on Section 2, hereof.
(b) In pursuance to its corporate purposes, to hold public

agricultural lands and mineral lands in excess of the areas permitted
to private corporations, associations, and persons by the laws of the
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Philippines, for a period not exceeding twenty-five years, renewable

by the President of the Philippines for another twenty-five years;
to acquire, hold, mortgage, and alienate personal and real property
in the Philippines or elsewhere, to make such contracts and enter
into such arrangements of any kind and description as it may
consider convenient and advantageous to its interest; to purchase,
hold, alienate, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of the shares
of the capital stock of, or any bond, security, or other corporation or
association of this or any other country; and while the owners of said
stock, to exercise all the rights of ownership, including the right to
vote thereon; and to execute any and all acts which a partnership
or a natural person is authorized to perform under the laws now
existing or which may hereafter be enacted.
SEC. 4. The Corporation shall have succession for a period of

fifty years from and after the date of the approval of this Decree. The
principal Office of the Corporation shall be in the City of Manila.
SEC. 5. The capital stock of the Corporation shall be Three

Million Pesos, divided into six hundred thousand shares, having
a par value of five pesos each, and no shares of stocks shall be
transferred to a person who is not a qualified veteran or retiree.
Twenty per centum of said capital stock shall be subscribed

by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the
remainder thereof shall be subscribed by qualified veterans and
retirees or organizations, bodies, associations created for veterans
and retirees.
Twenty-five per centum of the value of all stock subscribed

shall be paid at the time of subscription, and the balance thereof
shall be subject to call upon a majority vote of the Board of Directors,
with the approval of the Chairman.
Subscriptions of the Government of the Republic of the

Philippines shall be made by the President, and the voting power
of such shares of stock shall be vested in him or in such person or
persons as he may designate.
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SEC. 7. The Board of Directors shall appoint and fix the

salaries of a manager and such other officials as may be necessary
for the internal administration of the Corporation.
SEC. 8. There are appropriated out of the General Fund not

otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to pay for
the shares of stock subscribed by the Government of the Republic of
the Philippines.
SEC. 9. This Decree shall take effect immediately, provided

that amendments, changes and modifications may be made by me
and the same shall take effect after the pronouncement thereon by
me or by my duly designated representative.
Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of July, in the year

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF A PHILIPPINE VETERANS

ASSISTANCE COMMISSION, PROVIDING FUNDS
WHEREAS, government services for the benefit of Philippine

veterans and their dependents are inadequate;
WHEREAS, veterans and their dependents deserve the

renewed interest of the government in terms of broader avenues for
assistance;
WHEREAS, such renewed attention can best be directed

through an appropriated government agency capable of drawing,
absorbing, investing and managing private financial contributions
sufficient to provide assistance for employment, medical care,
education and other related services;

Commander-in- Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines,
hereby order and decree, that:
SECTION 1. Philippine Veterans Assistance Commission. –
(a) To carry out the purposes of this Decree, a Philippine

Veterans Assistance Commission, hereinafter referred to as the
Commission is hereby created. The Commission shall be a body
corporate and politic and shall be composed of the Secretary
of National Defense, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of
the Philippines, the Administrator of the Philippine Veterans
Administration, the President of the Philippine Veterans Bank, and
three appointive members, who shall represent the veterans group,
to be appointed by the President. The President shall designate the
Chairman of the Commission. The term of the appointive members
shall be for three years: Provided, That the terms of the first three
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appointive members shall be one, two and three years respectively.

All vacancies, except through the expiration of the term, shall be
filled for the unexpired term only. The appointive members of the
Commission shall receive seventy five pesos per diem for each
meeting actually attended by them: Provided, That no compensation
shall be paid for more than one meeting a week.
(b) The Commission shall have under its general supervision

an Administrator who shall serve as the chief executive officer
immediately responsible for carrying out the program and the
policies of the Commission. The Administrator shall be a veteran who
has had previous experience in technical and administrative fields
related to the purposes of this Decree. He shall be appointed by the
President and shall receive a salary to be fixed by the Commission
with the approval of the President.
(c) The Commission, upon the recommendation of the

Administrator, shall appoint all such other officers and personnel
as may be deemed necessary, fix their compensation; prescribe their
duties and establish such methods and procedures as may insure
the efficient, honest and economical administration of the provisions
and purposes of this Act: Provided, however, That the officers and
personnel of the Commission shall, as far as possible, be qualified
veterans and/or their dependents.
SEC. 2. Purposes, Powers and Duties of the Commission. –
(a) To establish, maintain and make available for veterans

and their dependents all such services necessary to provide them
assistance for employment, medical care, education and other
related services.
The term “veterans” refers to veterans of the Philippine

Revolution, World War II, Korean War as used by the Philippine
Veterans Administration and all such other veterans as may be
determined by the Commission.
The term “dependents” refers to the spouse, children,

legitimate, acknowledged natural or adopted children wholly
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dependent upon and living with the veterans, who are not more
than twenty three years of age or over twenty three years of age if
they are incapable of self-support because mentally or physically
defective. The term “dependents” also covers parents of the veterans
who are wholly dependent upon and living with them.
(b) To manage, invest and otherwise deal with the funds

and financial contributions transferred or made to the Commission
by the Government and private persons such that the services to
be provided under this Act shall be financed out of the income of
such investments and cause the Commission to operate on a self-
sustaining basis.
(c) To adopt, amend and rescind, such rules and regulations

as may be necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of this
Decree.
(d) To submit annually in January a public report to

the President covering its activities in the administration and
enforcement of this Decree during the preceding year and including
information and recommendations on Commission policies.
(e) To enter into agreements or contracts for such service

and aid as may be needed for the proper, efficient and stable
administration of the Commission or in furtherance of its expressed
purposes.
(f) To adopt an annual budget of expenditures including

salaries of personnel against all funds available to the Commission
under this Decree.
(g) To require reports, compilations and analysis of

statistical and economic data and to make investigations as may be
needed for the proper enforcement of this Decree.
(h) To acquire property, real or personnel, which may be

necessary or expedient for the attainment of the purposes of this
Decree.
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(i) To perform such other acts as it may deem appropriate

for the proper enforcement of this Decree.
SEC. 3. Funds of the Commission. –
As the initial contribution of the Government to the

Commission, there shall be appropriated out of the General Funds,
not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred thousand
pesos to meet initial expenses for the organization and operation
of the Commission and for the achievement of the purposes of this
Decree.
The Commission shall actively solicit, campaign for, and

receive contributions, donations, gifts and other valuable properties
or money from private persons and government agencies or
institutions. Such contributions, donations, gifts or transfers shall
be deductible items for income tax purposes of the donor, contributor,
gift-giver, or transferor. For this purpose, the pertinent provisions
of the National Internal Revenue Code are accordingly amended.
SEC. 4. Disbursement and Investment of Funds. Collections

and Income or Earnings From such Collections.
Of the total yearly collection of all funds of the Commission,

not more than seven per centum shall be disbursed for the payment of
salaries and wages and purchases of office equipment and materials
and operational expenses of the Commission for any year.
The remaining ninety three per centum shall be invested by

the Commission in any or all of the following ways only:
(a) In interest-bearing bonds or securities of the Government

of the Philippines, or bond or securities for payment of the interest
and principal to which the faith and credit of the Republic of the
Philippines is pledged.
(b) In interest-bearing deposits in any domestic bank doing

business in the Philippines having an unimpaired paid-up capital
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and surplus equivalent to one million five hundred thousand pesos

or over.
(c) In investments which will provide credit facilities for

small short-term loans to veterans and their dependents.
(d) In other projects and investments which, in the

determination, of the Commission, shall redound to the benefit of
veterans and their dependents.
The total income or earnings from investments of such fund

collections shall finance services provided herein for veterans and
their dependents.
SEC. 5. Auditor of the Commission. –
The Commissioner on Audit or his representatives shall

check and audit all the accounts, funds and properties of the
Commission in the same manner and as frequently as the accounts,
funds and properties of the government are checked and audited
under existing laws; and they shall as far as practicable, have the
same powers and duties as they have with respect to the checking
and auditing of public accounts, funds and properties in general.
SEC. 6. Miscellaneous Provisions. –
(a) Penalty clause. Whoever shall obtain or receive any

money or check under this Decree or an agreement thereunder,
without being entitled thereto, with intent to defraud the
Commission, shall be fined not less than five hundred pesos nor
more than five thousand pesos, or imprisoned for not less than six
months nor more than one year, or both at the discretion of the
court.
(b) Whoever fails or refuses to comply with the provisions

of the Decree or with the rules and regulations promulgated by the
Commission, shall be punished by a fine not less than five hundred
pesos nor more than five thousand pesos, or imprisonment for not
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less than six months nor more than one year, or both at the discretion
of the court.
(c) If the act or omission penalized by this Act be committed

by an association, partnership, corporation or any other institutions,
its managing head, directors or partners shall be liable to the
penalties provided in this Decree for the offense.
(d) Any officer or employee of the Commission who receives

or keeps funds or property belonging, payable or deliverable to the
Commission and who shall appropriate the same, or shall take
or misappropriate or shall consent, or through abandonment or
negligence, shall permit any other person to take such property
or funds, wholly or partially, or shall otherwise be guilty of
misappropriations of such funds or property, shall suffer the
penalties provided in Article 217 of the Revised Penal Code.
SEC. 7. Repealing Clause. –
All such laws, decrees, orders, rules or regulations or any

part thereof as are inconsistent with any of the provisions of this
Decree are hereby repealed.
SEC. 8. This Decree shall take effect upon its approval.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED
FORTY-FOUR, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED “THE CODE OF
AGRARIAN REFORM IN THE PHILIPPINES”
WHEREAS, there is imperative need for immediate

implementation of agrarian reform envisioned under Presidential
Decree Nos. 27 and 85 dated October 21, 1972 and December 25,
1972, respectively;
WHEREAS, the implementation of such a revolutionary

program of rural change demands an effective administrative
machinery financially and organizationally equipped to mobilize
and harness properly all available government resources for the
realization of desired agrarian reform;
WHEREAS, the Land Bank, the only financial institution

established for agrarian reform, is presently deficient and inadequate
both in capitalization and in organization structure to meet the
implementation requirements of the agrarian reform program;

President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me by vested
the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces
of the Philippines and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated
SECTION 1. Section seventy-four of Republic Act Numbered

Three thousand eight hundred and forty-four, as amended, is hereby
further amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 74. Creation. – To provide timely and adequate financial

support in all phases involved in the execution of needed agrarian
reform, there is hereby established a body corporate and government
instrumentality to be known as the “Land Bank of the Philippines,”
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hereinafter called the “Bank,” which shall have its principal place
of Business in Greater Manila. The legal existence of the Bank shall
be for a period of fifty (50) years from the date of approval hereof.”
SEC. 2. Section seventy-five of the same Act is hereby

amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 75. Powers in General. The bank shall have the

power:
“1. To prescribe, repeal and alter its own by-laws to

determine its operating policies, and to issue such rules and
regulations as may be necessary;
“2. To adopt, alter and use a corporate seal;
“3. To hold, purchase, acquire and own real and personal

property, introduce necessary improvements thereon to enhance
and develop their social and economic values, and to sell, mortgage
or otherwise dispose of the same;
“4. To sue and be sued, make contracts, negotiate and secure

loans from both local and foreign sources. Before undertaking any
such credit operation, the Bank, through the Secretary of Finance,
shall request the opinion, in writing, of the Monetary Board on
the monetary implications of the contemplated action. All loans
from foreign sources shall be subject to approval by the President
of the Philippines and shall be fully guaranteed by the Philippine
Government;
“5. To grant short, medium and long term loans and advances
against security of real estate and/or other acceptable assets for the
establishment, development or expansion of agricultural, industrial,
home building or home financing projects and other productive
enterprises;
“6. To grant loans to farmers’ cooperatives/associations to

facilitate production, marketing of crops and acquisition of essential
commodities;
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“7. To finance and/or guarantee the acquisition, under

Presidential Decree No. 85 dated December 25, 1972, of farm lots
transferred to tenant-farmers pursuant to Presidential Decree No.
27 dated October 21, 1972;
“8. To underwrite, hold, own, purchase, acquire, sell,

mortgage, dispose or otherwise invest or reinvest in stocks, bonds,
debentures, securities and other evidences of indebtedness of other
corporations and of the government or its instrumentalities which
are issued for or in connection with any project or enterprise;
“9. The provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding,

to guarantee acceptance(s), credits, loans, transactions or
obligations of any person, co-partnership, association or corporation
in favor of any financing or banking institution, whether foreign or
domestic: Provided, That the proceeds of such acceptances, credits,
loans, transactions or obligations are utilized or earmarked for the
development and/or expansion of agriculture and industry;
“10. To borrow from, or rediscount notes, bills of exchange

and other commercial papers with, the Central Bank. The rate
of interest to be charged and the conditions on such obligations
or borrowings shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the
Monetary Board;
“11. To act as trustee, or administer any trust or hold

property in trust in accordance with the provisions of law governing
trust corporations; and
“12. To exercise the general powers mentioned in the

Corporation Law and the General Banking Act, as amended, insofar
as they are not inconsistent or incompatible with this Decree.”
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Section 20. Section ninety-five of the same Act is hereby

repealed.
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Section 21. Section ninety-seven of the same Act is hereby

“Sec. 97. Central Bank Supervision. The Bank shall be

under the supervision and regulation of the Central Bank of the
Philippines.”
Section 22. Section ninety-eight of the same Act is hereby

“Sec. 98. Tax Exemptions. The Land Bank shall be exempt

from all national, provincial, municipal, and city taxes and
assessments now enforced or hereinafter established.
“The exemption authorized in the preceding paragraph of

this section shall apply to all property of the Bank, to the resources,
receipts, expenditures, profits and income of the Bank, as well as
to all contracts, deeds, documents and transactions related to the
conduct of the business of the Bank, Provided, That said exemptions
shall apply only to such taxes and assessments payable by persons
or other entities doing business with the Bank.”
Section 23. Section ninety-nine of the same Act is hereby

“Sec. 99. Reorganization of the Bank. The Bank shall be

reorganized within ninety (90) days from the date this Decree take
effect. The present personnel complement of the Bank shall in the
interim continue to discharge their respective functions. Officials
and personnel whose services may be dispensed with as a result of
this reorganization shall be paid the usual gratuities to which they
may be entitled under existing law.”
Section 24. Section one hundred of the same Act is hereby

“Sec. 100. Penalty for Violation of the Provisions of this

Chapter. Any director, officer, employee or agent of the Bank who
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violates or permits the violation of any of the provisions of this

Chapter or any person aiding or abetting the violation of any of
the provisions of this Chapter, shall be punished by a fine of not to
exceed ten thousand pesos or by imprisonment of not more than five
years, or both, such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the
Court.”
Section 25. Applicability of Republic Act. No. 337 as amended,

and Presidential Decree No. 129. The provisions of the General
Banking Act (Republic Act No. 337, as amended) and of Presidential
Decree No. 129 insofar as they are not in conflict or inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act shall apply to this Bank.
Section 26. Repealing Clause. All laws, executive orders,

rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Decree
are hereby repealed and/or modified accordingly.
Section 27. Effectivity. This Decree shall take effect

immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 21st day of July, in the year

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF A PHILIPPINE

INTERNATIONAL TRADING CORPORATION;
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
WHEREAS, sustained national economic growth calls for

a secure position in the growing world market for international
trade;
WHEREAS, efforts at strengthening the external trade

sector have been weakened by the continued inability to provide an
organized body that can take advantage of economics of scale in bulk
purchases wide scale shipping, marketing, centralized financing
assistance and other export promotions services;
WHEREAS, existing trade assistance bodies in the private

sector continue to operate on a small scale for limited number of
export products without regard to a larger rationalization of the
national export industry called for by the national development
program;
WHEREAS, while previous attempts have been made

to provide a central body in aid of international trading for local
producers, these bodies have not achieved their primary objectives
by reason of their limited operation or other basic defects or
weaknesses in their conception or organization;
WHEREAS, while developed economies have long relied on

larger trading houses either on a competitive basis or on an exclusive
and monopolistic state franchise, our economy has yet to adopt and
benefit from such a trade assistance scheme;
WHEREAS, developing economies, especially within

the neighboring Southeast Asian region, that have established
government trade companies have acquired a significant advantage
over Philippine trade in the world market;
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WHEREAS, in view of the latest trends in the international

market, it is imperative that the Philippines be sufficiently supported
by such institutions and/or agencies that can endow her with the
needed competitive capacity;
WHEREAS, such an institution is a government-controlled

international trading corporation that shall derive support and
patronage from industry groups, warehouse/port facility owners,
insurance companies investment banks, commercial banks and
individual exporters and importers;

President of the Philippine, by virtue of the powers vested in me by
the Constitution, as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of
the Philippines in recognition of the foregoing premises, do hereby
order and decree into law the following:
ARTICLE I. – Title of this Decree
This decree shall be known as the Philippine International

Trading Corporation Law.
ART. II. Creation of a Philippine International Trading

Corporation – There is hereby created a body corporate and politic
to be known as the Philippine International Trading Corporation,
hereinafter referred to as the Corporation, which shall be governed
by the provisions of this Act. The Corporation shall have its principal
place of business in the City of Manila and shall exist for a period
of fifty years.
The initial authorized capital stock of the Corporation shall

be twenty million (P20,000,000.00) pesos and shall be subscribed
and paid up as follows:
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ART. III. Purposes and Powers of the Corporation – The

Corporation is hereby vested with the following purposes and
powers:
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SECTION 1. To provide a formal institutional framework

for the promotion of foreign trade and the development of domestic
industries by carrying on the following interrelated functions and
activities:
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SEC. 2. To engage in and carry on the business of dealership,

brokerage, manufacture and distribution of commodities, products,
goods, wares, merchandise machineries and equipment and in
connection therewith, to purchase, borrow, acquire, hold, exchange,
sell, distribute lend, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of,
import or export, process or turn to account in any lawful manner,
commodities, products, goods, wares, merchandise, and other articles
of commerce and interest therein or instruments evidencing rights
to acquire such interests and to guarantee any and all obligations
relating to transactions made on any board of trade, commodities
exchange, or similar institutions, and to do any and all things which
may be useful in connection with or incidental to the conduct of such
business.
SEC. 3. To build, make, construct, maintain, purchase, sell,

charter, deal in and with, own, lease, pledge and otherwise dispose
of all modes of transportation, together with all components, tools,
machinery and appliances appurtenant thereto, as are utilized in
the transport of goods and merchandise by air land or sea.
SEC. 4. To carry on the business of public and private

warehousing and all the business necessarily or impliedly,
incidental thereto, and to further carry on the business of
general warehousing in all its several aspects; to construct, hire,
purchase, operate and maintain any means or conveyances for
the transportation to and from storage by air, land, or water, of
any and all products, goods, wares, merchandise or manufactured
articles; to issue certificates, warrants, and receipts negotiable or
otherwise to persons warehousing goods with the corporations, and
to make, negotiate or secure advances or loans upon the security of
such stored merchandize and products or otherwise; to construct,
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purchase, taken on lease, develop, operate or otherwise acquire any

wharf, pier, dock, warehouse, storage room or other facilities, rights,
franchises, promises deemed capable of being advantageously used
in connection with the business of the Corporation and to rent,
lease, hypothecate and convey the same, and generally to carry on
and undertake any and all business undertaking, transaction or
operation commonly carried on or undertaken by warehousemen.
SEC. 5. In consonance with the express objective of

the decree, to compel, subject to the approval of the President,
all exporters and importers of selected commodities as may be
included in a listing to be prepared periodically by the Board of the
corporation in coordination with and upon concurrence by the Board
of the National Economic Development Authority, to course all their
trading activities through the corporation until such time as such
commodities shall have been deleted from the list.
SEC. 6. To act as shipping agent and ship broker, to handle

ship husbanding and ship chandlering, and to engage in any aspect
of the business of longshoring, lighterage, stevedoring, freight
forwarding, packing and carting, and conveying.
SEC. 7. To borrow, raise, or obtain funds to support or

carry out its objectives and purposes and/or to arrange financing or
equipment credit or any kind of financial or material assistance for
its own account or its clients from private or governmental sources
or from international public or private lending institutions and to
secure any or all of the same, to the extent that may be required, by
any lawful guarantee or counter-guarantee, by pledge, mortgage,
or deed of trust, or by creating or suffering to exist a charge, lien
or encumbrance, general or special, upon its revenues and/or
assets, and likewise by similar guarantees, pledges, mortgage,
liens and other security arrangements to secure the performance
by the Corporation of any obligation or liability it may undertake
for itself or for other companies or enterprises in which it may be
interested.
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SEC. 8. To provide financial accommodations to its clients,

and maintain with or for customers accounts with respect to
commodities and/or securities including margin accounts and to do
such things as may be requisite or appropriate or incidental to the
maintenance of such accounts.
SEC. 9. To act as agents or brokers in the business of marine,

fire, life, accident and fidelity insurance, in the business of giving
protection to principals and employees and any other kind or class
of insurance in all its branches.
SEC. 10. To establish, maintain, operate or conduct branch

businesses or offices for the transactions of business for itself and
on behalf of other persons, firms, corporations, or other entities,
either domestic or foreign, and to act as manufacturers’ agents,
commission merchants, merchandise brokers, insurance, shipping
and transport agents, or in any other representative capacity for
persons, firms, corporations or other entities, either domestic or
foreign, for the investment, loan payment, transmission or collection
of money, commodities or securities and for the purchase, sale,
improvement, development, and management of property including
business concerns and undertakings and generally to transact and
undertake an agency business, whether in respect of any commercial
or financial matters.
SEC. 11. To undertake or contract for researches, studies

and surveys on such matters as business and economic conditions of
various countries, including the structure of their commodities and
financial markets, the institutional arrangements for mobilizing
investments thereat, the legal and tax constraints and incentives
obtaining therein; to promote products overseas through holding of
trade fairs, exhibits and the like, coordinating with the Department
of Trade in undertaking such activities.
SEC. 12. To acquire an interest in or to enter into partnership,

amalgamate with or enter into other arrangements for sharing
profits, mutual assistance or co-operation with any person or
company carrying on or about or carry on or engage in any business
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transaction, operation or work capable of being conducted so as to

purchase, take or otherwise acquire and hold shares of stock or
other securities of or interest in any such company and to sell, hold
and re-issue with or without guarantee or otherwise deal with the
same.
SEC. 13. Subject to the limitations established by law, to

acquire by purchase, subscription, exchange, assignment, gift, or
otherwise, and to sell, assign, transfer, exchange, mortgage, pledge,
and deal in and with, and otherwise, to enjoy and dispose of, and
bonds, debentures, promissory notes, shares of capital stock and/
or other securities and/or obligations, created, negotiated or issued
by any corporation, association, or other entity, foreign or domestic,
and while the owner thereof, to exercise all the rights, power and
privileges of ownership, including the right to receive, collect and
dispose of, any and all dividends, interest and income, derived
therefrom, and the right to vote on any shares of the capital stock,
and upon any bonds, debentures and/or other securities, having
voting power so owned.
SEC. 14. To cause or allow the legal title to or any legal

or equitable interest in any business or any other real or personal
property acquired or carried on by the Corporation to remain or
be vested or registered in the name of any other person or entity
whether upon trust for or as agent or nominee of the Corporation
or upon such other terms and conditions which may be determined
to be necessary or expedient by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation.
SEC. 15. To acquire by purchase or lease, or otherwise, lands

and interest in lands and to own, hold, improve, develop and manage
any real estate so acquired and to erect or cause to be erected on
any lands owned, held or occupied by the Corporation, buildings or
other structures with their appurtenances, and to rebuild, enlarge,
alter or improve any buildings or other structures now or hereafter
erected on any lands so owned, held or occupied.
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SEC. 16. To purchase, own, hold, or otherwise acquire

such machineries, equipments, tools, materials, supplies, or other
parts as may be necessary, convenient or appropriate for any of the
purposes for which the Corporation is formed.
SEC. 17. To invest and deal with the funds of the Corporation
in such manner as may be deemed proper, in order not to make such
funds idle and unproductive pending their full utilization for the
principal objects and purposes for which the Corporation has been
organized.
SEC. 18. To apply for, register, purchase or otherwise acquire,

or obtain a lien, or interest in, any patent, patent rights, licenses,
designs, processes, trademarks, tradenames, distinctive marks,
inventions and improvements thereof, and concessions which may
appear likely to be advantageous or useful to the Corporation or its
clients; to use, exercise or otherwise turn to account said property
rights, and to enter into any patent licensing, technical assistance,
or other know-how and data or process feedback agreements,
including the use of computers, as the same may be related to or
necessary or appropriate to carry on the objects and purposes of the
Corporation.
SEC. 19. To pay for any property or rights acquired or

services obtained by the Corporation either in cash, shares, or other
securities of the Corporation, or partly in cash and partly in shares
or other securities, under such terms and conditions as its Board
of Directors shall determine to be reasonable. To enter into any
agreement or contract with any government or any of the agencies
and instrumentalities thereof, or with any person or company on any
undertaking that may be conducive to the attainment of objectives
of the Corporation or of any them, and to obtain from any such
government or authority, person or company any rights, privileges,
and concessions, which the Corporation may think desirable to
obtain and carry out.
SEC. 20. To do all such other things as are incidental or

appurtenant to or growing out of or connected with the aforesaid
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business or powers of the Corporation or any part thereof or

conducive to the attainment of its corporate purposes and objects.
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ARTICLE XI. – Applicability of the Civil Service Law and

Wage and Position Classification Law
The provisions of the Civil Service Law and the Wage and
Position Classification Law shall not apply to the appointment and
compensation of any officer of employee of the corporation.
Officers and employees in the Corporation, including all

members of the Board of Directors shall not engage directly or
indirectly in partisan activities or take part in any election except
to vote.
ARTICLE XII. – Penalties
Any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation,

who violates or permits the violation of any of the provisions of this
Decree, or any person who violates or aids in or abets the violation
of any of the provisions of this Decree shall be punished by a fine not
to exceed ten thousand pesos or by imprisonment of not more than
five years or both such fine and imprisonment.
ARTICLE XIII. – Repealing Clause
All acts, decree, rules, regulations and other official issuances

or parts thereof, inconsistent or incompatible both the provisions of
this Decree are hereby repealed.
ARTICLE XIV. – Transitory Provisions
Owing to practical exigencies of organizing a corporation of

this magnitude and because of the sensitivity of the initial operating
years, the first President of the Corporation shall enjoy a tenure of
3-year, which is renewable subsequently for tenure of only 2-year as
provided for in Section 7, Article IV of this Decree.
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ARTICLE XV. – Effectivity and Implementation
This Decree shall take effect upon its approval. The Secretary
of the Department of Trade in his capacity as presiding officer of
the Board of Directors shall call for an organizational meeting of
the Board within fifteen (15) days from the time all the appointive
members thereof are appointed by the President of the Philippines.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Asst. Executive Secretary
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CREATING THE PHILIPPINE CENTER IN SAN FRANCISCO,

CALIFORNIA AND THE PHILIPPINE CENTER
MANAGEMENT BOARD
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to consolidate, integrate

and coordinate all the activities in the San Francisco area of all
Philippine Government offices and agencies which have hitherto
been dispersed and separate from each other, a situation entailing
unnecessary expense and duplication of functions;

among other things, to nurture, promote and propagate Philippine
culture, to encourage foreign tourists to visit the Philippines, to
expand the foreign market for Philippine products, to provide
efficient and comprehensive public service in the country and
abroad, and in general to enhance the image of the Philippines;

1972, as amended, do hereby decree and order as follows:
SEC. 1. There shall be incorporated in San Francisco City

a Philippine Center Management Board, hereinafter called “the
Board”, which shall, on behalf of the Republic of the Philippines,
acquire by purchase or by any other appropriate means a building
in San Francisco City, California, U.S.A., which shall house within
its premises all the offices and agencies in San Francisco of the
Philippine Government. Such building shall be called “The Philippine
Center in San Francisco”, hereinafter called “the Center”, and shall
serve the purposes stated in the second paragraph of the preamble;

functions:
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A. COMPOSITION
1. Chairman – The Philippine Consul General in San

Francisco.
2. Vice Chairman – The head of the Philippine National

Bank, San Francisco Agency, who shall also be Treasurer of the
Board.
Members: –
3. The Philippine Commercial or Trade Promotion
Representative in San Francisco.
4. The head of the Philippine Air Lines in San Francisco.
5. The Representative in San Francisco of the Department

of Tourism.
6. The Representative in San Francisco of the Auditor

General.
7. The Philippine Center Business Manager who shall also

be Secretary of the Board.
B. FUNCTIONS
1. The Board shall be responsible to the President of the

of the Center in accordance with this Decree and with sound business
practices.
2. The Board shall meet at least once a year to prepare and

submit to the President of the Philippines, not later than the 31st
day of December of each year, its annual report on the operations,
financial position and achievements of the Center.
3. The Board shall, in accordance with its procedures, decide

and implement policies dealing with the operations of the Center. It
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may incur relevant expenditures not exceeding ten thousand dollars

($10,000.00). All expenditures in excess of $10,000.00 shall have the
prior approval of the President of the Philippines.
4. The Board shall recommend to the President of

the Philippines, for his approval, the hiring of the services of
a professional firm in San Francisco specializing in building
maintenance and janitorial services.
5. The Board shall approve lease contracts for the rentals

be promptly deposited in the bank for credit to the fund provided in
Section 3.
6. The Board shall adopt the most practical and effective

arrangements for the security of personnel and premises.
7. The Board shall have such other functions consistent

SEC. 3. The funds for the purchase, renovation, maintenance

and administration of the Center shall be advanced by the Philippine
National Bank from its own resources or from such other financing
arrangements as the Board of Directors may approve. Such
advance(s) shall be called “the Center Fund”.
SEC. 4. All real property in San Francisco owned by the

Philippine Government shall be sold by the Philippine Consul General
in San Francisco with the assistance of the head of the Philippine
National Bank Agency in San Francisco and the representative
of the Auditor General at the most advantageous prices, and all
the proceeds thereof shall be transferred to and become part of the
Center Fund.
SEC. 5. All the Philippine Government offices or agencies

and private firms using the Center, except the Philippine Consulate
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General and service representatives attached to the Consulate

General, shall pay rent to the Philippine Center Management Board,
the rate of which rent shall be based primarily on the prevailing
Sec. 6. The Board shall appoint a Philippine Center Business

Manager, hereinafter called “the Manager” who shall be responsible
to the Board for the effective and prompt implementation of its
policies and decisions.
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SEC. 8. The President of the Philippines may appoint a

Filipino architectural consultant for the center. Such consultant
shall advise the Board and American architects and/or building
contractors on the exterior and interior renovation work that must
be undertaken in order that the Center may project an image which
is representative of the best in Philippine life and culture.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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AN ACT CREATING A PHILIPPINE AMANAH BANK
WHEREAS, it is a declared policy of the government to

promote and accelerate the socio-economic growth and development
of Mindanao, particularly, the economically depressed provinces
of Cotabato, Lanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur,
Zamboanga del Norte and Sulu;
WHEREAS, surveys and studies indicate a pressing need

to expand the banking and credit system in the region to make it
more responsive to the investments and credit requirements of this
development program;
WHEREAS, it is further recognized that, ultimately,

sustained economic development will rely heavily on the capabilities
of the people in the region to generate investments through
institutional savings;

September 21, 1972 as amended by Proclamation No. 1104, dated
17 January 1973 and General Order No. 1, dated September 22,
1972, as amended and in order to effect the desired changes and
reforms in the social, economic and political structure of our society,
do hereby order and decree the creation of a Philippine Amanah
Bank:
ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNCTIONS
SECTION 1. Purposes, Name and Domicile. – To provide

credit, commercial, development and savings banking facilities at
reasonable terms to the people of the primarily Muslim provinces of
Mindanao, principally, the provinces of Cotabato, South Cotabato,
Lanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Sulu, Basilan, Zamboanga del
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Norte, Zamboanga del Sur and Palawan for the establishment,

acquisition, development and expansion of agricultural, commercial
and industrial enterprises, there is hereby created a body corporate
to be known as the Philippine Amanah Bank, which shall have its
principal place of business at Marawi City and shall exist for fifty
years.
SEC. 2. Corporate Power. – The Philippine Amanah Bank

shall have the power:
a) to prescribe its by-laws;
b) to adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal;
c) to make contracts, to sue and be sued;
d) to accept savings and time deposits, and open current or

checking accounts;
e) to borrow money; to own real or personal property and

to sell, mortgage or otherwise dispose of the same;
f) to employ such officers and personnel, preferably

from the Muslim population in Mindanao and Palawan as may be
necessary to carry on its business;
g) to establish such branches and agencies in the

dominantly Muslim provinces in Mindanao and Palawan and such
correspondent offices in other areas as may be necessary for the
proper conduct of its business;
h) to grant loans for the establishment, acquisition,

development and expansion of any agricultural, commercial and/
or industrial enterprise, including public utilities, mining, livestock
and poultry and fishing, whether off-shore or inland;
i) to invest in equities of allied undertakings as pertinent

laws and the Central Bank shall authorize;
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j) to carry on trust business in accordance with the

provisions of law governing trust corporations;
k) to issue bonds, debentures, securities, collaterals and/

or the renewal or refinancing of the same, with the approval of the
Central Bank, to be used by the bank in its lending operations for
industrial and agricultural projects that will promote the economic
development of the region;
l) to exercise powers granted under this charter and such

incidental powers as may be necessary to carry on its business, and
to exercise further the general powers mentioned in the Corporation
Law and the General Banking Act, as amended in so far as they
are not inconsistent or incompatible with the provisions of this
Charter.
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SEC. 18. Supervision/Inspection by the Central Bank. – The

Amanah Bank shall be subject to examination and supervision of the
Central Bank pursuant to applicable laws, and shall contribute to
the Central Bank an annual fee to help defray the cost of maintaining
the appropriate supervising department within the Central Bank in
an amount to be determined by the monetary Board but in no case
to exceed one twentieth of one per cent (1/20 of 1%) of its total assets
during the preceding year, as shown on its end-on-month balance
sheets, after deducting its cash on hand and amounts due banks,
including the Central Bank.
SEC. 19. Confidential Information. – The Governor, Central

Bank, officers of the Central Bank and other officials as may be
designated by law or regulations of the Monetary Board to examine
the books for the Amanah Bank shall not reveal the results of any
examination conducted by them to any person, government official,
bureau or office other than the Monetary Board and the Board
of Directors of the Amanah Bank. The reports and other papers
relative to such examination shall not be opened to the public except
only insofar as such publicity is necessary for the prosecution of
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violation in connection with the business of the Amanah Bank or is

incidental to proceedings upon insolvency or persistent violation of
law and regulations.
SEC. 20. Secrecy of Deposits. – All deposits of whatever

nature with the Amanah Bank, including investments in bonds
issued by the government of the Philippines, its political subdivisions
and its instrumentalities, are hereby considered as of an absolutely
confidential nature and may not be examined, inquired, or looked
into by any person, government official, bureau or office except upon
written permission of the depositor, or in cases of impeachment, or
upon order of a competent court in cases where the money deposited
or invested is the subject matter of the litigation.
It shall be unlawful for any official or employee of the

Amanah Bank to disclose to any person other than those mentioned
above any information concerning said deposits.
SEC. 21. Repealing Clause. – Any law or part of law

inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter is hereby repealed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of August, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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RECONSTITUTING THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE ON

WOOD INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT (PCWID) INTO
A PLANNING, EVALUATION AND CONSULTATIVE
BODY
WHEREAS, the Presidential Committee on Wood Industries

Development (PCWID) was created under Executive Order No. 180,
dated April 25, 1969, and reconstituted under Executive Order No.
292, dated February 17, 1971, to study, discuss and arrive at action
recommendations to solve problems confronting the wood industry,
as well as to study, review and discuss policies embodied in existing
laws, rules and regulations affecting the wood industry with a view
of evolving new policies and reforms as may be necessary to the
growth of the industry.
WHEREAS, PCWID was one of the government bodies

abolished under Presidential Decree No. 1, dated September 24,
1972, but has been recommended for retention by the Presidential
Review Commission on Reorganization after recognizing its vital
role in the development of the wood industry and providing a forum
for a continuing dialogue between Government and the private
sector relative to proper utilization and conservation of our forest
resources;
WHEREAS, the PCWID has proven its usefulness by making

a most comprehensive study of the entire forestry situation and
coming up with relevant recommendations and policies which have
now been embodied in the proposed Forestry Reform Code;
WHEREAS, the participation of the PCWID at the national

level of development planning and policy-making has enabled both
the government and private sectors involved in forest development
to work together towards a unified approach calculated to effectively
balance the needs of each sector and the appropriate sharing of
responsibilities;
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1. The Presidential Committee on Wood Industries

Development is hereby reconstituted and charged to continue its
functions as a planning, evaluation and consultative body under
the Office of the President, and to undertake the evaluation and
assessment of implementary measures at various developmental
stages and to recommend whatever other plans and policies are
necessary to meet changing situations;
2. The PCWID will be composed of the following:
Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Chairman

Resources
Representative of the private sector Vice-Chairman
Secretary, Department of Finance, or Member

his representative
Secretary, Department of Public Works, Member

Transportation & Communications, or
his representative
Chairman, Board of Investments, or his Member

representative
Director-General, National Economic Member

& Development Authority, or his
representative
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Director, Bureau of Forest Member

Development
Commissioner, Forest Products Member

Research Institute & Development
Commission
President, Philippine Lumber and Ply- Member

wood Manufacturer’s Association
President, Society of Filipino Foresters Member
President, Philippine Association of Member

Permanent Forests
Dean, U.P. College of Forestry Member
3. The private sector representatives shall choose among

themselves the Vice-Chairman of the Committee;
4. The Chairman or Vice-Chairman may create sub-

committees to carry out the purposes of this Decree;
5. The Committee may call on any department, bureau,

office, agency or instrumentality of the national government,
including government-owned or controlled corporations, for such
assistance as it may need in connection with the performance of
its functions, and such assistance shall be extended whenever the
same is sought by the Committee or any of its members.
6. All acts, parts of acts, executive orders, ordinance, rules

and regulations which are inconsistent with the provisions of this
Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
7. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
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Done in the City of Manila, this 4th day of August, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE “NATIONAL ELECTRIFICATION

ADMINISTRATION” AS A CORPORATION, PRESCRIBING
ITS POWERS AND ACTIVITIES, APPROPRIATING THE
NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR AND DECLARING
A NATIONAL POLICY OBJECTIVE FOR THE TOTAL
ELECTRIFICATION OF THE PHILIPPINES ON AN AREA
COVERAGE SERVICE BASIS, THE ORGANIZATION,
PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRIC
COOPERATIVES TO ATTAIN THE SAID OBJECTIVE,
PRESCRIBING TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THEIR
OPERATIONS, THE REPEAL OF REPUBLIC ACT NO.
6038, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the government to effect

changes and reforms in the social, economic, and political structure
of our society;
WHEREAS, detailed studies have clearly emphasized the

very close correlation between consumption of energy and gross
national product. Electric power, wherever introduced, stimulates
the growth of industry and the economy in general;
WHEREAS, electrification of the entire country, one of the

primary concerns of the government in order to bring about the
desired changes and reforms, can be hastened by rationalizing the
distribution of electricity;
WHEREAS, rationalization, which implies the adoption

of all measures necessary to obtain the maximum benefit at the
minimum expenses, can be achieved by:
1. Establishing island grids and integrating power

generating systems.
2. Consolidating electric distribution franchise systems.

The existence of small franchise system impede the progress of total
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electrification, as such small and isolated systems are antithetical

to the economies of scale.
3. Implementing the area coverage concept, which will

allow the construction of lines to thinly settled areas which are most
costly to electrify, provided that the losses from these lines can be
reasonably absorbed by the more profitable lines.
WHEREAS, under Republic Act No. 6038, dated August 4,

1969, Presidential Decree No. 40 and Letter of Instruction No. 38,
dated November 7, 1972, the National Electrification Administration
was given certain powers, duties, and functions to attain total
electrification on an area coverage basis; to set up cooperatives for
the distribution of power; and to determine privately-owned public
utilities which should be permitted to remain in operation;
WHEREAS, to attain total electrification in the most

effective and efficient manner, there is a need to further strengthen
and make more flexible the organizational structure of the National
Electrification Administration by converting it into a corporation,
wholly-owned and controlled by the government, possessed with
borrowing authority and corporate powers;

President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers
vested in me by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the
Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No.
1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated
September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby repeal Republic Act
No. 6038 and do hereby decree, order and make as part of the law of
the land the Charter of the National Electrification Administration,
which reads as follows:
CHAPTER I – POLICY AND DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1. Title. – This Decree shall be referred to as the

“National Electrification Administration Decree.”
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SEC. 2. Declaration of National Policy. – The total

electrification of the Philippines on an area coverage basis being
vital to the welfare of its people and the sound development of the
Nation, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to pursue
and foster, in an orderly and vigorous manner, the attainment of
this objective. For this purpose, the State shall promote, encourage
and assist all public service entities engaged in supplying electric
service, particularly electric cooperatives, which are willing to
pursue diligently this objective.
Because of their non-profit nature, cooperative character

and the heavy financial burdens that they must sustain to become
effectively established and operationally viable, electric cooperatives,
particularly, shall be given every tenable support and assistance
by the National Government, its instrumentalities and agencies
to the fullest extent of which they are capable; and, being by their
nature substantially self-regulating and Congress, having, by the
enactment of this Decree, substantially covered all phases of their
organization and operation requiring or justifying regulation, and
in order to further encourage and promote their development, they
should be subject to minimal regulation by other administrative
agencies.
Area coverage electrification cannot be achieved unless

service to the more thinly settled areas and therefore more costly to
electrify is combined with service to the most densely settled areas
and therefore less costly to electrify. Every public service entity
should hereafter cooperate in a national program of electrification
on an area coverage basis, or else surrender its franchise in favor
of those public service entities which will. It is hereby found that
the total electrification of the Nation requires that the laws and
administrative practices relating to franchised electric service
areas be revised and made more effective, as herein provided. It is
therefore hereby declared to be the policy of the State that franchises
for electric service areas shall hereafter be so issued, conditioned,
altered or repealed, and shall be subject to such continuing regulatory
surveilance, that the same shall conduce to the most expeditious
electrification of the entire Nation on an area coverage basis.
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CHAPTER II - THE NATIONAL ELECTRIFICATION

ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 4. NEA Authorities, Powers and Directives. – The NEA

is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to promote, encourage
and assist public service entities, particularly cooperatives, to the end
of achieving the objective of making service available throughout the
nation on an area coverage basis as rapidly as possible; and for such
purpose it is hereby, without limiting the generality of the foregoing
and in addition to other authorizations, powers and directives
established by this Decree, specifically authorized, empowered and
directed:
(a) To have a continuous succession under its corporate

name until otherwise provided by law;
(b) To prescribe and thereafter to amend and repeal its by-

laws not inconsistent with this Decree;
(c) To adopt and use a seal and alter it at its pleasure;
(d) To sue and be sued in any court: Provided, That NEA

shall, unless it consents otherwise, be immune to suits for acts ex
delicti;
(e) To make contract of every name and nature and to
execute all instruments necessary or convenient for the carrying on
of its business;
(f) `To make loans to public service entities, with preference

to cooperatives, for the construction or acquisition, operation and
maintenance of generation, transmission and distribution facilities
and all related properties, equipment, machinery, fixtures, and
materials for the purpose of supplying area coverage service,
and thereafter to make loans for the restoration, improvement or
enlargement of such facilities; Provided, That the public service
entity applying for a loan, if neither a cooperative nor a local
government, must be in operation at the time of application;
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(g) To promote, encourage and assist public service entities

and government agencies and corporations having related functions
and purposes, with preference to cooperatives, in planning,
developing, coordinating, establishing, operating, maintaining,
repairing and renovating facilities and systems to supply area
coverage service, and for such purpose to furnish, to the extent
possible and without change therefor, technical and professional
assistance and guidance, information, data and the results of any
investigation, study, or report conducted or made by the NEA;
(h) To approve or disapprove any loan from other lenders

to public service entities which at the time are borrowers from
NEA under sub-paragraphs (f) or (i) of this section, and thereafter,
pursuant to Section 10 (b) to disapprove advances of loans from
other lenders;
(i) To make loans for the purpose of financing the wiring of

premises of persons served or to be served as a result of loans made
under sub-paragraph (f) of this Section, and for the acquisition and
installation by such persons of electrically-powered appliances,
equipment, fixtures and machinery of all kinds for residential,
recreational, commercial, agricultural and industrial uses, such
loans to be made directly (1) to public service entities which have
received loans under sub-paragraph (f) of this section, which entities
shall in turn relend such funds to persons served or to be served by
them, or (2) to any persons served or to be served by public service
entities which have received loans under sub-paragraph (f) of this
section: Provided, That at no time shall the total loans made under
this sub-paragraph (i) to a public service entity and/or to persons
served or to be served by such entity exceed twenty-five (25%) per
centum of the outstanding loans to such entity made under sub-
paragraph (f) of this section;
(j) To so cooperate, coordinate and exchange such

information, studies and reports with, and to seek such cooperation
and coordination from, other departments, agencies and
instrumentalities of the National Government, including the NPC,
as will most effectively conduce to the achievement of the purposes
of this Decree;
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(k) To borrow funds from any source, private or government,

foreign or domestic, and, not inconsistently with section 8, to issue
bonds or other evidences of indebtedness therefor and to secure the
lenders thereof by pledging, sharing or subordinating one or more of
the NEA’s own loan securities;
(l) To receive from cooperatives all articles of incorporation,

amendments, consolidation, merger, conversion and dissolution,
and all certificates of changes in the location of principal offices
and of elections to dissolve, and, upon determining that such are
in conformity with this Decree, to certify the same, to file them
in the records of the NEA, and to maintain a registry of such
filings the provisions of Act No. 1459, as amended, to the contrary
notwithstanding;
(m) To acquire, by purchase or otherwise (including the

right of eminent domain, which is hereby granted to the NEA,
to be exercised in the manner provided by law for the institution
and completion of expropriation proceedings by the National and
local governments), real and physical properties, together with all
appurtenant rights, easements, licenses and privileges, whether or
not the same be already devoted to the public use of generating,
transmitting or distributing electric power and energy, upon NEA’s
determination that such acquisition is necessary to accomplish the
purposes of this Decree and, if such properties be already devoted
to the public use described in the foregoing, that such use will be
better served and accomplished by such acquisition; Provided, That
the power herein granted shall be exercised by the NEA solely as
agent for and on behalf of one or more public service entities which
shall timely receive, own and utilize or replace such properties
for the purpose of furnishing adequate and dependable service on
an area coverage basis, which entity or entities shall then be, or
in connection with the acquisition shall become, borrowers from
the NEA under sub-paragraph (f) of this section; and Provided
further, That the costs of such acquisition, including the cost of any
eminent domain proceedings, shall be borne, either directly or by
reimbursement to the NEA, whichever the NEA shall elect, by the
public service entity or entities on whose behalf the acquisition is
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undertaken; and otherwise to acquire, improve, hold, transfer, sell,

lease, rent, mortgage, encumber and otherwise dispose of property
incident to, or necessary, convenient or proper to carry out, the
purposes for which NEA was created;
(n) At least annually, not later than June 30th, to report to

the President and when the same comes into existence, the Prime
Minister and the National Assembly, on the status of electrification
of the Philippines, including a comprehensive reporting of loans
made, loan funds advanced, loans secured from other sources and
the advances thereof, the names and locations of the borrowers,
the number of services contemplated by such loans, the number
actually receiving service as a result of such loans, the number of
electrified and the remaining number of unelectrified households
throughout the Nation, the amounts of usage by consumers, loan
and other activities programmed for the ensuing year, and all such
other information and data as will accurately reveal the progress
being made toward the achievement of the purposes of this Decree;
and to publish such report for dissemination to and use by other
interested departments, agencies and instrumentalities of the
National Government and by borrowers under this Decree; and
(o) To exercise such powers and do such things as may be

necessary to carry out the business and purposes for which the NEA
was established, or which from time to time may be declared by
the Board of Administrators to be necessary, useful, incidental or
auxiliary to accomplish such purposes; and generally, to exercise all
the powers of a corporation under the Corporation Law insofar as
they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree.
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SEC.13. Supervision over NEA; Power Development

Council. – The NEA shall be under the supervision of the Office of
the President of the Philippines. All orders, rules and regulations
promulgated, and all appointments made by the NEA as well as
transactions subject to the authority and jurisdiction of the NEA
involving more than five hundred thousand (P500,000.00) pesos
shall be subject to the approval of the Office of the President of the
Philippines.
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In order to achieve coordination and cooperation among

different agencies and sectors having to do with electrification and
power development, there is hereby created a Power Development
Council whose Chairman shall be a person or official designated
by the President of the Philippines, and its members shall be the
manager of the NPC, the NEA Administrator, the Director General
of the NEDA, the Chairman of the Board of Power and Waterworks,
a representative of electric cooperatives to be chosen by a national
association of electric cooperatives, and a representative of the
Private sector.
The Council shall have a Secretariat to be headed by an

Executive Secretary and staffed by such number of personnel
as may be determined by the Council. In order to augment the
expertise necessary in the performance of its functions, the council
may secure the detail of personnel, either on a part-time or full-time
basis, as well as other forms of assistance from other government
offices and agencies, including government-owned or controlled
corporations. The qualifications and compensation of the personnel
of the Secretariat shall be determined by the Council, but their
appointment shall be made by the Chairman.
The salaries, expenses, operating expenses and such other

necessary financial outlays for PDC shall be provided for from a
special annual assessment to be determined by the Chairman of
PDC and paid by the NEA and NPC.
The Council shall adopt an integrated plan of electrification

and power development, coordinate the activities and operations of
all sectors involved in electrification, and recommend such policies
and measures to the proper authorities and parties concerned as
it may deem necessary to achieve the total electrification objective
declared in this Decree.
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CHAPTER V – TRANSITORY PROVISIONS
SEC. 62. Existing NEA Continued. – (a) The existing Board

of Administrators of the NEA and the Administrator thereof shall
be the Board of Administrators and Administrator provided for
under this Decree, and their respective terms shall be and continue
as already established.
(b) Any reference to the NEA in any existing law or in any

executive order or proclamation of the President shall, with respect
to any duty or function assumed by the NEA pursuant to said Decree,
be deemed hereafter to have reference to the NEA established under
this Decree;
(c) The properties, assets, rights, chosen in action,

obligations, liabilities, records and contracts of the NEA are
hereby transferred to and are vested in, and assumed by the NEA
established under this Decree;
(d) All personnel of the NEA shall be absorbed and

transferred to the NEA established under this Decree without
demotion in rank nor reduction in salary; and
(e) All on-going projects and/or approved loans of the

NEA established under Republic Act No. 6038 shall be reviewed
by the NEA established under this Decree and, insofar as found
to be economically feasible in accordance with sound management,
engineering and technological standards, shall be continued and
completed on a priority basis.
SEC. 63. Separability of Provisions. – If any provision of

this Decree, or the application of such provision to any person or
circumstance, is declared invalid, the remainder of the Decree or
the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances
shall not be affected by such declaration.
SEC. 64. Effect on Other Acts. – All acts or parts of Acts
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inconsistent herewith are repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 65. Effectivity. This Decree shall take effect
immediately.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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AN ACT CREATING THE IRON AND STEEL AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, national interest and security require that an

adequate supply of iron and steel products at reasonable cost be
readily available at all times for the country’s needs;
WHEREAS, there have been recurrent imbalances between

demand and supply of iron and steel products that necessitate the
orderly regulation of the market;
WHEREAS, excess capacity exists in several sectors of the

iron and steel industry while other sectors suffers from a deficiency
of investment;
WHEREAS, the recurrent shortage and the spiralling cost of

steel products in international markets and excessive dependence of
the country on imports for its steel supplies render it imperative to
explore the backward integration of the steel industry;
WHEREAS, the advance of industrialization in this country

is dependent on the development and the promotion of a strong iron
and steel industry and the increased availability of low-cost steel;

22, 1972, as amended, do hereby order and decree the creation of
the Iron and Steel Authority designed to stimulate the growth and
regulate the orderly development of the iron and steel industry, as
follows:
SECTION 1. Composition. The Iron and Steel Authority

shall be composed of the Chairman of the Board of Investments,
as Chairman, the Secretary of National Defense, the Secretary of
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Finance, the Secretary of Trade, the Central Bank Governor, and the
Chairman of the Development Bank of the Philippines or their duly
designated permanent representatives, and two representatives
from the private sector, one of whom shall represent the primary
steel manufacturers and the other to represent the secondary
manufacturers of steel products, to be appointed by the President,
as members. The Secretariat of the Authority shall be provided by
the Board of Investments.
The Authority shall constitute itself immediately and shall

exist for a period of five years from the date of this decree.
SEC. 2. Objectives. – The Authority shall have the following

objectives:
a) to strengthen the iron and steel industry of the

Philippines and to expand the domestic and export markets for the
products of the industry;
b) to promote the consolidation, integration and

rationalization of the industry in order to increase industry capability
and viability to service the domestic market and to compete in
international markets;
c) to rationalize the marketing and distribution of steel

products in order to achieve a balance between demand and supply
of iron and steel products for the country and to ensure that industry
prices and profits are at levels that provide a fair balance between
the interests of investors, consumers, suppliers, and the public at
large;
d) to promote full utilization of the existing capacity of
the industry, to discourage investment in excess capacity, and in
coordination with appropriate government agencies, to encourage
capital investment in priority areas of the industry;
e) to assist the industry in securing adequate and low-cost

supplies of raw materials and to reduce the excessive dependence of
the country on imports of iron and steel.
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SEC. 3. Sectors Covered. – For the purpose of carrying

out the foregoing objectives, the following sectors of iron and steel
industry shall be subject to whatever regulations the Authority may
deem to impose:
a) the import and export of iron and steel products and

major raw materials;
b) the accumulation and distribution of iron and steel

scrap;
c) all forms of primary iron-and-steel-making, including

blast furnace/basic oxygen furnace operations, electric and furnace
and open hearth operations and direct reduction processing;
d) with respect to capacity installation only, of foundries

for all types of iron and steel; steel fabrication and welding
operations; steel forming operations, steel forging and die-stamping
or pressing operations, machining and metal-cutting of iron and
steel products;
e) the manufacture and supply of fluxes, additions and

alloying elements used in iron-and-steel-making, such as ferro
alloys, welding electrodes;
f) all rolling mill operations for steel products, including

hot and cold reduction mills, blooming and bar mills, and structural
mills;
g) finishing operations for steel products such as

galvanizing, tinning, and drawing, pipe-and-tube-forming, slitting
and shearing, cold forming;
h) all marketing and distribution operations of the above

sectors.
SEC. 4. Powers and Functions. – The Authority shall have

the following powers and functions:
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a) to require firms to obtain its approval before entering

into any commitments to expand, modernize and/or modify facilities
for iron and steel making and/or processing when the expenditure
involved may exceed P1 million and in coordination with appropriate
government agencies to, require firms within the industry to register
commitments which would involve foreign currency expenditures of
more than $50,000;
b) to make recommendations on import and export

limitations, tariffs, taxes, subsidies or anti-dumping measures
affecting the industry;
c) under conditions of acute market shortage or surplus

of steel products, plan the establishment and enforcement of sales
quotas, distribution areas and such other marketing regulations as
it may deem necessary 1) to re-establish a balance between demand
and supply on the domestic or export markets; 2) to allocate demand
in an equitable, orderly and efficient manner among the firms
servicing the market; and 3) to maintain stability until such time as
the market imbalance is corrected;
d) to assist in the setting up of marketing outlets for steel

products and other related construction materials;
e) whenever price adjustments for raw materials or

products of iron and steel cause undue hardships or disagreements
among sectors of the industry, their consumers or suppliers, to call
together representatives of the affected parties and government
agencies concerned in order to arrive at a satisfactory consensus; if
it deems so necessary, to establish fair and reasonable selling prices
at different levels of distribution and to call on the appropriate
government agencies for assistance in enforcing the established
prices;
f) to require the firms in the industry to conform to

established standards, including standards on weights and
measures, product quality control, and pollution control;
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g) to require any firm in the industry to secure its

approval before acquiring or negotiating a loan or a guarantee from
a government financial institution, the Philippine Government or
any of its agencies;
h) to recommend to the appropriate authorities such policies

and measures as may be necessary to stimulate the expansion of the
market for the industry;
i) to negotiate, and when necessary, to enter into contracts

for and in behalf of the government, for the bulk purchase of materials,
supplies or services for any sectors in the industry, and to maintain
inventories of such materials in order to insure a continuous and
adequate supply thereof and thereby reduce operating costs of such
sector;
j) to initiate expropriation of land required for basic

iron and steel facilities for subsequent resale and/or lease to the
companies involved if it is shown that such use of the State’s power
is necessary to implement the construction of capacity which is
needed for the attainment of the objectives of the Authority;
k) to plan, organize, implement and control the backward

integration of the steel industry;
l) to organize and implement programs for manpower

development to benefit the industry, in coordination with the
appropriate government agencies, public or private educational
institutions, and private firms:
m) to negotiate with its counterparts in other ASEAN

countries for the rationalization, complementation and integration
of the iron and steel industry in the region;
n) to organize and/or implement programs in coordination,

with appropriate government agencies for the surveying, exploration
and development of iron ore, coal and other deposits that are utilized
as raw materials for the industry; to negotiate with sources from
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other countries to secure for the industry adequate, high-grade, and

long-term supplies of such materials at the lowest cost and most
advantageous terms possible;
o) to promote product development, new uses and new

applications for iron and steel products; to arrange for financial and
technical support for product research and commercial development
of iron and steel products undertaken by firms in the industry and
other entities;
p) to inspect inventories of firms in the industry and, during

periods of market shortage, to regulate or confiscate inventories in
order to alleviate the shortage;
q) whenever necessary to achieve its objectives and to

carry out its functions, to require firms in the industry to submit
data on costs, sales, production, deliveries and inventories;
r) to conduct studies on the status and problems of the

industry and to maintain comprehensive statistical records and for
this purpose, to require any person or entity to submit to it such
data, information, papers or documents it may deem necessary;
s) to prescribe and enforce in compliance with such rules

and regulations as may be necessary to implement the intent and
provisions of the Decree, which rules and regulations shall take
effect immediately following their publication in two newspapers of
general circulation in the Philippines;
t) to conduct investigation, hearing and inquiry and for

this purpose, to issue subpoena and subpoena duces tecum to compel
the attendance of witnesses and the production of the necessary
papers and documents;
u) to perform such other acts as may be necessary or

conducive to the exercise of its functions and powers and the
discharge of its duties under this Decree.
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Sec. 8. Repealing Clause. – Any provision of law, decrees,

or executive orders, instructions, rules, regulations or circulars
inconsistent with this decree is hereby repealed or modified
accordingly: Provided, That all the powers and functions of the
Presidential Steel Committee are hereby transferred to the
Authority.
This Decree shall take effect immediately after its

publication.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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ESTABLISHING A COCONUT CONSUMERS STABILIZATION

FUND
WHEREAS, an escalating crisis brought about by an

abnormal situation in the world market for fats and oils has resulted
in supply and price dislocations in the domestic market for coconut-
based consumer goods, and has created hardships for consumers
thereof;
WHEREAS, the representatives of the coconut industry,

considering their social and moral responsibilities in this respect
have proposed the implementation of an industry-financed
stabilization scheme which will permit socialized pricing of coconut-
based commodities;
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the State to promote the

welfare and economic well-being of the consuming public;

September 21, 1972 and General Order No. 1, dated September 22,
1972, as amended, do hereby decree that:
1. In addition to its powers granted under Presidential

Decree No. 232, the Philippine Coconut Authority is hereby
authorized to formulate and immediately implement a stabilization
scheme for coconut-based consumer goods, along the following
general guidelines:
(a) A levy, initially, of P15.00 per 100 kilograms of copra

resecada or its equivalent in other coconut products, shall be imposed
on every first sale, in accordance with the mechanics established
under RA 6260, effective at the start of business hours on August
10,1973.
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The proceeds from the levy shall be deposited with the

Philippine National Bank or any other government bank to the
account of the Coconut Consumers Stabilization Fund, as a separate
trust fund which shall not form part of the general fund of the
government.
(b) The Fund shall be utilized to subsidize the sale of

coconut-based products at prices set by the Price Control Council,
under rules and regulations to be promulgated by the Philippine
Consumers Stabilization Committee, which is hereby created, to be
composed of the following:
1. The Undersecretary of Agriculture and Natural

Resources as Chairman;
2. The Chairman of the Price Control Council, or his duly

authorized representatives;
3. The Undersecretary of Trade, or his duly authorized

representative;
4. A representative of the Secretary of National Defense;
5. The President of the Philippine Coconut Producers

Federation; or the Federation’s duly authorized representative;
6. The Chairman of the United Coconut Associations of the

Philippines, or the Association’s duly authorized representative;
7. The President of the Philippine Coconut Oil Producer’s

Association, or the Association’s duly authorized representative;
8. The President of the Philippine Copra Exporter’s

Association, or the Association’s duly authorized representative;
and
9. A representative of the coconut oil refineries.
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(c) To the extent delegated by the Philippine Coconut

Authority, the Coconut Consumer’s Stabilization Committee shall
have the following powers and functions:
1. To determine the base price of the raw materials, on

which to set the subsidy;
2. To review and revise when necessary the amount of the

levy imposed. It is understood, however, that when the price of copra
equals the authorized base price, the collection of the levy shall be
suspended automatically.
3. To establish a monitoring system to ascertain that a

steady and adequate supply of the subsidized products is distributed
at socialized prices; and to issue subpoena and subpoena duces tecum
whenever required for effective monitoring and investigation as to
compliance with its promulgations;
4. To order the payment of the subsidy;
5. To establish a Secretariat, headed by an Executive

Director, who shall attend to the day-to-day business and affairs
of the Committee, and provide for the Secretariat’s operating
expenses;
6. To call on any government agency or entity to assist it in

carrying out this Decree and the promulgations made thereunder;
and
7. To perform such other duties and functions in furtherance

of this Decree.
2. The collection of the Stabilization Fund Levy and the

existence of the Stabilization Committee shall terminate after
one year or earlier, provided the crisis for which the measure was
instituted no longer exists as determined by the Philippine Coconut
Authority, whereupon any balance remaining of the Fund shall
immediately revert to and form part of the Coconut Investment
Fund constituted under RA 6260.
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3. Any person or firm who violates any provision of this

Decree or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
shall, in addition to penalties already prescribed under existing
administrative and special law, pay a fine of not less than P2,500 or
more than P10,000, or suffer cancellation of licenses to operate, or
both, at the discretion of the Court.
4. All laws, executive and administrative orders, rules and

regulations inconsistent with the foregoing provisions are hereby
repealed or amended accordingly.
5. If any provision of this Decree is held unconstitutional,

the same shall apply only to that provision and the remainder hereof
remains valid.
6. This Decree shall take effect immediately.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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INSTITUTING A NATIONAL REFERENCE CARD SYSTEM AND

CREATING THEREFOR THE NATIONAL REGISTRATION
COORDINATING COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, there is a pressing need for the government to

establish a system of positive identification of all Filipino citizens and
foreign nationals in the Philippines, a system essential to insuring
national security and affording convenience in the transaction of
official business with government and private offices and agencies;
WHEREAS, the various identification systems currently

in existence are generally agency-oriented, specific in purpose and
non- complementary;
WHEREAS, among the objectives of such a National

Reference Card System would be the replacement of all existing
identification systems currently prescribed by government agencies
to afford convenience to the general public.

President of the Philippines by virtue of the powers in me vested
by the Constitutions as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
September 21, 1972, Proclamation No. 1104 dated January 17,
1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, in order
to achieve the aforesaid objectives, do hereby decree that:
1. All citizens of the Republic of the Philippines shall be

assigned a Reference Number and issued a National Reference Card
in a manner prescribed by the National Registration Coordinating
Committee;
2. Citizens or nationals of foreign countries resident in

the Philippines shall likewise be assigned a Reference Number and
issued a National Reference Card in the manner prescribed by the
National Registration Coordinating Committee:
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3. The National Reference Card shall serve as the official

identification of the person to whom it is issued;
4. The penalty of imprisonment from five to ten years shall

be imposed upon and offender found guilty of any of the following
acts or omissions:
(a) The willful submission of or causing to be submitted a

fictitious name and other false data in the application form for a
National Reference Card by any person;
(b) The unauthorized printing, preparation or issuance of a

National Reference Card by any person;
(c) Willful falsification, mutilation, alteration of or

tampering with a National Reference Card by any person;
(d) The use of unauthorized possession of a National

Reference Card by any person other than the one to whom it was
issued or the possession of a fake, falsified or altered National
Reference Card; and
(e) Willful failure to apply for and secure National Reference

Card as prescribed by the National Registration Coordinating
Committee.
5. There is hereby created a National Registration

Coordinating Committee composed of the following or their
respective representatives;
The Secretary Department of Local Chairman

Governments and Community
Development
The Secretary Department of National Co-Chairman

Defense
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The Secretary Department of Member

Education and Culture
The Chairman Commission on Election Member
The Director Bureau of the Census and Member

Statistics
The Commissioner Bureau of Internal Member

Revenue
The Commissioner Commission on Member

Immigration and Deportation
The Managing Director National Member

Computer Center
6. The National Registration Coordinating Committee is

hereby designated and authorized to prescribed rules and regulations
for the effective implementation of this Decree.
7. Repealing Clause. – All laws, executive orders, rules or

regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this decree
Done in the City of Manila this 24th day of August, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE “DESIGN CENTER PHILIPPINES” TO DEVELOP,

PROMOTE AND ENHANCE THE PRODUCT DESIGN OF
ALL PHILIPPINE PRODUCTS AND HANDICRAFT
WHEREAS, it is the avowed policy of the Government to

promote and increase export trade, particularly of products which are
made out of indigenous raw materials and are of high labor content,
in order to increase the foreign exchange earnings of the country
and broaden the base of entrepreneurship and employment;
WHEREAS, Philippine-manufactured products, including

cottage, small scale, and medium size industries products from
indigenous raw materials, are mostly labor intensive;
WHEREAS, export of Philippine products have manifested

a high market potential, particularly cottage industry products,
as shown in 1971 when cottage industry exports gained the sixth
position among the Philippines’ ten top exports, from its tenth
position in 1967, and small scale and medium size industries now
have high priority in the development of industries with high export
potentials;
WHEREAS, in the export of Philippine-manufactured

products, including cottage, small scale and medium size industries
products, the area of product design poses a problem, among others,
due to its limited adaptability or lack of it, to meet the practical and
aesthetic taste of the foreign market, even as it should be expressive
of Philippine culture; and
WHEREAS, the development, promotion and enhancement

of the product design of Philippine manufactured products, including
cottage, small scale and medium size industries products, could be
best achieved through a directed, specific and organized effort for the
purpose, under circumstances most conducive to art and creativity;

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as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and

pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, and
General Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, in order to effect the
desired reforms in the social, economic and political structure of the
country, do hereby order and decree:
SECTION 1. To promote the policy enunciated in this

Decree, there is hereby created under the Department of Trade
a government entity to be known as “Design Center Philippines”
hereinafter referred to as the “Center,” with offices in the City of
Manila.
SEC. 2. The Center shall have the following functions:
(a) To create, develop, promote and enhance the product

design of all Philippine-manufactured products, including cottage,
small scale and medium size industries products;
(b) To develop, promote and enhance product adaptability

of all Philippine-manufactured products, particularly cottage, small
scale and medium size industries products;
(c) To develop and maintain a creative research and

development program on product design and product adaptability of
Philippine- manufactured products, including cottage, small scale
and medium size industries products;
(d) To develop and promote the minor and applied arts, the
traditional and contemporary crafts, the appreciation for beauty
and skill and the training of artisans and craftmen to bring about
cooperative efforts among artists, craftsmen and producers in
cottage, small scale and medium size industries;
(e) To coordinate all functions related to product design

and product adaptability that are undertaken by all other agencies
both government and private;
(f) To specify, approve or otherwise regulate the product

design of all Philippine-manufactured products, particularly
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cottage, small scale and medium size industries products, intended

for export; and
(g) To promulgate such rules and regulations as are

necessary to carry out the provisions of this decree.
SEC. 3. The powers and functions of the Center shall be

vested in a Board which shall be composed of nine members, as
follows: the Secretary of Trade, as Chairman; the Chairman of
the Board of Investments, as Vice-Chairman; the Secretary of
Tourism, the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, the Administrator
of the National Cottage Industries Development Authority, the
Director General of the National Manpower and Youth Council, the
Executive Director of the Center, as ex officio members thereof; and
two members from the private sector who shall be citizens of the
Philippines, of good moral character and of recognized competence
in any of the fields of economics, trade, or the arts, to be appointed
by the President of the Philippines, upon recommendation of the
Chairman of the Board.
The presence of five members shall constitute a quorum

and all decisions of the Board shall require the concurrence of the
majority of such quorum. The representatives of the private sector
shall receive a per diem of fifty pesos for every meeting attended,
but the total thereof shall not exceed one thousand pesos a month.
The ex officio members shall receive commutable representation and
travelling allowances not to exceed one thousand pesos a month.
SEC. 4. The Center shall have an Executive Director, who

shall be appointed by the President. He shall execute, administer and
implement the policies, plans and measures approved by the Board
and perform such functions as may be necessary to carry out specific
responsibilities in connection with said plans and measures.
A quarterly report of the accomplishments of the Center shall

be submitted by the Executive Director to the Board. The Board
shall submit an annual report to the President of the Philippines on
the fiscal year basis, not later than one month after the end of each
fiscal year.
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SEC. 5. To carry out the provision of this Decree, the

Center shall be initially funded, for the Fiscal Year ending June
30, 1974, with the sum of one million two hundred fifty thousand
pesos, contributed as follows: the sum of five hundred thousand
pesos from the unprogrammed appropriation of the Department
of Trade; four hundred thousand pesos from the unprogrammed
appropriation of the National Cottage Industries Development
Authority (NACIDA); two hundred fifty thousand pesos from the
unprogrammed appropriation of the National Manpower and Youth
Council; and one hundred thousand pesos from the unprogrammed
appropriation of the Department of Tourism; and such sums as may
be thereafter appropriated out of the funds of the National Treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. 6. The Center shall be staffed by administrative

personnel to be appointed by the Executive Director subject to the
approval of the Board and in accordance with the Civil Service
Law, and the Rules and Regulations of the Wage and Position
Classification Office. The services of technical personnel, including
consultants, shall be contracted for by the Executive Director subject
to the approval of the Board, on the basis of competence, integrity
and honesty.
The Center may call upon any official, agent, employee,

agency or instrumentality of the Government for staff or any other
assistance that may be deemed necessary to carry out the purposes
of this Decree and said agency or instrumentality of the Government
shall, with the approval of the Office of the President, assign the
official, agent or employee to the Center or provide the assistance
requested by it.
SEC. 7. Any person violating any provision of this Decree

or of the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall, upon
conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction, suffer the penalty of
imprisonment of not less than six months nor more than five years
or a fine of not less than two thousand pesos nor more than twenty
thousand pesos, or both, at the discretion of the court: Provided,
That if the offender is a corporation, firm, partnership or association,
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the penalty shall be imposed upon the guilty officer or officers, as

the case may be, of the corporation, firm or association, and if such
guilty officer or officers are aliens, in addition to the penalties herein
prescribed, or they shall be deported without further proceedings on
the part of the Commission of Immigration and Deportation.
SEC. 8. This Decree shall take effect immediately after

publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general
circulation in the country.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING A PASIG RIVER DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL TO

OVERSEE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PASIG
RIVER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND PROVIDING
THE COUNCIL WITH THE POWER TO ADMINISTER
THE PASIG RIVER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TRUST
ACCOUNT
WHEREAS, it is the declared policy of the Government to

protect and transform the human environment in order to bring
about accelerated socio-economic development as well as the
opportunity to enhance the quality of life of the greater number of
Filipinos;
WHEREAS, the development plan takes into account the

efficient management and optimum utilization of all the natural
ecosystems such as the bodies of water that run through and across
our lands;
WHEREAS, the Pasig River which is a major determinant of

the complex of human activities in the country must be safeguarded
for the benefit of the present and future generations of Filipinos
through careful planning and management;
WHEREAS, the discharge of harmful substances and the

release of heat into the river, the lack of control over the use of
the water-ways and the continued presence of obstructions have
adversely affected the Pasig River as a tool for development;
WHEREAS, it has become imperative to adopt an integrated

and coordinated approach to the development planning and
implementation of Pasig River Development Program requiring
the exertion of effort of everyone, government and private sectors
alike;

President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me
as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines
and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972,
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as amended, do hereby promulgate this Decree creating a Pasig

River Development Council, with the Executive Secretary as the
overall Coordinator, personally entrusted with the duty to integrate
and oversee the functions and activities of both the government
sector, as represented by the Council and the private sector who
shall form a similar counterpart Council.
The abovementioned Council shall be composed of the

following officials to represent the government sector:
The Secretary, Department of Chairman

Public Works, Transportation &
Communications
The Secretary, Department of Tourism Member
The Director, Bureau of Public Works Member
The Commissioner, Bureau of Public Member

Highways
The Director, Bureau of Lands Member
The Flag Officer-in-Command, Member

Philippine Navy
The Commandant, Philippine Coast Member

Guard
The Commissioner, National Water & Member

Air Pollution Control Commission
The Officer in Charge, Presidential Member

Assistant on Housing & Resettlement
Agency
The Director, Bureau of Cooperatives Member

The Governor, Rizal Province Member
The Mayor, City of Manila Member
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The Council will provide continuing direction for the

integrated development planning of the Pasig River, and for the
sustained and coordinated implementation of the incentives and
police powers as promulgated in Presidential Decree 274 and all
projects that may be approved in connection with the beautification,
improvement and gainful utilization of its facilities as promulgated
in Presidential Decree 274.
The Council shall work in close association and coordination

with the Chairman of the Environmental Center of the Philippines
in order to ensure the proper ordinal ranking of priorities in
undertaking the integrated development of Pasig River.
Furthermore, the Council shall administer the Trust Fund

Account created by the President and embodied in the aforementioned
Presidential Decree 274 and deposited in the National Treasury to
finance the Pasig River Development Program.
The Council shall establish a technical staff to assist it in the

performance of its functions, and shall avail of the services, including
personnel and other necessary resources, of all departments,
bureaus, offices, agencies and instrumentalities and all government-
owned and controlled corporations, that it may need.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF A PHILIPPINE AEROSPACE

DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, in order to maximize the national utility

of the aviation and aerospace industry, a definite policy for its
rationalization has become imperative;
WHEREAS, such a rationalization calls for a positive

government participation in development project for study and
research in and assembly and manufacture of appropriate aircraft
or devices and for the improvement of existing facilities for technical
and maintenance support for such aircraft or devices;
WHEREAS, government initiative in and control of the

industry in aircraft assembly and manufacture and technical, repair
and maintenance support facilities shall result in substantial savings
of valuable foreign exchange reserves and optimum utilization of
skilled manpower in the country;
WHEREAS, the public utility and public service elements of

the industry can, thus, be enhanced by standardized and modernized
flight and ground equipment and a reasonable fare structure that
shall allow air travel for a larger segment of the population;
WHEREAS, such a government venture shall best serve the

interests of national security and facilitate the performance of other
governmental functions, such as mail service, relief and other civic
undertakings;
WHEREAS, a modernized and reliable aircraft technical

repair and maintenance support system and a developed air craft
assembly and manufacture industry shall likewise respond to the
market demands of neighboring countries in Southeast Asia;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, by virtue

of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as Commander-in-
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Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to

Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972 and General
Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, as amended, and in order to
effect the desired changes and reforms in the social and economic
structure of our society, do hereby decree and order the creation
and organization of a body corporate and politic to be known as the
Philippine Aerospace Development Corporation, in accordance with
the following:
SECTION 1. The Philippine Aerospace Development

Corporation, hereinafter referred to as the Corporation, shall be
governed by this Decree and its by-laws, as authorized hereunder,
and shall have succession for a period of fifty years from and after
the date of the approval of this Decree. The principal office of the
Corporation shall be in the City of Manila.
1. To undertake all manner of activity, business or

development projects for the establishment of a reliable aviation
and aerospace industry, including the assembly and manufacture of
all forms of aircraft, device, equipment or contraption and studies or
researches for innovations and improvement thereon.
2. To engage in the maintenance, repair/overhaul, and

modification of aerospace and associated flight and ground equipment
and components thereof in order to provide technical services and
overhaul support to the Philippine Air Force, the national airline,
foreign airline companies, foreign air forces and to the aviation
industry in general.
SEC. 2. Powers of the Corporation. – In order to accomplish

the foregoing corporate purposes, the Corporation shall be vested
with the following powers:
1. To prepare the corporate by-laws;
2. To carry on any other lawful business whatsoever in

pursuance of or in connection with the foregoing primary purposes;
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3. To enter into, make and perform and carry out contracts

of every kind and description for the foregoing corporate purposes
with any person, firm, association or corporation; to have one or
more officers in and outside of the Philippines, and to conduct its
business and exercise its powers throughout and in any part of the
Republic of the Philippines and/or in any and all foreign countries,
states and territories;
4. To hold public agricultural lands and mineral lands in

excess of the areas permitted to private corporations, associations
and persons by the laws of the Philippines for a period not exceeding
twenty-five years, renewable by the President of the Philippines for
another twenty-five years.
5. To acquire, hold, mortgage and alienate personal and

real property in the Philippines or elsewhere;
6. To purchase, hold, alienate, mortgage, pledge or

otherwise dispose of the shares of the capital stock of, or any bond,
security, of other corporations or associations of this or any other
country; and while the owner of said stock to exercise all the rights
of ownership, including the right to vote thereon;
7. To execute any and all acts which a partnership or a

natural person is authorized to perform under the laws now existing
or which may hereafter be enacted; and
8. To perform such other acts as it may deem appropriate

for the proper enforcement of this Decree.
SEC. 3. Capital Stock. The initial authorized capital stock

of the Corporation shall be Fifty Million (P50,000,000.00) Pesos,
divided into five hundred thousand shares, having a par value of
one hundred (P100.00) pesos no share of stock shall be transferred
at less than par.
Such Capital stock shall be subscribed to, paid for and voted
upon as follows:
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(a) The amount of ten million (P10,000,000.00) pesos shall

be subscribed and paid for by the Government of the Republic of
the Philippines and for which purpose, said amount is hereby set
aside and appropriated from the proceeds of the General Fund not
otherwise appropriated.
(b) The amount of twenty million (P20,000,000.00)

shall be subscribed and paid for by the Development Bank of the
Philippines.
(c) The amount of twenty million (P20,000,000.00) pesos

shall be offered for subscription to domestic and foreign investors.
Twenty five per centum of the value of all stock subscribed

under paragraphs (b) and (c) shall be paid for at the time of
subscription, and the balance thereof shall be subject to call upon
a majority vote of the Board of Directors, with the approval of the
Chairman.
The voting power pertaining to stock subscribed by the

Government of the Republic of the Philippines shall be vested in the
President or in such person or persons as he may designate.
The voting power pertaining to stock subscribed by the

government financial institutions under paragraph (b) shall be
vested in the Chairman, Board of Governors.
Each share of stock shall represent one vote and any

agreement, contract, arrangement, scheme or plan that shall
transfer voting rights to any person other than the stockholders is
prohibited.
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SEC. 7. Exemptions from tax and customs duties. The

Corporation shall be exempt from all national, provincial, municipal
and city taxes and assessments now in force or hereafter established
for a period of five (5) years from the date it commences operations.
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The importation by the Corporation of all such equipment,

materials, devices and other items to be used or necessary for the
purposes authorized under this Decree shall be fully exempt from
all customs duties and all other taxes, assessments and charges
related to such importation.

approval. The Chairman of the Board, shall within thirty (30) days
from the date of his appointment, call for an organizational meeting
of the Board in order that corporate business may immediately be
commenced.
Done in the City of Manila, this 5th day of September, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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AMENDING SECTION 24 OF THE JUDICIARY ACT, AS

AMENDED
WHEREAS, the enlarged jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals

and the number of cases now directly appealable thereto from city
and municipal courts have considerably increased the number of
cases appealed to the Court;
WHEREAS, under the new Constitution, the Court of

Appeals is required to decide cases within 12 months from date of
submission;
WHEREAS, the backlog of pending cases in the Court of

Appeals will mount unless its membership is increased; and
WHEREAS, there is also a need to delete the statutory mode

(impeachment) by which the members of the Court of Appeals may
be disciplined because it conflicts with Article X, Section 7, of the
Constitution;

1972, as amended, do hereby further amend Section twenty-four of
Republic Act numbered two hundred and ninety-six, as amended to
read as follows:
“Sec. 24. The Court of Appeals. – The Courts of Appeals

of the Philippines shall consist of a Presiding Justice and thirty-
five Associate Justices who shall be appointed by the President
of the Philippines. The Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals
shall be so designated in his Commission, and the other Justices
of the Court shall have precedence according to the dates of their
respective commissions, or when the commission of two or more of
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them shall bear the same date, according to the order in which their
commissions have been issued by the President of the Philippines :
Provided, however, That any member of the Court of Appeals who
has been reappointed to that court after rendering service in any
other branch of the government shall retain the precedence to which
he is entitled under his original appointment and his service in the
court shall, to all intents and purposes, be considered as continuous
and uninterruped.
“The Court of Appeals shall, as a body, sit en banc but it may

sit in twelve divisions of three Justices each. The twelve divisions
may sit at the same time.”


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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ORGANIZING THE NATIONAL SOCIAL ACTION COUNCIL

(NASAC) CREATED UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER NO.
182-A, AS AMENDED, AS A BODY CORPORATE, DEFINING
ITS FUNCTIONS AND PROVIDING GOVERNMENT
ASSISTANCE THERETO
WHEREAS, in an ever increasing awareness of their

responsibilities in social and economic development and in response
to the challenge of building a New Society, the ecumenical faiths and
the private sector are sharing more fully their goodwill, their efforts,
and their resources with the Government of the Philippines;
WHEREAS, in the pursuit of their respective developmental

programs, the Government, the ecumenical faiths, and the
private sector realize the need of collaboration and cooperation,
while maintaining and respecting their respective roles and
responsibilities;
WHEREAS, one effective means of involving and of making

the citizenry co-responsible in the task of nation-building is through
continuing and effective public consultations in the formulation of
Government development plans and policies;
WHEREAS, it is now essential that the National Social

Action Council (NASAC) as the body originally created to make
such consultations with the Government possible, should acquire
the juridical personality and the powers necessary for it to become
fully operative in the cause of national development;

of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated 21
September 1972, do hereby decree that:
SECTION 1. Executive Order No. 182-A is hereby amended

by making it a body corporate, with the following major functions
and powers:
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1. To effect and implement the articulation, cultivation,

development, and dissemination of common national goals
and strategies in social and economic development among the
Government, the ecumenical faiths, and the private sector;
2. To act as a national and local advisory and consultative

council to Government, church and private sectors in their various
programs and projects;
3. To organize national trisectoral bodies for socio-

economic development, so as to effect implementation, integration
and coordination of projects and activities among the Government,
the ecumenical faiths and the private sector in the national and
local levels;
4. To implement and coordinate the undertaking of

selected projects and activities in social and economic development,
to achieve optimum results out of the concerted efforts and resources
of the three sectors;
5. To create a common fund out of such resources as can

be made available from the Government, the church and private
sectors to attain the goals of this decree. For this purpose, NASAC
is hereby authorized to initiate fund campaigns and conduct benefit
shows or programs and other fund raising activities in order to
maintain this common fund, which shall be utilized to finance socio-
economic programs of the above-named three sectors; and
6. To enlist the support and cooperation of any government

department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality, and to
perform such other duties as may be necessary for the success of its
undertakings.
SEC. 2. The members of the Council shall be those

enumerated under Executive Order No. 182-A, as amended, and the
heads of such other church and private organizations or government
Agencies as the Council may deem fit to elect.
SEC. 3. The National Social Action Council (NASAC) shall

have perpetual succession and shall have all legal powers to sue and
be sued; to contract and be contracted with; to hold real and personal
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property as may be necessary for corporate purposes; to accept

and receive real and personal property by gift, device or bequest;
to levy and collect membership dues and special assessments from
its members; to adopt a seal and alter the same at pleasure; to
have offices and conduct its affairs in the Greater Manila Area and
elsewhere; and generally to do all such acts and things as may be
necessary or proper to carry into effect and promote the purposes for
which it was organized.
SEC. 4. As a civic organization created by law, all donations

or contributions which may be made by private entities or persons
to the National Social Action (NASAC) shall be exempt from income
and gift taxes, and the same shall further be deductible in full
and shall not be included for purposes of computing the maximum
amount deductible under Section 30, paragraph (h), of the National
Internal Revenue Code, as amended.
SEC. 5. There is hereby appropriated annually the sum of

two hundred fifty thousand pesos (P250,000) out of the funds of the
National Treasury as the share of the Government in the total fund
requirements of the NASAC projects.
SEC. 6. The Council shall adopt its own rules and regulations to
govern its organization in accordance with the purpose of this Decree.

the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.

BY THE PRESIDENT:
(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA

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CREATING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL OIL COMPANY,

DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING
WHEREAS, inspite of the planned accelerated power

development program using indigenous resources and the planned
institution of conservation measures, the country will still be highly
dependent on oil for a considerable length of time;
WHEREAS, it is imperative for the government to take a

more active role in assuring adequate supply of oil by reducing the
element of uncertainty on sources of crude oil supply.
WHEREAS, international political development in 1973

which led to an oil situation of crisis proportions have emphasized
the need for such government activity; and
WHEREAS, there is a compelling need for the government

to embark on measures which will help insure stable supply of
petroleum products in order to sustain the growth of the economy
and of the social well-being of the nation;

September 21, 1972 and General Order No. 1 dated September 22,
1972, as amended, do hereby order and decree, as part of the law of
the land, the following:
SECTION 1. Short Title. – This decree shall be known as the

“Charter of the Philippine National Oil Company.”
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is the declared policy of

the State to promote industrial and over-all economic development
through the effective and efficient utilization of energy sources,
including oil and oil-based resources. In line with this policy, the
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establishment of an organized entity is necessary in order to assure

adequate supply of oil and oil products to all users and consequently
to enable the unimpeded and efficient growth of the economy.
SEC. 3. Creation, Name, Domicile and Term. – There is

hereby created a body corporate to be known as the Philippine
National Oil Company, hereinafter referred to as the “Company,”
which shall undertake and transact the corporate business relative
primarily to oil or petroleum operations as defined hereunder, and
for that purpose, the Company shall have capacity to sue and be
sued.
“Oil or Petroleum Operation” shall include actual exploration,

production, refining, tankerage and/or shipping, storage, transport,
marketing, and related activities concerning oil and petroleum
products.
The principal office of the Company shall be determined

by its Board of Directors. It may establish such offices, agencies,
subsidiaries, branches or correspondents in the Philippines or
abroad as its business operations would require.
The Company shall have a term of fifty (50) years from the
issuance hereof, which shall be deemed renewed for an equal period
unless sooner dissolved by law.
SEC. 4. Purposes. – The Company shall have the following

purposes:
(a) To provide and maintain an adequate and stable supply

of oil and petroleum products for the domestic requirement;
(b) To promote the exploration, exploitation and

development of local oil and petroleum sources; and
(c) To foster oil or petroleum operation conditions conducive

to a balanced and sustainable growth of the company.
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SEC. 5. Powers and Functions of the Company. – The

Company shall have the following powers and functions:
(a) To undertake, by itself or otherwise, exploration,

exploitation and development of all areas of oil or petroleum deposits
in the country, including surveys and activities related thereto;
(b) To establish, maintain, control and direct in any

area within the national territory as it may deem appropriate, a
petroleum base territory and construct, install or maintain therein
duty-free ports adequate for the use of vessels engaged in offshore
oil drilling operations, airports sufficient for direct service flights,
telecommunications center and ship-to-shore communications
facilities, provide electric power and fresh water supply, and perform
such other acts as it may deem necessary and advantageous or
convenient to such operations;
(c) To lease, at reasonable rates, to private domestic entities

or persons such portion or portions of the petroleum base, including
facilities therein, under its administration, as may be necessary
for warehousing, logistical centers for the storage of oil drilling
and oil well supplies, fabrication of offshore drilling components
and structures, mechanical repair facilities and the like; spaces for
the office, habitation and recreational requirements of personnel
directly engaged in offshore oil drilling and in manning the various
logistical support operations and their immediate dependents;
(d) To undertake all other forms of petroleum or oil

operations;
(e) To enter into contracts, with or without public bidding,

with any person or entity, domestic or foreign, and with governments
for the undertaking of the varied aspects of oil or petroleum operation,
including the acquisition, by way of purchase, lease or rent or other
deferred payment arrangements of equipment and/or raw materials
and supplies, as well as for services connected therewith under such
terms and conditions as it may deem proper and reasonable;
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(f) To borrow money from local and foreign sources as may

be necessary for its operations;
(g) To invest its funds as it may deem proper and necessary

in any activity related to oil or petroleum operations, including in
any bonds or securities issued and guaranteed by the Government
of the Philippines;
(h) To purchase, hold, alienate, mortgage, pledge or

otherwise dispose of the shares of the capital stock of, or any bond,
security of other corporations or associations of this or any other
country; and while the owner of said stock, to exercise all the rights
of ownership, including the right to veto thereon;
(i) To hold lands and acquire rights over mineral lands in

and persons by statute;
(j) To engage in export and import business of oil or

petroleum and its derivatives, as well as in related activities;
(k) To acquire assets, real or personal, or interests therein,

and encumber or otherwise dispose the same as it may deem proper
and necessary in the conduct of its business;
(l) Subject to existing regulations, if it deems necessary,

to establish and maintain such communication system, whether by
radio, telegraph or any other manner, without the need of a separate
franchise therefor;
(m) To determine its organizational structure, and the

number and salaries of its officers and employees;
(n) To establish and maintain offices, branches, agencies,

subsidiaries, correspondents or other units anywhere as may be
needed by the Company and reorganize or abolish the same as it
may deem proper;
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(o) To exercise the right of eminent domain as may be

necessary for the purpose for which the Company is created;
(p) Subject to payment of the proper amount, to enter

private lands for the purpose of conducting geological or geophysical
studies in connection with petroleum exploration and exploitation;
(q) To acquire easement over public and private lands

necessary for the purpose of carrying out any work essential to
its petroleum exploration and exploitation, subject to payment or
reasonable considerations;
(r) To establish and maintain technical educational system

for the sustained development of the necessary manpower to manage
and operate its affairs and business;
(s) To adopt a code of by-laws to complement this charter;
(t) To adopt and use a corporate seal which shall be

judicially noticed;
(u) To perform such acts and exercise such functions as

may be necessary for the attainment of the purposes and objectives
herein specified;
(v) To promulgate such rules and regulations as may be

necessary to carry out the purposes of this Decree;
(w) To perform such other functions as may be provided by

law.
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SEC. 16. Appropriations. – For the initial funding

requirements of the Company, the sum of Two Hundred Million
Pesos is hereby set aside and appropriated from the General Funds,
not otherwise appropriated.
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SEC. 17. Reports. – The Company shall, within three months

after the end of every fiscal year, submit its annual report to the
President. It shall likewise submit such periodic or other reports as
may be required of it from time to time.
SEC. 18. Separability Clause. – Should any provision of this

Decree be held unconstitutional, no other provision hereof shall be
affected thereby.
SEC. 19. Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, executive

orders, administrative orders, rules or regulations inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

immediately.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE PHILIPPINE AEROSPACE

DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PRESIDENTIAL
DECREE NO. 286, DATED SEPTEMBER 5, 1973, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the Philippine Aerospace Development

Corporation, in undertaking developmental projects prescribed
therefor, now requires a restructured capital and organizational set-
up that shall allow greater responsiveness and flexibility in meeting
management and capital demands and provide full protection for
the national interest;
WHEREAS, for this purpose, its corporate charter,

Presidential Decree No. 286, needs to be amended;

pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972,
and General Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, as amended,
do hereby decree and order that certain provisions of Presidential
Decree No. 286, dated September 5, 1973, be amended:
SECTION 1. Section 1, is hereby amended to read as

follows:
“SECTION 1. PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION. –

The Philippine Aerospace Development Corporation, hereinafter
referred to as the Corporation, shall be governed by this Decree
and its by-laws, as authorized hereunder, and shall have succession
for a period of fifty years from and after the date of the approval
of this Decree. The principal office of the Corporation SHALL BE
LOCATED IN A PLACE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS.
THE CORPORATION SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING

PURPOSES:
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[1] a. To undertake all manner of activity, business or

development projects for the establishment of a reliable aviation
and aerospace industry, including the assembly and manufacture of
all forms of aircraft, device, equipment or contraption and studies or
researches for innovations and improvements thereon.
[2] b. To engage in the maintenance, repair/overhaul,

and modification of aerospace and associated flight and ground
equipment and components thereof in order to provide technical
services and overhaul support to the Philippine Air Force, the
national airline, foreign airline companies, foreign air forces and to
the aviation industry in general.”
SEC. 2. Section 2 paragraph (7) of the Decree is hereby

“SEC. 2. POWERS OF THE CORPORATION – In order to

accomplish the foregoing corporate purposes, the Corporation shall
be vested with the following powers:
7. TO INVEST, OWN OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATE

IN EQUITY IN ANY ESTABLISHMENT, FIRM OR ENTITY
ENGAGED IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; TO FORM,
ORGANIZE, ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN SUCH SUBSIDIARY
OR SUBSIDIARIES AS IT MAY DEEM NECESSARY TO
UNDERTAKE ITS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, PROVIDED
THAT SUCH SUBSIDIARY OR SUBSIDIARIES SHALL EACH
HAVE A BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SEVEN MEMBERS IN
WHICH AT LEAST ONE OF THE DIRECTORS REPRESENTING
THE GOVERNMENT SHALL BE ELECTED FROM AMONG
THE SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE CORPORATION; and to execute any and all acts which a
partnership or a natural person is authorized to perform under laws
now existing or which may hereafter be enacted; and”
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BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE PHILIPPINE COTTON CORPORATION AS A

CENTRAL AUTHORITY TO UNDERTAKE, IMPLEMENT
AND SUPERVISE COTTON PRODUCTION IN THE
PHILIPPINES ON A COMMERCIAL SCALE
WHEREAS, the Philippines consumes 200,000 bales of

cotton worth $35 million annually requiring the expenditure of
precious foreign exchange;
WHEREAS, experiments and experts’ opinions have proven

conclusively that cotton can be grown in the Philippines on a
commercial scale with the proper effort and financing;
WHEREAS, growing cotton locally will save foreign

exchange, provide additional employment, reduce the cost of cotton
to textile millers and assure the supply of cotton regardless of the
foreign exchange reserves position of the country;
WHEREAS, a cotton-growing program is fraught with

complex problems and requires massive capital, the solution of
which will need the cooperation and coordination of the government
and private sectors;
WHEREAS, the successful implementation of a program of

this magnitude will require a centralized direction, management,
and supervision;

22, 1972, as amended, do hereby create the Philippine Cotton
Corporation which shall be the central authority vested with the
responsibility of organizing and implementing the Philippine cotton-
growing program and which shall be organized in accordance with
the following guidelines:
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1. The authority shall be called the “Philippine Cotton

Corporation.”
2. The Corporation will be registered with the Securities

and Exchange Commission in accordance with the Corporation
Law;
3. The objective of the Corporation is “self-sufficiency of

the Philippines in cotton” To enable the Corporation to achieve this
objective in the shortest possible time, the Corporation will have the
following general powers:
(a) to undertake all the appropriate studies and experiments

necessary to select or develop the cotton strain(s) most suited to
Philippine climatic and soil conditions;
(b) to purchase, own, hold, lease, and dispose of all types of

property, real or chattel, essential for carrying out its functions;
(c) to hire, employ and dismiss personnel and to enter into

contracts or agreements with them;
(d) to enter into contracts with any person or juridical

entity in the pursuit of its objective;
(e) to coordinate the development of roads, irrigation,

facilities and other infrastructure requirements necessary for the
efficient growing and marketing of cotton;
(f) to select the general areas for growing cotton, to educate

farmers, to provide financing and agricultural services and generally
to perform such activities as are necessary for the successful growing
of cotton of high quality in commercial quantities;
(g) to direct, supervise, coordinate or otherwise encourage

the growing of cotton;
(h) to purchase, store, gin, grade, bale, and market all

cotton produced under the program; and
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(i) to perform such functions as are necessary to ensure a

successful cotton-growing program in the Philippines.
Depending on the findings of subsequent studies, the

Corporation will have the option to exercise all or only some of the
powers enumerated above.
4. The Corporation will be a joint venture between the

Philippine Government and the private sector on a 60-40 ownership
ratio. The Philippine Government shall be represented by the
Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The private
sector shall be represented by the textile millers using cotton as a
new material in its textile-milling operations.
5. The Corporation will have an initial authorized capital

stock of P20 million and an initial paid-up capital of P1 million.
6. Initial contributions of the Philippine Government

and the private sector will be P600,000 (60%) and P400,000 (40%),
respectively. The 60-40 ownership ratio between the government
and private sector shall be maintained at all times.
7. The contribution of the Philippine Government shall

be paid out of the funds held in trust by the Philippine Textile
Research Institute (PTRI). The contribution of the private sector
shall be made by the individual cotton-consuming textile millers
through the Textile Millers Association of the Philippines. The share
of each cotton-consuming Textile mill in the capital contribution of
the private sector shall be established pro rata based on the actual
cotton consumption of the mills.
8. The Corporation shall be governed by a Board of eleven

members, six from the government sector and five from the private
sector.
The government sector will be represented in the Board by

the incumbent Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the
Director of the PTRI, the Chairman of the Advisory Committee of
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the PTRI and three others who will be appointed by the Secretary of
Agriculture and Natural Resources.
The private sector shall be represented by the incumbent

president of the Textile Millers Association and four others appointed
by the Board of the Textile Millers Association. The Secretary of
Agriculture and Natural Resources shall be the Chairman of the
Board.
9. The Administration of the Corporation will be directed

by a qualified General Manager who will come from the private
sector and who will be appointed by the Board.
10. The Corporation shall coordinate its research efforts

with the PTRI and the National Science Development Board
(NSDB).
11. In financing its developmental functions, the Philippine

Cotton Corporation will approach international sources of financing,
both multilateral and bilateral, for assistance in terms of either
grants or loans, or both.
12. In order to provide additional financing for research and

development or feasibility studies, the PTRI will make available as
a grant to PCC, not later than 30 days after the beginning of each
fiscal year, the minimum sum of P500,000. Thus funding from PTRI
should, in no case, prejudice the efforts of PCC to obtain financing
from other sources as mentioned in paragraph 11 above.
The PTRI is hereby authorized to invest the Special Textile

Research Fund in any financial instruments, including commercial
papers, which will yield a sufficiently high level of earnings to
enable the organization to assist the Philippine Cotton Corporation
and other cotton research projects contemplated by R.A. 4086.
13. Upon its organization, the Corporation will cause to be

prepared a thorough feasibility study of the cotton-growing project
which will be the basis for further action by the Corporation. The
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feasibility study should recommend specifically the detailed steps,

the timetables and the financial requirements thereof, necessary to
carry-out the project. In general, the feasibility study should include
the following:
(a) the organization study of the Philippine Cotton

Corporation including manning requirements, personnel
compensation and other organizational requirements;
(b) financial study, including the timing of financial

requirements and the sources of financing; and
(c) technical study, including all agriculture and agronomic

aspects of the project, such as what experiments to carry out, the
areas to be planted with cotton, project timetables, etc.
The Corporation should be organized and registered with

the Securities and Exchange Commission before the end of January
1974.
This Decree takes effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of December, in

the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 243 CREATING A

PHILIPPINE VETERANS INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 243 dated July 13, 1973

created the Philippine Veterans Investment Development Company
to direct and look after the productive and investment possibilities
coming from the large number of veterans and retirees of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines;
WHEREAS, in order that the purposes and objectives of the

said Philippine Veterans Investment Development Company can
be effectively and satisfactorily attained, it is necessary to amend
Presidential Decree No. 243 to enlarge the purposes and powers of
the corporation, and delineate in detail its operation and structural
organization;

1972, as amended, do hereby amend Presidential Decree No. 243 as
follows:
SECTION 1. The name of the corporation referred to in the

title of Presidential Decree No. 243 and its enacting clause is hereby
amended to read as follows: “Philippine Veterans Investment
Development Corporation.”
SEC. 2. Section 1 of the same Decree is hereby amended to

read as follows:
“SECTION 1. The Corporation shall be governed and its

of Directors which shall be composed of the Secretary of National
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Defense and the Executive Secretary as ex-officio Directors and five

other persons as Regular Directors to be appointed by the President
of the Philippines from a list of qualified veterans and retirees in
good standing submitted by the Secretary of National Defense. The
Secretary of National Defense and the Executive Secretary shall
act as Chairman and Vice Chairman, respectively, of the Board of
Directors, the members of the Board of Directors, except the ex-
officio directors, shall receive a per diem allowance of P100.00 for
every meeting of the board actually attended by them.
The term of office of each of the five regular directors shall

be three years with a right to hold over until a successor shall have
been duly appointed and qualified. Whenever a vacancy shall occur
among the regular directors, the person appointed to fill the vacancy
shall hold office for the unexpired term of the member whose place
he is selected to fill. The President of the Philippines may remove
any regular director for cause.
The Board of Directors shall have the following powers:
(a) To prescribe, amend and repeal, with the approval of the

President of the Philippines, by-laws, rules and regulations governing
the manner in which the general business of the corporation may be
conducted and the powers granted by law to the corporation may be
exercised, including a provision for the formation of such committee
or committees as the Board of Directors may deem necessary to
facilitate its business;
(b) To establish such subsidiaries, branches and agencies

as may be deemed necessary and convenient;
(c) To provide for the appointment and removal and to

fix the reasonable compensation of such personnel, including
financial, legal, investment and other technical consultants, as
may be necessary for the expeditious conduct of the business of the
corporation. The officers and employees of the corporation shall not
be subject to the Civil Service Law and the rules and regulations of
the Wage and Position Classification Office and section two hundred
fifty-nine of the Revised Administrative Code.
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No member of the Board of Directors, shall in any manner,

directly or indirectly, participate in the deliberation upon or the
determination of any question affecting his personal interests,
or the interests of any corporation, partnership or association in
which he is directly or indirectly interested. Any director violating
the provision of this section shall be summarily removed by the
President of the Philippines from office and shall upon conviction
be punished with a fine not to exceed ten thousand pesos and with
imprisonment not to exceed five years.

read as follows:
“SEC.2. The purposes and powers of the Corporation are:
(a) To engage in any commercial, industrial, mining,

agricultural and other enterprises which may be necessary or
contributory to the economic development of the country, or important
in the public interest, or which will promote the well-being of the
veterans and retirees of the Armed Forces of the Philippines;
(b) To invest in, purchase or otherwise acquire, own, hold,

use, operate, sell, assign, transfer, exchange, mortgage, pledge,
lease, develop and otherwise deal in real estate and natural resource
projects or any interest therein, and personal property of every kind
and description, including shares of stock, bonds, debentures, notes,
evidences of indebtedness, and other securities or obligations of
any other corporation or corporations, association or associations,
domestic or foreign, and for this purpose, it may acquire, lease or hold
private lands and public lands of any classification notwithstanding
the prohibitions in, or in excess of the areas permitted by the laws
of the Philippines;
(c) To provide a medium (1) for assisting Government

and private initiative in encouraging and/or promoting the
establishment, operation, expansion or reorganization of productive
enterprises; (2) for facilitating the formation of capital and the
free flow of commercial papers, securities, government bonds, and
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other evidence of indebtedness in the capital and money markets

and acting for this purpose as underwriter, dealer and agent of
commercial papers, securities, government bonds and other evidence
of indebtedness issued by Government institutions, agencies,
subdivisions or instrumentalities, commercial, industrial or
agricultural organizations, and other forms of business ventures or
organizations; (3) for rendering or promoting the rendering of sound
financial, economic and other technical advice to new enterprises or
assisting governmental or private entities; and (4) for mobilizing the
requisite manpower pool and the information gathering, retrieval
and distribution system that will adequately and efficiently service
the demands of Government, investors and business clients.
(d) To act as general or operating managers, representatives,

or agents of industrial, manufacturing and mercantile concerns of
whatever kind of nature, and to engage in the promotion, assistance,
encouragement, development, and expansion of any lawful
business, industry or trade by means of, among others, scientific
advancement of methods, systems or techniques of operations,
management, financing, investment, labor, conducting research
studies, tests, experiments for the processes of commercial and
industrial products and formulating and implementing plans for
the marketing thereof;
(e) To enter into any lawful arrangement for sharing profits,

joint venture, union, interests, reciprocal concession or cooperation
with any person, or corporation, association, partnership, syndicate
or entity located in or organized under the laws of any authority in
any part of the world in the carrying on of any business which the
corporation is authorized to carry on, or any business or transaction
deemed necessary, convenient or incidental to the carrying on of the
purpose of the corporation;
(f) To obtain funds to support or carry out its objects

and purposes and/or to arrange financing or equipment credit, or
any kind of assistance for its own account or for the account of its
clients in such manner as the Board of Directors of the corporation
may deem reasonable from governmental or private sources in the
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Philippines or elsewhere or from international public or private

lending institutions, and to secure any or all of the same by any
guarantee or counter-guarantee, by pledge, mortgage, deed of trust,
or assignment of the property of the corporation, or by creating or
suffering to exist a charge, lien, or encumbrance, general or special,
upon its assets, for the purpose of securing the performance by the
corporation of any obligation or liability it may undertake for itself or
for other companies or enterprises in which it may be interested.
(g) To purchase, hold, accept, or otherwise acquire by

merger, consolidation or other methods of combination, the whole
or any part of the property, assets, business, goodwill, rights,
privileges and franchises of all kinds and to undertake or assume
the whole or any part of the liabilities and obligations of any person,
firm, association or corporation, and to pay for the same or any part
or combination thereof in cash, stocks, bonds, debentures, notes or
other securities of this corporation or otherwise, or by undertaking or
assuming the whole or any part of the liabilities or obligations of the
transferor, and to hold or in any manner dispose of the whole or any
part of the property and assets so acquired, accepted or purchased,
and to conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of the
business so acquired and to exercise all the powers necessary or
convenient in and about the conduct, management and carrying on
of such business.
(h) To apply for, register, purchase or otherwise acquire, use,

protect and renew any patents, patent rights, licenses, concessions,
trademarks, tradenames, inventions, formulas and processes used
or capable of being used in connection with any of the business of
the corporation of the acquisition of which may directly or indirectly
benefit the corporation, and to use, exercise, develop, sell, assign,
or otherwise dispose of, or grant licenses in respect of, the property,
rights, trademarks or other information so acquired, and to spend
money in experimenting upon, and testing and improving, any
patents, inventions or rights which the corporation may acquire or
propose to acquire.
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(i) The corporation shall have the power to make, perform

and carry out contracts of every sort and kind, and particularly, but
not by way of limitation, to make and perform contracts creating
any of the property, real or personal, owned by the corporation; to
organize, manage and operate subsidiary or affiliate companies; to
establish and/or maintain one or more offices or branches in other
parts of the Philippines or abroad, and to conduct its business and
exercise its powers in any part of the Philippines or in any other
country, state or territory; and in carrying on its business, to do
any and all acts and things and to exercise all powers which may be
necessary or convenient to the accomplishment or furtherance of its
business or which a natural person could do and exercise and which
may now or hereafter may be authorized by law.
SEC. 4. Section 3 of the same Decree is hereby amended

by the deletion of the second paragraph thereof relative to the
particular powers of the Corporation.

read as follows:
“SEC. 4. The Corporation shall have perpetual existence.

The principal office of the Corporation shall be in the City of Manila
or such other places as may be fixed by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation.”
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Section 9. Section 8 of the same Decree is hereby amended

to read as follows:
“Sec. 8. This Decree shall take effect immediately, provided

that amendments, changes and modifications may be made by me
and the same shall take effect after pronouncement thereon by me
or by my duly designated representative. The provisions of existing
laws, executive or administrative orders, rules and regulations, or
parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree shall
be inapplicable.
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Section 10. The same Decree is hereby amended by adding a

new section to be known as Section 9 which shall read as follows:
“Sec. 9. The provisions of this Decree are hereby declared

to be separable and if any clause, sentence, provision or section of
this Decree or application thereof to any person or circumstances
should for any reason be held invalid or unconstitutional, such
invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the other provisions
or application of this Decree which can be given force and effect.”


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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FURTHER AMENDING PART III, ARTICLE IV, SECTION 2

AND 3 OF THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN
APPROVED UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1,
DATED SEPTEMBER 24, 1972 AND AUTHORIZING THE
APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF
THE CAREER EXECUTIVE SERVICE BOARD
WHEREAS, a Career Executive Service Development

Program to form a pool of selected and development-oriented
career administrators is one of the priorities of the Integrated
Reorganization Plan;
WHEREAS, the Career Executive Service Board, created for

the purpose, requires an expanded membership in order to represent
a more comprehensive picture of the government service;

hereby order and decree that:
SECTION 1. Sections 2 and 3 of Part III, Article IV of the

Integrated Reorganization Plan, as amended by Presidential Decree
No. 336, dated November 14, 1973, is hereby further amended to
read as follows:
“SEC. 2. A Career Executive Service Board, hereinafter

referred to as the Board, is created to serve as the governing body
of the Career Executive Service. The Board shall consist of the
President of the Development Academy of the Philippines and SIX
(6) other members from both the government and private sectors
who are familiar with the principles and methods of personnel
administration.”
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“SEC. 3. The [two] appointive members of the Board shall

serve part time and may receive per diem and allowances for
meetings attended UNLESS OTHERWISE DISQUALIFIED BY
LAW, THEY SHALL HAVE A TERM OF SIX (6) YEARS.
SEC. 2. The sums of One million pesos (P1,000,000.00) for

the period from December 1, 1973 to June 30, 1974 and one and a
half million pesos (P1,500,000.00) for every fiscal year thereafter
are hereby appropriated from the general fund in the National
Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to finance the operations of
the Board and the implementation of the career executive service
program.
This Decree takes effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila this 5th day of January, 1974.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE INTEGRATED

REORGANIZATION PLAN AS ADOPTED UNDER

by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, and
General Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do
hereby decree the following as part of the law of the land:
SECTION 1. Paragraphs 8, 10 and 11, Article III, Chapter

1, Part VI of the Integrated Reorganization Plan as adopted under
Presidential Decree No. 1, are hereby amended to read as follows:
“8. There shall be a Director-General with a Cabinet rank,

and two Deputy Directors-general with the rank of Undersecretaries,
who shall serve as the executive and assistant executive officers of
the NEDA, respectively. The Director-General shall hold office at
the pleasure of the President, while the Deputy Directors-General
shall be career officials.”
“Whenever the Director-General is unable to perform his

duties owing to illness, absence or other cause, or in case of vacancy in
the office, the Deputy Director-General designated by the President
shall temporarily perform the functions of said office.
“10. The Director-General and the Deputy Directors-General

shall be required to work full-time in the NEDA and shall not be
extended any other appointment to public office in a concurrent
capacity except as ex-officio member of government bodies as
specifically provided for by law or a part-time member thereat as
may be designated by the President.”
“11 Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding,

the budget of NEDA shall be in the form of lump-sum appropriations
with the Director-General having sole authority to determine the
details of the expenditures: Provided, That, the Director-General
may use any savings from any item in the said appropriation for
strengthening the NEDA offices.”
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SEC. 2. A new paragraph designated as paragraph 16 is

hereby added to Article III, Part VI of the Integrated Reorganization
Plan to read as follows:
“16. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding,

the Director-General may authorize the assignment of government
motor vehicles under the custody of NEDA for use of its officers from
the rank of Director or higher: Provided, That those officers with
assigned vehicles shall not any more be entitled to transportation
allowances.”
SEC. 3. Paragraph 2, Article V, Chapter I, Part VI of the

Integrated Reorganization Plan is hereby amended to read as
follows:
“2. The Committee shall be composed of the Director-

General of the Authority, as Chairman; the Chairman of the Board
of Investments, as Vice-Chairman; and the following as members:
the Secretary of Finance, the Governor of the Central Bank of
the Philippines, the Chairman of the Development Bank of the
Philippines, the President of the Philippine National Bank, the
General Manager of the Government Service Insurance System, the
Administrator of the Social Security System, the President of the
Land Bank and the President of the Amanah Bank: Provided, That
the head of any other financial institution that may hereafter be
created may also be designated by the President of the Philippines
as member upon the recommendation of Authority.

year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT

NUMBERED SIXTY-THREE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE,
ENTITLED “AN ACT REVISING THE CHARTER OF THE
NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION”
WHEREAS, under Republic Act No. 6395, it has been

declared that: (1) the comprehensive development, utilization and
conservation of Philippine water resources for all beneficial uses,
including power generation, and (2) the total electrification of the
Philippines through the development of power from all sources
to meet the needs of industrial development and dispersal and
the needs of rural electrification are primary objectives of the
nation which shall be pursued coordinately and supported by all
instrumentalities and agencies of the government, including its
financial institutions;
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 40, dated

November 7, 1972, certain basic policies for the attainment of
the objectives for the speedy electrification of the country more
particularly the rural areas, have been established;
WHEREAS, under the basic policies for the electric power

industry established under Presidential Decree No. 40, the
National Power Corporation (NPC) is also given the responsibility
for the setting up of transmission line grids and the construction
of associated generation facilities in Luzon, Mindanao, and major
islands of the country, including the Visayas and to own and operate
as a single integrated system all generating facilities supplying
electric power to the entire area embraced by any grid set up by the
NPC;
WHEREAS, the additional responsibilities and expanded

activities of NPC under Presidential Decree No. 40 will more
than treble the capital requirements needed for the expansion of
generation and transmission facilities, in addition to the funds
necessary for the acquisition of existing generation facilities in
areas embraced by grids set up by NPC;
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WHEREAS, in order to attain expeditiously the declared

objective of total electrification of the country and to implement the
basic policies established under Presidential Decree No. 40, certain
sections of Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Three Hundred Ninety-
Five should be amended;

1972, do hereby amend certain sections or provisions of the Charter
of the National Power Corporation, Republic Act Numbered Sixty-
Three Hundred Ninety-Five, to wit:
SECTION 1. Section 3 (g) of the Charter of the National

Power Corporation, Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Three Hundred
Ninety-Five, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“(g) To construct, operate and maintain power plants,

auxiliary plants, dams, reservoirs, pipes, mains, transmission lines,
power stations and substations, and other works for the purpose
of developing hydraulic power from any river, creek, lake, spring
and waterfall in the Philippines and supplying such power to the
inhabitants thereof; to acquire, construct, install, maintain, operate,
and improve gas, oil or steam engines, and/or other prime movers,
generators and machinery in plants and/or auxiliary plants for the
production of electric power; to establish, develop, operate, maintain
and administer power and lighting system for the transmission and
utilization of its power generation; to sell electric power in bulk to
(1) industrial enterprises, (2) city, municipal or provincial systems
and other government institutions, (3) electric cooperatives, (4)
franchise holders, and (5) real estate subdivisions; Provided, That
the sale of power in bulk to industrial enterprises and real estate
subdivisions may be undertaken by the Corporation when the power
requirement of such enterprises or real estate subdivisions is not less
than 100 kilowatts, when in the judgment of the Board of Power and
Waterworks the cooperative supplying electric power or franchise
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holder of the area is not in a position by itself, or fails or refuses

to adequately supply such power requirement, unless the electric
cooperative or franchise holder consents thereto; Provided, further,
That no restriction shall apply to sale of power in bulk to enterprises
registered with the Board of Investment, wherein the cost of power,
based on the Corporation’s then prevail-tariffs, is more than ten per
cent (10%) of the total production cost of the goods or commodities
produced; Provided, finally, That the Corporation shall continue to
sell electricity to industrial enterprises under existing contracts,
and provide for the collection of charges for any service rendered;”
SEC. 2. Section 3 (i) of the Charter of the National Power

Corporation, Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Three Hundred Ninety-
Five, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“(i) To construct works across, or otherwise, any steam,

watercourse, canal, ditch, flume, street, avenue, highway or railway
of private and public ownership, as the location of said works may
require; Provided, That said works be constructed in such a manner
as not to endanger life or property; and Provided, further, That the
stream, watercourse, canal, ditch, flume, street, avenue, highway or
railway so crossed or intersected be restored as near as possible to
their former state, or in a manner not to impair unnecessarily their
usefulness. Every person or entity whose right of way or property
is lawfully crossed or intersected by said works shall not obstruct
any such crossings or intersection and shall grant the Corporation
or its representative, the proper authority for the execution of such
work. The Corporation is hereby given the right of way to locate,
construct, and maintain such works over and throughout the lands
owned by the Republic of the Philippines or any of its branches
and political subdivisions. The Corporation or its representative
may also enter upon private property in the lawful performance or
prosecution of its business or purposes, including the construction
of the transmission lines thereon; Provided, That the owner of such
private property shall be compensated as follows:
“(a) In case only an easement of right of way for a transmission

line isacquired, then only a nominal easement fee shall be paid which
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shall be in an amount equivalent to not more than ten per cent of

the value of the land or portion thereof required for the right of way
of the line, based on the tax declaration that is valid and effective at
the time of the filing of the complaint for eminent domain or actual
entry into the property by the corporation, whichever is earlier;
“(b) In case the land shall be acquired by purchase, the fair

market value thereof, which shall be the value of the land based on
the tax declaration that is valid and effective at the time of the filing
of the complaint for eminent domain, or the taking of said land by
the Corporation, whichever is earlier; and
“(c) In addition, the owner shall be compensated for

the improvements such as houses, buildings, structures, and/
or agricultural crops and the like, actually damaged during the
construction, operation and maintenance of such works on the land,
in amounts based on the value of such improvements appearing on
the tax declaration that is valid and effective and/or the prevailing
valuation of such agricultural crops and the like made by the
appropriate appraisal body authorized by law at the time of filing of
the complaint for eminent domain or taking of said improvements
by the Corporation, whichever is earlier;
Provided, further, That any action for compensation and/or

damages under (a), (b), and (c) above, is filed within five years after
the rights of way, transmission lines, substations, plant or other
facilities shall have been established; Provided, finally, That after
the said period, no suit shall be brought to question the said rights
of way, transmission lines, substations, plants or other facilities,
nor the amounts of compensation and/or damages involved.”
SEC. 3. Section 3, paragraphs (1), (m) and (o) of the Charter

of the National Power Corporation, Republic Act Numbered Sixty-
Three Hundred Ninety-Five, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“(1) To exercise such powers and do such things as may

be reasonably necessary to carry out the business and purposes
for which it was organized, or which, from time to time, may be
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declared by the Board to be necessary, useful, incidental or auxiliary

to accomplish the said purpose, including the establishment of
subsidiaries;
“(m) To cooperate with, and to coordinate its operations with

those of the Power Development Council, the National Electrification
Administration and public service entities;
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“(o) In the prosecution and maintenance of its projects

and plants, the Corporation shall adopt measures to prevent
environmental pollution and enhance the conservation, development
and maximum utilization of natural resources, including the
improvements and beautification of its reservoirs and other areas
to promote tourism and related purposes, and to provide for the
necessary corporate funds therefor; and”
SEC. 4. Section 4, fourth paragraph of the Charter of the

National Power Corporation, Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Three
Hundred Ninety-Five, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“The Corporation shall charge in any interconnected system

a uniform schedule of rates for all its customers that fall within
the same classification. Towards this end, the Corporation shall
prescribe a standard form of contract and appropriate rules and
regulations for the sale of electricity, which shall be uniformly
applied and become effective on all power customers after they are
duly notified or fifteen days after their publication in newspapers
of general circulation. All subsisting power contracts are hereby
considered revised to give immediate effectivity to the provision.”
SEC. 5. Section 5 of the Charter of the National Power

Corporation, Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Three Hundred Ninety-
Five, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“SEC. 5. Capital Stock of the Corporation. – The authorized

capital stock of the Corporation is two billion pesos divided into
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twenty million shares having a par value of one hundred pesos

each, which shares are not to be transferred, negotiated, pledged,
mortgaged or otherwise given as security for the payment of any
obligation. The sum of three hundred million pesos of said capital
stock has been subscribed and paid wholly by the Government of
the Philippines in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act
Numbered Four Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Seven.
“The remaining one billion seven hundred million shall be

subscribed by the Government of the Philippines and shall be paid
as follows:
“(a) The sum of twenty-nine million two hundred sixty-

seven thousand six hundred pesos representing outstanding cost
and interest of reparations goods procured by the Corporation
pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act Numbered Seventeen
Hundred Eighty-Nine, shall be additional paid-in subscription
of the Government of the Philippines for two hundred ninety-two
thousand six hundred seventy-six shares of stock of said capital
stock;
“(b) The balance of said subscription shall be paid by the

conversion into equity capital of the existing bonded indebtedness,
cost of reparations goods that may be allocated to the Corporation
in the future, and surpluses of the Corporation, and in the absence
thereof, from bond issue upon request of the Corporation for specific
projects duly approved from time to time by the President of the
Philippines.”
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SEC. 11. A new section shall be inserted to be known as

Section 15-A of the Charter of the National Power Corporation,
Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Three Hundred Ninety-Five, which
provides as follows:
“SEC. 15-A. The Corporation shall be under the direct

supervision of the Office of the President and all legal matters shall
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be handled by the Chief Legal Counsel of the Corporation, provided

that the Solicitor General’s Office shall have supervision in the
handling of court cases only of the Corporation.
“Considering that the operation of the business of the

Corporation affects public convenience and welfare, all industrial
disputes in the Corporation shall be settled by the compulsory
arbitration.”
SEC. 12. This Decree is hereby made part of the law of the
land and provisions of existing laws, executive and administrative
orders, or parts thereof, in conflict with this Decree are hereby
modified and repealed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of January, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING THE PHILIPPINE SUGAR COMMISSION
WHEREAS, the economic and social stability of the

Philippines depend in large measure upon the sustained growth
and development of the sugar industry;
WHEREAS, due to chronic imbalance in production, the

sugar industry is barely able to meet the requirements of the
domestic and United States export markets while foregoing entirely
new opportunities in the world market, notwithstanding the large
investments made in new milling facilities in recent years with the
government support;
WHEREAS, it has become necessary to organize a

mechanism to give sustained support to the sugar industry in all
phases of its operation and potentials, and moreover, to provide
conditions needed for its continued development and growth with
the end in view of optimizing its effectiveness as a factor for social
and economic good;
WHEREAS, our sugar limitation laws when enacted were

based on conditions existing in the years 1933 and 1935 and may
no longer be realistic and adequate to promote the development and
stability of the sugar industry;

22, 1972, as amended, and upon the recommendation of the sugar
planters, millers, and traders of the Philippines through their
associations and cooperatives, do hereby decree and order the
creation of the Philippine Sugar Commission as follows:
SECTION 1. Title of the Decree. – This Decree shall be known

as the Philippine Sugar Commission Decree.
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SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – It shall be the policy of the

state to promote the integrated development and stabilization of the
sugar industry so that it can properly discharge its economic and
social responsibilities and contribute its share in the development
of the national economy.
SEC. 3. Philippine Sugar Commission. – In order to carry

out the foregoing policy there is hereby created the Philippine
Sugar Commission hereinafter referred to as the Commission which
shall be organized within thirty (30) days after the issuance of this
Decree.
The Commission shall be composed of one Commissioner, who

shall serve as the Chairman and six (6) Associate Commissioners.
The Chairman and all the members of the Commission shall

be appointed by the President of the Philippines. The members of the
Commission shall be Filipino citizens, with sufficient experience in
the sugar industry, and of proven honesty, integrity and recognized
competence.
The Chairman and members of the Commission shall hold

office for a term of four years unless sooner removed for cause.
The Commissioner shall receive an annual compensation of

Fifty Thousand (P50,000) Pesos and a commutable representation
and transportation allowance of One Thousand (P1,000) Pesos
monthly. The Associate Commissioners shall receive an annual
compensation of Forty Thousand (P40,000) Pesos and a commutable
representation and transportation allowance of One Thousand
(P1,000) Pesos monthly.
The Commission shall meet in regular session twice a month.

It may be called by the Chairman to a special session as the need
arises.
SEC. 4. Powers and Functions. – The Commission shall have

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(a) To establish policies pertaining to all phases of the sugar

industry; and to inquire into other aspects of the sugar industry
with a view to improving existing methods and systems;
(b) To enter into contracts, transactions, or undertakings of

whatever nature which are necessary or incidental to its functions
and objectives with any natural or juridical person and with any
foreign government, private corporations, partnerships, institutions,
or private individuals;
(c) To levy and collect charges, fees and contributions

to finance its operation, for social amelioration of the workers in
the industry, and for such other purposes as the Commission may
determine. The amount of the fees, charges and contributions shall
be subject to approval by the President.
(d) To act as the single buying and selling agency of sugar

on the quedan-permit level, in order to promote the effective
merchandising and distribution of sugar;
(e) To determine the floor-ceiling price of sugar which will

ensure the planters, millers, traders, wholesalers and retailers a
fair return on their investments; Provided, That such floor-ceiling
price of sugar for any crop year shall be the total anticipated cost of
production per picul of sugar as determined by the Commission plus
a corresponding reasonable margin of profit set by the Price Control
Council or any other government agency authorized to regulate
prices of commodities and services after taking into consideration
the effects of devaluation and other economic factors affecting
production, processing, marketing, transportation and other
related expenses including the minimum wage for agricultural and
industrial workers: Provided, further, That the floor-ceiling price
established by the Commission shall be adjusted in direct relation
to significant changes in the cost of production as determined by the
Commission and the Consumer Price Index prepared by the Central
Bank of the Philippines;
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(f) To promulgate rules and regulations to carry into effect

the provisions of this Decree and impose penalties for the violation
thereof;
(g) To assume control and/or supervision of any sugar mill

or refinery that has failed to meet its financial and other contracted
obligations for two years or has become inefficient in its operation;
(h) To organize cooperatives of sugar planters throughout

the Philippines; and
(i) To perform such other functions as are necessary and

incidental to its purposes and objectives.
The Commission shall submit to the President of the

Philippines periodic reports of its surveys, studies and investigations
together with its recommendations, for appropriate action.
SEC. 5. Chief Executive Officer. – The Chairman of the

Commission shall be its Chief Executive Officer. The Chairman
shall, on behalf of the Commission, have the direction and control of
the business of the Commission.
Among others, as Executive Officer, the Chairman shall

1. To prepare an organizational plan of the office and

plantilla of personnel subject to the approval of the Commission;
2. To direct and manage the affairs and business of the

Commission subject to its supervision and control;
3. To appoint necessary personnel and fix their salaries,

which shall be exempt from the provisions of laws, rules and
regulations on Wage and Position Classification except, clerical and
janitorial services, with the approval of the Commission.
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In case of absence or temporary incapacity of the Chairman,

the Chairman shall designate from among the Commissioners an
acting Chairman.
SEC. 6. There shall be the Social Welfare Office under the

Office of the Chairman.
SEC. 7. Capitalization, Special Fund of the Commission,

Development and Stabilization Fund. – There is hereby established
a fund for the Commission for the purpose of financing the growth
and development of the sugar industry and all its components,
stabilization of the domestic market including the foreign market
to be administered in trust by the Commission and deposited in the
Philippine National Bank derived in the manner herein below cited
from the following sources:
(a) Stabilization fund shall be collected as provided for in

the various provisions of this Decree.
(b) Stabilization fees shall be collected from planters and

millers in the amount of Two (P2.00) Pesos for every picul produced
and milled for a period of five years from the approval of this Decree
and One (P1.00) Peso for every picul produced and milled every year
thereafter, Provided, That fifty (P0.50) centavos per picul of the
amount levied on planters, millers and traders under Section 4(c)
of this Decree will be used for the payment of salaries and wages of
personnel, fringe benefits and allowances of officers and employees
for the purpose of accomplishing the efficient performance of the
duties of the Commission: Provided, further, That said amount shall
constitute a lien on the sugar quedan and/or warehouse receipts
and shall be paid immediately by the planters and mill companies,
sugar centrals and refineries to the Commission.
SEC. 8. Audit Personnel. – The Chairman, Commission on

Audit shall appoint his representative to the Commission and the
necessary personnel to assist him. The salaries of the auditor and
his personnel shall be determined and paid by the Commission. The
affairs of the Commission shall be audited in accordance with law
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and pertinent rules and regulations. A report of audit for each fiscal
year shall be submitted by the auditor to the Chairman, Commission
on Audit, to the Commission and the President of the Philippines.
7. Financing. – Until otherwise provided, the Commission

shall continue to receive the proceeds of revenues and other
impositions as are now granted by the law to the Philippine Sugar
Institute and the Sugar Quota Administration.
SEC. 10. Transitory Provisions. – The Philippine Sugar

Institute and the Sugar Quota Administration are hereby abolished
and absorbed effective upon organization of the Commission and
all their assets, liabilities and records shall be transferred to the
Commission. The Commission may retain the personnel of said
agencies as it may deem necessary. Those of the personnel who may
not be retained shall be entitled to retirement benefits, otherwise they
shall be granted gratuity to be determined by the Commission.
SEC 11. Miscellaneous Provision. – All laws or parts thereof

inconsistent with the provisions of this decree are hereby repealed
or modified accordingly.
SEC. 12. Effectivity. – This decree shall take effect

immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of February, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CODIFYING, REVISING AND UPDATING ALL FORESTRY LAWS

WHEREAS, there is a serious need to effectively conserve

the Nation’s public forests, including watershed areas, to protect
and preserve national parks, and at the same time, to provide
suitable agricultural land for our people;
WHEREAS, upon my instructions, the Department of

Agriculture and Natural Resources has prepared, drafted and
completed the codification, revision and updating of forestry laws
to conform with, and in pursuance of the provisions of the New
Constitution;
WHEREAS, the adoption of the Code as part of the law of

the land will achieve the following results, among others:
1. The gradual phasing out of log exportation and

accelerated development of the local wood processing industry
through a system of disincentives and incentives;
2. Additional revenue to support the expanded

responsibilities of the Bureau of Forest Development in land
classification, forest protection, reforestation of denuded watersheds,
continuing census of settlers and kaingin management in public
forest, forest research and development;
3. The abolition of short-term licenses and the granting

of long-term license agreements of 10 and 25 years to afford the
grantee security of tenure, thus, assuring the effective conservation
of the forest and elimination of petty graft resulting from periodic
renewal of such timber licenses;
4. Abolition of the requirement of one processing plant for

each concession and inducing the establishment of economic-sized
plants located near shipping points, which can adequately complete
in foreign markets in terms of quality and pricing of output;
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5. Acceleration of land classification and immediate

proclamation of permanent forests as forest reserves;
6. Resettlement or integration of settlers in public forests

through a system of kaingin management. This involves a complete
and continuing census of all occupants of public forest, including
their location, in order to determine valid claims and prepare
action plans for integrating such occupants into the socio-economic
mainstream; and
7. Revitalization of the Forest Agency (Bureau of Forest

Development). Adopted and made part of this Code is the merger
of the Bureau of Forestry, Reforestation Administration, and the
Parks and Wildlife Office, as already embodied in the Integrated
Reorganization Plan approved under Presidential Decree No. 1.
WHEREAS, the urgency of giving force and effect to this

measure in the quickest possible manner and time cannot be
overemphasized, the Filipino people having witnessed and suffered
from the last catastrophic floods and droughts throughout the
Archipelago;

22, 1972, as amended, in order to accelerate the classification of
our remaining unclassified forest lands into alienable or disposable
public lands and permanent forest and conserve the latter for the
benefit of the present and future generations of this Country, do
hereby order and decree the following:
ARTICLE I. – TITLE AND POLICY
SECTION 1. Title. – This shall be known as the “Forestry

Reform Code of the Philippines”.
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is the policy of the State:
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(a) To promote the wise utilization, conservation and

development of the forest resources of the country, including their
associated services relating to water supply, recreation and wildlife
preservation;
(b) To safeguard the national interest in the maintenance

of a wholesome ecological environment;
(c) `To accelerate the rehabilitation of denuded lands,

including those under private ownership; and
(d) To provide a stable forestry agency and a body of laws

and regulations adequate to achieve the national policy.
ARTICLE II. – ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION

OF THE BUREAU OF FOREST DEVELOPMENT
SEC. 3. Merger and Organization of Forestry Agencies. –

For the purpose of carrying out the policies established under this
Code, the Bureau of Forestry, the Reforestation Administration,
the Parks and Wildlife Office and such other government agency,
instrumentality or special project as are performing related
functions, including applicable appropriations, records, equipment,
property and such personnel as may be necessary, are hereby
merged into a single agency to be known as the Bureau of Forest
Development, hereinafter referred to as Bureau. The Bureau shall
be directly under the control and supervision of the Secretary of
the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, hereinafter
referred to as Department Head.
The Bureau shall be headed by a Director, who shall be

assisted by one or more Assistant Directors. The Directors and
Assistant Directors shall be appointed by the President. ``
All positions in the three merged agencies are considered

vacated. Present occupants may be appointed in accordance with
a plan of organization prepared by the Director as approved by
the Department Head. Any appointee who fails to report for duty
in accordance with the approved plan within thirty (30) days
upon receipt of notification shall be deemed to have declined the
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appointment, in which case the position may be filled by any other

qualified applicant.
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SEC. 83. Separability Clause. – Should any provision herein

be subsequently declared unconstitutional, the same shall not affect
the validity or the legality of the other provisions.
SEC. 84. Implementing Clause. – The Department Head is

hereby authorized to create such number of positions and appoint
the corresponding personnel as well as fix their compensations, as
may be necessary to install the reorganized agency under this Code.
There is hereby appropriated out of the General Fund of the National
Treasury not otherwise appropriated such amount corresponding to
the salaries of the personnel to be appointed under this provision.
Such appropriation shall include the necessary amount to cover the
cost of suitable uniforms to be required of forest officers, and to be
given as annual uniform allowance.
He shall promulgate such rules and regulations for the

effective implementation of the provisions of this Code.
SEC. 85. Repealing Clause. – All laws, orders, rules and

regulations or any part thereof which are inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed accordingly.
SEC. 86. Date of Effectivity. – This Code shall take effect

immediately upon promulgation thereof.
Done in the City of Manila, this 5th day of February, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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WHICH CREATED THE EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE
AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, Section 24 of Presidential Decree No. 66,

authorizes the President of the Philippines to transfer certain
parcels of land described in Proclamation Nos. 629, series of 1969;
740, series of 1970; 939, 899 and 900, all series of 1971, to the Export
Processing Zone Authority, the Government Service Insurance
System and/or the Social Security System;
WHEREAS, said Decree does not define the limitation by

which the Authority may dispose of said lands;
WHEREAS, it is felt that in order that the Government

shall maintain ownership over said parcels of land, it is necessary,
in the interest of the public, that if the same are mortgaged by the
Authority to any lending institution and the latter fails to redeem
said lands, the Government shall be given the right to repurchase
the same;

1972, do hereby order and decree:
SECTION 1. Section 24 of Presidential Decree No. 66 is

hereby amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 24. Title to Real Property. – The public lands fixed and
delimited as the site of the foreign trade zone under Proclamation
No. 629, series of 1969, Proclamation Nos. 899 and 939, both series
of 1971, of the President of the Philippines shall be surveyed by the
Bureau of Lands and conveyed thereafter in absolute ownership to
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the Authority by the President of the Philippines for the nominal

sum of one peso for each parcel of land being conveyed under this
section. Upon receipt of said deed of conveyance the proper Register
of Deeds shall register the same and issue the corresponding
original certificate of title to the Authority. Likewise, the public
land fixed and delimited as the site of a low cost housing project for
workers in the Zone under Proclamation No. 740, series of 1970, as
amended by Proclamation No. 900, series of 1971, of the President
of the Philippines, shall be surveyed by the Bureau of Lands and
conveyed in absolute ownership by the President of the Philippines
to the Authority, the Government Service Insurance System and/
or Social Security System and in the manner hereinafter provided.
Upon receipt of the deed of conveyance, the proper Register of Deeds
shall forthwith register the same and issue the corresponding
original certificate of title thereof; Provided, that should the lands
herein granted be used as collateral for any loan contracted by the
grantee from any lending institution, the said lands, in the event of
foreclosure, shall be subject to repurchase by the Authority, or in
default thereof, by the Government within a period of five (5) years
from the date of foreclosure sale”.
Done in the City of Manila this 1st day of March, in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING THE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND PLANNING

COMMISSION
WHEREAS, it is a declared objective of the New Society

to effect social, economic, and political reforms attuned to the
establishment of a secure national community and to an improving
quality of life for all citizens and for all others who may sojourn
upon our shores;
WHEREAS, the quality of human life in our times is

inescapably determined by the relationships amongst human
populations, resources, the environment, and intelligent policies;
WHEREAS, human settlements is an integrative concept

embracing the interdependence of man’s environment, human
shelters and structures, and the design and organization of human
communities consistently with a national framework plan, all for
the people’s security and well-being;
WHEREAS, the New Society’s reform programs now call

for the organization of a body that is adequate and responsive to
the manifold tasks of formulating intelligent long-term human
settlements perspectives and policies, designing operational
programs for the control of all forms of environment blight or
deterioration, and adopting and implementing measures for
ensuring the safety and wholesomeness of life in our communities
with due regard to considerations of space, efficient land use, equity
in resource distribution, and rational relationships amongst our
communities.

President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in
me by the Constitution, as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed
Forces of the Philippines and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081,
dated September 21, 1972, General Order No. 1, dated September
22, 1972, as amended, and in order to effect the desired changes
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and reforms in the social, economic, and political structure of our

society, do hereby order and decree and make as part of the law of
the land the following:
SECTION 1. – Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared

to be the policy of the Government (a) to liberate our urban
communities from blight, congestion, and hazard, and to promote
the modernization of our human communities; (b) to bring about
the optimum use of land as a national resource for public welfare
rather than as a commodity of trade subject to price speculation
and indiscriminate use; (c) to effect rational inter-dependence of
communities both within as well as amongst the various regions;
(d) to preserve and promote a dynamic balance between the physical
beauty of our land and waters on the one hand, and the handiwork
of human technology on the other; and, finally, (e) to realize these
policies through the human settlements approach, engaging in
these activities the best efforts of the private and public sectors of
the New Society.
SEC. 2. – Creation of Human Settlements and Planning

Commission. For the purpose of carrying out the above declared
policy, there is hereby created a Human Settlements and Planning
Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission, which shall
be under the Office of the President of the Philippines.
The Commission shall be composed of the Secretary of

National Defense, the Secretary of Public Works, Transportation
and Communications, the Secretary of Local Government and
Community Development, the Chairman of the Board of Investments,
or their representatives, and the incumbent Chairman of the Task
Force on Human Settlements.
The President of the Philippines shall appoint from among

the above-mentioned officials the Chairman of the Commission,
who shall also be an ex-officio member of the Development Budget
Coordination Committee of the National Economic and Development
Authority.
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The Chairman and members of the Commission shall serve

without compensation, but may receive allowances while engaged
in official assignments for the Commission.
The Commission shall meet regularly at least once a

month.
The Commission shall appoint and maintain an adequate

Administrative staff. It shall also have a working staff which shall
consist of the working staff of the Task Force on Human Settlements
created and organized pursuant to Executive Order No. 419, and
Presidential Decree No. 297, both dated September 19, 1973.
The Planning and Project Development Office of the Department
of Public Work, Transportation and Communications is hereby
integrated with the working staff of the Task Force on Human
Settlements. Their powers and functions, appropriations, records,
assets and liabilities, rights, choses in action, and obligations are
transferred to, vested in and assumed by the Commission.
The working staff shall undertake and perform such

functions, duties and activities as are now assigned to it by the
aforesaid Executive Order, and those that may be required by
the Commission. The terms and conditions of employment of the
members of the above-named working staff shall continue to be
governed by the provisions of the aforesaid Executive Order. In view
of the fact that human settlements approach is a new approach to
development, even internationally, the personnel of the working
staff, whether recruited by the Commission or detailed to its
service upon its request, are hereby declared policy-determining,
primarily confidential or highly technical: Provided, That except as
to positions which are policy-determining, primarily confidential or
highly technical, all positions in the administrative staff but not
the working staff of the Commission are subject to the provisions of
the Civil Service Law, rules and regulations, but are exempt from
the rules and regulations of the Wage and Position Classification
Office: Provided, further, That the professional and technical
personnel of the working staff shall be permanent and career in
status without prejudice to transfer, detail, assignment, promotion,
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discipline and dismissal in accordance with the Commission’s

personnel management program and shall be entitled to benefits
and privileges normally accorded to government employees.
SEC. 3. Purposes, Powers, and Functions. – The Commission

shall have the following purposes:
(1) To promote, commission, assemble, contract, and

otherwise obtain information and studies pertaining to human
settlements to the end that it can formulate human settlements
policies, plans, and programs; and design the integrated and
coordinated implementation of such policies, plans, and programs
for the different levels of government and for the public and private
sectors.
(2) To promulgate and ensure compliance with plans,

policies, guidelines, and standards for land management and land
use, ecological conservation and development, control of urban/
industrial pollution and hazards.
To attain the above-mentioned purposes, the Commission

shall have the following powers and functions:
(a) To formulate, adopt and promulgate a continuing and

integrated national plan on human settlements, and to promulgate
guidelines, standards and a reporting system for programming
and planning in the national and local levels. Once said plan is
promulgated, all development plans, programs and projects of the
government and the private sectors related to human settlements
shall conform to the guidelines and standards set forth therein.
(b) To formulate, adopt, promulgate and coordinate

the implementation of land classification, land valuation, land
readjustment schemes, and land use and zoning policies, rules and
regulations. All land resources management policies, plans, rules
and regulations of all the different government and private entities
shall conform to such policies, plans, rules and regulations adopted,
promulgated and/or endorsed by the Commission.
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(c) To set performance standards for emittants, industrial

wastes, fire hazards and the like. Factories, plants, industries
and the like shall provide adequate and effective devices to insure
healthy and safe disposal of industrial wastes, install anti-pollution
devices, safety devices and the like and otherwise use their property
in accordance with prescribed policies, rules and regulations
promulgated by the Commission.
(d) To identify, determine, declare and/or exercise the

right of eminent domain on selected Human Settlements as
integrated development areas which will be developed and zoned
as Planned Development Units (PDUS) in accordance with modern
development comprehensive planning and programming techniques
and procedures under such terms and conditions as the Commission
may prescribe, and in connection therewith to enfranchise, manage,
contract and/or engage in such development program/projects either
directly by itself and/or by creating subsidiaries for this purpose
or indirectly through other agencies and instrumentalities of the
Government and/or private entities.
(e) To review, revise, and approve development plans,

programs, and projects related to human settlements, of national
regional and local government agencies and instrumentalities,
public corporations and private enterprise, and to determine whether
they conform with the integrated national human settlement plan.
No private or government plan, project or program related to the
establishment and development of human settlements, or component
activities thereof as determined by the Commission, shall take effect
or be put into operation without the favorable concurrence of the
Commission.
(f) To promote, encourage, coordinate, and assist private

enterprises and government agencies and instrumentalities in
planning, developing and coordinating human settlements programs,
and to furnish, to the extent possible, technical and professional
assistance and guidance.
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(g) To provide for the assembly and dissemination of

information and experience concerning all aspect of planning and
development and to foster an increased awareness of urban and rural
life and the importance of the environment in human settlements.
(h) When public interest and welfare so demand, the

Commission shall institute expropriation, condemnation or
abatement of nuisance proceedings in the manner as may now or
hereinafter be provided by law, for the transfer, removal or cessation
of operations of factories, plants, industries and the like that are
considered pollutants, combustible and hazardous to the health,
safety and welfare of the general public living in a particular vicinity.
All persons affected shall have the right to notice and hearing before
the Commission and to show cause why the property should not
be made subject of expropriation, condemnation or abatement of
nuisance proceedings.
(i) To issue bonds or contract loans, credits, or indebtedness,

domestic or foreign, for the implementation of its programs and
projects, the payment of which shall be guaranteed, absolutely
and unconditionally, by the Government through the President of
the Philippines or his duly authorized representative, as primary
obligor and not as surety only.
(j) To enter into contracts, either domestic or foreign, to

collect fees and/or to impose development charges in the performance
of its quasi-judicial and regulatory functions, whenever necessary
under such terms and conditions as it may deem proper and
reasonable and to receive income from such contracts, fees and
charges, all of which shall remain with the Commission and shall
constitute part of the properties and funds principal or otherwise, of
the Commission referred to in Section 3 (k).
(k) To receive take, and hold by bequest, devise, gift,

purchase, or lease, either absolutely or in trust, for any of its
purposes, from foreign or domestic sources, any asset, grant, or
property, real or personal, without limitation as to amount or value;
to convey such asset, grant or property, invest and reinvest the same
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under this provision and deal with and expand its assets and income
in such manner as will best promote its public welfare objectives.
(l) To develop and maintain in conjunction with cooperating

agencies a computerized information system through the
establishments of a data bank to support the Commission at various
specific levels in the planning, monitoring, execution, coordination
and control of its various activities, programs and/or projects.
(m) To call on any department, bureau, office, agency,

instrumentality or political subdivision of the Government for
cooperation and assistance in the performance of its duties and
functions. Refusal of any such office or official to cooperate with
and assist the Commission shall subject the official concerned to
administrative disciplinary action.
(n) To do and perform any and all such acts as may be

necessary and proper to carry out the objectives of this Decree.
SEC. 4. Powers of the Commission Upon Notice and Hearing.

– The Commission shall have the powers, upon proper notice and
hearing:
(1) To determine a rational plan for the extent or radius

of a particular area or areas within which the establishment of
factories, plants, industries and the like may be regulated. Once
determined, all new factories, plants or industries and the like may
be established or operated within the area, or existing ones expanded
or reconstructed, but only upon approval by the Commission.
(2) To determine whether existing factories, plants,

industries, building and the like or components thereof need to
be transferred, relocated, terminated or otherwise demolished.
Once determined, the Commission shall institute the appropriate
proceedings as specified in Section 3 hereof.
In such determinations, the Commission shall be guided by

the following considerations:
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(a) Whether the factories, plants or industries and

the like established or to be established, are pollutants or non-
pollutants, hazardous or non-hazardous and/or combustible or non-
combustible.
(b) Whether the factories, plants, or industries and the like

are located in an area which is so congested and densely populated
as to threaten the health, safety and security of a considerable
number of people.
(c) Whether the transfer or relocation of the plant, factory

or other establishment can be avoided through the installation
and use of anti-pollution and other anti-hazards devices that the
Commission may prescribe.
(d) Whether the transferred or relocated factories, plants

or industries or components thereof or those to be established in
a specified area can be accorded infrastructure support, such as
highways, water and sewerage, power and other facilities.
(e) The costs of transfer or relocation of the factories plants

or industries taking into account the benefits derived from the
removal thereof.
(3) To regulate and/or coordinate with appropriate existing

government entities the regulation of production capacities of new
factories, plants and industries or additional production capacities
of existing factories, plants and industries and the like. Factories,
plants, industries and the like shall operate only within the
capacities allowed or authorized by the Commission. Any additional
capacity over and above those determined by existing regulation
shall be operative only with the approval of the Commission, subject
to the terms and conditions it may impose for the health, safety and
security of the community.
(4) Whenever the Commission has received a formal

complaint and has determined that a person, plant, factory or
industry or other establishment of dwelling if a pollutant or
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hazardous or had violated prescribed planning rules, regulations

and policies or refused to comply with any requirement regarding
the use of anti-pollution or anti-hazard devices, the Commission
shall immediately order compliance under pain of penalties herein
imposed or otherwise institute expropriation, condemnation or
abatement of nuisance proceedings as specified in Section 3 hereof.
SEC. 5. Powers of the Commission Without Hearing. – The

Commission shall have the power to do the following without
hearing:
(1) Require all persons, corporations or other entities and

their associations or institutes to furnish it with such physical
operational plans, maps and other relevant information as it may
need to discharge its duties under this Decree and to exercise its
functions and powers under Section 7 and 8 hereof;
(2) Issue subpoena and subpoena duces tecum on any

inquiry, study, hearing, investigation, or proceeding which it may
decide to undertake in the exercise of its functions, power and duties
under this Decree;
(3) Call on any department, bureau, office, agency or

instrumentality of the government or any of its political subdivisions
for cooperation and assistance in the performance of its duties and
functions;
(4) Promulgate rules and regulations relevant to procedures

governing hearings before the Commission and enforce compliance
with any rule, regulation, order or other requirements of this Decree
or of the Commission: Provided, That the said rules and regulations
shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in a newspapers
of general circulation; and
(5) Issue and promulgate such rules and regulations as it

may deem necessary in the attainment of its objectives.
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(6) Perform such other acts as may be necessary or conducive

to the exercise of its functions and powers and the discharge of its
duties under this Decree.
SEC. 6. Other Duties of the Commission. – The Commission,

through its working staff, the Task Force on Human Settlements
referred to in Section 2 hereof, shall undertake a continuing study
of overall human settlements problems in its national, regional and
local levels, gather and collate information and statistics bearing on
human settlements, submit an annual report and the results of its
studies, including therein such matters as it may deem appropriate
subjects of legislation or executive action. The Commission shall
likewise keep itself regularly and thoroughly informed of conditions
in the country in order to enable it to perform its functions, exercise
its powers and discharge its duties effectively.
SEC. 7. Commission Procedure. – All inquiries, studies,

hearings, investigations, and proceedings conducted by the
Commission shall be governed by rules adopted by the Commission,
and in the conduct thereof the Commission shall not be bound by
technical rules of evidence: Provided, That the Commission may
summarily punish for contempt, by a fine not exceeding five hundred
pesos (P500.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days
or both, any person guilty of such misconduct in the presence of
the Commission or so near thereto as to seriously interrupt any
hearing or session or any proceeding before it, including cases
wherein a person willfully fails or refuses, without just cause, to
comply with a summons, subpoena, or subpoena duces tecum legally
issued by the Commission or, being present at a hearing, session
or investigation, refuses to be sworn as a witness or to answer
questions when lawfully required to do so, or to furnish information
required by the Commission under this Decree. The sheriff or other
police agencies of the place where the hearing or investigation is
conducted shall, upon the request of the Commission, assist it to
enforce the provisions of this Section.
SEC. 8. Review of Commission’s Decision or Order. – A party

adversely affected by any decision or order of the Commission in
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the exercise of its powers subject to hearing may, within a period

of thirty (30) days from receipt of said decision or order, appeal
to the Office of the President in accordance with the provisions of
Executive Order No. 19, series of 1966. A motion for reconsideration
filed with the Commission within the period for appeal shall stop
or suspend the running of the period for appeal to the Office of the
President and the period for appeal shall continue to run again from
the date of receipt by the party concerned of the denial of his motion
for reconsideration by the Commission.
SEC. 9. Domicile. – The principal office of the Commission

shall be established in Metropolitan Manila. The Commission may
also have branches or offices at such other place or places, within
or outside the Philippines, as the operations and activities of the
Commission may require.
SEC. 10. Expenditures and Disbursements. – Expenditures

and disbursements made by the Commission in the conduct of
its affairs shall not be subject to the procurement requirements
and restrictions imposed by existing laws upon government
agencies, instrumentalities and government-owned or controlled
corporations.
SEC. 11. Exemption from Taxes. – Any provision of existing

laws to the contrary notwithstanding, any donation, contribution,
bequest, subsidy or financial aid which may be made to the
Commission shall be exempt from taxes of any kind, and shall
constitute allowable deductions in full from the income of the donors
or givers for income tax purposes.
The Commission, its assets, acquisitions, income, and its

operations and transactions shall be exempt from any and all taxes,
fees, charges, imposts, licenses and assessments, direct or indirect,
imposed by the Republic of the Philippines or any of its political
subdivisions or taxing authority thereof, except import taxes, duties
and fees.
SEC. 12. Appropriation. – The budget of the Commission

shall be in the form of lump sum appropriations of ten million
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pesos (P10,000,000.00) for fiscal year 1973-1974 which is hereby

appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury. Thereafter,
such amount as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Decree
shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
SEC. 13. Penalties. –
(1) Any person who shall give false or misleading data or

information or willfully or through gross negligence, conceals or
falsifies a material fact, in any investigation, inquiry, study, or other
proceedings held pursuant to this Decree, shall be punished with
imprisonment of not less than four nor more than six months and
with a fine of not less than five hundred pesos nor more than one
thousand pesos: Provided, however, That if the false or misleading
data or information shall have been given under oath, the maximum
penalty of giving false testimony or perjury shall be imposed.
(2) Any person or establishment who violates any provisions

of this Decree or any order, decision, ruling or regulation of the
Commission shall, upon conviction for the first time, be warned
and placed on probation under such terms and conditions that
the Commission may impose. On second conviction, the penalty to
be imposed by the Commission shall be the removal, withdrawal,
cessation or refusal of infrastructure support, namely, highways,
sewage, water, electric power and the like. On third and subsequent
convictions, the offender shall, in addition to the penalty imposed on
second conviction, be sentenced by the proper court to imprisonment
for a period of not less than six months but not more than five years
and a fine of not less than five thousand pesos: Provided, That if
the offender be a corporation, partnership or juridical person, the
penalty of imprisonment shall be imposed on the officer or officers
responsible for permitting or causing a violation by the corporation,
partnership or juridical person of the provisions of this Decree.
SEC. 14. Submission of Proposal. – Within a period not

exceeding one year from the promulgation of this Decree, the
Commission shall submit to the President in coordination with
the Reorganization Commission a coordinated plan or proposal
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for the strengthening, absorption and/or abolition of government

agencies and instrumentalities, directly or indirectly affected by
this Decree.
SEC. 15. Separability Clause. – If any provision of this

Decree shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Decree shall not
be affected thereby.
SEC. 16. Repealing Clause. – Any provision of law, Executive

order, rule or regulation inconsistent with this Decree are hereby

immediately.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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RECONSTITUTING THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS AND

STATISTICS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AS A NEW
AGENCY UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION
OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL CENSUS
AND STATISTICS OFFICE
WHEREAS, it is necessary to link directly the functions of

the Bureau of the Census and Statistics with the requirements of
national social and economic development planning;
WHEREAS, the National Economic and Development

Authority, being the highest development planning body, is the
logical focal point for securing the desired linkage that will give
more development orientation in the operations of the Bureau of
the Census and Statistics and make it serve more efficiently the
requirements of the development planning;
WHEREAS, to attain this objective, the organizational

status and form of the Bureau of the Census and Statistics should be
redefined and reconstituted under the administrative supervision of
the National Economic and Development Authority;

President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by
the constitution, do hereby order and decree:
SECTION 1. The Bureau of the Census and Statistics of the

Department of Trade is hereby reconstituted as a new agency to
be known as the National Census and Statistics Office. The Office
shall be transferred from the Department of Trade and placed
under the administrative supervision of the National Economic and
Development Authority.
SEC. 2. The Office shall be headed by an Executive

Director and shall have the same organizational structure and
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functions prescribed for the Bureau of the Census and Statistics

under the Integrated Reorganization Plan, as amended: Provided,
However, That the Director General of the National Economic and
Development Authority may make modifications thereon as may be
necessary: Provided, Further, That except for the Executive Director
and Assistant Executive Director who shall be appointed by the
President, upon recommendation of the Director General of the
National Economic and Development Authority, all other personnel
of the Office shall be appointed by the Executive Director and shall be
under his control and supervision: Provided, Furthermore, That the
staffing pattern for high-level professional and technical personnel
of the Office which shall be prepared for purposes of implementing
the reorganization prescribed for the Bureau of the Census and
Statistics under the Plan shall be reviewed and recommended
for approval by the Director General of the National Economic
and Development Authority: Provided, Finally, That the regular
professional and technical personnel of the Office shall be exempt
from the coverage of the classification and compensation plans of
the Wage and Position Classification Office, and Civil Service rules
and regulations.
SEC. 3. The present personnel complement of the Bureau of

the Census and Statistics, together with its applicable appropriations,
records, equipment and property shall be transferred to the Office
herein created.
SEC. 4. The National Economic and Development Authority

shall: (a) provide general policies and priorities which shall serve as
the general framework for the statistical operations of the Office;
(b) review and recommend for approval statistical programs and
budgets for such programs, as recommended by the Office.
SEC. 5. The Office shall assist the Statistical Advisory Board

and the National Economic and Development Authority in the
formulation of a continuing comprehensive statistical program for
the government and shall provide technical assistance and support
to projects of other statistical agencies and institutions particularly
those concerned with the improvement of economic statistics.
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SEC. 6. This Decree shall take effect and shall be implemented

immediately.
SEC. 7. All laws, executive orders, decrees, rules and

regulations, or parts thereof, contrary to or inconsistent with the
provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified
accordingly.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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WHEREAS, horse-racing should be given the impetus for

development so as to fully take advantage of its revenue-earning
and employment-giving aspects;
WHEREAS, the continued growth of horse-racing will

inevitably result in the development of related industries which at
present are non-existent and/or not fully exploited;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to restore integrity to the sport

to make it compatible with the ideals of sports development under
the New Society;
WHEREAS, horse-racing as one of the oldest and universally

popular diversions of man has become highly specialized and
sophisticated so as to necessitate more attention of the government;
and
WHEREAS, it is imperative that a specialized body be

created which shall have a thorough and closer supervision and
control of all aspects of the sport in order to insure public benefit;

vested in me by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all
the Armed Forces of the Philippines, pursuant to Proclamation
No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972 as amended by Proclamation
No. 104, dated January 17, 1973 and General Order No. 1, dated
September 22, 1972 as amended, in order to effect the desired and
necessary changes and reforms in the social and economic structure
of our society, do hereby order and decree and make as part of the
law of the land of the following:
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. – It is the declared

policy to promote and direct the accelerated development and
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continued growth of horse-racing not only in pursuance of the sports

development program but also in order to insure the full exploitation
of the sport as a source of revenue and employment.
SEC. 2. Creation of the Philippine Racing Commission. – For

the purpose of carrying out the above declared policy, there is hereby
created a Philippine Racing Commission, hereinafter referred to as
the Commission, which shall be directly under the administrative
supervision of the Office of the President of the Philippines.
SEC. 3. Aims and Objectives. – The Commission shall have

the following aims and objectives:
a. To promote, insure and maintain efficient and unbiased

operation of racing, exclusive of the supervision of betting therein;
b. To raise public confidence in the sport and to minimize

infraction of the rules of racing; and
c. To improve the breed of Philippine horses and to prevent

illegal importation of race-horses.
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SEC. 8. Jurisdictions, Powers and Functions. – Generally,

the Commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction and control over
every aspect of the conduct of horse-racing, including the framing
and scheduling of races, the construction and safety of race tacks,
the allocation of prizes, and the security of racing.
The functions of Games and Amusements Board with

respect to horse-racing, except those related to the supervision and
regulation of betting in horse-racing as provided for in Sections
6, 11, 15, 18 and 24 of Republic Act 309, as amended, are hereby
transferred to the Commission.
The Games and Amusements Board shall continue to

supervise jai-alai, boxing and wrestling activities as provided in
existing applicable laws.
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SEC. 9. Specific Powers. – Specifically, the Commission shall

have the power:
a. To enforce all laws, decrees and executive orders

relating to horse-racing that are not expressly or impliedly
repealed or modified by this Decree, including all such existing
rules and regulations until otherwise modified or amended by the
Commission;
b. To prescribe additional rules and regulations not

otherwise inconsistent with this Decree;
c. To register race horses, horse owners or associations

or federations thereof; and to regulate the construction of the race
tracks and to grant permit for the holding of races;
d. To issue, suspend or revoked permits and licenses and

to impose or collect fees for the issuance of such licenses and permits
to persons required to obtain the same;
e. To review, modify, approve or disapprove the rules and

regulations issued by any person or entity concerning the conduct of
horse races held by them;
f. To supervise all such race meetings to assure integrity

at all times. It can order the suspension of any racing event in case
of violation of any law, ordinance or rules and regulations;
g. To prohibit the use of improper devices, drugs,

stimulants or other means to enhance or diminish the speed of
horses or materially harm their condition;
h. To approve the annual budget of the Commission and

such supplemental budgets as may be necessary;
i. To appoint all personnel, including an Executive Director

of the Commission as it may be deem necessary in the exercise and
performance of its powers and duties; and
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j. To enter into contracts involving obligations chargeable

to or against the funds of the Commission.
SEC. 10. Other Powers and Duties. –
a. The Commission may impose fines, penalties and

forfeitures to erring parties under the rules and regulations of the
Commission, which fines, penalties and forfeitures shall accrue to
the funds of the Commission;
b. The Commission may, in its discretion or upon petition

of any interested party, after notice and hearing, modify, suspend
or revoke any permit or license for failure to comply with and/or for
violation of any provision of law or any order, rules or regulations
issued thereunder: Provided, That the Commission may for
good cause and without notice and hearing, order the temporary
suspension of such permit/license whenever such step, in the
judgment of the Commission, shall be necessary and for the best
interest of racing;
c. Except in cases where summary actions are taken, in

the settlement of dispute and other problems connected with the
conduct of horse-racing, the Commission shall act as a body and all
hearings and investigations before it shall be governed by the rules
of procedures as may be adopted by it: Provided, That orders, rulings
and decisions may be appealed to the President of the Philippines
within seventy-two hours from receipt of such orders, rulings and
decisions;
d. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this

Decree, the Commission may summon parties, issue subpoena or
require the production of such books, papers, contracts, records, or
statement of accounts as may be material to a just determination
of any matter under investigation. The Commission may designate
any of its members or officers to conduct hearings and investigations
on any matter pending before it; and
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e. The Commission shall perform such other duties

and exercise all other powers incidental or necessary to the
accomplishment of the aims and objectives of the Commission.
SEC. 11. Funding. – In order to provide the necessary funds

to cover the expenses of the Commission and such other purposes
authorized under this Decree, one per centum of the gross receipt
derived from the total sale of tickets for daily double, llave, forecast,
jackpot and other similar events is hereby constituted as a special
fund to be used by the Commission: Provided, however, That the one
per centum of the gross receipts derived from the total sale of the
tickets for pari mutuel races, shall continue to be retained as special
fund for use of the Games and Amusements Board: Provided, further,
That to promote clean and honest horse-racing, licensed jockeys
or trainers who are suspended by the Commission for violation of
existing rules on horse racing shall be temporarily suspended from
all benefits other than medical and hospitalization expenses during
the period of suspension.
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SEC. 15. Transitory Provision. – Pending the organization of

the Commission, the Games and Amusements Board shall continue
to exercise the duties and functions transferred to the Commission.
The personnel of the Games and Amusements Board whose functions
and duties are transferred to the Commission may be retained in
the Board; but those not so retained shall be transferred to the
Commission, unless the Commission determines otherwise. Those
not retained in the Board nor transferred to the Commission shall be
considered separated from the service: Provided, That the separated
personnel who are entitled to retire under existing retirement laws
shall be so retired: Provided, further, That those who shall not be
retired under existing retirement laws shall be entitled to and paid
a gratuity equivalent to one month salary for every year of service
in the government on the basis of the highest salary received by
them, subject to availability of funds.
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The Commission is hereby authorized to reorganize the

National Stud Farm and such reorganization shall be submitted to
the President for approval within six months from the promulgation
of this Decree. Pending the reorganization, the Farm shall be under
the supervision and control of the Commission.

No. 309, as amended and all other acts, decrees, executive orders,
rules and regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with
the provisions of this Decree are hereby either repealed or modified
accordingly.

are hereby declared to be separable and in the event any one or

immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 20th day of March, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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INTEGRATION OF THE CITY/MUNICIPAL POLICE FORCES,

JAILS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE GREATER
MANILA AREA
WHEREAS, the fact that the seat of the National Government

is within the Greater Manila Area makes it an important hub
of governmental, economic, commercial, industrial, as well as
diplomatic, tourists and other related but varied activities, which
requires the conglomeration of large number of people, including
foreigners;
WHEREAS, the proximity of centers of population, and

the facility of means of transportation, aided by the existence of
separate, independent police forces and facilities whose jurisdictions
are restricted by political/territorial boundaries renders the Greater
Manila Area a virtual haven for criminal elements, who pose a
constant danger to the public safety, peace, order and tranquility of
the inhabitants therein;
WHEREAS, such danger can be prevented, contained and

eliminated only through a system of effective law-enforcement
unhampered by political/territorial considerations or the lack of
unity and coordination, not to mention the real or apparent rivalries,
conflicts, jealousies and indifference among the city/municipal police
forces operating in said area;
WHEREAS, effective law-enforcement can be attained only

by integrating into and constituting as one unit the said police forces
as well as the other facilities directly or indirectly connected with
public safety and the maintenance of peace and order, particularly
the city/municipal jails for the reformation/correction of offenders
and fire departments for the prevention of conflagration that cause
economic and social dislocations within the Greater Manila Area, in
order that the same may be cohesively organized, better coordinated
and effectively directed;
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, in

my capacity as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of
the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation Nos. 1081, dated
September 21, 1972 and No. 1104, dated January 17, 1973 and
and decree, as follows:
SECTION 1. Integration of city/municipal police forces,

jails and fire departments in the Greater Manila Area. – All laws
to the contrary notwithstanding, the police forces, jails and fire
departments of the Cities of Manila, Quezon, Caloocan and Pasay;
and of the Municipalities of Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Parañaque,
Makati, Mandaluyong, San Juan, Marikina, Pasig, Pateros,
Taguig, Navotas and Malabon of the province of Rizal; and of the
Municipality of Valenzuela of the Province of Bulacan, as they
are presently organized and constituted, are hereby integrated
into a unit to be known as “METROPOLITAN POLICE FORCE”,
which shall be headed by the Commanding General, Philippine
Constabulary Metropolitan Command (PC METROCOM).
SEC. 2. Jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Police. – The

Metropolitan Police Force shall be responsible for the public safety
and discharge the functions of the maintenance of peace, law and
order within the territorial limits of the cities and municipalities
mentioned in the preceding Section 1. As such it shall have the
power to prevent crimes, take necessary measures for public safety,
effect arrest of criminal offenders and investigate the commission of
all crimes and offenses therein and bring the offenders to justice.
SEC. 3. Direction and control over the Metropolitan Police

Force. – As head of the Metropolitan Police Force, the Commanding
General, PC METROCOM shall have the power of direction and
control thereof in the discharge of its functions as herein provided.
SEC. 4. Extent of Direction and Control. – The power of

direction and control herein vested in the Commanding General,
PC METROCOM shall include the power to direct and control
the tactical, strategic movements, deployments, placements and/
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or utilization of the entire Metropolitan Police Force or any of its

elements and components, equipment, facilities and other resources
within its territorial jurisdiction; the training of the members thereof,
and such other power that may be necessary to make operational
direction and control real and effective.
SEC. 5. Power of Administrative Control and Supervision. –

Administrative control and supervision over the several police forces,
jails and fire departments composing the Metropolitan Police Force
shall, prior to the transfer provided for in Section 6 hereof, remain
with the offices, agencies and officials in which said power is vested
in accordance with existing laws: Provided, That such power shall
not be exercised in a manner that will adversely affect the integrity,
capability and operational efficiency of the Metropolitan Police
Force or any of its component/elements. Accordingly, administrative
matters such as, appointment, promotion, suspension, separation
and other administrative disciplinary action; grant/payment of
salary and/or allowances, compensation, leave and other benefits,
logistical support, and such other matters pertaining to personnel
administration, which are currently vested in and exercised by
other officials pursuant to existing laws, rules and regulations shall
remain with said officials; Provided, That in case of conflict between
the exercise of administrative supervision and control, on one hand
and operational direction and control, on the other hand, the latter
shall prevail.
SEC.6. Administrative supervision and control to be

transferred to the Philippine Constabulary. – After one year, but
not later than two years, from the effectivity of this Decree, the
power of administrative control and supervision provided for in
the preceding Section 5 shall be taken over and exercised by the
Philippine Constabulary. For this purpose, the personnel, records,
funds, property, equipment, facilities and other resources being
used by the Metropolitan Police Force, including firearms, vehicles,
communications and criminal laboratory facilities, if any, shall be
transferred to the administration and custody of the Philippine
Constabulary.
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SEC. 7. Funding of the Metropolitan Police Force. – Effective

upon the transfer of the power of administrative control and
supervision over the Metropolitan Police Force to the Philippine
Constabulary as herein provided, each city and municipality shall
allocate not less than eighteen (18%) per centum of its annual
budget as its contribution for the maintenance of the Metropolitan
Police Force. The National Government shall provide subsidies and
other types of fund support to insure a minimum standard salary
for the members thereof and provide a modernization of their public
safety equipment/installations in accordance with existing laws and
policies or as may hereafter be provided.
SEC. 8. No reduction in salary. – This Decree shall be

implemented in such manner that will not result, except for cause
provided by law, in the reduction of salary among the personnel of
the Manila Metropolitan Police Force.
SEC. 9. Chief of Constabulary to Promulgate Rules and

Regulations. – to The Chief of Constabulary shall, with the approval
of the Secretary of National Defense, promulgate the necessary rules
and regulations for the effective implementation of this Decree.
SEC. 10. Penal Provision. Any person who obstructs or

interferes with the implementation of this Decree or of the rules
and regulations promulgated by the Chief of Constabulary in
accordance herewith directly or indirectly shall upon conviction,
suffer imprisonment of not less than three years nor more than six
years and/or a fine of not less than five thousand pesos, but not
more than ten thousand pesos at the discretion of the court.
When the offender is a public officer or employee, he may,

in addition be disqualified from holding public office or employment
for life.

No. 4864, otherwise known as the Police Act of 1966 as amended by
Presidential Decrees No. 1, dated September 22, 1972; No. 12, dated
September 24, 1972; No. 12-A, dated October 4, 1972; No. 12-B, dated
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October 28, 1972 and No. 170, dated April 4, 1973; the provisions
of the City Charters of the Cities of Manila, Quezon, Caloocan,
and Pasay; the pertinent provisions of the Revised Administrative
Code, as amended, as well as all other provisions of existing laws,
rules and regulations which are inconsistent herewith are hereby
SEC. 12. Effectivity. – This Decree shall take effect upon

approval.
Done in the City of Manila, this 21st day of March, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING A NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL,

RECONSTITUTING ITS MEMBERSHIP, VESTING
THE SAME WITH POWERS TO COORDINATE AND
INTEGRATE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, AND
PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
WHEREAS, the social and economic progress of the country

is highly dependent on the proper development, control and
utilization of its total water resources;
WHEREAS, as the country progresses and the population

increases, there will develop, as has been experienced, keener
competition and conflict of interests among water users; and
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need for a well-integrated

and coordinated planning and prosecution of projects, including an
expanded effect in the continuing task of water resources survey and
appraisal, in order to achieve an orderly and scientific development
as well as optimum utilization and control of our water resources to
meet the present and future water needs of the country;

the Constitution do hereby order and decree:
SECTION 1. The Water Resources Committee under Article

XI, Chapter I, Part X of the Integrated Reorganization Plan shall
be renamed National Water Resources Council, hereinafter called
the Council, and attached to the Department of Public Works,
Transportation and Communications (DPWTC).
SEC. 2. The Council shall have the following functions,

duties, and powers:
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A. REGULATORY AND EXECUTORY:
a. Coordinate and integrate, on a sound and logical basis,

water resources development activities of the country within the
context of national plans and policies for social and economic
development;
b. Determine, adjudicate, and grant water rights

amending, for this purpose, Act No. 2152, and other laws relating to
the appropriation and utilization of surface ground water;
c. Formulate and promulgate:
1) General criteria, methods, and standards for basic data

collection, project investigation, formulation, planning and design,
and feasibility evaluation; and
2) Rules and regulation for the exploitation and optimum

utilization of water resources, including the imposition on water
appropriators of such fees or charges as may be deemed necessary
by the council for Water Resources Development;
d. Review and approve water resources development

plans and programs of any agency within the context of the overall
national plans and programs;
e. Undertake river basin surveys, inventory and appraisal

of water and related resources and develop comprehensive basin-
wide plans of storage and control to maximize the conservation and
multi-purpose use of water in the basin;
f. Undertake hydrologic surveys and establish, operate

and maintain observation station networks and a centralized
water resources data center necessary for the scientific survey and
appraisal of surface and ground water potentials of the country;
and
g. Conduct and/or promote special studies and researches

with other government or private agencies on all related aspects
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of water resources development such as weather modification,

environmental quality, desalination, and the like.
B. ADVISORY AND RECOMMENDATORY:
a. Appraise and/or advise the National Economic and

Development Authority (NEDA) on matters pertaining to water
resources development projects and programs;
b. Recommend to NEDA the adoption of general policies

and guidelines and short/long range plans and programs for water
resources development.
SEC. 3. The Council shall be composed of the following:
Secretary, Department of Public Works,

Transportation and Communications Chairman
Secretary Department of Agriculture and

Natural Resources, or his Undersecretary Member
Director General, National Economic &

Development Authority, or his Deputy Member
Administrator, National Irrigation

Administration Member
General Manager, National Power

Corporation Member
Director, Bureau of Public Works Member
Provided, That the National Economic and Development

Authority, in the exercise of its sound discretion, may increase or
decrease the membership of the Council.
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The members of the Council shall receive a reasonable

amount of per diem as the Council may provide for every meeting
actually attended by them.
SEC. 4. The Council shall have a working staff which shall

function under the supervision and control of an Executive Director,
who shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines upon
recommendation of the Council. The Executive Director shall
receive a salary as may be fixed by the Council. Initially, the Water
Resources Survey Division of the Bureau of Public Works, shall
be the working staff of the Council. The appropriate personnel,
records, functions, and applicable appropriations, properties, and
facilities of the Division shall be transferred to the Council within
the current fiscal year. The Council shall fully organized and expand
its working staff, and shall fix the salaries remunerations, including
per diems and allowances of the personnel, subject to existing
requirements, but exempt from WAPCO and Civil Service rules and
regulations, insofar as technical positions are concerned; provided
that the personnel shall be entitled to benefits and privileges
normally accorded government employees, such as retirement,
GSIS insurance, leave and similar matters.
SEC. 5. In the performance of its functions, the Council, may

request and secure the assistance of any government agency, office
or instrumentality which the Council is hereby authorized to call
upon. Whenever necessary the Council may enter into contracts for
consultancy services.
SEC. 6. The amount of Ten Million Pesos out of any available

funds from the National Treasury is hereby appropriated and
authorized to be released, for the organization of the Council and
its initial operations, including purchase of hydrologic equipment.
Henceforth, funds sufficient to fully carry out the functions and
objectives of the Council shall be appropriated every fiscal year in
the General Appropriations Act. The budget of the Council shall be
in the form of lump sum appropriations with the Council having
sole authority to determine the details of expenditures; Provided,
That the Council shall submit to DPWTC a report of disbursement
thereof within 45 days after the close of each fiscal year.
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SEC. 7. The Council shall hold its organizational meeting

within forty-five (45) days upon promulgation of this Decree.
SEC. 8. The functions, monies, and records, properties,

rights and obligations of the Water Resources Committee are hereby
transferred to the Council.
SEC. 9. All laws, decrees, charters, executive orders,

administrative orders, proclamations, rules and regulations, or
parts thereof in conflict with this Decree are hereby repealed or
SEC. 10. If any provision, provisions, part or parts of this

decree is declared unconstitutional, such declaration shall not
invalidate the other provisions hereof.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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A DECREE INSTITUTING A LABOR CODE, THEREBY

REVISING AND CONSOLIDATING LABOR AND
SOCIAL LAWS TO AFFORD PROTECTION TO LABOR,
PROMOTE EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES
DEVELOPMENT AND ENSURE INDUSTRIAL PEACE
BASED ON SOCIAL JUSTICE
PRELIMINARY TITLE
CHAPTER I – General Provisions
ARTICLE 1. Name of decree. – This Decree shall be known

as the “Labor Code of the Philippines.”
ART. 2. Date of effectivity. – This Code shall take effect six

months after its promulgation.
ART. 3. Declaration of basic policy. – The State shall afford

protection to labor, promote full employment, ensure equal work
opportunities regardless of sex, race or creed, and regulate the
relations between workers and employers. The State shall assure
the rights of workers to self-organization, collective bargaining,
security of tenure and just and humane conditions of work.
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ART. 11. Implementing agency. – The Department of Agrarian

Reform shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to
implement the provisions of this chapter.
Book I
PRE-EMPLOYMENT
ART. 12. Statement of objectives. – It is the policy of the State

(a) To promote and maintain a state of full employment through
improved manpower training, allocation and utilization.
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(b) To protect every citizen desiring to work locally or

overseas by securing for him the best possible terms and conditions
of employment;
(c) To facilitate a free choice of available employment by

persons seeking work in conformity with the national interest;
(d) To facilitate and regulate the movement of workers in

conformity with the national interest;
(e) To regulate the employment of non-resident aliens;
(f) To strengthen the network of public employment offices

and to undertake the phasing out of private fee-charging employment
agencies;
(g) To insure careful selection of Filipino workers for

overseas employment in order to protect the good name of the
Philippines abroad.
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ART. 16. Overseas Employment Development Board. An

Overseas Employment Development Board is hereby created to
undertake, a systematic program for overseas employment of
Filipino workers, other than seamen, in excess of domestic needs and
to protect their rights to fair and equitable employment practices.
It shall seek to:
(a) meet the increasing demand for trained and competent

Filipino workers in foreign countries;
(b) generate foreign exchange from the earnings of Filipinos

employed under the program;
(c) promote the employment of Filipinos under government-

to-government arrangement;
(d) secure better terms and conditions of employment of

Filipino workers overseas; and
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(e) promote the development of the skills and careful election

of employment of Filipino workers for overseas employment.
The Board shall be attached to the Department of Labor for

policy and program coordination and for the efficient conduct of its
duties.
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ART. 20 National Seamen Board, Creation of. – There is

hereby created a body to be known as a National Seamen Board.
It shall:
(a) establish and maintain a comprehensive seamen

training program.
(b) provide free placement services for seamen.
(c) obtain the best possible terms and conditions of

employment for seamen.
(d) secure full implementation of the employment contracts

of seamen.
(e) maintain a complete registry of all seamen.
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Book II
HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
TITLE I – NATIONAL MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAM
CHAPTER 1 – National Policies And Administrative
Machinery For Their Implementation
ART. 42. Statement of objective. – It is the objective of this

Title to develop human resources, establish training institutions
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and formulate such plans and programs as will ensure efficient

allocation, development and utilization of the nation’s manpower
and thereby promote employment and accelerate economic and
social growth.
ART. 43. Definition. – As used in this Title: (a) “Manpower”

shall mean that portion of the nation’s population which has actual
or potential capability to contribute directly to the production of
goods and services.
(b) “Entrepreneurship” shall mean training for self-

employment or assisting individual or small industries within the
purview of this Title.
ART. 44. National Manpower and Youth Council Composition.

– To carry out the objectives of this Title, the National Manpower
and Youth Council, which is attached to the Department of Labor
for policy and program coordination and hereinafter referred to as
the Council, shall be composed of the Secretary of Labor as ex-officio
chairman, the Secretary of Education and Culture as ex-officio vice-
chairman, and as ex-officio members; the Director-General of the
National Economic and Development Authority; the Secretary of
Agriculture and Natural Resources; the Secretary of Social Welfare;
the Secretary of Local Governments and Community Development;
the Chairman of the National Science Development Board; the
Secretary of Industry and the Executive Director of the Council.
The Executive Director of the Council shall have no vote.
In addition, the President shall appoint the following

members from the private sector: two representatives of national
organizations of employers; two representatives of national workers
organizations; and two from national family and youth organizations,
each for a term of three years.
ART. 46. National Manpower Plan. – The Council shall

formulate a long-term national manpower plan for the optimum
allocation, development and utilization of manpower for employment,
entrepreneurship and economic and social growth. This manpower
plan shall, after adoption by the Council, be updated annually and
submitted to the President for his approval. Thereafter, it shall be
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the controlling plan for the development of manpower resources

for the entire country in accordance with the national development
plan. The Council shall call upon any agency of government or the
private sector to assist in this effort.
ART. 46. National Manpower Skills Center. – The Council

shall establish a National Manpower Skills Center and regional and
local training centers for the purpose of promoting the development
of skills. The centers shall be administered and operated under such
rules and regulations as may be established by the Council.
ART. 47. Establishment and formulation of skills standards.

– There shall be national skills standards for industry trades to
be established by the Council in consultation with employers and
workers organizations and appropriate government authorities. The
Council shall thereafter administer the national skills standards.
ART. 48. Administration of training programs. – The

Council shall provide through the Secretariat instructor training,
entrepreneurship development, training in vocations, trades and
other fields of employment, and assist any employer or organization
in training schemes designed to attain its objectives under rules
and regulations which the Council shall establish for this purpose.
The Council shall exercise, through the Secretariat, authority

and jurisdiction over, and administer, on-going technical assistance
programs and/or grants-in-aid for manpower and youth development
including those which may be entered into between the government
of the Philippines and international and foreign organizations and
nations, as well as persons and organizations in the Philippines.
In order to integrate the national manpower development

effort, all manpower training schemes as provided for in this Code
shall be coordinated with the Council particularly those having to
do with the setting of skills standards. For this purpose, existing
manpower training programs in government and in the private sector
shall be reported to the Council which may regulate such programs
to make them conform with national development programs.
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This Article shall not include apprentices, learners and

handicapped workers as governed by appropriate provisions of this
Code.
ART. 49. Industry boards. – The Council shall establish

industry boards to assist in the establishment of manpower
development schemes, trades and skills standards and such other
functions as will provide direct participation of employers and
workers in the fulfillment of the Council’s objectives, in accordance
with guidelines to be established by the Council and in consultation
with the National Economic and Development Authority.
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ART. 53. Regional manpower development centers. – The

Council shall create regional manpower development centers which
shall determine the manpower needs of the industry, agriculture and
other sectors of the economy within their respective jurisdictions;
provide the Council’s central planners with the data for updating
the National Manpower Plan; recommend programs for the regional
level agencies engaged in manpower and youth development within
the policies formulated by the Council; and perform such other
duties as may be assigned by the Council; administer and supervise
Secretariat training programs within the region and perform such
other functions as may be authorized by the Council.
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TITLE II – NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION
CHAPTER I – Creation and Composition
ART. 261. Creation of National Labor Relations Commission.

– A National Labor Relations Commission is hereby established
in the Department of Labor. It shall be under the administrative
supervision of the Secretary of Labor and shall be composed of a
chairman representing the public, two members representing the
workers and two members representing the employers.
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ART. 262. Headquarters and regional branches. – The

Chairman of the Commission, subject to the approval of the
Secretary of Labor, shall establish as many regional branches as are
necessary, each to be headed by a Labor Arbiter. The Commission
shall have its main office in the Greater Manila Area.
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CHAPTER II – Powers and Duties
ART. 265. Jurisdiction of the Commission. – The Commission

shall have exclusive appellate jurisdiction over all cases decided by
the Labor Arbiters and compulsory arbitrators.
The Labor Arbiters shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear

and decide the following:
(a) Unfair labor practice cases;
(b) Unresolved issues in collective bargaining, including

wages, hours of work and other terms and conditions of employment
which are usually settled through collective bargaining duly certified
by the Bureau of Labor Relations in accordance with the provisions
of this Code;
(c) Claims involving non-payment or under-payment of

wages, overtime compensation, separation pay, maternity leave
and other money claims arising from employer-employee relations,
except claims for workmen’s compensation, social security and
medicare benefits. The power of the Court of Agrarian Relations
to hear and decide representation cases in relation to agricultural
workers is hereby transferred to the Bureau.
(d) Violations of labor standard laws;
(e) Cases involving household services; and
(f) All other cases or matters arising from employer-

employee relations, unless expressly excluded by this Book.
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ART. 266. Powers of the Commission. – The Commission

shall have the power and authority:
(a) To promulgate, subject to the approval of the Secretary of

Labor, rules and regulations governing the hearing and disposition of
cases before it and its regional branches, as well as those pertaining
to its internal functions and such rules and regulations as may be
necessary to carry out the purposes of this Code;
(b) To administer oaths, summon the parties to a

controversy, issue subpoenas requiring the attendance and testimony
of witnesses or the production of such books, papers, contracts,
records, statements of accounts, agreements, and others as may be
material to a just determination of the matter under investigation,
and to testify in any investigation or hearing conducted in pursuance
of this Code;
(c) To conduct investigation for the determination of a

question, matter or controversy within its jurisdiction, proceed to
hear and determine the disputes in the absence of any party thereto
who has been summoned or served with notice to appear, conduct its
proceedings or any part thereof in public or in private, adjourn its
hearings to any time and place, refer technical matters or accounts
to an expert and to accept his report as evidence after hearing of the
parties upon due notice, direct parties to be joined in or excluded
from proceedings, correct, amend, or waive any error, defect or
irregularity, whether in substance or in form, give all such directions
as it may deem necessary or expedient in the determination of the
dispute before it, and dismiss any matter or refrain from hearing
further or from determining the dispute or part thereof, where it
is trivial or where further proceedings by the Commission are not
necessary or desirable; and
(d) To hold any person in contempt, directly or indirectly

and impose appropriate penalties therefor.
A person guilty of misbehavior in the presence of or so near

the Chairman or any member of the Commission or any Labor
Arbiter as to obstruct or interrupt the proceedings before the same,
including disrespect toward said officials, offensive personalities
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toward others, or refusal to be sworn or to answer as a witness or to

subscribe an affidavit or deposition when lawfully required to do so,
may be summarily adjudged in direct contempt by said officials and
punished by fine not exceeding two hundred pesos or imprisonment
not exceeding ten (10) days, or both if it be the Commission, or a
member thereof, or by fine not exceeding ten pesos or imprisonment
not exceeding one (1) day, or both, if it be a Labor Arbiter.
The person adjudged in direct contempt by a Labor Arbiter

may appeal to the Commission and the execution of the judgment
shall be suspended pending the resolution of the appeal upon the
filing of such person of a bond on condition that he will abide by and
perform the judgment should the appeal be decided against him.
Judgment of the Commission on direct contempt is immediately
executory and non-appealable.
Indirect contempt shall be dealt with by the Commission

or Labor Arbiter in the manner prescribed under Rule 71 of the
Revised Rules of Court.
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ART. 335. Abolition of the Bureau of Workmen’s Compensation.

– The present Bureau of Workmen’s Compensation, the Workmen’s
Compensation Commission, and the Workmen’s Compensation Units
in the Department of Labor are hereby abolished and all officials
and personnel thereof, as may be necessary and qualified, shall be
transferred to and absorbed by the Commission, the GSIS and the
SSS, subject to Presidential Decree No. 6, Letter of Instruction Nos.
14 and 14-A and the Civil Service law and rules.
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ART. 337. Abolition of the Court of Industrial Relations

and the National Labor Relations Commission. – The Court of
Industrial Relations and the National Labor Relations Commission
established under Presidential Decree No. 21 are hereby abolished.
All unexpended funds, properties, equipment and records of the
Court of Industrial Relations, and such of its personnel as may
be necessary are hereby transferred to the Commission and to
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its regional branches. All unexpended funds, properties, and

equipment of the National Labor Relations Commission established
under Presidential Decree No. 21 are transferred to the Bureau of
Labor Relations. Personnel not absorbed by or transferred to the
Commission shall enjoy benefits granted under existing laws.
ART. 338. Transfer of labor relations cases. – All cases

pending before the Court of Industrial Relations and the National
Labor Relations Commission established under Presidential Decree
No. 21 at the time of the passage of this Code should be transferred
to and processed by the National Labor Relations Commission
created under this Code in accordance with the procedure laid down
herein.
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ART. 340. Separability provisions. – If any provision or part

of this Code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance
is held invalid, the remainder of this Code, or the application of such
provision or part to other persons or circumstances, shall not be
affected thereby.
ART. 341. Repealing clause. – All provisions of existing laws,

orders, decrees, rules and regulations inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed.
Done in the City of Manila this 1st day of May in the year of
our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-four.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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24, 1972 RELATIVE TO PART X OF THE INTEGRATED
REORGANIZATION PLAN
WHEREAS, there is need to strengthen public works

functions of the Government in order to increase the production of
physical infrastructure facilities of the country;
WHEREAS, there is need to strengthen the Government’s

capability of operating and regulating the use of these facilities;
and
WHEREAS, in assuming these vast and varied

responsibilities, the Department of Public Works, Transportation
and Communications has become too large to provide effective
supervision and administration.

the Constitution, do hereby decree and order to be part of the law of
SECTION 1. Presidential Decree No. 1 dated September

24, 1972, relative to Part X of the Integrated Reorganization Plan
is hereby amended by separating the Bureau of Public Highways
from the Department of Public Works, Transportation and
Communications and creating it as a department to be known as
Department of Public Highways.
SEC. 2. Organization of the Department of Public Highways.

The Department of Public Highways, hereinafter called the
Department, shall be composed of a Department Proper made up
of the immediate Office of the Secretary, the Planning Service,
the Administrative Service, and the Financial and Management
Service; two bureaus, namely: (a) the Bureau of Construction and
Maintenance and (b) the Bureau of Equipment; and the Regional
and District Offices.
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SEC. 3. Relationships between the Department Proper, the

Bureaus and the Regional Offices. The Department Proper shall
have direct line supervision over the bureaus and regional offices.
It shall be responsible for developing and implementing programs
on the construction and maintenance of roads, bridges and airport
runways. The Bureau of Construction and Maintenance shall
be essentially staff in character and as such, shall exercise only
functional supervision over the regional offices, while the Bureau
of Equipment shall provide equipment support to the field offices
through its equipment depots and area shops. When necessary and
as a means of assisting the Department Proper in delineating the
methods and plans of operation at the field level, both Bureaus shall
maintain communication and contract with the regional offices
for the purpose of updating established plans and programs and
determining problems arising therefrom.
The regional offices shall constitute the operating arms of

the Department Proper with responsibility of directly implementing
the plans and programs drawn up by the bureaus and assigned by
the Department Secretary in accordance with duly adopted policies,
standards, and guidelines. They shall be organized as miniature
counterparts of the Department in the region and shall be vested
with sufficient authority to undertake departmental operations
within their respective jurisdictions. In the exercise of such authority,
they shall be directly responsible to the Secretary and shall receive
proper technical guidance from the two Bureaus.
SEC. 4. In conformity with the above set of functional

relationships, the functions, powers, duties and responsibilities of
the various units of the Department shall be as follows:
SEC. 5. Office of the Secretary. The Office of the Secretary

shall consist of the Secretary of Public Highways, the Undersecretary
of Public Highways and the personnel in their immediate office.
It shall be responsible for the adoption and promulgation of rules
and regulations necessary to carry out departmental policies and
objectives, and for exercising general supervision and control over
the bureaus and offices of the Department.
SEC. 6. Functions of the Secretary. The functions of the

Secretary shall be as follows:
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a. Advise the President in the promulgation of executive

orders, regulations, and decrees relative to matters under the
jurisdiction of the Department;
b. Establish the policies and standards for the operations

of the Department pursuant to the President’s program of
government;
c. Promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry

out department objectives, policies, and functions;
d. Exercise supervision and control over all bureaus and

offices under the Department;
e. Delegate authority for the performance of any function

to officers and employees under this direction; and
f. Perform such other functions as may be provided by

law.
SEC. 7. Functions of Undersecretary. The functions of the

Undersecretary shall be as follows:
a. Advise and assist the Secretary in the formulation and

implementation of department objectives and policies;
b. Oversee all the operational activities of the Department

for which he shall be responsible to the Secretary;
c. Coordinate the programs and projects of the Department

and be responsible for its economical, efficient, and effective
administration;
d. Serve as deputy to the Secretary in all matters relating

to the operations of the Department; and
e. Perform such other functions as may be provided by
law.
SEC. 8. When the Secretary is unable to perform his duties

owing to illness, absence or other causes, or in case of vacancy in the
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office, the Undersecretary shall temporarily perform the functions

of said Office.
SEC. 9. The functions and composition of the Planning

Service, Administrative Service and Financial and Management
Service shall be in accordance with those prescribed under Chapter
I, Part II of the Integrated Reorganization Plan.
SEC. 10. Functions and composition of the Bureau of

Construction and Maintenance. The bureau shall be responsible
for the formulation and development of policies, plans, programs
and standards for the construction and maintenance of roads,
bridges and airport runways. It shall provide working guidelines
for the operating units of the Department. It shall be responsible
for evaluating policies, plans, programs and standards and it shall
coordinate closely with the Planning Service and regional offices of
the Department.
The bureau shall be headed by a Director assisted by an

Assistant Director. It shall be composed of the following divisions:
(a) Design Division; (b) Construction Division (c) Soils and Materials
Division; and (d) Maintenance Division.
SEC. 11. Functions and composition of the Design

Division. The Design Division shall be responsible for undertaking
the structural and architectural design of roads, bridges and
airport runways, including necessary survey and location works,
specifications and estimates and establishing uniform practices and
standards of design to be adopted by regional and district offices
of the Department. The Division shall actually perform designing
work for highly complex projects only, while the department field
offices shall be delegated with the authority to prepare designs of
less complicated projects following the standards set by the Division.
It shall have a Highway Design Section, a Bridge Design Section,
and a Drafting Section.
SEC. 12. Functions and composition of the Construction

Division. The Construction Division shall be responsible for exercising
technical supervision over all activities relating to construction
of roads, bridges and airport runways being undertaken by the
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department field offices, and setting standards and procedures

for construction works. It shall have and Engineering Section, a
Contracts Section and a Planning Section.
SEC. 13. Functions and composition of the Soils and Materials

Division The Soils and Materials Division shall be responsible for
carrying out researches and tests on soils and construction materials
for highway projects; development of materials control procedures,
standards and specifications for use and adoption by the design,
construction and maintenance units; and providing coordinate and
supportive functions to its counterpart units in the department
regional and district offices. It shall have a Technical Services
and Research Section, a Management Section, and an Operations
Section.
SEC. 14. Functions and composition of the Maintenance

Division The Maintenance Division shall be responsible for exercising
technical supervision over all activities relating to maintenance
of roads, bridges, and airport runways being undertaken by the
department field offices, establishing policy guidelines; extending
consultative services to the department field offices; and setting
standards and procedures for maintenance works. It shall have a
Planning and Control Section, a Technical Inspection Section and
an Inventory and Statistics Section.
SEC. 15. Functions and composition of the Bureau of

Equipment. The Bureau of Equipment shall be responsible for
the management and control of all equipment belonging to the
Department, including their repair, maintenance and allocation to
the department field offices. It shall have an Administrative Division,
a Financial and Management Division, a Planning Division, an
Operations Division, and Equipment Depots and Area Shops.
SEC. 16. Functions and composition of the Administrative
Division. The Administrative Division shall be responsible for
undertaking activities relative to personnel, records, and general
services. It shall have a Personnel Sections and General Services
Section.
SEC. 17. Functions and composition of the Financial and

Management Division. The Financial and Management Division
shall be responsible for undertaking activities relative to operational
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budgeting, accounting, management improvement and financial

reporting. It shall have a Budget Section, an Accounting, and a
Management Section.
SEC. 18. Functions and composition of the Planning Division.

The Planning Division shall be responsible for formulating plans,
programs, and policies for equipment management and control
including their repair, maintenance and allocation. It shall have a
Planning Section, a Technical Information and Specification Section
and a Cost Analysis Section.
SEC. 19. Functions and composition of the Operations

Division. The Operations Division shall be responsible for providing
technical supervision and control over the repair, maintenance and
allocation of equipment by the Equipment Depots and Area Shops
of the Bureau. It shall have an Equipment Control Section and a
Preventive Maintenance Section.
SEC. 20. Functions of the Equipment Depots and Area Shops.

The Equipment Depots and Areas Shops shall be responsible for the
actual allocation of equipment to the department regional offices
based on schedules set by the Bureau; repair and maintenance
of all equipment in the field in accordance with the guidelines,
specifications and standards established by the Bureau; and such
other functions as may be provided by law.
SEC. 21. Functions and composition of the Regional Offices.

There are created eleven Regional Offices pursuant to the provisions
of Chapter III, Part II of the Integrated Reorganization Plan.
The Regional Office shall be responsible for the general

supervision, direction, evaluation, and coordination of the operations
and activities of the Department within the Region. It shall perform
the following functions, among others:
a. Administer, coordinate, and supervise the execution

and/or the management of projects and activities in the region;
b. Assign equipment among the district offices and among

projects in the region in coordination with the major equipment
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depot concerned; and assign and allocate materials among district

offices and among projects in the region:
c. Under delegated authority, approve project work

programs, plans, estimates, specifications, requisitions, procurement
of materials and authority to undertake projects by administration
or contract within the budgetary limits, plans, programs, policies
and standards laid down by the appropriate headquarters entities;
d. Approve, under delegated authority, appointments of

personnel of the district offices in the region; and render decisions
on personnel and other administrative matters;
e. Undertake design work and project studies for less

complex projects; and

law.
SEC. 22. Functions and composition of the District Offices.

The Regional Offices of the Department shall have only one
Highway District Office in every regular province, provided that
when necessary, additional district offices may be created with the
approval of the President. The district office shall be responsible for
the implementation and execution of the policies, plans, programs,
rules and regulations of the Department relative to the construction
and maintenance of roads, bridges and airport runways. It shall
have the following functions, among others:
a. Administer, coordinate and direct all constructions and

maintenance of roads, bridges and airport runways in the district;
b. Undertake research and planning analysis for the

development of roads, bridges and airport runways and submit to
the regional office pertinent statistical data and planning proposals,
including infrastructure requirements that may be needed;
c. Coordinate with other local and national government

units located in the district; and
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d. Perform such other functions as may be provided by

law.
SEC. 23. Organization of the Department of Public Works,

Transportation and Communications The Department of Public
Works, Transportation and Communications shall be composed
of the Department Proper made up of the immediate Office of
the Secretary, the Planning Service, the Administrative Service,
and the Financial and Management Service, and six bureaus,
namely: (a) The Bureau of Public Works, (b) The Bureau of Ports
and Harbors, (c) the Bureau of Transportation, (d) the Bureau of
Posts, (e) The Bureau of Telecommunications, and (f) Radio Control
Office which is renamed Telecommunications Control Bureau. The
Board of Transportation, the Board of Power and Waterworks and
the Board of Communications shall be under the administrative
supervision of the Department of Public Works, Transportation and
Communications. The Water Resources Committee is retained in
the Department. The following government owned and controlled
corporations and authorities are attached to the Department
of Public Works, Transportation and Communications: (a) The
Central Luzon-Cagayan Valley Authority, (b) The Cavite Electricity
Distributing Authority, (c) The Cagayan de Oro Port Authority, (d)
the San Fernando Port Authority; and (e) The National Irrigation
Administration.
SEC. 24. The Department of Public Works, Transportation

and Communications shall maintain its present functions subject to
the provisions of the foregoing sections of this Decree and subject,
further, to the provision following.
SEC. 25. The Project Execution Service is abolished except

that the Infrastructure Operations Center is transferred to and
made an integral part of the National Economic and Development
Authority. It shall be responsible for monitoring and evaluating
the progress and execution of all infrastructure projects to provide
information on project performance of the various agencies for the
President and the Authority.
SEC. 26. The Board of Transportation shall have the same

composition, powers and functions except that its Air Transportation
Division is abolished.
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SEC. 27. The Ports, Harbors and Reclamation Division shall

be separated from the Bureau of Public Works and shall be converted
to a bureau to be known as the Bureau of Ports and Harbors.
SEC. 28. Functions and composition of the Bureau of Ports

and Harbors. The Bureau of Ports and Harbors shall be responsible
for the construction, maintenance and repair of ports, harbors,
shore protection works and navigational aids as well as dredging
and clearing of harbors, navigable rivers, channels and waterways
and the reclamation of foreshore lands and seaways. It shall have
a Planning Division, an Administrative Division, a Financial and
Management Division, a Construction Division, a Harbor Dredging
and Reclamation Division and Regional and District Offices.
SEC. 29. Functions and composition of the Planning Division

The Planning Division shall be responsible for formulating plans,
programs, and policies for the construction, repair and maintenance
of ports and harbors, shore protection works and navigational aids,
dredging and clearing of harbors, navigable rivers, channels and
waterways and reclamation of foreshore lands and seaways. It shall
have a Project Development Section, a Programming Section, and a
Research and Statistics Section.
SEC. 30. Functions and composition of the Administrative

Division The Administrative Division shall be responsible for
undertaking activities relative to personnel information records,
legal and general service, and other supportive services. It shall
have a Personnel Section, a Legal Section, an Information Section,
and a General Services Section.
SEC. 31. Functions and composition of the Financial and

Management Division The Financial and Management Division
shall be responsible for undertaking activities relative to operational
budgeting, accounting, management improvement and financial
reporting. It shall have a Budget Section, an Accounting Section,
and a Management Section.
SEC. 32. Functions and composition of the Construction

Division The Construction Division shall be responsible for the
preparation of plans, specification and estimates, for the technical
supervision of the construction, maintenance and repair of ports,
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harbors, shore protection works and navigational aids. It shall have

a Designing Section and a Construction Management and Control
Section.
SEC. 33. Functions and composition of the Harbor Dredging

and Reclamation Division The Harbor Dredging and Reclamation
Division shall be responsible for dredging and clearing of harbors,
navigable rivers, channels and waterways, and reclamation of
foreshore lands. It shall have a Drydocking, Repair and Maintenance
Section, and a Dredging Section.
SEC. 34. Functions and composition of the Regional Offices

There are created eleven Regional Offices pursuant to the provisions
of Chapter III, Part II of the Integrated Reorganization Plan.
The Regional Office shall be responsible for the general

supervision, direction, evaluation and coordination of the operations
and activities of the bureau within the Region. It shall perform the
following functions, among others:
a. Administer, coordinate, and supervise the execution

and/or management of projects and activities in the region;
b. Assign equipment among the district offices and among

projects in the region in coordination with the major equipment
depot concerned; and assign and allocate materials among district
offices and projects in the region;
c. Under delegated authority, approve project work

programs, plans, estimates, specifications, requisitions, procurement
of materials, and authority to undertake projects by administration
or contract within the budgetary limits, plans, programs, policies
and standards laid down by the appropriate headquarters entities;
d. Approve, under delegated authority, appointments of

personnel of the district offices in the region; and render decisions
on personnel and other administrative matters;
e. Undertake design work and project studies for less

complex projects; and
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law.
SEC. 35. Functions and compositions of the District Offices.

The Regional Offices of the Bureau shall have district offices
in places and in such number as may be necessary to undertake
actual field operations of the Bureau. The district offices shall be
responsible for the implementation and execution of the policies,
plans, programs, rules and regulations of the Bureau relative to the
construction and maintenance of ports and harbors. It shall have
the following functions, among others:
a. Administer, coordinate and direct all construction and

maintenance of ports and harbors in the district;
b. Undertake research and planning analysis for the

development of ports and harbors facilities and submit to the
regional office pertinent statistical data and planning proposals,
including infrastructure requirements that may be needed;
c. Coordinate with other local and national government

units located in the district; and
d. Perform such other functions as may be provided by law.
SEC. 36. The clearing house and coordination functions

of the abolished Presidential Advisory Council on Public Works
and Community Development relative to public works are
transferred to the Department of Public Works, Transportation and
Communications.
SEC. 37. Section 1 of Presidential Decree No. 107, dated

January 24, 1973, is hereby amended by including the Secretary of
Public Highways in the membership of the National Economic and
SEC. 38. All provisions of Part X of the Integrated

Reorganization Plan and those of Letter of Implementation No. 11
dated November 1, 1972, which are not amended by or inconsistent
with the foregoing provisions shall be effective and shall be
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correspondingly applied in accordance with the intents and purposes

of this Decree.
SEC. 39. All transfers or allocation of Bureaus and Offices

to the new departments in pursuance hereof shall include their
respective personnel, property, funds and responsibilities.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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REORGANIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND

NATURAL RESOURCES INTO TWO DEPARTMENTS,
NAMELY: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AMENDING
FOR THIS PURPOSE CHAPTER I, PART VIII OF THE
INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN
WHEREAS, it is a primary objective of the Government to

conserve, revitalize and develop the country’s national wealth and
manage its utilization for the continued well-being of present and
future generations;
WHEREAS, progressively increasing demands for food,

agricultural raw materials, mineral, aquatic, and forest products,
are being felt throughout the world and predicted to intensify in the
immediate future;
WHEREAS, within the Philippines itself, the demands of

a growing population exert tremendous pressure on the country’s
existing food and natural resources;
WHEREAS, in the light of growing domestic and world

demands for basic commodities, there is a pressing need to
continuously assess the status of all existing food and natural
resources of the Philippines with the view to maximizing their
possible, providing for their replacement;
WHEREAS, the development of agriculture and the

management of natural resources involve two separate broad
and complex programs which are presently being planned and
implemented by only one organization; and
WHEREAS, the attainment as soon as possible of the national

goal of increased production and self-sufficiency in basic foods and the
completion of an up-dated inventory and assessment of the nation’s
natural resources for the purpose of ensuring conservation, optimal
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utilization, programmed exploitation and replacement whenever

possible, can best be achieved if these objectives are prosecuted by
two separate departments.

by the Constitution, do hereby adopt this amendment to Chapter I,
Part VIII of the Integrated Reorganization Plan as part of the law
of the land.
SECTION 1. Presidential Decree No. 1, dated September 24,

1972, relative to Chapter I, Part VIII of the Integrated Reorganization
Plan is hereby amended by reorganizing the Department of
Agriculture and Natural Resources into two Departments, namely:
(a) Department of Agriculture and (b) Department of Natural
Resources.
SEC. 2. The Department of Agriculture shall be composed

of the Department Proper which shall include the Office of the
Secretary, the Planning Service, the Financial and Computer
Service Center, the Administrative Service, the Computer Service
Center, and the Agrarian Reform Unit. The Bureaus under the
supervision and control of the Department are the (1) Bureau of
Soils, (2) Bureau of Plant Industry, (3) Bureau of Animal Industry,
(4) Bureau of Agricultural Extension, and (5) Bureau of Agricultural
Economics. The following government-owned and controlled
corporations are attached to the Department: (a) National Grains
Authority, (b) Philippine Tobacco Administration, (c) Philippine
Virginia Tobacco Administration, (d) Philippine Coconut Authority,
(e) Coconut Investment Company, and (f) Philippine Cotton
Corporation. The Fertilizer Industry Authority, National Food and
Agriculture Council, and the National Meat Inspection Commission
are placed under the administrative supervision of the Department.
The Coconut Consumers Stabilization Committee is attached to the
Department. The Philippine Council of Agricultural Research shall
be attached to the National Science Development Board.
SEC 3. The organization and functions of the Planning Service,

the Financial and Management Service, and the Administrative
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Service shall be in accordance with Articles III, IV, and V, Chapter

I, Part II of the Integrated Reorganization Plan.
SEC. 4. The Computer Service shall be responsible for

providing the Department and the bureaus under it, including the
corporations and other agencies attached to it with economical,
efficient, and effective services relating to electronic data
processing.
SEC. 5. The Agrarian Reform Unit shall be responsible for

providing advice and assistance to the Office of the Secretary in
coordinating the work of the Department extension service and soil
surveys and classification with that of the Department of Agrarian
Reform.
SEC. 6. The organizations and functions of the Bureau of

Animal Industry, Bureau Agricultural Extension, and Bureau of
Agricultural Economics shall be provided in Paragraphs 7 and 8,
Article II and in Article IV, VIII, and IX, respectively, of Chapter
I, Part VIII of the Integrated Reorganization Plan and in Letter of
Implementation No. 9, dated November 1, 1972.
SEC. 7. There is created a Bureau of Plant Industry which

shall be responsible for conducting research on agricultural crops;
production of improved seeds and plant materials; protection
of agricultural crops from pests and diseases; development and
improvement of farm equipment, structures, and practices, and
such other functions as may be provided by law. The Bureau
of Plant Industry shall have, in addition to a Planning and
Management Staff and an Administrative Division, the following
divisions: (a) Laboratory Services Division, (b) Research Division,
(c) Production Division, (d) Farm Development Division which is
renamed Agricultural Engineering Division, and (e) Crop Protection
Division. The functions of these divisions shall be as provided in
Paragraph 2, Article III, Chapter I, Part VII of the Integrated
Reorganization Plan and in Letter of Implementation No. 9, except
that the Laboratory Services Division and the Research Division
shall not have the functions on production of soil inoculants and soil
research, respectively.
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SEC. 8. There is created a Bureau of Soils which shall be

responsible for the assessment, development and conservation of
existing and potential soil resources of the Philippines; conducting
research on different aspects of soil utilization, management, and
conservation; and such other functions as may be provided by
law. The Bureau of Soils shall have, in addition to a Planning and
Management Staff and an Administrative Division, the following
divisions:
a. Laboratory Services Division which shall be provide

technical supervision in the effective operation and maintenance
of the Bureau’s soil laboratories, including the maintenance of
precision laboratory equipment; prescribe standards in the physical;
and/or chemical analysis of soils for researches and farmlands as the
bases for formulation of fertilizer and lime recommendation and for
soil characterization; prepare the program for the production and
distribution of soil inoculants; coordinate with the Soil Research
Division in the study of new and effective methods of analysis and
with Soil Fertility Division in updating soil correlation values and
fertilizer requirements of crops; and perform such other functions
may be provided by law.
b. Soil Conservation Division which shall formulate

policies, standards and measures for soil and water conservation
and utilization; develop a program of field demonstrations on soil
and water land-use program for agriculture areas on the control of
soil erosion, floods, and siltation; exercise technical supervision over
all soil and water conservation stations of the Bureaus; and perform
such other functions as may be provided by law.
c. Soil Fertility Division which shall develop plans and

procedures for field studies and surveys on soil fertility; prescribe
procedures and techniques on the use of fertilizes, soil amendments
and fertility maintenance practices; compile and analyze results
of field fertilizer and fertility maintenance studies for purposes of
preparing and issuing periodic soil fertility status and fertilizer
recommendations for major economic crops; and perform such other
functions be provided by law.
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d. Soil Research Division which shall design a program of

researches on soil chemistry, soil physics, soil biology and mineral
nutrition as they relate to agricultural and non-agricultural
application; provide standards and establish criteria for research on
soil utilization, conservation and soil, water, and plant relationship;
exercise technical supervision in the operation of the Bureau’s
research stations; maintain liaison with other research institutions in
both government and private sectors, including foreign institutions;
provide technical assistance to other agencies in conducting training
programs on soil research and other related subjects; and perform
such other functions as may be provided by law.
e. Soil Surveys Division which shall prepare the plans

and programs on basic soil surveys at all levels of generalizations
throughout the Philippines to provide sufficient soil resources data
needed by the government and the private sector; interpret basic
soil survey data to provide information on land classification, land
capability and land-use; provide standards and guidelines in the
conduct of soil surveys and other related activities, consolidate,
review, and summarize reports on soil surveys for dissemination:
prepare and maintain thematic maps, charts, tables, photo mosaics,
diagrams and other related materials; and perform such other
functions as may be provided by law.
SEC. 9. The Department of Natural Resources shall be

composed of the Department Proper which shall include the Office of
the Secretary, the Planning Service, the Financial and Management
Service, and the Administrative Service. In addition, there are
created in the Department Proper a Legal Service, Computer
Service Unit and an Agrarian Reform Unit. The bureaus under
the supervision and control of the Department are: (a) Bureau of
Forest Development, (b) Bureau of Lands, (c) Bureau of Fisheries,
which is renamed Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources,
and (d) Bureau of Mines. The following agencies are attached to
the Department: (a) Presidential Committee on Wood Industries
Development, (b) National Committee for Mineral Exploration and
Survey Operations, (c) Fishery Industry Development Council,
(d) Surigao Mineral Reservation Board, (e) Presidential Action
Committee on Land Problems.
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The National Committee for Mineral Exploration and

Survey Operations is reconstituted as follows: Secretary of Natural
Resources, as Chairman, Director of Mines, as Vice-Chairman, and
representative of the Office of the Executive Secretary, Budget
Commission, Philippine Air Force, Philippine Navy, Bureau of
Cost and Geodetic Survey, Bureau of Forest Development, Bureau
of Lands, Bureau of Plant Industry, and Bureau of Soils, as
members.
SEC. 10. The organizations and functions of the Planning

Service, the Financial and Management Service, and the
Administrative Service shall be in accordance with Article III, IV,
and V, Chapter I, Part II of the Integrated Reorganization Plan,
except that the Administrative Service shall not have a Legal
Division.
SEC. 11. The Legal Service shall have the following functions:
Prepare decisions and orders on cases involving the disposition,
utilization, exploitation, and development of public lands, forest,
mines, aquatic resources and other natural resources brought on
appeal from action taken by the bureaus under the Department,
review patents, licenses, concessions, permits, deeds of conveyance,
sales and other transfer of rights, affecting public lands, mines,
forest, aquatic resources and other natural resources initiated
and/or processed by the bureaus under the Department: appear as
counsel for the Secretary, Undersecretary, bureau directors, and
other subordinate employees under the Department in court cases
where such officials or employees are parties thereto in their official
capacities and upon authorization of the Solicitor General; conduct
administrative investigation, including the review of administrative
charges against employees of the Department: and perform such
other functions as may be provided by law.
SEC. 12. The Agrarian Reform Unit of the Department shall

be responsible for providing the Office of the Secretary with advise
and assistance in coordinating the work of the Department on land
surveys, release of lands of the public domain for resettlement
purposes, and other related activities with that of the Department
of Agrarian Reform.
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SEC. 13. The organizations and functions of the Bureau of

Lands, Bureau of Forest Development, Bureau of Fisheries and
Aquatic Resources, and Bureau of Mines shall be as provided in
Paragraphs 7 and 8, Article II and in Articles V, VI, VII, and X,
respectively, of Chapter I, Part VIII of the Integrated Reorganization
Plan is amended by creating the Petroleum Division which shall be
responsible for the administration and development of the petroleum
resources of the country. The Mineral Resources Development
Division is renamed Mineral Resources Administration which shall
be responsible for the administration of minerals lands.
SEC. 14. The Regional Offices of the Bureaus of Soils, the

Bureau of Plant Industry, the Bureau of Animal Industry, the Bureau
of Agricultural Extension and those of the Bureau of the Forest
Development, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, and
the Bureau of Lands shall established in accordance with Article
I, Chapter III, Part II, of the Integrated Reorganization Plan, as
amended, and with the Letter of Implementation No. 9. The Bureau
of Mines shall established its regional offices in accordance with
its requirements, subject to the approval of the President upon the
recommendation of the Secretary of Natural Resources.
SEC. 15. Section 1 of Presidential Decree No. 107, dated

January 24, 1973, is hereby amended by removing the Secretary
of Agriculture and Natural Resources from membership in the
National Economic and Development Authority and providing for the
membership in that body of the Secretary of Natural Resources.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall be ex-officio
(a) Chairman of the Council of the National Grains Authority;

Fertilizer Industry Authority, National Food and Agriculture
Council, National Artificial Rain Stimulating Committee.
(b) Vice-Chairman of the Philippine Council for Agriculture

Research and the Board of Directors of the Greater Manila Terminal
Food Market; and
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(c) Member of the Metric System Board, Board of Directors

of the Philippine International Trading Corporation, Board of
Trustees of the Tarlac College Technology, National Economic
and Development Authority, Boards of Directors of the National
Irrigation Administration, National Manpower and Youth Council,
Price Control Council, Executive Committee of the National Security
Council and the Agrarian Reform Coordinating Council.
The Secretary of Natural Resources shall be ex-officio
(a) Chairman of the Petroleum Board, Presidential

Committee on Wood Industries Development, Presidential Action
Committee on Land Problems, National Committee for Mineral
Exploration and Survey Operation, Fishery Industry Development
Council and Surigao Mineral Reservation Board.
(b) Co-Chairman of the National Minorities Assistance

Council, and
(c) Member of the Metric System Board, Board of Directors

of the Philippine International Trading Corporation, Committee
to Study the Financing Scheme for Nationwide River Control
and Reforestation Projects, National Economic and Development
Authority, Executive Committee of the National Security Council,
Agrarian Reform Coordinating Council, Philippine Council for
Agricultural Research, Board of Directors of the National Irrigation
Administration and Water Resource Council.
SEC. 16. All provisions of Chapter I, Part VIII of the Integrated

Reorganization Plan and of the Letter of Implementation No. 9 which
are not amended or not inconsistent with the foregoing provisions
shall remain in full force and effect and shall be correspondingly
applied in accordance with the intents and purposes of this Decree.
SEC. 17. The functions of the Department of Agriculture

and National Resources pertaining to agricultural development
and those relating to the administration of natural resources shall
be respectively transferred to the Department of Agriculture and
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Department of Natural Resources. Such transfer shall include

the corresponding balance of appropriations, records, equipment,
property and such personnel as may be necessary. Additional funds,
if necessary, shall be appropriated from funds in the National
Treasury not otherwise appropriated for personal services in the two
Departments. The appropriations for the Agricultural Guarantee
and Loan Fund and for the procurement and distribution of
fertilizers and certified seeds shall be transferred to the Department
of Agriculture. The transfer of the bureaus to the two Departments
shall include their respective balance of appropriations, records,
equipment, property and personnel. The duly appointed Secretaries
of each of the departments created hereby, shall promulgate the
necessary administrative orders that will provide the implementing
details of the provisions of this Section, and shall be responsible
for carrying into immediate effect the intents and purposes of this
Decree.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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TRANSFERRING THE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AS WELL

AS CERTAIN POWER OF THE AGRARIAN REFORM
FUND COMMISSION TO THE LAND BANK OF THE
PHILIPPINES

December 24, 1972, an Agrarian Reform Fund Commission has
been established to mobilize and harness properly all available
government resources for the massive funding requirements of
agrarian reform as envisioned in Presidential Decree No. 27;
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 251 dated July

21, 1973, the Land Bank of the Philippines has been revitalized
by the grant of additional powers, and increased capitalization to
cope with the implementation requirements of the agrarian reform
program;
WHEREAS, while Presidential Decree No. 251 intended to

consolidate in the Land Bank of the Philippines all functions related
to the financing aspects of agrarian reform program by transferring
certain functions of the Agrarian Reform Fund Commission to the
Land Bank of the Philippines, the function of gathering resources
was left with the Agrarian Reform Fund Commission;

by the Constitution, do hereby order the transfer of the assets
and liabilities of the Agrarian Reform Fund Commission together
with the rights and obligations appurtenant thereto including the
power to draw and acquire resources from the various government
financial institutions and other sources as embodied in Section 1 of
Presidential Decree No. 85, to the Land Bank of the Philippines.
Presidential Decree No. 85 dated December 24, 1972 is hereby

repealed and all other laws, executive orders, rules and regulations
or parts thereof inconsistent with this Decree are likewise repealed
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This decree shall take effect upon its approval.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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24, 1922, RELATIVE TO PART XX OF THE INTEGRATED
REORGANIZATION PLAN
WHEREAS, it is imperative to solve the criminal and lawless

elements among the ranks and files of city and municipal police
forces throughout the country;
WHEREAS, in order to expedite the disposition of all

administrative cases against policemen, it is necessary to increase
the membership of the Police Commission;

the Constitution, do hereby decree and order:
SECTION 1. Presidential Decree No. 1, dated September 24,

1872, relative to Article II, Part XX of the Integrated Reorganization
Plan is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Article II National Police Commission
“1. The present Police Commission is converted into

a National Police Commission, hereinafter referred to as the
Commission.
“2. The governing body of the Commission shall be composed

of a Chairman and six members. The Chairman and members of
the Commission shall serve full time in the Commission, provided
that the President of the Philippines may, in his discretion, appoint
the Chief of Constabulary and the director of the National Bureau
of Investigation as members of the Commission in a concurrent
capacity, for which purpose separate appointments may be extended
to them as such members.
“No person shall be appointed Chairman or member of

the Commission unless he is a member of the Philippine Bar or
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a holder of at least a Bachelor’s degree in Police Administration

or Criminology. The Chairman and at least two of the members
shall have had experience in law enforcement work for at least ten
years.
“3. The Chairman and members of the Commission shall

be appointed by the President of the Philippines for a term of six
years. Of those first appointed, the Chairman shall hold office for six
years, two members for four years, the other two members for three
years, and the last two for two years; provided that the incumbent
Chairman and members of the present Police Commission shall
continue to serve in the new Commission in accordance with
Paragraph 14, Article I, Chapter I of Part XXIII of this Plan.
“The Chairman and members of the Commission shall be

removed from Office only for cause. All vacancies in the Commission
except through expiration of term, shall be filed for the unexpired
term only.”
SEC. 2. All laws, decrees, rules and regulations inconsistent

herewith are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SEC. 3. This decree shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of May, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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PROVIDING FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF MARITIME

FUNCTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES, CREATING THE
MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the efficient sea transport of raw materials,

products, commodities and people is vital to the growth of the
Philippine economy;
WHEREAS, the functions pertaining to the development and

regulation of shipping enterprises are fragmented among various
government agencies, resulting in inadequate and inefficient
shipping facilities, dependence on external shipping interests,
maldistribution of commodities, and piece-meal solutions;
WHEREAS, there is imperative need to modernize and

expand the Philippine merchant fleet, and to rationalize and improve
their operations in order to make them effective instruments in
promoting domestic production, interisland and overseas trade,
price stabilization, and employment generation;
WHEREAS, it is urgently necessary to provide a strong

organizational framework to effect the accelerated and integrated
development and effective regulation of shipping enterprises;

the Constitution, in order to effect the desired changes and reforms
in the social, economic and political structure of our society, do
hereby decree and order that the following be adopted and made
part of the laws of the land:
SECTION 1. Title. This Decree shall be known as the

Maritime Industry Decree of 1974.
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SEC. 2. Declaration of Policies and Objectives. It is hereby

declared the policy of the State to accelerate the integrated
development of the maritime industry of the Philippines to attain
the following objectives: (a) To increase production and productivity
in the various islands and regions of the archipelago through the
provision of effective sea linkage; (b) To provide for the economical,
safe, adequate and efficient shipment of raw materials, products,
commodities and people; (c) To enhance the competitive position
of Philippine flag vessels in the carriage of foreign trade; (d) To
strengthen the balance of payments position by minimizing the
outflow of foreign exchange and increasing dollar earnings; (e) To
generate new and more job opportunities.
For the attainment of these objectives, the Government

through the Maritime Industry Authority hereinafter created
shall:
(a) Adopt and implement a practicable and coordinated

Maritime Industry Development Program which shall include,
among others, the early replacement of obsolescent and uneconomic
vessels; modernization and expansion of the Philippine merchant
fleet, enhancement of domestic capability for shipbuilding, repair
and maintenance; and the development of reservoir of trained
manpower;
(b) Provide and help provide the necessary; (i) financial

assistance to the industry through public and private financing
institutions and instrumentalities; (ii) technological assistance; and
(iii) in general, a favorable climate for expansion of domestic and
foreign investments in shipping enterprises; and
(c) Provide for the effective supervision, regulation and

rationalization of the organizational management, ownership and
operations of all water transport utilities, and other maritime
enterprises.
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A. MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY
SEC. 4. Maritime Industry Authority, Creation and

Organization. There is hereby created a Maritime Industry Authority,
hereinafter referred to as the “Authority”, under the Office of the
President. It shall be composed of a governing board of directors to
be known as Maritime Industry Board and the Management.
The Authority shall have general jurisdiction and control over

all persons, corporations, firms or entities in the maritime industry
of the Philippines and shall supervise, regulate in accordance with
this Decree.
The principal office of the Authority shall be in the Greater

Manila Area Regional or branch offices may be established at such
other place or places within the Philippines as may be deemed
necessary by the Board.
SEC. 5. Maritime Industry Development Program. The

Authority shall prepare and annually update a Ten-Year Maritime
Industry Development Program, hereinafter referred to as “Program”
which shall contain a rational and integrated development of the
maritime industry. The Authority shall submit the same for approval
by the President of the Philippines.
Upon approval of the Program by the President, all

government departments, bureaus, agencies and instrumentalities
shall implement the same within their respective jurisdictions. The
Authority shall ensure that the approved program is being effectively
implemented by the participating agencies. No government body
or instrumentality shall adopt any policy or take course of action
contrary to or inconsistent with the Program.
B. MARITIME INDUSTRY BOARD
SEC. 6. Powers and Function of the Board. The Maritime

Industry Board shall have the following powers, functions, and
duties, among others:
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a. To provide comprehensive policy guidance for the

promotion and development of the maritime industry as provided
for in this, Decree;
b. To promulgate and prescribe such promotional and

developmental rules and regulations, standards, guidelines and
procedures and recommend laws or measures as may be necessary
for the growth and effective regulation of shipping enterprises;
c. To formulate a comprehensive and practicable Maritime

Industry Development Program for a ten-year period and review
and update the same annually;
d. To prescribe specific policies in the determination of

just and reasonable passenger fares, freight rates and other charges
relative to the operation of inter-island vessels. Accordingly, the
Board of Transportation shall exercise its rate fixing functions in
accordance with such policies;
e. To recommend to the President that the State, through

such agency or agencies as the President may designate, purchase,
lease, manage, operate or requisition any vessel, ship or shipping
enterprise, for national security purposes, to meet emergency
situations or when the national interest so requires;
f. To approve contracts;
g. To approve the organizational structure, staffing

pattern, and budget of the Authority upon the recommendation of
the Administrator;
h. To appoint, discipline and remove, and determine the

composition of the Authority technical staff and other personnel:
Provided, That all regular professional and technical personnel in
the Authority shall be permanent and career in status, but exempt
from WAPCO and Civil Service rules and regulations: Provided,
further, That the personnel shall be entitled to the benefits
normally accorded to government employees, such as retirement,
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GSIS insurance, leave and similar matters: Provided, furthermore,

That appointments of personnel in the management below the rank
of section chief shall be made by the Administrator, in accordance
with the approved budget and staffing pattern and shall be noted by
the Board: Provided, finally, That the Board or the Administrator
may engage on contractual basis or other arrangements for the
temporary services, and fix the compensation of highly qualified
professionals, expert technical advisers or consulting firms;
i. To adopt a common seal for the Authority which shall

be juridically noticed, determine the exact location of its office and
prescribe the rules and regulations to govern its proceedings;
j. To recommend to the President, through the National

Economic and Development Authority, the grant of necessary
incentives for the development of shipping and other related
maritime enterprises; and
k. To perform such acts as are proper and necessary to

implement this Decree.
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D. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SEC. 15. Auditor. The Commission on Audit shall be the ex-

officio Auditor of the Authority and it shall appoint its representative
therein, who shall audit all accounts thereof.
SEC. 16. Reorganizational Changes.
a. Department of Trade. The Shipping and Freight

Study Unit of the Department of Trade is hereby transferred to
the Authority together with its applicable appropriations, records,
equipment, property and such personnel as may be necessary.
b. Bureau of Transportation. The powers and functions

pertaining to the development and supervision of maritime shipping
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of the Bureau of Transportation for Water are hereby transferred

to the Authority. Accordingly the Water Transportation Division of
the Bureau is hereby abolished.
c. National Development Company. The powers and

functions of the National Development Company relative to ship
acquisition under Republic Act No. 1407, as amended (Philippine
Overseas Act of 1955), are hereby transferred to the Authority
together with its applicable records, equipment and property.
In addition to the powers and functions herein transferred,

balances of all appropriations, funds, accounts and notes receivable
derived from shipping companies, equipment, records and supplies
are likewise transferred to the Authority.
SEC. 17. Retention of the Functions and Powers of the

Philippine Coast Guard. Nothing in this Decree shall be constructed
to affect of delimit the present functions and powers of the Philippine
Coast Guard relative to maritime affairs. All such functions and
powers of the Philippine Coast Guard are retained by it. Furthermore
in the performance of its functions, especially in the classification
and inspection of vessels, the Philippine Coast Guard will be assisted
by the Authority; Provided, That within two years from the issuance
of this Decree, the President may transfer to the Authority such
regulatory functions of the Philippine Coast Guard pertaining to
maritime affairs as may be necessary for the achievement of the
aims and purposes of the Authority. The Authority shall coordinate
with the Philippine Coast Guard in the exercise of supervision and
regulation of the operation of water transport utilities.
SEC. 18. Coordination with Other Agencies. The Authority

shall coordinate with the Department of Labor, the Department
of Education and Culture and the National Manpower and Youth
Council in the exercise of its pertinent functions that have relation
to the functions of the abovementioned agencies, particularly as
these pertain to the development of trained and qualified seamen
for Philippine vessels.
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In order to strengthen its coordinative functions, the

Authority shall hire and train appropriate technical personnel
which may be assigned to other government agencies involved in the
implementation of laws, rules and regulations relative to maritime
affairs.
SEC. 19. Transitory Provision. Officials and employees of

all existing offices or agencies which are abolished or reorganized
under this Decree may be absorbed into the Authority on the basis
of merit and fitness: Provided, That employees who shall be laid off
by reason of this Decree shall be given gratuity equivalent to one
month’s salary for every year of service but in no case more than
twenty-four months salary, in addition to all benefits to which they
are entitled under existing laws and regulations.
To carry out the provisions of this Section there is hereby

appropriated the sum of Five-hundred thousand pesos out of the
unappropriated funds in the National Treasury.
SEC. 20. Appropriations. To carry out the provisions of this

Decree, there is hereby appropriated the sum of two million pesos out
of the funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Thereafter, the succeeding appropriations of the Authority shall be
included in the Annual Appropriations Act.
In addition to the above, the Authority is hereby authorized

to retain fifty per cent of its collections from fees, charges and fines
to defray any deficiency in annual appropriations and to finance its
other projects.
SEC. 21. Repealing and Separability Clauses. All laws,

decrees, orders, rules and regulations, policies, programs or parts
thereof, which are inconsistent with any of the provisions of this
Decree, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
If for any reason any section or provision of this Decree is

declared to be unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or
provisions hereof, which are not affected thereby, shall continue in
full force and effect.
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promulgation: Provided, That these portions hereof which may
require a transition period to assure the orderly transfer of powers
and functions shall take effect as stated in the implementing details:
Provided, further, That such implementing details shall be prepared
by the Board, in consultation with the government agency heads
concerned, and submitted to the President for approval within four
months after issuance of this Decree.
Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day of June, in the year

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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DEFINING THE POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE OFFICE

OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL
WHEREAS, the Office of the Solicitor General, as law office

of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, performs a
vital role in the program of the administration, particularly in the
handling of constitutional and other important litigations before the
Supreme Court and other courts or tribunals;
WHEREAS, statutory provisions defining the powers,

functions, and duties of the Office of the Solicitor General are
scattered in a proliferation of amendatory laws, charters of
government agencies, other statutes, Rules of Court and executive
orders enacted over the years;
WHEREAS, there is a need to clarify and codify the existing

provisions defining the powers, functions, duties, and other aspects
of the Office of the Solicitor General;

in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree the following
into law:
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL
SECTION 1. Functions and Organizations. – The Office of the

Solicitor General shall represent the Government of the Philippines,
its agencies and instrumentalities and its officials and agents in any
litigation, proceeding, investigation or matter requiring the services
of a lawyer. When authorized by the President or head of the office
concerned, it shall also represent government-owned or controlled
corporations. The Office of the Solicitor General shall constitute the
law office of the Government and, as such discharge duties requiring
the services of a lawyer. It shall have the following specific powers
and functions:
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a. Represent the Government in the Supreme Court and

the Court of Appeals in all criminal proceedings; represent the
Government and its officers in the Supreme Court, the Court of
Appeals, and all other courts or tribunals in all civil actions and
special proceedings in which the Government or any officer thereof
in his official capacity is a party.
b. Investigate, initiate court action, or in any manner

proceed against any person, corporation or firm for the enforcement
of any contract, bond, guarantee, mortgage, pledge or other
collateral executed in favor of the Government. Where proceedings
are to be conducted outside of the Philippines the Solicitor General
may employ counsel to assist in the discharge of the aforementioned
responsibilities.
c. Appear in any court in any action involving the

validity of any treaty, law, executive order or proclamation, rule or
regulation when in his judgment his intervention is necessary or
when requested by the Court.
d. Appear in all proceedings involving the acquisition or

loss of Philippine citizenship.
e. Represent the Government in all land registration

and related proceedings. Institute actions for the reversion to the
Government of lands of public domain and improvements thereon
as well as lands held in violation of the Constitution.
f. Prepare, upon request of the President or other proper

officer of the National Government, rules and guidelines for
government entities governing the preparation of contracts, making
of investments, undertaking of transactions, and drafting of forms
or other writings needed for officials use, with the end in view of
facilitating their enforcement and insuring that they are entered
into or prepared conformably with law and for the best interests of
the public.
g. Deputize, whenever in the opinion of the Solicitor

General the public interest requires, any provincial or city fiscal to
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assist him in the performance of any function or discharge of any

duty incumbent upon him, within the jurisdiction of the aforesaid
provincial or city fiscal. When so deputized, the fiscal shall be under
the control and supervision of the Solicitor General with regard to
the conduct of the proceedings assigned to the fiscal, and he may
be required to render reports or furnish information regarding the
assignment.
h. Deputize legal officers of government departments,

bureaus, agencies and offices to assist the Solicitor General and
appear or represent the Government in cases involving their
respective offices, brought before the courts and exercise supervision
and control over such legal officers with respect to such cases.
i. Call on any department, bureau, office, agency or

instrumentality of the Government for such service, assistance
and cooperation as may be necessary in fulfilling its functions
and responsibilities and for this purpose enlist the services of any
government official or employee in the pursuit of his tasks.
Departments, bureaus, agencies, offices, instrumentalities

and corporations to whom the Office of the Solicitor General renders
legal services are authorized to disburse funds from their sundry
operating and other funds for the latter Office. For this purpose,
the Solicitor General and his staff are specifically authorized to
receive allowances as may be provided by the Government offices,
instrumentalities and corporations concerned, in addition to their
regular compensation.
j. Represent, upon the instructions of the President, the

Republic of the Philippines in international litigations, negotiations
or conferences where the legal position of the Republic must be
defended or presented.
k. Act and represent the Republic and/or the people before

any court, tribunal, body or commission in any matter, action or
proceeding which, in his opinion, affects the welfare of the people as
the ends of justice may require; and
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l. Perform such other functions as may provided by law.
(2) The Office shall be headed by a Solicitor General

who shall assisted by a Legal Staff composed of such number of
Assistant Solicitors General, Solicitors, and Trial Attorneys as may
be provided by law. It shall have such other staffs and operating
units as are now or may be provided by law. The Investigation and
Recovery Office provided hereafter shall be under the Office of the
Solicitor General.
SEC. 2. Qualifications and Appointments. - (1) The Solicitor

General shall have the same rank, qualifications for appointment,
and salary as an Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals. The
Assistant Solicitors General shall have the same Court of First
Instance. No person shall be appointed Solicitor unless he a citizen
of the Philippines, a member of the Philippine Bar, of recognized
competence and with experience in the practice of law for at least
four (4) years.
(2) The Solicitor General and the Assistant Solicitors

General, who must be officers learned in the law, and the Solicitors
shall be appointed by the President.
SEC. 3. Attorneys and Experts to Assist the Solicitor General.

The Solicitor General may, when necessary and after consultation
with the Government entity concerned, employ, retain, and
compensate on a contractual basis, in the name of the Government,
such attorneys and experts or technical personnel as he may
deem necessary to assist him in the discharge of his duties. The
compensation and expenses of such persons may be charged to the
agency or office in whose behalf the services have to be rendered.
SEC. 4. Investigation and Recovery Office. - (1) The

Investigation and Recovery Office shall be under the supervision
and control of the Solicitor General and shall be responsible for
the collection and recovery of funds and properties owing to the
Government. It shall be headed by an Executive Director who may
be assisted by an Assistant Executive Director. It shall have such
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number of state counsel-lawyers, accountants and other personnel

as may hereafter be provided by law.
(2) The investigation and Recovery Office shall perform the

following powers and functions:
a. Administer, direct and supervise the collection and

recovery of government assets, stocks, funds and moneys and other
real personal properties owing to the Government.
b. Investigate and recover according to law, assets, money

claims and properties owing to government-owned or controlled
corporations as directed by the Solicitor General.
c. Investigate and, if necessary, file charges against erring

government personnel responsible or implicated in any way in the
loss of properties or any other assets of the Government: and
d. Perform such other functions as may be assigned to it

by the Solicitor General or as are now or may hereafter be provided
by law or executive order.
Done in the City of Manila, this 4th day on June, in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred seventy-four.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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C R EA T I N G A RA D IA T I O N H EA L T H O F F I C E I N T H E
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
WHEREAS, there is no distinct government office or agency

authorized to control the use of diagnostic X-Ray units, high
energy machines or any radiation apparatus in medicine, industry,
agriculture, research and other fields of activity except those units
with radio-active sources which are controlled by the Philippine
Atomic Energy Commission;
WHEREAS, the use of radiation, although beneficial to the

development of the country, carries with it certain hazards and,
therefore, should be properly regulated;
WHEREAS, the danger to public health posed by ionizing

radiation is similar in effect to the other dangers to public health
resulting from human activity; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Health, being the government

agency charged with the functions of safeguarding and promoting
the people’s health, should be assigned the responsibility to institute
proper measures of the effective control of such radiation hazards.

1972, as amended, do hereby decree and order:
SECTION 1. Creation; Functions. There is hereby created

in the Department of Health a Radiation Health Office which shall
have the following functions:
a. Prescribed measures to regulate production, import

and export of radiation-emitting apparatus, as well as non-ionizing
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radiation devices such as microwave oven, laser and other similar

and related apparatus the energy emission of which does not reach
the threshold required for the production of radio-active material;
Provided, That equipment and devices involving the application
and use of radio-active materials and any equipment or devices
producing or utilizing radio-active materials which fall under
regulatory jurisdiction of the Philippine Atomic Energy Commission
as provided under R.A. 5207 shall not be subject to the coverage of
such measures;
b. Require the registration of the above apparatus and

equipment presently used in medicine or for other purposes within
six months from the effectivity of this Decree;
c. Undertake the inspection of the above-described

apparatus and equipment installed in private and government
premises;
d. Issue rules and regulations, duly approved by the

Secretary of Health, with the aim of protecting radiation workers
handling or operating the above-described devices;
e. Establish and maintain a National Radiation Standard

Section in a cooperative effort with the Philippine Atomic Energy
Commission;
f. Assist in the training of radiation workers; and
g. Collect, analyze and disseminate information on the

protection against radiation.
SEC. 2. Relationship with other entities. Radiation Health

Office shall, in the furtherance of its functions and duties, cooperate
and coordinate with governmental and private entities as well
as international organizations involved in activities related to
radiation.
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SEC. 3. Appropriations. To carry out the functions of the

Office herein created, there is hereby appropriated the amount of
Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (P200,000.00) out of any funds in the
National Treasury not otherwise appropriated. The same amount
or such amounts as shall be needed shall be included in the annual
General Appropriations Act for the continued operation of the
Office.
SEC. 4. Repealing Clause. Any provisions of law, decree,

order, rules or regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed, revised or amended accordingly.
Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of June, in the year

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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INTEGRATION OF POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND

JAILS IN CERTAIN PROVINCES
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 12, Article XV of the

Constitution of the Philippines, a proposed Presidential Decree for
the establishment of Integrated National Police Force, with the
Philippine Constabulary as the nucleus, is under consideration;
WHEREAS, in view of the over-all importance of the

establishment of such Integrated National Police Force upon
the peace and order condition of the nation, there is need to test
its viability and efficacy to attain its goal of having an efficient,
responsive police service by eliminating the causes of irritants and
jealousies among independent police and other law- enforcement
agencies, such as conflicts in political/jurisdictional boundaries lack
of coordination and duplication of functions;
WHEREAS, the constitution of the city/municipality police

and fire departments and jails in the Greater Manila Area into the
Metropolitan Police Force pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 421,
dated March 21, 1974 is a step toward the establishment of such
Integrated National Police Force;
WHEREAS, in order to have a country-wide yardstick for

assessing the benefits that can be generated by an Integrated
National Police Force and for determining possible defects of such
system and eliminating the same, it is necessary that pilot projects
similar to the Metropolitan Police Force in the Greater Manila Area
be established in urban areas/centers of population within each
Philippine Constabulary Zone;

vested in me by the Constitution, and pursuant to the Proclamation
No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972 and No. 1104, dated January 17,
1973 and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, do hereby
order and decree to be part of the law of the land, the following:
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SECTION 1. Integration of city/municipal police and fire

departments and jails in certain provinces. All laws to the contrary
notwithstanding, the city/municipal police and fire departments and
jails in the following provinces, as they are presently constituted and
organized, are hereby integrated into the law enforcement units to
be known as indicated:
a. All municipalities of the Province of Bulacan, except the

Municipality of Valenzuela, to be known as the Bulacan Integrated
Police Force;
b. All municipalities of the Province of Pampanga, including

the City of Angeles, to be known as the Pampanga Integrated Police
Force;
c. All municipalities of the Province of Nueva Ecija,

including the Cities of Cabanatuan, Palayan and San Jose, to be
known as the Nueva Ecija Integrated Police Force;
d. All municipalities of the Province of Laguna, including

the City of San Pablo, to be known as the Laguna Integrated Police
Force;
e. All municipalities of the Province of the Province of

Cebu, including the Cities of Cebu, Danao, Lapu-lapu, Mandaue
and Toledo, to be known as the Cebu Integrated Police Force; and,
f. All municipalities of the Province of Misamis Oriental,

including the Cities of Cagayan de Oro and Gingoog, to be known as
the Misamis Oriental Integrated Police Force.
SEC. 2. Head of the Integrated Police Forces. The heads

of the Bulacan Integrated Police Force, the Pampanga Integrated
Police Force, the Nueva Ecija Integrated Police Force, the Laguna
Integrated Police Force, the Cebu Integrated Police Force and the
Misamis Oriental Integrated Police Force, the Cebu Integrated
Police Force and Misamis Oriental Integrated Police Force shall be
designated by the Chief of Constabulary from among the officers of
the Philippine Constabulary.
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SEC. 3. Jurisdiction of the Integrated Police Forces. The

Integrated Police Forces constituted pursuant to Section 1 hereof
shall be responsible for the public safety and discharge the functions
of enforcement of the laws and maintenance of peace and order
within the territorial limits of each of the above-mentioned provinces
and the cities therein. These Integrated Police Forces shall have the
effect arrest of criminal offenders, investigate the commission of all
crimes and offenses in their respective jurisdictions and bring the
offenders to justice.
SEC. 4. Operational control and direction over the Integrated

Police Forces. The Philippine Constabulary shall exercise operational
control, direction and supervision over the Integrated Police Forces
herein constituted. For this purpose, the Chief of Constabulary shall
integrate the above-mentioned Integrated Police Forces into the
organizational and operational set-up of the Philippine Constabulary
and exercise control, direction and supervision through the Head
of each of the said Integrated Police Forces: Provided, That such
Integrated Police Forces shall not form part of the Philippine
Constabulary as a military organization and a Major Service of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines but as civilian components thereof,
except as may be directed by the President in time of emergency.
SEC. 5. Extent of control and direction. The power of control

and direction over each of the Integrated Police Forces shall include
the power to control and direct the tactical, strategical movements,
deployments, placements and/or utilization of the Integrated Police
Forces concerned, or any of its components, elements, equipment,
facilities, and all other resources, within its territorial jurisdiction;
the training of the members thereof; and such other powers that may
be necessary to make such control and direction real and effective.
SEC. 6. Power of administrative control and supervision.

Administrative control and supervision over the several police and
fire departments and jails composing each of the Integrated Police
Forces herein constituted shall, prior to the transfer provided for
in Section 7 hereof, remain with the offices, agencies and officials
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in which said power is vested in accordance with existing laws:

Provided, That such power shall not be exercised in a manner
that will adversely affect the integrity, capability and operational
efficiency of said Integrated Police Forces or any of their components/
elements. Accordingly, administrative matters, such as appointment,
promotion, suspension, separation and other administrative
disciplinary action; grant/payment of salary and/or allowances,
compensation, leave, and other benefits, logistical support, and
such other matters pertaining to personnel administration, which
are currently vested in and exercised by other officials pursuant to
existing laws, rules and regulations shall remain with said officials:
Provided, further, that the appointment, promotion, suspension and
separation of, and other disciplinary action upon any member of the
Integrated Police Forces herein constituted shall be effected only
upon recommendation of the Head thereof: Provided, finally, That
in case of conflict between the exercise of administrative control,
and supervision, on the one hand, and operational control, direction
and supervision, on the other hand, the latter shall prevail.
SEC. 7. Administration control and supervision to be

transferred to the Philippine Constabulary. After one year, but
Section 6 hereof shall be taken over and exercised by the Philippine
Constabulary. For this purpose, the personnel, records, funds,
property, equipment, facilities, and other resources belonging to,
being used by or intended for the several police and fire departments
and jails composing such Integrated Police Forces, including firearms,
motor vehicles, communications and criminal laboratory facilities,
if any, shall be transferred to the administration and custody of
the Philippine Constabulary: Provided, That upon the effectivity of
this Decree but before such transfer, no such personnel, records,
funds, property, equipment, facilities and other resources shall be
transferred out of, or removed or diverted from said police and fire
departments and jails.
SEC. 8. Funding of the Integrated Police Forces. Effective

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supervision over the several police and fire departments and jails
to the Philippine Constabulary as herein provided, each of the
cities and municipalities referred to in Section 1 of this Decree
shall allocate at least eighteen (18%) per centum of its annual gross
income as its contribution for the maintenance of the Integrated
Police Force to which its police and fire departments and jail are
integrated. The National Government shall provide subsidies and
other types of fund support to insure a minimum standard salary
for the members thereof and provide for the modernization of their
public safety equipment/installations in accordance with existing
laws and policies or as may hereafter be provided.
SEC. 9. Funding for integration activities. Upon the

promulgation of this Decree but prior to the allocation of the
eighteen (18%) per centum of the annual gross income of the cities
and municipalities referred to in the preceding Section 8 for the
support of the Integrated Police Force into which their respective
police and fire departments and jails have been integrated, the
sum of eleven million pesos is hereby authorized to drawn from the
unreleased appropriation of any government agency for fiscal year
1974 to be used solely by the Philippine Constabulary to support
the police integration activities called for in this Decree: Provided,
That the unexpended balance of this fund at the end of the fiscal
year shall be available and is hereby authorized for expenditure in
the succeeding years.
SEC. 10. No reduction in salary. This Decree shall be

the Integrated Police Forces.
SEC. 11. Chief of Constabulary to promulgate rules and

regulations. The Chief of Constabulary shall, with the approval of
the Secretary of National Defense, promulgate the necessary rules
SEC. 12. Penal provision. Any person who directly or

indirectly obstructs or interferes with the implementation of this
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Decree of the rules and regulations promulgated by the Chief of

Constabulary in accordance herewith shall, upon conviction, suffer
imprisonment of not less than three (3) years nor more than six (6)
years and/or a fine of not less than 5,000 pesos nor more than 10,000
pesos, at the discretion of the court.
When the offender is a public officer or employee, he shall,

in addition to the foregoing penalty, suffer disqualification from
addition to the foregoing penalty, suffer disqualification from
holding any public office or employment for life.
SEC. 13. Repealing clause. The provisions of Republic Act

No. 4864, otherwise known as the “Police Act of 1966”, as amended
by President Decrees No. 1, dated September 22, 1972; No. 12,
dated September 24, 1972; No. 12-A dated October 4, 1972; No.
12-B, dated October 28, 1972; No. 170, dated April 4, 1973 and No.
448, dated May 9, 1974; the provisions of the City Charters of the
Cities of Angeles, Cabanatuan, Palayan, San Jose, San Pablo, Cebu,
Danao, Lapu-lapu, Mandaue, Toledo, Cagayan de Oro and Gingoog,
all as amended, all laws, decrees, orders, instructions, rules and
regulations which are inconsistent with this Decree are hereby
SEC. 14. Effectivity. This Decree shall take effect upon

approval.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF PHILIPPINE CENTERS

ABROAD
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to consolidate, integrate

and coordinate all the activities of all Philippine Government
offices and agencies abroad, which have hitherto been dispersed
and separated from each other, a situation entailing unnecessary
expense and duplication of functions;

among other things, to nurture, promote and propagate Philippine
culture, to encourage foreign tourists to visit the Philippines, to
expand the foreign market for Philippine products, to provide
efficient and comprehensive public service in the country and
abroad, and in general to enhance the image of the Philippines;
NOW, THEREFORE I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS,

President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by
the Constitution, do hereby decree and order as follows:
SECTION 1. In certain strategically located places approved

by the President upon the recommendation of the Secretary of
Trade, there shall be incorporated a Philippine Center Management
Board, hereinafter called “the Board,” which shall, in behalf of the
Republic of the Philippines, acquire by purchase or by any other
appropriate means a building, which shall house within its premises
all the offices and agencies of the Philippine Government. Such
building shall be called “the Philippine Center,” hereinafter called
“the Center,” and shall serve the purposes stated in the second
paragraph of the preamble.

functions:
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A. Composition
1. Chairman The Chief of Mission
2. Vice-Chairman The Head of the Philippine National Bank

Branch Office, or in case there is no such branch office the Philippine
Commercial Attache or Trade Promotion Representative.
Members:
3. The Philippine Commercial Attache or Trade Promotion

Representative when not acting as Vice-Chairman.
4. The Representative of the Department of Tourism.
5. The Philippine Center Business Manager, who shall

also be the Secretary of the Board.
6. One representative each from other offices and agencies

of the Philippine Government in the area.
B. Functions

of the Center in accordance with this Decree and with sound business
practices.
2. The Board shall meet at least once a year to prepare and

submit to the President of the Philippines through the Secretary of
Trade its annual report on the operations, financial position and
achievements of the Center not later than the 31st of December of
each year.
3. The Board shall, in accordance with its procedures,

decide and implement policies dealing with the construction,
renovation, maintenance and operations of the Center. Its decisions
shall be arrived at by a simple majority of the entire composition of
the Board.
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4. The Board shall approve lease contracts for the rentals

be promptly deposited in the bank for credit to the fund provided in
Section 3.
5. The Board shall adopt the most practical and effective

arrangements for the security of personnel and the premises.
6. The Board shall have such other functions consistent

SEC. 3. The funds for the purchase and renovation of the

Center shall be obtained through borrowings that the Philippine
National Bank is hereby authorized to secure as agent for and in
behalf of the Philippine Center Management Board. Should such
borrowings be inadequate to cover the cost of purchase and renovation,
the Philippine National Bank may advance the necessary amount
from its own resources in the event of urgent need. For borrowings
contracted by the said bank, it shall be entitled to collect commission
and service fees. For advances made from its own resources, the
said bank shall be entitled to collect interest charges at the rate
imposed by its present lending policy for loans or advances of the
same category.
There is thereby appropriated annually out of any fund in

the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of twenty
million pesos to repay the advances or borrowing authorized in the
preceding paragraph, including interests, premiums, commission,
service fees and other charges thereon. Additional appropriations
shall be authorized as the need arises.
The funds for the maintenance and operation of the Center

shall, as far as practicable, be taken from the income accruing to the
Center Fund: Provided, however, that advances borrowings for this
purpose may be obtained by the Board.
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The Board shall have the power and authority to borrow

money from the Philippine National Bank or from other creditors
under financing arrangements that may be made with the assistance
of the said bank, and to mortgage, or assign, or otherwise encumber
its properties as security for such borrowings. The borrowings made
pursuant to this authority shall be paid from any money in the
Center Fund.
The Center Fund shall consist of the sales proceeds of

properties mentioned in Section 4 and the income of the Center
from lease payments and other sources.
SEC. 4. All real property in the area owned by the Philippine

Government shall be sold at the most advantageous price by
the Board with the advise and assistance of a representative of
the Commission on Audit, and all the proceeds thereof shall be
transferred to and become part of the Center Fund.
SEC. 5. All Philippine Government offices or agencies and

private firms using the Center shall pay rent to the Board: Provided,
that in consideration of their service to the Center, of the Philippine
Embassy or Consulate and service representatives attached to the
Embassy or Consulate shall be exempt from the payment of rent
during the Center’s first two fiscal year of operation.
The rate of rent shall be based primarily on the prevailing

SEC. 6. The Board shall appoint a Philippine Center

Business Manager, hereinafter called “the Manager,” who shall be
responsible to the Board for the effective and prompt implementation
of its policies and decisions.
A. The following emoluments shall be paid to the Manager

by the Board from the Center Fund:
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1. Salary The Manager shall have an annual salary twelve

thousand US dollars (US$ 12,000.00), with increase proportionate
to any increase in rental rates.
2. Benefits
a. Health and hospitalization insurance equivalent to

coverage of the employees of the Philippine Embassy or Consulate.
b. Social Security under local laws.
B. Functions:
1. The Manager shall be the Secretary of the Board and

shall prepare the agenda and the minutes of Board meetings.
2. He shall be responsible for the safety, cleanliness and

orderly maintenance of the building.
3. He shall perform such other functions as may be

assigned to him by the Board.
SEC. 7. The Center shall have a trade, tourism and

investment center, called Philippine House, for Philippine products
and cultural, tourism and investment materials, which shall be
under the direct supervision of the Department of Trade and which
shall be operated under guidelines issued by the Secretary of Trade.
The Center shall also provide for an auditorium/teacher/community
room; a library room; a restaurant; a penthouse for socials of the
Embassy or Consulate and for rental to the Philippine Community;
a storage room; and such other areas as may be necessary or proper
to be decided by the Board.
SEC. 8. The Department of Trade, with the assistance and

cooperation of other government offices and agencies concerned,
shall be the coordinating and clearing house of support activities for
the center. For this purpose, there is hereby appropriated out of any
fund in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum
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of five million pesos to serve as a revolving fund of the Department

of Trade for operating expenses of Philippine Houses abroad.
SEC. 9. The Secretary of Trade may appoint a Filipino

architectural consultant for the Center. Such consultant shall advise
the Board and local architects and/or building contractors on the
exterior and interior renovation work that may be undertaken in
order that the Center may project an image which is representative
of the best in Philippine life and culture.
SEC. 10. This Decree amends Presidential Decree No. 188,

dated May 10, 1973 and Presidential Decree No. 258, dated July 31,
1973.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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REORGANIZATION PLAN BY CREATING A DEPARTMENT
OF INDUSTRY
WHEREAS, there is a need strengthen government efforts

towards industrial development to further accelerate economic
growth; and
WHEREAS, accelerated industrialization needs integrated

government assistance and guidance to bring about industry
diversification, dispersal, rationalization and continued growth.

by the Constitution, do hereby adopt; approve and make as part of
the law of the land the amendment to the provisions of Part IX of
the Integrated Reorganization Plan by creating a Department of
Industry.
SECTION 1. Creation of a Department of Industry. - There

is hereby created a Department of Industry, hereinafter referred
to as the Department, which shall be the primary policy, planning,
programming, coordinating, implementing and administrative
entity of the executive branch of the government in the development,
expansion, diversification of industry, in pursuance of the following
objectives:
a. Guide the development and operation of industry along

directions of most contributory to the national goals as domestic
and international conditions make appropriate and as defined from
time to time by the President and/or the National Economic and
Development Authority;
b. Improve linkages and inter-relationships of industry

with the development of the country’s agriculture, natural resources,
public services, and infrastructure, and reinforce and enhance the
contribution of these sectors, conjunctively with industry, to the
national progress and welfare;
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c. Identity the needs, encourage and assist the achievement

of national self-sufficiency, without undue burdens to the end-
consumers, in essential industrial products, in accordance with the
philosophy of the self-reliance;
d. Improve the ownership structure of industry to

promoting broader ownership of large-scale industrial enterprises,
accelerate the formation and growth of small-scale and medium-scale
industrial enterprises, and encourage and promote the dispersal of
industry throughout the country; and
e. Develop the capabilities of industry to increase the

domestic content of its products, to upgrade the quality of products
according to competitive international standards to reduce costs of
production, particularly those involving foreign exchange, and in
coordination with the Department of Trade, to export manufacturers
to the international and regional markets.
SEC. 2. Authority and Responsibility. - The authority and

responsibility for the exercise of the powers and discharge of the
functions of the Department shall be vested in the Secretary of
Industry, hereinafter referred to as the Secretary. The Secretary
shall be assisted by one Undersecretary.
SEC. 3. Powers and Functions. - The Department shall have

a. Coordinate all activities of the government relative to

industry;
b. Encourage, guide and if necessary, regulate the

establishment, growth and expansion of large-scale industries and
firms within these industries;
c. Adopt guidelines, subject to the approval of the President,

and implement them for rationalization of certain industries
whose continued operation will result in the dislocation of and/or
overcrowding in said industries, thus, retarding economic growth;
upon approval of said guidelines by the President, the Department
of the Board of Investments, upon request of the Department,
shall implement such guidelines and may, in appropriate cases,
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after due notice and hearing restrict, either totally or partially,

the importation of any equipment or raw materials for firms in the
industry not conforming with the prescribed guidelines;
d. Coordinate with the Board of Investments with respect

to the implementation of rationalization schemes adopted by the
Board by virtue of its powers under Sec. 16(1) of R.A. 5186;
e. Coordinate with other government agencies, particularly

of the Department of Trade, for the increase in exports of recently
established lines of manufactured products;
f. Assist investors, foreign or domestic, in desirable

industrial projects, whether registerable with the Board of
Investments or not, to have their papers processed with dispatch
by all government offices, agencies, instrumentalities and financial
institutions;
g. Promote cooperation in desirable industrial undertakings

on complementation basis in the Southeast Asian regions;
h. Encourage the establishment, growth and expansion

of medium and small-scale industries particularly in rural areas
through effective assistance and guidance in the manufacture of the
industrial products concerned;
i. Coordinate and integrate all technical, financial,

marketing, purchasing and promotional assistance of the government
for medium and small-scale industries;
j. Establish consultation on an institutionalized basis

with the private industrial sectors to encourage their participation
in planning and implementation for industrial development, in
pursuance of objectives established by the government;
k. Prescribed and enforce compliance with such rules
and regulations as may be necessary to implement the intent and
provisions of this Decree, which rules and regulations shall take
immediately following their publication in two newspapers of
general circulation in the Philippines;
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l. Conduct investigation, hearing and inquiry and for this

purpose, issue subpoena and subpoena duces tecum to compel the
attendance of witnesses and the production of the necessary papers
and documents;
m. Require any person or entity to submit to it such report,

data, information, paper, or document it may deem necessary in the
exercise of its powers and functions;
n. Establish, in accordance with pertinent laws, such

advisory committee as may be appropriate for purposes of
consultation and advice to the Department in the performance of its
functions;
o. Perform such other functions as may be necessary to

carry into effect the provisions of this Act; and
p. Perform such other functions as may be provided by

law.
SEC. 4. Staff Services. - The Department shall have an

Administrative Service, a Planning Service, a Legal Service, and a
Financial and Management Service in conformity with Part II of the
Integrated Reorganization Plan.
SEC. 5. Bureau of Industrial Coordination. - There it is hereby

created in the Department a Bureau of Industrial Coordination which
shall, among others, coordinate and guide industries and industry
sectors (including enterprises within such industries which are not
registered with the Board of Investments) to attain development
objectives promulgated by the government, maintain liaison with
industry associations, keep informed of developments in the various
industries, supervise progress and implementation of the various
large- scale industry programs initiated by the Department but
not covered by any existing industrial authority, and specifically
perform the functions enumerated in Section 3-c, d, e, f, g, and j.
The Bureau of Industrial Promotion in the Department of

Trade is abolished and its pertinent functions are transferred to
the Bureau of Industrial Coordination together with applicable
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appropriations, records, equipment, property and such personnel as

may be necessary.
The Board of Investments shall continue to be responsible

for the registration and supervision of enterprises for investment
and export incentives under its respective priorities plans, and for
licensing foreign investment under R.A. 5455.
SEC. 6. Small and Medium Industries Commission. - There

is hereby created in the Department a Commission on Small and
Medium Industries which shall, among others, promote, assist
and develop medium and smallscale industries; undertake studies,
surveys, researches and technical assistance programs in connection
therewith; coordinate and integrate policies and programs for
technical, financial, marketing, purchasing and promotional
assistance to medium and small-scale industries rendered by the
following government agencies:
1. Department of Local Government and Community

Development
2. U.P Institute of Small-Scale Industries
3. Development Academy of the Philippines
4. National Manpower and Youth Council
5. NEDA/CB Industrial Guarantee Loan Fund
6. Development Bank of the Philippines

7. Greater Manila Terminal Food Market
8. Philippine International Trading Corporation
9. Design Center Philippines
10. Bureau of Domestic Trade
11. National College Industries Development Authority
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The above-named agencies shall nominate one (1)

representative each to the Commission for purposes of coordination,
consultation and liaison. This Commission shall replace the National
Council of Medium and Small-Scale Industries. The Commission
shall be headed by the Undersecretary of the Department. He shall
be assisted by an Executive Director, and such other regional officers
deemed necessary, who shall be appointed by the Secretary.
SEC. 7. Bureau of Industrial Information and Programs. -

There is hereby created in the Department Bureau of Industrial
Information and Programs which shall, among others, received from
industries and analyze statistical information relating to production,
sales, inventories, imports of major materials, levels of receivables
and expansions plans to enable the Department to monitor and
measure industry performance, anticipate problems and provide
guidance to industry. It shall also formulate development programs
for various industry sectors.
SEC. 8. Board of Investments. - The Board of Investment

is transferred from the National Economic and Development
Authority and attached to the Department for program and policy
implementation. The Secretary of Industry shall be concurrently
Chairman of the Board of Investments. The Vice- Chairman of the
Board who shall be appointed by the President shall concurrently
be its Managing Head.
SEC. 9. Personnel. Except for such technical positions as

Secretary may recommend to and be approved by the President,
all positions therein shall be subject to the provisions of the Civil
Service Law and the rules and regulations of the Wage and Position
Classification Office (WAPCO).
SEC. 10. Attached Agencies. - The following agencies are

hereby attached to the Department: Iron and Steel Authority,
Fertilizer Industry Authority, Cement Industry Authority, and
Presidential Advisory Committee on the Copper Industry.
The Department shall coordinate with other government

agencies, particularly the Department of Trade, for the export
promotion activities of the foregoing attached authorities.
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SEC. 11. Appropriations. - To carry out the purposes of this

Decree, there is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the National
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four million pesos
(P4,000,000) for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventy-four
to nineteen hundred and seventy-five (1974-1975) and the sum of
two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000) for the remainder of fiscal
year nineteen hundred and seventy-four (1973-1974). Thereafter,
the appropriations for the Department of Industry shall be included
in the Annual General Appropriation Act.
SEC. 12. Repeal. - Any and all acts, statutes, decrees, rules,
regulations or parts thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby
The Department of Trade shall perform all the functions,

except those pertaining to industry, of the Department of Trade and
Tourism pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Integrated
Reorganization Plan, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 189.
SEC. 13. Effectivity. - This Decree shall take effect

immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 21st day of June in the year

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING A NATIONAL NUTRITION COUNCIL AND FOR

OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, malnutrition is seriously affecting millions of

our people;
WHEREAS, malnutrition retards mental and physical

development of our children, weakens their resistance to infections
resulting in unnecessary loss of human lives through high infant
and child mortality rates;
WHEREAS, studies indicate that infants and young children,

pregnant women and nursing mothers are most vulnerable to
malnutrition;
WHEREAS, there is a multiplicity of government agencies

engaged in various aspects of nutrition activities;
WHEREAS, there are various food programs in the country

such as the Green Revolution, Masagana 99, Palayan ng Bayan,
Masaganang Maisan and others which are aimed at providing for
food sufficiency;
WHEREAS, there is a close interlinking relationship

between food, education and nutrition;
WHEREAS, Executive Order 285, series of 1971, vested in

the National Food and Agriculture Council the responsibility to
coordinate all nutrition programs in the country;
WHEREAS, coordination has proven to be of great value in

integrating the food and nutrition efforts of the various agencies;
WHEREAS, one of the objectives of the New Society is to

bring about social, economic, and political reforms to eventually
improve the quality of life of every Filipino;
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WHEREAS, the nutrition program, being concerned with

human resource development, is a vital and integral part of social
reform and economic development;

the Constitution do hereby adopt, approve and make as part of the
law of the land, the following:
SECTION 1. Title. This decree shall be known as the

Nutrition Act of the Philippines.
SEC 2. Declaration of Policy. The Government of the

Philippines hereby declares that nutrition is now a priority of the
government to be implemented by all branches of the government
in an integrated fashion.
SEC 3. Philippine Food and Nutrition Program. An Integrated

Four-Year Program involving the government and private sector
shall be drafted by the National Council is hereby created. The
program shall be approved by the President to be implemented by
all concerned.
SEC 4. Creation of a National Nutrition Council. There is

hereby created an agency under the Office of the President, the
National Nutrition Council, hereinafter referred to as the council,
to be composed of the following officials;
The Secretary, Department of Education and Culture
The Chairman-Coordinator, National Food and Agriculture

Council
The Secretary, Department of Health
The Chairman, National Science Development Board
The Secretary, Department of Social Welfare
The Secretary, Department of Local Government and

Community Development
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The Chairman of the Nutrition Foundation of the

Philippines
President, Philippine Medical Association
One other representative of the private sector to be appointed

by the President of the Philippines.
In the event that any cabinet member cannot attend Council

meetings, he shall be represented by an Undersecretary or Assistant
Secretary.
SEC 5. Functions and Powers. The Council shall have the

following functions and powers:
(a) To formulate an integrated national program on

nutrition.
(b) To supervise, coordinate and evaluate the implementation

of the integrated Philippine Food and Nutrition Program to be
implemented by all agencies and instrumentalities of both the
government and the private sector concerned with improving the
nutrition of our people.
(c) To coordinate and integrate policies and programs

of all agencies and instrumentalities of the government charged
with the prosecution of existing law, policies, rules and regulations
concerning nutrition.
(d) To coordinate the release of public funds for nutrition

purposes in accordance with the approved projects and programs.
(e) To coordinate all requests for loans and grants by the

government agencies involved in the nutrition program.
(f) To call on any department, bureau, office, agency and

other instrumentalities of the government for assistance in the form
of personnel, facilities and resources as the need arises.
SEC. 6. Officers of the Council. The Chairman-Coordinator

of the National Food and Agriculture Council shall be the Chairman
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of the Council. He shall maintain a close link of the nutrition

program with the food programs of the government. In his absence,
the Secretary of Health shall be the Acting Chairman.
An Executive Director shall be appointed by the Council. He

shall implement the policies, programs, projects and decisions of the
Council.
One or more Deputy Executive Directors may be appointed

by the Council and shall assist the Executive Director in the
performance of his duties or take charge of special project assigned
by the Executive Director.
A Management Committee shall be formed, the members of

which shall be a representative appointed by each of the members
of the Council, which representatives should be the head of the
nutrition unit or project of his office. The Executive Director, or in
his absence, a Deputy Executive Directors, shall be Chairman of
the Management Committee. This Committee shall perform such
functions as may be assigned to it by this Council.
The Council shall hire such other personnel as may be

necessary for the performance of its basic functions. All positions,
except the technical and professional staff and such other positions
as the Council may declare to be highly technical, policy determining,
or primarily confidential, shall be subject to Civil Service rules and
regulations and the Wages and Position Classification Office:
Provided that, all personnel shall be entitled to the benefits

and privileges normally accorded to government employees, such as
retirement, GSIS Insurance, leave and similar matters:
Provided further, that in the appointment and promotion or

employees, merit and efficiency shall serve as basis, and no political
test or qualification shall be prescribed and considered for such
appointments and promotions.
SEC. 7. Nutrition Month. The month of July shall be

designated as NUTRITION MONTH, for the purpose of creating
greater awareness among our people on the importance of nutrition.
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Activities thereto shall be approved and coordinated by the Council.

This Nutrition Month of July shall be in lieu of the previously
declared Nutrition Week in March.
SEC 8. Donations. The Council shall be authorized to received

donations, grants, or gifts in whatever form and from whatever
sources: Provided that, said grants, gifts or donations shall be terms
of the grant or donations and in such manner as a majority of the
council may in its discretion determine.
SEC. 9. Appropriations. For the first fiscal year, 1974-

1975, P3.4 million pesos shall be appropriated from NFAC funds
already stipulated for nutrition programs. Provided that, the sum
of ten million pesos is hereby appropriated as operating funds of
the National Nutrition Council starting fiscal year 1975-1976.
Provided further, that said amount may be increased or deceased in
the succeeding years by the Council in accordance with its financial
position. This appropriation shall be included in the Annual General
Appropriation Act beginning in Fiscal Year 1975-1976.
SEC. 10. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations

inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed and/or modified
accordingly.

BY THE PRESIDENT:
(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA

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CREATING THE MANILA TRANSIT CORPORATION,

APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the proliferation of independent road

transportation utility operators in Metropolitan Manila has not
provided the commuting public with adequate and responsive
service;
WHEREAS, this condition cannot improve the urban public

transport system when it tolerates destructive competition and other
structural diseconomies in public utility operations rather than
encourage or institute the integration, or consolidation of resources,
management and operations to achieve economy and efficiency;
WHEREAS, there is, then an urgent need for the Government

to intervene and institute through an appropriate instrumentality
the rationalization of the transportation system in Metropolitan
Manila;

22, 1972 as amended, do hereby order and decree the creation and
organization of a Manila Transit Corporation, to be governed by this
decree and its by-laws in accordance with the following:
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared

to be the policy of the state to rationalize and integrate public
transportation services in order to attain the following objectives:
1. To integrate public transportation operations in

Metropolitan Manila (herein used as defined by the Bureau of
Census and Statistics) into one corporate entity such that the
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operators, with franchises to operate within the area, transfer their

assets involved in the transport business in exchange for equity
participation in the corporation.
2. To establish and operate an integrated public

transportation system in Metropolitan Manila which will: (1)
eliminate destructive competition and service duplication among
different transport modes and firms; (2) rationalize route allocation
and provide proper balance of commuter service in all routes; (3)
effect economies in operations and overhead facilities and logistics
support; (4) develop a financially strong and operationally efficient
metropolitan transport firm; (5) work towards the standardization
of rolling stock equipment and other facilities in order to satisfy the
requirements of the riding public.
SEC. 2. Manila Transit Corporation: Creation and Purpose.

To implement state policy and pursue the objectives set forth in
the preceding section, there is hereby created a body corporate to
be known as the Manila Transit Corporation which shall have its
principal place of business in the City of Manila.
SEC. 3. Corporate Powers. The Corporation shall have the

power:
a) to prescribe its by-laws;
b) to adopt, alter and use a corporate seal;
c) to make contracts and to sue and be sued;
d) to own real or personal property and to sell, mortgage or

otherwise dispose of the same;
e) to employ such officers and personnel as may be

f) to acquire rolling stocks, repair and maintenance

equipment, and other facilities;
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g) to manage and operate a public transport system within

Metropolitan Manila in accordance with the above-stated policy
objectives:
h) to establish, manage or operate related activities and

facilities, such as transport infrastructures, terminal facilities,
parking areas, and the like, subject to the approval of the appropriate
government authorities;
i) to contract loans, credits in any convertible foreign

currency or capital goods, and indebtedness from time to time from
foreign governments, or any international financial institutions or
funds sources or to issue bonds, the total outstanding amount of
which, exclusive of interest, shall not exceed Five Hundred Million
United States Dollars or the equivalent thereof in other currencies,
on such terms and conditions as it shall deem appropriate for the
accomplishments of its purposes and to enter into and execute
agreements and other documents specifying such terms and
conditions.
The President of the Philippines, by himself, or through his

duly authorized representative, is hereby authorized to negotiate
and contract loans with foreign governments or any international
financial institution of fund source, in the name and on behalf of the
corporation, for the accomplishment of its purposes.
The President of the Philippines, by himself, or through

his duly authorized representative, is hereby further authorized to
guarantee, absolutely and unconditionally, as primary obligor and
not as surety merely, in the name and in behalf of the Republic of
the Philippines, the payment of the loans, credits, indebtedness and
bonds issued up to the amount which the President of the Philippines
is authorized to guarantee under Republic Act Numbered Sixty One
Hundred Forty Two, as amended, as well as the performance of all or
any of the obligations undertaken by the Corporation in the territory
of the Republic of the Philippines pursuant to loan agreements
entered into with foreign governments or any international financial
institutions or fund sources.
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The loans, credits and indebtedness contracted under

this subsection and the payment of the principal, interest and
other charges thereon, as well as the importation of machineries
equipment, materials, supply and services, by the Corporation, paid
from the proceeds of any loan, credit for indebtedness incurred under
this Act, shall also be exempt from all direct and indirect taxes,
fees imports and other charges and restrictions, including import
restrictions previously and presently imposed, and to be imposed by
the Republic of the Philippines, or any of its agencies and political
subdivisions.
j) to exercise the powers granted under this decree and

such other incidental powers as may be necessary to carry on its
business and the general powers mentioned in the Corporation Law,
as amended, insofar as they are not inconsistent herewith.
SEC. 4. Authorized Capital Stock, Appropriation: The

Corporation shall have a capital stock divided into three million
voting and no par value shares to be subscribed, paid for and voted
as follows:
(a) two million shares of stocks shall be subscribed and paid

for by the government of the Republic of the Philippines. For this
purpose, the amount of ten million (P10,000,000.00) Pesos is hereby
set aside from the general funds, not otherwise appropriated, to be
applied to the full payment of the two million shares subscribed by
the government.
(b) to assure early and gradual institution of an integrated

public transport system, the Corporation is hereby authorized to
sell the remaining one million voting and no par shares to persons
or entities operating public utility vehicles in Metropolitan Manila
Area at issue values to be determined by the Board of Directors.
The voting power pertaining to shares of stock subscribed by

the Government of the Republic of the Philippines shall be vested in
the President of the Philippines or in such person of persons as he
may designate.
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Each share of stock shall represent one vote and any

agreement, contract, arrangement scheme or plan that shall transfer
ownership and voting rights over the shares such that the public
corporate nature of the corporation shall be impaired or removed is
hereby prohibited.
SEC. 5. Board of Directors. The Corporation shall be

governed and its activities shall be directed, controlled and managed
by a Board of Directors that shall be composed of five (5) ex-officio
members, namely, the Secretary of Public Works, Transportation
and Communications (or the successor Department with respect to
Transportation) who shall act as Chairman, the Executive Secretary,
the Secretary of National Defense, the Secretary of Industry and the
Secretary of Finance, and two (2) other members to be appointed by
the President of the Philippines. The two appointive directors shall
each serve for a term of two (2) years.
SEC. 6. Functions and Duties of the Board of Directors.
1. The Board shall appoint and fix the salaries of a General

Manager and such other affiliates as may be necessary for the
international administration of the Corporation.
2. The Board shall establish such number of Divisions in

the Corporation as may be necessary for the accomplishment of its
corporate purposes.
3. The Board shall submit to the President of the

Philippines and shall publish an annual report of the condition of
the Corporation before the end of February of each year.
SEC. 7. The Auditor. The Chairman of the Commission on

Audit shall appoint a representative who shall be the necessary
personnel to assist said representative in the performance of his
duties. The salaries of the Auditor and his staff shall be fixed by
the Chairman of the Commission on Audit with the advice of the
Board of Directors and said salaries, and other expenses for the
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auditor’s office shall be paid by the Corporation. The Auditor of the

Corporation and personnel under him may be removed only by the
Chairman of the Commission on Audit.
SEC. 8. Exemptions. All positions of the Corporation

whether technical, administrative, professional, or managerial,
are exempt from the provisions of the Civil Service Law and the
rules and regulations of the Wage and Position Classification Office,
and shall be governed only by the personnel management policies
set by the Board of Directors, provided further that all personnel
shall be entitled to the benefits and privileges normally accorded to
government employees.
SEC. 9. Implementing Rules. The Secretary of Public Works,

Transportation and Communication shall within the (30) days from
the date of his appointment, call for an organizational meeting
of the Board in order that Corporate business may forthwith be
commenced.
of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Four.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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AMENDING THE APPROVED INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION

PLAN INSOFAR AS THE NUMBER OF REGIONAL
OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
IS CONCERNED BY DIVIDING HIGHWAY REGIONAL
OFFICE NO. 4 INTO TWO REGIONS, TO BE KNOWN AS
REGION 4-A AND REGION 4-B
WHEREAS, under the Integrated Reorganization Plan as

approved and implemented in the Department of Public Highways,
there are eleven (11) highway regional offices;
WHEREAS, Region 4 of the Department of Public Highways

as presently constituted covers a very extensive area, which
renders almost impossible an effective and thorough supervision
and coordination of all related projects and activities by only one
Regional Director;
WHEREAS, there is a concentration of project execution

and other development work in the Greater Manila Area that
necessitates the physical presence of the Fourth Regional Director
most of the time, thus limiting his time to supervise the projects in
other provinces and cities within the region;
WHEREAS, there is also an imperative need for closer,

more effective and thorough supervision and coordination of project
execution in other provinces of the region especially because of
area developments, particularly in Oriental Mindoro and Palawan,
which necessitate the physical presence of the Regional Director in
these places;
WHEREAS, to assure better administration and more

thorough supervision of highway projects in all the provinces and
cities within the region, it is imperative to divide the provinces
and cities presently comprising Region 4 of the Department of
Public Highways into two (2) regions, each region to be headed by a
Regional Director.
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by the Constitution, do hereby promulgate this decree as part of the
law of the land:
SECTION 1. Region 4 of the Department of Public Highways

as organized pursuant to the Integrated Reorganization Plan is
hereby divided into two (2) regions, to be known as Region 4-A and
Region 4-B, both with Regional Offices in the Greater Manila Area.
SEC. 2. Region 4-A will be comprised by the following cities

and provinces:
Cities:
1. Batangas City
2. Caloocan City
3. Cavite City
4. Lipa City
5. Lucena City
6. City of Manila
7. Pasay City
8. Quezon City
9. San Pablo City
10. Tagaytay City
11. Trece Martires city
Provinces:
1. Batangas
2. Cavite
3. Laguna
4. Quezon
5. Rizal
SEC. 3. Region 4-B will be comprised by the Puerto Princesa

City of the following provinces:
1. Oriental Mindoro
2. Occidental Mindoro
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3. Palawan
4. Marinduque
5. Romblon
SEC. 4. All laws, Executive Orders, Presidential Decrees or

Letters of Instructions inconsistent herewith are hereby modified
or repealed.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE

NUMBER ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE, ENTITLED
“STRENGTHENING THE COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT”,
RELATING TO THE REGULATORY POWERS OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OVER COOPERATIVES
WHEREAS, under Republic Act No. 6038 which governs

electric cooperatives, and Presidential Decree No. 40 and Letter
of Instructions No. 38, the primary power and responsibility
of promoting, organizing, registering, assisting and regulating
electric cooperatives is vested in the National Electrification
Administration;
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 175, entitled

“Strengthening the Cooperative Movement” however, repealed
all past cooperative laws and vested in the Department of Local
Government and Community Development the full authority
to promulgate rules and regulations to govern the promotion,
organization, registration, regulation and supervision of all types
of cooperatives;
WHEREAS, there is an imperative need to exclude

electric cooperative from the operation of Presidential Decree
No. 175 in consonance with present developmental plans in the
light of the government’s policy accelerating the development of
rural electrification by converting the National Electrification
Administration into a national corporation.

the Constitution do hereby order and decree.
SECTION. 1. Section 8 of the Presidential Decree No. 175 is

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Section 8. Powers of Regulatory Agency. - The Department

of Local Government and Community Development through the
Bureau of Cooperatives Development is vested with full authority
to promulgate rules and regulations to govern the promotion,
organization, registration regulation and supervision of all types of
cooperative except electric cooperatives which shall remain under
the regulation and supervision of the National Electrification
Administration under the provisions of Republic Act No. 6038 in
conjunction with Presidential Decree No. 40 and Letter of Instructions
No. 38. Specifically, it shall have the following powers:
(a) To call on any office, agency, instrumentality or

individuals belonging to the government or private sector for such
assistance as may be needed.
(b) To register new cooperatives, re-register existing

cooperatives and regulate and supervise the following types of
cooperatives.
1) Barrio Associations which shall have the provisional

status of a cooperative and serve the requirements of Presidential
Decree No. 27 in the issuance of certificates of land transfer;
2) Local or primary cooperatives which shall be composed

of cooperatives which may or may not perform business activities;
and
3) Federations which shall be composed of cooperation

which may or may not perform business activities; and
4) Unions of cooperatives which shall not perform any

business activities.
Provided, that in the case of re-registration, the cooperative

shall file its application or petition for re-registration within a
period of (6) months from the date of promulgation of this Decree,
and its corporate existence shall be deemed to continue until the
application or petition is approved or denied; and Provided, further,
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that for purposes of re-registration, Section 2 and 5 (a) hereof

shall be applicable to existing cooperatives which do not meet the
qualification requirements provided for in this Decree.
(c) To determine the manner and extent by which powers,

privileges, assistance and support granted to cooperative provided
by this Decree shall be exercised or enjoyed by cooperatives;
(d) To suspend the operation or cancel the registration of

any cooperative after hearing and when in its judgment and based
on findings, such cooperative is operating in violation of this Decree,
rules and regulations, existing laws as well as the by-laws of the
cooperative itself;
(e) To liquidate and to determine disposal of assets and

settlement of liabilities of any cooperative which has been inoperable,
inactive or defunct or any cooperative violating the penal provisions
herein provided:
(f) To recommend charges to be filed against any official of

any cooperative who has committed crimes against the cooperative
or who has violated the penal provisions herein provided; and to
establish rules and regulations governing the suspension and/or
expulsion of any members of a cooperative;
(g) To condone the principal and/or accumulated interest

on past due production and/or farm improvement loans extended by
the Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Financing Administration
and the Agricultural Credit Administration to farmer members of
agricultural cooperatives, and to authorize writing off bad debts or
bad accounts of agricultural cooperatives arising from loans granted
by the Agricultural Credit Administration subject to the rules and
regulations to be promulgated jointly by the Department of Local
Government and Community Development and the Department of
Finance;
(h) To recommend charges to be filed against non-farmers

who through misrepresentation have secured loans from the
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Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Financing Administration

or the Agricultural Credit Administration through agricultural
cooperatives;
(i) To authorize the collection by barrio associations and

cooperatives past due loans granted by the Agricultural Credit and
Cooperative Financing Administration or the Agricultural Credit
Administration on a commission basis; and
(j) To authorize cooperatives to collect amortizations on

lands under Presidential Decree No. 27.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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PROVIDING FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF PORT

ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION FUNCTIONS
IN THE COUNTRY, CREATING THE PHILIPPINE
PORT AUTHORITY, PAVING THE WAY FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF INDIVIDUAL, AUTONOMOUS
PORT/INDUSTRIAL ZONE AUTHORITIES IN THE
DIFFERENT PORT DISTRICTS, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
WHEREAS, a port is not only a vital link in the total

transportation and trade system, but a major factor in harnessing
the human and natural resources of a region in the total context of
National Development;
WHEREAS, harbors and the tributary areas have their own

peculiar potentialities to be considered in port development;
WHEREAS, the concept of port administration has in

this country been focused on the traditional functions of revenue
collection, harbor maintenance and cargo handling, to the exclusion
of the port’s fuller utilization and development as a spur for regional
growth;
WHEREAS, it is perceived that the broader role of ports

goes beyond the function of serving as the hub of maritime trade but
extends to the wider area of acting as a catalyst that may hasten the
expansion of the economic development of an area;
WHEREAS, there is need to integrate and coordinate port

development at the national level and the same time promote the
growth of autonomous regional port development bodies responsive
to the needs of their individual localities;

in the social economic and political structure of our society, do
part of the laws of the land;
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Philippine Port Authority Decree of 1974.
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policies and Objectives. It is hereby

declared to be the policy of the State to implement an integrated
program of port development for the entire country in accordance
with the following objectives: (a) to streamline and optimize the
planning, development, construction, maintenance and operation of
ports, port physical plants and facilities, (b) to ensure the smooth
flow of waterborne commerce passing through the country’s port
in the conduct of international and domestic trade, (c) to promote
regional development through the dispersal of industries and
commercial activity throughout the different regions, (d) to foster
free enterprise and sustain the growth of export and other priority
industries and, (e) to redirect port administration beyond its specific
and traditional duties in harbor, cargo and revenue operations to
the broader function of total port district development, including
the full and faithful utilization of the port’s hinterland and tributary
areas.
In order to attain these objectives, the Government through

the Philippine Port Authority hereinafter created shall:
(a) Draw up and implement an integrated Philippine Port

Development Program which shall embody the following: the review
and reorganization of the present set-up of port administration,
operations, physical plants and facilities; the classification of the
different ports in the country according to size, importance, potential
for growth and the nature and structure of surrounding areas;
determination of the type and pattern of the local Port/Industrial
Zone Authorities to be established in the different ports; and the
definition to the broad operational guidelines to be followed by these
individual Authorities;
(b) Encourage and stimulate the establishment of individual

autonomous Port/Industrial Zone Authorities in the different port
districts through: (i) the provision and/or assistance in the provision
of financial support from public and private financing sources, (ii)
technical assistance, (iii) the granting of incentives particularly
during the early years of operation; and (iv) in general, the
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maintenance of close cooperation and a smooth working relationship

with the individual Port/Industrial Zone Authorities;
(c) Provide for the effective supervision, regulation and

control of the organizational management, ownership and structure
of individual Port/Industrial Zone Authorities in the given port
districts; and
(d) Exercise broad supervisory and regulatory powers over

the actual operations of individual Port/Industrial Zone Authorities
in keeping with their autonomous character.
A. THE PHILIPPINE AUTHORITY
SEC. 3. The Philippine Port Authority Creation and

Organization. There is hereby created a Philippine Port Authority,
hereinafter referred to as the “Authority”. The corporate powers of
the Authority shall be vested in a governing board of directors to
be known as the Philippine Port Authority Council, herein after
referred to as the “Council”.
The Authority shall have general jurisdiction and control

over all persons, corporations, firms or entities, existing, proposed
or otherwise to be established within the different port districts in
the Philippines and shall supervise, regulate and exercise its powers
in accordance with the provisions of this Decree.
The principal office of the Authority shall be in the Greater

Manila area but it may established branches and agencies within
the Philippines as may be deemed necessary by the Council.
SEC. 4. Philippine Port Development Program. The Authority,

in coordination with the national agencies of the Government,
shall prepare and annually update a Ten-Year Philippine Port
Development Program, hereinafter referred to as the “Program”
which shall embody the integrated plan for the development of the
country’s ports and harbors. The Program shall be submitted for
approval by the President of the Philippines.
Upon approval of the Program by the President, all

government departments, bureaus, agencies and instrumentalities
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shall implement the same within their respective jurisdictions. The

authority shall ensure that the approved Program is being effectively
implemented by the participating agencies. No government body or
instrumentality shall adopt any policy or take any course of action
contrary to or inconsistent with the Program.
B. PHILIPPINE PORT AUTHORITY COUNCIL
SEC. 5. Powers and Functions of the Council. The Philippine

Port Authority Council shall have the following powers, functions
and duties, among others:
a. To provide comprehensive policy guidance for the

effective supervision and regulation of individual Port/Industrial
Zone Authorities to be established in the different port districts;
b. To formulate a comprehensive and practicable Ten-

Year Philippine Port Development Program and renew and update
the same annually in coordination with other national agencies of
the Government;
c. To promulgate and prescribe a set of rules and

regulations, standards, guidelines and procedures governing the
establishment of individual Port/Industrial Zone Authorities;
d. To issue specific standards to be met by individual local

Port/Industrial Zone Authorities in the conduct of port operations,
particularly on harbor conservation, maintenance and navigation
and in the collection of port fees and charges; accordingly, these
functions shall be exercised with the Bureau of Public Works
and the Bureau of Customs and a practicable arrangement for
the coordination of said functions shall be worked out with the
appropriate agencies;
e. To recommend to the President, whenever the national

interest demands it, that the State, through an agency the Authority
may designate, take over the administration and operation of a
specific port district or portion thereof;
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f. To approve specific applications of any person, firm

or entity to operate, administer and establish an individual Port/
Industrial Zone Authority in a particular area;
g. To exercise the right of eminent domain by expropriating

the surrounding and tributary areas of a harbor or harbors which,
in the opinion of the Authority, are vital to the total port district
development;
h. To approve the organizational structure, staffing

pattern, and budget of the Authority upon the recommendation of
the General Manager;
i. To appoint, discipline and remove, and determine the

composition of the technical staff of the Authority and other personnel:
Provided, That all positions in the Authority which are confidential
or highly technical in nature shall not be subject to the Civil Service
Law and Rules: Provided, further, That appointments of personnel
in the management below the rank of section chief shall be made
by the General Manager, in accordance with the approved budget
and staffing pattern and shall be noted by the Council; Provided,
furthermore, That the Council or General Manager may engage or
contractual basis, or other arrangements for the temporary services,
and fix the compensation of highly qualified professionals, experts,
technical advisers or consulting firms;
j. To adopt, alter and use a corporate seal which shall

be juridically noticed; approve and make contracts, determine the
exact location of its office and prescribe the rules and regulations to
govern its proceedings;
k. To recommend to the President, through the National

Economic and Development Authority, the grant of necessary
incentives to individual Port/Industrial Zone Authorities;
l. After 3 July 1974, to exercise over-all supervision over

the port facilities of the large foreign petroleum companies in matters
pertaining to safety, pollution and conservation in the harbors;
m. To exercise regulatory and supervisory powers over the

marine aspect of the administration and operation of port zones
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such as the Bataan Export Processing Zone, the proposed Jolo free
port, Zamboanga, Parang in South Cotabato, and others;
n. To plan and coordinate the establishment of Port/

Industrial Zone Authorities in specific areas producing the country’s
main export products, such as bananas, logs, sugar, coconut products
and mineral ores; and
o. To perform such acts as may be deemed proper

and necessary to carry out and implement the provisions of this
Decree.
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D. INDIVIDUAL, AUTONOMOUS PORT/INDUSTRIAL ZONE

AUTHORITIES
SEC. 10. Broad Policy Considerations. The establishment of

individual, autonomous Port Authorities and/or Industrial Zones in
the different port districts shall be governed by the following broad
policy considerations:
a. Individual Port/Industrial Zone Authorities, once

established, shall exercise full autonomy and flexibility in their
operations similar to that of any other business enterprises;
b. Due attention should be given to the improvement

and optimal utilization of the ports surrounding areas eventually
providing for the gradual and progressive expansion and economic
development of the entire port district;
c. The individual Port/Industrial Zone Authority may, in

subsequent periods, depending on the success and viability of its
operations, expand its scope and functions to include the management
of utilities, housing, commercial enterprises, goods and services and
other facilities within its territorial jurisdiction. The Authority shall
assist individual Port/Industrial Zone Authorities in the attainment
of their expansion goals;
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d. In such matters where the national interest so requires,

the Government may through the Philippine Port Authority,
intervene in the operations of individual Port/Industrial Zone
Authorities;
e. The ownership of corporations, firms or entities operating

and administering a given port shall be controlled by citizens of the
Philippines, in accordance with the citizenship provisions of existing
laws on corporate ownership and partnerships;
f. Since the establishment and operation of Port/Industrial

Zone Authorities shall require a sizeable amount of capitalization, the
entry of foreign investment shall be given favorable consideration;
and
g. The granting of incentives shall be opened to persons,

firms or entities who may establish a Port/Industrial Zone Authority
in a given port district.
E. REORGANIZATIONAL CHARGES
SEC.11. Reorganizational Changes. In view of the

reorganizational changes rendered necessary and imperative by
this Decree, there is hereby created an inter-agency Committee to
study and recommend measures on reorganization and turnover
or responsibilities relative to the effective implementation of this
Decree.
The composition of the Committee shall be as follows:
The General Manager-Designate

Philippine Port Authority Chairman
Representative of the Executive

Office Vice-Chairman
The Commissioner of Customs

Member
The Director of Public Works
Member
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The Commandant of the Coast

Guard Member
Representative of the National

Economic and Development
Member
Authority
Representative of the Department of

Trade Member
Representative of the Department of

Industry Member
Representative of the Conference

of Inter-island Shipowners and
Member
Operators
The Committee shall submit to the Council its recommended

reorganizational changes not later than sixty days after the
promulgation of this Decree. Upon the approval by the Council, the
reorganizational changes shall form an integral part of this Decree.
More specifically, the recommended reorganizational changes shall
include but not limited to the following:
a. Delineation of the powers and duties of the Authority,

Bureau of Customs, Bureau of Public Works, and other governmental
agencies directly involved in the administration, operations,
constructions, and maintenance of public ports;
b. List of offices and positions in the Bureau of Customs

and Bureau of Public Works to be transferred to the Authority;
c. Procedures and time frame for the gradual turnover

of above powers, duties, offices, and positions from the Bureaus
affected by the reorganization to the Authority, including movable
and immovable properties, accounts and records necessary, useful
or incidental to the discharge of said powers and duties of the
Authority or port bodies falling under its jurisdiction; and
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d. Relationship of the Authority to other governmental

agencies and private firms involved or having interests in the
activities of ports.
The Committee’s operational expenses shall be funded from

Port Works Special Fund.
F. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SEC. 12. Appropriations. To carry out the provisions of this

Decree, there is hereby appropriated the sum of two million pesos out
of the funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Thereafter, the succeeding appropriations of the Authority shall be
included in the Annual Appropriations Act.
In addition to the above, the Authority is hereby authorized

to retain fifty per cent of its collections from fees, charges and fines
to defray and deficiency in annual appropriations and to finance its
other projects.
SEC. 13. Power of Issue Bonds and Incur Indebtedness.

The Authority may contract loans, credits and other indebtedness
or issue bonds, notes debentures, securities and other borrowing
instruments, if necessary, to carry out its Programs. The Council
shall promulgate a resolution stating the purpose of the loan and
citing the project study supporting the proposed borrowing. To be
valid, the resolution must carry the affirmative vote of at least five
members of the Council and be approved by the President of the
Philippines, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Finance,
after consultation with the National Economic and Development
Authority and the Monetary Board of the Central Bank.
The total principal domestic indebtedness of the Authority

payable in Philippine currency shall not at any one time exceed
three hundred million pesos, while the total principal indebtedness
of the Authority payable in foreign currency shall not at any one time
exceed one hundred million United States dollars or the equivalent
thereof in foreign currencies.
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SEC. 14. Repealing and Separability Clauses. All laws,

decrees, orders, rules and regulations, policies, programs or parts
thereof, which are inconsistent with any of the provisions of this
Decree, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

declared to be unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or
provisions hereof, which are not affected thereby, shall continue in
promulgation: Provided, That these portions hereof which may
require a transition period to assure the orderly transfer of powers
and function shall take effect as stated in the implementing details:
Provided, further, That such implementing details shall be prepared
by the Council, in consultation with the government agency heads
concerned, and submitted to the President for approval within four
months after issuance of this Decree.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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RESTORING BRANCH VI OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

OF ILOCOS SUR, TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF TAGUDIN,
AMENDING SECTION 52 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 296, AS
AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 204
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need, in the interest of

the administration of justice to make the Court of First Instance
accessible to the residents in Quirino, Cervantes, Sigay, Suyo,
Alilem and Sugpon;

the Constitution do hereby decree and order that Branch VI of the
Court of First Instance of Ilocos Sur be transferred and restored to
its former station in the Municipality of Tagudin, Province of Ilocos
Sur.
Section 52 of the Judiciary Act (Republic Act No. 296, as

amended by Presidential Decree No. 204 dated June 5, 1973) and
other laws or orders inconsistent herewith are hereby amended.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 16th day of July, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING A LOCAL TAX ORDINANCE ADVISORY BOARD

IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE,
DEFINING ITS FUNCTIONS, PRESCRIBING CERTAIN
GUIDELINES FOR THE STAFFING THEREOF AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, FURTHER
AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL
DECREE NO. 231, AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL
DECREE NO. 426
WHEREAS, under the amendatory Presidential Decree No.

426, all existing tax ordinances of provinces, cities, municipalities
and barrios shall be deemed ipso facto nullified on June 30, 1974
and that the said tax ordinances will be revised or changed entirely
to conform with the provisions of the Local Tax Code as amended;
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need for a highly qualified

and competent body to assist the Secretary of Finance in the
review of the new or revised ordinances; and to handle or decide
cases of protests or complaints of taxpayers, requests for advice,
proper interpretation of certain codal provisions and other related
matters;

under the Constitution, do hereby decree and order the following as
part of the law of the land:
SECTION 1. A new Section to be known as Section 65-A is

hereby inserted after Section 65 of the Local Tax Code, as amended,
to read as follows:
“Sec. 65-A. (a) Local Tax Ordinance Advisory Board and

Staff. Composition and Functions To assist the Secretary of Finance
in the review of ordinances, disposition of protests, complaints or
appeal from the taxpaying public as well as requests for advice or
opinion from local officials, there is hereby created in the Office of
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the Secretary (Local Government Service) a Local Tax Ordinance

Advisory Board and Staff to be composed of the following:
POSITION ANNUAL SALARY

“(1) One (1) Chief Local Tax Adviser at P17,400 per annum P17,400
“(2) Four (4) Local Tax Advisers, each at P16,200 per annum 64,800
“(3) One (1) Board Secretary at P 9,600 per annum 9,600
“(4) One (1) Senior Statistician at P 8,400 per annum 8,400
“(5) Four (4) Board Stenographers, each at P 6,600 per annum 26,400
“(6) Three (3) Records and Docket Clerks,
each at P 4,800 per annum 14,400
“(7) One (1) Duplicating Machine
Operator, at P 3,720 per annum 3,720
and such other technical positions as the Secretary of

Finance may deem necessary for the efficient functioning of the
Board, which shall hereafter be included in the corresponding
General Appropriations Decree.
“(b) Appointment and Qualifications of personnel. The

Secretary of Finance shall appoint the personnel of the Local Tax
Ordinance Advisory Board and its staff.
“Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding,

appointments to the positions of Chief Local Tax Adviser, Local Tax
Adviser and Board Secretary shall be exempt from the requirements
and restrictions of the Civil Service Law, rules and regulations
as well as those pertaining to the position-item classification and
salary standardization: Provided, That any government retiree
may be appointed to the position of Chief Local Tax Adviser of Local
Tax Adviser created herein, and upon his appointment he shall not
be required to refund or reimburse any retirement pay or gratuity
received from the government nor shall any pension or annuity
to which he is entitled be suspended or reduced on account of his
reemployment; and that he may serve the Board until he reaches
the age of seventy unless sooner removed for cause as provided by
the law. The Chief Local Tax Adviser or Local Tax Adviser shall be
members of the Bar or Certified Public Accountants with at least
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five years of supervisory or field experience in taxation or local

treasury operation in case of retirees, and at least two years of such
experience in case of non-retirees.
“(c) Board Consultants. Any provision of law to the contrary

notwithstanding, the Secretary of Finance may, in his discretion
and in order to effectively carry out and implement the intent
and provisions of the Local Tax Code, as amended, designate any
government official or any private citizen of recognized competence
in the field of local government finance, law, public administration,
economics or business administration, as a part-time board
consultant: Provided, That subject to availability of funds, a part-time
board consultant may be paid reasonable honoraria or commutable
transportation and representation allowances not exceeding three
hundred pesos a month.”
SEC. 2. The sum of three hundred thousand pesos or so

much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated from the
General Fund in the National Treasury, not otherwise appropriated,
to finance the operations of the Local Tax Ordinance Advisory Board
for Fiscal Year 1974-75. For every fiscal year thereafter, such sums
as may be necessary for the operations of the said Board shall be
included in the appropriation of the Department of Finance in the
corresponding General Appropriations Decree.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6260, ENTITLED AN “ACT

INSTITUTING A COCONUT INVESTMENT FUND AND
CREATING A COCONUT INVESTMENT COMPANY FOR
THE ADMINISTRATION THEREOF”
WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 6260 instituting a Coconut

Investment Fund and creating a Coconut Investment Company
to administer said Fund provides that the corporate powers of the
Company shall be vested in a Board of Directors elected by coconut
planters through annual elections; and
WHEREAS, there is need to modify the composition of the

Board to further enhance coordination of the Company’s operations
with established government policies and programs;

the Constitution, do hereby order and decree the following:
SECTION 1. The Chairman of the Board and the General

Manager of the Coconut Investment Company shall be appointed by
the President during the period that the Company is a government
corporation. They shall, together with the eleven (11) members specified
under Republic Act No. 6260, comprise a Board of Directors of 13
members which shall exercise the corporate powers of the Company.
SEC. 2. Any and all provisions of Republic Act No. 6260 which
are inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed and/or amended
accordingly.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 135
WHEREAS, it is a policy of the Government to provide

adequate assistance to the agricultural sector in line with the
national objective of giving impetus to food production;
WHEREAS, pursuant to this policy, fertilizer and fertilizer

inputs that can be procured locally should be granted tax exemption
similar to that allowed on imports;
WHEREAS, an amendment to Section 3 Paragraph 5 of

Presidential Decree No. 135 placing on equal footing importations
and local purchases of fertilizer and fertilizer inputs in so far as
their tax treatment is concerned will enable domestic products and
suppliers to compete effectively with foreign suppliers resulting
in savings in foreign exchange and other inherent benefits to the
country.
WHEREAS, an amendment to the same provision of the

said decree to extend the power of the Authority from two years as
originally contained in Presidential Decree No. 135 to five years is
required to provide the Authority with added flexibility in procuring
finished fertilizers and the necessary inputs to production in view
of forseeable continued tight supply and high world market prices
of fertilizers.

by the Constitution, do hereby amend Section 3 Paragraph 5 of
Presidential Decree No. 135, as follows:
“Sec. 3. The Fertilizer Industry Authority shall have the

following powers:
5. To imports fertilizer and fertilizer inputs exempt from

customs duties, compensating and sales taxes and all other taxes,
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and to purchase locally naptha free from specific taxes and the
corresponding duty on the imported crude for a period of five years
from February 22, 1973 unless earlier terminated or later extended
by the President, and to sell or convey such fertilizer or fertilizer
input to any individual association, or corporation likewise exempt
from the payment of customs duties and all other taxes.”
This Decree shall take effect on July 19, 1974.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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INTEGRATION OF POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND

JAILS IN OTHER PROVINCES
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 12, Article XV of the

Constitution of the Philippines, “the State shall establish and
maintain an integrated national police force whose organization,
administration and operation shall be provided by law.”
WHEREAS, toward the implementation of the aforequoted

provision of the Constitution, pilot projects have been established,
such that the police forces, fire departments and jails in the Greater
Manila Area have been constituted as the Metropolitan Police Force
pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 421, dated March 21, 1974;
while the police forces, fire departments and jails in the provinces
of Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Laguna, Cebu and Misamis
Oriental, including those of the Cities therein, have been similarly
integrated pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 482, dated June 13,
1974;
WHEREAS, the objective of the aforementioned integration

is to determine the efficacy thereof for the cause of peace and order
throughout the country, as well as the possible defects of such
system and to eliminate the same;
WHEREAS, in order to attain the objectives of the aforesaid

pilot projects, it is necessary that similar projects be established in
other provinces;

by the Constitution and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated
September 21, 1972, and No. 1104, dated January 17, 1973, and
and decree to be part of the law of the land, the following:

departments and jails in other provinces. All laws to the contrary
notwithstanding, the city/municipal police and fire departments and
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jails in the following provinces, as they are presently constituted

and organized, are hereby integrated into law enforcement units to
be known as indicated:
a. All municipalities of the Province of Benguet, including

the City of Baguio, to be known as the Benguet Integrated Police
Force;
b. All municipalities of the province of La Union, to be

known as the La Union Integrated Police Force;
c. All municipalities of the Province of Bataan, to be known

as the Bataan Integrated Police Force;
d. All municipalities of the Province of Rizal, except the

municipalities of Las Pi_as, Muntinlupa, Para_aque, Makati,
Mandaluyong, San Juan, Marikina, Pasig, Pateros, Taguig, Navotas
and Malabon, to be known as the Rizal Integrated Police Force;
e. All municipalities of the Province of Cavite, including

the Cities of Cavite, Trece Martires and Tagaytay, to be known as
the Cavite Integrated Police Force;
f. All the municipalities of the Province of Batangas,

including the Cities of Batangas and Lipa, to be known as the
Batangas Integrated Police Force;
g. All the municipalities of the Province of Quezon,

including the City of Lucena, to be known as the Quezon Integrated
Police Force;
h. All municipalities of the Province of Iloilo, including the

City of Iloilo and the Subprovince of Guimaras to be known as the
Iloilo Integrated Police Force;
i. All the municipalities of the Province of Negros

Occidental, including the Cities of Bacolod, Bago, Cadiz, La Carlota,
San Carlos and Silay, to be known as the Negros Occidental
Integrated Police Force;
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j. All the municipalities of the Province of Negros Oriental

including the Cities of Bais, Canlaon and Dumaguete, to be known
as the Negros Oriental Integrated Police Force;
k. All the municipalities of the Province of Leyte, including

the Cities of Ormoc and Tacloban, to be known as the Leyte
l. All municipalities of the Province of Southern Leyte, to

be known as the Southern Leyte Integrated Police Force;
m. All municipalities of the Province of Davao del Norte, to

be known as the Davao del Norte Integrated Police Force;
n. All municipalities of the Province of Davao Oriental, to

be known as the Davao Oriental Integrated Police Force;
o. All municipalities of the Province of Davao del Sur,

including the City of Davao, to be known as the Davao del Sur
p. All municipalities of the Province of Lanao del Norte,

including the City of Iligan, to be known as the Lanao del Norte
Integrated Police Force; and
q. All municipalities of the Province of Lanao del Sur,

including the City of Marawi, to be known as the Lanao del Sur
Integrated Police Force.
SEC. 2. Head of the Integrated Police Forces. The heads of

the Benguet Integrated Police Force, the La Union Integrated Police
Force, the Bataan Integrated Police Force, the Rizal Integrated
Police Force, the Cavite Integrated Police Force, the Quezon
Integrated Police Force, the Batangas Integrated Police Force, the
Iloilo Integrated Police Force, the Negros Occidental Integrated
Police Force, the Negros Oriental Integrated Police Force, the
Leyte Integrated Police Force, the Southern Leyte Integrated Police
Force, the Davao del Norte Integrated Police Force, the Davao
Oriental Integrated Police Force, the Davao del Sur Integrated
Police Force, the Lanao del Norte Integrated Police Force and the
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Lanao del Sur Integrated Police Force shall be designated by the

Chief of Constabulary from among the officers of the Philippine
Constabulary.

crimes and offenses in their respective jurisdiction and bring the

and exercise control, direction and supervision through the Head

the power to control and direct the tactical, strategic movements,

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in which said power is vested in accordance with existing laws;
disciplinary action; grant/payment of salary and/or allowances,
such other matters pertaining to personnel administration which
Provided, further, That the appointment, promotion, suspension and
separation of, and other disciplinary action upon, any member of the
in case of conflict between the exercise of administrative control and
supervision, on the one hand, and operational control, direction and
supervision, on the other hand, the latter shall prevail.
SEC. 7. Administrative control and supervision to be

not later than two years, form the effectivity of this Decree, the
property, equipment, facilities and other resources belong to, being
used by or intended for the several police and fire departments and
jails composing such Integrated Police Forces, including firearms,
motor vehicles, communications and criminal laboratory facilities,
the Philippine Constabulary; Provided, That upon the effectivity of
transferred out, or removed or diverted from said police and fire

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supervision over the several police and fire departments and jails
to the Philippine Constabulary as herein provided, each of the
cities and municipalities referred to in Section one of this Decree
shall allocate at least eighteen (18%) per centum of its annual gross
income as its contribution for the maintenance of the Integrated
Police Force to which its police and fire departments and jails are
integrated. The National Government shall provide subsidies and
other types of fund support to insure a minimum standard salary for
the members thereof to insure a minimum standard salary for the
members thereof and provide for the modernization of their public

eighteen (18%) per centum of the annual gross income of the cities
and municipalities referred to in the preceding Section 8 hereof for
the support of the Integrated Police Force into which their respective
police and fire departments and jails have been integrated, the sum
of twenty-seven million pesos is hereby authorized to be drawn from
the unreleased or unprogrammed appropriation and/or savings of
any government agency for previous fiscal years to be used solely
by the Philippine Constabulary to support the police integration
activities called for in this Decree: Provided, That the unexpended
balance of this fund at the end of the fiscal year shall be available
and is hereby authorized for expenditure in the succeeding years.


regulations. The Chief of Constabulary, shall with the approval of
SEC. 12. Penal Provision. Any person who directly or

Decree or of the rules and regulations promulgated by the Chief of
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imprisonment of not less than three (3) years nor more than six
(6) years and/or a fine of note less than 5,000 pesos nor more than
10,000 pesos, at the discretion of the court.

holding any public officer or employment for life.
SEC 13. Repealing Clause. The provisions of Republic Act

by Presidential Decrees No. 1, dated September 22, 1972; No. 12,
dated September 24, 1972; No. 12-A, dated October 4, 1972; No.
12-B, dated October 28, 1972; No. 170, dated April 4, 1973 and
No. 448, dated May 9, 1974; the provisions of the City Charters
of the Cities of Baguio, Cavite, Trece Martires, Tagaytay, Lucena,
Batangas, Lipa, Iloilo, Bacolod, Bago, Cadiz, La Carlota, San Carlos,
Silay, Bais, Canlaon, Dumaguete, Ormoc, Tacloban, Davao, Iligan
and Marawi, all as amended, all laws, decrees, orders, instructions,
rules and regulations which are inconsistent with this Decree are
hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SEC.14. Effectivity. This Decree shall take effect upon

approval.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CONSTITUTING MUNICIPAL COURTS INTO MUNICIPAL

CIRCUIT COURTS
WHEREAS, there are at present 1,444 municipal courts

exclusive of city courts in the inferior courts level all over the
country;
WHEREAS, a number of these municipal courts did not

receive a single case for investigation or trial during Fiscal Year
1971-1972 and a still much bigger number received not more than
60 cases during the said period;
WHEREAS, these municipal courts may be constituted into

municipal circuit courts each comprising two or more municipalities
without detriment to the administration of justice;
WHEREAS, the constitution of municipal circuit courts will

mean substantial savings in public funds which can be profitably
utilized for carrying out vital projects of the national government.

the Constitution, do hereby decree and order that municipal circuit
courts be constituted and organized out of the present municipal
courts of the Land under and in accordance with the following
conditions and criteria:
1. The capital of a province shall not be grouped with

any other municipality except in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and
seventh class provinces.
2. The municipalities to be constituted under a municipal

circuit court shall, as much as possible, be contiguous to each
other.
3. The circuit judge shall have his official station in a

municipality within the circuit which shall be as centrally located
and easily accessible as possible from the other municipalities
comprising the circuit.
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4. The jurisdiction of municipal circuit courts of which the

capital of a province or sub-province is a part shall be the same
as that of the municipal courts of provincial capitals, while the
jurisdiction of other municipal circuit courts shall be the same as
that of ordinary municipal courts under existing law.
5. All cases arising within the circuit shall be tried at the

official station of the circuit judge; Provided, however, that whenever
the number of cases or the interest of the administration of justice
requires it, the Supreme Court may authorize the circuit judge to
hold session outside his official station but within the circuit.
6. The municipal circuit courts shall be courts of record.

All proceedings therein shall be recorded, and appeals from their
judgments shall be taken and prosecuted in accordance with the
procedure prescribe under existing law and rules.
7. The Supreme Court shall carry out the provisions of this

decree through implementing orders, on a province-to-province basis.
TRANSITORY PROVISIONS
1. Pending the issuance by the Supreme Court of the

implementing orders herein above authorized, the municipal courts
shall continue to function as presently constituted and organized.
2. The most senior in point of service in the judiciary

among the municipal judges of the municipalities constituted into
a circuit court shall be retained as municipal circuit judge, unless
the Supreme Court, in the interest of a better administration of
justice, deems it necessary to consider other factors. The judge who
is retained shall, with the approval of the Supreme Court, appoint
a clerk of court, two stenographers, a clerk-interpreter, and such
other personnel as may be provided by law, giving preference to the
qualified personnel of the municipal courts comprising the circuit.
For this purpose, the Chief Justice is hereby authorized,

within the limits of appropriations authorized for the Municipal
Courts, to created additional positions, to make changes in the
assignment of personnel, and to effect such reorganization as maybe
necessary.
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3. Upon the issuance of the implementing orders by the

Supreme Court, the municipal circuit courts constituted thereunder
shall commence to exist. The municipal courts organized into the
circuit shall be deemed automatically abolished, and the incumbent
municipal judges not designated to continue as circuit judges shall
cease to hold office.
4. Municipal judges and subordinate amployees who shall

be separated from office by reason of this decree shall be entitled,
in addition to the money value of their accumulated leave credits,
a gratuity equivalent to one month salary for every year of service
rendered but not exceeding twelve months on the basis of the highest
salary received, chargeable against savings in appropriations for
the courts; Provided, if said judges and employees are entitled to
gratuity or pension under any retirement law, they shall select
either the gratuity or pension under said retirement law or the
gratuity provided for in this decree.
5. All cases pending in the municipal courts constituted

and organized into a circuit shall be transferred to the proper
municipal circuit court and shall be tried and decided therein.
6. This decree shall not apply to city courts in chartered

cities. If a chartered city is reverted to a municipality, such
municipality shall be grouped with other municipalities constituted
under a municipal circuit court.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING AND ESTABLISHING THE PHIVIDEC INDUSTRIAL

AUTHORITY AND MAKING IT A SUBSIDIARY AGENCY
OF THE PHILIPPINE VETERANS INVESTMENT
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DEFINING ITS
POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the Government to encourage,

promote and sustain the economic and social growth of the
Country;
WHEREAS, the provision of well-planned areas with the

appropriate infrastructure facilities will encourage and facilitate
the establishment of industries which in turn contribute to economic
and social growth;
WHEREAS, maximum benefit from such industrial areas

can be derived by creating an Authority with the responsibility
to plan, coordinate and when necessary, actually undertake the
construction of such areas as well as manage their operations in a
professional and efficient manner;
WHEREAS, it is also the policy of the State to harness the

full potentials and capabilities of veterans and AFP retirees so that
they could participate fully in the enhancement of the economic
development of the country;
WHEREAS, the PHIVIDEC was created for the purpose

of pooling the economic resource potentials of these veterans and
retirees;

by the Constitution of the Philippines, in order to effect the desired
changes and reforms in the social, economic and political structure
of our society do hereby create the PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority
and make as part of the law of the land the following;
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SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared and

reiterated to be the policy of the Government to encourage, promote
and sustain the economic and social growth of the country and that
the establishment ]of professionalized management of well-planned
industrial areas shall further this objective.
SEC. 2. Creation of the PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority.

To carry out the above policy, a body corporate to be known as the
PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority is hereby created. The Authority
as hereinafter referred to shall be a subsidiary of the PHILIPPINE
VETERANS INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
created under PD 243, as amended by PD 353. The functions of the
Authority are hereby declared governmental and proprietary.
SEC. 3. Creation of the PHIVIDEC Industrial Areas. To

further carry out the above policy, there are hereby created the
PHIVIDEC Industrial Areas, hereafter referred to as the Areas,
which shall hereafter be proclaimed, designated and specified by
Presidential Proclamations.
The public land and foreshore and offshore areas portion of

the Areas so proclaimed shall be surveyed by the Bureau of Lands
and conveyed in absolute ownership to the Authority, except as
hereinafter provided, for the nominal sum of one peso for each parcel
of land. Thereafter, the proper Register of Deeds shall register the
same and issue the corresponding original certificate of title to the
Authority.
The first Area which the Authority shall develop shall be

that located in the municipalities of Tagoloan and Villanueva in the
Province of Misamis Oriental, bounded on the West by Macajalar Bay,
on the North by the Taganga Creek, on the East by the Kiamo and
Kirahon plateaus and the South by the Tagoloan River containing
an area of 3,000 hectares more or less: Provided, however, that the
foreshore area from Tagoloan River, Municipality of Tagoloan, up
to the Taganga Creek, Municipality of Villanueva, and the offshore
area 400 meters toward the sea from the inshore limit between the
Tagoloan River and the Taganga Creek, shall be ceded, transferred
and conveyed in absolute ownership to the National Steel Corp. for
the nominal sum of one peso. The meters and bounds of this Area
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are specified in Annex “A” which is hereby made an integral part

hereof.
The Authority shall respect existing private rights until

such time that it takes possession of the properties acquired either
by voluntary or forced sale for the construction of infrastructural
facilities and other facilities needed by the Area; and provided,
further, that any new improvements to be introduced by landowners
or claimants during this period shall be first approved by the
Authority in writing.
SEC. 4. Purpose and Specific Powers. The purposes and

a. To operate, administer and manage the PHIVIDEC

Industrial Areas and other areas which shall hereafter be proclaimed,
designated and specified in subsequent Presidential Proclamation;
to construct, acquire own, lease, operate and maintain infrastructure
facilities, factory buildings, warehouses, dams, reservoirs, water
distribution, electric light and power systems, telecommunications
and transportation networks, or such other facilities and services
necessary or useful in the conduct of industry and commerce or in
the attainment of the purposes and objectives of this Decree;
b. To take water from any public stream, river, creek, lake,

spring, waterfall or underground aquifers as may be necessary for
the attainment of the purposes of this Decree; to alter, straighten
obstruct or increase the flow of water in streams or in water channels
intersecting or connecting therewith or contiguous to its works or
any part thereof; and to undertake land reclamation as well as
own, hold, purchase or lease foreshore areas within or adjacent or
approximate to the Areas;
c. To acquire and hold agricultural lands in excess of

the areas permitted to private corporations or associations by the
Constitution;
d. To determine and regulate the enterprises to be

established within the Areas in order to ensure the implementation
of its plans for the sound development and operation of the Areas in
furtherance of the herein declared national policy;
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e. To construct, operate and maintain or otherwise to

grant the use of or to rent, lease or let, for a consideration and under
such terms, arrangements and conditions it may deem reasonable
and proper, any and all port facilities, including stevedoring and
port terminal services, or any concession properly incident thereto
or in connection with the receipt, delivery, shipment and transfer in
transit, weighing marking, tagging, fumigating, refrigerating, icing,
storing and handling of goods, wares and merchandise; Provided,
however, that where the piers and/or harbors are owned and/
or operated by private persons, the fees and charges to be levied
shall not exceed that being collected by the Government for similar
services;
f. To fix, assess and collect charges and fees, including

rentals, for the lease, use or occupancy of lands, buildings, structures,
warehouses, all the facilities and services mentioned herein and
other properties owned and administered by the Estate; and to fix
and collect the fees and charges for the issuance of permits, licenses
and the rendering of services not enumerated herein, the provisions
of law to the contrary notwithstanding;
g. To sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, lands and other

properties owned or administered by the Authority for such use
by the Area enterprises, for such housing or commercial purposes
within the Areas and for such maximum industrial development of
the Areas;
h. To levy, assess and collect a real property tax on real

properties within the Areas. The appraisal values and tax rates
shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated
by the Secretary of Finance for chartered cities. The Authority
shall retain three-fourths of the real property tax collected and the
remaining one-fourth shall be turned over to the local government
or governments, as the case may be, which, previous to the
establishment of the Areas were collecting a real property tax from
real properties within the area; Provided, that such share of the real
property tax of the local government or governments shall not be
less than what they were receiving prior to the establishment of the
Areas; provided, finally, that realty taxes accruing within the Areas
at the time the Authority has not taken over actual possession of
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a portion or portions of the properties therein shall continue to be

collected by the respective local governments.
i. To grant such franchise for and to operate and maintain

within the Areas electric light, heat or power systems, transportation,
communication within, to and from the Areas, warehousing, ice
plant or cold storage;
j. To prescribe and enforce within the Areas rules and

regulations for pollution control;
k. For the due and effective exercise of the powers conferred

by law and to the extent requisite therefor, to exercise exclusive
jurisdiction and sole police authority over the Areas;
l. To promulgate such rules and regulations as may

be reasonable, necessary and desirable for the attainment of the
objectives of this Decree; such rules and regulations shall be binding
on the persons, proprietorships, partnerships and corporations
residing or located in the Areas;
m. To recommend the establishment of other Industrial

Areas as it may deem advisable, and to recommend the issuance of
a proclamation to fix and delimit the site of the Areas;
n. When essential to the proper administration of its

corporate affairs or when necessary for the proper transaction of its
business or for carrying out the purposes of this Decree, to contract
indebtedness and issue bonds;
o. To create and operate and/or contract to operate such

agencies, functional units, office and departments of the Authority
as it may deem necessary or useful for the furtherance of any of the
purposes of this Decree;
p. To adopt, alter and use a corporate seal which shall be

judicially notice, make contracts, lease, own or otherwise dispose of
personal and real property; sue and be sued, and otherwise do and
perform any and all acts and things that may be necessary or proper
to carry out the purposes of this Decree;
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q. To perform all other functions enumerated in Section 2

of Presidential Decree No. 243, as amended by Presidential Decree
No. 353.
SEC. 5. Capitalization. The capital of the Authority

shall consist of (1) all such properties as may be contributed to
the Authority by the Government to form part of capital, (2) all
capitalized surplus, and (3) cash contribution by the government in
the amount of Two Hundred Million Pesos (P200,000,000.00), which
is hereby appropriated out of any fund in the National Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, be they collections from all taxes
accruing to the general funds or proceeds from loans, the issue of
bonds, treasury bills or notes or derived from any other sources of
income, by or of the National Government, which amount shall be
programmed and released by the Budget Commission in accordance
with the schedule of development and expenditures to be prepared
and submitted by the Authority.
SEC. 6. Exercise of Corporate Powers. The affairs and

business of the Authority shall be directed and its properties
managed, controlled and preserved, unless otherwise provided
in this Decree, or in the exercise of the powers vested in the
Authority, by the Board of Directors of the Philippine Veterans
Investment Development Corporation, who may appoint an Estate
Administrator assisted by a staff, or a Board of Management, if it is
so desired, who shall be chosen from veterans of good standing with
formal business training and/or experience in law, or commerce,
or finance, or management on recommendation of the President of
said corporation. Insofar as the Authority is concerned, the Board
of Directors of the Philippine Veterans Investment Corporation
is hereby empowered to exercise governmental and proprietary
functions in the administration and operation of the Authority in
all the areas so proclaimed, any provision of law to the contrary
notwithstanding.
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SEC. 13. Miscellaneous. Without prejudice to the provisions

of this Decree, nothing herein provided shall divest or deprive courts
of justice, civil or military, of their jurisdiction, in the proper cases,
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over civil or criminal suits or actions arising from acts or omissions

within the Areas.
All heads of Departments, Agencies, Offices and

instrumentalities of the National Government as well as political
subdivision are hereby enjoined to extend full cooperation and
assistance to the Authority in the exercise of its powers and duties
and for the maximum accomplishment of the policy declared
herein.
SEC. 14. Repealing Clause. The provisions of all laws, decrees,

instructions, executive orders, proclamations, administrative
orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent
with the provisions of this Decree are either repealed or modified
accordingly.
SEC. 15. Separability Clause. The provisions of this Decree

are hereby declared to be separable; and in the event any one or
approval.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 264, CREATING THE

PHILIPPINE AMANAH BANK
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 264, dated August

2, 1973 was designed and intended principally to rehabilitate,
develop, expand and promote the socio-economic conditions of the
economically depressed provinces of Mindanao, particularly in the
Muslim provinces of North Cotabato, Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat,
Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga del
Norte, and Zamboanga del Sur, and to provide more opportunities
and incentives to the Muslim citizens of the Philippines, in actively
and sincerely participating and getting involved in community
development and nation-building;
WHEREAS, in order to render more effective the foregoing

intentions and objectives of this Decree, it is necessary that
the religious beliefs and practices of the Muslim citizens of the
Philippines, be followed and respected, unless otherwise it is
contrary to law, good morals and public policy.

by the Constitution, do hereby amend Presidential Decree No. 264,
as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Presidential Decree No. 264,

creating the Philippine Amanah Bank, is hereby amended to read
as follows:
“Sec. 1. Purposes, Name, Domicile and Basis. To provide

credit commercial, development and savings banking facilities at
reasonable terms to the people of the primarily Muslim provinces
of Mindanao, principally, the provinces of North Cotabato,
Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat, Lanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Sulu,
Basilan, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur and Palawan
for the establishment, acquisition, development and expansion of
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agricultural, commercial and industrial enterprises, there is hereby

created a body corporate to be known as the Philippine Amanah
Bank, which shall have its principal place of business at Zamboanga
City and shall exist for fifty years.
The Philippine Amanah Bank shall be based on the Islamic

Concept of Banking, following the no-interest and partnership
principles.”
SEC. 2. The third paragraph of Section 15 of the same decree

is hereby amended to read as follows:
“All profits assigned as dividends to the shares of the

government, and all remaining net profits of the bank after the
payment of dividends to stockholders other than the government
of the Philippines, its agencies or instrumentalities, if there is
any, shall be transmitted to the Muslim Development Fund of the
Philippine Amanah Bank.”
SEC. 3. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or

parts thereof inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed or
7This Decree shall take effect immediately.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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DEPARTMENT-WIDE REGIONAL OFFICES IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TO INTEGRATE
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the functions, responsibilities and coverage of

the Department of Agriculture as created under Presidential Decree
No. 461 are concentrated on agriculture and food production;
WHEREAS, the general organizational pattern for executive

departments in the Integrated Reorganization Plan, which involves
integrated implementation of related field programs through
department-wide regional directors, would be more effective and
economical for the Department considering the closely related
functions of its bureaus;
WHEREAS, such an organizational pattern will allow the

effective decentralization of functions to field offices, establish direct
communications between the department head and implementors
of food crop production programs in the field, and thus effect faster
and more direct services to the people;

as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 2 shall read:
“Sec. 2. The Department of Agriculture shall be composed

of the Department Proper which shall include the Office of the
Secretary, the Planning Service, the Financial and Management
Service, the Administrative Service, the Computer Service Center,
and the Agrarian Reform Unit. The bureaus under the supervisions
and control of the department of Agriculture are the (1) Bureau of
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Soils, (2) Bureau of Plant Industry, (3) Bureau of Animal Industry,

(4) Bureau of Agricultural Extension, and (5) Bureau of Agricultural
Economics. They shall be staff bureaus and primarily responsible for
giving advice to the Office of the Secretary; the development of plans
and programs; the formulation of policies and standards; providing
technical supervision to the regional offices; and such other functions
as may be provided by law. The following government-owned or
controlled corporations are attached to the Department: (a) National
Grains Authority, (b) Philippine Tobacco Administration, (c)
Philippine Virginia Tobacco Administration, (d) Philippine Coconut
Authority, (e) Coconut Investment Company, and (f) Philippine
Cotton Corporation. The National Food and Agriculture Council,
the Fertilizer Industry Authority and the National Meat Inspection
Commission are placed under the administrative supervision of the
Department. The Philippine Council for Agricultural Research shall
be attached to the Department of Agriculture.
SEC. 2. Section 5 shall read:
“Sec. 5. The Agrarian Reform Unit of the Department of

Agriculture shall be responsible for providing advice and assistance
to the Office of the Secretary in coordinating the work of the
Department on extension service and soil surveys and classification
with that of the Department of Agrarian Reform.
The Bureau of Farm Management of the Department

of Agrarian Reform is abolished and all current personnel,
appropriations, records, equipment and property which correspond
to agricultural extension activities are transferred to the Department
of Agriculture, provided that the latter Department shall allocate
such personnel, appropriations, records, equipment and property
to the same priority areas set by the Department of Agrarian
Reform.”
SEC. 3. Section 14 shall read:
“Sec. 14. The Department of Agriculture shall have regional

offices organized on a Department-wide basis. The regional offices
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of the Bureau of Forest Development, the Bureau of Fisheries and

Aquatic Resources and the Bureau of Lands shall be established
in accordance with Article I, Chapter III, Part II of the Integrated
Reorganization Plan, as amended, and with Letter of Implementation
No. 9. The Bureau of Mines shall establish its regional offices in
accordance with its requirements, subject to the approval of the
President upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Natural
Resources.”
SEC. 4. The Secretary of Natural Resources shall be ex-

officio member of the National Food and Agriculture Council. The
Secretary of Agriculture shall be ex-officio member of the Natural
Resources Development and Management Council and the Fisheries
Industry Development Council.
SEC. 5. All laws, decrees and orders, or parts thereof, which

are inconsistent with the preceding are hereby repealed or amended
accordingly.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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AMENDING SECTION TWO OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE

NUMBER FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT CREATING
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
WHEREAS, under Section 2 of Presidential Decree No.

458, only three (3) major services were provided as services units
under the Office of the Secretary of Public Highways, namely: the
Planning Service, the Administrative Service, and the Financial
and Management Service;
WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary to create a Project

Execution Service, which shall undertake the evaluation of the
performance of the different offices and units under the Department,
check the progress of work on projects, undertake fiscal analysis
of the expenditures of public works funds, as well as monitor and
update necessary and relevant data on construction work in order
to keep the Secretary well posted on the current status of on-going
projects;

SECTION 1. The provision of Section 2 of Presidential

Decree No. 458 is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 2. Organization of the Department of Public Highways.

of the immediate Office of the Secretary, the Planning Service, the
Administrative Service the Financial and Management Service, and
the Project Execution Service;”
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BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING THE PHILIPPINE FOREIGN LOAN GUARANTEE

CORPORATION, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES
AND FOR THE OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, there is a need to supplement existing domestic

financial resources with borrowings from abroad in order to meet
the country’s economic development requirements;
WHEREAS, such foreign obligations contracted by the

private sector may need to be adequately guaranteed by government
WHEREAS, the Development Bank of the Philippines,

the Philippine National Bank, and the National Investment and
Development Corporation are the only government financial
institutions presently offering guarantee coverage to such foreign
obligations incurred by the private sector;
WHEREAS, there is a felt need to expand the Philippine

Government’s guarantee coverage of foreign loans for the private
sector in order to ensure the continuous entry of these resources
into the economy;

the Constitution, do hereby order and decree:
SECTION 1. Philippine Foreign Loan Guarantee Corporation.

- (a) There is hereby created a body corporate to be known as the
Philippine Foreign Loan Guarantee Corporation, hereinafter
referred to as the Corporation, which shall have succession in its
corporate name. The Corporation, which shall have its principal
office in the Greater Manila Area.
(b) The Corporation shall be deemed to be a wholly

owned Government Corporation and shall accordingly be subject
to provisions of existing laws, rules and regulations applicable to
Government-owned corporations not otherwise inconsistent with
the provisions of this Decree.
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SEC. 2. Primary Purpose. – The primary purpose of the

Corporation shall be to guarantee foreign loans, in whole or in part,
granted to any domestic entity, enterprise or corporation, majority
of the capital of which is owned by citizens of the Philippines.
SEC. 3. Functions. – The Corporation shall have the following

functions:
(a) To promote and facilitate the entry of foreign loans into

the country for development purposes having special regard to the
needs of export-oriented industries, industries registered with the
Board of Investments, public utilities, and industries the promotion
of which is encouraged by government policy;
(b) To meet requests from domestic entities, enterprises and

corporations to assist them in the coordination of their development
and expansion plans with a view to achieving better utilization of
their resources; and
(c) To provide technical assistance to the preparation,

financing and execution of development or expansion programs,
including the formulation of specific project proposals.
SEC. 4. Corporate Powers. – The Corporation is hereby

authorized to make contracts, to lease or own real and personal
property, and to sell or otherwise dispose of the same, to sue and be
sued; and otherwise to do and perform any and all things that may
be necessary or proper to carry out the purpose of this Decree, or as
are essential to the proper conduct of such operations.
SEC. 5. Borrowing and other Miscellaneous Powers. –

In addition to the powers specified elsewhere in this Decree, the
Corporation shall have the power:
(a) To borrow funds in foreign countries or in the Philippines

with the approval of the President of the Philippines and subject
to pertinent provisions of Republic Act No. 265, as amended, and
Central Bank rules and regulations;
(b) To buy and sell securities the Corporation has issued or

guaranteed;
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(c) To underwrite, or participate in the underwriting of,

securities issued by any domestic entity or enterprise for purposes
consistent with the purpose of the Corporation;
(d) To invest funds not needed in its operations;
(e) To hold assets in foreign countries subject to Central

Bank rules and regulations; and
(f) To exercise such other powers and establish such rules

and regulations as may be necessary and appropriate in furtherance
of its purpose and functions;
SEC. 6. Operating Principles. – The operations of the

Corporation shall be conducted in accordance with the following
principles:
(a) The operations of the Corporation shall principally

facilitate foreign loan financing of specific projects of domestic
entities or enterprises. They may, however, include guarantees and
counter guarantees for sign loans made by banks or other financial
institutions or other suitable entities in order that the latter may
finance specific development projects either by outright ban or
guarantees.
(b) In considering an application for a guarantee, the

Corporation shall pay due regard to the ability of the borrower to
obtain guarantee facilities elsewhere on terms and conditions that
the Corporation considers reasonable for the recipient, taking into
account all pertinent factors;
(c) In guaranteeing a loan, the Corporation shall pay due

regard to the prospect that the borrower will be in a position to meet
its obligations under the loan contract;
(d) In guaranteeing a loan, or in underwriting the sale of

securities, the Corporation shall receive suitable compensation for
its risk;
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(e) The Corporation shall take the necessary measure to

ensure that the proceeds of any loan guaranteed by the Corporation
are used only for the purposes for which the loan was granted and
with due attention to considerations of economy and efficiency;
(f) The Corporation shall not guarantee a single borrower

in an amount exceeding the Corporation’s subscribed capital stock
nor shall the aggregate outstanding guarantee obligations of the
Corporation exceed fifteen (15) times its subscribed capital stock
plus surplus;
(g) When payment is made by the Corporation pursuant to

a guarantee it has made, the Corporation shall be subrogated to any
right, title, claim or cause of action belonging to the creditor; and
(h) The Corporation shall be guided by sound banking

principles and sound financial management in its operations.
SEC. 7. Capital Stock. – The initial authorized capital stock

of the Corporation shall be One billion pesos (P1,000,000,000) to be
fully subscribed by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines.
For this purpose, the sum of One billion pesos (P1,000,000,000) is
hereby appropriated from any sums not otherwise appropriated in
the National Treasury. The Board may increase the Authorized
capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the approval of the
President of the Philippines.
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SEC. 9. Guarantee of National Government. The payment

of obligations incurred by the Corporation under the provisions of
this Decree is fully guaranteed by the Government of the Republic
of the Philippines.
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SEC. 20. Coordination of Policies. Unless otherwise

specifically prescribed by this Decree, the Corporation shall
coordinate its policies and operations with those of the Central Bank
of the Philippines, National Economic and Development Authority,
and Board of Investments.
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SEC. 21. Availability of Foreign Exchange. Subject to the

provisions of Republic Act No. 265, as amended, particularly Section
74 thereof, the Central Bank of the Philippines shall make available
to the Corporation the necessary foreign exchange to enable it to
comply with its obligations incurred under this Decree.
SEC. 22. Supervision and Examination by the Central Bank.

The Corporation shall be subject to the supervision and examination
by the Central Bank of the Philippines in accordance with Republic
Act No. 337, as amended.
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SEC. 25. Non-Applicability of WAPCO Standards and Scales.

The Corporation shall not be subject to standards and salary scales
prescribed by the Wage and Position Classification Office.
SEC. 26. Applicability of the Corporation Law and Civil

Service Law. The provisions of the Corporation Law and Civil
Service Law shall apply to the Corporation insofar as they are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree.
SEC. 27. Repealing Clause. All laws and executive orders

and parts thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
SEC. 28. Effectivity Clause. This Decree shall take effect

immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 11th day of September, in

the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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NUMBERED THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED AND ONE,
ENTITLED, “AN ACT CREATING THE NATIONAL
IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION”
WHEREAS, the enunciation policy is for a comprehensive

development, utilization and conservation of water resources of
the Philippines, and in pursuit of this policy, one of the primary
objectives of the National Irrigation Administration is to effectuate an
economic means of achieving the optimal and diversified utilization
and control of water by undertaking integrated irrigation projects.
WHEREAS, the National Irrigation Administration assumes

as its primary responsibility, the implementation of the irrigation
integrated program of the government and the attainment of the
“Irrigation Age”, as envisioned under Republic Act No. 3601;
WHEREAS, an effective means of implementing multiple-

purpose projects in line with program-oriented and comprehensive
water resources development necessitates broader powers and
authority of the NIA to undertake concomitant projects such as flood
control, drainage, land reclamation, hydraulic power development,
domestic water supply, road or highway construction, reforestation
and projects to maintain ecological balance, in coordination with the
agencies concerned;
WHEREAS, the construction of multiple-purpose water

resources projects involves substantial investment of government
funds to increase agricultural production for the financial upliftment
of the people for them to be able to assume and comply with their
obligations and responsibilities to the government;

by the Constitution do hereby amend certain sections or provisions
of Republic Act Numbered Thirty-six Hundred and One, “An Act
Creating the National Irrigation Administration”, to wit:
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SECTION 1. Section 2, Republic Act Numbered Thirty-Six

Hundred and One, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“SEC. 2. Powers and Objectives. The NIA shall have the

following powers and objectives:
(a) To investigate and study all available and possible water

resources in the Philippines, primarily for irrigation purposes; to
plan, design, construct and/or improve all types of irrigation projects
and appurtenant structures; to operate, maintain, and administer all
national irrigation system; the authority to supervise the operation,
maintenance and repair, or otherwise, administer temporarily, all
communal and pump irrigation systems constructed, improved
and/or repaired wholly or partially with government funds; and
to delegate the partial or full management of national irrigation
systems to duly organized cooperatives or associations, under
such terms and conditions which the NIA Board of Directors may
impose;
(b) To charge and collect from the beneficiaries of the water

from all irrigation systems constructed by or under its administration,
such fees or administration charges as may be necessary to cover
the cost of operation, maintenance and insurance, and to recover
the cost of construction within a reasonable period of time to the
extent consistent with government policy; to recover funds or
portions thereof expended for the construction and/or rehabilitation
of communal irrigation systems which funds shall accrue to a special
fund for irrigation development under section 2 hereof;
Unpaid irrigation fees or administration charges shall be

preferred liens, first, upon the land benefited, and then on the crops
raised thereon, which liens shall have preference over all other
liens except for taxes on the land, and such preferred liens shall
not be removed until all fees or administration charges are paid
or the property is levied upon and sold by the National Irrigation
Administration for the satisfaction thereof. Judicial actions for the
collection of unpaid irrigation fees or charges, drainage fees or other
charges which the National Irrigation Administration is authorized
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to impose and collect, shall henceforth be governed by the provisions

of the Rules of Court of the Philippines for similar actions, the
provisions of other laws to the contrary notwithstanding:
(c) To construct multiple-purpose water resources projects

designed primarily for irrigation, and secondarily for hydraulic power
development and/or other uses such as flood control, drainage, land
reclamation, domestic water supply, roads and highway construction
and reforestation, among others, provided, that the plans, designs
and the construction thereof, shall be undertaken in coordination
with the agencies concerned;
(d) To investigate, in coordination with the Bureau of

Public Works, areas which are unproductive or less productive due
to permanent or occasional submergence, and to plan, design and
construct drainage facilities and protective works for agricultural
purposes to increase or maximize their productive yield, to collect
drainage fees from landowners of areas benefited by the drainage
facilities and protective works to recover the cost of operation and
maintenance as well as a reasonable portion of the cost of the
construction thereof, consistent with government policy;
(e) To acquire, by any mode of acquisition, real and personal

properties, and all appurtenant rights, easements, concessions and
privileges, whether the same are already devoted to private or public
use in connection with the development of projects by the NIA;
The National Irrigation Administration is empowered to

exercise the right of eminent domain in the manner provided by law
for the institution of expropriation proceedings.
In the prosecution of its projects, the National Irrigation

Administration is hereby given the right of way to construct and
maintain such works and hydraulic structures over and throughout
lands of the public domain, and in those owned by any branch of the
government, political subdivision, and instrumentality. In case of
private property, compensation for the use and occupancy thereof
shall be paid and determined as follows:
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(1) In case of the establishment of easement of aqueduct,

abutment of dams, right of way for access roads and other similar
works pertaining to irrigation projects and for facilities and works
pertaining to multiple-purpose projects, the owners of the property
shall be entitled to not more than ten percent (10%) of the market
value of the property, based on the current tax declaration at the
time of actual entry or the filing of the complaint for eminent
domain, whichever is earlier.
(2) In case the property is acquired by purchase, the fair

market value of the area actually occupied shall be paid, based on
the current tax declaration at the time of actual entry or the filing
of the complaint for eminent domain, whichever is earlier.
(3) In both instances under (1) and (2), the owners of the
property shall be compensated for damages to improvements based
on the valuation thereof appearing in the current tax declaration
at the time of actual destruction or the filing of the complaint for
eminent domain, whichever is earlier, provided, further, that if the
improvements could be removed without substantial destruction
and impairment of their use, the compensation shall be fifty per cent
(50%) of the current value thereof; provided, finally that if the crops
are harvested before actual destruction thereof, no compensation
therefor shall be paid, notwithstanding the filing of the complaint
for eminent domain.
All actions for the recovery of compensation and damages

against the National Irrigation Administration under paragraphs
(1), (2) and (3) hereof, shall be filed with a competent court within
five (5) years from the date of entry of the land or destruction of the
improvements of crops, after which period, the right of possession
and/or ownership of the National Irrigation Administration shall be
considered vested and absolute. All other actions for the recovery of
compensation and damages to private property and improvements
occasioned by the construction, operation and maintenance of
irrigation facilities and other hydraulic structures under the
administration of the National Irrigation Administration, which
have accrued ten (10) or more years prior to the approval of this
decree are deemed to have prescribed and are barred forever.
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(f) To establish/create such services and facilities and

other means of social and economic assistance to the community
which might be adversely and directly affected by the construction
of National Irrigation Administration projects, and to do all such
other things, and to transact such business, as are directly or
indirectly necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of
the above powers and objectives, including the power to establish
and maintain subsidiaries, and in general, to exercise all the powers
of a corporation under the Corporation Law, insofar as they are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.”
SEC. 2. Section 3, Republic Act Numbered Thirty-six

Hundred and One is hereby repealed, except paragraphs one and
eight thereof which are amended and a new paragraph which is
added to read as follows:
“SEC. 3. (a) Capitalization. The capitalization of the

National Irrigation Administration shall be two billion pesos, to be
subscribed and paid entirely by the Government of the Republic of
the Philippines which shall deliver annually to the NIA the sum
of two hundred million pesos until its whole capitalization is fully
paid.
(b) Operating Capital. “All amounts collected by NIA as

irrigation fees, administration charges, drainage fees, equipment
rentals, proceeds from the sale of unserviceable equipment and
materials, sale of all reparation goods allocated to the defunct
Irrigation Service Unit and the National Irrigation Administration,
and all other income shall be added to its operating capital.
(c) Funds for general administration, current operating

expenses, and operation, maintenance and administration expenses
or irrigation systems, shall be included in the annual general
appropriations decree/act. Over and above the requirements of
operation, maintenance and administration expenses of irrigation
systems of the National Irrigation Administration and of its central
office and regional and provincial offices, there shall be included in
the annual general appropriations act an account not less than six
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million pesos a year to finance feasibility studies, investigations,

surveys, and plans preparation for projects.”
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are hereby declared to be separable and if any clause, sentence,
provision or section of this Decree or its application thereof to any
person or circumstance should, for any reason, be held invalid or
unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not
affect the other provisions or application of this Decree which can
be given force and effect.
SEC. 10. Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, charters,

executive orders, administrative orders, proclamations, rules
and regulations, or parts thereof insofar as they are inconsistent
with the provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.
approval.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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REVISING THE CHAPTER OF THE PHILIPPINE TOURISM

AUTHORITY CREATED UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DECREE
NO. 189, DATED MAY 11, 1973
WHEREAS, it is the avowed aim of the government to

promote Philippine tourism and work for its accelerated and
balanced growth as well as for the economy and expediency in the
development of the tourism plant of the country;
WHEREAS, in pursuit of this aim the Department of Tourism

was created under the Presidential Decree No. 189 as the primary
policy, planning, programming, coordinating and administrative
entity of the government in the development of the tourism industry,
with the Philippine Tourism Authority attached to it to plan and
implement specific tourism developments projects; and
WHEREAS, there is urgent need to restructure and

strengthen the Philippine Tourism Authority to place it in a better
position to effectively unify and integrate related activities and
services of both government and private entities pertaining to
tourism development projects.

the Constitution, do hereby decree and order the following to be the
Revised Charter of the Philippine Tourism Authority:
CHAPTER I
DECLARATION OF POLICY AND CREATION OF THE
PHILIPPINE TOURISM AUTHORITY
SECTION. 1. Declaration of Policy. – It is hereby declared to be

the policy of the State to promote, encourage, and develop Philippine
tourism as an instrument in accelerating the development of the
country, of strengthening the country’s foreign exchange reserve
position, and of protecting Philippine culture, history, traditions
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and natural beauty, internationally as well as domestically.

SEC. 2. Creation of Philippine Tourism Authority. – To carry
out the above policy, there is hereby created a corporate body to be
known as the Philippine Tourism Authority, hereinafter called the
Authority, which shall be attached to the Department of Tourism.
SEC. 3. Principal Office. – The Authority shall maintain its

principal office in the Metropolitan Manila area, but it may establish
branches and agencies elsewhere within the Philippines as may be
necessary for the proper conduct of its business.
CHAPTER II
PURPOSES, FUNCTIONS AND POWER
SEC. 4. General Purposes. – The Authority shall have the

following general purposes:
(a) Implementing arm. As the implementing arm of the

Department of Tourism, to implement policies and programs of
the Department pertaining to the development, promotion and
supervision of tourism projects in the Philippines;
(b) Develop tourist zones. To promote the development into

integrated resort complexes of selected and well defined geographic
areas with potential tourism value, known otherwise as “tourist
zones”, wherein optimum use of natural assets and attractions as
well as existing facilities and concentration of efforts and limited
resources of both government and private sector may be effected
and realized in order to generate foreign exchange as well as other
tourist receipts. Such tourist zones shall consist of substantially
undeveloped areas the ownership of which may be partially or wholly
acquired by the Authority or whose existing owners may choose to
contribute their property into a consortium or in a new corporation
in which the Authority shall participate, which in any case shall be
under the control of the Authority as to the manner of development
to be undertaken within the zone.
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(c) Assist private enterprise. Whenever necessary, to

extend all forms of assistance to private enterprise in undertaking
tourism projects.
(d) Operate and maintain tourist facilities. To undertake

for its own account or in joint venture with the private sector the
operation and maintenance of essential tourist facilities which
private enterprise alone is not prepared or willing to undertake;
(e) Assure land availability. To assure availability of land

at reasonable prices or rental rates for private investors in hotels
and other tourist facilities;
(g) Coordinate all tourist project plans and operations. To

coordinate and assist implement tourism related plans or operations
of local governments, governmental agencies, public corporations
and, where clearly necessary and feasible, those of private entities
so as to make possible to accelerated and balanced growth and
development of tourism in the Philippines which is responsive to
the needs of targetted travel markets here and abroad.
SEC. 5. Specific Functions and Powers. – In the furtherance

of the aforestated purposes, the Authority shall be charged and
vested with the following functions and powers:
A. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM PROJECTS
1. Tourist Zones. – To assist the Department of Tourism

make a comprehensive survey of the physical and natural tourism
resources and potentialities of the Philippines for purposes of
identifying specific geographic areas with potential tourism value
leading to the preparation of a national tourism development plan;
to establish the order of priority for the development of said areas; to
recommend to the President from time to time the proclamation of
a tourist zone of any area so identified according to the established
order of priority; and to define and fix the boundaries of the one so
proclaimed.
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2. Zone Development Plan. – To formulate a development

plan for each zone in coordination with the Department of Tourism
and other government agencies and the local government(s) exercising
political jurisdiction over the area: Provided, That in case the zone
in question to be developed is not solely for tourism purposes, the
development plan shall cover specifically those aspects pertaining
to tourism; Provided, further, That the tourism development plan
is fully coordinated and integrated with other sectoral plans for the
area.
3. Submission of Plans for Tourism Projects. – Upon

confirmation of the Department of Tourism, to submit to the
President through the National Economic and Development
Authority for review and approval all aforementioned plans before
the same are enforced and/or implemented.
4. Annual Report. – To submit to the President an Annual

Report based upon the Authority’s continuing assessment and
evaluation of the progress of its activities in the light of its approved
plans, including those done in collaboration with the various
government and private entities.
5. Tourism Priorities Plan. – To assist the Department

of Tourism determine from time to time the additional capacity
requirements for various tourist facilities and services throughout
the country, particularly within tourist zones; to prepare a ten-year
Tourism Priorities Plan enumerating specific investment which
the private sector shall be induced to make various tax and other
incentives as well as financial aids provided by law and identifying
the specific infrastructure works and other activities that the
government or its agencies must discharge and accomplish to
support or complement the investments of the private sector; and to
update annually said Tourism Priorities Plan.
6. Gather, collate and analyze statistical data and other

pertinent information required for the effective implementation of
this Decree.
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B. ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF LANDS AND OTHER

ASSETS FOR TOURIST ZONE PURPOSES
1. Acquisition of Public Lands. – To acquire possession

and ownership of all lands transferred to it from other government
corporations and institutions by virtue of this Decree, and any land
having tourism potential and earmarked in the Tourism Priorities
Plan for intensive development into a tourist zone or as a part
thereof, subject to the approval of the President. The meaning of the
word “land” or “lands” as used herein and elsewhere in this Decree
shall be understood to include any interest in land, the bed of any
lake or river, and such structure, things or properties attached to
land or permanently fastened to anything attached to land.
2. Acquisition of Private Lands, Power of Eminent Domain.

– To acquire by purchase, by negotiation or by condemnation
proceedings any private land within and without the tourist zones
for any of the following reasons: (a) consolidation of lands for tourist
zone development purposes, (b) prevention of land speculation in
areas declared as tourist zones, (c) acquisition of right of way to the
zones, (d) protection of water shed areas and natural assets with
tourism value, and (e) for any other purpose expressly authorized
under this Decree and accordingly, to exercise the power of eminent
domain under his own name, which shall proceed in the manner
prescribed by law and/or the Rules of Court on condemnation
proceedings. The Authority may use any mode of payment which it
may deem expedient and acceptable to the land owners: Provided,
That in case bonds are used as payment, the conditions and
restrictions set forth in Chapter III, Sections 8 to 13 inclusively, of
this Decree shall apply.
3. Disposition of Lands. – For the purpose of providing

land acquisition assistance to registered tourism enterprise, to sell,
subdivide, resell, lease, sublease, rent out, or otherwise, including
improvements thereon, if any, to said registered tourism enterprises
under sufficiently soft terms for use specifically in the development
of hotels, recreational facilities, and other tourist services: Provided,
That the Authority shall reserve the right to repossess in accordance
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with the law any land so sold or leased in cases of insufficient use or
misuse of land by said enterprise or their possible assignees.
4. Development and Sale of Subdivisions and

Condominiums. – To develop and/or subdivide any land in its name
or undertake condominium projects thereon, and sell subdivided lots
or condominium units to private persons for investment purposes:
Provided, That such subdivision and/or condominium projects are
undertaken within the tourist zones and in conjunction with the
development thereof; Provided, further, That their use shall be
within the guidelines set forth by the Authority.
5. Transfer of Foreshore Leases. – To take over or transfer

to a registered enterprise in accordance with law any lease on
foreshore areas within a tourist zone or adjacent thereto, in cases
wherein said areas are not being utilized in accordance with the
Authority’s approved zone development plan and wherein the
lessee concerned does not agree to conform accordingly after due
consultation with the local government having jurisdiction over the
granting of said leases.
6. Reclamation of Land. – To arrange for the reclamation

of any land adjacent to or adjoining a tourist zone in coordination
with appropriate government agencies.
C. INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR TOURIST ZONE

PURPOSES
1. Internal Infrastructure. – To contract, supervise and

pay for infrastructure works and civil works within a tourist
zone owned and operated by the Authority, or where necessary
to construct, acquire, own, lease, operate and/or maintain within
said zone such infrastructure facilities as dams, reservoirs, water
distribution systems, electric power systems, sewerage systems,
telecommunications, roads, transportation facilities or other services
necessary or useful for the conduct of business of the hotels, shops,
restaurants and other tourist facilities and services in the zone, in
coordination with appropriate government agencies.
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2. External Infrastructure. – To coordinate with

appropriate government agencies the development of infrastructure
requirements supporting a tourist zone, such as but not limited to,
access roads to the zone, electric power brought to the property line
of the zone, airports, harbors, and other support facilities.
3. Other Related Powers. – In coordination with appropriate

government agencies, to take water from any public stream, river,
creek, lake, spring, or waterfall in the Philippines; and to alter,
straighten, obstruct or increase the flow of water in streams or in
water channels intersecting or connecting therewith or contiguous
to its works or any part thereof, for purposes of enhancing the
attractiveness of projects for tourism purposes.
D. ZONE ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL
1. Zoning Regulations. – In coordination with the

Department of Local Government and Community Development and
other appropriate government agencies, to formulate and implement
zoning regulations, including building codes, hotel standards, and
such other restrictions as may be necessary within a tourist zone to
control its orderly development, to preserve such historical, cultural
and/or natural assets or relics giving the zone its tourism value and
significance, and to assure adherence to approved zone development
plans.
2. Determination and Regulation of Zone Enterprises. – To

determine and regulate the enterprises to be established within a
tourist zone.
3. Ecological Preservation and Maintenance. – To

ensure, through the proper authorities concerned, the ecological
preservation, maintenance and/or rehabilitation of the common and
the public areas within a tourist zone and the environment thereof;
and specifically, to control beach erosion and pollution to preserve
all aspects giving the zone its tourism value.
4. Preservation and Restoration of Tourist Attractions. – In

coordination with appropriate government agencies: (a) to identify
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and recommend to the President the preservation and/or restoration

of national monuments or preserves; (b) arrange for the preservation
and/or restoration of the same with appropriate government
agencies or with the private sector or with the owners themselves
of said tourist attractions; and (c) identify and recommend to the
appropriate authorities concerned the declaration of tourist areas
and attractions as national monuments and preserves.
E. PROJECT AND INVESTMENT PROMOTIONS
1. Promotion of Own Projects. – To identify, develop, invest

in, own, manage and operate such projects as it may deem to be
vital for recreation and rest but which are not sufficiently attractive
economically for private investment.
2. Construction and Leasing of Tourist Facilities. – To

construct hotel buildings and other tourist facilities within a
tourist zone and in turn lease such facilities to registered tourism
enterprises for operation, management and maintenance.
3. Promotion of Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Corporations. –

To organize, finance, invest in, manage and operate wholly-owned
subsidiary corporations when such arrangement is clearly necessary
to implement the purposes, functions and powers conferred and
granted to it under this Decree, subject to the approval of the
President for each: Provided, That such corporations may declare
dividends.
In the exercise of the above functions, the Authority shall

avoid competing against or discouraging the private sector in
undertaking similar projects and shall engage only in those activities
as are in the nature of pioneering ventures or are demonstrably
beyond the scope, capacity, or interest of purely private enterprises
due to considerations of geography, technical or capital requirements,
returns on investments and risks: Provided, That the Authority
may choose to engage private parties to provide the direct operating
management of these projects under terms and conditions beneficial
to the Authority.
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F. DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO REGISTERED ENTERPRISES
1. Administration of Incentives. – To administer the

tax and other incentives granted to registered enterprises under
Presidential Decree No. 535 or under any law as may later be
enacted: Provided, That the Authority shall prescribe the procedure
and manner under which the incentives may be made available and
the qualifications that may be required of the registered tourism
enterprises availing of said incentives: Provided, further, That the
Authority shall reserve the prerogative to determine and select
which of the authorized incentives shall be granted to a particular
type of registered enterprise, or conversely, which types of registered
enterprise may avail of a particular incentive: Provided, finally,
That the administration of the collection of internal revenue taxes
and customs duties shall be left to the Bureau of Internal Revenue
and the Bureau of Customs, respectively, as the case may be
2. Approval and Registration of Tourism Projects. – To

evaluate, approve and register or reject any and all tourism projects
or enterprises established within the tourist zones, applying for
financial assistance, and/or availing of tax and other incentives
provided by law.
3. Granting of Loans; Re-lending of Borrowed Funds. – To

grant medium and long-term loans and/or re-lend any funds borrowed
for the purpose to duly qualified registered tourism enterprises for
the development, establishment expansion, rehabilitation and/
or encouragement of tourism projects owned, managed and/or
encouragement of tourism projects owned, managed and/or operated
by said enterprises, and/or for the acquisition or procurement
of machinery, equipment and other implements needed in the
operations of registered tourism enterprises.
4. Guarantee Loan and Foreign Currency Obligations of

Registered Enterprises. – Whenever deemed necessary for purposes
of enabling registered enterprises to secure financing at preferred
and competitive term to assure the viability and implementation
of the registered projects, the Authority may guarantee local and
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foreign borrowings of registered enterprises under terms and

conditions it shall promulgate.
5. Provide Equity Investments. – In order to meet the

necessary local counterpart funds for specific projects where the
existing local equity is not adequate, the Authority may provide
equity investment in the form of cash and/or land under terms and
conditions it shall promulgate, and with the end in view that said
equity investments will be eventually sold to the public to provide
dispersal of ownership in the tourism industry.
6. Provide Technical, Management and Financial

Assistance. – In order to ensure the realization of projects deemed by
it to be viable and deserving, the Authority shall extend technical,
management and financial assistance to such tourism projects,
subject to policies and guidelines which the Board shall formulate;
and in this direction the Authority may prepare or contract for
the preparation of feasibility and other pre-investment studies
upon its own initiative: Provided, That any expenses so incurred
by the Authority shall be reimbursed by the tourism enterprise/s
benefiting therefrom within five years from their start of operations;
and Provided, further, That the reimbursement by the benefiting
enterprises of the Authority’s expenses for such assistance shall be
a condition for the grant of such assistance.
7. Promote Joint Ventures. – The Authority shall identify,

contact and assist in negotiations suitable partners for both local
and foreign investors interested in investment or participation in
the tourism industry.
8. Provide Facilitation Services to Investors. – The Authority

shall assist registered enterprises and prospective investors to have
their papers processed with dispatch by all government offices,
agencies, instrumentalities and financial institutions.
G. OTHER POWERS AND FUNCTIONS
1. Services of Consultants. – To engage or retain and pay for

the services of financial, management, legal, technical and/or project
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consultants from the private or government sector. Said consultants

shall exempt from the requirement set forth in Section 37 hereof.
2. Succession. – To have the power to succeed by its

corporate name.
3. Corporate Seal. - To adopt, alter, and use a corporate

seal which shall be judicially noticed.
4. Sue and Be Sued. – To sue and be sued under its

corporate name.
5. Contracts. – To enter into contracts of any kind and

description to enable it to discharge its functions and powers under
this Decree.
6. Ownership or Possession of Personal and/or Real

Property. – To acquire, lease, own or possess such personal and/or
real property as it deems necessary or convenient in the transaction
of its business and/or in relation with the carrying out of its purposes,
functions and objectives under this Decree; and to lease, mortgage,
sell, alienate, or otherwise incumber or dispose of any such personal
and real property held by it.
7. Rules and Regulations. – To make, adopt, promulgate,

and enforce such rules and regulations as are necessary to execute
the powers, duties and functions vested in it by this Decree and
by Presidential Decree No. 535, or to implement the policies and
programs of the Department of Tourism, subject to the programs,
policies and guidelines prescribed by the Department of Tourism.
The rules and regulations issued by the Authority shall take
effect immediately following their publication in two (2) national
newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines: Provided, That
in case of conflict between the Rules and Regulations promulgated
by the Authority and the policies, guidelines or rules and regulations
promulgated by the Department of Tourism, the latter shall
prevail.
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8. Purchase, Hold, Alienate Stocks or Bonds. – To

purchase, hold, alienate, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of,
the shares of the capital stock of, or any bond, security, or other
evidence of indebtedness created by any other corporation or co-
partnership of this or any other country, and while the owner of said
stock, to exercise all the rights of ownership, including the right
to vote thereon: Provided, That such stock or indebtedness arise
from projects or activities related to the promotion and development
of tourism unless such holdings were made purely for temporary
investment of unutilized funds.
9. Collection of Fees, Charges, etc. – To collect such fees

and charges as may be imposed and assigned to it under this Decree
or other laws: Provided, That all taxes accruing to the Philippine
Tourism Authority under this Decree and other laws, which will
be collected by the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Bureau of
Customs, shall be remitted to the Authority quarterly.
10. Borrowing Power. – When essential to the proper

administration of its corporate affairs or when necessary for the
transaction of its business or for carrying out the purpose of this
Decree, to contact indebtedness and issue bonds, subject to the
conditions set forth in Section 8 to 13, inclusively, of Chapter III
hereof.
11. Fixing and Collection of Rentals, Fees and Other

Charges. – To fix and collect rentals for the lease, use or occupancy
of lands, buildings, structures, facilities and other properties owned
or administered by the Authority; to fix and collect fees for services
of utility systems owned or operated by it; and to fix and collect
fees and charges for the processing of registration application,
issuance of permits, and rendering of services not enumerated
herein, the provisions of any law, decree or rule to the contrary
notwithstanding.
12. Reservation of Power Necessary to Carry Out the

Authority’s Purposes, Functions and Objectives. – To do any and
all acts and things necessary, convenient and expedient to be done
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to carry out the purposes for which the Authority is created and
organized and not repugnant to law, it being hereby expressly
provided that the enumeration herein of specific purposes, objects,
business, powers, rights, and privileges shall not be construed as
limiting or restricting in any way the general purposes, powers,
rights, and privileges to be possessed and exercised by the
Authority.
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SEC. 40. Separability Clause. – The provisions of this

Decree are hereby declared to be separable, and in the event any
one or more of such provisions are held unconstitutional, they shall
not effect the validity of other provisions.
SEC. 41. Repealing Clause. – Sections 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,

14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, and such other provisions of
Presidential Decree No. 189 dated May 11, 1973, pertaining to
the Philippine Tourism Authority, which are inconsistent with
the provisions of this Decree, are hereby superseded, amended
or modified accordingly. All other acts, statutes, decrees, orders,
instructions, rules and regulations or parts thereof that are
inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree are hereby either

immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of October, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Acting Executive Secretary
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SUSPENDING THE EFFECTIVITY OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE

NO. 547

by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
decree and order the suspension of the effectivity of Presidential
Decree No. 547, entitled “Amending Presidential Decree No. 461
to create Department-Wide Regional Offices in the Department of
Agriculture to Integrate Agricultural Extension Services and for
other purposes.”
This Decree shall take effect immediately upon approval.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of October, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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APPROPRIATING COUNTERPART FUNDS FOR THE PHILIPPINE

POPULATION PROJECT AND CREATING THE PROJECT
MANAGEMENT STAFF THEREOF AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
WHEREAS, in order to make more effective the population

program of the country, there is a need to augment the resources
available to agencies involved in the said program;
WHEREAS, the International Bank for Reconstruction and

Development (IBRD) has granted the Philippine Government a loan
for the Philippine Population Project, hereinafter referred to as the
Project;
WHEREAS, funds must be appropriated to finance the

counterpart peso funding of the aforesaid loan agreement;
WHEREAS, there is a need to create a Project Management

Staff for effective implementation and execution of the said Project;

President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in my
by the Constitution do hereby decree the following measures as part
of the law of the land.
SECTION 1. Appropriations. - There is hereby appropriated

out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated
the sum of One hundred sixty-six million pesos (P166 M) to finance
the local currency costs of the Project which shall be programmed
and released to the Project Management Staff hereinafter created,
in the following manner: Seven million five hundred thousand pesos
(P7.5 M) for the Fiscal Year 1974-75; Twenty-four million pesos
(P24 M) for Fiscal Year 1975-76; Eighty-five million pesos (P85 M)
for Fiscal Year 1976-77; Forty-three million pesos (P43 M) for Fiscal
Year 1977-78; and Six million five hundred thousand pesos (P6.5 M)
for Fiscal Year 1978-79; Provided, That, notwithstanding the said
schedule, releases in a given year shall be adjusted in accordance
with the actual requirements of the project being implemented
during said Fiscal Year.
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SEC. 2. Project Management Staff. - For the effective

implementation of Project, a Project Management Staff is hereby
established as a special unit under the Office of the Secretary of
Health, which shall perform the following functions:
a) Undertake and supervise the implementation of Projects

under the IBRD Loan;
b) Prepare and implement such other development projects

in connection with the loan that may be assigned by the Secretary of
Health; and
c) Perform such other functions and duties related to the

execution of the Project that may be assigned to it by the Department
of Health.
The existence of the Project Management Staff shall be co-

terminus with that of the Project, Provided, however, That upon
completion of the Project, such personnel as may be necessary who
meet the qualification standards set by the Department of Health
may be absorbed by the Department.
SEC. 3. Organizational Structure of the Project Management

Staff. The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to determine
the organizational structure of the Project pursuant to the IBRD
Loan Agreement. It shall be headed by an Executive Director and
such assistance as may be required by the Project, to be appointed
by the Secretary of Health. It shall likewise have its technical,
administrative and support staff as well as consultants as may be
necessary. Such consultants may be drawn from the private sector
on consultancy or contractual basis or as regular employees, or from
government offices, agencies and instrumentalities on consultancy,
part-time or detail basis who shall be granted additional salary,
overtime pay, honoraria or allowances at such amounts as may
be fixed by the Secretary of Health, any provision of law, rule or
regulation to the contrary notwithstanding.
SEC. 4. Work Coordination. - The Department of Health

and the Population Commission shall coordinate together in the
implementation and execution of the Project.
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SEC. 5. Nature of Positions of the Project Management Staff.

- In view of the urgent nature of the Project, all positions in the
Project Management Staff, are hereby declared exempt from the
examination requirements of R.A. 2260, as amended, and pending
the new general standardization of the salaries of personnel in the
national government shall be exempt from the rules and regulations
of the WAPCO.
The Secretary of Health may delegate to the Executive

Director the authority to appoint or contract the personnel of the
Project Management Staff.
SEC. 6. Contracts and Expenditures. - Any provisions of

law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Secretary of Health may
contract the implementation of the Project herein authorized on
negotiated or administration basis whenever deemed necessary:
Provided, however, That the amount involved does not exceed Four
hundred thousand pesos (P400,000) per contract: Provided, further,
That this procedure shall be limited to projects which are fully or
partly supported by foreign loans or those which are tied-up or
connected with the foreign assisted projects: Provided, finally, That
advances, expenditures and disbursements made by the Project
Management Staff in the conduct of its affair shall not be subject to the
procurement requirements and/or other restrictions imposed by law,
rules and regulations upon government agencies, instrumentalities
and government-owned or controlled corporations.

immediately.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING A COMMITTEE TO EXPROPRIATE THE DAGAT-

DAGATAN LAGOON AND ITS ADJACENT AREAS AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the Housing and Urban Development Team

created under Memorandum Order No. 643, in cooperation with
other government agencies such as the DAP and the PPDO in the
consultation with the World Bank, has identified the Dagat-dagatan
lagoon and its adjacent areas as a permanent relocation site for
families affected by Tondo Foreshore Urban Renewal Program;
WHEREAS, the Dagat-dagatan lagoon and the adjacent areas

are planned to be developed in a residential area and an industrial/
commercial complex to guarantee the economic upliftment of the
residents in these areas and to provide socio-economic support to
the other government plans along its periphery;
WHEREAS, an initial amount of P30 million has been

released to the Bureau of Public Works to start reclamation of the
area;
WHEREAS, a large percentage of the areas in Dagat-dagatan

lagoon is owned by private individuals;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E, MARCOS, by

virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution do hereby
decree and order the creation of a Committee to Expropriate the
Dagat-dagatan lagoon and its adjacent areas.
The Committee shall be composed of the following:
1. Representative Chairman
Office of the Solicitor General
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2. Gen. Gaudencio V. Tobias Vice Chairman

National Housing Corporation
3. Representative Member
Department of National Defense
Bureau of Lands
Department of Agrarian Reform
Land Registration Commission
Bureau of Public Works
Provincial Assessor’s Office, Rizal
Assessor’s Office, Caloocan City

Register of Deeds, Rizal and Caloocan
City
The Committee shall have the following functions:
a) To conduct negotiations with the Dagat-dagatan

property owners.
b) To secure offers from the owners for the properties

involved and deliberate upon such offers.
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c) To recommend to the Executive Secretary the manners of

payment for the properties whose owners are willing to negotiate.
d) To initiate and institute necessary steps to expropriate

certain private properties in the Dagat-dagatan lagoon not amenable
to negotiation, according to the approved plans as defined by the
Tondo Foreshore Urban Renewal Team.
e) To subpoena owners or their representatives to appear

before the Committee whenever necessary.
f) To request any representative of any government

agency to its instrumentalities to attend the Committee hearings or
secure any relevant materials from them for the furtherance of the
Committee’s objectives.
The Committee shall submit its report to the Executive

Secretary within forty-five (45) days upon effectivity of this order.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING THE TONDO FORESHORE DEVELOPMENT

AUTHORITY, DEFINING ITS OBJECTIVES POWERS AND
FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, it is the declared policy of the State to establish

human settlements to provide for a healthy living community and
ensure the socio-economic development of the people;
WHEREAS, cognizant of the above policy, it has become

imperative to resolve the slum and the squatter problems of
the Tondo Foreshore area which exemplifies a social injustice
incompatible with the goals of the New Society;
WHEREAS, a lasting solution to the Tondo Foreshore

situation demands a comprehensive, integrated and harmonious
development of the Tondo Foreshore area and its proposed
resettlement site;

by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree the creation of the
Tondo Foreshore Development Authority as follows:
SECTION 1. The Tondo Foreshore Development Authority

hereinafter referred to as the Authority, shall be governed by this
Decree and its by-laws, as authorized hereunder, and shall have
succession for fifty years from and after the date of the approval
of this Decree. The Authority shall have general jurisdiction and
control over all persons, corporations, firms or utilities existing,
proposed or otherwise to be established within the Tondo Foreshore
Area and its resettlement site and shall supervise, regulate and
exercise its powers in accordance with the provisions of this Decree.
The principal office of the Authority shall be in the City of Manila.
SEC. 2. Objectives and Purposes. The Authority shall have

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a) To undertake all manner of activity, business or

development projects for the establishment of harmonious,
comprehensive, integrated and healthy living community in the
Tondo Foreshoreland and its resettlement site;
b) To undertake and promote the physical and socio-

economic amelioration of the Tondo Foreshore residents in particular
and the nation in general;
c) To encourage other similar public and private

organizations to adopt an integrated, comprehensive and healthy
living community in dealing with slum, squatter and resettlement
problems.
SEC. 3. Powers and Functions. For the effective and proper

accomplishment of its purposes and objectives, the Authority shall
a) To develop and implement comprehensive and

integrated urban renewal programs for the Tondo Foreshore and
Dagat-dagatan lagoon and/or any other additional/alternative
resettlement site and to formulate and enforce general and specific
policies for its development which shall ensure reasonable degree of
compliance with environmental standards.
b) To prescribe guidelines and standards for the

reservation, conservation and utilization of public lands covering
the Tondo Foreshore land and its resettlement sites;
c) To construct, acquire, own, lease, operate and maintain

infrastructure facilities, housing complex, sites and services;
d) To determine, regulate and supervise the establishment

and operation of housing, sites, services and commercial and
industrial complexes and any other enterprises to be constructed or
established within the Tondo Foreshore and its resettlement sites;
e) To undertake and develop, by itself or through joint

ventures with other public or private entities, all or any of the
different phases of development of the Tondo Foreshore land and its
resettlement sites;
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f) To acquire and own property, property-rights and

interests, and encumber or otherwise dispose of the same as it may
deem appropriate;
g) To invest its funds or other assets in such undertakings

as it may deem wise or necessary to carry out its purposes and
objectives;
h) To receive donations, grants, bequests and assistance

of all kinds from international and local private foundations,
associations or entities and utilize the same for the attainment of
its objectives;
i) To establish subsidiary corporations and branch

offices.
j) To implement and coordinate the undertakings of selected

projects and activities in the field of social and economic development
with the Tondo Foreshore land and its resettlement sites;
k) To sell, lease, or rent for a consideration and under such

terms, arrangements and conditions it may deem reasonable and
proper its properties and facilities within the Tondo Foreshore land
and its resettlement sites;
l) To fix, assess and collect charges and fees, including

rental for the lease, use or occupancy of lands, buildings, structure,
facilities and other properties owned and administered by the
Authority and to fix and collect fees and charges for issuance of
permits, licenses and the rendering of services not enumerated
herein;
m) To sue and be sued, to prepare its by-laws, and to adopt

a seal which shall be judicially noticed;
n) To raise and/or borrow the necessary funds from the

local and international financing sources or institutions and to
secure the same by any guarantee, pledge, mortgage, deed of
trust or assignment of the property of corporation for the purpose
of financing the programs and projects deemed vital for the early
attainment of its goals and objectives;
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o) To enter into, make and execute contracts of any kind

as may be necessary or incidental to the accomplishment of its
purposes and, generally, to exercise all the powers necessary to
achieve its purposes and objectives;
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SEC. 8. Guarantee by the Government. The Republic of

the Philippines hereby guarantees the payment by the Authority
of both the principal and the interest of the both of the principal
interest of the bonds, debentures, collaterals, notes or such other
obligations issued by the Authority by virtue of this Decree, and
shall pay such principal and interest in the event that the Authority
fails to do so. In case the Authority shall be unable to pay the said
the said principal and interest, the Secretary of Finance shall pay
the amount thereof which is hereby appropriated out of any funds in
the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated and thereupon, to
the extent of the amounts so paid, the Government of the Republic of
the Philippines shall succeed to all the rights of the holders of such
bonds, debentures, collaterals, notes or other obligations unless the
sum so paid by the Republic of the Philippines shall be refunded by
the Authority within a reasonable time.
SEC. 9. Appropriation. To carry out the provisions of this

Decree there is hereby appropriated the lump sum amount of Thirty
Million Pesos (P30,000,000.00) for Fiscal Year 1975, out of the funds
in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Thereafter
the succeeding appropriations of the Authority shall be included in
the Annual Appropriations Act.
SEC. 10. Eminent Domain. For proper planning and

implementation of rational land policy for proper construction of
housing complexes, commercial or industrial complexes, sites and
services and infrastructure, the Authority shall have the right
and power to acquire properties by purchase, by negotiations or
by condemnation proceedings. In exercising the right or eminent
domain, condemnation proceedings shall be maintained by and
in the name of the Authority and it may proceed in the manner
provided by law.
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SEC. 12. Exemption from Civil Service Law. The officers and
employees of the Authority shall not be subject to the Civil Service
Law, rules and regulations and shall likewise be exempt from the
rules and regulations of the Wage and Position Classification Office.
SEC. 13. Supervision. The Authority shall be under the

direct supervision of the Office of the President for purposes of
policy direction and coordination.
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SEC. 15. Transitory Provision. The properties, rights,

obligations and liabilities of the Tondo Foreshore Urban Renewal
Project shall be transferred to the Authority.
SEC. 16. Repealing Clause. All laws, executive orders,

administrative issuance, rules and regulations inconsistent with the
foregoing provisions are hereby repealed or accordingly modified.

are hereby declared separable, and if any provision of this Decree
is held invalid or unconstitutional the remainder thereof shall not
be affected.

immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 30th day of October, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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ABOLISHING THE MEDIA ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE

BUREAU OF STANDARDS FOR MASS MEDIA, AND
AUTHORIZING THE ORGANIZATION OF REGULATORY
COUNCILS FOR PRINT MEDIA AND FOR BROADCAST
MEDIA
WHEREAS, certain conditions existed in the country at

the time of the promulgation of Proclamation No. 1081 which had
necessitated temporary government control and supervision of mass
media;
WHEREAS, since the abolition of the Mass Media Council

and the creation in its stead of the Media Advisory Council, the
various sector of mass media have shown capability for self-regulation
and internal discipline within their ranks and have demonstrated
responsibility for maintaining standards for professional conduct
and excellence;
WHEREAS, the prevailing national situation has become

appropriate for taking a further step towards removal of government
participation in policy determination and news dissemination
activities of mass media.

the Constitution, do hereby decree:
SECTION 1. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State

to allow mass media to operate without government intervention
or supervision in policy determination and news dissemination
activities. For accomplishment of this purpose, the Media Advisory
Council created under Presidential Decree No. 191 and the Bureau
of Standards for Mass Media authorized to be created under Letter
of Implementation No. 12 and dated November 1, 1972, are hereby
abolished.
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SEC. 2. For the purposes of this Decree, mass media shall be

divided into two groups: Print Media and Broadcast Media. “Print
Media” includes all newspapers, periodical, magazines, journals, and
publications and all advertising therein, and billboards, neon signs
and the like. And “Broadcast Media” includes radio and television
broadcasting in all their aspects and all other cinematographic
or radio promotions and advertising. The Print Media and the
Broadcast Media group are hereby authorized to organize and
determine the composition of a body or council within each group
which shall be responsible for instituting and formulating systems
of self-regulation and internal discipline within its own ranks.
SEC. 3. Each regulatory council or body shall be responsible

for the evaluation of the ethics and standards of excellence of mass
media in all its phases within its group. Towards this end, each
body or council is hereby authorized to adopt policies, formulate
guidelines, fix standards and promulgate rules and regulations for
the operation and discipline of all mass media under its supervision,
and to administer and enforce the same. Such policies, standards,
guidelines, and rules and regulations shall be in conformity with the
provisions of existing laws, especially those on national security.
SEC. 4. No mass media activity shall be undertaken by any

person or entity in the Philippines without first being registered with
the regulatory council or body concerned, which shall issue certificates
of registration to all applicants qualified under its respective rules
and regulations; Provided, That each council shall have the authority
to suspend or cancel such certificates of registration for such cause
or causes as may be provided in the rules and the existence of which
each council or body shall have duly determined; Provided, further,
That no certificate of registration shall be granted in any manner or
under any condition to any of those engaged in mass media which
were, in September 1972, ordered closed and/or sequestered upon
promulgation of Proclamation No. 1081, by order of the President or
the Secretary of National Defense.
SEC. 5. All existing permits for the operation of mass media

on the date this decree takes effect shall continue to be valid unless
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otherwise suspended or withdrawn for cause by the council or body

concerned.
SEC. 6. All government agencies are hereby enjoined to

extend their utmost assistance and cooperation to the councils.
SEC. 7. All laws, decrees, rules and regulations, or any part

thereof, which are inconsistent with this decree are hereby repealed


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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AMENDING PARAGRAPH TWO OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE

NO. 12
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 12, dated October

3, 1972, the Adjudication Boards in the Office of the National
Police Commission are empowered to perform the functions of
the Commission En Banc in the review and final adjudication of
administrative cases against members of police forces;
WHEREAS, considering the severity of the penalty of

removal, it is essential that in cases where such penalty is imposed
by the Adjudication Boards, a machinery of appeal be provided to
ensure more thorough consideration of the cases;

September 21, 1972, and Proclamation No. 1104, dated January 17,
1973, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, do hereby
1. Paragraph 2 of Presidential Decree No. 12 is hereby

“2. The Adjudication Boards shall perform the functions of

the National Police Commission En Banc in the review and final
adjudication of administrative cases of members of police forces
falling under the Police Act of 1966; Provided, That in cases where
the penalty imposed by the Adjudication Boards is removal or
dismissal from the service, the respondent may appeal the decision
to the Commission En Banc for review and final disposition, within
fifteen (15) from his receipt thereof: Provided, further, That the
Chairman, may in his discretion, designate a special appellate
committee composed of three (3) members of the Commission to
discharge this particular function with finality. An appeal shall
not stop the decision of removal from being executory, and in the
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event that the respondent is exonerated on appeal, he shall be

considered as having been under suspension during the pendency of
the appeal.
2. The provisions of all laws, Executive Orders, decrees,

and other Presidential issuances which are in conflict with this
Decree, are hereby repealed, modified and/or amended accordingly.
3. The Chairman of the National Police Commission shall

promulgate rules and regulations to implement this Decree.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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FURTHER AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 232, AS

AMENDED
WHEREAS, unlike other copra producing countries,

the Philippines has not exerted concerted efforts towards the
development and planning of an early-breeding and high-yielding
hybrid variety of coconut trees capable of producing at least five (5)
tons of copra per hectare per year compared to the present national
average of less than one (1) ton per hectare;
WHEREAS, to enable the country to compete in the

international market of vegetables fats and oils and thereby ensure
stable and better incomes for the coconut farmers, it is imperative
that the country should pursue a vigorous program of replanting
existing coconut farms and idle lands with superior hybrid coconut
trees;
WHEREAS, to attain that objective the Government should

channel part of what the coconut farmers are presently paying
as coconut consumers stabilization levy to their ultimate direct
benefit;

by the Constitution, in order to effect the desired changes and
objectives, do hereby decree the further amendment of Presidential
Decree No. 232, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 3 of Presidential Decree No. 232, as

amended, is hereby amended by inserting new paragraphs to read
as follows:
“o) To formulate and implement within the next five (5)

years nationwide coconut replanting program using precocious
high-yielding hybrid seednuts;
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p) To distribute, for free, to coconut farmers the hybrid

coconut seednuts herein authorized to be acquired.”
SEC. 2. A new section, to be known as Section 3-B, is hereby

inserted to read as follows:
Section 3-B. Coconut Industry Development Fund. There is

hereby created a permanent fund to be known as Coconut Industry
Development Fund which shall be deposited with, and administered
and utilized by, the Philippine National Bank through its subsidiary
the National Investment and Development Corporation for the
following purposes:
a) To finance the establishment, operation and

maintenance of a hybrid coconut seednut farm under such terms
and conditions that may be negotiated by the National Investment
and Development Corporation with any private person, corporation,
firm or entity as would insure that the country shall have, at the
earliest possible time, a proper, adequate and continuous supply of
high yielding hybrid seednuts;
b) To purchase all of the seednuts produced by the hybrid

coconut seednut farm which shall be distributed, for free, by the
Authority to coconut farmers in accordance with, and in the manner
prescribed in, the nationwide coconut replanting program that it
shall devise and implement; Provided, That farmers who have been
paying the levy herein authorized shall be given priority;
c) To finance the establishment, operation and maintenance

of extension services, model plantations and other activities as would
insure that the coconut farmers shall be informed of the proper
methods of replanting their farms with the hybrid seednuts.
As the initial funds of the Coconut Industry Development

Fund, the Authority is hereby directed to pay to the Coconut Industry
Development Fund the amount of One Hundred Million Pesos
(P100,000,000.00) out of its collections of the coconut consumers
stabilization levy and thereafter the Authority shall pay to the
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said Fund an amount equal to at least twenty centavos (P0.20)

per kilogram of copra resecada or its equivalent out of its current
collections of the coconut consumers stabilization levy. In the event
that the coconut consumers stabilization levy is lifted, a permanent
levy of twenty centavos (P0.20) is thereafter automatically imposed
on the first sale of every kilogram of copra or its equivalent in
terms of other coconut products which shall be collected and paid
to the Coconut Industry Development Fund by the Authority in
accordance with the mechanics presently followed in the collection
of the coconut consumers stabilization levy. The Philippine National
Bank is hereby authorized to invest any utilized portion of the Fund
in easily convertible investments and all earnings therefrom shall
form part of the Fund.
The sale or transfer of the hybrid coconut seednuts herein

authorized to be acquired is hereby declared exempt from the
payment of the coconut consumers stabilization levy and any and
all taxes and fees of whatever kind and nature.”
SEC. 3. Repealing Clause. – All laws, executive and

administrative orders, rules and regulations inconsistent with the
foregoing provisions are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 14th day of November, in


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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INTEGRATION OF OTHER POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS

AND JAILS
WHEREAS, in order to implement Section 12, Article XV of

the Constitution of the Philippines, the police and fire departments
and jails in the Greater Manila Area have been constituted in the
Metropolitan Police Force pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 421,
dated March 21, 1974; while the police and fire departments and
jails of some other cities and municipalities have been constituted
into Provincial Integrated Police Forces, pursuant to Presidential
Decree No. 481, dated June 13, 1974 and No. 531, dated August 8,
1974;
WHEREAS, initial assessment of said pilot projects in police

integration revealed encouraging results in terms of the improvement
of the discipline and general attitude of the members of the police
and fire departments and jails concerned, thereby enhancing their
efficiency in the performance of duty, which contribute to the
promotion of better peace and order condition;
WHEREAS, to accelerate the attainment of a desirable peace

and order condition in wider areas of the country, it is necessary
that other police and fire departments and jails be integrated into
law enforcement units similar to those integrated pursuant to
Presidential Decree No. 421, No. 482 and No. 531;

by the Constitution and pursuant to Proclamations No. 1081, dated
September 21, 1972 and No. 1140, dated January 17, 1973 and
and decree to be part of the law of the land, the following:

departments and jails in additional provinces. All laws to the contrary
notwithstanding, the city/municipal police and fire departments
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and jails in the following provinces, are hereby integrated into law
enforcement units to be known as indicated:
(1) All municipalities of the Province of Cagayan, to be

known as the Cagayan Integrated Police Force;
(2) All municipalities of the Province of Isabela, to be known

as the Isabela Integrated Police Force;
(3) All municipalities of the Province of Nueva Vizcaya, to

be known as the Nueva Vizcaya Integrated Police Force;
(4) All municipalities of the Province of Quirino, to be

known as the Quirino Integrated Police Force;
(5) All municipalities of the Province of Ilocos Norte,

including the City of Laoag, to be known as the Ilocos Norte
(6) All municipalities of the Province of Ilocos Sur, to be

known as the Ilocos Sur Integrated Police Force;
(7) All municipalities of the Province of Abra, to be known

as the Abra Integrated Police Force;
(8) All municipalities of the Province of Pangasinan,

including the Cities of Dagupan and San Carlos, to be known as the
Pangasinan Integrated Police Force;
(9) All municipalities of the Province of Zambales, including

the City of Olongapo, to be known as the Zambales Integrated Police
Force;
(10) All municipalities of the Province of Tarlac to be known

as the Tarlac Integrated Police Force;
(11) All municipalities of the Province of Camarines Norte,

to be known as the Camarines Norte Integrated Police Force;
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(12) All municipalities of the Province of Camarines Sur,

including the Cities of Iriga and Naga, to be known as the Camarines
Sur Integrated Police Force;
(13) All municipalities of the Province of Albay, including the

City of Legaspi, to be known as the Albay Integrated Police Force;
(14) All municipalities of the Province of Sorsogon, to be

known as the Sorsogon Integrated Police Force;
(15) All municipalities of the Province of Catanduanes, to be

known as the Catanduanes Integrated Police Force;
(16) All municipalities of the Province of Masbate, to be

known as the Masbate Integrated Police Force;
(17) All municipalities of the Province of Aklan, to be known

as the Aklan Integrated Police Force;
(18) All municipalities of the Province of Antique, to be

known as the Antique Integrated Police Force;
(19) All municipalities of the Province of Capiz, including the

City of Roxas, to be known as the Capiz Integrated Police Force;
(20) All municipalities of the Province of Bohol, including

the City of Tagbilaran, to be known as the Bohol Integrated Police
Force;
(21) All municipalities of the Province of Siquijor, to be

known as the Siquijor Integrated Police Force;
(22) All municipalities of the Province of Surigao del Norte,

including the City of Surigao, to be known as the Surigao del Norte
(23) All municipalities of the Province of Surigao del Sur, to

be known as Surigao del Sur Integrated Police Force;
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(24) All municipalities of the Province of Agusan del Norte,

including the City of Butuan, to be known as the Agusan del Norte
(25) All municipalities of the Province of Agusan del Sur, to

be known as the Agusan del Sur Integrated Police Force;
(26) All municipalities of the Province of Bukidnon, to be

known as the Bukidnon Integrated Police Force;
(27) All municipalities of the Province of Camiguin, to be

known as the Camiguin Integrated Police Force;
(28) All municipalities of the Province of Misamis Occidental,

including the Cities of Oroquieta, Ozamis and Tangub to be known
as the Misamis Occidental Integrated Police Force;
(29) All municipalities of the Province of Zamboanga del

Norte, including the Cities of Dapitan and Dipolog, to be known as
the Zamboanga Integrated Police Force;
(30) All municipalities of the Province of Zamboanga del

Sur, including the Cities of Pagadian and Zamboanga to be known
as the Zamboanga del Sur Integrated Police Force; and
(31) All municipalities of the Province of Basilan, including

the City of Basilan, to be known as the Basilan Integrated Police
Force.

the Cagayan Integrated Police Force, the Isabela Integrated Police
Force, the Nueva Vizcaya Integrated Police Force, the Quirino
Integrated Police Force, the Ilocos Norte Integrated Police Force, the
Ilocos Sur Integrated Police Force, the Abra Integrated Police Force,
the Pangasinan Integrated Police Force, the Zambales Integrated
Police Force, the Tarlac Integrated Police Force, the Camarines
Norte Integrated Police Force, the Camarines Sur Integrated Police
Force, the Albay Integrated Police Force, the Sorsogon Integrated
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Police Force, the Catanduanes Integrated Police Force, the Masbate

Integrated Police Force, the Aklan Integrated Police Force, the
Antique Integrated Police Force, the Capiz Integrated Police Force,
the Bohol Integrated Police Force, the Siquijor Integrated Police
Force, the Surigao del Norte Integrated Police Force, the Surigao del
Sur Integrated Police Force, the Agusan del Norte Integrated Police
Force, the Agusan del Sur Integrated Police Force, the Camiguin
Integrated Police Force, the Misamis Occidental Integrated Police
Force, the Bukidnon Integrated Police Force, the Zamboanga del
Norte Integrated Police Force, the Zamboanga del Sur Integrated
Police Force, and the Basilan Integrated Police Force designated by
the Chief of Constabulary from among the officers of the Philippine
Constabulary.

Integrated Police Force constituted pursuant to Section 1 hereof
shall be responsible for the public safety and discharge the function
of the enforcement of the laws and maintenance of peace and order

herein constituted. For this purpose, the Chief of Constabulary
shall integrate the above-mentioned Integrated Police Forces in the
and exercise control, direction and supervision through the head
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the power to control and direct the tactical, strategic movements
Force concerned, or any of its components, elements, equipment,

Administrative and supervision over the police and fire departments
and jails composing each of the Integrated Police Forces herein
constituted shall, prior to the transfer provided for in Section 7
hereof, remain with the offices, agencies and officials in which said
power is vested in accordance with existing laws; Provided, That
such power shall not be exercised in a manner that will adversely
affect the integrity, capability and operational efficiency of said
Integrated Police Forces or any of their components/elements.
Accordingly, administrative matters, such as appointment,
disciplinary action; grant/payment of salary and/or allowance,
upon recommendation of the Head thereof; Provided, finally, That

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property, equipment, facilities and other resources belonging to, being
used by or intended for the several police and fire departments and
jails composing such Integrated Police Forces, including firearms,
motor, vehicles, communications and criminal laboratory facilities,
the Philippine Constabulary: Provided, That upon the effectivity of
transferred out, or removed or diverted from said police and fire
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SEC. 11. Chief of the Constabulary to promulgate rules and

regulations. The Chief of the Constabulary shall with the approval of

Decree or the rules and regulations promulgated by the Chief of
imprisonment of not less than three (3) years not more than six (6)
years and/or a fine of not less than 5,000 pesos not more than 10,000
pesos, at the discretion of the court.

in addition to the foregoing penalty suffer disqualification from
SEC. 13. Repealing Clause. The provisions of Republic Act

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12-B, dated October 28, 1972; No 170 dated April 4, 1973 and No.
448, dated May 9, 1974; the provisions of the City Charters of
the Cities of Laoag, Dagupan, San Carlos, Olongapo, Iriga, Naga,
Legaspi, Roxas, Tagbilaran, Surigao, Butuan, Oroquieta, Ozamis,
Tangub, Dapitan, Dipolog, Pagadian, Zamboanga and Basilan,

approval.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 18th day of November, in


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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NUMBERED THIRTY HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR
ENTITLED “AN ACT CREATING THE MINDANAO
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, PRESCRIBING ITS
POWERS, FUNCTIONS, AND DUTIES, PROVIDING
FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”
WHEREAS, it is a declared policy to promote and accelerate

the socio-economic growth and development of the Mindanao
region;
WHEREAS, in pursuance of such policy there is an urgent

need to strengthen and extend over-all support to the Mindanao
Development Authority to enable it to meet the implementation
requirements of its expanding programs and activities in its area
of responsibility;

1972, as amended and in order to effect the desired changes and
reforms in the social, economic and political structure of our Society,
do hereby order and decree as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Republic Act numbered thirty

hundred and thirty-four is hereby amended to read as follows:
“SEC. 1. Declaration of policy. It is hereby declared to be the

policy to foster the accelerated and balanced growth of the Mindanao
and Sulu region, hereinafter referred to as the region, within
the context of national plans and policies for social and economic
development, through the leadership, guidance and support of the
government. To achieve this end, it is recognized that a government
corporation should be created for the purpose of drawing up the
necessary plans for regional development; providing leadership
in the setting up of pioneering or groundbreaking industrial and
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agricultural enterprises; coordinating or integrating the diverse

efforts of the various public and private entities directly engaged in
implementing plans and projects affecting power, manufacturing,
mining transportation and communication, conservation,
resettlement, education, extension work, health and other activities
leading to the rapid, socio-economic growth of the region; and
extending or facilitating the extension of financial, management
and technical support to worthwhile industrial and commercial
ventures within the region.
SEC. 2. Section 5, Subsections (a), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of the
said Act are hereby amended to read as follows:
“SEC. 5. Purposes. The Authority shall have the following

purposes:
(a) To make a comprehensive survey of the physical and

natural resources and potentialities of the region, including its social
conditions, values and institutions, and special regional problems
and, on the basis thereof, to draft a comprehensive and detailed
plan designed to promote the region’s rapid social and economic
development along the general lines set forth by the National
Economic and Development Authority.
(b) To coordinate and/or integrated such projects or

operations of local governments, governmental agencies, public
corporations and, where clearly necessary and feasible, those of
private entities, as bear directly upon the plans and activities of
the Authority so as to make possible the accelerated and balanced
development of the region within the context of the guidelines
formulated by the National Economic and Development Authority;
for this purpose, to set up a compact and well-trained staff for effective
liaison and consultation or joint planning and/or implementation
with such government and private entities: Provided, That disputes
involving jurisdiction between the Authority and any department,
bureau, office, or agency or instrumentality of the government within
the area covered by this Act, and these arising in the coordination or
integration of government plans, projects or operations in the area
shall be settled by decisions of the President of the Philippines.
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(e) To engage in industry, agriculture or other enterprises

within the region which may be necessary or directly contributory to
the socio-economic development of the region and, for this purpose,
whether by itself or in cooperation with private persons or entities,
to organize, finance, invest in, and operate subsidiary corporations
when such an arrangement is clearly necessary to implement the
powers granted to it by this Act: Provided, That the Authority shall
engage only in those activities as are in the nature of pioneering
ventures or are demonstrably beyond the scope, capacity, or interest
of purely private enterprises due to consideration of geography,
technical or capital requirements, returns on investments, and risks:
Provided, further, That the Authority may undertake and/or invest
in social and/or service-oriented projects upon the prior approval of
the President, on recommendation of the National Economic and
Development Authority [NEDA].
(f) To advise, cooperate in and, if necessary, to undertake

by itself the readjustment, relocation or resettlement of population
in any part of the country that may be displace or affected by the
socio-economic measures of the government in cooperation with the
national, provincial, city and municipal agencies organized towards
that end.
(g) To make a report annually to the National Economic and

Development Authority and the President, based upon its continuing
assessment and evaluation, in the light of the Authority’s approved
plans and objectives, of the progress of its activities, including
those done in collaboration with various government and private
entities engaged in the implementation of socio-economic plans and
projects in the region, including in such report, among other items,
a general survey of the social economic conditions of the regions,
socio-economic problems having special reference to work of the
Authority, a comparison of the development targets set for the year
ending and the manner in which actual accomplishments measure
up to such targets, and appropriate administrative and legislative
recommendations.
SEC. 3. Section 6, Subsections (f) and (h) of the same Act are
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“SEC. 6. Powers, functions, eminent domain, etc. Except as

otherwise specifically provided in this act, the Authority shall have
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(f) To acquire, lease, or hold such personal and real

property as it deems necessary or convenient in the transaction of
its business and may lease, mortgage, sell, alienate or otherwise
dispose of any such personal and real property held by it.
(h) To exercise the right of eminent domain in the name of

the Republic of the Philippines, and in the acquisition of real estate
by condemnation proceedings, the title to such real estate shall be
taken in the name of the Republic of the Philippines, but thereafter
the title to all such real estate shall be transferred to the Authority
by presidential decree or proclamation to accomplish the aims and
purpose of this Act.
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SEC. 21. Section 40 of the same Act is amended to read as

follows:
“SEC. 40. Authority under the National Economic and

Development Authority. Any provision of law to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Authority shall operate as an independent
corporation subject only to the supervision by the National Economic
and Development Authority.
SEC. 22. Section 41 of the same Act is amended to read as

follows:
“SEC. 41. Supplies and services other than personal. All

purchases of supplies or contracts for services, except personal
services, shall be entered into by the Authority. In accordance with
the rules and regulations prescribed and promulgated by the Board,
subject to the approval of the President on recommendation of the
National Economic and Development Authority.
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SEC. 23. Section 42 of the same Act is hereby repealed

entirely and a new provision to be known as Section 42 is inserted
which shall read:
“SEC. 42. Auditing. The Auditor General shall act as ex-officio

auditor of the Authority and as such is empowered and authorized
to appoint a representative who shall be the auditor thereof and fix
his salary in an amount equal to the salary authorized for the first
Assistant or next ranking Managing Head of the Authority. The
Auditor General shall, upon recommendation of the Auditor of the
Authority, appoint personnel, subject to the approval of the Board.
The Personnel expenses and operating costs of his office shall be
determined and paid by the Authority. Such salaries and number of
auditing personnel may only thereafter be increased, diminished or
altered by the Auditor General, subject to the approval of the Board,
and said representative and his subordinate personnel may receive
such allowances and privileges as may be authorized and approved
by the Board upon recommendation of the Auditor General.
Such representative shall render an annual audit report on

the financial condition and operations of the Authority to the Board
thru the Auditor General. The Auditor General shall submit his
annual report to the President and the National Assembly.
Done in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of December, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS TO

REORGANIZE ITS DEPARTMENTS, OFFICES,
DIVISIONS, SECTIONS OR UNITS, FIX THE SALARIES
OF ITS OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDE
APPROPRIATION FOR ITS MAINTENANCE AND
OPERATION EXPENSES
WHEREAS, with the increased membership and the

expanded functions and powers of the Commission on Elections
under the new Constitution, there is need to authorize said agency
to undertake a reorganization of its various departments, divisions,
sections, offices and other units;
WHEREAS, the Commission on Elections, by specific

provisions of Republic Act No. 5435, was not included in
the reorganization of the government under the Integrated
Reorganization Plan;
WHEREAS, the Commission on Elections was last

reorganized in 1963 by virtue of Republic Act No. 3808, and that
since then no substantial changes have been made in the staffing
pattern, administrative structure and organizational machinery of
the said agency;
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 203 transferred to

the Commission on Elections the personnel, appropriations and
properties of the various Electoral Tribunals, and for this reason
there is need to empower the Commission on Elections to deploy
through reorganization the Tribunal employees in appropriate
departments, divisions, sections, offices or units where their services
can be most useful;
WHEREAS, under the Transitory Provisions of the new

Constitution, it is provided that priority shall be given, inter alia, to
the reorganization of the Government; and the reorganization of the
Commission on Elections would be a step in compliance with this
provision of the new Charter;
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SECTION 1. To promote maximum efficiency in carrying

out its constitutional functions and powers and such other duties
that may be entrusted to it by law, the Commission on Elections
hereinafter referred to as the Commission is hereby authorized,
within six months from the date of approval hereof, to reorganize
all its departments, divisions, sections, offices or units.
SEC. 2. Any provision of existing law to the contrary

notwithstanding and in order to accomplish the objectives set forth
in Section One of this Decree, the Commission is authorized:
a. To group, coordinate, consolidate or integrate

departments, divisions, sections, offices or units according to
functions;
b. To abolish departments, divisions, sections, offices

or units which may not be necessary, or create those which are
necessary, for the efficient conduct of its functions, services and
activities;
c. To eliminate overlapping and duplication of services,

functions and activities;
d. To transfer functions and personnel from one

department, division, section, office or unit to another;
e. To create, classify, combine, split and abolish positions;
f. To fix and standardize salaries, materials and

equipment;
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g. To provide whatever is necessary and desirable to effect

economy and promote efficiency in the service.
SEC. 3. Whenever it becomes necessary to reduce the

personnel of any department, division, section, office or unit, the
provisions on reduction in force of Rule VIII of the Civil Service Rules
shall be applied: Provided, however, That, other things being equal,
the preference in retention shall be given to a veteran-employee.
Officers and employees whose positions are abolished or

who may be separated from the service as a consequence of the
reorganization authorized under this Decree shall not lose their
civil service eligibilities. Their names shall be submitted to the
Commissioner of Civil Service who shall enter them in a preferential
re-employment list under proper classifications as to qualifications,
training, civil service eligibility and other similar factor that would
facilitate their re-employment in appropriate vacancies in the
government: Provided, however, That, the names of officers and
employees whose efficiency ratings are below “satisfactory” or its
equivalent, shall not be registered in the preferential re-employment
list: Provided, further, That those who may be separated or removed
from the service by reason of the reorganization shall be granted
subject to existing rules a gratuity at a rate equivalent to one month’s
salary for every year of continuous satisfactory service rendered or
the equivalent nearest fractions thereof favorable to them on the
basis of the highest salary received: Provided, still further, That if
they are already entitled to any gratuity or pension under any other
existing retirement or gratuity law, they shall have the option to
select either such gratuity or pension or the gratuity provided under
this Reorganization Decree.
SEC. 4. The Commission is hereby authorized to avail of the

services of any government expert, office or agency or such reputable
private consultant or management firms or entities as it may deem
necessary to carry out the reorganization provided in this decree.
SEC. 5. The Commission is hereby authorized to use such

sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Decree from
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unexpended balances of its continuing appropriations and excess

certifications to accounts payable. Henceforth, appropriations to
cover the salaries of officials and employees of the Commission on
Elections, and its maintenance and operating expenses as fixed in
accordance with the provisions of this Decree shall be carried in the
annual General Appropriation Acts.
SEC. 6. All laws, or parts thereof which are or may be in

conflict with the provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed or
amended accordingly.
Done in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of December, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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AMENDING THE APPROVED STAFFING PATTERN OF THE

BUREAU OF CUSTOMS BY CREATING NEW DIVISIONS/
UNITS THEREIN, INCLUDING THE INCREASE OF
POSITIONS IN THE OPERATION AND ENFORCEMENT,
COMMUNICATIONS AND THE NATIONAL POLICE
GROUPS

September 24, 1972, the Integrated Reorganization Plan was
adopted and made part of the law of the land; and
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to create new divisions/

units in the Bureau of Customs such as the economic intelligence
and research division; increase the number of positions in the
communications, export coordination, port operations coordination,
customs laboratory and customs police groups in order to effectively
carry out the desired objectives of reorganization as invisioned in
the Integrated Reorganization Plan;

22, 1972, in order to effect the desired changes and reforms in the
Bureau of Customs, do hereby order and decree the following:
SECTION 1. An Economic Intelligence and Research Division

is hereby created under the Operation and Enforcement Service
which shall handle matters pertaining to economic intelligence and
research, the specialized staff study of the actual application of the
tariff and commodity classifications, the international commitments
and agreements involving Customs operations and the impact of
various incentives and concessions given to industries. It shall
have the following sections: National Tariff and Customs Research
Section and International Tariff and Trade Research Section.
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SEC. 2. A Port Operations Coordination Division is hereby

created under the Operation and Enforcement Service which shall
serve as the central evaluation and coordinating unit on ports,
arrastre, pilotage, cargo, disposal, storage and bonded warehousing
operations. It shall have the following sections: Port Operations
Section and Bonded Warehousing and Cargo Disposal Section.
SEC. 3. A Central Radio Communication Division is hereby

created under the Administrative Service which shall take charge
of all types of radio communications between the central office and
field offices including those involving ship to shore and ship to ship
facilities.
SEC. 4. A Customs Laboratory Division is hereby created

under the Operation and Enforcement Service to render laboratory
examination and analysis of samples of imported commodities to
establish proper classification.
SEC. 5. The Cash Section and Liquidation Section of the

Assessment Branch of the Port of Manila are hereby made into
divisions to be known as Cash Division and Liquidation Division,
respectively. The Collection Division is hereby abolished.
SEC. 6. One hundred forty-five (145) positions are hereby

created and apportioned as follows:
A. OPERATION AND ENFORCEMENT GROUP 45

1. Economic Intelligence and Research Division 10
2. Port Operation Coordination Division 10
3. Export Coordination Division 15
4. Customs Laboratory 10
B. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS GROUP 30
C. CUSTOMS POLICE GROUP 70
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The amount of EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS

(P800,000) is hereby appropriated out of the funds of the National
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the aforementioned
positions; Provided, That the same positions shall be subject to final
WAPCO classification action and approval by the Commissioner of
the Budget.
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P200,000) is hereby

appropriated for equipment, supplies and materials of the Customs
laboratory unit and the radio communications unit.
SEC. 7. All laws, decrees, rules and regulations or parts

thereof, inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Decree are
SEC. 8. This Decree shall take effect immediately along

with Presidential Decree No. 1 insofar as it affects the Bureau of
Customs.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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THE CHILD AND YOUTH WELFARE CODE

order and decree the following:
TITLE I
GENERAL PRINCIPLES
ARTICLE 1. Declaration of Policy. - The Child is one of the

most important assets of the nation. Every effort should be exerted
to promote his welfare and enhance his opportunities for a useful
and happy life.
The child is not a mere creature of the State. Hence, his

individual traits and aptitudes should be cultivated to the utmost
insofar as they do not conflict with the general welfare.
The molding of the character of the child starts at the home.

Consequently, every member of the family should strive to make
the home a wholesome and harmonious place as its atmosphere and
conditions will greatly influence the child’s development.
Attachment to the home and strong family ties should be

encouraged but not to the extent of making the home isolated and
exclusive and unconcerned with the interests of the community and
the country.
The natural right and duty of parents in the rearing of the

child for civic efficiency should receive the aid and support of the
government.
Other institutions, like the school, the church, the guild,

and the community in general, should assist the home and the
State in the endeavor to prepare the child for the responsibilities of
adulthood.
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ART. 2. Title and Scope of Code. - The Code shall be known

as the Child and Youth Welfare Code. It shall apply to persons below
twenty-one years of age except those emancipated in accordance
with law. “Child” or “minor” or “youth” as used in this Code, shall
refer to such persons.
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TITLE IX.
COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH
CHAPTER I
Creation and Composition
ART. 205. Creation of the Council for the Welfare of Children.

- A Council for the Welfare of Children is hereby established under
the Office of the President. The Council shall be composed of the
Secretary of Social Welfare as Chairman, and seven members,
namely: The Secretary of Justice, the Secretary of Labor, the
Secretary of Education and Culture, the Secretary of Health, the
Presiding Judge of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, City
of Manila, and two representatives of voluntary welfare associations
to be appointed by the President of the Philippines, each of whom
shall hold office for a term two years.
There shall be a permanent Secretariat for the Council

headed by an Executive Director, to be appointed by the Chairman
and approved by a majority of the members of the Council.
For actual attendance at regular meetings, the Chairman

and each member of the Council shall receive a per diem of one
hundred pesos for every meeting actually attended, but the total
amount of per diem that the Chairman and a member may receive
in a month shall in no case exceed five hundred pesos.
ART. 206. Appropriation. - The sum of five million pesos

is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury
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not otherwise appropriated, for the operation and maintenance of

the Council for the Welfare of Children and Youth during the fiscal
year. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for its operation
and maintenance shall be included in the General Appropriations
Decree.
CHAPTER II
Powers and Responsibilities
ART. 207. Powers and Functions. - The Council for the

Welfare of Children and Youth shall have the following powers and
functions:
1. To coordinate the implementation and enforcement of

all laws relative to the promotion of child and youth welfare;
2. To prepare, submit to the President and circulate copies

of long-range programs and goals for the physical, intellectual ,
emotional, moral, spiritual, and social development of children
and youth, and to submit to him an annual report of the progress
thereof;
3. To formulate policies and devise, introduce, develop and

evaluate programs and services for the general welfare of children
and youth;
4. To call upon and utilize any department, bureau, office,

agency, or instrumentality, public, private or voluntary, for such
assistance as it may require in the performance of its functions;
5. Perform such other functions as provided by law.
ART. 208. Offices to Coordinate with the Council for Welfare

of Children. - The following offices and agencies shall coordinate
with the Council for the Welfare of Children and Youth in the
implementation of laws and programs on child and youth welfare:
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1. Department of Justice
2. Department of Social Welfare
3. Department of Education and Culture
4. Department of Labor
5. Department of Health
6. Department of Agriculture

Development;
8. Local Councils for the Protection of Children; and such

other government and private agencies which have programs on
child and youth welfare.
Existing as well as proposed programs of the above-named

agencies as well as other government and private child and youth
welfare agencies as may be hereafter created shall be implemented by
such agencies: Provided, That, with the exception of those proposed
by the Local Councils for the Protection of Children, all long-range
child and youth welfare programs shall, before implementation, be
indorsed by the agencies concerned to their respective departments,
which shall in turn indorse the same to the Council for the Welfare on
Children and Youth, for evaluation, cooperation and coordination.
CHAPTER III
Implementation of Code and Rule-Making Authority
ART. 209. Implementation of this Code and Rule-Making

Authority. - The enforcement and implementation of this Code
shall be the primary responsibility of the Council for the Welfare
of Children. Said Council shall have authority to promulgate the
necessary rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying into
effect the provisions of this Code.
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FINAL PROVISIONS
ART. 210. General Penalty. - Violations of any provisions

of this Code for which no penalty is specifically provided shall be
punished by imprisonment not exceeding one month or a fine not
exceeding two hundred pesos, or both such fine and imprisonment
at the discretion of the court, unless a higher penalty is provided for
in the Revised Penal Code or special laws.
ART. 211. Repealing Clause. - All laws or parts of any laws

inconsistent with the provisions of this Code are hereby repealed or
modified accordingly: Provided, That the provisions of the Dangerous
Drugs Act of 1972 and amendments thereto shall continue to be in
force and shall not be deemed modified or repealed by any provision
of this Code.
ART. 212. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this

Code is held invalid, the other provisions not affected thereby shall
continue in operation.
ART. 213. Effectivity Clause. - This Code shall take effect six
months after its approval.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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INTEGRATING NATIONWIDE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT,

PHYSICAL FITNESS AND AMATEUR SPORTS
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND CREATING FOR THIS
PURPOSE THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AND SPORTS
DEVELOPMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the government recognizes the need for the

development of youth as an integral part of the national development
policy;
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to further examine,

clarify, and delineate the areas where there should be increased
participation of the youth;
WHEREAS, the government recognizes the vital role of

physical fitness and amateur sports programs in the development
of a healthy and alert citizenry for national progress;
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to intensify a physical

fitness and recreation program for the population at all ages and at
all levels of the community in order to serve as a strong foundation
for the inculcation of a national discipline; and
WHEREAS, there is a recognized need to adopt an integrated

approach in the physical fitness and amateur sports programs
involving all sectors of the citizenry;

President of the Philippines, pursuant to the powers vested in me
by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree, as part of the law
of the land, the creation and establishment of the Department of
Youth and Sports Development.
SECTION 1. Creation of a Department of Youth and Sports

Development. - There is hereby created a Department of Youth and
Sports Development, hereinafter referred to as the Department,
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which shall, among others, formulate and implement policies, plans,

and programs on youth development, physical fitness, and sports
development.
SEC. 2. Authority and Responsibility. - The authority and

responsibility for the exercise of the powers and the discharge of the
functions of the Department shall be vested in a Secretary of Youth
and Sports Development, hereinafter referred to as the Secretary.
He shall be assisted by one Undersecretary: Provided, however,
That the Department may have more than one Undersecretary, if
necessary.
The primary responsibility, however, for youth activities

in school shall remain vested with the Department of Education;
for Citizens Army Training, Reserve Officers Training Corps, and
Summer Cadres with the Department of National Defense; for skills
development for gainful employment with the Department of Labor
and the National Manpower and Youth Council; and for activities of
disadvantaged youth with the Department of Social Welfare.
SEC. 3. Functions. - The Department shall be responsible

for the following functions:
1. Conduct basic and applied research on youth

development;
2. Encourage, initiate, and establish youth organizations

to promote and develop youth activities open to persons eleven years
and above, and administer where necessary such newly established
organizations, subject to requirements of national security;
3. Coordinate with the Department of Education and

Culture, the Department of National Defense, the Department
of Labor, the National Manpower and Youth Council, and the
Department of Social Welfare various allied youth activities as
mentioned in Section 2.
4. Establish, by mutual agreement and in continuing

consultation with the Department of National Defense, such
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guidelines as may permit community service as an acceptable

substitute for compulsory military service;
5. Establish, whenever necessary, summer camps and

centers for youth leadership and other youth activities;
6. Conduct promotion and fund raising campaigns,

in accordance with existing law, to achieve the purposes of the
Department;
7. Plan and implement an integrated program of physical

fitness and amateur sports development for the country;
8. Adopt and enforce a uniform set of rules to determine

and govern amateur athletes and sports in the Philippines and for
the accreditation or recognition (or its withdrawal) and supervision
of national sports associations; and consistent with administrative
due process, to govern the procedure to be observed by the national
sports associations in hearing and deciding cases before them either
on initial hearing or on appeal;
9. Develop and/or maintain recreational facilities,

playgrounds, and sports centers in strategic places in the country,
and a modern sports complex adequate for major international
sports competitions;
10. Assist the proper government department or agency

in the formulation of an industry incentives program for the local
manufacture of sporting goods and equipment;
11. Administer the existing National College of Physical

Education in accordance with the regulations of the Department of
Education and Culture;
12. Provide such incentives to deserving associations or

athletes as may be permissible under the rules of amateurism;
13. Issue rules and adopt measures as may be necessary for

the attainment of its objectives;
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14. Delegate authority for the performance of any function

to officers and employees under its direction; and
15. Perform such other functions as may be directed by the

President or provided by law.
The Department may import sports equipment and materials

as may be required for the attainment of its objectives from its
appropriations, contributions, or other sources. Such importation
may be partially or fully exempt from customs duties, subject to
conditions as may be imposed by the Secretary of Finance.
SEC. 4. Department Proper. - The Department shall have a

Planning and Financial Service and an Administrative Service.
The Planning and Financial Service shall, among others,

be responsible for providing the Department with economical,
efficient, and effective services relating to planning, programming,
and project development and evaluation and with staff advice and
assistance on budgetary and financial matters.
The Administrative Service shall, among others, be

responsible for providing the Department with economical,
efficient, and effective services relating to personnel, legal
assistance, information, records, supplies, equipment, collections,
disbursements, and custodial work.
SEC. 5. Bureau of Youth Development. - There is hereby

created a Bureau of Youth Development, hereinafter referred to in
this Section as the Bureau, which shall be responsible for youth
development research and for developing and evaluating programs
geared to the development of youth through self-improvement,
leisure time activities, disciplinary training, and involvement in
community affairs. The Bureau shall be headed by a Director.
The Bureau shall have the following divisions: a Research

and Information Division and a Program Development Division.
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The Research and Information Division shall develop and

evaluate basic and applied research programs on the physical,
mental, emotional, social, and creative-aesthetic development
of youth. It shall develop, initiate, and provide support for the
development and coordination of youth projects and shall design
strategies to gain support and cooperation of all institutions, public
and private, to the programs on youth development.
The Program Development Division shall develop and

evaluate youth programs which will be undertaken by the
Department through its regional offices. It shall also coordinate and
harmonize its civic action program with the various youth programs
being undertaken by different government agencies. It shall develop
guidelines and standards governing the implementation of youth
development programs within the Department’s responsibilities.
SEC. 6. Bureau of Physical Fitness and Sports. – There

is created a Bureau of Physical Fitness and Sports, hereinafter
referred to in this Section as the Bureau, which shall be responsible
for providing guidelines and standards on physical education
and fitness, on the promotion and improvement of sports among
amateurs, and on the development and maintenance of playgrounds
and sports centers. It shall also develop a program on annual
interscholastic meets and provide guidelines for its implementation.
The Bureau shall be headed by a Director.
The Bureau shall have the following divisions: a Physical

Fitness Programs Division and an Amateur Sports Development
Division.
The Physical Fitness Programs Division shall be responsible

for the planning of broad-based nationwide physical fitness,
recreation, and health programs.
The Amateur Sports Development Division shall be

responsible for supervising and coordinating with the national
sports associations, developing and maintaining sports centers and
facilities, and fund raising.
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Section 7. National Sports Associations. – Application for

accreditation or recognition as a national sports association for each
individual sport in the Philippines shall be filed with the Department
together with, among others, a copy of the Constitution and By-laws
and a list of the members of the proposed association.
The Department shall give the recognition applied for if it

is satisfied that the national sports association to be organized will
promote the objectives of this Decree and has substantially complied
with the rules and regulations of the Department: Provided, That the
Department may withdraw accreditation or recognition for violation
of this Decree and such rules and regulations formulated by it.
The Department shall supervise the national sports

associations: Provided, That the latter shall have exclusive technical
control over the development and promotion of the particular sport
for which they are organized.
SEC. 8. Functions, Powers, and Duties of National Sports

Associations. – The national sports associations shall have the
following functions, powers, and duties:
1. Adopt a Constitution and By-Laws for their internal

organization and government which shall be submitted to the
Department and any amendment thereto shall take effect upon
approval by the Department: Provided, however, That no team,
school, club, organization, or entity shall be admitted as a voting
member of an association unless 60 per cent of the athletes composing
said team, school, club, organization, or entity are Filipino citizens;
2. Raise funds by donations, benefits, and other means for

their purpose subject to the approval of the Department;
3. Purchase, sell, lease, or otherwise encumber property,

both real and personal, for the accomplishment of their purpose;
4. Conduct local, interport, and international competitions,

other than the Olympic and Asian Games, for the promotion of their
sport;
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5. Affiliate with international or regional sports

associations after due consultation with the Department;
6. Decide all questions on the amateur status and discipline

of their athletes and members, including disputes between their
members, subject to appeal to the Department;
7. Adopt and implement a training program for the

development of their athletes and their preparation for international
competition and defray the expenses for the same;
8. Appoint their representative to the National Olympic

Committee: Provided, That their sport is included in the Olympic
and Asian Games;
9. Select the athletes, coach, and other officials for their

national teams taking into consideration not only their athletic
abilities but also their moral character, subject to the approval of
the National Olympic Committee in the cases of teams for Olympic
and Asian Games.
10. Keep accurate records of all official marks attained by

the athletes in the associations in all competitions, as well as all
results of sport competitions, recognize and ratify the same, and
furnish copies thereof to the Department;
11. Render a semi-annual report regarding their finances

and major activities to the Department;
12. Qualify and license referees and umpires and other

game officials who shall officiate in competitions in their respective
sports; and
13. Perform such other functions as may be provided by

law.
SEC. 9. Regional Offices. – There shall be established as many

regional offices as are necessary consistent with the requirements
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of economy and efficiency: Provided, That they are established in

accordance with the regional pattern as prescribed in Paragraph
1, Article I, Chapter III, Part II of the Integrated Reorganization
Plan, as amended. The regional office shall be headed by a Regional
Director who may be assisted, whenever necessary, by one or more
Assistant Regional Directors. The Regional Director and Assistant
Regional Director shall be appointed by the President, in accordance
with Paragraph 5(c), Article IV, Chapter I, Part III of the Integrated
Reorganization Plan, as amended. The Regional Director shall be a
college graduate, major in Physical Education, or a college graduate
actively engaged in a youth development program, a physical fitness
program, or amateur sports development.
The regional office shall have such counterpart units as may

be necessary, corresponding to the major functional areas in the
Department.
The Department shall establish such sub-regional offices as

may be necessary within each region for the accomplishments of its
objectives.
SEC. 10. Functions, Powers, and Duties of the Regional

Director. – The Regional Director shall supervise all activities of
the Department on youth development and physical fitness and
coordinate amateur sports development within his regional area of
jurisdiction.
Specifically, the Regional Director shall perform the following

functions, among others:
1. Implement all the policies of the Department insofar as

the region is concerned;
2. Plan and implement a youth development program for

the region;
3. Plan and implement a physical fitness and amateur

sports development program for the region in coordination with
local government officials specifically charged with the same task;
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4. Coordinate and harmonize the activities of all

organizations engaged in youth development, physical fitness, and
amateur sports development in the region;
5. Administer such common properties of the Department

as may exist in the region and assist in the maintenance of existing
sports facilities in the region;
6. Supervise the municipal/barrio/barangay programs on

youth development and physical fitness and coordinate amateur
sports development;
7. Prepare an annual budget for the region and submit the

same for approval and funding of the Department;
8. Prepare and submit necessary reports to the Department;

and
9. Perform such other functions as may be directed by the

Department or provided by law.
SEC. 11. National Advisory Council on Youth Development.

– There will be a National Advisory Council on Youth Development,
if the Secretary so determines, composed of five members: three
representatives of youth organizations and two representatives of
civic organizations appointed by the President for a term of four
years. The President shall appoint a chairman from among them.
The Council shall serve as an advisory body to the Secretary.
SEC. 12. Regional Advisory Council on Youth Development.

– There may be a Regional Advisory Council on Youth Development
in each region composed of three representatives of local youth
organizations and two representatives of local civic organizations
appointed by the Secretary for a term of four years. The Secretary
shall appoint a chairman from among them. The regional council
shall serve as advisory body to the Regional Director.
SEC. 13. National Olympic Committee. – There shall be

a National Olympic Committee composed of one representative
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from each of the national sports associations accredited by the

Department and whose sports are included in the Olympic Games,
the representative of the International Olympic Committee in the
Philippines, and the Secretary. It shall function in accordance with
the rules and regulations of the International Olympic Committee
and shall coordinate with the Department.
SEC. 14. The Annual Interscholastic Meet. – As an integral part

of its nationwide physical fitness and amateur sports development
program, the Department, in consonance with the program and/or
guidelines approved or prescribed pursuant to Section 6 thereof,
shall plan and conduct each year one National Interscholastic Meet
which shall be preceded successively by local athletic meets in the
municipal, city, provincial, and regional levels: Provided, however,
That for this purpose the Department shall closely coordinate with
the Department of Education and Culture and the Department of
Local Government and Community Development regarding the
involvement or participation therein of all educational institutions
as well as students and the local governments and out-of-school
youth, respectively. The Interscholastic Meet provided herein,
a combination of the hitherto public schools and private schools
interscholastic meets, including the participation of out-of-school
youth, shall be managed through the Bureau of Physical Fitness
and Sports and the various local meets through its regional offices,
and such activities shall be funded from the appropriations of the
Department.
SEC. 15. Abolition of Offices, Transfer of Properties and

Funds. – The Child and Youth Research Center in the Department of
Education and Culture, the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation
created under Republic Act No. 3135, the Physical Education and
Sports Center Development Commission created under Republic
Act No. 5708, and the Inter-Departmental Committee on Children
and Youth created by Executive Order No. 310, s. 1971, are hereby
abolished and their functions not inconsistent herewith, together
with all applicable appropriations, funds, records, equipment,
properties, and such personnel as may be necessary are transferred
to the Department.
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Likewise, the funds raised by the Sports Development

Foundation of the Philippines, Inc., which were originally intended
for the support of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation
shall be segregated as far as practicable and transferred to the
Department.
SEC. 16. Exemption of Income and Properties from Taxes.

– All donations and contributions to the Department in connection
with its fund-raising projects shall be deductible in full from gross
income for income tax purposes.
SEC. 17. Transitory Provisions. – National sports associations

accredited by the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation shall
continue to exist and discharge their usual functions subject to the
supervision of the Department. They shall be given a reasonable
period of time to conform to such additional standards, rules, and
regulations which the Department may establish in conformity
with those of the International Olympic Committee and the various
international sports federations of which the national sports
associations may be members.
SEC. 18. Appropriations. – The Department shall be financed

from appropriations of the abolished Child and Youth Research
Center, the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation, and the
Physical Education and Sports Center Development Commission;
the funds transferred from the Sports Development Foundation of
the Philippines, Inc., receipts of at least three (3) sweepstakes races
a year from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, any law to
the contrary notwithstanding and such supplemental appropriations
recommended by the Department to the President within ninety
(90) days from its creation to implement this Decree.
Thereafter, in addition to the funds generated by the three

(3) sweepstakes races a year, the Department shall submit its
annual budget to be included in the General Appropriation Act.
SEC. 19. Repealing Clause. – Republic Act Nos. 3135 and

5078 and all other existing laws, rules and regulations, and orders,
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or parts thereof inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed,

revoked, or modified accordingly.

Decree is declared unconstitutional, the same shall apply only to
the provision and the remainder hereof remains valid.
approval.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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TRANSFERRING THE PHILIPPINE ATOMIC ENERGY

COMMISSION FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE
DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO THE OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT
WHEREAS, it is declared policy of the Philippine Government

to utilize atomic energy for peaceful purposes to accelerate national
progress;
WHEREAS, the utilization of atomic energy as a versatile

tool in research and development has brought about unprecedented
worldwide advances in science and technology;
WHEREAS, there now exists an international consciousness

for the role of atomic energy as a vital source of power in the face of
worldwide shortage of energy-producing fossil fuels;
WHEREAS, as a major additional source of power, the

Philippines has decided on a long-range nuclear power generation
program, starting with the implementation of the first nuclear
power plant project;
WHEREAS, the peaceful contributions of atomic energy

to the Philippine national development is already being amply
demonstrated locally in agricultural activities, public health,
nuclear medicine, environmental protection, industrial operations
and research;
WHEREAS, the Philippine Atomic Energy Commission

is the only government agency in the country, charged with the
responsibility of promoting and advancing the peaceful uses of
atomic energy as well as the licensing and regulating activities of
atomic energy facilities in the country;
WHEREAS, the increased utilization of atomic energy and

the nuclear power development program in the country have resulted
in highly demanding responsibilities and expanded functions of the
Philippine Atomic Energy Commission;
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WHEREAS, the Office of the President needs to be informed

directly by the Commission on the accelerating pace of international
nuclear activities, in the interest of national security and public
safety;
WHEREAS, by reason of the above, it is imperative that the

Commission be constituted as an independent and more autonomous
body;

in the Philippine Atomic Energy Commission, do hereby order and
decree the following:
SECTION 1. The Philippine Atomic Energy Commission

is transferred from the National Science Development Board and
placed under the Office of the President.
SEC. 2. The Commission shall be under a Commissioner and

a Deputy Commissioner, both of whom shall be appointed by the
President of the Philippines. Both officials shall be citizens of the
Philippines who shall have attained distinction in nuclear science
and technology and with adequate administrative experience. Both
shall pass the necessary security clearance.
The Commissioner shall receive an annual compensation

of not less than Thirty Six Thousand Pesos and the Deputy
Commissioner not less than Thirty Thousand Pesos.
SEC. 3. The Commission shall continue to discharge its

powers and functions provided for under Republic Act. No. 2067, as
amended and Republic Act No. 5207, particularly in such fields as:
1. research and development activities;
2. promotion of nuclear scientific techniques, and provision

of technical extension services;
3. training and education of local scientists and

technologists in the nuclear field;
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4. regulation of the use of atomic energy to safeguard

public health and safety;
5. dissemination of information on atomic energy and the

Commission program;
6. participation in international conferences and meetings

on nuclear matters.
In addition, the Commission shall discharge the following

functions:
(a) Make grants-in-aid for research into matters associated

with nuclear power or atomic energy;
(b) Make arrangements with universities and other

institutions or persons for the conduct of research into matters
associated with atomic energy;
(c) Disseminate results of scientific and technological

research in the field of nuclear science and the application thereof;
(d) Encourage other authorities and persons to undertake

exploration for, and mining and treatment of, uranium and other
special nuclear materials;
(e) Grant financial or other awards, bonuses and/or prizes

to deserving personnel and scientists;
(f) Pay honoraria and/or additional compensation to

scientific, technological and professional personnel employed in
the government or its subdivisions and instrumentalities under
such terms and conditions as may be most conducive towards the
attainment of maximum efficiency in scientific research and studies;
and
(g) Impose and collect reasonable fees in connection with

the technical and other related services that the Commission
performs in accordance with the rates established by it. For this
purpose, the Commission shall issue such rules and regulations as
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maybe deemed necessary: Provided, That the amount of such fees

or charges may be reduced or waived by the Commission in favor
of scientists, government agencies, and industrial or educational
working in cooperation with or assisting the Commission in its
activities.
SEC. 4. All officials and employees of the Commission,

including its scientific, technical and professional personnel shall
not, during their continuance in office engage in the practice of
their professions, except to render highly scientific and professional
services like consultations and to teach highly specialized and
related subjects.
SEC. 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of Commonwealth

Act No. 138 and such other related laws and regulations, as well as
the requirements of public bidding, the Commission may, subject
to the approval of the Office of the President, enter into contracts,
or otherwise make arrangements for the conduct of atomic energy
research and its development.
In implementation of such contracts or arrangements,

the Commission may, subject to the approval of the Office of the
President, make partial or advance payments and make available
such equipment and facilities of the Commission as may be deemed
necessary.
SEC. 6. The Commission shall establish a comprehensive and

progressive merit system in accordance with Civil Service rules and
regulations. The recruitment, transfer, promotion, and dismissal of
all Commission personnel, including temporary workers, shall be
governed by such merit system.
All officials and employees of the Commission shall be

subject to Civil Service Law, rules and regulations.
The regular scientific and technical personnel of

the Commission shall be exempted from WAPCO rules and
regulations.
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SEC. 7. To carry out the above purposes and for its first year
of operation as herein provided, an initial amount of twelve million
pesos is hereby appropriated and shall be made available from the
funds of the National Government effective 1 July 1974: Provided,
That for this fiscal year and every year thereafter, the amount of
five million pesos shall be set aside from the Special Science Fund
to augment the yearly appropriation of the Commission under the
General Fund to finance its nuclear research and development,
training, regulatory and promotional activities. Any expended
balances in the appropriations of the Commission from both the
General Fund and the Special Science Fund shall accrue to the
Atomic Energy Research Fund.
SEC. 8. All applicable appropriations of the Commission,

its personnel, records, equipment and properties and including
such facilities and buildings as are now located in the Commission
compound and which are being used in connection with the
Commission’s activities are transferred as herein provided.
SEC. 9. This Decree shall be implemented immediately and

shall take effect as of 1 July 1974.

regulations, contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this
Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING THE FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN THE

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
WHEREAS, the continuous management, development and

utilization of the forest resources are indispensable to the economic
development of the country and social well-being of the Filipino
people;
WHEREAS, scientific forest management, rational

development and vigilant protection are essential to the continuous
productivity and economic utilization of these resources;
WHEREAS, Government efforts in the scientific treatment

of these forests have been invariably inadequate and inappropriate
to cope with the accelerating rate of utilization, resulting in the
increasing hectarage of unproductive forests and eroded lands,
decreasing areas of commercial forests and rising incidence of
damaged water-sheds, ravaged wildlife sanctuaries, and abused
grazing lands;
WHEREAS, if this critical trend continues unabated and

unless forest management, development, and protection methologies
are improved through intensified forest biological and economic
research, it is inevitable that these valuable resources will no longer
be able to meet the increasing demands of the growing population
and the country’s economic development needs;
WHEREAS, the root cause of this situation is the grave

inadequacy of forest research which is the basis for forest
management, development and protection practices;
WHEREAS, the current accelerated wood utilization

research should be properly accompanied by an equally aggressive
forest production and harvesting research in order to attain a
balance necessary for the forest resource to contribute its maximum
share to the economic development of the country;
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WHEREAS, in order to initiate and maintain an effective

research program attuned to the needs of forest management,
production and protection, it is necessary to set up a semi-
autonomous organization free from the administrative complexities
of bureaucratic agencies.

SECTION 1. A Forest Research Institute, hereinafter

referred to as FORI is hereby created in the Department of Natural
Resources to integrate and to conduct forest production and
harvesting researches all over the country in line with national
forestry research program developed by the Philippine Council
for Agricultural Research (PCAR); Provided, That policy-oriented
economic research of the Bureau of Forest Development shall
remain with the said Bureau.
SEC. 2. All forest research functions of the Bureau of

Forest Development, including applicable appropriations, records,
equipment, property and qualified personnel, except the economic
and organization researches being conducted by it for the purposes
of planning, programming and policy formulation, are hereby
transferred to the FORI. In order to avoid jurisdictional conflict in
the conduct of field research the FORI and the Bureau of Forest
Development shall draw up a memorandum of agreement regarding
working arrangements and other conditions as may be necessary to
ensure the smooth operation and implementation of forest research
programs.
SEC. 3. There is hereby created a Board of Trustees,

hereinafter referred to as Board, which shall be the policy-making
and governing body of the FORI, to be composed of:
a. Secretary of Natural Resources ...................... Chairman
b. Director General, Philippine Council

for Agricultural Research ................................ Member
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c. Director, Bureau of Forest Development ........ Member
d. Dean, U.P. College of Forestry ........................ Member
f. President, Philippine Forest

Research Society .............................................. Member
g. Director, Forestry Research Division,

Philippine Council for Agricultural
Research ........................................................... Member
h. Two (2) representatives of the

Forestry Sector who shall be appointed
by the Secretary of Natural Resources,
upon recommendation of the wood
industry association ......................................... Member
SEC. 4. The Board shall meet before the end of each fiscal
year to deliberate and approve the ensuing year’s research and
budgetary programs. It may also meet anytime upon call by the
Chairman to deliberate on urgent matters, including, but not limited
to, the consideration of appointments of personnel, policy changes
and matters requiring immediate attention.
SEC. 5. The Board is hereby authorized to formulate

appropriate rules and regulations governing the operations of FORI,
including the staffing and the remunerations or compensation of its
officers and employees. It is likewise authorized to construct the
necessary research and office buildings and facilities and to acquire
or purchase the necessary site or equipment.
SEC. 6. The Board shall establish, for the efficient and

effective implementation of the research programs of the FORI,
at least five (5) Forest Experiment Stations or Regional Research
Centers the location of which shall be representative of each climatic
type.
SEC. 7. The FORI shall be headed by a Director, who shall

be assisted by an Assistant Director. The Director of the PCAR
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Forestry Research Division shall be the ex-officio Director of the

FORI.
The Assistant Director shall be appointed by the Board and

must have the following qualifications:
a. A natural-born citizen of the Philippines;
b. A holder of at least a Master of Science in Forestry

degree or its equivalent in experience as determined by the Board;
c. Has at least ten (10) years experience in Forestry

research and administration.
SEC. 8. The Director shall be charged with all the

administrative and supervisory functions of the FORI, as well as
the implementation of the policies and programs adopted by the
Board.
SEC. 9. The Director shall, except as otherwise provided for

herein, appoint the officers and employees of the FORI, subject to
the approval of the Board: Provided, that priority shall be given to
qualified personnel of the Bureau of Forest Development.
SEC. 10. The Director may, with the approval of the Board,
create as many divisions and sections in such divisions as may be
necessary. He shall recommend to the Board the establishment
of additional experiment stations or research centers as may be
required in carrying out effectively its research program.
SEC. 11. Aside from general appropriations as may be

provided by law, there shall be collected the amount of P1.00 for
every cubic meter of timber cut for commercial purposes inside public
forests and other forested lands to be used or expended strictly for
forest research under the FORI in accordance with the provisions of
this Decree, and the policies and research and budgetary programs
adopted by the Board. The amount shall be collected by the Bureau
of Forest Development which shall remit to the National Treasury
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its monthly collection to form a Special Fund from which 90%

shall be credited to the account of FORI and 10% to the Bureau
of Forest Development to maintain the latter’s policy-oriented and
economic researches: Provided that the imposition of this amount
shall commence only after Forestry Administrative Order No. 64,
series of 1972, shall have been revoked or superseded by law or
subsequent order.
SEC. 12. The Board shall promulgate such rules, regulations,

definitions and instructions for the effective implementation of the
SEC. 13. Should any of the provisions herein be subsequently

declared unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity or
legality of the other provisions.
SEC. 14. All laws, decrees, orders, rules, and regulations,

or any part thereof which are inconsistent herewith are hereby
revoked or amended accordingly.
SEC. 15. This Decree shall take effect upon approval.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING THE LEYTE SAB-A BASIN DEVELOPMENT

AUTHORITY, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS,

by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, in order:
1. To integrate Government and private sector efforts

and resources for a planned development and balanced growth of
the Sab-A Basin in the Province of Leyte, as proposed in its 1975-
1970 development program, through the combined and harmonized
pursuit of entrepreneurial and social objectives on a self-sustaining
basis;
2. To reclaim swamps, wastelands and drain water-logged

areas to minimize the scourge of schistosomiasis and fasciolasis
both endemic in the area;
3. To develop a food basket within the Province of Leyte

and Region VIII by increasing agricultural productivity; and
4. To provide a model for the development of agricultural

estate,
do hereby decree and order:
ARTICLE I – CREATION, JURISDICTION, PURPOSES AND

POWERS
SECTION 1. Body Corporate Created. For the purpose of

carrying out and effecting the general objectives declared herein,
there is hereby created a body corporate to be known as the Leyte
Sab-A Basin Development Authority, hereinafter referred to as
the Authority, which shall be organized by the President of the
Philippines within three months from the effectivity of this Decree.
The Authority shall execute and exercise all the functions and powers
herein vested, as well as those vested by general law to juridical
persons, in such a manner as will, in its judgment, aid to the fullest
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extent the successful carrying out of the aims and objectives set
forth hereinbelow.
SEC. 2. Territorial Jurisdiction. The territorial jurisdiction

of the Authority shall, without prejudice to established and pre-
existing private propriety rights, encompass all the lands, timber,
vegetation, minerals and waters within the municipalities of Alang-
Alang, Barugo, Palo, San Miguel, Sta. Fe and Babatngon; that
portion of the Municipality of Jaro covering the barrios of Parasan,
Sarisari, Badiang, Villa Paz, Sta. Cruz, Pangi, San Roque, Macanip,
Batog, Alahag, Malobago, Buri Sagoahan, Buenavista, Poblacion,
Olatan, Caglawan and Bukid; and all the forestlands, timberlands,
pasturelands and reforestation areas in the City of Tacloban. The
lands herein embraced shall be referred to as the Basin.
The Director of Lands is hereby directed to demarcate

the meters and bounds of the territorial domain of the Authority
in terms of geodetic longitude and latitude and/or by degrees and
minutes reckoned in relation to a principal meridian traversing
an initial reference point established in the City of Tacloban. This
demarcation and description shall properly segregate all the public
lands and waters within the identified boundaries.
All disposable public lands within the area are hereby

transferred and conveyed to the Authority and title thereto shall
forthwith be issued by the Director of Lands to the Authority
according to law. Additionally, the Authority is granted preventive
jurisdiction over timber and mineral lands within the Basin to
the end that the same may not be disposed of in favor of users or
converted to agricultural, residential, or other purpose incompatible
with their administration as timber or mineral lands, without the
Authority’s prior recommendation and the approval of the President
of the Philippines.
All fees, rentals and charges and revenues derived from the
exploitation, development, conservation and utilization of natural
resources within the area shall pertain to the Authority.
SEC. 3. Principal Office. The Authority shall establish its

principal office within the Basin. It may set up branch offices in
such other places as may be authorized by the Board of Directors.
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SEC. 4. Purposes. The Authority shall have the following

purposes:
a) To undertake and continuously update a comprehensive

survey and inventory of the physical and natural resources, problems
and opportunities in the province of Leyte, more particularly those of
the Sab-A Basin as delineated and described in Section 2, to provide
the officials of the Province of Leyte and managers of the Authority
up-to-date and accurate data and information for the most economic
and socially beneficial development projects of the province and of
the Basin;
b) To provide the manpower capabilities and facilities

by extending the necessary planning, management and technical
assistance to existing and prospective investors in the Basin, the
Province of Leyte or elsewhere;
c) To arrange for and negotiate with the proper bodies

and institutions, whether Governmental or private, domestic or
foreign, and/or directly provide guaranty, venture or debt financing,
technical support, or other form of assistance or service, to any
entity, enterprise or projects organized, operating or habitually
engaged in substantial trade, with or within the Basin;
d) To pass upon all plans, programs and projects within

the Basin proposed by the national, provincial and municipal
governmental agencies, public corporations and private enterprises
where such plans, programs and/or projects are related to the
development of the Basin as envisioned in this Decree. The Authority
shall determine whether such plans, programs and/or projects need
its approval, modification or implementive supervision and where
the Authority makes a decision in this respect, its decision shall be
conclusive and final upon the parties concerned.
e) To engage in all projects and enterprises, whether in

the agricultural, mining, forestry, fishery, commercial, industrial or
service lines: Provided, That such projects or enterprises are located
or doing substantial business in the Basin; for this purpose, whether
by itself or in joint venture or cooperation with private persons
or entities, to organize, finance, invest and operate subsidiary
corporations;
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f) To plan, program and undertake the readjustment,

relocation, resettlement of populations within the Basin as may be
deemed necessary for the attainment of the objectives of this decree.
A suitable relocation site will be developed for the residents thus
displaced;
g) To undertake and/or provide social benefit services, works

and facilities to and for the inhabitants of the Basin, particularly in
the containment of endemic diseases to humans and animals, and
in the creation of opportunities for gainful employment, housing,
education and wholesome recreation for such inhabitants;
h) To dredge and otherwise undertake works on waterways,

irrigate, inundate, dry or fill up natural water basins, and to
undertake reclamation projects, as may be necessary to accomplish
the aims and purposes of the Authority; and
i) To control and regulate the use of lands, rivers,

waterfalls, springs and lakes in the Basin.
SEC. 5. Powers and Functions. The Authority shall have the

following powers and functions;
a) To have perpetual succession in its corporate name;
b) To sue and be sued;
c) To adopt, alter and use a corporate logo, seal and/or

emblem;
d) To adopt, amend and repeal its by-laws;
e) To enter into contracts of any kind and description to

enable it to carry out its purposes and functions under this Decree;
f) To acquire, lease or hold real property and personal

property as it deems necessary or convenient in the successful
prosecution of its business, and may lease, mortgage, sell, alienate,
or otherwise dispose of such personal and real property held by it,
but may not dispose any of its real properties under conditions which
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would limit its development control over the area herein defined;
and/or dispose of its capital assets for delivery or use outside of the
Province of Leyte without the approval of the Governor, or outside
of the Philippines without the approval of the President of the
Philippines;
g) To exercise the power of eminent domain in the name of

the Republic of the Philippines;
h) To adopt and implement measures designed to protect

the life, liberty and properties of persons within the Basin:
Provided, That such measures are approved by the President of the
Philippines;
i) To perform prior screening functions, as a condition

precedent to the approval by any national, provincial or municipal
governmental agency, of any permit, license, lease, franchise or
concession for the operation of any business or the exploitation,
development or utilization of natural resources within the Basin;
j) To arrange and negotiate with the private landowners

within the Basin, for the lease or other use of tracts of land required
for extensive mechanized cultivation by private corporations;
k) To grant loans to farmers’ cooperatives, implementing

development projects previously approved by the Authority, subject
to applicable requirements of law on the matter;
l) To negotiate and enter into management and/

or consulting contracts with local and/or foreign management
consulting firms for the management of the Authority and/or the
planning and implementation of agro-industrial development
projects in the Basin. Moreover, the Authority shall also have the
power to effect advance payment of the stipulated fees;
m) To avail of the expertise of any particular employee,

technician, or group of persons in any bureau, office or department
of the National Government whose services are deemed urgently
needed for the attainment of the goals of the Authority, with the
consent and approval of the department head concerned;
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n) To conduct scientific experiments, investigation and

research to discover economical and practical methods of increasing
agro-industrial production and other related endeavors;
o) To encourage and organize by arranging appropriate

financing schemes, cooperative ventures in agriculture, agri-
business, industry and commerce;
p) To arrange and negotiate on behalf of the Province of

Leyte and for the Republic of the Philippines for local and/or foreign
financing of projects undertaken by the Authority subject to the
approval of the Governor of the province or the President of the
Philippines as the case may be;
q) To engage in agro-industrial and business activities

including the organization and/or financing of rural or cooperative
banks;
r) To make such regulations as are necessary to execute

the powers and functions vested in it by this Decree; and
s) To do such other things as are directly or indirectly

necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of the objectives
of this Decree.
ARTICLE II – CAPITALIZATION, SOURCING AND
APPLICATION OF FUNDS
SEC. 6. Capital Structure. The authority shall have two (2)

capital funds: (I) a Capital fund for Operations; and (II) a capital
fund for Social Services.
a) The authorized Capital Fund for Operations shall be

devoted primarily to the pursuit of profit-making or self liquidating
(i., e. at least “break-even”) projects, and shall be dealt with, accounted
for and liquidated in case of dissolution in the same manner as the
capital stock of an ordinary private commercial corporation. It shall
have a maximum authorized capital of one hundred million pesos
(P100,000,000.00) divided into one million shares with a par value
of one hundred pesos (P100.00) per share.
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b) The Capital Fund for Social Services shall be

administered as a trust for investment, the income from which, but
not the principal, shall be devoted to the financing of social benefits
and/or public services to inhabitants of the area, such as but not
limited to medical, dental and hospitalization services, construction
of civil works and public infrastructure within the Area, free
education and scholarship benefits, athletic and recreation facilities;
and other free services and basic scientific research. The Capital
Fund for Social Services shall be invested in fixed income securities
in the money and capital markets or in the shares of stocks of
corporations which have continuously paid dividends on such shares
during the last preceding three years. The Capital Fund for Social
Services shall consist of funds contributed from sources mentioned
in Section 8. Upon the dissolution of the Authority the remainder of
the trust corpus and its income shall accrue to the General fund of
the Republic of the Philippines.
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SEC. 25. Government Guarantee. The Republic of the

Philippines hereby unconditionally guarantees the payment by the
Authority of both the principal and interest of bonds, debentures,
notes, drafts or such other evidence of indebtedness issued by the
Authority by virtue of this Decree, and shall pay such principal and
interest in the event that the Authority fails to do so. In case the
Authority shall be unable to pay the said principal and interest,
the Secretary of Finance shall pay the amount thereof appropriated
out of any funds in the National Treasury, and thereupon, to the
extent of the amount so paid. The Government of the Republic of
the Philippines shall succeed to all the rights of the holders of such
bonds, debentures, notes, drafts or other evidence of indebtedness.
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ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SEC. 32. Term. The Authority shall exist for a term of fifty
(50) years, subject to extension by the President of the Philippines.
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SEC. 33. Repealing Clause. All acts, decrees, executive

orders, administrative orders, rules and regulations which are
inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed
SEC. 34. Construction of this Decree. If any part or section

of this Decree shall be declared unconstitutional, such declaration
shall not invalidate the other provisions thereof.

immediately.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING A NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE ROLE OF

FILIPINO WOMEN
WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the United Nations

has designated 1975 as International Women’s Year with its central
theme of “Equality, Development and Peace”;
WHEREAS, the United Nations will convene during

International Women’s Year an International Conference in
which, inter alia, will be launched an international action-program
including short and long term measures aimed at achieving the
integration of women as full and equal partners with men in the
total development effort;
WHEREAS, the Government of the Republic of the

Philippines recognizes the significant contribution of Filipino women
as citizens, homemakers, workers, volunteers, as well as their
increasing participation in the development of friendly relations
and cooperation among nations, and the promotion of world peace,
and
WHEREAS, there is a need for a body to review, evaluate

and recommend measures, including priorities, to ensure the full
integration of women for economic, social, and cultural development
at national, regional and international levels and to ensure further
equality between men and women;

the Constitution, do hereby create under the Office of the President
a National Commission on the Role of the Filipino Women. The
membership shall be as follows:
Chairman Mrs. Imelda Romualdez Marcos
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Member:
(1) Members of the Cabinet whose respective departments

directly or indirectly affect the participation of Women in national
development and their integration therein;
(2) The heads of women’s organizations as the President

may designate;
(3) The heads of the different chambers of commerce and

industry.
(4) Representatives of government and private sectors as

the President may designate who would be in a position to help
implement the aims of International Women’s Year;
(5) Others as may be deemed necessary by the

Commission.
The members of the Commission may designate qualified

and competent representatives to act in their stead. The Commission
may create such committee as it may deem necessary to carry out
its functions:
The Commission shall have the following functions:
(1) To advice the President in formulating policies and

implementing programs on increased contribution by women in
(2) To ensure that the gains which Filipino women have

achieved because of Philippine culture and tradition will be
preserved and enhanced in the process of modernization;
(3) To continuously review and evaluate the extent to which

women are integrated in all sectors of economic and social life at all
levels on a basis of equality with men;
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(4) To make recommendations which would guarantee the

enjoyment by women and men of full equality before the law in all
fields where it does not exist;
(5) To prepare a national program for International Women’s

Year which can be implemented throughout the Philippines.

year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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FURTHER AMENDING SECTIONS TWO, TEN AND FIFTEEN OF

AND FIFTY-EIGHT, AS AMENDED, CREATING THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
WHEREAS, there is urgent need for a Special Projects

Service in the Department of Public Highways which shall be
responsible for the management and implementation of all special
projects financed wholly or in part by foreign loans;
WHEREAS, there is likewise urgent need to provide the

Bureau of Construction and Maintenance in the Department of
Public Highways with an Administrative Division and the Bureau
of Equipment with a Spare Parts Division;
WHEREAS, the Secretary of Public Highways has strongly

endorsed the creation of the foregoing offices in order to enable the
Department to cope with its responsibilities and perform its function
with increased effectiveness and efficiency;


amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2. Organization of the Department of Public Highways.

Administrative Service, the Financial and Management Service,
the Project Execution Service and the Special Projects Service; two
bureaus, namely: (a) the Bureau of Construction and Maintenance
and (b) the Bureau of Equipment; and the Regional and District
Offices.
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The Special Projects Service shall be headed by a Director and

assisted by an Assistant Director to be appointed by the President
upon recommendation of the Secretary of Public Highways.”
SEC. 2. The second paragraph of Section 10 of the same

decree, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“The Bureau shall be headed by a Director assisted by an

Assistant Director. It shall be composed of the following divisions:
(a) Design Division, (b) Construction Division, (c) Soils and Materials
Division, (d) Maintenance Division and (e) Administration Division.”
SEC. 3. Section 15 of the same decree, as amended, is hereby

“Sec. 15. Functions and composition of the Bureau of

Equipment. The Bureau of Equipment shall be responsible for
the management and control of all equipment belonging to the
Department, including their repair, maintenance and allocation to
the department field offices. It shall have an Administrative Division,
a Financial and Management Division, a Planning Division, an
Operations Division, Equipment Depots and Area Shops, and a
Spare Parts Division.”
SEC. 4. All laws, decrees, rules and regulations inconsistent

DONE in the City of Manila, this 7th day of January, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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INTEGRATION OF THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS

AND JAILS IN PROVINCES/CITIES NOT COVERED BY
PREVIOUS POLICE INTEGRATION DECREES
WHEREAS, toward the implementation of Section 12,

Article XV of the Constitution of the Philippines, the police and fire
departments and jails in fifty-four provinces and fifty-seven cities
have already been integrated pursuant to Presidential Decrees No.
421, dated March 21, 1974; No. 482, dated June 13, 1974; No. 531,
dated August 8, 1974 and No. 585, dated November 18, 1974;
WHEREAS in order to attain fully the objectives of the

aforesaid Presidential Decrees, it is necessary that the police and
fire departments and jails in the remaining eighteen provinces and
four cities in the country be similarly integrated;

vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree as part
of the law of the land, the following:
SECTION 1. Integration of the police and fire departments

and jails in provinces hereunder enumerated. All laws to the contrary
notwithstanding, the city/municipal police and fire departments
and jails in the following provinces are hereby integrated into law
enforcement units to be known as indicated:
(1) All municipalities of the Province of Batanes, to be

known as the Batanes Integrated Police Force;
(2) All municipalities of the Province of Kalinga-Apayao, to

be known as the Kalinga-Apayao Integrated Police Force;
(3) All municipalities of Mountain Province to be known as

the Mountain Province Integrated Police Force;
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(4) All municipalities of the Province of Ifugao, to be known

as the Ifugao Integrated Police Force.
(5) All municipalities of the Province of Marinduque, to be

known as the Marinduque Integrated Police Force;
(6) All municipalities of the Province of Mindoro Oriental,

to be known as the Mindoro Oriental Integrated Police Force;
(7) All municipalities of the Province of Mindoro Occidental,

to be known as the Mindoro Occidental Integrated Police Force;
(8) All municipalities of the Province of Romblon, to be

known as the Romblon Integrated Police Force;
(9) All municipalities of the Province of Palawan, including

the City of Puerto Princesa, to be known as the Palawan Integrated
Police Force;
(10) All municipalities of the Province of Northern Samar, to

be known as the Northern Samar Integrated Police Force;
(11) All municipalities of the Province of Western Samar,

including the City of Calbayog, to be known as the Western Samar
(12) All municipalities of the Province of Eastern Samar, to

be known as the Eastern Samar Integrated Police Force;
(13) All municipalities of the Province of Maguindanao,

including the City of Cotabato, to be known as the Maguindanao
(14) All municipalities of the Province of Sultan Kudarat, to

be known as the Sultan Kudarat Integrated Police Force;
(15) All municipalities of the Province of North Cotabato, to

be known as the North Cotabato Integrated Police Force;
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(16) All municipalities of the Province of South Cotabato,

including the City of General Santos, to be known as the South
Cotabato Integrated Police Force;
(17) All municipalities of the Province of Sulu, to be known

as the Sulu Integrated Police Force;
(18) All municipalities of the Province of Tawi-tawi, to be

known as the Tawi-tawi Integrated Police Force;

the Batanes Integrated Police Force, the Kalinga-Apayao Integrated
Police Force, the Mountain Province Integrated Police Force, the
Ifugao Integrated Police Force, the Marinduque Integrated Police
Force, the Mindoro Oriental Integrated Police Force, the Mindoro
Occidental Integrated Police Force, the Romblon Integrated Police
Force, the Palawan Integrated Police Force, the Northern Samar
Integrated Police Force, the Western Samar Integrated Police
Force, the Eastern Samar Integrated Police Force, the Maguindanao
Integrated Police Force, the Sultan Kudarat Integrated Police
Force, the North Cotabato Integrated Police Force, the South
Cotabato Integrated Police Force, the Sulu Integrated Police Force
and the Tawi-tawi Integrated Police Force shall be designated by
the Chief of Constabulary from among the officers of the Philippine
Constabulary.

SEC. 4. Operational Control and direction over the Integrated

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and exercise control, direction and supervision through the head
of each of the said Integrated Police Forces; Provided, That such

the power to control and direct the tactical, strategic movements,

in which said power is vested in accordance with existing laws;
disciplinary action; grant/payment of salary and/or allowance,
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property, equipment, facilities and other resources belonging to,
being used by or intended for the several police and fire departments
and jails composing such Integrated Police Forces, including
firearms, motor vehicles, communication and criminal laboratory
facilities, if any, shall be transferred to the administration and
custody of the Philippine Constabulary: Provided, That upon the
effectivity of this Decree but before such transfer, no such personnel,
records, funds, property, equipment, facilities and other resources
shall be transferred or removed or diverted from said police and fire

supervision over the several police and fire departments and jails to
the Philippine Constabulary as herein provided, each of the cities and
municipalities referred to in Section one of this Decree shall allocate
at least eighteen (18%) per centum of its annual gross income as its
contribution for the maintenance of the Integrated Police Force to
which its police and fire departments and jails are integrated. For
purposes of this Decree, the annual gross income herein referred
to shall include all types of income accruing to the general fund of
the city or municipal treasury concerned, but excluding budgetary
aids, subsidies or other contribution from the National Government.
The National Government shall provide subsidies and other types
of fund support to insure a minimum standard salary for the
members thereof and provide for the modernization of their public
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eighteen (18%) for centum of the annual gross income of the cities
and municipalities referred to in the preceding Section 8 hereof for
the support of the Integrated Police Force into which their respective
police and fire departments and jails have been integrated, the sum
of twenty-five million pesos is hereby authorized to be drawn from the
unreleased or unprogrammed appropriation and/or savings of any
government agency for the current fiscal year 1975 to be used solely
by the Philippine Constabulary to support the police integration
activities called for in this Decree: Provided, That the unexpended
balance of this fund at the end of the fiscal year shall be available
and is hereby authorized for expenditure in the succeeding years.


regulations. The Chief of Constabulary shall, with the approval of

Decree or of the rules and regulations promulgated by the Chief of
imprisonment of not less than three (3) years nor more than six (6)
years and/or a fine of not less than 5,000 pesos nor more than 10,000
pesos, at the discretion of the Court.

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SEC. 13. Repealing Clause. The provisions of Republic Act

12-B, dated October 28, 1972; No. 170, dated April 4, 1973 and No.
448, dated May 9, 1974, the provisions the City Charters of the
Cities of Puerto Princesa, Calbayog, General Santos, and Cotabato,

approval.
Done in the City of Manila, this 21st day of January, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE

SYSTEM TO ASSISTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION,
DEVELOPMENT, AND/OR OPERATION OF A NEW
MANILA HOTEL AND DISSOLVING THE EXISTING
MANILA HOTEL COMPANY
WHEREAS, since the advent of the New Society, the

country has experienced an unprecedented growth and expansion
of the tourist industry, and has seen an influx into the Philippines
of tourists, visitors, and businessmen from all parts of the world;
WHEREAS, in addition, Manila has often been chosen the

venue of international conferences and conventions;
WHEREAS, these developments have created a serious

shortage of suitable hotels and related tourist facilities in the
country;
WHEREAS, it has become imperative that additional

hotels and related tourist facilities be provided to accommodate
the projected increases in the volume of tourists, visitors, and
businessmen coming into the country in the future;
WHEREAS, the National Government, cognizant of the

manifold benefits brought about by the continued expansion of
the country’s tourist industry, has made it a matter of national
policy that the government financial institutions, including the
Government Service Insurance System, shall help in the financing
and otherwise in promoting the development and growth of the local
tourist facilities;
WHEREAS, the Manila Hotel is located in one of the best

sites for de-luxe hotels in the country;
WHEREAS, the present Manila Hotel which was constructed

before the war is no longer adequate to provide accommodations
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to tourists, businessmen, and foreign visitors in accordance with

accepted international standards;
WHEREAS, it is more practical and economical to demolish

either partially or wholly the present Manila Hotel building and
to construct a new hotel equipped with facilities and amenities
consistent with international standards;
WHEREAS, the Government Service Insurance System owns

approximately ninety-eight per cent (98%) of the shares of stock of
the Manila Hotel Company, which owns the present building and
part of the land where the Manila Hotel stands;
WHEREAS, the International Monetary Fund and the

International Bank for Reconstruction and Department have selected
Manila as the venue for their annual conference in September,
1976, and a large number of government officials, central bankers
commercial and investment bankers, and other businessmen are
expected to converge in Manila on that occasion, thus making it
a matter of national priority to complete the new Manila Hotel by
that time;
WHEREAS, to give the Government Service Insurance

System full flexibility in accomplishing its assigned task of financing
and otherwise promoting plans for the construction and development
of a new Manila Hotel, the existing Manila Hotel Company should
be dissolved and liquidated, provided that the minority stockholders
shall be adequately compensated for their shares;
WHEREAS, the National Government is the registered

owner of two (2) parcels of land which from an integral part of the
Manila Hotel premises and which, in the opinion of architectural,
engineering, and hotels experts, should be included as an integral
part of the development plans of a new Manila Hotel;
WHEREAS, said two (2) parcels of land as covered by TCT

No. 67398, issued by the Register of Deeds of Manila.
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WHEREAS, the National Government, in consideration

of the assigning the Government Service Insurance System the
task of financing and otherwise promoting the development of the
new Manila Hotel, and in order to consolidate the ownership of
the premises of the Manila Hotel in one party, hereby cedes and
transfers the abovestated parcels of land to the Government Service
Insurance System to augment its Retirement Insurance Fund;
WHEREAS, it is desirable for the Government Service

Insurance System to have full authority to undertake the new
Manila Hotel project under the most suitable legal arrangement,
singly or in partnership with other entities, government or private;

the Constitution, and to assist the Government Service Insurance
System in pursuing its assigned task of financing and otherwise
promoting the development, construction, and operation of a new
Manila Hotel, do hereby order and decree:
SECTION 1. The existing Manila Hotel Company is hereby

dissolved, liquidated, and abolished. For this purpose, the net asset
of the shares of the Manila Hotel Company shall be determined
in accordance with generally accepted accounting and appraisal
principles and procedures, provided that the land owned by the
Manila Hotel Company shall be appraised at its fair market value.
The net asset value so determined shall be the basis by which the
minority stockholders shall be compensated for their shares. For
this purpose, the Manila Hotel Company and/or the Government
Service Insurance System, as the case may be, may hire the services
of private accounting and/or appraisal firms who shall make the
appropriate certification as to the value of assets, liabilities, and net
worth of the Manila Hotel Company.
Should the liquid assets of the Manila Hotel Company not be

sufficient to compensate its minority stockholders, the Government
Service Insurance System is hereby authorized to pay such minority
stockholders from its own funds.
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The records, properties, equipment, assets, rights, and choses

in action of the Manila Hotel Company are hereby transferred to
and vested in the Government Service Insurance System as a return
of its investments in the Manila Hotel Company. The Government
Service Insurance System shall not be liable for any capital gains
tax or any other taxes as a consequence of the liquidation of the
Manila Hotel Company.
Any personnel of the Manila Hotel Company shall be entitled

to a guaranty of one month’s pay for every year of service but not
exceeding one year’s pay if not otherwise entitled to retire under
existing laws. The payment of such gratuities may be paid either
by the Manila Hotel Corporation or by the Government Service
Insurance System, but the latter shall in such an event book the
same as part of its investments on the land of the Manila Hotel
Company transferred hereby.
SEC. 2. The Government Service Insurance System is hereby

authorized and empowered to initiate and pursue plans for the
development, construction, and operation of a new Manila Hotel,
either singly or in partnership with any other entity, government
or private, and for this purpose, the Government Service Insurance
System may form a partially or wholly-owned subsidiary corporation
or corporations as may be necessary to achieve this objectives.
SEC. 3. The Government Service Insurance System,

either directly or through a partially or wholly-owned subsidiary
corporation, existing or to be formed, is hereby authorized to cause
the partial or full demolition of the present Manila Hotel building
and to renovate any portion of the old building, equipped with the
facilities and amenities necessary to make it comfortable with the
best hotels abroad.
SEC. 4. The Government Service Insurance System,

either directly or through a partially or wholly-owned subsidiary
corporation, existing or to be formed, is hereby authorized and
empowered to negotiate and contract for the partial or full
demolition of the present building, the removal or disposal of the
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same, and the construction of the new building or the renovation

of any and all materials, supplies, equipment or machineries, for
the construction and/or improvement of the Manila Hotel; and to
contract for architects, engineers, or firms or persons necessary to
achieve the objectives of this decree.
SEC. 5. The two (2) parcels of land located in the City of

Manila and covered by TCT No. 67398, issued by the register of
Deeds of Manila, and more particularly described as follows:
“1. A PARCEL OF LAND
(Parcel 2-B of the subdivision plan Psd-14000, being a

portion of parcel 2 described in Transfer Certificate of Title No.
9333, LCR RECORD No._____), situated in the District of Ermita,
City of Manila, bounded on the NW, along line 1-2, by Parcel 2A of
the Subdivision plan; on the NE along line 2-3 by property of Manila
Hotel; on the SE along line 3-4 by Parcel 2-D of the subdivision
plan; and on the SW along line 4-1, by Manila Bay . . . containing an
area of five thousand five hundred seventy square meters and fifty
square decimeters (5,570.50) . . . .
“2. A PARCEL OF LAND
(Parcel 2-C of the subdivision plan Psd-14000, being a

portion of parcel 2 described in the Transfer Certificate of Title No.
9333, LRC RECORD No. _____), situated in the District of Ermita,
City of Manila, bounded on the SW along line 1-2, by property of
Manila Hotel; on the NW along line 2-3 and on the NW along 3-4
and on the SE along line 4-1, by Parcel 2-D of the subdivision plan .
. . containing an area of six thousand ninety-two square meters and
ninety decimeters (6,092.90) . . .” which form an integral part of the
premises of the Manila Hotel, are hereby conveyed, transferred, and
ceded to the Government Service Insurance System as additional
contribution of the National Government to augment the actuarial
solvency of the Retirement Insurance Fund administered by the
Government Service Insurance System, in consideration of the
financial and other supports to be extended by the Government
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Service Insurance System in the demolition of part or whole of the

present Manila Hotel building and in the construction, development,
and operation of a new hotel meeting the highest international
standards. The Register of Deeds shall immediately transfer the
title to the aforementioned parcels of land to the Government
Service Insurance System.
SEC. 6. Any provision of law, executive order, rules and

regulations inconsistent with this decree is hereby repealed or
SEC. 7. All concerned are hereby directed to implement this

decree.


BY THE PRESIDENT:
(Sgd.) ROBERT V. REYES

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REQUIRING THE TAKING OF AN INTEGRATED CENSUS OF

POPULATION AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN MAY 1975
WHEREAS, more recent census data on the Philippine

population is required for national, social and economic planning
and for the formulation of national and sectoral policies on
manpower development and utilization, health, education, housing
and population control, etc;
WHEREAS, national censuses are the primary sources of

basic data on population that could adequately meet these needs;
WHEREAS, the last census of the Philippines conducted

on May 6, 1970, would not truly reflect the changes brought about
by recent government programs adopted to accelerate the socio-
economic development of the country;
WHEREAS, to provide economic planners and administrators

with the data needed for national planning and to properly evaluate
the progress made in various fields and measure the impact of non-
going projects of the governments, as well as provide the “barangays”
with the latest data on their population to effect desired changes and
reforms in the social, economic and political structures within their
jurisdiction, a total enumeration of the population is necessary;

President of the Philippines by virtue of the powers vested in me
by the Constitution, do hereby decree that a national census be
undertaken in May 1975, in accordance with the plans drawn by
the National Census and Statistics Office, in coordination with the
National Economic and Development Authority, and such census
shall cover an enumeration of the population and their economic
activities.
SECTION 1. Presidential Census Coordinating Board and

Provincial City and Municipal Census Boards. - For the systematic
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coordination of government agencies and instrumentalities involved

in the conduct of the 1975 Integrated Census of Population and
Economic Activities, a Presidential Census Coordinating Board to
be composed of the following, is hereby created:
The Executive Secretary Chairman
The Director General of the National

Economic and Development Authority Vice-Chairman
The Secretary of National Defense Member
The Secretary of Labor Member
The Secretary of Education and Culture Member
The Secretary of Public Works,

Transportation & Communications Member
The Secretary of Department of

Public Highways Member
The Secretary of Agriculture Member
The Secretary of Natural Resources Member
The Secretary of Local Government

and Community Development Member
The Board shall issue such rules and regulations as may be

necessary to successfully carry out this national undertaking.
As a counterpart of the Presidential Census Coordinating

Board at the local government level, there shall be established a
Provincial, City or Municipal Census Board in each province, city
and municipality, as the case may be, which shall provide such
facilities and assistance as shall, be required by the National
Census and Statistics Office. The Provincial Census Board shall be
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composed of the Provincial Governor, as Chairman, and the Division

Superintendent of Schools, Senior District Highway Engineer,
PC Provincial Commander, Provincial Development Officer and
the Provincial Agriculturist, as members. The City Census Board
shall be composed of the City Mayor, as Chairman, and the City
Superintendent of Schools, City Engineer and the City Development
Officer, as members. The Municipal Census Board shall be composed
of the Municipal Mayor, as Chairman, and the Supervisor/Principal
Teacher, Municipal Agriculturist, and the Municipal Development
Officer, as members.
The Executive Officer of the Presidential Census Coordinating

Board shall be the Executive Director of the National Census and
Statistics Office while that of the local board shall be the Provincial
Census Officer for provinces and the Municipal Census Officer/
Census Assistant or the City/Municipal Census Supervisor for cities
and municipalities.
The Boards may call upon any department, bureau, office,

agency or instrumentality of the government for any assistance in
the performance of their functions.
SEC. 2. Census Day. - The first day of May, 1975 is hereby

designated as Census Day from which date the census field
enumeration shall commerce and continue until every individual
in the country shall have been enumerated. The collection of data
will be by enumeration and the respondent shall be the head or any
responsible member of the household.
SEC. 3. Participation of various government agencies and

instrumentalities. - All heads of departments, bureaus, offices and
agencies of the government, government-owned and controlled
corporations, and provincial, city and municipal officials, including
the barangay chairman, are hereby enjoined to organize seminars,
meetings and open forums on the forthcoming nationwide census
operation and to make available their facilities as well as the services
of such personnel as may hereafter be requested or requisitioned by
the National Census and Statistics Office to insure the success of
the census.
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SEC. 4. Enumeration personnel and government employees

drafted for census work. - Whenever feasible, public school teachers
and college students under the Youth Civic Action Program (YCAP)
shall be utilized for enumeration work; in which case a public school
teacher shall be paid an honorarium not to exceed P150.00 plus
service credits equivalent to the number of days engaged in census
work; a college student shall be given an allowance not to exceed
P100.00 for services as census enumerator; government employees
whose services are drafted for census work shall be entitled to
such allowances as shall be prescribed by the President Census
Coordinating Board, payable from census funds.
SEC. 5. Population count. - Before the end of 1975, a

count of the population by province, municipality, and barangay
shall be published by the National Census and Statistics Office,
which population count, upon proclamation by the President of
the Philippines, shall be considered official for all purposes, until
the final count has been determined from the processed census
returns.
SEC. 6. Confidentiality of census data. - Data furnished the

National Census and Statistics Office shall not be used as evidence
in any court or public officer, either as evidence for or against any
individual; nor shall such data be divulged to any person except to
authorized employees of the National Census and Statistics Office,
acting in the performance of their duties; nor shall such data be
published except in the form of summaries or statistical tables
in which no reference to an individual shall appear. Any person
violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of
not more than five hundred pesos or by imprisonment for not more
than six months, or by both.
SEC. 7. Punishable acts. - Any person who refuses access to

his premises of duly appointed census enumerators; or refuses to the
interviewed, or fails or refuses to furnish the information called for
in the census questionnaire; or knowingly gives data or information
which shall prove to be materially untrue in any particular shall,
upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred
pesos or by imprisonment of not more than six months, or by both.
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SEC. 8. Cooperation of the mass media and the general public.

- The cooperation of the various types of media in giving the 1975
census as wide a publicity as possible to promote the attainment of
this Decree is enjoined, FURTHER; The general public is enjoined
to give true and accurate information to census enumerators to
insure the reliability of the data collected.
SEC. 9. Appropriation. - the Commissioner of the Budget

shall provide the National Census and Statistics Office with the
amount of NINETEEN MILLION PESOS (P19,000,000.00) or so
much thereof as is necessary to undertake the 1975 Integrated
Census of Population and Economic Activities, including the
processing, tabulation and publication of the census results in
pursuance to Sec. 3, paragraph 38 of Presidential Decree No. 503.
SEC. 10. Repealing clause. - All laws and executive orders,

or parts thereof, contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of
this Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
SEC. 11. Effectivity. - This decree shall take effect and be

implemented immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 31st day of January in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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EXTENDING THE CORPORATE LIFE OF THE NATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT COMPANY FOR ANOTHER TWENTY-
FIVE (25) YEARS AND INCREASING ITS AUTHORIZED
CAPITAL TO TWO HUNDRED MILLION PESOS, WITH
ADDITIONAL POWERS
WHEREAS, NDC was originally created under

Commonwealth Act No. 182 as amended by Commonwealth Act No.
311, to exist for a period of fifty (50) years from the approval of
the Act on January 9, 1938, with a capitalization of P50 Million
divided into 500,000 shares of stock with a par value of P100.00
each, 51% of said capital to be subscribed by the Government of
the Commonwealth of the Philippines, and the remainder thereof to
be offered to the Provincial, Municipal and City Government of the
Philippines;
WHEREAS, the Commonwealth Act No. 182 as amended

by Commonwealth Act No. 311, is further amended by Executive
Order No. 399 of the President of the Philippines dated January
5, 1951, otherwise known as the Uniform Charter for Government
Corporations including the National Development Company,
whereby NDC shall exist for a period of twenty-five (25) years from
the effectivity of the said Executive Order on January 5, 1951, and
the corporate life of the NDC to terminate on January 5, 1976;
WHEREAS, the NDC is empowered to engage in commercial,

industrial, mining, agricultural and other enterprises which are
necessary or contributory to the economic development of the
country and important public interest, to hold public agriculture
lands and mineral lands in excess of the area permitted in a public
corporation, and to organize subsidiary companies over which it has
control over them;
WHEREAS, by virtue of the said Charter, NDC has entered

into agreement for the sale of land to the landless, growing of pineapple
and other crops with the Dole Philippines, Inc. and Philippine
Packing Corporation, and has invested in private sectors, such as
the Manila Gas Corporation, Republic Telephone Company, Resort
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Hotels Corporation, Royal Industries of the Philippines, Philippine

Electrical Manufacturing Company, Philippine Communication
Satellite Corporation, Gomez Cellulose International, Inc., Crowntex
Corporation, and the Industrial Estate Corporation, the period of
contractual relations of which is beyond the corporate life of the
National Development Company, under Executive Order No. 399
abovementioned;
WHEREAS, it is of paramount importance that the corporate

life of the NDC be extended for another period of twenty-five (25) years
from January 5, 1976; since the NDC is a principal instrumentality
of the Government in the furtherance of its economic policies as
evidenced by its past and present investments in different economic
ventures in which private capital was timid to undertake as in the
survey of petroleum and mineral deposits, generation of electric
power, manufacture of cement, coal mining, abaca and ramie fiber
processing, manufacture of textile and yarns, development of marble
quarries, sugar refining, meat and fish canning, airlines, acquisition
and operation of oceangoing vessels, paper mills, manufacture of
electric lamps and bulbs, production of gas fuel, nail manufacture,
warehousing, shoe-making, land distribution, pineapple growing,
etc.;
WHEREAS, the capital of the National Development

Company has been subscribed by the National Government as an
implementing arm of its economic policies; and it is necessary that
the National Development Company be placed under the Office of
the President;
WHEREAS, the remaining capital stock of the National

Development Company was not subscribed by any provincial,
municipal, and city governments of the Philippines pursuant to said
law and the National Development Company has been operating
under a meager subscribed capital stock of P29 Million more or
less and on loans from the Treasurer of the Philippines and other
banking institutions with interests; and
WHEREAS, in the expansion of activity of the economic arm

of the government and the furtherance of its economic policy the
National Development Company needs more lands in the exercise
of its power to engage in agricultural enterprises.
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President

of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in
me by the Constitution, in order to ensure the economic development
of the country particularly in the agricultural enterprises, and the
security of the existing contracts of the NDC with private parties
as an implementation of the purpose or purposes for which it was
created, hereby order and decree that Commonwealth Act No. 182,
as amended by Commonwealth Act No. 311 and Executive Order
No. 399, be amended such that the corporate life of the National
Development Company is hereby extended for another twenty-
five (25) years from January 5, 1976; that the authorized capital
of the corporation is hereby increased to Two Hundred Million
Pesos, the amount to be subscribed by the National Government
to carry out the purposes and objectives for which it was created as
the principal instrumentality of the Government in the furtherance
of its economic policies; and, it being an implementing arm in
the furtherance of the economic policies of the Government, the
National Development Company shall be directly under the Office
of the President of the Republic of the Philippines; and it is further
decreed that in addition to its existing powers and duties, the
National Development Company is further authorized to acquire,
hold, develop and dispose all lands acquired by Americans under
the Parity amendment before the termination on July 3, 1974 of
their right to acquire such lands.
Done in the City of Manila, this 7th day of March, on the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING THE PHILIPPINE HEART CENTER FOR ASIA
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the State to secure the well-

being of the people by providing them specialized health services;
WHEREAS, the incidence of heart disease in the country

and elsewhere has become prevalent, causing economic dislocation
and curtailing the enjoyment of normal active and productive life;
WHEREAS, it is imperative that specialized medical

services should be provided for those suffering from heart and allied
diseases; and
WHEREAS, it is the concern of Government to assist and

provide material and financial support in the establishment and
maintenance of a Philippine Heart Center for Asia, primarily to
benefit the people of the Philippines, and further enhance the noble
undertaking of research in heart and allied diseases, particularly
those affecting the people of Asia; of training of medical and technical
personnel therefor; and of rendering specialized medical services for
the prevention and treatment of heart and allied diseases;

SECTION 1. Creation of the Philippine Heart Center; Board

of Trustees. – There is hereby created a trust, for the benefit primarily
of the Filipino people, under the name and style of “Philippine Heart
Center for Asia” hereinafter referred to as the Philippine Heart
Center.
The Philippine Heart Center shall be administered by a

Board of Trustees, composed of seven (7) members, to be appointed
by the President of the Philippines. The Director of the Center shall
appointed by the Board of Trustees.
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The six appointive members of the Board of Trustees shall

serve without compensation for a period of four (4) years and until
their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. Any
vacancy in the Board shall be filled by appointment by the President
of the Philippines, and the appointee shall serve for the unexpired
term. The Board of Trustees of the Philippine Heart Center shall
elect a Chairman from among themselves, who shall be presiding
officer of the Board of Trustees.
The Director of the Philippine Heart Center shall serve as

Vice-Chairman of the Board. The Director shall act as the chief
executive officer of the Philippine Heart Center, with authority,
among others, to appoint, remove, and fix the compensation of the
personnel thereof, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees.
Four (4) members of the Board of Trustees shall constitute a

quorum transact business and any decision of such four members on
any matter duly presented to the Board of Trustees shall constitute
a valid and binding act of the Philippine Heart Center.
SEC. 2. Government contributions. The Government shall

constitute the necessary land, building, equipment and facilities, to
the Philippine Heart Center, and shall pay such obligations for real,
personal and mixed properties arising from such undertaking under
a deferred payment arrangement within 5 years, at a preferred rate
of interest.
SEC. 3. Property of the Center. The Property of the Philippine

Heart Center shall consist of such real, personal, mixed, and other
type of property, now owned or reserve for, or may hereafter be
given, donated, acquired, transferred or conveyed to, the Philippine
Heart Center by the Philippine Government, its branches and
instrumentalities, any foreign government, as well as by trust,
foundations, corporations, or persons, alien or domestic, in order to
carry out its purposes and objectives as set forth herein.
SEC. 4. Purposes and objectives. – The purposes and

objectives of the Philippine Heart Center are:
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1. To construct, establish, operate and maintain a

heart center for the public welfare, including a specialized heart
hospital;
2. To promote, encourage and engage in scientific research

on the prevention of cardio-vascular diseases and the care and/
or treatment of heart patients and related activities, including
sponsorship and conduct of relevant congresses, conventions,
seminars, and conferences;
3. To stimulate and/or underwrite scientific researches on

the biological,, demographic, social, economic, eugenic, physiological
aspects of cardio-vascular disorders and abnormalities and their
control; and gather, compile, and publish the findings of such
researches for public dissemination;
4. To facilitate and encourage the dissemination and

exchange of ideas and information on the prevention, treatment
and control of heart diseases, to arouse, enhance and develop public
interest on heart consciousness or awareness, general health and
physical fitness, especially on human cardio-vascular requirements
and other relevant or related fields;
5. To encourage and/or undertake the training of

physicians, nurses, medical technicians, health officers and social
workers on the practical and scientific conduct and implementation
of cardiac services, and related activities;
6. To assist universities, hospitals and research institutions

in their studies of cardio-vascular anomalies, to encourage advanced
training on matters of, or affecting the heart, and related fields and
to support educational programs of value to general health;
7. To encourage the formation of other organization on

the national, provincial, city, municipal or barangay level and to
coordinate their various efforts and activities for the purpose of
achieving a more effective programmatic approach on the common
problems relative to the objectives herein enumerated; and
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8. To extend medical and cardiological services to the

general public, to help prevent, relieve or alleviate the inumerable
cardio-vascular afflictions and maladies of the people specially the
poor and less fortunate in life, without regard to race, creed, color or
political belief.
SEC. 5. Powers. – For the attainment and/or furtherance of

the above purposes and objectives, the Philippine Heart Center, as
a body corporate, acting through its Board of Trustees, shall have
all the powers pertaining to a juridical person, and is therefore
authorized, among other things:
1. To acquire and hold in any property of whatever nature

or description, and to dispose of such property under any mode of
encumbrance or conveyance;
2. To contract and be contracted with;
3. To mortgage, lease, sell, transfer, convey or otherwise

dispose of its properties;
4. To solicit and receive donations, endowments and funds

in the form of contributions, whether in cash or in kind, from both
the public and private sectors;
5. To open such accounts in banks and other financial

institutions, and to disburse such funds or invest the same as the
Board may direct to accomplish or advance the purposes or interest
of the Philippine Heart Center;
6. To invite foreign heart specialists and similar experts

in the various medical fields to train the personnel or trainees or
residents of the Philippine Heart Center;
7. To send the personnel of the Philippine Heart Center to

research institutes, medical institutes or universities for advance
training or observation and to attend international or regional
conventions, conferences, congresses, seminars as the Board may
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deem necessary to accomplish the purposes and objectives of the

Philippine Heart Center;
8. To adopt a set of by-laws, rules and regulations not

inconsistent with law and the provisions hereof to govern the
administration and operation of the affairs of the Philippine Heart
Center; and
9. To do all such other acts and things as are or may be

necessary or incidental for the accomplishment of the purposes and
objectives of the Philippine Heart Center.
SEC. 6. Tax exemptions, etc. – All donations, contributions

or endowments which may be made by entities or persons to the
Philippine Heart Center shall be exempt from income and gift
taxes, and the same shall be further deductible in full for purposes
of computing the maximum amount deductible under Section
30, paragraph (h), of the National Internal Revenue Code, as
amended.
The Philippine Heart Center shall be exempt from the

payment of all taxes, charges and fees imposed by the Government
or any political subdivision or instrumentality thereof for a period
of ten years.
All income earned by foreign doctors who shall use the

facilities of the Center shall be tax exempt for a period of ten years
from the date of issuance hereof.
SEC. 7. Assistance from government offices, etc. – The

Philippine Heart Center may call upon any department, bureau,
office, agency or instrumentality of the Government, including
government-owned or controlled corporations, for such assistance
as it may need in the pursuit of its purposes and objectives.
All individuals, entities and institutions are hereby enjoined

to render full assistance and corporation to the Philippine Heart
Center in the accomplishment of its objectives and activities.
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SEC. 8. Government contribution. – The amount of P10,000,000

is hereby appropriated as contributions of the National Government
for the initial operations and maintenance of the Philippine Heart
Center. Thereafter, the necessary amount to support the continued
operation and maintenance of the Philippine Heart Center shall be
appropriated and released, subject to the approval of the President
of the Philippines.
SEC. 9. Auditing. – The books and accounts of the Philippine

Heart Center shall be subject to periodic auditing by the Chairman
of the Commission on Audit, or his duly authorized representative.
SEC. 10. Annual report. – The Philippine Heart Center shall

render to the President of the Philippines an annual report of its
activities and recommendations.
SEC. 11 Effect of dissolution of the Center. – If, for any reason,

the Philippine Heart Center is dissolved, its property remaining at
the time of such dissolution shall revert to the Philippine Government
for disposition in accordance with law.

immediately.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING THE “FARM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION”

PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND ACTIVITIES PROVIDING
FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, it is the desired goal of the government to

hasten rural development and to provide substantial opportunities
to Filipino farmers to attain economic well-being and lead a dignified
life;
WHEREAS, in the pursuit of this desire, the government

shall pool the collective efforts of the public and private sectors
in order to effect the necessary changes and reforms in the social,
economic and political structures of our society;
WHEREAS, there is an imperative need to increase food

production in order to cope with the demand by an expanding
population;
WHEREAS, the government is cognizant of the role the

farmers play in the process of modernizing the agricultural sector;

vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree, order and make
as part of the law of the land the following:
Chapter I
Title, Purpose and Definitions
SECTION 1. Title. – This Decree shall be referred to as

the “THE FARM SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
DECREE”.
SEC. 2. Policy/Purpose. – The commitment of the farmers

to participate in the efforts to improve farming, processing and
marketing methods is vital in the process of increasing food
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production and hastening rural development. It is hereby declared

to be the policy of the State to pursue and foster in an orderly and
expeditious manner, the attainment of this objective.
For this purpose, the FSDC shall promote the organization

and assist all irrigation associations and other farm-based related
entities which are willing to pursue diligently the above purpose.
To become effectively established and operationally stable,

the irrigation association, and other farm-related entities shall
be given every tenable support and assistance by the national
government, its instrumentalities and agencies to the fullest extent
of which they are capable. Being by their nature substantially self-
regulating and Congress having by the enactment of this Decree, they
should be subject to minimal regulations by other administrative
agencies in all phases of their organization and operation requiring
and justifying regulation, in order to further encourage and promote
their development.
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Chapter II
The Farm Systems Development Corporation
SEC. 4. FSDC Authorities, Powers and Directives. – The

FSDC is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to promote
the organization of, and assist farmer-associations particularly
irrigation associations to the end of achieving the objectives of
hastening rural development, and for such purpose it is hereby,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in addition
to their authorization, powers and directives established by this
Decree, specifically authorized, empowered and directed:
a) to have a continuous succession under its corporate

name otherwise provided by law;
b) to prescribe and thereafter to amend and repeal its By-

laws not inconsistent with this Decree;
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c) to adopt and use a seal and alter it at its pleasure;
d) to sue and be sued;
e) to make contract of every name and nature and to

execute all instruments necessary or convenient for the carrying on
of its business;
f) to make loans to irrigation or related associations for the

construction or acquisition, operation and maintenance of irrigation
systems and all related farm properties such as equipment,
machinery, fixtures and materials. And thereafter, to make loans
for the restoration, improvement or enlargement of such facilities;
g) to assist irrigation-based associations and coordinate

with government agencies and corporations having related functions
and purposes in planning, developing, establishing, operating,
maintaining, repairing and renovating association’s facilities and
systems;
h) to prepare feasibility studies, engineering plans

for integrating farm-based systems development including the
procurement of modern and improved facilities, devices and
accessory equipment;
i) to provide managerial or administrative expertise

including the rendering of professional training services for
association’s staff and employee development;
j) to cooperate, coordinate and exchange such information,

studies and reports with and to seek such cooperation and
coordination from other departments, agencies and instrumentalities
of the National Government including the National Irrigation
Administration (NIA), the National Grains Authority (NGA), the
National Electrification Administration (NEA), the Development
Academy of the Philippines (DAP), and the National Power
Corporation (NPC), as will most effectively conduce to the
achievement of the purposes of this Decree;
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k) to borrow funds from any source, private or government,

foreign or domestic, and to issue bonds or other evidence of
indebtedness;
l) to appoint, through its Board of Administrators, such

officers and employees as are not otherwise provided in this Decree,
to define their duties, fix their compensation, and require bonds of
them;
m) to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, real and personal

properties as may be required, advisable or desirable for the proper
conduct of its business;
n) to prescribe rules and regulations in which its general

business may be conducted as well as to fix and implement terms
and conditions of loans for irrigation and related activities;
o) to establish branch offices;
p) to invest its funds or other assets in such undertaking

as it may deem wise or necessary to carry out its purposes and
objectives;
q) to report to the President at least annually, not later

than June 30, and when the same comes into existence, the Prime
Minister and the National Assembly on the status of its operation
in the Philippines including a comprehensive reporting of loans
made advanced, loans secured from other sources and the advance
thereof, the names and locations of the borrowers, the number of
farmers receiving service as a result of such loans;
r) to do and perform any other acts and things, and to have

and exercise any other powers with may be necessary, incidental
or appropriate to accomplish the purpose for which the FSDC is
organized.
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SEC. 15. Supervision. – The FSDC shall be under the direct

supervision of the Office of the President for the purposes of policy
direction and coordination.
Chapter III
Transitory Provisions
SEC. 16. Transitory Provision. – The properties, rights,

assets, choses inaction, obligation, liabilities, records and contracts
of the Barrio Irrigators’ Service Association (BISA) Program, now
under the joint sponsorship of NEA, NIA, PDAP, and DAP, shall be
transferred to the Corporation.
SEC. 17. Repealing Clause. – All laws, executive orders,

administrative rules and regulations inconsistent with the foregoing
provisions are hereby repealed or accordingly modified.

are hereby declared separable, and if any provision of the Decree is
held invalid or unconstitutional the remainder thereof shall not be
affected.
SEC 19. Effectivity. – This Decree shall take effect

immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 4th day of April, in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES DEVELOPMENT

ADMINISTRATION AND ABOLISHING THE COMMISSION
ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION, THE MINDANAO
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, THE PRESIDENTIAL
TASK FORCE FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION AND
DEVELOPMENT OF MINDANAO, AND THE SPECIAL
PROGRAM OF ASSISTANCE FOR THE REHABILITATION
OF EVACUEES (SPARE), APPROPRIATING FUNDS
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the Government to foster and

accelerate the balanced growth of the Mindanao, Sulu archipelago
and Palawan for the national economic, social and political
stability;
WHEREAS, surveys and studies indicate a pressing need to

accelerate the socio-economic growth and development of the region
to make it more responsive to the national plans and policies within
the context of national solidarity with the leadership, support and
total commitment of the government;
WHEREAS, it is further recognized that, ultimately,

sustained development of the region will rely heavily on the
capabilities of the people of the area to participate in the total
effort in undertaking integrated development projects under one
authoritative agency;

of the land, the creation of the Southern Philippines Development
Administration as follows:
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. – It is hereby declared the

policy of the Government to foster and accelerate the balanced growth
of Mindanao, Sulu archipelago and Palawan, within the context of
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national plans and policies, by the activation of mass participation

in the processes of development to be exercised through a unified
responsive agency; democratization of opportunity for improvement
and maximization of benefits in the utilization and allocation of all
resources that may be available.
SEC. 2. Creation of the Southern Philippines Development

Administration. – There is hereby created a body corporate to be
known as the Southern Philippines Development Administration,
hereinafter referred to as the “Administration” which shall
be governed by the provisions of this Decree. Generally, the
Administration shall be the agency of the government which shall be
responsible for the initiation and/or implementation of development
projects in such areas or fields where other government offices
have not taken action or have failed to take effective positive action
under such arrangements as may be agreed upon between the
office or agency concerned and the Administration. Pending such
arrangement or in case of conflict, the Administration may proceed
to undertake the project subject to prior approval of the President of
the Philippines upon recommendation of the NEDA.
The Administration shall exercise the powers and functions

provided in this Decree in close coordination with the Regional
Development offices of the National Economic and Development
Authority and of the different Executive Departments for the
alignment and integration of its programs and projects with the
national development plans. For this purpose, the Administration
shall coordinate with NEDA for policy formulation.
SEC. 3. Principal Office; Term. – The principal office of the

Administration shall be in Davao City. It may, however, establish
such branches, subsidiaries, offices or agencies as it may deem
proper and necessary for the attainment of the objectives of this
Decree. The Administration shall have a term of fifty years from
the issuance hereof, renewable for the same period unless otherwise
provided by law.
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SEC. 4. Purposes. – The Administration shall have the

purposes and objectives given as follows:
a) Promote the development of Mindanao, Sulu archipelago

and Palawan by initiating and/or undertaking by itself or otherwise,
development and/or business projects in social and/or economic
fields whether in agriculture, power, infrastructure, education,
energy, public utilities, housing, land development, manufacturing,
exploration and/or utilization of natural resources and other fields
or projects;
b) Generate and encourages mass active participation

and cooperation of the members of national cultural communities
in its activities which shall comprise, among others: manpower
development; provision of material, financial or technical assistance;
and initiation, development and/or implementation of projects
giving preference to cultural community groups, including programs
designed for the immediate return, resettlement and rehabilitation
of evacuees;
c) Initiate and undertake projects for the promotion of

community life through organized social or economic activities and
institutionalized schemes of assistance and incentives; and
d) Make investments in any field as would enhance

the socio-economic development of the region, the uplift of living
standards of the people and their socio-political stability.
SEC. 5. Corporate Powers. – The Administration shall

exercise the powers and perform the functions given as follows:
a) To succeed on its corporate name, with the power of

succession.
b) To sue and be sued in such corporate name.
c) `To adopt, alter and use a corporate seal, which shall be

judicially noticed.
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d) To undertake the programs and projects specified or

envisioned under Section 4 hereof.
e) To make contracts of any kind and description to enable

it to discharge its functions and attain the objectives provided in
this Decree.
f) To adopt, amend and repeal its by-laws.
g) To acquire, lease or hold such personal and real

property as it deems necessary or inconvenient in the transaction of
its business and to lease out, mortgage, sell, alienate or otherwise
dispose any such personal and real property held by it, but not to
sell its properties and products for delivery or use outside of the
Philippines without the approval of the President.
h) To hold, own, possess, lease, convey, mortgage

agricultural lands.
i) To invest its funds as it may deem proper for the

attainment of the objectives of this Decree provided that no funds of
the Administration shall be invested in bonds or securities except
those issued and guaranteed by the government.
j) To exercise the right of eminent domain in the name of

taken in the name of the government to accomplish the aims and
purposes of this Decree.
k) Whenever essential to the proper administration

of its corporate affairs or necessary for the proper transaction of
its business or to carry out the purposes of its organization, to
contract indebtedness and issue bonds subject to the approval of the
President, upon recommendation of the Secretary of Finance.
l) To charge and collect fees, dues, or other charges at

reasonable rates for such services and/or facilities that may be
provided by the Administration.
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m) Determine its own organizational structure and revise

the same as may be necessary for the effective undertaking of its
powers and functions and attainment of its objectives.
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SEC. 17. Abolition of Existing Agencies. The Commission

on National Integration created under RA 1888, the Mindanao
Development Authority created under RA 3034, the Presidential
Task Force for the Reconstruction and Development of Mindanao
created under Executive Order No. 411 and the Special Program
of Assistance for the Rehabilitation of Evacuees (SPARE) created
under Letter of Instruction No. 30, are hereby abolished. All their
appropriations, assets and liabilities as of the date of this Decree
are hereby transferred to the Administration to be effected within
a period of one hundred twenty (120) days after the constitution
of the Board of Directors: Provided, That all the qualified civil
service employees of the Commission on National Integration, the
Mindanao Development Authority, the Presidential Task Force
for the Reconstruction and Development of Mindanao and the
Special Program of Assistance for the Rehabilitation of Evacuees
(SPARE) shall be given preference in filling up open positions in the
Administration.
All outstanding contracts of the Commission on National

Integration, the Mindanao Development Authority, the Presidential
Task Force for the Reconstruction and Development of Mindanao,
and the Special Program of Assistance for the Rehabilitation of
Evacuees (SPARE), with other agencies and/or instrumentalities
of the government or those with private entities are assumed by
the Administration except, that in the case of the Commission on
National Integration, all the latter’s functions pertaining to the
National Cultural Communities located in Luzon and Visayas
under the provisions of RA 1888, as amended, shall be undertaken,
by the Department of Agrarian Reform, and for this purpose the
Department of Agrarian Reform shall establish a division for the
National Cultural Communities.
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SEC. 22. Presidential Supervision. – The Administration

shall be under the direct supervision of the President of the
Philippines.
SEC. 23. Applicability of the Corporation Law. – The

provisions of the Corporation Law as amended, in so far as they
are not inconsistent with this Decree shall be applicable to the
operations of the Administration.
SEC. 24. Separability Clause. – Should any provision of the

decree be held unconstitutional, no other provisions thereof shall be
affected thereby.
SEC. 25. Repealing Clause. – Republic Act Nos. 1888 and

3034, both as amended, Executive Order No. 411, and Letter of
Instruction Nos. 30 and 87, are hereby repealed. All other laws,
decrees, acts, orders, executive orders, rules and regulations or
parts thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby likewise repealed or

immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of April, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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FURTHER AMENDING SECTION TWO OF PRESIDENTIAL

DECREE NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-
EIGHT, AS AMENDED, CREATING THE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
WHEREAS, the construction, rehabilitation, betterment,

improvement and maintenance of rural roads and bridges are of
paramount importance, as they are the traffic generators that
provide the link to the main arteries of transportation from the
rural to the urban areas;
WHEREAS, the speedy and efficient construction,

rehabilitation, betterment, improvement and maintenance or rural
roads and bridges would create better incentive for the people
particularly the farmers to increase their production output, as
they would be assured of an adequate and convenient facilities for
transport and for marketing their products;
WHEREAS, providing the people particularly those in

the rural areas with adequate, safe and convenient facilities in
transporting their products would stabilize and reduce prices of
their commodities and thereby foster economic progress;
WHEREAS, There is at present no specific bureau of office

under the Department of Public Highways, charged with the
responsibility of formulating and developing policies, plans, programs
and standards for the construction, rehabilitation, betterment,
improvement and maintenance of rural roads and bridges, and the
same is being undertaken by different agencies;
WHEREAS, in order to insure a more integrated planning

and programming scheme directed towards the establishment of
an efficient transport system responsive to the attainment of the
economic development goals of the country, it is imperative that a
specialized agency be created for this purpose.
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“SEC. 2. Organization of the Department of Public

Highways. The Department of Public Highways, hereinafter called
the department, shall be composed of a Department Proper made up
Administrative Service, the Financial and Management Service, the
Project Execution Service and the Special Projects Service; three
bureaus, namely: (a) the Bureau of Construction and Maintenance,
(b) the Bureau of Equipment, and (c) the Bureau of Barangay Roads;
and the Regional and District Offices.”
SEC. 2. Functions of the Bureau of Barangay Roads. – The

Bureau shall essentially be a staff bureau performing advisory,
consultative and specialized staff functions, shall coordinate with
respect to the construction, rehabilitation, betterment, improvement
and maintenance of barangay roads and bridges in so far as national
funds are concerned; shall formulate and develop for the Secretary
policies, plans, programs and standards for the construction,
rehabilitation, betterment, improvement and maintenance of
barangay roads and bridges within a province, city, municipality
and barangay.
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SEC. 5. Appropriations. – All national funds appropriated

and programmed by the Department of Public Highways for
the construction, rehabilitation, betterment, improvement and
maintenance of barangay roads and bridges including the shares
of provinces, cities, municipalities and the allocation for the
maintenance of farm-to-market or feeder roads and bridges within a
barangay area, from the Highway Special Fund, shall be released to
the Department of Public Highways which shall then sub-allot them
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to the barangays but construction and maintenance shall be under

the supervision of the Department of Public Highways through the
Bureau of Barangay Roads.
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SEC. 7. All existing laws, rules and regulations inconsistent

with this Decree are hereby modified amended or revoked.
DONE in the city of Manila, this 16th day of May, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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REORGANIZATION PLAN BY RECONSTITUTING THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE
WHEREAS, it is the declared policy of the government to

strengthen the socio-economic development in the field of commercial
activities by vigorous export promotion to generate foreign exchange
and by effective domestic trade and marketing programs;
WHEREAS, with the creation of a separate Department

of Tourism and a Department of Industry, the role and scope of
activities of the Department of Trade necessitate a redefinition;
and
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to realign government

efforts toward export and trade promotion for greater effectiveness.

the constitution, do hereby adopt, approve and make as part of the
law of the land the amendment to the provisions of Part IX of the
Integrated Reorganization Plan by reconstituting the Department
of Trade.
Accordingly, Part IX of the Integrated Reorganization Plan

is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 1. Department proper. – The Department of Trade,

hereinafter referred to in this Decree as the Department, shall be
responsible for the promotion, development, expansion, regulation
and control of foreign and domestic trade and in pursuance of this
responsibility shall be empowered and authorized to issue such
rules and regulations and adopt such measures as to:
(a) consolidate and/or coordinate all functions and efforts

in particular and development of foreign trade in general;
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(b) maintain reasonable allocation/distribution as between

domestic and export market through export retention, export
allocation, export subsidy, pricing, export ban and other schemes
and measures to ensure price stability and supply availabilities of
essential commodities in the local market;
(c) regulate the import of essential consumers and producers’

items a view to enhancing availability at fair and competitive prices
to end-users; and
(d) promote and regulate domestic trade, marketing and

distribution to ensure the rational, economic and steady flow of
commodities from producing and/or marketing centers to areas in
short-supply through the support of centralized buying operations,
terminal markets and large scale and economical distribution
systems organized by the public or private sector.
Authority and responsibility for the Department is vested in

the Secretary of Trade, hereinafter referred to as the Secretary. He
shall be assisted by only one Undersecretary.
The following are created in the Department Proper: (1)

Planning Service; (2) Financial and Management Service; (3)
Administrative Service; and (4) Legal Service.
SEC. 2. Bureau of Domestic Trade. – The Bureau of Domestic

Trade shall, among others, consolidate functions pertaining to local
commerce and the protection of the consuming public.
There are created the following divisions in the Bureau of

Domestic Trade:
(a) Trade Nationalization Division which shall implement

the provisions of Republic Act Numbered One Thousand Three
Hundred Eighteen, Republic Act Numbered One Thousand One
Hundred Eighty and all such laws relating to the regulations of
retail trade and other business in Filipino citizens;
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(b) Domestic Trade Promotion Division which shall

stimulate domestic commerce, establish trade relationship among
businessmen and encourage the organization of merchant groups
among Filipinos engaged in different lines of business;
(c) Brokers Division which shall administer the licensing

of commercial brokers and real estate brokers and appraisers,
excluding brokers for stocks and securities;
(d) Consumer Protection Division which shall administer

the registration of business names, private merchants, and bulk sales
documents; and enforce laws on monopolies and trade and practices
in restraint of trade, mislabeling and product misrepresentation,
other unfair trade practices and consumer protection in general, in
this last regard for which it shall coordinate with the Food and Drug
Administration of the Department of Health; and
(e) Field Operations Divisions which shall extend the

services and functions of the Bureau to the different regions,
provinces and district of the country.
SEC. 3. Bureau of Foreign Trade. – The Bureau of Foreign

Trade shall, among others, consolidate all functions and efforts
pertaining to the promotion of exports in particular and development
of foreign trade in general.
The following divisions are created in the Bureau:
(a) Foreign Trade Promotion Division shall, among others,

conduct researches and studies on the promotion and expansion of
Philippine exports. It shall also provide necessary information to
interested persons and businessmen on foreign trade development
and prospects.
(b) Export Service Coordination Division which shall,

among others, coordinate all activities and functions of government
agencies involved in the processing of export papers. It shall also
update, improve or simplify the administrative procedures involved
in the processing of export papers.
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(c) Foreign Trade Relations Division shall, among others,

deal with Philippine commercial relations with other countries.
It shall gather information on other countries’ economies and
economic and commercial policies and shall encourage Philippine
participation in international trade fairs and expositions.
All commercial attaches shall be appointed by, and placed

under the control of the Secretary and under the supervision of
the Director of the Bureau of Foreign Trade, except when actually
assigned to missions abroad, in which case the provisions of
Paragraph 3, Article IV, Part XVIII of the Integrated Reorganization
Plan shall prevail.
SEC. 4. Securities and Exchange Commission. – The

Securities and Exchange Commission shall, among others, encourage
the formation of partnership and corporate ventures with widely
and publicly held equity, and protect the investing public from
deceptions and frauds in securities marketing.
The following divisions are retained in the Securities and

Exchange Commission:
(a) Stock Brokers and Exchange Division which shall,

among others, handle the regulation of activities of securities,
exchanges, brokers, dealers and their salesmen; and
(b) Examiners and Appraisers Division which shall, among

others, handle the financial and accounting phase of the visitorial
functions of the Commission.
The Legal Enforcement Division is renamed Corporate

Division. It shall, among others, handle the processing of corporation
papers and by-laws, articles of association and partnership
agreements, the registration and licensing of securities, and
investigation of corporations.
The Securities and Exchange Commission shall be converted

into a collegial body composed of a full-time Chairman and two full-
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time members who shall serve for a term of six years for which the
corresponding positions are created. In the initial appointments
of Chairman and members, one shall be appointed to service for
six years, one for four years, and one for two years. The positions
of Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner are hereby abolished:
Provided, That the incumbent Commissioner shall continue to serve
the Commission in accordance with Paragraph 13, Article 1, Chapter
1, Part XXIII of the Integrated Reorganization Plan.
SEC. 5. Philippines Bureau of Products Standards. – The

Bureau of Standards is renamed Philippines Bureau of Products
Standards which shall, among others, be responsible for establishing
standards for commodities, inspection and certification of products
for exports and local distribution, and inspection and certification of
products imported by the country.
SEC. 6. Philippines Patent office. – The Philippines Patent

Office shall, among others, be responsible for the promotion of
scientific research and inventions; and for the protection of owners
of industrial property rights.
In addition to the General Organic Chemistry Division;

Chemical Technology Division; Mechanical Division; Electrical,
Design and Utility Model Examining Division; and the Trademark
Examining Division, the following divisions are created.
(a) Legal Service Division which shall, among others,

render legal advise to the Director of Patents and to hear and decide
inter-parte cases, oppositions, cancellations, interferences, public-
use proceedings and matters dealing with compulsory licensing.
(b) Research and Information Division which shall, among

others, be responsible for the conduct or researches on various
subjects, act as custodian of all scientific and legal books of the
Office and shall perform library service functions, and product and
disseminate information pertaining to office and court decisions on
patent and trademark case.
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SEC. 7. Bureau of Fiber Inspection Service. – The Bureau of

Fiber Inspection Service is renamed Bureau of Fiber Development
and Inspection Service, which shall, among others, be responsible
for the maintenance and enforcement of a uniform standard
classification of abaca and other Philippine fibers intended for
export and for domestic consumption.
SEC. 8. ECAFE UNIT. – The ECAFE Unit is renamed

ESCAP (Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific)
Unit. The ESCAP Unit of the Philippine Committee on ESCAP
matters is retained in the Department and its functions shall
include, among others, to act as liaison agency for securing quick
exchange of information between the ESCAP Secretariat and the
Philippine Government and the various governments in the ESCAP
region and to work for the implementation of resolution or studies
approved or undertaken by the Commission and ESCAP Secretariat,
respectively.
SEC. 9. UNCTAD Unit. – The UNCTAD Unit of the Philippine

Committee on UNCTAD matters is maintained in the Department
and its functions, shall include, among others, to act as liaison
agency in the various areas of economic and trade development
between the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD) and the Philippine Government in the various trade
aspects of international economic cooperation and to undertake
the implementation of resolution and studies recommended and
approved by the inter-agency committee involved.
SEC. 10. Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations

and Agencies attached to the Department of Trade. – The following
agencies are attached to the Department: (a) Philippine Export Credit
Insurance and Guarantee Corporation; (b) Permanent Committee
for the Implementation of the Philippine Indonesian Agreement on
Economic and Technical Cooperation; d) Design Center Philippines;
(e) Metric System Board; (f) Philippine Shipper’s Council; (g)
Cottage Industry Development Council (CIDC); (h) Cottage Industry
Development Enterprise (CIDE); (i) National Cottage Industries
Development Authority (NACIDA); and (j) Nacida Bank.
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SEC. 11. Price Control Council. – The Price Control Council

is renamed Price Stabilization Council and placed under the
administrative supervision of the Department.
SEC. 12. Trade Assistance Centers. – The putting up of trade

assistance centers with an appropriation of four million five hundred
thousand pesos (P4,500,000) under the current Annual General
Appropriation Decree is hereby transferred from the Bureau of
Domestic Trade to the Office of the Secretary. To carry out the
purposes of the trade assistance centers, the sum of two million two
hundred fifty thousand pesos (P2,250,000) is hereby appropriated
for the remainder of Fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventy-five
(1974-1975).
SEC. 13. Personnel. – Except for such technical positions as

the Secretary may recommend to and be approved by the president,
all positions in the Department shall be subject to the provisions of
Civil Service Law and the rules and regulations of the Wage and
Position Classification Office (WAPCO).
SEC. 14. Repeal. – Any and all existing statutes, decree,

rules and regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent herewith are

immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of June, in the year

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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AMENDING THE JUDICIARY ACT BY INCLUDING NEWLY

CREATED PROVINCES IN THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT OF THE COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE,
COMMISSIONING JUDGES THEREFOR AND FIXING
THEIR PERMANENT STATIONS
WHEREAS, pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 302, dated

September 27, 1973, the province of Tawi-Tawi was created out
of certain municipalities which were removed from the territorial
jurisdiction of the province of Sulu;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 341, dated

November 22, 1973, the province of Cotabato was divided into three
provinces known as North Cotabato, Maguindanao and Sultan
Kudarat;
WHEREAS, all the existing three branches of the Court of

First Instance of the undivided province of Sulu are permanently
stationed in the Municipality of Jolo, and none in any of the
municipalities comprising the new province of Tawi-Tawi; and of
the existing four organized branches of the Courts of First Instance
of the undivided province of Cotabato and Cotabato City, three
branches are permanently stationed in Cotabato City and one in
the Municipality of Pagalungan, now within the territory of the new
province of Maguindanao; so that, there is no branch of the Court
of First Instance in any municipality of the new provinces of North
Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat;
WHEREAS, it is necessary that, in each of the aforesaid

newly created provinces without a Court of First Instance, the
same court be established therein for the effective administration
of justice which is essential to the political, social and economic
stability of the province.

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by the Constitution, do hereby decree and order the amendment of

Republic Act No. 296, as amended, otherwise known as the Judiciary
Act of 1948, as follows:
SECTION 1. The last paragraph of Section 49 of Republic

Act No. 296, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as
follows:
“Sec. 49. Judicial Districts. – Judicial districts of Court of

First Instance in the Philippines are constituted as follows:
“The Sixteenth Judicial District of the Provinces of Davao

del Sur, Davao Oriental and Davao del Norte, the City of Davao,
the Provinces of South Cotabato, North Cotabato, Maguindanao,
Sultan Kudarat and the Cities of Cotabato and General Santos, the
Province of Occidental Misamis, the City of Ozamis and Tangub,
the Province of Zamboanga del Sur, the Cities of Zamboanga and
Pagadian, the Province of Basilan and the City of Basilan, the
Province of Sulu and the Province of Tawi-Tawi.”
SEC. 2. The last paragraph of Section 50 of the same Act, is

“Sec. 50. Judges of the First Instance of Judicial Districts. –
“Thirty-six judges shall be commissioned for the Sixteenth

Judicial District. Twelve judges shall preside over the Courts of
First Instance of the Provinces of Davao Oriental and Davao del
Norte, and Davao City, to be known as judges of the first, second,
third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and
twelfth branches thereof; six judges shall preside over the Courts of
First Instance of North Cotabato, Maguindanao and Cotabato City
and Sultan Kudarat, to be known as judges of the first, second, third,
fourth, fifth and sixth branches thereof; two judges shall preside
over the Courts of First Instance of South Cotabato and the City of
General Santos and the Municipality of Koronadal, to be known as
judges of the first and second branches thereof; three judges shall
preside over the Courts of First Instance of Occidental Misamis and
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the Cities of Ozamis and Tangub, to be known as judges of the first,

second and third branches thereof; four judges shall preside over
the Courts of First Instance of Zamboanga del Norte and the Cities
of Dapitan and Dipolog, to be known as judges of the first, second,
third and fourth branches thereof; three judges shall preside over
the Court of First Instance of Zamboanga City; one judge shall
preside over the Court of First Instance of Basilan and Basilan City;
two judges shall preside over the Court of First Instance of Sulu to
be known as judges of the first and second branches thereof; and one
judge shall preside over the Court of First Instance of Tawi-Tawi.”
SEC. 3. The last paragraph of Section 52 of the same Act, as

amended by Section 1 of Presidential Decree No. 204, dated June 5,
1973, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
“For the Sixteenth Judicial District, four judges (Branches

I, II, III and VI) shall be stationed in the City of Davao; two judges
(Branches IV and X) in the Municipality of Mati, Province of Davao
Oriental; two judges (Branches V and VII) in the Municipality of
Digos, Province of Davao del Sur; two judges (Branches VIII and
IX) in the Municipality of Tagum, Province of Davao del Norte;
one judge (Branch XI) in the Municipality of Nabunturan, same
province; one judge (Branch XII) in the Municipality of Baganda,
province of Davao Oriental; two judges (Branches I and II) shall
be stationed in Cotabato City; one judge (Branch VI) in the
Municipality of Maganoy, Province of Maguindanao; two judges
(Branches III and V) in the Municipality of Kidapawan, Province
of North Cotabato; one judge (Branch IV) in the Municipality of
Isulan, Province of Sultan Kudarat; one judge (Branch I) shall be
stationed in the city of General Santos; one judge (Branch II) in the
Municipality of Koronadal, Province of South Cotabato; two judges
(Branches I and III) shall be stationed in the City of Oroquieta; one
judge (Branch II) in the City of Ozamis; three judges (Branches
I, II and III) in the City of Dipolog; one judge (Branch IV) in the
Municipality of Sindangan, Province of Zamboanga del Norte; three
judges in the City of Pagadian; two judges (Branch I and II) in the
City of Zamboanga; one judge in the City of Basilan; two judges
(Branches I and II) in the Municipality of Jolo, Province of Sulu;
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and one judge (Branch III) in the Municipality of Bongao, Province

of Tawi-Tawi.”
SEC. 4. All provisions of existing laws, orders, rules and

regulations, contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this
Done in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of June, in the year

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING ADDITIONAL COURTS IN CERTAIN CITIES AND

MUNICIPALITIES
WHEREAS, there are certain municipal and city courts

whose case loads have increased to such an extent that they are no
longer manageable by the present number of salas therein;
WHEREAS, it will be in the interest of the administration

of justice and in line with the Government’s policy of de-congesting
court dockets to create additional salas where needed;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, by

virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, and in order
to effect the speedy disposition of the cases in our courts, do hereby
order and decree:
SECTION 1. Additional salas are hereby created in the

municipal courts of the following municipalities, namely:
Present Additional Total

Valenzuela, Bulacan 1 1 2
Makati, Rizal 1 3 4
Malabon, Rizal 1 1 2
Marikina, Rizal 1 1 2
Navotas, Rizal 1 1 2
Parañaque, Rizal 1 2 3
Pasig, Rizal 1 3 4
Las Piñas, Rizal 1 1 2
SEC. 2. Additional salas are likewise hereby created in the

city of the following cities, namely:
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Present Additional Total

Bacolod City 3 2 5
Caloocan City 2 2 4
Zamboanga City 1 2 3
Davao City 4 2 6
Quezon City 7 2 9
SEC. 3. The additional courts herein created shall each be

provided with the necessary personnel, equipment and facilities
to enable them to function as soon as the judges therein are
appointed.
SEC. 4. The sum of One million Six Hundred Thousand

Pesos is hereby appropriated out of the general funds in the National
Treasury not otherwise appropriated and the release thereof is
hereby ordered.
SEC.5. All laws or provisions thereof inconsistent herewith

Done in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of June, in the year

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX,
ENTITLED “AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE
NATIONAL RAILWAYS, PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS,
FUNCTIONS, AND DUTIES AND PROVIDING FOR
THE NECESSARY FUNDS FOR THE OPERATIONS”,
AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-
THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX
WHEREAS, under Republic Act Numbered Forty-One

Hundred and Fifty-Six as amended by Republic Act Numbered
Sixty-Three Hundred and Sixty-Six, it was declared as a national
policy that the Philippine National Railways, being a factor for
socio-economic development growth, shall (a) remain in and under
government ownership during its corporate existence; (b) be
administered with the view of serving the best interest of the public;
and (c) while aiming at its greatest utility by the public, the viability
of its operation must be ensured so that the service can be rendered
at the minimum passenger and freight prices possible;
WHEREAS, it has been declared a national policy to give

autonomy to the self-governing boards of government-owned or
controlled corporations in the management and operation of their
respective corporations;
WHEREAS, since transportation plays a vital role in

the prosecution of the national effort for the social and economic
development of the country, there arises an immediate need for the
early completion of the rehabilitation and selective modernization
of the facilities of the Philippine National Railways as provided for
in Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Three Hundred and Sixty-Six;
WHEREAS, in view of the expanded role and participation

of the Philippine National Railways in the total economic and social
development of the country, and of its anticipated major role in the
organization and operation of a centralized and integrated transport
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system in the country, it is imperative that the abandoned line

services be restored, existing line services be expanded and new
lines or services be created;
WHEREAS, in order to facilitate the realization of the

aforementioned declared policies and expeditiously attain the
abovementioned objectives, certain sections of Republic Act
Numbered Forty-One Hundred and Fifty-Six as amended by
Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Three Hundred and Sixty-Six should
be amended.

the Constitution, do hereby amend certain sections of the Charter
of the Philippine National Railways, Republic Act Numbered Forty-
One Hundred and Fifty-Six as amended by Republic Act Numbered
Sixty-Three Hundred and Sixty-Six.
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Republic Act Numbered Forty-

One Hundred and Fifty-Six as amended by Republic Act Numbered
Sixty-Three Hundred and Sixty-Six is hereby amended to read as
follows:
“SEC. 1. Name, Duration and Domicile. A Corporation to

serve as the instrumentality of the Government of the Philippines in
providing a nationwide railroad and transportation system, is hereby
created to be known as the Philippine National Railways, which
shall exist for a term of fifty (50) years from the date of approval of
this Act. It shall have its main office in the City of Manila, and shall
have such branches and agencies within the Philippines as may be
necessary for the proper conduct of its business. This Corporation
shall be under the Office of the President.
SEC. 2. Section 2 of Republic Act Numbered Forty-One

Sixty-Three Hundred and Sixty-Six is hereby further amended to
read as follows:
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“SEC. 2. Purpose and Specific Powers. – The Philippine

National Railways shall have the following purposes and specific
powers:
(a) To acquire and hold the assets of the Manila Railroad

Company of the Philippine Islands, and to succeed to, or acquire,
maintain and operate such grants, concessions, and franchises as
are now held and enjoyed by the said Manila Railroad Company of
the Philippine Islands;
(b) To own or operate railroad trainways, bus lines,

trucklines, subways, and other kinds of land transportation,
vessels, and pipelines, for the purposes of transporting for
consideration, passengers, mail and property between any points in
the Philippines;
(c) As an auxiliary to its main purpose, to own and/or

operate powerhouses, hotels, restaurants, terminals, warehouses,
timber concessions, coal mines, iron and other mining properties
and to manufacture rolling stocks, equipment, tools and other
appliances; to construct and operate in connection with its railroad
lines, toll viaducts, toll tunnels; and
(d) To borrow money and contract loans, credits and

indebtedness from domestic and/or foreign sources for the prosecution
and furtherance of its goals and objectives.
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SEC. 11. Section 15 of Republic Act Numbered Forty-One

Sixty-Three Hundred and Sixty-Six is hereby amended to read as
follows:
“SEC. 15. Exemption from the Public Service Act. – The

Philippine National Railways shall not be subject to the authority
and supervision of the Board of Transportation or any similar
regulatory Body.
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SEC. 12. This Decree, is hereby made part of the laws of the
land and provisions of existing laws, executive and administrative
orders, or parts thereof, in conflict with this Decree are hereby
modified and repealed.
Done in the City Manila, this 3rd day of July, in the year of
Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING THE NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY AND

DISSOLVING THE EXISTING HOUSING AGENCIES,
DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING
WHEREAS, the magnitude of the housing problem of the

country has grown into such proportions that only a purposeful,
determined, organized mass housing development program can
meet the needs of Filipino families for decent dwellings;
WHEREAS, recognizing the urgency of this problem the new

Constitution of the Philippines has provided in Article II, Section
7 that the “State shall establish, maintain, and ensure adequate
social services in the field of * * * housing * * * to guarantee the
enjoyment of the people of a decent standard living”;
WHEREAS, the attainment of this objective is highly

dependent on the conservation and rationalization of urban land use
as the instrument of urban land reform as well as on our ability to
regulate housing financing and construction costs to bring housing
within the reach of the greater number of our people;
WHEREAS, government efforts in housing are now

proliferated among various agencies and there is an urgent need
to concentrate such efforts, resources, functions and activities in a
national housing agency to maximize results;
WHEREAS, the effective implementation of housing

programs will require the widest participation of the private sector
in terms of capital expenditures, land, expertise, and other resources
related to housing construction and land development;

President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me by the
Constitution do hereby order and decree, as part of the law of the
land, the following:
SECTION 1. Housing Program. – Pursuant to the mandate
of the New Constitution, there shall be developed a comprehensive
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and integrated housing program which shall embrace, among

others, housing development and resettlement, sources and schemes
of financing, and delineation of government and private sector
participation. The program shall specify the priorities and targets
in accordance with the integrated national human settlements plan
prepared by the Human Settlements Commission.
In the preparation of said program, the following factors

shall be considered:
(a) The management of urban development to promote the

economic and social well being and physical mobility of the people,
and facilitate industrial growth and dispersal;
(b) The conservation of land for housing development as

well as the regulation of land use to achieve optimum utilization
patterns;
(c) The organization of public private resources into

financial intermediaries to meet the demand for housing, including
provisions for incentives and facilities to broaden the private sector
participation in housing investments; and
(d) The extensive use of building systems, which shall

maximize the use of indigenous materials and reduce building
costs without sacrificing sound engineering and environmental
standards.
SEC. 2. Creation of the National Housing Authority. –

There is hereby created a government corporation to be known
as the National Housing Authority, hereinafter referred to as the
“Authority”, to develop and implement the housing program above-
mentioned. The Authority shall have its principal office in the
Greater Manila area but may have such branch offices, agencies,
or subsidiaries in other areas as it may deem proper and necessary.
The Authority shall be under the Office of the President and shall
exist for fifty (50) years but may be extended.
SEC. 3. Progress and Objectives. – The Authority shall have

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(a) To provide and maintain adequate housing for the

greatest possible number of people;
(b) To undertake housing, development, resettlement or

other activities as would enhance the provision of housing to every
Filipino;
(c) To harness and promote private participation in

housing ventures in terms of capital expenditures, land, expertise,
financing and other facilities for the sustained growth of the housing
industry.
SEC. 4. Capitalization. The Authority shall have an

authorized capital of five hundred million pesos which shall be fully
subscribed by the Republic of the Philippines and paid as follows:
(a) The sum of fifty million pesos upon the approval of

this Decree which is hereby appropriated out of the funds in the
National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, five million pesos of
which shall be released upon the organization of the Authority and
the balances as and when needed;
(b) The sum of fifty million pesos for every subsequent

fiscal year for a period of nine years which must be included in the
general appropriations act: Provided, That the assets and balances
of appropriations transferred to the Authority pursuant to the
provisions of Section 5, hereof, shall not be included in determining
the capital of the Authority as provided in this Section.
SEC. 5. Dissolution of Existing Housing Agencies. –

The People’s Homesite and Housing Corporation (PHHC), the
Presidential Assistant on Housing Resettlement Agency (PAHRA),
the Tondo Foreshore Development Authority (TFDA), the Central
Institute for the Training and Relocation of Urban Squatters
(CITRUS), the Presidential Committee for Housing and Urban
Resettlement (PRECHUR), Sapang Palay Development Committee,
Inter-Agency Task Force to Undertake the Relocation of Families
in Barrio Nabacaan, Villanueva, Misamis Oriental and all other
existing government housing and resettlement agencies, task
forces and ad-hoc committees, are hereby dissolved. Their powers
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and functions, balance of appropriations, records, assets, rights,

and choses in action, are transferred to, vested in, and assumed by
the Authority: Provided, That an inventory and evaluation of the
properties, equipment, assets, rights, choses in action, obligations
and liabilities of the herein dissolved agencies shall be made by the
Commission on Audit: Provided, further, That all urban estates
acquired by the Government, the Department of Agrarian Reform
and the People’s Homesite and Housing Corporation shall be
transferred to the Authority which shall administer, develop and
dispose such estates including the collection of accounts receivables
therein, payment of liabilities thereon and the enforcement of
choses in action pertaining to the same; Provided, Finally, That
the transfers contemplated therein shall be on an estate-to-estate
basis after the corresponding liquidation of such estate have been
accomplished by the agency concerned in accordance with existing
auditing and accounting rules and regulations.
The qualified and necessary personnel of the dissolved

agencies may be transferred to and be absorbed by the Authority:
Provided, That the Board of Directors of the Authority hereinafter
provided, shall make personnel movement on the basis of merit and
fitness in accordance with comprehensive and progressive merit
system to be established by the Authority upon its organization.
The Authority, through its Board, shall effect the transfer

herein provided in a manner that will insure the least disruption of
on-going programs and projects: Provided, That in the period prior
to the actual assumption of duties by the Board and its functioning
as such, all officers and employees of the abolished agencies shall
continue to exercise all their functions and discharge all their duties
and responsibilities until ordered otherwise by the Board of the
Authority.
The financial liabilities or obligations of the dissolved agencies

shall be assumed by the National Government and, for the payment
of such liabilities or obligations, bonds or securities may be issued by
the government in such amounts sufficient to cover said liabilities
or obligations, the proceeds of which are hereby appropriated for the
purpose. Alternatively, said liabilities or obligations may be paid by
direct appropriation which is hereby authorized in such amount as
may be determined by the Commission on Audit.
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SEC. 6. Powers and functions of the Authority. The Authority

shall have the following powers and functions to be exercised by the
Board in accordance with the established national human settlements
plan prepared by the Human Settlements Commission:
(a) Develop and implement the comprehensive and

integrated housing program provided for in Section 1 hereof;
(b) Formulate and enforce general and specific policies for

housing development and resettlement;
(c) Prescribe guidelines and standards for the reservation,

conservation and utilization of public lands identified for housing
and resettlement;
(d) Exercise the right of eminent domain or acquire by

purchase privately owned lands for purposes of housing development,
resettlement and related services and facilities;
(e) Develop and undertake housing development and/or

resettlement projects through joint ventures or other arrangements
with public and private entities;
(f) Issue bonds or contract loans, credits, or indebtedness,

including suppliers credit or any deferred payment arrangements
with any person or entity, domestic or foreign, for the implementation
of its housing programs;
(g) Discharge all responsibilities of the government as

may arise from treaties, agreements, and other commitments on
housing and resettlement to which it is a signatory, including the
determination of forms of assistance for housing development to be
extended through multilateral or bilateral assistance programs;
(h) Promote housing development by providing technical

assistance;
(i) Sue and be sued;
(j) Adopt and use a seal which shall be judicially noticed;
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(k) Enter into contracts whenever necessary under such

(l) Acquire property rights and interests, and encumber or

otherwise dispose the same as it may deem appropriate;
(m) Invest its funds, as it may deem proper, in bonds and

securities issued and guaranteed by the government or by the
Central Bank of the Philippines;
(n) Receive donations, grants, and bequests and utilize the

same for the attainment of its objectives. Such donations, grants and
bequests shall be exempt from the payment of transfer taxes and be
fully deductible from the gross income of the donor or grantor for
income tax purposes;
(o) Adopt its by-laws to supplement this Decree:
(p) Prescribe and enforce guidelines, standards and rules in

the manner provided for in such rules and regulations promulgated
and adopted by the Authority designed to protect home and lot buyers
through the regulation of the real estate trade and business;
(q) Regulate the relationship between owners and lessees of

residential properties in conformity with such rules and regulations
as may be promulgated and adopted by the Authority;
(r) Promulgate, adopt, amend and/or repeal such rules

and regulations necessary to implement the intent and purposes of
this Decree. Such rules and regulations shall be submitted to the
President for his approval. Upon approval, the same shall have the
force and effect of law and shall take effect immediately after their
publication three times a week for two weeks in any newspaper of
general circulation; and
(s) Perform such other acts not inconsistent with this

Decree, as may be necessary to effect the policies and objectives
herein declared.
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SEC. 19. Reports. – The Authority shall submit an annual

report to the President indicating, among others, the housing
program being implemented, the stage of implementation, and the
financial position of the Authority. It shall likewise submit such
periodic or other reports as may be required from time to time.
SEC. 20. Applicability of the Corporation Law. – The

provisions of the Corporation Law, in so far as they are not
inconsistent with the provisions and policies provided in this Decree,
shall be applicable to the Authority.
SEC. 21. Repealing Clause. – Any provision of Law, decree,

executive orders, ordinances, rules and regulations inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.
SEC. 22. Separability Clause. If for any reason any section or

provision of this Decree is declared to be unconstitutional or invalid,
the other sections or provisions hereof, which are not affected
thereby shall continue in full force and effect.

immediately.
of Our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-five.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTITUTION OF THE INTEGRATED

NATIONAL POLICE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree Nos. 421, 482, 531, 585 and

641 have provided for the integration of municipal/city police and
fire departments and jails into law-enforcement units known as the
Metropolitan Police Force in Greater Manila Area and provincial
integrated police forces in the provinces, in order that they may be
cohesively organized, better coordinated and effectively directed;
WHEREAS, these integrated police forces have been placed

under the operational control of the Philippine Constabulary, and
the administrative control over them shall also be vested in the
latter after a transition period as provided for in the aforementioned
Decrees;
WHEREAS, the Philippine Constabulary is the existing

and organized national police force of the country pursuant to
Commonwealth Act No. 343 dated June 23, 1938 and Executive Order
No. 389 dated December 23, 1950; and the Philippine Constabulary
has integrated the said police forces into its operational and
organizational setup in consonance with the abovecited Decrees;
WHEREAS, Section 12, Article XV of the Constitution

provides that the state shall establish and maintain an integrated
national police force whose organization, administration and
operation shall be provided by law;

vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree as part
of the laws of the land the following:
SECTION 1. Constitution of the Integrated National Police. –

There is hereby established and constituted the Integrated National
Police which shall be composed of the Philippine Constabulary as
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the nucleaus, and the integrated police forces as established by

Presidential Decrees Nos. 421, 482, 531, 585 and 641, as components,
under the Department of National Defense.
SEC. 2. Jurisdiction of the Integrated National Police. –

The Integrated National Police shall be responsible for public
safety, protection of lives and properties, enforcement of laws and
maintenance of peace and order within the territorial limits of the
Philippines. It shall have the power to prevent crimes, effect and
arrest of criminal offenders and provide for their detention and
rehabilitation, take necessary measures to prevent and control fires,
investigate the commission of all crimes and offenses and bring the
offenders to justice, and take all necessary steps to insure public
safety.
SEC. 3. Head of the Integrated National Police. – The Head

of the Integrated National Police, to be known as Director-General,
shall be the Chief of Constabulary, and as such, he shall have
command of all elements thereof. He may issue from time to time such
detailed instructions regarding personnel, funds, records, property,
correspondence, and such other matters as may be necessary to
carry out the provisions of this Decree. In the performance of his
functions as Director-General, the Chief of Constabulary shall be
assisted by the Deputy Chiefs of Constabulary, the general staff and
the special, administrative and technical staffs of the Philippine
Constabulary.
SEC. 4. Organization of the Integrated National Police. –

The Chief of Constabulary shall prescribe, subject to the approval
of the Secretary of National Defense, the table of the organization
and equipment, ranks and/or position titles, functions, duties and
powers of the various staffs, services, installations and other units
of the Integrated National Police; Provided, That the different
headquarters of the Philippine Constabulary in the national, zone/
regional and provincial levels shall be the nuclei of the corresponding
headquarters of the Integrated National Police; Provided, further,
That the appropriate offices in the different headquarters, levels
may be jointly staffed by the Constabulary, police, jail and fire
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service officers and personnel so that an integrated police and public

safety services would be effectively discharged.
SEC. 5. The Philippine Constabulary as a Major Service of

the Armed Forces of the Philippines. – The Philippine Constabulary
as presently organized and constituted shall remain and continue to
be a major service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in addition
to its current law-enforcement functions as the principal component
of the Integrated National Police.
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SEC. 7. Authority of the President of the Philippines over the

Integrated National Police. — In the exercise of its power to maintain
peace, law, order and public safety, the Integrated National Police
shall be subject to the command and general supervision of the
President of the Philippines and shall function directly under the
Department of National Defense.
SEC. 8. Transfer of the National Police Commission to the

Department of National Defense. – The National Police Commission,
whose officials and personnel shall be exempt for the operation of
the wage and position classification laws and regulations, is hereby
transferred to the Department of National Defense, whose Secretary
shall concurrently act as Chairman thereof; Provided, That such
transfer shall not involve any diminution in the present salary of
the officials and personnel of the Commission, except for cause as
provided by law.
SEC. 9. Transfer of Administrative Supervision and Control.

– The power of administrative supervision and control by the city
and municipal governments over their respective local police forces,
jails and fire departments as defined under existing laws and
charters, notwithstanding the transition periods provided in the
abovementioned Decrees on integration, shall be transferred to, and
exercised by the Chief of Constabulary as Director-General of the
Integrated National Police; Provided, That the powers and functions
of the National Police Commission in the training of policemen, the
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establishment of the integrated police communication system, the

grant of police salary, subsidy, and the adjudication and grant of
compensation for temporary disability benefits, shall be transferred
to the Integrated National Police, including all appropriate personnel
and staff, records and equipment and other resources appertaining
thereto; Provided, however, That all the powers and functions
presently vested in and exercised by the National Police Commission
which are not otherwise transferred to the Integrated National Police
by this Decree shall remain with and continue to be exercised by the
National Police Commission; Provided, further, That the present
powers and functions of the National Police Commission relating
to the attestation of appointments, examination, investigation,
adjudication and review of police administrative disciplinary cases,
adjudication and grant of compensation for permanent disability
and death benefits, staff inspection and audit, shall extend to the
firemen and jail guards; Provided, finally, That all the present
powers and functions of the National Police Commission over local
police agencies shall extend to the police, fire and jail components of
the Integrated Police, unless otherwise provided herein.
SEC. 10. Jurisdiction of the Hearing Officers, Adjudication

Boards, and Special Appellate Committee of the National Police
Commission. – The jurisdiction of the Hearing Officers of the National
Police Commission to investigate administrative complaints against
members of the police force and their claims for permanent disability
and death benefits, the jurisdiction of the Adjudication Boards to
decide such cases and that of the Special Appellate Committee of
the Commission to review decisions and dismissals rendered by the
Boards, shall likewise embrace firemen and jail guards.
SEC. 11. Power to issue Subpoena/Subpoena Duces Tecum.

– The Chief of Constabulary or the subordinate official he may
authorize, shall have the power to issue subpoena and subpoena
duces tecum in connection with the investigation of cases cognizable
by the Integrated National Police.
SEC. 12. Chief of Constabulary to Promulgate Rules and

Regulations. – The Chief of Constabulary shall, with the approval of
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SEC. 13. Penal Provision. – Any person who obstructs or

interferes with the implementation of this Decree or of the rules
and regulations promulgated by the Chief of Constabulary in
accordance herewith directly or indirectly, upon conviction, shall
suffer imprisonment of not less than three years nor more than six
years and/or a fine of not less than five thousand pesos, but not
more than ten thousand pesos at the discretion of the court.
When the offender is a public officer or employee, he may,

in addition be disqualified from holding public office or employment
for life.
SEC. 14. Provisions of Earlier Decrees on Integration

Applicable. – All provisions of Presidential Decrees Nos. 421, 482,
531, 585, 632, and 641, unless inconsistent herewith, are applicable
to the Integrated National Police.
SEC 15. Repealing Clause. – The provisions of Republic Act

No. 4864, otherwise known as the Police Act of 1966, as amended by
Presidential Decrees No. 1, dated September 22, 1972; No. 12, dated
October 3, 1972; No. 12-A dated October 4, 1972; No. 12-B, dated
October 28, 1972; No. 170 dated April 4, 1973; No. 421, dated March
21, 1974; No. 448, dated May 9, 1974; No. 482, dated June 13, 1974;
No. 531, dated August 8, 1974; No. 580, dated November 13, 1974;
No. 585, dated November 18, 1974; No. 641, dated January 21,
1975; the provisions of the charters of all cities; and the pertinent
provisions of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended, as well
as all other provisions of existing laws, executive orders, rules and
regulations which are inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or
SEC 16. Transitory Clause. – Prior to the promulgation of the

rules and regulations implementing Section 9 hereof by the Chief of
Constabulary as approved by the Secretary of National Defense, the
city and municipal governments shall continue to provide the usual
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funds and logistical support under existing laws to their respective

city and municipal police forces, jails and fire departments, including
the payment of salaries, allowances and benefits to personnel; and
likewise, the National Police Commission shall continue to grant
salary subsidies under existing laws during the interregnum.

approval.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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REORGANIZATION PLAN AS EARLIER AMENDED BY
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 488 WHICH CREATED THE
WHEREAS, Section 1 of Presidential Decree No. 488,

dated June 21, 1974, created a Department of Industry, which
shall be the primary policy, planning, programming, coordinating,
implementing and administrative entity of the executive branch in
the development, expansion and diversification of industry;
WHEREAS, to increase the effectiveness of this new

Department in performing its functions of promoting stability and
growth on the industrial sector, it has become necessary to improve
its basic organizational structure;

the Constitution, do hereby decree the following as part of the law
of the land:

“Sec. 2. Authority and Responsibility. – The authority and

responsibility for the exercise of the powers and discharge of the
functions of the Department shall be vested in the Secretary of
Industry, hereinafter referred to as the Secretary. The Secretary
shall be assisted by two Undersecretaries.
Whenever the Secretary is unable to perform his duties

owing to illness, absence or other cause, or in case of vacancy in
the office, the Undersecretary designated by the President shall
temporarily perform the functions of said office.
SEC. 2. Section 6 of Presidential Decree No. 488 is hereby

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“SEC. 6. Small and Medium Industries Commission. –

There is hereby created in the Department a Commission on
Small and Medium Industries which shall, among others, promote,
assist and develop medium and small-scale industries; undertake
studies, surveys, researchers and technical assistance programs in
connection therewith; coordinate and integrate policies and programs
for technical, financial, marketing, purchasing and promotional
assistance to medium and small-scale industries rendered by the
following government agencies:

Development
2. Department of Trade
3. U.P. Institute of Small-Scale Industries
4. Development Academy of the Philippines
5. National Manpower and Youth Council
6. Central Bank of the Philippines
7. Development Bank of the Philippines
8. NEDA/CB Industries Guarantee Loan Fund
9. National Science Development Board
10. Food Terminal, Inc.
11. Design Center Philippines
The above-named agencies shall nominate one (1)

representative each to the Commission for purchase of coordination,
consultation and liaison. This Commission shall replace the National
Council for Medium and Small-Scale Industries. The Commission
shall be headed by one of the Undersecretaries of the Department.”
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BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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CREATING THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE ON

AGRICULTURAL CREDIT
WHEREAS, the agricultural sector generates employment

for almost half of the entire Filipino population and accounts for
one-third of the gross domestic product;
WHEREAS, further agricultural development is essential

not only for the efficient utilization of available and manpower
resources but for the success of our effort to produce enough food
for our people;
WHEREAS, credit is a crucial key to agricultural

development, as proven by the Masagana 99 program;
WHEREAS, our credit resources are limited and must be

channeled to areas where they are most needed and where they will
generate the greatest social and economic benefits to our farmers;

the Constitution, do hereby order and decree that:
SECTION 1. A Presidential Committee on Agricultural

Credit (PCAC) shall be immediately created with the Governor of
the Central Bank as Chairman, the Secretary of Agriculture as
Vice-Chairman and the following members:
The Director-General National Economic and Development

Authority
The Secretary Department of Local Government and

The Secretary Department of Natural Resources
The Secretary Department of Agrarian Reform

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The President Philippine National Bank
The Chairman of the Board of Governors
Development Bank of the Philippines
The President Land Bank of the Philippines
SEC. 2. The PCAC shall:
(a) Advise all government financial institutions on matters

related to agricultural credit programs;
(b) Review ongoing and proposed agricultural credit

programs, and recommend modifications where necessary;
(c) Ensure coordination in the implementation of

agricultural credit programs, not only among financial institutions,
but also between these institutions and government agencies
involved in the implementation of said programs;
(d) Synchronize credit programs for production with

credit programs for such activities as (1) land development and
improvement, (2) farm mechanization, (3) production and supply of
agricultural inputs, (4) transportation and storage, (5) processing,
(6) marketing, and other related activities;
(e) Establish priorities and set loan ceilings for the purpose
of allocating scarce credit resources;
(f) Exercise the same authority over institutions not

mentioned above but involved in agricultural credit, and whose
funds are derived, even if only partially, from the above-named
institutions.
SEC. 3. A Technical Board for Agricultural Credit (TBAC)

shall be created simultaneously with the PCAC to assist the PCAC
in the implementation of the aforementioned functions. The TBAC
shall have the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank for Bank
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Supervision and Examination as Chairman, and following, or their

respective representatives, as members;
The Undersecretary for Cooperatives
Department of Local Government and Community

Development
The Assistant Secretary Department of Agriculture
The Assistant Secretary Department of Natural Resources
The Assistant Director-General Programs and Projects

Office
National Economic and Development Authority
The Bank Economist and Vice-President Philippine National

Bank
The Executive Director National Food and Agriculture

Council
The Assistant Secretary and Director of the Bureau of Farm

Management Department of Agrarian Reform
The Administrator Agricultural Credit Administration
The Manager of the Agricultural Department
The Senior Vice-President Land Bank of the Philippines
The Director of the Department of Rural Banks, Savings

and Loan Associations
Central Bank of the Philippines
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SEC. 4. The TBAC will organize and commission its staff

and/or other agencies to do research work, conduct surveys and
make studies essential to the proper design and improvement of
the agricultural credit programs. These are envisioned to accelerate
the development of the agricultural sector. Members of said staff, to
be hired by TBAC shall not be considered employees of the Central
Bank although they shall be administratively under the direction
of the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank for Supervision and
Examination. The same shall be exempted from Civil Service and
WAPCO regulations.
SEC. 5. The Budget Commission is hereby instructed to add

annually the amount of P2.5 million to the budget of the Department
of Agriculture for the purpose of financing all the administrative and
operating expenses of the PCAC, including research and surveys.
SEC. 6. The PCAC is hereby authorized to receive and utilize

donations and grants from local and/or foreign sources to augment
its annual budget.
SEC. 7. All laws and executive orders, or parts thereof,

contrary to, or inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree are
hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly. This Decree


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE

COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROVISIONS OF
THE CONSTITUTION, PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND
WHEREAS, the Constitution provides for organization of a

Civil Service Commission which shall establish a career service and
adopt measures to promote morale, efficiency and integrity in the
government service;
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 110 dated January

26, 1973 declared the Civil Service Commission envisioned in the
Constitution in existence, providing guidelines for its operation;
WHEREAS, there is need for the immediate organization of

the Civil Service Commission in order to enable it to carry out its
mission as mandated by the Constitution; and
WHEREAS, the former Civil Service Commission created

under Republic Act No. 2260, as amended, and as organized under
the Integrated Reorganization Plan may serve as the nucleus of the
Civil Service Commission.

ARTICLE I – TITLE
SECTION 1. This Decree shall be known as the Civil Service

Decree of the Philippines.
ARTICLE II – DECLARATION OF POLICY
SEC. 2. It shall be the policy of the State to insure and promote

the Constitutional mandate that appointment in the Civil Service
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shall be made only according to merit and fitness, to provide within

the public service a progressive system of personnel administration,
and to adopt measures to promote morale and the highest degree
of responsibility, integrity, loyalty, efficiency, and professionalism
in the Civil Service; that the Civil Service Commission shall be
the central personnel agency to set standards and to enforce the
laws and rules governing the selection, utilization, training and
discipline of civil servants; that a public office is a public trust and
public officers shall serve with the highest degree of responsibility,
integrity, loyalty and efficiency and shall remain accountable to the
people; and that action on personnel matters shall be decentralized,
with the different departments and other offices or agencies of the
government delegating to their regional offices or other similar
units, powers and functions.
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SEC. 9. Powers and Functions of the Commission. – The

Commission shall administer the Civil Service and shall have the
(a) Administer and enforce the constitutional and statutory

provisions on the merit system;
(b) Prescribe, amend and enforce suitable rules and

regulations for carrying into effect the provisions of this Decree.
These rules and regulations shall become effective thirty days after
publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general
circulation;
(c) Promulgate policies, standards, and guidelines for the

Civil Service and adopt plans and programs to promote economical,
efficient, and effective personnel administration in the government;
and prescribe all forms for publications, examinations, appointments,
reports, records, and such other forms as may be required under
this Decree;
(d) Advise the President on all matters involving

personnel management in the government service and assist in the
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improvement of personnel units and programs in the department

and agencies;
(e) Appoint its personnel and exercise overall supervision

and control over the activities of the Commission;
(f) Supervise and coordinate the conduct of civil service

examinations being administered by the departments concerned as
provided for under Paragraph 5, Article III, Chapter II, Part III of
the Integrated Reorganization Plan;
(g) Provide leadership and assistance in formulating,

administering, and evaluating programs relative to the development
and retention of a competent and efficient work force in the public
service;
(h) Approve all appointments, whether original or

promotional, to positions in the civil service, except those of
presidential appointees, members of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines, police forces, firemen, and jailguards, and disapprove
those where the appointees do not possess the appropriate eligibility
or required qualifications. An appointment shall take effect
immediately upon issue by the appointing authority if the appointee
assumes his duties immediately and shall remain effective until
it is disapproved by the Commission, if this should take place,
without prejudice to the liability of the appointing authority for
appointments issued in violation of existing laws or rules: Provided,
finally, That the Commission shall keep a record of appointments
of all officers and employees in the civil service. All appointments
requiring the approval of the Commission as herein provided, shall
be submitted to it by the appointing authority within thirty days
from issuance, otherwise, the appointment becomes ineffective
thirty days thereafter.
(i) Inspect and audit periodically the personnel work

programs of the different departments, bureaus, offices, agencies and
other instrumentalities of the government, including government-
owned or controlled corporations, conduct periodic review of
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decisions and actions of offices or officials to whom authority has

been delegated by the Commission as well as the conduct of the
officials and employees in these offices and apply appropriate
sanctions whenever necessary;
(j) Hear and decide administrative disciplinary cases

instituted directly with it in accordance with Section 37 or brought
to it on appeal;
(k) Issue subpoena and subpoena duces tecum or require

the production of books and papers pertinent to investigations and
inquiries to be made by the Commission in accordance with its
authority conferred by the Constitution, this Decree, and other laws,
decrees, or letters of instructions issued by the President; summon
witnesses to appear at such investigation or inquiries;
(l) Submit to the President an annual report which shall

contain an adequate evaluation of the progress of the merit system
and the problems encountered in its implementation; and
(m) Perform such other functions as properly belong to a

central personnel agency.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 12. Offices in the Commission. – The Commission shall

carry out its functions through the following Offices and Service:
(1) Office of Recruitment, Examination and Selection, (2) Office of
Career and Employee Development, (3) Office of Personnel Planning
and Program Evaluation, (4) Office of Personnel Relations, (5) Office
of Legal Affairs, and (6) Administrative Service. It shall keep and
maintain such regional offices as the exigencies of the service so
require in accordance with the pertinent provisions of Chapter III,
Part II of the Integrated Reorganization Plan, or as may be provided
by law.
1. The Office of Recruitment, Examination and Selection,

headed by a Director, shall provide leadership and assistance in
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developing and implementing the overall Commission program

relating to recruitment, examination and selections.
2. The Office of Career and Employee Development,

headed by a Director, shall provide leadership and assistance to line
agencies in formulating, administering, and evaluating programs
relating to the development and retention of skilled and efficient
work force in the public service, develop policies, standards and
procedures on the establishment and administration of departmental
and agency career and personnel development plans which shall
include provisions on merit promotions, performance evaluation,
in-service training, job rotation, suggestions and incentive award
system; integrate such plans into a national plan; and monitor and
evaluate progress in connection therewith.
3. The Office of Personnel Planning and Program

Evaluation, headed by a Director, shall provide the Commission
with economical, efficient, and effective service relating to policy
development, program planning, research and statistics, budgetary
and management services; and shall conduct periodic evaluation of
personnel management programs and performance of the different
departments and agencies of the national government, including
government-owned or controlled corporations.
4. The Office of Personnel Relations, headed by a Director,

shall provide leadership and assistance in developing employee
relations programs in the different departments and agencies,
including the establishment of employee organizations and the
coordination of their activities.
5. The Office of Legal Affairs, headed by a Director, shall

assist the Commission on all matters relating to administrative
discipline and in its quasi-judicial and rule-making functions and
the prosecution of violation of Civil Service Law and Rules and
laws affecting the Civil Service and such other functions as may be
assigned by the Chairman.
6. The Administrative Service, headed by a Director, shall

provide the Commission with economical, efficient, and effective
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services relating to personnel, records, supplies, equipment,

collection, disbursements, accounting, and data processing and
custodial services.
SEC. 13. Regional Offices. – Each regional office of the

Commission shall exercise the following authority:
(a) Enforce Civil Service Law and Rules in connection with

personnel actions of national and local government agencies within
the region, and the conduct of public officers and employees;
(b) Conduct recruitment and examination for government-

wide positions in the region;
(c) Provide technical advice and assistance to public

agencies within the region regarding personnel administration;
and
(d) Perform such other functions as may be assigned to it

by the Commission.
SEC. 14. Authority to Reorganize. – In order to carry out

the powers and functions set forth in this Decree, the Commission
is hereby authorized to reorganize the internal structure of the
Commission subject to the approval of the President: Provided,
however, That this authority shall not extend beyond December 31,
1976.
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ARTICLE XII – TRANSITORY PROVISIONS
SEC. 56. Government-owned or Controlled Corporations

Personnel. – All permanent personnel of government-owned or
controlled corporations whose positions are now embraced in the
civil service shall continue in the service until they have been
given a chance to qualify in an appropriate examination, but in the
meantime, those who do not possess the appropriate civil service
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eligibility shall not be promoted until they qualify in an appropriate

civil service examination. Services of temporary personnel may be
terminated any time.
SEC. 57. Authority to Use Appropriations. – The Commission

is hereby authorized to use such sums appropriated in Presidential
Decree No. 733 and balances of existing certifications to accounts
payable including prior years which have not yet been reverted
to the unappropriated surplus, as are necessary to carry out the
provisions of this Decree. Henceforth, appropriations to cover the
salaries of officials and employees of the Civil Service Commission
and its maintenance and operational expenses shall be included in
the annual General Appropriations Decree.
SEC. 58. Vested Rights. – Except as otherwise provided in

this Decree, rights vested or acquired under the provisions of the old
Civil Service Law, rules and regulations and any other Acts prior to
the effectivity of this Decree shall be respected.
SEC. 59. Repealing Clause. – All laws, rules and regulations

or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree are
SEC. 60. Separability of Provisions. – If any part, section or

provision of this Decree shall be held invalid or unconstitutional, no
other part, section or provision thereof shall be affected thereby.
SEC. 61. Effectivity. – This Decree shall form part of the law
of the land and shall take effect immediately.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Deputy Executive Secretary
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CREATING THE METROPOLITAN MANILA AND THE

METROPOLITAN MANILA COMMISSION AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, in the referendum held on February 27, 1975,

the residents of the Greater Manila Area authorized the President
to restructure the local governments of the four cities and 13
municipalities thereof into an integrated unit of the manager or
commission form of government, under such terms and conditions
as the President may decide;
WHEREAS, the rapid growth of population and the

corresponding increase of social and economic requirements in the
contiguous communities referred to above has brought into being a
large area that calls for simultaneous and unified development;
WHEREAS, many public services now rendered by

local governments separately for themselves may and should
be administered more efficiently and more economically, to the
common benefit of the cities and municipalities in the area, if they
are integrated and harmonized, under a system of central planning
which would take separate municipal needs into account as a
common problem;
WHEREAS, it is vital to the survival and growth of the

aforementioned Greater Manila Area that a workable and effective
system be established for the coordination, integration and unified
management of such local government services or functions within
the metropolitan community;
WHEREAS, it is necessary that the unified metropolitan

services or functions be planned, administered, and operated in
accordance with the highest professional technical standards; and
WHEREAS, such coordination, integration, and unified

management especially in the maintenance of peace and order and
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the eradication of social and economic ills that fan the flames of
discontent and rebellion are part of reform measures under Martial
Law essential to the safety and security of the State;

SECTION 1. Creation of the Metropolitan Manila. – There is

hereby created a public corporation, to be known as the Metropolitan
Manila, vested with powers and attributes of a corporation including
the power to make contracts, sue and be sued, acquire, purchase,
expropriate, hold, transfer and dispose of property and such other
powers as are necessary to carry out its purposes. The Corporation
shall be administered by a Commission created under this Decree.
SEC. 2. Territorial Jurisdiction. – The Commission shall

have jurisdiction over the cities of Manila, Quezon, Pasay and
Caloocan and the municipalities of Makati, Mandaluyong, San
Juan, Las Piñas, Malabon, Navotas, Pasig, Pateros, Parañaque,
Marikina, Muntinlupa, and Taguig in the province of Rizal; and the
municipality of Valenzuela, in the province of Bulacan, all of which
together shall henceforth be known as Metropolitan Manila.
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SEC. 4. Powers and Functions of the Commission. – The

Commission shall have the following powers and functions:
1. To act as a central government to establish and

administer programs and provide services common to the area;
2. To levy and collect taxes and special assessments, borrow

and expend money and issue bonds, revenue certificates, and other
obligations of indebtedness. Existing tax measures should, however,
continue to be operative until otherwise modified or repealed by the
Commission;
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3. To charge and collect fees for the use of public service

facilities;
4. To appropriate money for the operation of the

metropolitan government and review appropriations for the city and
municipal units within its jurisdiction with authority to disapprove
the same if found to be not in accordance with the established
policies of the Commission, without prejudice to any contractual
obligation of the local government units involved existing at the
time of approval of this Decree;
5. To review, amend, revise or repeal all ordinances,

resolutions and acts of cities and municipalities within Metropolitan
Manila.
6. To enact or approve ordinances, resolutions and to fix

penalties for any violation thereof which shall not exceed a fine
of P10,000.00 or imprisonment of six years or both such fine and
imprisonment for a single offense.
7. To perform general administrative, executive and

policy-making functions;
8. To establish a fire control operation center, which shall

direct the fire services of the city and municipal governments in the
metropolitan area;
9. To establish a garbage disposal operation center, which

shall direct garbage collection and disposal in the metropolitan
area;
10. To establish and operate a transport and traffic center,

which shall direct traffic activities;
11. To coordinate and monitor governmental and private

activities pertaining to essential services such as transportation,
flood control and drainage, water supply and sewerage, social,
health and environmental services, housing, park development, and
others;
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12. To insure and monitor the undertaking of a comprehensive

social, economic and physical planning and development of the
area;
13. To study the feasibility of increasing barangay

participation in the affairs of their respective local governments and
to propose to the President of the Philippines definite programs and
policies for implementation;
14. To submit within thirty (30) days after the close of each
fiscal year an annual report to the President of the Philippines and
to submit a periodic report whenever deemed necessary; and
15. To perform such other tasks as may be assigned or

directed by the President of the Philippines.
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SEC. 10. Functions of Local Chief Executives. – In addition

to present powers and functions which are not inconsistent with this
Decree, the local chief executive shall have the following functions:
1. To implement the integration of the common, essential,

municipal and public services approved by the Commission as they
pertain to their respective local government units;
2. To furnish the Commission such information as it may

require and to assist it in carrying out the integration of the common,
essential, municipal and public services;
3. To perform such other functions as the Commission may

direct.
SEC. 11. All the city or municipal treasurers of the local

government units placed under the Commission shall close their
respective books of accounts for submittal to the Commission
not later than December 15, 1975. Thereafter, their functions
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and responsibilities shall be performed or discharged by the

Commissioner for Finance.
SEC. 12. Operating Expenses. – The Commission shall have

the following financial resources:
1. The sum of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos

(P2,500,000.00) is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the
National Treasury for the operation of the Commission;
2. Proceeds of the franchise taxes now allocated to local

government units in the metropolitan area;
3. Proceeds of the fixed or privilege tax on occupation

accruing to local government units in the metropolitan area;
4. Proceeds of the corporate residence tax accruing to the

local government units in the metropolitan area; and
5. Such other sources of funds as the President may authorize

to meet the needs of the Metropolitan Manila Commission.
Thereafter, the necessary funds for the operation of the

Commission shall be included in the General Appropriations
Decree.
SEC. 13. The Commission, the General Manager and any

official of the Commission shall be under the direct supervision
and control of the President. Notwithstanding any provision in
this Decree, the President shall have the power to revoke, amend
or modify any ordinance, resolution or act of the Commission, the
General Manager and the Commissioners.
SEC. 14. To enable the President to assess and determine

the efficacy of the integration of governmental functions and
services under this Decree with the end in view of establishing a
more responsive and effective government for Metropolitan Manila,
the Commission shall submit a special report with appropriate
recommendations as shall be required.
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SEC. 15. All laws or part of laws, as well as all executive

orders or regulations, inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or
SEC. 16. This Decree, except those provisions otherwise

indicated above, shall take effect immediately.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

Executive Secretary
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REORGANIZING THE PRESIDENTIAL ACTION COMMITTEE

ON LAND PROBLEMS (PACLAP)
WHEREAS, it is the declared policy of the Government

to provide more protection and assistance to small settlers and
landholders and members of cultural minorities in their struggle
for recognition of their right to the land which they occupy;
WHEREAS, social unrest, which sometimes precipitates

clashes among our people, often results from long-drawn disputes
between big landholders and poor, landless settlers, or between
Christians and members of our cultural minorities;
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to direct and coordinate

the activities, particularly the investigation work, of the various
government agencies involved in land problems to ensure their
speedy, peaceful and satisfactory solution;
WHEREAS, the successful intercession of the PACLAP in

many serious and critical land problems has proved to the efficacy
of an action-oriented approach to the solution of these problems,
and the necessity of continuing its work in potential land-problem
areas;
WHEREAS, there is a need to reconstitute the membership

of the PACLAP due to the implementation of the Integrated
Reorganization Plan and the reorganization of the Department of
Agriculture and Natural Resources into two departments;

virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby
SECTION 1. Reorganization of the Presidential Action

Committee on Land Problems. – The Presidential Action Committee
on Land Problems, herein referred to as the PACLAP, created
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by Executive Order No. 251, dated July 31, 1970, as amended

by Executive Order No. 305, dated March 19, 1971, is hereby
reorganized as follows:
Secretary of Natural Resources Chairman
PANAMIN Secretary Member
Deputy Executive Secretary Member
Undersecretary of Agriculture Member
Undersecretary of Justice Member
Undersecretary of Agrarian Reform Member
Undersecretary of National Defense Member
Chief of Constabulary Member
Commissioner of Land Registration Member
Chief, Citizen’s Legal Assistance Office Member
Director of Lands Member
Director of Forest Development Member
Director of Mines Member
The PACLAP shall have a Policy Body which shall formulate

its policies and submit them for its approval. The Policy Body shall
be composed of the Secretary of Natural Resources, as Chairman,
and the following members: the PANAMIN Secretary, the Deputy
Executive Secretary, the Undersecretary of Agriculture, the
Undersecretary of Justice, the Undersecretary of Agrarian Reform,
and the Undersecretary of National Defense. Said Body shall meet
upon the call of its Chairman.
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The PACLAP shall also have an Executive Committee which

shall implement its policies and be in charge of its overall operations.
It shall be composed of the Director of Lands, as Chairman, and the
following members: the Director of Forest Development, the Chief
of the Citizens Legal Assistance Office, the Commissioner of the
Land Registration Commission, the Chief of Constabulary, and the
Director of Mines. Said Executive Committee shall meet on call of
its Chairman.
The Chairman of the PACLAP may create such sub-

committees and positions as may be necessary to enable the PACLAP
to perform its functions and discharge its duties effectively.
All the government agencies represented in the membership

of the PACLAP and other agencies involved in land problems or
disputes shall be member agencies thereof.
SEC. 2. Functions and duties of the PACLAP. – The PACLAP

shall have the following functions and duties:
1. Direct and coordinate the activities, particularly the

investigation work, of the various government offices and agencies
involved in land problems or disputes, and streamline administrative
procedures to relieve small settlers and landholders and members
of cultural minorities of the expense and time-consuming delay
attendant to the solution of such problems or disputes;
2. Refer for immediate action any land problem or dispute

brought to the attention of the PACLAP, to any member agency
having jurisdiction thereof: Provided, That when the Executive
Committee decides to act on a case, its resolution, order or decision
thereon, shall have the force and effect of a regular administrative
resolution, order or decision, and shall be binding upon the parties
therein involved and upon the member agency having jurisdiction
thereof;
3. Recommend to the President innovative, bold and

decisive measures to resolve expeditiously cases involving, among
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others, (a) public lands that have been titled in a manifestly

erroneous or illegal manner, and (b) implementation of decisions/
resolutions of administrative/quasi-judicial agencies vested with
jurisdiction to resolve land problems or disputes;
4. Evolve and implement a system of procedure for the

speedy investigation and resolution of land disputes or problems at
provincial level, if possible;
5. Undertake a comprehensive study of the causes of land

disputes or problems in the country and recommend to the President
of the Philippines policies and courses of action to avoid or, at least,
minimize their occurrence;
6. Study and review present policies as embodied in land

laws and administrative rules and regulations, in relation to the
need for land of the agro-industrial sector and the small farmer,
with the end in view of evolving and recommending new laws and
policies and establishing priorities in the grant of public lands;
7. Maintain a systematic and permanent management of

all records pertaining to land disputes or problems; and
8. Perform such other functions as may hereafter be

assigned to it by the President of the Philippines.
In the performance of its functions and discharge of its duties,

the PACLAP is authorized, through its Chairman, to issue subpoena
and subpoena duces tecum for the appearance of witnesses and the
production of records, books and documents before it. It may also
call upon any department, office, agency or instrumentality of the
National Government, including government-owned or controlled
corporations, and local government for assistance. This authority
is, likewise, conferred upon the Chairman of the Provincial
Committee.
SEC. 3. Executive Director and Secretariat. – In the

performance of its functions and discharge of its duties, the PACLAP
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shall be assisted by an Executive Director and an Assistant Executive

Director who shall both be appointed by the Chairman, and who shall
have the rank and shall receive the salary of Assistant Secretary and
Department Service Chief, respectively. It shall have a Secretariat,
with such personnel as may be necessary, which shall be under the
immediate direction and supervision of the Executive Director. The
personnel of the Secretariat and other officials and employees of the
PACLAP shall be appointed and their compensation fixed by the
Chairman, upon recommendation of the Executive Director.
SEC. 4. Provincial PACLAP Committee. – When conditions

in any province so warrant, the PACLAP shall create a Provincial
PACLAP Committee which shall be composed of the following:
Provincial Commander, Philippine Chairman

Constabulary
District Land Officer Vice-Chairman
District Forester Member
Register of Deeds Member
A representative from the Member

Department of Agrarian Reform
A Representative each of the Members

PANAMIN and Citizens Legal
Assistance Office, if available
Provincial Fiscal Legal Adviser ex-

officio
Assistant Provincial Commander Action Officer
The Provincial PACLAP Committee shall receive and

investigate cases referred to it by the PACLAP or brought to it
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by private complainants, resolve cases that it can decide or settle

by itself, and submit its report thereon to the PACLAP. It shall
also submit to the PACLAP its report, together with the separate
investigation report of the local agency concerned, regarding cases
which are beyond its competence to resolve or decide.
SEC. 5. Creation of Special Action Group. – Within thirty (30)

days after the effectivity of this Decree, the heads of the PACLAP
member agencies shall create in their respective agencies, a Special
Action Group which shall have the following functions and duties:
1. Prepare a program of action for the agency in relation to

its role in the settlement of land disputes or problems;
2. Receive and investigate cases referred to the agency by

the PACLAP and submit its report thereon;
3. Evolve and implement reasonable, expeditious office

procedures to ensure immediate action; and
4. Develop communication/transportation network with

the Provincial PACLAP Committee, other Special Action Groups
and the Secretariat.
SEC. 6. Rules and regulations. – The Chairman shall issue

the necessary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of
this Decree.
SEC. 7. Appropriations. – There is hereby authorized to be

appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the sum of TWO MILLION PESOS (P2,000,000.00) for
the operation of the PACLAP for the current fiscal year. Thereafter,
the necessary amount for its operation shall be included in the
annual general appropriation law.
SEC. 8. Repeal of inconsistent laws. – Executive Orders No.

251, dated July 31, 1970, and No. 305, dated March 19, 1971, and
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laws, administrative orders, or parts thereof inconsistent herewith

are repealed or amended accordingly.

promulgation.

the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.

BY THE PRESIDENT:
(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE

Presidential Executive Assistant
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PLACING THE PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION

UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION OF THE
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
WHEREAS, it is desirable to rid the Presidency of the

supervision of extraneous agencies in order to allow the President
to concentrate on policy formulation and executive decision-making;
and
WHEREAS, it would be well to secure an effective linkage

between the regulation of professions and the Civil Service
Commission.

the Constitution, do hereby order and decree that the Professional
Regulation Commission be transferred from the Office of the
President and placed under the administrative supervision of the
Civil Service Commission.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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AMENDING THE TITLE AND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF

NINETY TWO, ENTITLED “CREATING THE MANILA
TRANSIT CORPORATION, APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS
THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree Numbered Four

Hundred Ninety Two dated June 27, 1974, it has been declared
to be the policy of the State to rationalize and integrate public
transportation services; and
WHEREAS, with the integration of the four (4) cities and

thirteen (13) municipalities of Metro Manila, it becomes necessary
to amend certain section of Presidential Decree Numbered Four
Hundred Ninety Two in order to expedite the rationalization
and integration of public transportation services in Metropolitan
Manila;

SECTION 1. The title of Presidential Decree Numbered Four

Hundred Ninety Two is hereby amended to read as follows:
“CREATING THE METRO MANILA TRANSIT

CORPORATION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.”
All succeeding sections making reference to the Manila

Transit Corporation are hereby amended so as to read Metro Manila
Transit Corporation.
SEC. 2. Section 2 of the same Presidential Decree is hereby

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“SEC. 2. Metro Manila Transit Corporation Creation and

Purpose. To implement state policy and pursue the objectives set
forth in the preceding section, there is hereby created a body corporate
to be known as the Metro Manila Transit Corporation which shall
have its principal place of business in Metropolitan Manila. It may
establish such branches and agencies within the Philippines as may
be necessary for the proper conduct of its business.”
SEC. 3. Section 3(g) and (i), fourth paragraph, of the same

Decree are hereby amended to read as follows:
“SEC. 3(g) to manage and operate a public transport system

or public services within Metropolitan Manila in accordance
with the above-stated policy objectives; Provided, That whenever
authorized by the President of the Philippines, it may extend its
area of operation anywhere in the Philippines: And, provided,
further, That such authority is not necessary when the extension
of its operation outside Metropolitan Manila is for the purpose of
protecting its business interests.”
“SEC. 3(i). The loans, credits and indebtedness contracted

under this subsection and the payment of the principal, interest and
other charges thereon, as well as the importation of machineries,
equipment, materials, supply and services, by the Corporation, paid
from the proceeds of any loan, credit or indebtedness incurred under
this act, or from its own funds, shall also be exempt from all direct
and indirect taxes, fees, imposts and other charges and restrictions,
including import restrictions previously and presently imposed,
and to be imposed by the Republic of the Philippines, or any of its
agencies and political subdivisions.”
SEC 4. Section 5 of the same Decree is hereby amended to

read as follows:
“SEC. 5. Board of Directors. The Corporation shall be

governed and its activities shall be directed, controlled and
managed by a Board of Directors that shall be composed of six (6)
ex-officio members, namely: the General Manager or Governor of
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the Metropolitan Manila Commission who shall act as Chairman,

the Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications
(or the successor Department with respect to Transportation) who
shall act as Vice-Chairman, the Secretary of National Defense, the
Secretary of Industry, the Secretary of Finance, the Secretary of
Public Highways, and one (1) other member to be appointed by the
President of the Philippines. The appointive director shall serve for
a term of two (2) years.
“The ex-officio members of the Board shall designate any

official in their office who shall serve as alternate members. They
shall attend the meetings of the Board whenever their principals
are absent or the said positions are vacant and shall receive the
same benefits and privileges as their principals.”
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SEC. 5. The same Decree is hereby amended by inserting

between Sections 6 and 7 thereof a new section, to be known as
Section 6-A, which shall read as follows:
“SEC. 6-A. Supplies and Service other than Personal. All

purchase of supplies or contracts for services, except for personal
services, entered into by the Corporation, shall be done through
competitive public bidding: Provided, That bidding shall not be
required when an emergency, as certified by the corporation
President and General Manager, requires immediate delivery of the
supplies or performance of the services, and the aggregate amount
involved in any purchase of supplies or procurement of services
does not exceed ten thousand pesos, in which case, such purchase or
procurement may be made in the usual course of business: Provided,
further, That the Corporation’s emergency purchase of supplies and
services shall not exceed the amount of fifty thousand pesos for
any one month: Provided, finally, That in comparing bids and in
making awards, the Corporation shall consider such factors as the
cost and relative quality and adaptability of supplies or services;
the bidders financial responsibility, skill experience, integrity, and
ability to furnish repairs and maintenance services; the time of
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delivery or performance offered; and the bidder’s compliance with

the specifications desired.”
SEC. 6. The aforementioned Decree is further amended

by inserting between Sections 8 and 9 thereof a new section, to be
known as Section 8-A, which shall read as follows:
“SEC. 8-A. Exemption from the Public Service Act. The Metro
Manila Transit Corporation shall not be subject to the authority,
supervision, control and jurisdiction of the Board of Transportation
or any similar regulatory body.”
SEC. 7. Repealing Clause. The provisions of existing laws,

decrees, executive orders and regulations, or parts thereof, in
conflict with the provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed or

immediately.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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AMENDING P.D. 48 TO EXPAND THE FUNCTIONS OF THE

PHILIPPINE COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
TO INCLUDE MINES RESEARCH, AND CHANGE ITS
NAME TO PHILIPPINE COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURE
AND RESOURCES RESEARCH
WHEREAS, the development and growth of our farm, fishery,

and certain mineral resources is a matter of national concern;
WHEREAS, research is necessary to determine the

alternative means of achieving national goals in the development of
our agricultural and natural resources or to identify the best means
among the alternatives;
WHEREAS, mines are a natural resource which is one of the

top foreign exchange earners of the country;
WHEREAS, there is a need to wisely utilize this exhaustible

resource;
WHEREAS, mines research is best done in relation to

agricultural, forestry, and fisheries resources in order to consider
their combined effects in maintaining a favorable ecological
balance;
WHEREAS, there is a need to strengthen the system and

capability for mines research in the country; and
WHEREAS, this can best be done through the existing body

which now monitors, coordinates, and manages all research in
agriculture, forestry, and fisheries in the country;

the Constitution, do hereby decree and order the following:
SECTION 1. The name of the Philippine Council for

Agricultural Research, established under P.D. 48, is hereby
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changed to the PHILIPPINE COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURE AND

RESOURCES RESEARCH, hereinafter referred to as PCARR, with
the following functions in addition to those stipulated in P.D. 48:
(a) Have authority and responsibility, as part of the scope of

its operations, over all government-supported and funded research
on mineral resources except petroleum and other mineral oils;
(b) Establish, support and manage the operation of a

national network of centers of excellence for the various research
programs in crops; livestock; forestry; fisheries; soil; waters;
and mineral resources; and socio-economics research related to
agriculture and natural resources; and
(c) Enter into agreements or relationships with other similar

institutions or organizations, both national and international, in
furtherance of the above purposes.
SEC. 2. The PCARR Governing Council shall be composed of

the following officials:
1. The Chairman, National Science Development Board,

Chairman;
2. The Secretary of Agriculture, Vice-Chairman;
3. The Secretary of Natural Resources, Vice-Chairman;
4. The Budget Commissioner;
5. A Representative of the National Economic and

Development Authority;
6. The President, Association of Colleges of Agriculture of

the Philippines;
7. The Chancellor, University of the Philippines at Los

Baños,
8. The PCARR Director General; and
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9. Two outstanding leaders in the producers’ and business

sector of agriculture and natural resources to be appointed by the
President of the Philippines upon recommendation of the PCARR
Governing Council.
SEC. 3. The PCARR employee shall be exempt from the

scope and coverage of the Wage and Position Classification Office
(WAPCO).
SEC. 4. The PCARR Governing Council is hereby authorized

to establish an Agriculture and Resources Research Service which
will formulate rules and regulations covering qualifications,
recruitment, compensation, performance evaluation, and separation
from the service, of all government technical personnel engaged in
research-oriented operations in agriculture and natural resources.
SEC. 5. The PCARR Governing Council is authorized to

reorganize its Secretariat and Research Network by creating,
consolidating or integrating as many divisions and research stations
as may be necessary to accomplish its functions and objectives.
SEC. 6. All acts, parts of acts, executive orders, decrees,

ordinances, rules and regulations, which are inconsistent with this
Presidential Decree are hereby repealed, amended, or modified
accordingly.
SEC. 7. This Decree shall take effect upon its promulgation.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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A DECREE ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE CONVENTION

BUREAU DEFINING ITS FUNCTIONS AND SOURCES
OF FUNDING
WHEREAS, the promotion of the tourism and travel industry

in the Philippines is a primary concern of the government;
WHEREAS, the growth and development in tourism

accommodations and facilities underscore the need for concerted
and planned efforts to promote the Philippines not only as tourism
destination in the area but also, a center of world gatherings and
conventions;
WHEREAS, it is necessary that an entity be created through

which the government and the private sector in the tourism and
allied fields can pool their resources, talents and efforts to achieve
and attain the abovementioned goals, along definite guidelines and
mechanics.

the Constitution, hereby decree that:
SECTION 1. There is hereby created a body to be known

as the PHILIPPINE CONVENTION BUREAU which shall have its
main office in the Metro Manila Area.
SEC. 2. Objectives. The general objectives of the Philippine

Convention City Bureau are:
a. To create and maintain an organizational machinery to

plan, develop and execute a campaign to promote tourism to, and
attract international gatherings and events in, the Philippines.
b. To conduct a continuing program to develop Manila as a

Convention City.
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c. To supervise and coordinate all activities for the smooth

operation of various conferences to be held in the country.
d. To oversee the requirements and general welfare of the

conventioneers.
SEC. 3. Membership. Membership in the Philippine

Convention Bureau may be opened to entities, groups or individuals
that have direct or indirect economic, social or cultural interest
in conventions, such as shipping companies, souvenir and gift
shops, manufacturers, exhibit promoters, international friendship
organizations, interested national organizations, etc. However,
membership in the Bureau for hotels, travel agencies, tour operators,
tourism-oriented restaurants, clubs, resorts, tourist transport
operators and Philippine passenger airlines shall be a requirement
for the issuance of their respective licenses.
There shall be a Membership Committee to be created by the

Board of Governors whose principal duty is to screen and submit to
the Board findings on all applications for membership.
The Board of Governors shall exercise exclusive authority

in approving Membership with a simple majority vote of all the
Members of the Board.
SEC. 4. Governing Body. There shall be a policy-making body

to be known as the Board of Governors whose membership shall be
drawn from the government and private sectors that are directly
involved in the planning and facilitation of efficient operations of
the Bureau, namely:
1. Secretary of Tourism, Chairman
2. Chief, Office of U.N. Affairs and

Member
International Conference,
Department of Foreign Affairs,
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3. Representative, Central Bank of the

Member
Philippines,
4. President, Hotel and Restaurant Member

Association of the Philippines,
5. President, Association of Tour Member

Operators of the Philippines,
6. Representative of Philippine Member

Airlines,
7. The Director, National Media Member

Production Center,
8. The Director of Special Service, Member

Department of Tourism,
Member
9. The Director of Tourist Promotions,
The Chairman of the Board of Governors shall be assisted

by a Vice-Chairman who shall be elected from among the members
of the Board. The Convention Director shall sit in the Board as an
ex-officio member.
The term of all members coming from the government sector

shall be co-terminus with the tenure of their respective government
positions they concurrently occupy.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 17. Source of Financing. The operational expenses of

the Philippine Convention Bureau shall be drawn from the following:
(1) A 25% share for the first year and 10% share thereafter from the
annual travel tax fund (2) A uniform P200,000.00 yearly contribution
from each of the government Board member institutions including
the Philippine Airlines (3) Membership contribution to the extent
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of 1 1/2% of the gross annual income of individual members from

the private sector (4) 50% of the annual hotel room tax fund (5)
Convention Bureau members who are not engaged in profit making
enterprises which shall be fixed by the Board of Governors (6)
Subsidies and/or grants that may be received for the Philippine
Convention Bureau.
SEC. 18. Tax Exemptions. The Philippine Convention Bureau

shall be exempted from the payment of income and donee’s taxes
and all donations and contributions to the Bureau will be deductible
from the donor’s income for tax purposes.
SEC. 19. Appropriation. Only for the first year of operations

of the Convention Bureau, the sum of 1 million Pesos is hereby
appropriated out of any fund in the National Treasury not otherwise
appropriated to be released in lump sum upon the approval of this
Decree.
Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of January, in the

year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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PLACING PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL GAMES AND OTHER

PROFESSIONAL GAMES UNDER THE SUPERVISION
AND REGULATION OF THE GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS
BOARD
WHEREAS, the development, promotion and maintenance

of desirable moral, social and cultural values is one of the objectives
of the New Society;
WHEREAS, professional basketball has remained the most

popular spectator sports in our country;
WHEREAS, there have been changes of game-fixing or point

shaving and “play for play” in local basketball circles;
WHEREAS, the necessity of distinguishing clearly the

status of amateurism as opposed to professionalism has given birth
to the Philippine Basketball Association which seeks to establish
and maintain a professional basketball league;
WHEREAS, there is urgent need for governmental

supervision and regulation on the operation and conduct of
professional basketball games and other professional games as well
as the participants therein to insure integrity and provide ample
protection to all concerned at all times;

SECTION 1. Supervision and regulation. – The supervision

and regulation of professional basketball games and other
professional games in the Philippines shall be vested in the Games
and Amusements Board.
SEC. 2. Powers and duties of the Board. – The Board shall,

subject to the approval of the Executive Secretary, have the power:
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(a) To prescribe additional rules and regulations not

inconsistent herewith to govern the operation and conduct of
professional basketball games and other professional games existing
or which may hereafter be authorized by law, decree, executive order
or other issuances;
(b) To enforce the laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and

regulations, relating to professional basketball games and other
professional games;
(c) To approve or disapprove the rules and regulations

issued by persons, entities or associations relative to the operation
and conduct of professional basketball games or other professional
games;
(d) To exercise supervision over all officials, employees and

persons connected with professional basketball games and other
professional games;
(e) To issue licenses or permits to conduct professional

basketball games or other professional games and collect fees for
the issuance thereof;
(f) To suspend or revoke any such license or permit for

failure to comply with and/or for violation of the provision of this
decree, or any law, executive order, rule or regulation promulgated
hereunder;
(g) To order the temporary suspension of any license or

permit issued pursuant to this decree or the rules and regulations
promulgated hereunder, whenever such action is necessary for the
best interest of the professional games under the supervision of the
Board;
(h) To appoint personnel as it shall deem necessary in the

exercise and performance of its powers and duties and fix their
salaries or compensation, and/or to employ the services by contract
or otherwise, consultant or any local or foreign expert or technical
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personnel to provide technical and necessary assistance, conduct

seminars and training relative to professional basketball games
and other professional games and pay reasonable emoluments for
their services;
(i) To order the suspension of any game in case of violation

or non-compliance with the provisions of this decree or the rules and
regulations promulgated hereunder;
(j) To consider, investigate, decide and settle all questions,

matters, controversies or disputes arising out of or connected with
professional games or other professional games under its supervision
in accordance with the rules and procedures it may adopt;
(k) To designate any of its officers to conduct hearing or

investigation of any case pending before it;
(l) To summon parties, issue subpoena or require the

production of such books, papers, contracts, records or other
documents as may be necessary for the just determination and
adjudication of any matter under investigation;
(m) To inspect the books, records and accounts of any

person, entity or association conducting or authorized to conduct
professional basketball games or other professional games and
require that the books and financial or other statement of such
person, entity or association shall be kept in such manner as it may
prescribe; and
(n) To perform such other duties and exercise all other

powers incidental or necessary for the attainment of the purposes of
the Board and proper enforcement of the provision of this decree.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 10. Appeals, orders, rulings and decisions of the Board.

– Orders, rulings and decisions of the Board on matters connected
with or arising out of basketball may be appealed to the Office of
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the President, whose decision shall be final, within seventy-two (72)

hours from receipts of the order, ruling or decision appealed from.
SEC. 11. Forfeiture of sums paid to the Board. – All sums paid
to the Board in payment of license or permit fees required under the
provisions of this decree or the rules and regulations promulgated
hereunder shall be deemed forfeited upon the cancellation or
revocation of such license or permit.
SEC. 12. Separability clause. – If any provision or part of

this decree is declared unconstitutional, such declaration shall not
invalidate the other provisions hereof.
SEC. 13. Repealing clause. – Any law, decree, executive

order of administrative order or regulations inconsistent herewith
are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SEC. 14
. Effectivity. – This decree shall take effect immediately.

BY THE PRESIDENT:
(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA

Presidential Assistant
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ORGANIZING THE KATIPUNAN NG MGA SANGGUNIAN
WHEREAS, to provide for a more authentic grassroot

participation of the citizenry in the affairs of the government, the
Sangguniang Bayan has been organized in the municipal, city and
provincial levels throughout the country pursuant to Presidential
Decree Nos. 824 and 826;
WHEREAS, there is a need for the members of the said

Sangguniang Bayan to perceive and identify problems not only on a
local but, more importantly, on a national perspective and to provide
the proper solutions thereof;
WHEREAS, the said function can be exercised and

performed only through the collective deliberations and decisions of
the Sangguniang Bayan membership convening in conference;

SECTION 1. Composition and Membership. – There shall be

an organization of all the Sangguniang Bayan in the provinces and
cities including Metro Manila which shall hereinafter be known as
the Katipunan ng mga Sanggunian.
The Katipunan ng mga Sanggunian shall be composed of the

following:
(a) All the members of the Sangguniang Bayan in the

provinces and cities, who have been elected by the Association of
Barangay Captains as well those elected by their respective sectoral
groups (capitalist, professional, industrial labor and agricultural
sector) pursuant to Presidential Decree Nos. 824 and 826, provided
that in both cases, they have been duly appointed by the President
as of December 31, 1975; and
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(b) Former members of provincial boards and city and

municipal councils or boards, whose membership in the Sangguniang
Bayan has been extended until March 31, 1976;
SEC. 2. Annual Conference. – The Katipunan ng mga

Sanggunian shall meet in conference at least once a year on a date
set by its executive committee, or at the call of the President.
SEC. 3. Officers of the Katipunan ng mga Sanggunian. – The

Katipunan ng mga Sanggunian shall elect a temporary chairman
and such other officers as may be necessary at the start of the
conference, whose terms of office shall extend only for the duration
of such conference. The Chairman shall be an ex-officio member of
the executive committee, and shall be the presiding officer of the
meetings of the Katipunan ng mga Sanggunian for the duration of
its conference.
SEC. 4. Executive Committee. – There shall be an executive

committee to be elected by and among its members, which committee
shall be authorized to act for and in behalf of the Katipunan ng mga
Sanggunian when not in session.
SEC. 5. Secretariat. – The Katipunan ng mga Sanggunian

shall have a permanent secretariat, the staff support of which shall
be provided by the Department of Local Government and Community
Development.
SEC. 6. Powers of the Sangguniang Bayan in the Provinces,

Cities and Municipalities. – The Sangguniang Bayan in the
provinces, cities and municipalities shall retain their legislative
powers subject only to laws and presidential decrees, except those
situated in Metro Manila as provided for in Section 9 of Presidential
Decree No. 824.
SEC. 7. Term of Office of the Members of the Sangguniang

Bayan in the Provinces, Cities and Municipalities. – The term of
office of the present members of the Sangguniang Bayan in the
provinces, cities and municipalities shall be interim in character and
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temporary in duration. They shall hold office until the President,

upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Local Government
and Community Development, should rescind their appointment
or annul their election because of the grounds provided for such
rescission or annulment or at the request of the Katipunan ng
mga Sanggunian, or shall call an election to be supervised by the
Commission on Elections, upon which election the terms of office of
those elected shall be specified by presidential decree.
SEC. 8. Repealing clause. – All laws or parts of laws, as well

as all executive orders or regulations, inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed or amended accordingly.
SEC. 9. Effectivity. – This decree shall take effect immediately

upon approval.
Signed in the City of Manila, this 21st day of January, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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REORGANIZING THE BUDGET COMMISSION
WHEREAS, the national budget document should reflect the

total development resources and expenditures of the government
including government-owned and controlled corporations and local
governments;
WHEREAS, the Budget Commission should be

organizationally strengthened to effectively perform the functions
and responsibilities assigned to it and to cope with the substantial
growth of the national budget under the New Society; and
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1, provides the changes

and modifications in the Integrated Reorganization Plan shall be
made from time to time when necessity requires.

by the Constitution do hereby reorganize the Budget Commission,
as follows:
ARTICLE I—
FUNCTIONS AND STRUCTURE OF THE BUDGET

COMMISSION
SECTION 1. The Budget Commission, hereinafter referred to

as the Commission, shall assist the President in the preparation of a
national resources and expenditures budget; preparation, execution
and control of the national budget; preparation and maintenance
of accounting records and reports of the national government and
design of accounting systems essential to the budgetary process;
achievement of more economy and efficiency in the management of
government operations; administration of compensation and position
classification systems; and review and evaluation of legislative
proposals having budgetary or organizational implications.
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SEC. 2. The Commission shall be headed by the Commissioner

of the Budget, who shall serve at the pleasure of the President. He
shall be assisted by a Deputy Commissioner for budget operations
and accounting and a Deputy Commissioner for management
improvement and compensation and position classification
administration who shall be career administrators.
SEC. 3. The Commission shall carry out its functions through

the following Offices, Services and Staff:
(a) National Government Budget Operations Office,
(b) Local Governments and Government Corporations

Budget Office,
(c) National Accounting Office,
(d) Management Office,
(e) Wage and Position Classification Office,
(f) Fiscal Planning Service
(g) Financial and Administrative Service,
(h) Training and Information Service,
(i) Budget Technical Service,
(j) Data Processing Service, and
(k) Legislative Staff.
SEC. 4. The National Government Budget Operations

Office shall be responsible for providing services in the preparation,
execution and control of the budgets of such agencies of the national
government as may be determined by the Commissioner of the
Budget. The Office shall be headed by a Director who shall be
assisted when necessary by one Assistant Director.
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SEC. 5. The Local Governments and Government

Corporations Budget Office shall be responsible for providing services
in the collation and analysis of the budgets of local governments and
government-owned and controlled corporations for incorporation
in the national resources and expenditures budget. It may also be
assigned by the Commissioner of the Budget responsibility over such
national government agencies as may be deemed to be appropriate
for effective budget planning and execution. The office shall be
headed by a Director who shall be assisted when necessary by one
Assistant Director.
SEC. 6. The National Accounting Office shall be responsible

for the compilation and analysis of financial data for use of the
Commission and other government entities; the preparation and
submission of reports to the Commissioner for financial guidance
and information of the President; and providing services in the
design and installation of accounting systems essential to the
budgetary process. The Office shall be headed by a Director who
shall be assisted when necessary by one Assistant Director.
SEC. 7. The Management Office shall be responsible for

formulating and administering a management improvement program
for the executive branch of the government, providing technical
guidance and assistance to management improvement activities,
and determining the organizational and staffing requirements of
agencies included in the national budget. The Office shall be headed
by a Director who shall be assisted when necessary by one Assistant
Director.
SEC. 8. The Wage and Position Classification Office shall be

responsible for administering and maintaining such compensation
and position classification systems as may be adopted by the
government. The Office shall be headed by a Director who shall be
assisted when necessary by one Assistant Director.
SEC. 9. The Fiscal Planning Service shall be responsible

for evaluating the economic trends and relationships of factors and
events affecting or affected by government income and expenditures
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and the impact and implications of government fiscal policies on the

economic growth and development of the country.
SEC. 10. The Financial and Administrative Service shall

be responsible for providing staff advice and assistance on internal
budgeting and other financial matters and well-planned, directed
and coordinated services relating to personnel records, supplies,
equipment, disbursements, security, and janitorial services.
SEC. 11. The Training and Information Service shall be

responsible for establishing and administering a training and
information program for the Commission and developing and
conducting appropriate training programs in budgeting, accounting,
and management analysis for technical personnel of the different
agencies of the government.
SEC. 12. The Budget Technical Service shall be responsible

for the review and evaluation of funding commitments and
requirements for foreign-assisted projects of national and local
government units and government corporations and provide services
on regional budgeting.
SEC. 13. The Data Processing Service shall be responsible

for providing mechanized and electronic data processing services
in the compilation, storage, processing, and retrieval of data and
information essential to the functions of the Commission.
SEC. 14. The Legislative Staff shall be responsible for

providing staff assistance in the review and evaluation of legislative
proposals having budgetary or organizational implications, and
legal services necessary for the operations of the Commission.
ARTICLE II —
INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF OFFICES AND SERVICES

The Commissioner of the Budget is hereby authorized to
provide the internal structure and the staffing pattern of the Office
and Services created in this Decree.
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ARTICLE III —
FUNDING
The Commissioner of the Budget is hereby authorized to use

such sums appropriated in Presidential Decree No. 733, as may be
specifically approved by the President, to carry out the provisions
of this Decree.
ARTICLE IV —
EFFECTIVITY
Done in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of March in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING AN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DEFINING

ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS,
WHEREAS, there is a need to intensify, strengthen,

and consolidate government efforts relating to the exploration,
exploitation and development of indigenous energy resources vital
to economic growth;
WHEREAS, it is imperative that government accelerate

the pace of, and focus special attention on, energy exploration,
exploitation and development in the light of encouraging results in
recent oil exploration and of world-wide developments affecting our
continued industrial progress and well-being; and
WHEREAS, it is essential in the interest of efficiency,

economy, and effectiveness to integrate and coordinate through
a single governmental entity the functions of various agencies
pertaining to the exploration and development of indigenous
extracted resources.

by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree the following to be
part of the law of the land:
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. – It is a declared

policy of the State to achieve self-reliance in the country’s energy
requirements primarily through the intensified and coordinated
exploration, exploitation and development of indigenous energy
resources in order to accelerate overall economic growth.
SEC. 2. Creation of the Energy Development Board. – To

implement the aforesaid policy, there is hereby created an Energy
Development Board, hereinafter referred to as the Board, which
shall be composed of the Secretary of Finance, Secretary of Industry,
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Secretary of Justice, Secretary of National Defense, Secretary

of Economic Planning, Secretary of Natural Resources, and the
Chairman of the Philippine National Oil Company. The President
of the Philippines shall designate the Chairman of the Board from
among its members.
The officials next in rank to the members of the Board, as

designated by them, shall serve as alternate members. They shall
attend the meetings of the Board whenever their principals are
absent or their positions are vacant.
SEC. 3. Powers and Functions of the Board. – The Board

a. Formulate policies and implement and coordinate all

activities of the government relative to the exploration, exploitation
and development, and extraction of energy resources including
fossil fuels such as petroleum, coal, natural gas and gas liquids;
geothermal resources; nuclear fuel resources; and other less
conventional existing and potential forms of indigenous energy
resources;
b. Establish and administer a comprehensive and

integrated program for the exploration, exploitation, development,
and extraction of fossil and nuclear fuels, geothermal resources,
and other less conventional forms of indigenous extracted energy
resources;
c. Undertake by itself or through other arrangements,

such as service contracts, the active exploration, exploitation,
development, and extraction of energy resources in selected areas
and/or in government reservations;
d. Regulate all activities relative to the exploration,

exploitation, development, and extraction of fossil and nuclear fuels
and geothermal resources and, where necessary, prescribe and
collect fees in the exercise of such power;
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e. Assess, review and provide direction to energy research

and development programs including identification of sources
of energy and determination of their commercial feasibility for
development;
f. Exercise the powers and functions of the abolished

Petroleum Board transferred to the Board under Section 5 of this
Decree;
g. Coordinate, review and approve plans and programs of

the Power Development Council which is hereby attached to the
Board;
h. Promulgate such rules and regulations as may be

necessary to implement the objectives and provisions of this Decree;
and
i. Exercise all powers necessary or incidental to attain the

objectives of this Decree.
SEC. 4. Officials and Employees of the Board. – The Board

shall be assisted by an Executive Director appointed by the Board.
Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding the Board
shall appoint the officers and employees of the Board, fix their
compensation, allowances and benefits, their working hours and
such other conditions of employment as it may deem proper, grant
them leaves of absence under such regulations as it may promulgate,
discipline and/or remove them for cause, and establish and maintain
a recruitment and merit system.
SEC. 5. Abolition of the Petroleum Board. – The Petroleum

Board is hereby abolished and its powers and functions are
transferred to the Board together with applicable funds and
appropriations, records, equipment, property, and such personnel
as may be necessary.
SEC. 6. Transfer of the Functions of the Bureau of Mines and/

or the Department of Natural Resources. – The powers and functions
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of the Bureau of Mines and/or the Department of Natural Resources

relative to the exploration, development, and administration of coal
bearing lands as provided for in Presidential Decree No. 463 and Act
No. 2719, as amended are transferred to the Board. The powers and
functions of the Bureau of Mines and/or the Department of Natural
Resources under Republic Act No. 5092 and other laws relating to
the promotion and regulation of the exploration, exploitation and
development of geothermal energy, natural gas and methane gas
are likewise transferred to the Board. Such transfer shall include
applicable records, equipment, property, funds and appropriations,
and such personnel as may be necessary.
SEC. 7. Philippine National Petroleum Center. – The

Philippine National Petroleum Center shall be under the supervision
and control of the Board.
SEC. 8. Appropriations. – The sum of Five Million Pesos

out of any available funds from the National Treasury is hereby
appropriated and authorized to be released for the organization of
the Board and its initial operations. Henceforth, funds sufficient
to fully carry out the functions and objectives of the Board shall be
appropriated every fiscal year in the General Appropriations Act.
All fees, revenues and receipts of the Board from any and all
sources including receipts from service contracts and agreements
such as application and processing fees, signature bonus, discovery
bonus, production bonus; all money collected from concessionaires,
representing unspent work obligations, fines and penalties under the
Petroleum Act of 1949; as well as the government share representing
royalties, rentals, production share on service contracts and similar
payments on the exploration, development and exploitation of
energy resources, shall form part of a Special Fund to be used to
finance energy resource development and exploitation programs
and projects of the government and for such other purposes as may
be hereafter directed by the President.
SEC. 9. Reports. – The Board shall, within three months

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President. The annual report shall include an energy development

plan insofar as the exploration, exploitation, development, and
extraction of indigenous extracted energy resources are concerned.
It shall likewise submit such periodic or other reports as may be
required of it from time to time.
SEC. 10. Separability Clause. – Should any provision of this

affected thereby.
SEC. 11. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, executive


immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of March, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE

NO. 94
WHEREAS, the Cement Industry Authority was constituted

on January 11, 1973 to exist for a period of three years under
Presidential Decree No. 94;
WHEREAS, the Cement Industry Authority has helped

rationalize the Philippine cement industry and improved performance
of the industry in providing an adequate and continuous supply of
cement to the country, generating foreign exchange earnings from
exports and contributing to development of the national economy;
WHEREAS, subject to the approval of the President, the

Department of Industry adopts and implements the guidelines for
rationalization of certain industries to ensure maximum utilization
of industrial capacity and orderly productive growth of said
industries;

President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me
vested by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree the following
amendments to Presidential Decree No. 94:
SECTION 1. Section 1 of the Decree is hereby amended to

read as follows:
“Section. 1. The Board of the Cement Industry Authority

shall be composed of the Secretary of the Department of Industry
as Chairman, and the heads of the Central Bank of the Philippines,
Department of Finance, Department of Trade, and Development
Bank of the Philippines, or their representatives, as members. Two
representatives from the producing sector of the industry as may be
recommended by the appropriate association of the cement industry
may be designated by the President as members of the Board of the
Authority. The secretariat of the Authority shall be provided by the
Board of Investments.
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SEC. 2. Section 2 of the Decree is hereby amended to read

as follows:
“Section. 2. The Cement Industry Authority shall continue

to exist for a period of three years from January 11, 1976.
SEC. 3. Effectivity. – This decree shall take effect immediately

upon its approval.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL,

DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS AND
PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
WHEREAS, it is the Government’s policy to encourage

agricultural production in order to achieve food self-sufficiency;
WHEREAS, without a unifying authority, the activities

of several government agencies with interrelated functions have
sometimes led to duplication and unintegrated measures which
frustrate government and private efforts toward the attainment of
self-sufficiency in food of animal origin;
WHEREAS, the organization of the National Food and

Agriculture Council has made substantial gains in the administration
and implementation of food crops production, particularly in rice,
corn and other crops;
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need for a coordinating

agency similar to the National Food and Agriculture Council
that shall oversee, unify, and integrate the administration and
implementation of the livestock industries and allied industries’
development and rationalization.

SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. – It is the declared policy

of the State to promote the development of the livestock industry in
order to increase the supply of livestock and livestock products and
to attain self-sufficiency in food commodities of animal origin.
SEC. 2. Creation of the Livestock Development Council. –

There is hereby created a body called the Livestock Development
Council, hereinafter referred to as the “Council” which shall be under
the administrative supervision of the Department of Agriculture.
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SEC. 3. Powers and Functions. – The Council shall have the

a. To formulate and establish a comprehensive policy

guidelines for the development of the livestock industry in all its
aspects.
b. To formulate the long and short range programs

calculated to achieve major self-sufficiency, efficiency, and stability
in food commodities of animal origin.
c. To coordinate, integrate, and supervise all policies

and programs of all government agencies charged with the
implementation thereof.
d. To evaluate the activities and accomplishments of all

agencies of the government charged with the implementation of the
different aspects of the livestock development programs.
e. To assist, coordinate, and integrate private sector

activities with that of the government sector with the purpose of
involving the private sector in the food development programs of
animal origin and allied industries.
f. To call on any department, bureau, office, agency, and

other instrumentalities of the government in the form of personnel,
facilities, and other resources as the need arises in the performance
of its functions.
g. To perform such other functions as may be necessary to

attain the objectives of the livestock development programs.
SEC. 4. Composition of the Council. – The members of the

Council shall be composed of the following:
A. From the Government Sector
1. Secretary, Department of Agriculture
2. Secretary, Department of Agrarian Reform
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3. Secretary, Department of Industry
4. Secretary, Department of Local Governments and

5. Secretary, Department of Natural Resources
6. Director-General, National Economic Development

Authority
7. Secretary, Department of Trade
8. Director, Bureau of Animal Industry
9. Chairman, Board of Investments
10. Director, Central Bank, Department of Rural Banks

and Savings and Loan Associations
11. Administrator, National Grains Authority
12. President, Food Terminal, Inc.
13. Director-General, Philippine Council for Agriculture

and Resources Research
14. President, Land Bank of the Philippines
15. President, Philippine National Bank
16. Governor, Development Bank of the Philippines
17. Executive Director, Livestock Development Council
18. Chief, Philippine Constabulary
The Heads of Offices from the government sector may appoint

his representative to the Council from among his senior officials.
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B. From the Private Sector
1. President, Federation of Cattle Raisers Association of

the Philippines
2. President, Philippine Poultry Industry Association
3. President, Philippine Association of Hog Raisers, Inc.
4. President, Contract Growers Association of the

Philippines
5. President, Food Processors Association
6. President, Philippine Association of Meat Importers
7. President, Philippine Association of Feedmillers, Inc.
8. Representative of Small Poultry Raisers
9. Representative of Small Hog Raisers
10. Representative of Small Cattle Raisers
The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture or his

duly designated representative shall be the Chairman of the
Council. Representatives of small poultry, hog and cattle raisers
shall be appointed by the Chairman upon recommendation of the
Council. Other government agencies, associations, organizations
or institutions not otherwise included in this Decree shall be given
representation in the Council upon approval of the Council.
SEC. 5. Executive Staff . – The Council shall have an

Executive Staff which shall function under the supervision and
control of an Executive Director. The Council shall organize the
Executive Staff in accordance with the approved staffing pattern
and shall fix their salaries and remunerations including per diems
and allowances of personnel, subject to existing provisions of the
law. However, technical positions shall be exempt from WAPCO.
The Chairman shall appoint all personnel of the Executive Staff.
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SEC. 6. Livestock Development Fund. – The amount of three

pesos (P3.00) shall be collected as fees for the registration of large
cattle. Of the fee collected, one peso (P1.00) shall go to the municipality
where the registration takes place and two pesos (P2.00) shall go to
a Livestock Development Fund. Of the two pesos (P2.00) for the
Livestock Development Fund, one peso (P1.00) shall be used to carry
out the functions of the Council and the other one peso (P1.00) shall
be used to assist accredited private organizations or associations in
their development work on the livestock industry.
SEC. 7. Appropriation of Funds. – The Department of

Agriculture is hereby directed to appropriate and release sufficient
funds for the organization of the Council and for its initial operations.
Henceforth, funds sufficient to fully carry out the functions and
objectives of the Council shall be appropriated every fiscal year in
the General Appropriations Act.
SEC. 8. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, executive

orders, administrative orders, rules and regulations, or parts
thereof, which are inconsistent with any provision of this Decree
SEC. 9. Separability Clause. – If any provision of this Decree

shall be invalid, the remainder shall continue to be operative.

immediately.

(SGD) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

BY THE PRESIDENT:
(SGD) JACOBO C. CLAVE

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AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 353 BY
CHANGING THE COMPOSITION AND APPOINTMENT OF
THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
PHILIPPINE VETERANS INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
WHEREAS, the Secretary of National Defense and the

Executive Secretary mentioned in Presidential Decree No. 243,
as amended by Presidential Decree No. 353, are the Ex-Officio
Directors, Chairman and Vice-Chairman respectively, of the Board
of Directors of the Philippine Veterans Investment Development
Corporation;
WHEREAS, the position of Executive Secretary was already

abolished;
WHEREAS, the Secretary of National Defense has

multifarious primary as well as auxiliary duties and responsibilities
either as they are inherent to his functions as Head of the Defense
Establishment or as delegated by me, from time to time, as
necessitated during the period of national emergency, thereby
warranting certain needful changes that would be promotive of a
more effective National Defense Program.

President of the Philippines and Commander-in-Chief of all the
Armed Forces of the Philippines, pursuant to Proclamation No.
1081, dated September 21, 1972, and in order to effect the desired
changes and reforms in the social and economic structure of our
Society, do hereby order and decree the amendment of Presidential
Decree No. 243, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 353, by
modifying the first paragraph of Section 1 of the first mentioned
Presidential Decree to read as follows:
“SECTION. 1. The Corporation shall be governed and its

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of Directors which shall be composed of seven members to be

appointed by the President of the Philippines from a list of nominees
who should preferably be qualified veterans and retirees in good
standing to be submitted by the Secretary of National Defense. The
President of the Philippines shall likewise appoint the Chairman
and Vice-Chairman, respectively, from among the directors of the
Board. For every meeting of the Board actually attended by them,
each Director shall receive a per diem allowance of P100.00.”
Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day of April, in the year

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL FINANCIAL

SERVICES IN METROPOLITAN MANILA, CREATING
LOCAL TREASURY AND ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS
THEREIN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the integration of cities and municipalities in

Metropolitan Manila under the provisions of Presidential Decree
No. 824 requires a modification of the existing local tax structure
and established financial arrangements in order that these may
be re-aligned to conform with the objectives of central planning,
coordination and unified management of local government functions
within the Metropolitan Manila Area;
WHEREAS, the massive financial requirements of the

integrated development of Metropolitan Manila have made
imperative the evolvement of progressive revenue-raising program
that will not unduly burden the taxpayers, as well as the adoption
of sound fiscal policies, methods and procedures that will facilitate
the judicious allocation and utilization of resources;
WHEREAS, in order to attain the objectives of effective
fiscal m
anagement, there is a need to clearly define the structure
and administration of local finance services within the Metropolitan
cities and municipalities to insure proper handling and disposition
of public funds;

vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree and order, as
part of the law of the land, the following:
SECTION 1. Division of Metropolitan Manila into Local

Treasury and Assessment Districts. For purposes of effective fiscal
management, Metropolitan Manila is hereby divided into the
following Local Treasury and Assessment Districts:
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First District .................... Manila
Second District ................. Quezon City, Pasig, Marikina,

.......................................... Mandaluyong and San Juan
Third District ................... Caloocan City, Malabon, Navotas

.......................................... and Valenzuela
Fourth District ................. Pasay City, Makati, Parañaque,

.......................................... Muntinlupa, Las Piñas, Pateros
.......................................... and Taguig Manila, Quezon City,
.......................................... Caloocan City and Pasay City
.......................................... shall be the respective Centers of
.......................................... the aforesaid Treasury and
.......................................... Assessment Districts.
SEC. 2. General supervision of municipal treasury and

assessment offices. – Under the general direction of the Commissioner
for Finance of the Metropolitan Manila Commission, the City
Treasurers and the City Assessors of the treasury and assessment
districts created under Section one hereof shall, henceforth,
exercise general supervision over the local treasury and assessment
offices of the municipalities belonging to their respective districts.
Accordingly, said City Treasurers and City Assessors, in addition to
the powers, duties, and functions exercised by them under existing
laws, decrees, and rules and regulations, shall also discharge the
duties and functions heretofore exercised and performed under
existing laws by the Provincial Treasurers and Provincial Assessors
of the provinces of Rizal and Bulacan insofar as the aforesaid offices
of the municipalities within the Metropolitan Manila Area are
concerned.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 20. Issuance of Implementing Rules and Regulations

and Instructions. – The Secretary of Finance shall issue such rules
and regulations as may be necessary for the proper and effective
implementation of this Decree.
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The Secretary of Justice shall issue the necessary

instructions to the Registers of Deeds of the provinces of Rizal and
Bulacan and the cities of Quezon, Caloocan and Pasay to the end
that the expeditious transfer of the pertinent documents treated in
Section 12 hereof, as well as the proper safekeeping, maintenance
and management thereof, may be attained.
SEC. 21. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, orders,

proclamations, charter, and rules and regulations or parts thereof,
which are contrary to or inconsistent with this Decree are hereby
repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
SEC. 22. Effectivity. – This Decree, except those provisions

otherwise indicated above, shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, on April 12, in the year of Our

Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS COMMISSION
WHEREAS, it is a declared objective of the New Society

to effect social, economic and political reforms attuned to the
establishment of a secure national community and to an improved
quality of life for all citizens and for all other who may sojourn upon
our shores;
WHEREAS, the quality of human life in our times is

inescapably determined by the relationship amongst human
populations, resources, the environment, and intelligent policies;
WHEREAS, human settlement is an integrative concept

embracing the interdependence of man’s environment, human
shelters and structures, and the design and organization of human
communities consistently with a national framework plan, all for
the people’s security and well-being.
WHEREAS, our programs of reform now call for the

organization of a body that is adequate and responsive to the
manifold tasks of formulating human settlements perspectives
and policies, designing operational programs for the control of all
forms of environmental blight or deterioration, and adopting and
implementing measures for ensuring the safety and wholesomeness
of life in our communities with due regard to considerations of space,
efficient land use, equity in resource distribution, and rational
relationship amongst our communities.

by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree and make as part of
the laws of the land the following:
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy.— It is hereby declared

to be the policy of the Government (a) to liberate our human
communities from blight, congestion, and hazard, and to promote
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their development and modernization; (b) to bring about the optimum

use of land as a national resource for public welfare rather than as a
commodity of trade subject to price speculation and indiscriminate
use; (c) to effect rational interdependence of communities both within
as well as amongst the various regions; (d) to preserve and promote
a dynamic balance between the physical beauty of our land and
waters on the one hand, and the handiwork of human technology
on the other; and finally, (e) to realize those policies through the
human settlements approach; engaging in these activities the best
efforts of the private and public sectors.
SEC. 2. Definitions. – As used in this Decree, the following

words or phrases shall have the following meanings or definitions:
(a) “Development Plan” refers to the document/documents,

including maps, charts and other materials embodying goals and
objectives, policy guidelines, strategies and proposals for the overall
socio-economic growth and development of an area. The term covers
both national and regional development plans.
(b “Human Settlements” means the habitat or built

environment of human beings encompassing both rural and urban
areas where man settles himself to live.
(c) “Human Settlements Approach” means the physical

planning, improvement, and management of human settlements.
This includes consideration of shelter and related facilities which
affect habitability and efficiency from the viewpoints of quality of
life and economic and social opportunity.
(d) “Human Settlements Plan” refers to the major goals,

objectives, and policies for the planning of human settlements,
translated into a broad program of physical planning activities,
programs and projects, including its phasing, priorities, and
financing.
(e) “Land Resource Management” means the formulation

of policies and programs relating to the general use of land, the
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preparation of land use, plans, reflecting these policies and programs;

the coordination of efforts relating to land resources among
government agencies and between various levels of government, and
the administration of programs and implementation of mechanisms
in support of these policies.
(f) “Local Planning Bodies” refer to the existing offices or

agencies or those which may be created in the future which are
lawfully entrusted with physical planning functions in the local
governments.
(g) “Physical Planning” means the art and science of

ordering and managing the use of land and its environment and the
character and siting of buildings and communication routes so as
to secure the maximum practicable degree of economy, convenience
and beauty.
(h) “Pilot or Experimental Projects” refers to any

undertaking, activity, or operation, of more or less limited duration,
involving investments carried out with the end in view of trying out
alternative and innovative approaches to managing and planning
human settlements.
(i) “Planned Area for New Development” refers to any area/

areas identified and segregated for overall and integrated planning
and development as a single unit or physical area.
(j) “Regional Planning Bodies” refer to the existing offices

or agencies such as the Regional Development Councils (RDCs)
or those which may be created in the future which are lawfully
entrusted with physical planning functions in the region.
SEC. 3. Creation of the Human Settlements Commission.

– For the purpose of carrying out the above declared policy, there
is hereby created a Human Settlements Commission, hereinafter
referred to as the Commission, which shall be under the Office of
the President of the Philippines.
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The Commission shall be composed of the following members:

(1) the Deputy Director-General, National Economic and Development
Authority; (2) the Undersecretary, Department of Public Works,
Transportation and Communications; (3) the Undersecretary of
Public Highways; (4) the Undersecretary, Department of Natural
Resources; (5) the Undersecretary, Department of Justice; (6) the
Undersecretary, Department of Local Government and Community
Development; (7) the General Manager, National Housing
Authority; (8) the full-time Commissioner of the National Pollution
Control Commission; (9) Undersecretary of Agriculture; (10) Deputy
Commissioner of the Budget and (11) a Chairman appointed by the
President who shall be a member of the National Economic and
The Chairman and members of the Commission may be

allowed to receive per diems and allowances as may be necessary
for the performance of their duties.
The Commission is authorized to create such working sub-

committees as may be needed for carrying out the functions of the
Commission.
The Commission shall appoint and maintain an adequate

technical and administrative staff, which will be headed by an
Executive Director. The Task Force on Human Settlements created
and organized pursuant to Executive Order No. 419 and Presidential
Decree No. 297, both dated September 19, 1973, shall be abolished
upon the organization of the Commission herein created and
its pertinent functions together with the applicable personnel,
balance of appropriation, records, equipment and property shall be
The pertinent physical planning functions of the Planning

and Project Development Office (PPDO) created by Department
Order No. 40 dated June 27, 1972 of the Department of Public
Works, Transportation and Communications (DPWTC) are hereby
transferred to the Commission, together with such applicable
personnel, appropriations, records, equipment, and property as
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may be mutually determined by the DPWTC and the Commission.

However, the DPWTC shall retain such physical planning functions
as are essential to and supportive of the infrastructure program and
operations of the DPWTC and of the corporations attached to the
Department.
The regular professional and technical personnel of the

Commission shall be exempt form WAPCO rules and regulations.
SEC. 4. Functions. – The Commission shall have the following

functions:
1. Formulate a multi-year integrated national plan on

human settlements and identify and develop the spatial implications
and components of national and regional development plans, policies
and programs.
2. Undertake, promote, commission and/or contract the

gathering of data, the conduct of studies, and the development
and applications of technology pertaining to human settlements
necessary for the formulation of human settlements policies, plans
and programs; and monitor the implementation of such policies,
plans and programs for the different levels of government and for
the public and private sectors.
3. Conduct public hearings on all human settlements

plans before their submission to the NEDA. The Commission may
likewise conduct public hearing on all other plans prepared by it as
it may deem necessary.
4. Promulgate rules and regulations to ensure compliance

with policies, plans, standards and guidelines of human settlements
formulated under Paragraph 2 of this Section which shall be enforced
by the appropriate implementing agencies of the government such
as those concerned with land resources management, ecological
conservation and development and control of urban/industrial
pollution and hazards.
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5. Act as appellate body in case of conflicting decisions and

actions arising from the exercise of the physical planning functions
of the regional and/or local planning agencies.
6. With the concurrence of the NEDA, recommend for

the approval of the President selected human settlements as
Planned Areas for New Development, in accordance with modern
comprehensive physical planning techniques, indicating the preferred
implementing entity. If deemed necessary, an implementing
legislation shall be enacted for this purpose which may include the
grant of eminent domain to the implementing entity. Under such
terms and conditions as the President may further prescribe, the
Commission may be authorized to directly develop and implement a
Planned Area for New Development, either by itself or as part of an
inter-agency group and/or by contract with such appropriate public
and/or private entities as it may be deem proper.
7. Promote, encourage, coordinate, and assist private

enterprises and government agencies and instrumentalities in
planning, developing and coordinating human settlements programs
and to furnish, to the extent possible, technical and professional
assistance and guidance.
8. Promulgate guidelines, standards and reporting system

for monitoring of physical planning activities in the national,
regional and local levels.
9. Call on any department, bureau, office, agency or

instrumentality of the government, and on private entities and
organizations for cooperation and assistance in the performance of
its functions.
10. Adopt rules and procedures for the transaction of its

business.
11. Perform such other activities which are necessary for

the effective performance of the above-mentioned functions and
objectives.
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SEC. 5. National Planning Functions. – The Commission

shall submit the integrated national multi-year and annual
Human Settlements Plans to the NEDA Board for coordination and
integration with the national development plan. It shall also submit
the proposed draft legislation, if necessary, for the implementation
of such plans. Once the Human Settlements Plan has been approved
and the implementing legislation promulgated, all plans, programs
and projects of the government and the private sectors related to
human settlements shall conform to the guidelines and standard
set forth therein.
The Commission shall also submit to the NEDA an Annual

Human Settlements Plan consistent with the annual development
budget and such annual plans which NEDA may prepare, for
integration into the national development plan. Said Annual Plan
shall be submitted in time for consideration in the preparation of
the development budget and national development plan.
SEC. 6. Regional Planning Functions. – For the effective

integration of economic planning with the physical planning of
human settlements, the NEDA and the Commission shall be in
constant and regular consultation with each other and shall effect a
mutual reporting system.
At the request of a Regional Development Council (RDC),

the Commission may prepare the regional plan for that region and/
or may provide such necessary technical and planning assistance as
may be necessary. The Commission may help the RDCs to establish
their respective physical planning units.
SEC. 7. Project Implementation. – Except as otherwise

provided herein, the Commission may not undertake project
implementation involving specific sites except in the case of pilot or
experimental projects which may or may not form part of the Planned
Development Units. For this purpose, with the prior concurrence
of the NEDA, it may undertake the project itself or designate any
suitable government agency or agencies, any qualified private
organization, or any other qualified group of persons to undertake
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said pilot or experimental projects. In the latter case, it shall issue

a designating order with the approval of and through the President
which shall embody the powers and functions of said organizations
including the nature, extent and duration of its special authority,
consistent with existing laws.
SEC. 8. Regulatory Functions. –
(a) The Commission shall assist and coordinate with the

National Pollution Control Commission (NPCC) in the performance
of its functions such as the setting of performance standards for
emitants, industrial wastes, fire hazards and the like to ensure that
factories, plants, industries and the like shall provide adequate
and effective devices for the healthy and safe disposal of industrial
wastes and shall install anti-pollution devices, safety devices and the
like and otherwise use their property in accordance with prescribed
policies, rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission.
(b) The Commission shall formulate
1. National standards, rules and regulations to be followed

and observed by the regional and local planning authorities in the
preparation and implementation of human settlements policies,
plans and programs.
2. Regional standards and guidelines on land use,

classification, and readjustment schemes in coordination with the
appropriate government entities and with the concurrence of the
Regional Development Councils concerned.
3. Model ordinances and development regulations such as

zoning, subdivision and building regulations, and housing and rental
codes for the guidance of and possible consideration, by regional and
local planning authorities, including local governments.
(c) Within the context of the national and regional standards

and guidelines, the preparation of local physical or zoning plans shall
be undertaken by the appropriate local governments, to be embodied
in local ordinances: Provided, however, That the concurrence of the
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Commission shall be obtained beforehand and: Provided, further,

That such concurrence shall be limited to the consistency of the local
ordinance to the national and regional standards and guidelines and
shall not extend to the utilization and/or classification of specific
individual plots of land.
SEC. 9. General Powers of the Commission.— In order

to perform its various functions, the Commission shall have the
following general powers, subject to existing laws:
(a) Enter into contracts, either domestic or foreign,

whenever necessary under such terms and conditions as it may
deem proper and reasonable.
(b) Receive, take and hold by bequest, device, gift, purchase

or lease, either absolutely or in trust for any of its purposes from
and domestic sources, any asset, grant or property, real or personal,
subject to such limitations as are provided in existing laws and
regulations; to convey such asset, grant or property, invest and
reinvest the same under this provision and deal with and expand
its assets and income in such manner as will best promote its public
welfare objectives.
(c) Develop and maintain in conjunction with cooperating

agencies a responsive information system through the establishment
of a data bank to support the Commission at various specific levels
in the planning, monitoring, execution, coordination and control of
its various activities, programs and/or projects.
(d) To do and perform any and all such acts as may be

necessary and proper to carry out the objectives of this Decree.
SEC. 10. Powers of the Commission Upon Notice and

Hearing. – The Commission shall have the following powers, upon
proper notice and hearing:
(a) Formulate the national and regional human settlements

plans.
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(b) Formulate national or regional plans showing the area

or areas for the location of factories, plants, industries, which shall
be subject to regulations.
SEC. 11. Powers of the Commission Without Hearing. –

The Commission shall have the power to do the following without
hearing:
(a) Require all persons, corporations or other entities to

furnish it with such physical and operational plans, maps and other
relevant information as it may need to discharge its duties under
this Decree.
(b) Issue subpoena and subpoena duces tecum on any

inquiry, study, hearing, investigation or proceeding which it may
decide to undertake in the excess of its functions, powers and duties
under this Decree.
(c) Call on any department, bureau, office, agency, or

instrumentality of the government or any of its political subdivisions
for cooperation and assistance in the performance of its duties and
functions.
(d) Promulgate rules and regulations relevant to procedures

governing hearings before the Commission and enforce compliance
with any rules, regulation, order or other requirements of this Decree
or of the Commission: Provided, That the said rules and regulations
shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publications in a newspaper
of general circulation.
(e) Issue and promulgate such rules and regulations as it

may deem necessary in the attainment of its objectives.
(f) Perform such other acts as may be necessary or conducive

to the exercise of its functions and powers and the discharge of its
duties under this Decree.
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SEC. 12. Submission of Annual Reports. – The Commission

shall render an Annual Report and such other reports as may be
necessary to the Office of the President.
SEC. 13. Commission Procedure. – All inquiries, studies,

hearings, investigations and proceedings conducted by the
Commission shall be governed by rules adopted by the Commission,
and in the conduct thereof the Commission shall not be bound by
technical rules of evidence: Provided, That the Commission may
summarily punish for contempt, by a fine not exceeding five hundred
pesos (P500.00) or, upon order of the Court upon application of
the Commission in the appropriate contempt proceedings, by
imprisonment of not exceeding thirty (30) days or both, any person
guilty of such misconduct in the presence of the Commission or so
near thereto as to seriously interrupt any hearing or session or any
proceeding before it, including cases wherein a person willfully fails
or refuses, without just cause, to comply with a summons, subpoena,
or subpoena duces tecum legally issued by the Commission, or, being
present at a hearing session or investigation, refuses to be sworn as
a witness or to answer questions when lawfully required to do so,
or to furnish information required by the Commission under this
Decree. The sheriff or other police agencies of the place where the
hearing or investigation is conducted shall, upon the request of the
Commission, assist it to enforce the provisions of this Section.
SEC. 14. Review of Commission’s Decision or Order. – A

party adversely affected by any decision or order of the Commission
in the exercise of its powers subject to hearing, may, within a period
of thirty (30) days from receipt of said decision or order, appeal
to the Office of the President in accordance with the provisions of
Executive Order No. 19, series of 1966. A motion for reconsideration
filed with the Commission within the period for appeal shall stop
or suspend the running of the period for appeal to the Office of the
President and the period for appeal shall continue to run again from
the date of receipt by the party concerned of the denial of his motion
for reconsideration by the Commission.
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SEC. 15. Penalties. – (a) Any person who shall give false
or misleading data or information of willfully or through gross
negligence, conceals or falsifies a material fact, in any investigation,
inquiry, study or other proceedings held pursuant to this Decree,
shall be punished with imprisonment of not less than four nor more
than six months with a fine of not less than five hundred pesos
nor more than one thousand pesos: Provided, That if the false or
misleading data or information shall have been given under oath,
the maximum penalty for giving false testimony or perjury shall be
imposed.
(b) Any person or establishment who violates any provision

of this Decree or any order, decision, ruling or regulation of the
Commission shall, upon conviction for the first time, be warned
and placed on probation under such terms and conditions as the
proper Court may impose. On second conviction, the penalty to be
imposed shall be the removal, withdrawal, cessation or refusal of
infrastructure support, namely: highways, sewage, water, electric
power and the like. On the third and subsequent convictions,
the offender shall, in addition to the penalty imposed on second
conviction, be sentenced to imprisonment for a period of not less
than six months nor more than five years and a fine of not less than
five thousand pesos: Provided, That if the offender is a corporation,
partnership or juridical person, the penalty of imprisonment shall
be imposed on the officer or responsible for permitting or causing
the violation.
SEC. 16. Domicile. – The principal office of the Commission

shall be established in Metropolitan Manila. The Commission may
also have branches or offices at such other place or places in the
Philippines, as the operations and activities of the Commission may
require.
SEC. 17. Appropriation. – The budget of the Commission

shall be twenty-nine million pesos (P29,000,000.00) for calendar
year 1976 which is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the
National Treasury. Thereafter, such amount as necessary to carry
out the provisions of this Decree shall be included in the Annual
Appropriations Act.
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Decree shall be held invalid, the remainder shall not be affected
thereby.
SEC. 19. Repealing Clause. – Any provision of law, executive

order, rule or regulation inconsistent with this Decree are hereby

immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 13th day of May in the year
(SGD.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

BY THE PRESIDENT:
(SGD.) JACOBO C. CLAVE

Presidential ExecutiveAssistant
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ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL CROP PROTECTION CENTER

WITHIN THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, UNIVERSITY
OF THE PHILIPPINES AT LOS BAÑOS, AND SEVEN
REGIONAL CROP PROTECTION CENTER WITHIN THE
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY
WHEREAS, the government is pursuing an intensified food

production to program to ensure an adequate food supply and higher
standards of living for our people and to sustain the socio-economic
growth of the country;
WHEREAS, crop protection is vital to the success of the

government’s intensified food production programs;
WHEREAS, food and commercial crop losses due to pests

amount to hundreds of millions of pesos annually;
WHEREAS, the country has many tropical crops with

potential for expanded production and export if proper crop protection
is practiced to meet the stringent quarantine and pesticide residue
requirements of importing countries;
WHEREAS, the country’s pest control research efforts

are largely uncoordinated and not made readily available to our
farmers;
WHEREAS, there is no systematic effort exerted toward

meeting the total pest control needs of the country, and there is
therefore need to institutionalize the research and field extension
forces in pest control work into an integrated, nationwide crop
protection network;

vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree and order the
following:
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SECTION 1. There is hereby established a National Crop

Protection Center, hereinafter referred to as the Center, in the
College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines at Los Baños,
with the following specific functions:
a. To undertake problem analyses, development research

and planning required to develop crop protection systems against
pests of major economic crops.
b. To develop and implement manpower training programs

designed to upgrade the pool of manpower required to meet the
complex pest control needs of the country.
c. To undertake information exchange and extension to

provide farmers and the public with coordinated information about
the varied facets of pest control and to emphasize the urgent need
for safe and effective pest control practices.
d. To establish adequate linkage between research and

operational phases at the farm level in order to ensure that the
changing research needs of operational activities are met and that
operational activities are based on the most recent and applicable
research findings.
e. To provide scientific advice to government planners for

the formulation of policies and regulatory programs necessary for
dealing with the complex pest control technologies essential for the
protection of crops.
There is also hereby initially established seven regional crop

protection centers of the Bureau of Plant Industry which will serve
the research, extension and protection needs of the geographic areas
they encompass. The functions of the regional crop centers shall be
the same as those of the Centers as enumerated hereinabove except
that the emphasis shall be on applied research in the region as well
as actual protection and field extension work. The locations of the
initial regional centers are as follows: 1) Dingras, Ilocos Norte, 2)
Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, 3) Pili, Camarines Sur, 4) Palo, Leyte, 5) Iloilo
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City, 6) Malaybalay, Bukidnon and 7) Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat.

Additional regional crop protection centers may be established
hereafter, as may be required from time to time, by the Center, in
consultation with the Advisory Board and with the concurrence of
the Bureau of Plant Industry.
SEC. 2. The Center shall be headed by a Director who

shall be appointed by the Board of Regents of the University of the
Philippines System upon the joint recommendation by the Advisory
Board of the Center and the Chancellor of the U. P. at Los Baños.
The Director shall be directly responsible to the Dean of the UPLB
College of Agriculture. He shall exercise authority and be responsible
for the Center’s overall operations.
SEC. 3. The research plans and priorities of the Center shall

be subject to annual review by an Advisory Board to assure proper
direction and relevance of programs and activities in relation to
national requirements. The Advisory Board shall be composed of:
1.) The Secretary of Agriculture as Chairman
2.) The Dean, UPLB College of Agriculture
3.) The Executive Director, National Food and Agriculture

Council
4.) The Director Bureau of Plant Industry
5.) The Assistant for Research, UP at Los Baños
6.) The Director, Crops Research Division, PCARR
7.) A Representative of the Pesticide industry
8.) A Representative of the farming sector
9.) The Executive Director of the Philippine Pesticide

Board
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The industry and private sector representatives shall be

appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture and
they shall serve for a term of three years.
SEC. 4. The Center may, in the pursuit of its mandate,

enlist the services of any and all scientists and technical personnel
of any agency or instrumentality of the Philippine government
knowledgeable in pest control work and such scientists and technical
personnel may be paid honoraria by the Center.
SEC. 5. The Center is hereby authorized to undertake

construction of buildings and other facilities and to purchase local
or imported equipment and supplies as may be necessary to carry
out its functions. Further, the Center shall be exempted from taxes,
and other duties for equipment, supplies and materials purchased
abroad when not available locally on favorable terms.
SEC. 6. Expenditures and disbursements made by the Center

in the conduct of its activities shall be subject to special auditing
rules and regulations suited to the requirements of research. These
special auditing rules and regulations shall be formulated by the
Commission on Audit and the Center within three months after
approval of this Decree.
SEC. 7. The Center is also by hereby authorized to negotiate

loans for capital expenditures and staff development and/or to solicit
donations and/or contributions from organizations or individuals,
local or foreign, private or public, for its operations.
SEC. 8. The amount of P3 million is hereby appropriated to

the University of the Philippines at Los Baños for Calendar year
1977. This amount or more shall be included in the annual budget of
the Department of Agriculture thereafter to support the operation
of the Center at Los Baños. The incremental budgetary needs of the
Bureau of Plant Industry for the regional crop protection centers
shall be provided in the national budget by way of the normal annual
budget process.
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SEC. 9. All acts, parts of acts, executive orders, ordinances,

rules and regulations which are inconsistent with the provisions of
this Presidential Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified
accordingly.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE PHILIPPINE EXPORT COUNCIL, DEFINING ITS

POWERS AND DUTIES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR
WHEREAS, national economic growth demands a sustained

contribution in foreign exchange generation by the export sector;
WHEREAS, there is a need to develop and implement a

national export strategy designed to achieve a significant increase
in export earnings;
WHEREAS, there is a need to establish a mechanism for

the direct and continuing involvement of the private sector in
the formulation and implementation of the government export
strategy;
WHEREAS, there is a need to establish an institution to serve

as the focal point for government and private sector cooperation in
the promotion of Philippine products;
WHEREAS, the effective implementation of an export

promotion strategy requires that such an institution be capable of
flexible and dynamic action and be vested with appropriate authority
to operate under a high degree of autonomy;
WHEREAS, such an institution will provide the mechanism

to compete with other countries, which have adopted similar
institutions designed to optimize their export strategy through
encouraging and stimulating joint government and private sector
action for export expansion.

by the Constitution, hereby order and decree the following, to form
part of the laws of the land:
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SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. – It is hereby declared to

be the policy of the government to encourage, promote, expand and
diversify exports to existing and prospective markets in order to
generate employment and income, improve the balance of payments,
and hasten the economic development of the nation.
It is further declared to be the policy of government to

encourage and support private sector producers and traders in the
promotion of Philippine commodities and products in international
markets and; based on national economic policies and consistent
with fiscal policy, to maximize direct private sector participation in
the implementation of government export assistance.
SEC. 2. Creation of the Philippine Export Council. – There is

hereby created the Philippine Export Council, hereinafter called the
Export Council, which shall be responsible for the formulation and
the monitoring of the national export strategy; for recommending
to the President policy measures pertaining to export expansion
and devising plans and programs of action; and for the coordination
of government and private sector efforts to develop, promote, and
enhance earnings from commodities and products of export.
The Export Council shall be directly under the Office of the

President.
SEC. 3. Responsibilities of the Council. – The Export Council

shall prepare a national export strategy which shall include an
identification of performance targets consistent with existing
economic policies and as embodied in the approved national
development plan. The Export Council shall monitor and report
to the President periodically including an annual report on the
implementation of the national export strategy. It shall undertake
or cause to be undertaken by appropriate agencies or organizations
such research, developmental and promotional activities as are
necessary in support of the policy defined in this decree but shall
not engage directly in trade or selling.
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SEC. 4. Powers and Functions of the Export Council. – The

powers, functions, and duties of the Export Council established
under the provisions of this decree shall include the following:
a) To develop a national export strategy to be approved by

the President of the Philippines that is based on national economic
policies and which reflects both immediate and medium-term
objectives defined by specified performance targets;
b) As a component of the national export strategy, to develop

annual, medium-term, and long-term programs of developmental
and promotional activities designed to achieve the objectives of
the national export strategy, taking into account the production
capacity of Philippine industries and the opportunities present in
export markets;
c) To recommend to the President, the assignment to other

government, semi-government and private institutions functions and
responsibilities defined in the approved national export strategy; to
determine and recommend for approval budget allocations required
to fund such assigned functions and responsibilities in order to
assure the successful implementation of approved programs of
action;
d) To study and recommend specific government assistance

measures that will encourage increased production and will enable
exportable commodities to become more competitive in international
markets;
e) To identify obstacles to the export of specific products

and commodities in world markets, and to recommend appropriate
measures for the removal of these obstacles;
f) To assist producers, exporters, and government agencies

including export and industry authorities, government and private
trading organizations, and Philippine missions abroad in the
promotion of Philippine products and commodities;
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g) To assess policies and programs of government

agencies and private sector organizations engaged or involved
in activities allied to or affecting Philippine international trade,
such as forwarding, brokerage, shipping, insurance, warehousing,
financing; and to recommend or adopt measures to improve their
contribution to increasing competitiveness of Philippine exports in
world markets;
h) To encourage the organization of cooperative trading

organizations and other forms of joint export marketing by producers/
exporters to attain increased leverage in international marketing;
i) To undertake or cause to be undertaken any other

activities essential to the achievement of the objectives and intent
of this decree; and
j) To exercise such other powers and undertake such other

functions as may be assigned to the Export Council by the President
of the Philippines.
SEC. 5. Governing Council. – The powers and functions of

the Export Council shall be exercised by a Governing Council which
shall be composed of the following:
The Secretary, Department of Trade;
The Secretary, Department of Industry;
The Director-General, National Economic and Development

Authority;
The Secretary, Department of Agriculture;
The Secretary, Department of Natural Resources;
The Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs;
The Secretary, Department of Finance;
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The Governor, Central Bank of the Philippines;
The President, Philippine International Trading Corporation:

and The President, Philippine Export Council.
The members shall sit in the Governing Council on an ex-

officio basis. In case of any disability of any of such officials to attend
meetings of the Governing Council, the designated representative
or the official next in rank shall sit in place of such official unable
to attend.
The Chairman of the Governing Council will concurrently be

the full-time President of the Export Council. He will be preferably
drawn from the private sector and shall be appointed by the
President of the Philippines for a term of three (3) years.
In the absence or incapacity of the Chairman, the Secretary

of Trade shall preside over the meetings of the Governing Council.
SEC. 6. Export Advisory Board. – There shall be created a

permanent Export Advisory Board composed of qualified individuals
from the private sector who shall provide the advice, guidance, and
insight essential to pursuing the activities of the Export Council,
and who shall collectively represent private sector views.
The Advisory Board shall be chaired by the President of the

Export Council. Its members shall include each of the chairman
of the Permanent Committees as described in section 7 and may
include additional members who shall be appointed by the Governing
Council from among qualified members of the private sector.
SEC. 7. Permanent Committees. – There shall be established

permanent committees, to be composed principally of private sector
membership, and that are oriented toward the development and
promotion of specific products, product groups and commodities as
well as the functional aspects of export trade expansion. Meetings of
these committees shall be attended by officials at the level of Bureau
directors or appropriate technical levels from line departments
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directly concerned with the product groups or commodities towards

which the committee is oriented. Among other responsibilities to be
defined by the Governing Council, these committees will suggest
to the Export Council Staff activities relating to the determination
of performance targets, the formulation of policy recommendations,
and the design of essential developmental and promotional measures
affecting their respective export industries and related services. The
findings and recommendations of the permanent committees shall
be submitted to the Governing Council for approval and shall be
incorporated in the national export strategy.
The members of each of the permanent committees shall

be appointed by the Governing Council from among the qualified
nominees of concerned private sector national business organizations,
industry, commerce, and trade-related associations, and from the
staff of the relevant government agencies, Each committee shall
elect a chairman from among its private sector membership, subject
to confirmation by the Governing Council.
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immediately.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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REORGANIZING THE COURTS OF AGRARIAN RELATIONS,

STREAMLINING THEIR PROCEDURES, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the present organizational, operational and

procedural set-up of the Courts of Agrarian Relations is not conducive
to the effective and efficient implementation of the objectives of the
accelerated agrarian reform program;
WHEREAS, the inferior economic, intellectual, social,

political and cultural position of the tenant-tillers require suitable
changes in the structure, manner of operation and rules of procedure
of Courts of Agrarian Relations as well as in the orientation of
persons having anything to do with agrarian law and reform if they
are to render justice and help attain the emancipation of the tenant-
tillers as provided in the Constitution; and
WHEREAS, there is, therefore, an imperative need to

reorganize the Courts of Agrarian Relations and to streamline their
procedures to achieve a just, expeditious and inexpensive disposition
of agrarian cases, and to make the said Courts responsive to the
goals of the New Society.

SECTION 1. The Courts of Agrarian Relations; Supervision.

– The Courts of Agrarian Relations organized and established under
Republic Act Numbered thirty-eight hundred and forty-four, as
amended, are hereby reorganized and their procedures streamlined
in conformity with the provisions of this Decree.
The Supreme Court shall continue to exercise administrative

supervision over said Courts.
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SEC. 2. Regional Districts, Stations; Residences of Judges.

– The Districts of the Courts of Agrarian Relations shall be the
same as those of the Courts of First Instance. The stations of the
respective Courts shall be determined by the Supreme Court, except
that the Executive Judge shall have his Station in Metropolitan
Manila, without prejudice to his holding court in any District where
the exigencies of the service so require.
Until otherwise provided by the Supreme Court, the branches

(salas) of the Courts shall be stationed as follows:
First Regional District: Branch I - Tuguegarao, Cagayan;

Branch II - Ilagan, Isabela; Branch III - Santiago, Isabela; Branch
IV - Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya; and Branch V - Cabarroguis,
Quirino;
Second Regional District: Branch I - Laoag City; Branch II -

San Fernando, La Union; and Branch III - Tabuk, Kalinga-Apayao;
Third Regional District: Branch I - Lingayen, Pangasinan;

Branch II - Urdaneta, Pangasinan; Branch III - Tayug, Pangasinan;
and Branch IV - Iba, Zambales;
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Fourth Regional District: Branch I - Cabanatuan City;
Branch II - Guimba, Nueva Ecija; Branch III - San Jose City; Branch
IV - Gapan, Nueva Ecija; Branch V - Tarlac, Tarlac, and Branch VI
- Paniqui, Tarlac;
Fifth Regional District: Branch I - San Fernando, Pampanga;

Branch II - Angeles City; Branch III - Guagua, Pampanga; Branch
IV – Balanga, Bataan; Branch V – Malolos, Bulacan; and Branch
VI- Baliuag, Bulacan;
Sixth Regional District: Branch I - Metropolitan Manila

(Sala of the Executive Judge);
Seventh Regional District; Branch I - Pasig, Rizal; Branch II

- Cavite City; and Branch III - Puerto Princesa City; Eighth Regional
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District: Branch I - Calamba, Laguna; Branch II - San Pablo City;

Branch III - Lipa City; Branch IV - San Jose, Occidental Mindoro;
and Branch V - Calapan, Oriental Mindoro;
Ninth Regional District: Branch I - Lucena City; Branch II -

Gumaca, Quezon; and Branch III - Baler, Quezon;
Tenth Regional District: Branch I - Daet, Camarines Norte;

Branch II - Naga City; Branch III - Legaspi City; and Branch IV -
Sorsogon, Sorsogon;
Eleventh Regional District: Branch I - Iloilo City; Branch II -

San Jose, Antique; Branch III - Roxas City; and Branch IV - Kalibo,
Aklan;
Twelfth Regional District: Branches I and II - Bacolod City;

Branch III - San Carlos City; and Branch IV - Dumaguete City;
Thirteenth Regional District: Branch I - Ormoc City; Branch

II - Tacloban, Leyte; and Branch III - Catarman, Northern Samar;
Fourteenth Regional District: Branch I - Cebu City;
Fifteenth Regional District: Branch I - Butuan City; Branch

II - Surigao City; and Branch III - Tandag, Surigao del Sur; and
Sixteenth Regional District: Branch I - Davao City; Branch II -
Cotabato City; Branch III - Ozamis City; Branch IV - Pagadian City;
Branch V - Cagayan de Oro City; and Branch VI - Iligan City.
In the interest of justice, the Supreme Court may transfer

stations within the District and establish new Branches (salas).
Every Judge shall reside within a distance of not more than

fifty (50) kilometers by the most direct transportation route from
his official station.
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SEC. 12. Jurisdiction over Subject Matter. – The Courts of

Agrarian Relations shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction
over:
(a) Cases involving the rights and obligations of persons in

the cultivation and use of agricultural land except those cognizable
by the National Labor Relations Commission; Provided, That
no case involving the determination of rentals over any kind of
tenanted agricultural land shall be taken cognizance of by the
Courts of Agrarian Relations unless there has been a prior fixing
of provision rental by the Department of Agrarian Reform, except
that the tenant-farmer may directly bring the case for immediate
determination by the Courts of Agrarian Relations;
(b) Questions involving rights granted and obligations

imposed by laws, Presidential Decrees, Orders, Instructions, Rules
and Regulations issued and promulgated in relation to the agrarian
reform program; Provided, however, That matters involving the
administrative implementation of the transfer of the land to the
tenant-farmer under Presidential Decree No. 27 and amendatory
and related decrees, orders, instructions, rules and regulations,
shall be exclusively cognizable by the Secretary of Agrarian Reform,
namely:
(1) classification and identification of landholdings;
(2) identification of tenant-farmers and landowners, and

determination of their tenancy relationship;
(3) parcellary mapping;
(4) determination of the total production and value of the

land to be transferred to the tenant-farmer;
(5) issuance, recall or cancellation of certificates of land

transfer in cases outside the purview of Presidential Decree No.
816;
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(6) right of retention of the landowner;
(7) right of the tenant-farmer to a home lot;
(8) disposition of the excess area in the tenant’s

farmholding;
(9) change of crop from rice and/or corn to any other

agricultural crop;
(10) issuance of certification for the conversion of tenanted

rice and/or corn land for residential, commercial, industrial, or other
urban purposes, it being understood that the authority to issue
certificates for conversion of other kinds of tenanted agricultural
land for the same purposes remains vested in the Secretary of
Agrarian Reform;
(11 transfer, surrender or abandonment by the tenant-

farmer of his farmholding and its disposition; and
(12) increase of tillage area by a tenant-farmer;
Provided, further, That the decision of the Secretary

of Agrarian Reform may be appealed to the President of the
Philippines.
(c) Cases involving the collection of amortizations on

payments for lands acquired under Presidential Decree No. 27,
as amended, Commonwealth Act Numbered twenty, as amended,
Commonwealth Act Numbered five hundred thirty-nine, as
amended, Republic Act Numbered eleven hundred and sixty, as
amended, Republic Act Numbered fourteen hundred, as amended,
Republic Act Numbered thirty-eight hundred and forty-four, as
amended, and other related laws, decrees, orders, instructions, rules
and regulations, as well as payment for residential, commercial and
industrial lots within the settlement and resettlement areas under
the administration and disposition of the Department of Agrarian
Reform;
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(d) Cases involving collection of amortizations on payments

for farm machineries and implements distributed and sold by
the Department of Agrarian Reform and the Land Bank of the
Philippines to tenant-farmers, agricultural lessees, settlers, owner-
cultivators, amortizing owner-cultivators, the Samahang Nayon,
compact farms, farmers’ cooperatives, and other registered farmers’
associations or organizations, as well as payment for indebtedness
of settlers by reason of the assistance given them by the Department
of Agrarian Reform in the form of seeds, work animals, houses,
subsistence, transportation, medicines, farm implements, tools, and
the like;
(e) Cases involving collection of amortizations on payments

for irrigation systems and/or water rights grants, as well as irrigation
fees, charge and/or rentals;
(f) Cases involving collection of rentals on agricultural lands

leased by the Department of Agrarian Reform or Land Bank and
collection of agricultural loans granted to tenant-farmers, agricultural
lessees, settlers, owner-cultivators, amortizing owner-cultivators,
the Samahang Nayon, compact farms, farmers’ cooperatives and
other registered farmer associations or organizations;
(g) Cases involving the annulment or rescission of lease

contracts and deeds of sale, and the cancellation or amendment of
titles pertaining to agricultural lands under the administration and
disposition of the Department of Agrarian Reform and the Land
Bank, as well as emancipation patents issued under Presidential
Decree No. 266, homestead patents, free patents, and miscellaneous
sales patents to settlers in settlement and resettlement areas under
Reform;
(h) Cases involving boundary disputes over lands under

Reform and the Land Bank, which are transferred, distributed and/
or sold to tenant-beneficiaries and are covered by deeds of sale,
patents and certificates of titles;
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(i) Cases arising out of, or in connection with, membership

in the Samahang Nayon, compact farms, farmers’ cooperatives and
other registered farmers’ associations or organizations, and the
rights and obligations arising from such membership;
(j) Cases arising directly or indirectly between

corporations or partnerships covered by General Order No. 47 and
tenant-farmers, agricultural lessees, settlers, owner-cultivators,
amortizing owner-cultivators, the Samahang Nayon, compact farms,
farmers’ cooperatives, and other registered farmers’ associations
or organizations, and between such corporation or partnerships
and other corporations, partnerships, associations or single
proprietorships where the questions involved affects the rights and
interests of the persons herein mentioned;
(k) Cases involving the determination of title to agricultural

lands where this issue is raised in an agrarian dispute by any of the
parties or a third person in connection with the possession thereof
for the purpose of preserving the tenure of the agricultural lessee
or actual tenant-farmer and effecting the ouster of the interloper or
intruder in one and the same proceeding;
(l) Cases involving the sale, alienation, mortgage

foreclosure, pre-emption and redemption of tenanted agricultural
land;
(m) Cases involving expropriation of all kinds of land in

furtherance of the agrarian reform program;
(n) Expropriation proceedings for public purpose of all kinds

of tenanted agricultural land, whether instituted by the State, its
political subdivisions and instrumentalities, or corporations and
entities authorized by laws to expropriate;
(o) Cases involving acquisition by the Department of

Agrarian Reform of irrigation systems and/or water rights grants for
the benefits of tenant-farmers, agricultural lessees, settlers, owner-
cultivators, amortizing owner-cultivators, the Samahang Nayon,
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compact farms, farmers’ cooperatives, and other registered farmers’

associations or organizations, the Department of Agrarian Reform
being hereby vested with the authority to construct irrigation
systems and apply for water rights grants for the purpose herein
provided;
(p) Ejectment proceedings instituted by the Department of

Agrarian Reform and the Land Bank involving lands under their
administration and disposition, except urban properties belonging
to the Land Bank;
(q) Cases involving violations of the penal provisions

of Republic Act Numbered eleven hundred and ninety-nine, as
amended, Republic Act Numbered thirty eight hundred and
forty-four, as amended, Presidential Decrees and laws relating to
agrarian reform; Provided, however, That violations of the said penal
provisions committed by any Judge shall be tried by the courts of
general jurisdiction; and
(r) Violations of Presidential Decree Nos. 815 and 816.
No tenant-farmer in agricultural lands primarily devoted to

rice and/or corn shall be ejected or removed from his farmholding
until such time as the respective rights of the tenant-farmer and the
landowner shall have been determined in accordance with the rules
and regulations implementing Presidential Decree No. 27.
No Judge of the Courts of Agrarian Relations, Courts of First

Instance, municipal or city courts, or any other tribunal or fiscal shall
take cognizance of any ejectment case or any other case designed to
harass or remove a tenant of an agricultural land primarily devoted
to rice and/or corn, unless certified by the Secretary of Agrarian
Reform as a proper case for trial or hearing by a court or Judge or
other officer of competent jurisdiction, and if any such case is filed,
the case shall first be referred to the Secretary of Agrarian Reform
or his authorized representative in the locality for a preliminary
determination of the relationship between the contending parties. If
the Secretary of Agrarian Reform or his authorized representative
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in the locality finds that the case is a proper case for the Court or
Judge or other hearing office to hear, he shall so certify and such
court, Judge or other hearing officer may assume jurisdiction over
the dispute or controversy.
The preliminary determination of the relationships between

the contending parties by the Secretary of Agrarian Reform or his
authorized representative, is not binding upon the court, Judge or
hearing officer to whom the case is certified as a proper case for trial.
Said court, Judge or hearing officer, after hearing, may confirm,
reverse or modify said preliminary determination as the evidence
and substantial merits of the case may warrant.
SEC. 13. Territorial Jurisdiction: Venue of Action. – All

actions except criminal cases falling with the jurisdiction of the
Courts of Agrarian Relations shall be commenced by a written
complaint filed with the office of the clerk of court of the Branch
within whose territorial jurisdiction the land directly involved is
situated.
Every Branch shall have territorial jurisdiction over all

cases directly involving lands within the entire Regional District
where its official station is located.
Where a party questions the territorial jurisdiction of a

Branch, said Branch shall forthwith determine whether the land
directly involved in the proceeding is within its territorial jurisdiction.
Upon finding the contrary, the said Branch shall promptly forward
the case to the Branch within whose territorial jurisdiction the land
subject matter or the case is located.
Where the land directly involved straddles two or more

Regional Districts, the Branch in any of the said Districts where the
case is first instituted, shall have exclusive territorial jurisdiction.
If there be any conflict of territorial jurisdiction between

Courts of two or more Regional Districts, the Supreme Court shall
resolve such conflict administratively.
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Where the land involved is located within a Regional District,

but the case is filed in a Branch in another Regional District, and
none of the parties objects, that Branch shall proceed to hear the
case and decide it on the merits. Where any of the parties objects,
but the Branch is of the opinion that it has territorial jurisdiction, it
shall likewise proceed to hear the case and decide it on the merits. If
on appeal the appellate court finds that the Branch had no territorial
jurisdiction over the case, it shall nevertheless decide the appeal on
the merits.
Where the question of territorial jurisdiction is not raised

in the Courts of Agrarian Relations, all parties are estopped from
raising the issue on appeal or in any other proceeding.
Any problem of territorial jurisdiction not covered by the

foregoing provisions shall be governed by rules to be promulgated
by the Supreme Court.
In the cases covered by paragraph (f), (i) and (j) of the

preceding section, where one of the parties involved is a tenant-
farmer, agricultural lessee, settler, owner-cultivator or amortizing
owner-cultivator, the action shall be commenced and tried in the
Regional District where the farmholding of such party is located.
Where the action is between parties other than those enumerated,
the action shall be commenced and tried in the regional District where
the main office of the Samahang Nayon, compact farm, farmers’
cooperative or registered farmers’ association or organization is
located. Where the action is between a corporation or partnership
covered by General Order No. 47, and any other corporation,
partnership, association or single proprietorship, the action shall be
commenced and tried in the Regional District where the main office
of any of the parties is located.
SEC. 14. Powers of Courts of Agrarian Relations. – Every

Court of Agrarian Relations shall have all the powers and
prerogatives inherent in or belonging to the Courts of First Instance,
including the following:
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(a) To punish for direct and indirect contempt;
(b) To preserve and enforce order in its immediate

presence;
(c) To enforce order in proceedings before it, or before a

person or persons empowered to conduct a judicial investigation
under its authority;
(d) To compel obedience to its judgments, orders and

processes, and to the lawful orders of a Judge out of court, in a case
pending therein;
(e) To control, in furtherance of justice, the conduct of its

ministerial officers, and of all other persons in any manner connected
with a case before it, in every manner appertaining thereto;
(f) To compel the attendance of persons testify in a case

pending therein;
(g) To administer or cause to be administered oaths in a case

pending therein, and in all other cases where it may be necessary in
the exercise of its powers;
(h) To amend and control its processes and orders so as to

make them conformable to law and justice;
(i) To authorize a copy of a lost or destroyed pleading

or other paper to be filed and used instead of the original, and to
restore, and supply deficiencies in its records and proceedings;
(j) To require the assistance of all agencies and offices of

the Government in the performance of its duties without additional
compensation; and
(k) To allow duly authorized leaders of duly registered

farmers’ organizations to appear as counsel for their respective
members and/or organizations, subject to the basic duties and
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obligations of officers of the court. Upon appeal, however, the parties

shall be represented by members of the Bar only.
Courts of Agrarian Relations may employ all auxiliary writs,

processes and other means necessary to carry their jurisdiction into
effect.
All writs and processes issued by the Courts of Agrarian

relations shall be served and executed free of charge by provincial or
city sheriffs, or by any person authorized by the said Courts, in the
same manner as writs and processes of Courts of First Instance.
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SEC. 25. Separability of Provisions. – If for any reason any

section or provisions of this Decree shall be declared unconstitutional
or invalid by the Supreme Court, no other provision of this Decree
shall be affected thereby.
SEC. 26. Repealing Clause. – All decrees, laws, and orders,

or provisions thereof, inconsistent with the provisions of this
Decree are hereby repealed and/or modified accordingly. Chapter
IX of Republic Act numbered thirty-eight hundred and forty-four,
as amended, is hereby repealed.

immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, 17th day of June, in the year of

Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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STRENGTHENING AND RECONSTITUTING THE POWER

DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, DEFINING ITS
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
BOARD AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES,
PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
WHEREAS, in the light of the continuing energy crisis, the

new thrust in energy resources development, the restructuring of
the power industry, and the recent reorganization in government,
it has become necessary to strengthen and reconstitute the Power
Development Council in order to adapt and make it more responsive
to these developments;
WHEREAS, there is an increasing need for multi-sectoral

policy coordination in the power industry, considering its effects
on the development program, the growth of industries, and capital
resources of the economy;
WHEREAS, it has become imperative for the Power

Development Council, as the body which provides policy directions in
the electrification and power development programs of the country,
to have coordinative powers on the development of primary energy
sources for electric power generation;
WHEREAS, to achieve the desired goals of electrification

and power development, the role and the inter-relationships of the
Power Development Council with other agencies or entities involved
in energy exploration and development should be clearly defined;

under the Constitution, do hereby decree and order the following to
be part of the law of the land:
SECTION 1. Reconstitution. – The Power Development

Council is hereby reconstituted as follows:
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1. Secretary Department of Public Works,

Transportation and Communications Chairman
2. Chairman Energy Development Board

or his duly designated representative. Vice Chairman
3. Deputy Director-General for Planning

& Policy National Economic and
Development Authority Member
4. Undersecretary Department of Industry Member
5. Undersecretary Department of Finance Member
6. General Manager National Power

Corporation Member
7. Administrator National Electrification

Administration Member
The Chairman of the Board of Power and Waterworks is

hereby enjoined to participate in the meetings and deliberations
of the Council and render such necessary assistance in matters
involving the jurisdiction and responsibilities of the Board.
SEC. 2. Powers and Functions. – The Council shall have the

principal responsibility over primary energy sources for generation
of electric power. It shall have the following powers and functions:
1. To coordinate the activities and operations of all sectors

involved in electrification and power development;
2. To formulate and approve policies and programs for the

power industry;
3. To provide the policy framework for allocation of service

areas and the regulation of electric power rates;
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4. To assist agencies involved in power development to

avail of financial and/or technical assistance for the implementation
of their programs;
5. To monitor and review projects and attendant contracts

and transactions of power agencies with the objectives of analyzing
their resource impact on government finances and foreign exchange
budget, assuring power supply for priority industries and assuring
complementation with the overall development program.
6. To initiate or undertake such measures as may be

necessary for the efficient and effective functioning or operations of
power agencies; and
7. To exercise all such other powers and functions as may

be delegated or assigned by the President.
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SEC. 7. Repealing Clause. – All previous orders and laws

inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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ESTABLISHING ORGANIZATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE

REFORMS WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
PURPOSES
WHEREAS, it is the primary tasks of the President to

exercise overall management of the total development effort and
administration of the government machinery;
WHEREAS, the Constitution provides that in the interim

period before the convening of the National Assembly, the President
performs legislative functions;
WHEREAS, in fulfillment of these tasks the President needs

a staff to assist him in effectively managing and overseeing the
development process and administering the affairs of state; and this
staff assistance has been provided by the Office of the President;
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree Nos. 1 and 830 provide for

a continuing reorganization of the Office of the President to make it
attuned to the requirements of the Presidency;
WHEREAS, as part of this continuing reorganization

process, a system of Presidential Assistants has been established
within the Office of the President by virtue of Presidential Decree
No. 831 to provide effective staff support to the President;
WHEREAS, there is now a need to strengthen and complete

the reorganization of the Office of the President by defining the
support systems, working relationships, and the allocation of tasks
and responsibilities among the different staff units;
WHEREAS, the reforms to be instituted herein are in line

with the dynamically changing character of the Presidency and are
in preparation for the transition towards the Parliamentary form of
government provided for by the Constitution;
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by the Constitution, do hereby decree and order the adoption of the
following organizational and administrative reforms within the
Office of the President:
SECTION 1. Organization of the Office of the President. –

The Office of the President shall consist of the Office of the President
proper and the attached agencies. President’s immediate offices, the
system of Presidential Assistants, and the common staff support
system herein provided shall compose the Office of the President
proper.
SEC. 2. A System of Presidential Assistants. – The system

of Presidential Assistants provided for under Presidential Decree
No. 831 shall perform technical and advisory staff support and
coordination work for the President on their respective functional
areas that relate to the President’s task of managing the development
process include legislative functions; administering the operations
of general government; and attending to the internal administrative
requirements of this Office.
All existing positions of Presidential Assistants, including

the Presidential Executive Assistant and the others appointed by the
President prior to Presidential Decree No. 831, shall be retained and
shall be assigned functional areas of responsibility. The President
may create from time to time additional positions of Presidential
Assistants with specific functional areas of responsibility.
Consistent with these provisions, the additional position of

Presidential Assistant for Political Affairs is hereby created.
The powers, functions and areas of responsibility of the

Presidential Assistants shall be defined in appropriate implementing
orders to be issued by the President.
SEC. 3. Coordination of Presidential Assistants. – The

Presidential Executive Assistant shall exercise supervision over the
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internal administrative requirements of the Office of the President

(proper). For this purpose he shall be assisted by a Presidential
Assistant.
The Presidential Executive Assistant shall coordinate the

Presidential Assistants and for this purpose establish a system
for effective coordination and regular consultations among the
Presidential Assistants and the various staff units.
SEC. 4. Common Staff Support System. – In order to provide

the vehicle for coordinated staff work and to maintain a total
integrated view of the general administration and development
effort, the various operating units in the Office of the President
(proper) shall form a common staff support system and shall be
organized along the tasks of the Office of the President namely:
development management, general government administration,
and internal administration of the Office of the President.
SEC. 5. Organization of the Common Staff Support.—
a. The Presidential Executive Assistant shall draw

up the necessary organizational structure of the common staff
support to provide staff assistance to the President and the system
of Presidential Assistant along the following functional areas;
development management, general administration and internal
administration of the Office of the President described as follows:
Development Management Provide the President with

effective technical staff support in his task of exercising overall
management of the development process to include project
development execution and monitoring, policy development
execution and monitoring, policy coordination, economic intelligence,
and financial and budgetary operations, legal and political matters
and such other functions as the President may assign.
General Administration – Provide the President with staff

support in matters concerning general government administrative
operations.
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Internal Administration – Provide auxiliary and support

services for the internal administration of the Office of the President
(proper).
b. To provide the President with multi-disciplinary/

sectoral staff that can maintain a total perspective and provide an
integrated approach, the Development Management Staff is hereby
reconstituted and renamed the Presidential Management Staff to
act as the primary staff arm of the President on matters related to
development management.
SEC. 6. Regional Presidential Assistant. – There is hereby

created the position of Regional Presidential Assistant for each
region in the country except Metropolitan Manila. The Regional
Presidential Assistant shall be the personal representative of the
President in his assigned region.
The Presidential Executive Assistant shall draw up the

necessary organizational guidelines and budgetary requirements/
directives to implement this provision and shall submit the same to
the President for approval within a period of three months after the
issuance of this decree.
SEC. 7. Abolition of Offices. – The positions of Presidential

Regional Officers for Development, the Presidential Regional Action
Officers and the Coordinating Officers for Program Execution are
hereby abolished and their functions not inconsistent herewith,
together with all funds, records, equipment and properties, if any,
are hereby transferred to the Office of the Regional Presidential
Assistants.
SEC. 8. Appropriations. – The existing budgets of the

Office of the President (proper) including the balance of their
unexpended appropriations for Calendar Year 1976 shall continue
to be appropriated and programmed. The Presidential Executive
Assistant and the Presidential Assistant on General Government
Affairs, in coordination with the Commissioner of the Budget, shall
work out the additional appropriations required by virtue of the
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creation of new Presidential Assistants, the Regional Presidential

Assistants and the restructuring of the common staff support.
The annual budgetary requirements for the succeeding

calendar years of the Office of the President (proper) including
the independent budgetary units under it as reconstituted shall
be in lump sum and shall likewise be included in the General
Appropriations Decree.

proclamations, orders, decrees, instructions, rules and regulations
or parts thereof contrary to or in conflict with the provisions of this
Decree are hereby modified or repealed accordingly.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING AN AGENCY TO BE KNOWN AS NATIONAL

GAMING COMMISSION TO SUPERVISE AND CONTROL
ALL FORMS OF GAMING AND IMPOSING TAXES
THEREON
WHEREAS, the present system of control and supervision

of gaming, particularly the operations of offshore casino gaming,
is found inadequate to cope up with the increasing pace of gaming
activities in the country today;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to regulate and control all forms

of authorized gaming in order to support the tourism program of the
government, broaden the base for revenue generation and provide
better protection to the betting public;
WHEREAS, in order to control and regulate effectively these

gaming activities, it is necessary to centralize as much as possible
in one agency, such power and authority of control and regulation
and to impose taxes on operators of gaming establishments and on
players.

the Constitution, do hereby order and decree as follows:
PART I— The National Gaming Commission
SECTION 1. Creation of the National Gaming Commission.—

There is hereby created the National Gaming Commission,
hereinafter referred to as the Commission, which shall be composed
of a Chairman and two (2) members, who shall be appointed by the
President and shall hold office at his pleasure.
The Chairman shall receive a salary of P50,000 per annum,

while each of the two (2) members shall receive P40,000 per
annum.
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The Chairman and members shall serve on full-time basis

and shall not hold any other public or private office, nor shall they
be pecuniarily interested in any business or organization conducting
gaming covered by this Decree.
SEC. 2. Functions and powers of the Commission. – The

Commission shall have the power to:
(a) Grant permits to persons who under its rules and

regulations may be qualified to operate gaming activities authorized
by law;
(b) Revoke the said permit under its rules and regulations,
the conduct of the gaming activities justifies such revocation;
(c) Supervise and regulate all gaming authorized by law,

such as casino gambling, horse racing, jai alai and cockfighting,
taking into consideration the protection of the betting public and
the promotion of tourism;
(d) Authorize the use of gaming equipment, paraphernalia

and such other facilities by gaming establishments;
(e) Prohibit the use of improper devices, drugs, stimulants,

and other means as to artificially affect the results of any gambling
game;
(f) Suspend or revoke for a reasonable cause a license or

permit issued by it;
(g) Prepare its budget, and fix the number and compensation
of its personnel in accordance with law;
(h) Recruit, appoint, suspend, or terminate the services of

its personnel in accordance with law;
(i) Delegate its licensing and regulating powers over

cockfighting to any national or local agency; and
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(j) Issue rules and regulations necessary to carry out the

SEC. 3. Jurisdiction – The jurisdiction of the Commission

shall embrace all forms of authorized gaming; Provided, however,
That sweepstakes races and lotteries shall remain under the
jurisdiction of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office; and
Provided, further, That boxing, wrestling and professional basketball
shall remain under the jurisdiction of the Games and Amusement
Board.
SEC. 4. Appropriation. – To carry out the purposes of this

Decree, there is hereby appropriated out of the funds in the National
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of P1,000,000 for
the initial year of operation of the Commission. Thereafter, such
amount as may be necessary for its operation shall be included in
the annual appropriation.
PART II— Tax on Casinos
SEC. 5. Taxes on Casino – There shall be collected from the

grantee the following taxes and fees:
(a) An initial permit fee of P1,000,000 and an annual

permit fee of not less than P50,000 nor more than P200,000 as may
be determined by the Commission; and
(b) A weekly fixed tax of:
(1) not less than P2,000 nor more than P5,000 for each type
of game per table, and
(2) not less than P300 nor more than P500 for each
slot machine or similar devices as may be determined by the
Commission.
SEC. 6. Taxes on Chips – There shall be collected on every

sale of chips by the casino operator to a player a tax equivalent to
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five per centum of the value thereof. The tax herein imposed shall
be in lieu of income tax for which the player may be liable on his
winnings.
For this purpose, no bets shall be allowed in the casino

except through chips purchased from the Cashier’s box inside the
casino. Under no circumstances shall chips be purchased on the
gaming table nor any chips be borrowed from another player inside
the casino.
SEC. 7. Annual License Fee on Gaming Employee of Casino

– There is hereby imposed an annual license fee of P75 on every
casino manager and pit boss, and P50 on every dealer and other
similar gaming employee of the casino.
SEC. 8. Player’s Annual License Fee – There is hereby

imposed a player’s annual fee of P500 on every person who enters
and takes part in gambling games in the casino.
The Commission shall prescribe the qualifications of persons

who may apply for a player’s license: Provided, however, That in
no case shall a player’s license be issued to a person whose annual
net taxable income, as shown by his latest income tax returns, be
less than P50,000: Provided, further, That a tourist from abroad
shall be allowed to enter and play in the casino without having to
comply with these requirements other than the presentation of a
valid passport.
SEC. 9. Manner, place and time for payment of tax – It shall

be the duty of the grantee to make a true and complete return of
the types of games per table, slot machines or similar devices under
Section 5(b), and pay the tax to the Bureau of Internal Revenue on
or before the first business day of the following week.
For purposes of collecting the tax imposed in Section 6, the

grantee is hereby constituted withholding agent and shall submit
a weekly return of the amount of chips sold and remit the tax due
thereon to the Bureau of Internal Revenue on or before the first
business day of the following week.
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All taxes and fees imposed under Sections 5(a), 7 and 8 of

this Decree shall be paid to the Bureau of Internal Revenue on or
before the 31st of January.
If the tax or fee is not paid within the time prescribed therein,
the amount of the tax shall be increased by twenty-five per centum,
the increment to be a part of the tax. In addition thereto, there shall
be collected an interest of fourteen (14) per centum per annum from
the original due date.
In case of willful neglect to file the return within the period

prescribed herein, or in case a false or fraudulent return is willfully
made, there shall be added to the tax, to the deficiency tax, in case
any payment has been made or on the basis of such returns before
the discovery of the falsity or fraud, a surcharge of fifty per centum
of the amount of such tax or deficiency tax. The amount so added to
any tax shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner
as part of the tax, unless the tax has been paid before the discovery
of the falsity or fraud, in which case, the amount so added shall be
collected in the same manner as the tax.
SEC. 10. Apportionment of Revenue – The proceeds of

the taxes, fees and licenses collected under this Decree shall be
apportioned as follows:
(a) To the Metropolitan Manila Authority, the taxes under

Section 5 of this Decree.
(b) To the National Government, the proceeds of the taxes

and fees under Section 6, 7 and 8 of this Decree.
SEC. 11. Importation of Gaming Paraphernalia and Devices

– The importation of gaming paraphernalia and devices shall not be
allowed, except when the importation is made by the grantee for its
exclusive use in the casino and duly authorized by the Commission.
The paraphernalia and devices so imported shall be subject to a
tariff duty of 100% ad valorem of the dutiable value of such article
and a 70% compensating tax, the provisions of existing laws to the
contrary notwithstanding.
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SEC. 12. Keeping of books of accounts, invoices and receipts

– The grantee shall keep books of accounts and other accounting
records for its daily transactions and issue invoices or receipts
for every sale of chips. The books of accounts, accounting records,
invoices or receipts, which shall be duly registered with the Bureau
of Internal Revenue, in accordance with the pertinent provisions of
Sections 334 to 337 of the National Internal Revenue Code and the
regulations thereunder, shall be open for inspection and examination
by the Commission and the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
PART III— Penalties
SEC. 13. Penalties – Any person who violates any of the rules
and regulations promulgated by the National Gaming Commission
pursuant to this Decree shall, upon conviction, be fined in an amount
not less than P2,000 nor more than P5,000, and suffer imprisonment
for not less than one year nor more than three years.
If the offender is a juridical person, the penalties shall be

imposed on its President, or Vice President, or office or officers
responsible for the offense.
If the offender is an alien, he shall, after he has paid the

fine and served the sentence imposed by the Court as hereinabove
prescribed, suffer the additional penalty of deportation without the
necessity of further proceedings to be instituted by the Commission
on Deportation and Immigration.
PART IV— Transitory and Repealing Provisions
SEC. 14. Transitory Provisions – Pending issuance of

implementing letters of instructions to effect the smooth turnover
to the Commission of the appropriate functions of the Games
and Amusements Board, the Philippine Racing Commission, and
the Agencies which presently regulate cockfighting, said Board,
Commission and Agencies shall continue to perform their respective
functions.
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SEC. 15. Repealing Clause – All Acts, Decrees, Executive

Orders, proclamations, rules and regulations, or parts thereof
inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Decree are hereby
SEC. 16. Effectivity – This Decree shall take effect upon

approval.
Done in the City of Manila this 9th day of July, in the year

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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FURTHER AMENDING THE JUDICIARY ACT OF 1948, REPUBLIC

ACT 296, AS AMENDED
I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of

Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,
do hereby order and decree:
SECTION 1. Chapter II, Section 11 of Republic Act 296, as

amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“SEC. 11. Appointment and compensation of Justices of

the Supreme Court.—The Chief Justice and the Associate Justices
of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by the President of the
Philippines. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall receive a
compensation of seventy-five thousand pesos per annum, and each
Associate Justice shall receive a compensation of sixty thousand
pesos per annum. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be so
designated in his commission; and the Associate Justice shall have
precedence according to the dates of their respective commissions,
or when the commissions of two or more of them bear the same
date, according to the order in which their commissions may have
been issued by the President of the Philippines: Provided, however,
That a member of the Supreme Court appointed to any other branch
of the government shall receive as compensation from the branch
not less than his compensation in the Supreme Court. Any such
member who is re-appointed to that Court after rendering service in
any other branch of the government shall retain the precedence to
which he is entitled under his original appointment and his service
in the Court shall, to all intents and purposes, be considered as
continuous and uninterrupted.”
SEC. 2. Chapter III, Section 24 of Republic Act No. 296, as

amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“SEC. 24. The Court of Appeals of the Philippines shall

consist of a Presiding Justice and thirty-five Associate Justices
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who shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines. The

Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals shall be so designated
in his commission, and the other Justices of the Court shall have
predecence according to the date of their respective commission, or
when the commission of two or more of them shall bear the same
date, according to the order in which their commissions have been
issued by the President of the Philippines. Provided, however, That
a member of the Court of Appeals appointed to any other branch
of the government shall receive as compensation from that branch
not less than his compensation in the Court of Appeals. Any such
member who is re-appointed to that Court after rendering service in
any other branch of the government shall retain the precedence to
which he is entitled under his original appointment and his service
in the Court shall, to all intents and purpose, be considered as
continuous and uninterrupted.
The Court of Appeals shall, as a body sit en banc but it may

sit in twelve divisions of three justices each. The twelve divisions
may sit at the same time.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 9th day of August, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

709
CREATING THE OFFICE OF ISLAMIC AFFAIRS IN THE

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFINING
ITS FUNCTIONS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR
WHEREAS, under the Constitution of the Philippines, it is

declared policy of the State “to adhere to the policy of peace, equality,
justice, freedom, cooperation, and amity with all nations”; “to
preserve Filipino culture for the development of national identity”,
and, “that customs, traditions, beliefs, and interests of national
cultural communities shall be considered in the formulation and
implementation of State policies”;
WHEREAS, in the pursuit of these policies, the Philippine

Government has established diplomatic relations and maintains
close ties of friendship and cooperation with member-states of the
Islamic Conference and other nations in the world;
WHEREAS, there still is a need to strengthen further

political, economic, cultural, social and technical cooperation with
Islamic States only bilaterally but on a broader multilateral scale;
WHEREAS, there is a need to undertake a unified and

sustained Government action to maximize cooperation with Islamic
States through an Office in the Department of Foreign Affairs;

SECTION 1. Office of Islamic Affairs. – There shall be

created an Office of Islamic Affairs in the Department of Foreign
Affairs to be headed by an Assistant Secretary.
SEC. 2. Functions. – The Office of Islamic Affairs shall have

the following functions:
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1. To assist the Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the

formulation of policies governing Philippine relations with Islamic
States;
2. To assist the Secretary of Foreign Affairs in

recommending measures relevant to the conduct of Philippine
relations with Islamic states, designed to uplift the political,
economic, social and cultural well-being of Muslim communities in
the Philippines, particularly in relation to the implementation of
national policies the autonomous commissions in Regions IX and
XII;
3. To assist the Secretary of Foreign Affairs in cultural

projects with Islamic states designed to preserve the Islamic cultural
heritage of the Philippines;
4. To assist the Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the

monitoring and in the coordination of the projects and the utilization
of funds of the Relief and Welfare Agency and of such other agencies
that may be created for the same purpose;
5. To assist the Secretary of Foreign Affairs in negotiating

with Islamic states for obtaining scholarships, fellowships, grants
and other forms of educational and financial assistance;
6. To recommend to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs the

sending of missions to Islamic countries for the promotion of goodwill
and to strengthen political, economic, technical and scientific,
cultural and social cooperation, in regional or multilateral forums
and conferences.
SEC. 3. Personnel. – The Secretary of Foreign Affairs shall

appoint the personnel necessary to ensure the efficient and effective
operations of the Office of Islamic Affairs taking into consideration
the highly specialized and technical expertise required by the
nature, functions, duties and operations appertaining thereto.
SEC. 4. Appropriation. – Funds for the necessary expenses

for the initial operations of the Office of Islamic Affairs are hereby
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appropriated from the General Fund. Subsequent appropriations

shall be provided in the budget of the Department of Foreign
Affairs.
SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. – The provisions of laws, decrees,

executive orders, administrative orders, rules and regulations or
parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this
Decree are either amended or modified accordingly.

immediately.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE PHILIPPINE FISH MARKETING AUTHORITY,

DEFINING ITS FUNCTIONS AND POWERS, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, it is recognized that fish is a staple food and a

major source of protein of the Filipino people;
WHEREAS, there is an imperative need to increase fish

supply and stabilize consumer prices through the improvement
of handling and marketing practices in fish landings and fish
markets throughout the country, particularly in major centers of
population;
WHEREAS, Filipino and foreign marketing experts are

unanimous in their observation that there is a need for a more
organized marketing and distribution system for fish that would
coordinate the interests of fishing boat operators, fishpond and
fishpen owners, brokers, wholesaler, retailers and consumers; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide a modern organizational

and marketing framework to supplement current and future
development programs in the fishing industry.

in the social, economic and political structure of our society, do
part of the laws, of the land:
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. – It is hereby declared to

be the policy of the Government to promote the development of the
fishing industry and improve efficiency in the handling, preserving,
marketing and distribution of fish and fishery/aquatic products
through the establishment and operation of fish markets and the
efficient operation of fishing ports’ harbors and other marketing
facilities.
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SEC. 2. Creation of the Philippine Fish Marketing Authority.

– To carry out the above policy, there is hereby created the Philippine
Fish Marketing Authority, hereafter referred to as the Authority,
which shall be under the direct control and supervision of the
Secretary of Natural Resources.
SEC. 3. Principal Office. – The Authority shall establish

its principal office in the Metro Manila area and may establish
such branches and agencies within the Philippines which may be
necessary to carry out its objectives and functions.
SEC. 4. Functions and Powers. – The Authority shall have

the following functions and powers:
a) To manage, administer, operate, improve and modernize,

coordinate and otherwise govern the activities, operations and
facilities in the fishing ports, markets and landings that may
hereinafter be placed under, or transferred to, the Authority and
such other fish markets, fishing ports/harbors and infrastructure
facilities as may be established under this Decree; to investigate,
prepare, adopt, implement, and execute a comprehensive plan for
the overall development of fishing port and market complexes and
update such plan as may be necessary from time to time; to construct
or authorize the construction in the land area under its jurisdiction,
of infrastructure facilities, factory buildings, warehouses, cold
storage and ice plants, and other structures related to the fishing
industry or necessary and useful in the conduct of its business or
in the attainment of the purposes and objectives of this Decree; to
acquire, hold and dispose real and personal property in the exercise
of its functions and powers;
b) To provide market intelligence, market information

and advisory and promotional services to individuals and groups
involved in the fishing industry, both in the private and public
sectors;
c) To determine, regulate, control and supervise the

operation of the enterprise which the Authority may authorize to be
established within the fish markets and other fishery facilities;
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d) To fix, assess, collect fees, tolls, charges, rentals, and

the like, for the use, lease or sale of property, equipment, facilities
and services in order to raise revenues for the Authority, and to
adjust the same when so warranted;
e) To contract indebtedness and issue bonds, upon

recommendation of the Secretary of Finance and approval by the
President of the Philippines, whenever essential to the proper
administration of its corporate affairs and necessary to carry out
the purpose of this Decree;
f) To promulgate rules and regulations on the use of

wharves, piers and anchorages by fishing boats and other floating
equipment and on the movement of fishing boats therein, as well as
the stevedoring and arrastre services in the fish markets;
g) To have perpetual succession under its corporate

name;
h) To prescribe and amend its by-laws; to adopt and use a

corporate seal; to sue and to be sued; to enter into contracts; and to
exercise the general corporate powers conferred by the laws upon
private and government-owned or controlled corporations;
i) To acquire, maintain, operate, purchase, dispose or

lease vessels, fishing gears, refrigerated trucks, ice and cold storage
plants, barges, fish plants, communication facilities, refrigerated
trains, and related facilities;
j) To undertake, when public interest so requires and to

attain the national economic objectives, the marketing of fish and
fishery/aquatic products, both for domestic consumption and for
export; and
k) To exercise the right of eminent domain and to do and

perform any and all things that may be necessary to carry out the
purposes of this Decree.
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promulgation.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CONVERTING THE BUREAU OF FARM MANAGEMENT OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM INTO A BUREAU
OF LAND TENURE IMPROVEMENT
WHEREAS, the Department of Agrarian Reform has been

created and mandated by law to implement state policies and
decrees of agrarian reform;
WHEREAS, agrarian reform has been made the cornerstone

of reforms in the New Society, and under Presidential Decree Nos. 2
and 27, the government was set into motion to overhaul the system
of land tenure in order to fully emancipate the tenant-farmers from
their bondage;
WHEREAS, to effectively carry this out, there is a need to

increase the capability of the Department of Agrarian Reform in
developing and implementing plans and programs on the various
aspects of land tenure improvement; and
WHEREAS, the implementation of Presidential Decree No.

27 has spawned complex problems the solutions of which would
require greater concentration of efforts and resources. This can be
achieved by reorienting the functions of the Department’s personnel
at the field level.

SECTION 1. Creation of the Bureau of Land Tenure

Improvement. –The Bureau of Farm Management in the Department
of Agrarian Reform is hereby converted into the Bureau of Land
Tenure Improvement, to be headed by a Director who may be
assisted by an Assistant Director.
SEC. 2. Functions. – The Bureau shall be responsible for

providing staff services for the development of policies, plans
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and programs, and standard operating procedures on land-

tiller-landowner identification, tenurial security and leasehold
arrangements, land transactions leading to the transfer of land
ownership to tenant-farmers including related records, land
valuation and landowners compensation, land tenure research, and
joint projects with other government offices and private institutions
to be established in tenanted areas and landed estates that will
improve land tenure and land use; for establishing and operating
a monitoring and information system on land tenure improvement,
and for performing such other functions that the Secretary may
assign pertaining to land tenure improvement.
SEC. 3. Functional Divisions. – The Bureau shall have the

following divisions:
a. Land Transactions Divisions shall be responsible for

developing programs for the identification and maintenance of a
current inventory of tillers, landowners, landholdings including crops
and production thereon; and for all transactions involving tenurial
security, leasehold arrangements, land transfers and change in
land use. It shall be responsible for developing standards for the
valuation of lands acquired by the government under the agrarian
reform program and the payment of the landowners thereof. It shall
establish and operate a monitoring and information system on land
tenure improvement.
b. Land Tenure Research and Projects Division which

shall be responsible for preparing research designs on land tenure
improvementS and the development of joint projects with other
government offices and private institutions in tenanted areas and
landed estates that will improve land tenure and land use.
SEC. 4. Transfer of Personnel and Appropriations. – The

personnel, appropriations, records, equipment and property of the
converted Bureau of Farm Management shall be transferred to the
Bureau of Land Tenure Improvement.
SEC. 5. Field Personnel of the Department. – The field

personnel of the Department of Agrarian Reform particularly
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those assigned to the Agrarian Reform Project Teams, shall

now be reoriented towards assuming primary responsibility for
implementing agrarian reform programs, particularly the policies,
plans and programs on land-tiller-landowner identification, tenurial
security and leasehold arrangements, land transactions leading to
the transfer of land ownership to tenant-farmers including related
records, land valuation and landowners’ compensation, land tenure
research and such other functions that the Office of the Secretary
may assign pertaining to land tenure improvement: Provided,
That in order not to disrupt the on-going process of the integrated
approach to agrarian report field implementation, the Agrarian
Reform Project Teams shall continue to undertake functions and
activities pertaining and related to project identification and
formulation; organization of compact and/or integrated farms; and
the establishment of cooperative-cultivatorship schemes: Provided,
further, That in order to avoid duplication of functions with the
Department of Agriculture, the Department of Agrarian Reform
shall not undertake agricultural, home and youth development
extension activities: Provided, furthermore, That the Department
of Agriculture shall assume primary responsibility for providing the
necessary agricultural extension services in agrarian reform areas:
Provided, finally, That in the agrarian reform areas agricultural
extension workers shall be assigned to specific areas of coverage in
consultation with the Department of Agrarian Reform.
SEC. 6. Repealing Clause. – All laws, rules and regulations

which are inconsistent with this decree are hereby repealed or
Done in the City of Manila, on this 18th day of August, in

the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE NATIONAL FERTILIZER CORPORATION OF

THE PHILIPPINES (FERTIPHIL), DEFINING ITS POWERS
AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, fertilizer is a key input to food production and

the Philippines imports about 70% of its fertilizer requirements
annually;
WHEREAS, it is essential to the national interest that we

immediately expand Philippine fertilizer production capabilities
in order to guarantee sufficient domestic production of this vital
commodity;
WHEREAS, the development of our fertilizer industry can

be effectively achieved through a strategy involving not only for the
expansion of local production capabilities but also the establishment
of joint ventures with other countries which have the raw material
resources required for fertilizer production;
WHEREAS, undertakings of this nature involve massive

investments exceeding the capabilities of the private business sector
alone to finance, thus necessitating the establishment of a largely or
wholly government-owned corporation;
WHEREAS, the proposed corporation, while continually

striving to remain economically viable and profitable, should not
lose sight of its primary role of providing farmers with vital inputs at
reasonable prices to enable them to produce enough for the nation;

the Constitution, do hereby order and decree, as part of the law of
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SECTION 1. Title of Decree. – This Decree shall be known

and cited as the “Charter of the National Fertilizer Corporation of
the Philippines (FERTIPHIL).”
SEC. 2. Creation, Name, Domicile and Term. – There is hereby

created a body corporate to be known as the National Fertilizer
Corporation of the Philippines (FERTIPHIL), hereinafter referred to
as the “Corporation,” which shall primarily undertake and transact
the corporate business relative to organic and inorganic fertilizers,
agricultural chemicals and their by products and derivatives, and
for that purpose, the Corporation shall have the capacity to sue and
be sued.
The principal office of the Corporation shall be determined

by its Board of Directors. It may establish such offices, agencies,
subsidiaries branches of correspondents, within or outside the
Philippines, as the exigencies of its business operations may
require.
The term of existence of the Corporation shall be fifty (50)

years, which shall be deemed renewed for a similar period, unless
sooner dissolved by law.
SEC. 3. Capitalization. – The Corporation shall have an

authorized capital stock of One Billion One Hundred Twenty Million
Pesos (P1,120,000,000.00) divided into One Million One Hundred
Twenty Thousand (1,120,000) shares of capital stock with a par
value of One Thousand Pesos (P1,000.00) each. The entire amount
of such capital stock shall be open to subscription by the Republic
of the Philippines but the Board of Directors, with the approval of
the President of the Philippines may offer up to forty per centum
(40%) of such authorized capital stock for subscription and payment
by others, including domestic or foreign private or governmental
institutions, corporations, associations or other entities; Provided,
That the holding of the Republic of the Philippines in voting shares
of stock shall in no event be less than sixty per centum (60%) of
the voting shares of stock at any time outstanding; and, Provided,
further, that the holdings of non-Philippine nationals in such voting
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shares shall in no event go beyond thirty per centum (30%) of the

voting shares at any time outstanding.
Payment for the shares subscribed by the Republic of the

Philippines shall be made from the General Fund as and when the
same are needed for the operations of the Corporation, as determined
by the Board of Directors of the Corporation with the approval of the
Within the limits of the authorized capital stock hereinabove

stated, the shares of stock of the Corporation may be divided into
such classes with such rights, voting powers, preferences and
restrictions as may be determined by the Board of Directors. Until
such time as the Board of Directors exercises the foregoing power,
all the shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be common
shares with the same rights and privileges.
The voting power of all the shares of stock owned and

controlled by the Republic of the Philippines shall be vested in the
President of the Republic of the Philippines or in such person or
persons as he may from time to time designate.
SEC. 4. Purpose. – The primary purpose of the Corporation

is to ensure that there is an adequate and stable supply of fertilizer
and agricultural chemicals at reasonable prices and for that
purpose, it may engage in the manufacture, storage, distribution,
transportation, purchase, sale importation and exportation of
fertilizers and agricultural chemicals of all kinds.
SEC. 5. Powers and Functions of the Corporation. – The

Corporation shall have the following powers and functions:
a. To manufacture, store, distribute, transport, purchase,

or sell all types of fertilizers and agricultural chemicals, their raw
materials, by-products and derivatives;
b. To purchase, own, hold, lease and dispose of all types

of property, real, personal or mixed, essential for carrying out its
functions;
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c. To enter into all types of contracts, with or without public

bidding, with any person or entity, domestic or foreign, and with
governments for its fertilizer operations including the acquisition
by way of purchase, lease or rent or other deferred payment
arrangements of equipment, finished products and/or raw materials
and supplies, as well as for services connected therewith under such
d. To borrow, raise, or obtain funds to support or carry out

its objects and purpose and/or to arrange financing or equipment
credit or any kind of financial or material assistance from private or
governmental sources or from international public or private lending
institutions and to secure any or all of the same, to the extent that
may be required, by any lawful guaranty or counter-guaranty, by
pledge, mortgage, or deed of trust, or by creating or suffering to exist
a charge, lien, or encumbrance, and likewise by similar guarantees,
pledges, mortgages, liens and other security arrangements to secure
the performance by the Corporation or any obligation or liability it
may undertake for itself or for other companies or enterprises in
which it may be interested;
e. To engage in export and import of fertilizers and

agricultural chemicals, as well as their raw materials, by-products,
and derivatives;
f. To build, make, construct, maintain, purchase, sell,

charter, deal in and with, own, lease, pledge, and otherwise dispose
machinery and appliances appurtenant thereto, as are utilized in
the transport of fertilizers and agricultural chemicals, including
their raw materials, by-products and derivatives, whether such
transportations be by air, land or sea;
g. To promote, organize and re-organize whenever

warranted, and to collaborate and associate in joint venture with
any person, association, company or entity, whether domestic
or foreign, in the fields of fertilizer and agricultural chemical
production, marketing, procurement, shipping, financing and such
other related businesses;
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h. To provide technical, advisory, consultancy and

management services in the field of fertilizer and agricultural
chemical operations;
i. To undertake all the appropriate studies necessary to

expand Philippine fertilizer and agricultural chemical production;
j. To apply for, register, purchase or otherwise acquire, or

obtain a lien on or interest in any patent rights, licenses, designs,
processes, trademarks, tradenames, distinctive marks, inventions
and improvements thereof, and concessions which may appear
likely to be advantageous or useful to the Corporation;
k. To use, exercise, or otherwise turn to account said

property rights, and to enter into patent licensing, technical
assistance, or other know-how and data or process feedback
agreements, including the use of computers, as the same may be
related to or necessary or appropriate to carry out the objectives and
purposes of the Corporation;
l. Subject to existing regulations, and if deemed necessary,

to establish and maintain such communication system, whether by
radio, telegraph or any other manner, without the need of a separate
franchise therefor;
m. To exercise the right of eminent domain, in order to

attain the purposes for which the Corporation is created;
n. Subject to payment of the proper amount, to enter

private lands for the purpose of conducting studies or exploitation
of potential sources of raw materials for fertilizers and agricultural
chemicals;
o. To hold lands and acquire rights over mineral land in

and persons by statute;
p. To acquire by purchase, subscriptions, exchange,

assignment, gift or otherwise, and to sell, assign, transfer, exchange,
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mortgage, pledge, and deal in and with, and otherwise, to enjoy

and dispose of, any bonds, debentures, promissory notes, shares
of capital stock and/or other securities and/or obligations created,
negotiated or issued by any corporation, association, or other entity,
foreign or domestic, and while the owner thereof, to exercise all the
rights, powers and privileges of ownership, including the right to
receive, collect and dispose of; any and all dividends, interest and
income derived therefrom and the right to vote on any shares of
the capital stock, and upon any bonds, debentures and/or other
securities, having voting power so owned;
q. To invest and deal with the funds of the Corporation in

such manner as may be deemed proper including the organization
and incorporation of subsidiaries, in order not to make such funds
idle and unproductive and to achieve their full utilization for the
organized;
r. To pay for any property or rights or services obtained

by the Corporation either in cash, shares, or other securities of the
Corporation, or partly in cash and partly in shares or securities,
under such terms and conditions as its Board of Directors shall
determine to be reasonable;
s. To determine its organizational structure, including the

number and salaries of its officers and employees;
t. To adopt, amend and repeal its Code of By- Laws,

rules and regulations governing the manner in which the general
business of the Corporation may be exercised, including provisions
for the formation of such committees or committees as the Board
may deem necessary to facilitate its business;
u. To receive any grant, subsidy, donation or contribution

from any entity, whether private or governmental, private or
public;
v. To adopt, alter and use a corporate seal which shall be

judicially noticed;
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w. To sue and be sued; and
x. Generally, to do and perform any and all acts, and to

exercise any and all powers as may be necessary to carry into effect
the provisions of this Decree, or as may be essential to the proper
conduct of its operations, or as may be conducive to the attainment
of its corporate purposes and objectives.
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SEC. 20. Separability Clause. – In the event that any

provision of this Decree or the application of any such provision to
any person or circumstance is declared to be unconstitutional, the
remainder of this Decree or the application of said provision to other
persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

administrative orders, proclamations or decrees or parts thereof
inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Decree are hereby

immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of September, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CHANGING THE NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL

WELFARE TO DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND
DEVELOPMENT
WHEREAS, the Constitution mandates that the State shall

promote social justice to ensure the dignity, welfare and security
of all the people, and that it shall establish, maintain and ensure
adequate social services to guarantee the enjoyment by the people
of a decent standard of living;
WHEREAS, it is the government’s concern to uplift the living

conditions of our people in order to develop their maximum capacities
to become dignified and self-respecting members of society;
WHEREAS, the goals and objectives of the New Society

require innovative social service schemes and strategies to enable
the most disadvantaged to be self-reliant and independent, so that
he can participate in national development, an attempt to solve a
Filipino problem the Filipino way; and
WHEREAS, changing “Department of Social Welfare” to

“Department of Social Services and Development” will give the
Department the more accurate institutional identity in keeping
with its productivity and development thrust;

SECTION 1. Changing the name of the Department. – The

Department of Social Welfare, created under Republic Act Numbered
Fifty-Four Hundred Sixteen, shall henceforth be known as the
Department of Social Services and Development, with the same
organizational structure, powers, duties and functions prescribed
under Presidential Decree No. 1, as amended: Provided, That the
Secretary of the Department shall be authorized to initiate and
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establish such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary for

the Department to carry out its objectives and functions effectively,
subject to approval of the President.

decrees, orders, proclamations, instructions, rules and regulations,
or parts thereof, contrary to or inconsistent or in conflict with any
of the provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed, amended and/

immediately.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT CENTER

IN THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
WHEREAS, there is need for up-to-date and accurate

information for the formulation of resource policies, as well as
for the effective and efficient planning for the development and
conservation of the country’s natural resources and the protection
of the environment;
WHEREAS, there are rapidly developing technologies for

gathering and interpreting information relative to the inventory,
assessment, and monitoring of the country’s natural resources such
as the use of aircraft and satellite-borne sensors, computerized
imagery interpretation and data banking techniques;
WHEREAS, proper utilization of such technologies will

enhance the capability to formulate effective plans for economic
development; and
WHEREAS, in order to avail of these technologies, there is a

pressing need for the creation of an agency which shall be responsible
for their utilization and through which the capability of the nation
to use these technologies for resource planning and monitoring can
be developed.

SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared to be

the policy of the Government (a) to utilize efficient and appropriate
technologies in the inventory and management of our natural
resources; (b) to enhance the capability to plan for accelerated
economic growth; and (c) to make sound decisions with respect to
natural resources utilization and conservation, and environmental
enhancement and protection.
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SEC. 2. Creation of the Natural Resources Management

Center. - For the purpose of carrying out the above declared policy,
a Natural Resources Management Center, hereinafter referred
to as the NRMC, is hereby created in the Department of Natural
Resources.
SEC. 3. Management of the NRMC. - The Secretary of Natural

Resources is hereby granted authority to create such working units
as may be necessary for carrying out the functions of the NRMC.
The Secretary of Natural Resources shall appoint and

maintain an adequate and highly technical staff, which shall be
headed by an Executive Director, assisted by a Deputy Executive
Director. In view of the highly technical character of the NRMC’s
functions, the regular professional and technical personnel of
the NRMC shall be exempt from OCPC (WAPCO) rules and
regulations.
SEC. 4. Functions. - The NRMC shall have the following

functions:
(a) To conduct natural resources and environmental surveys

and analysis, and keep an up-to-date inventory and assessment of
the country’s natural resources;
(b) To undertake research in remote-sensing technologies

such as satellite imagery analysis, airborne multi-spectral scanning
systems, and side-looking airborne radar;
(c) To undertake technology assessment and forecasting

studies in natural resources;
(d) To develop and maintain a management information

system for the Department of Natural Resources;
(e) To develop the country’s physical and manpower

capability in the application of advanced technology for resource
survey, assessment and analysis;
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(f) To provide remote sensing services and vital data on the

environmental, water resources, agriculture, weather, etc., to other
government agencies and to the private sector;
(g) To provide remote sensing and related services to other

countries upon approval of the President;
(h) To generate income through services and sale of the

NRMC’s developed materials to government agencies and the
private sector;
(i) To promote ASEAN cooperation in the application of

advanced technologies in regional resource surveys, and assessment
for the effective management thereof;
(j) To call on any department, bureau, office, agency or

instrumentality of the Government, and on private entities and
its functions; and
(k) To perform such other activities which are necessary

for the effective performance of the above-mentioned functions and
objectives.
SEC. 5. Appropriation. - The budget of the NRMC for its

first year of operations shall be included in the budget allocation of
the Department of Natural Resources. Thereafter, such amount as
may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Decree shall be
included in the annual Appropriations Act. Income derived from the
NRMC’s operations shall constitute a special fund which shall be
expended by the NRMC to carry out its activities.
SEC. 6. Separability Clause. - Should any of the provisions

herein be declared unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the
validity of the other provisions.
SEC. 7. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules

or parts thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
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SEC. 8. Effectivity. - This Decree shall take effect upon its

promulgation.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE, AUTHORIZING

IT TO ESTABLISH A CAREER FOREIGN SERVICE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PROVIDING FUNDS
THEREFOR, AND OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 708, otherwise known as the

“Foreign Service Act of the Philippines,” has among its objectives
the reorganization and strengthening of the Foreign Service of the
Philippines so as to insure that the officers and employees of the
Foreign Service are broadly representative of the Filipino people and
are aware of and fully informed of current trends in Philippine life;
to provide improvements in the selection and training of personnel
to insure that only competent persons of good moral character are
recruited into the service; and, to provide flexible and comprehensive
framework for the direction of Foreign Service in accordance with
modern practice in public administration;
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the Department of

Foreign Affairs to be enabled, in the preparation, initiation and
implementation of a career foreign service development program,
as well as in the formulation and promulgation of rules, standards,
and procedures on the selection, training and development of the
officers and personnel of the Department of Foreign Affairs and
the organization and operation of the institutional framework for
such programs and activities, to avail itself of the assistance and/or
services of competent and suitable agencies or offices;

by the Constitution, and in recognition of the foregoing premises, do
hereby order and decree:
ARTICLE I. TITLE
SECTION 1. This Decree shall be known as the “Foreign

Service Institute Decree of the Philippines.”
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ARTICLE II. FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE
SECTION 1. A foreign Service Institute, hereinafter referred

to as the Institute, is hereby created within the Department of
Foreign Affairs.
SEC. 2. The Institute shall have the following main

objectives and responsibilities:
a. To program, implement, and manage the Career

Foreign Service Development Program (CFSDP) in all of its main
components for the purpose of upgrading the professional Career
Foreign Service Corps.
b. To program, implement and manage complementary

organizational development programs for the Department as well
as other training and educational programs for both its career and
non-career personnel and other personnel of other government
agencies assigned to foreign missions.
c. To program, implement and manage the necessary

supportive plans and operating systems for the Career Foreign
Service Development Program and complementary programs.
d. To develop its own policies and rules, program of activities

core staffs and consultants, administrative structure, operating
systems and resources, to enable it to accomplish competently the
above activities.
SEC. 3. The Institute shall be headed by a full-time Director

to be appointed by the President upon the recommendation of the
Board of the Institute. The Director of the Institute shall be seconded
from the Senior Chiefs of Missions in the career foreign service of
the Department and shall not, by reason of such appointment lose
his seniority or promotional opportunities in the service.
The Director shall receive such compensation and other

emoluments as may be determined by the Board.
The Director shall serve for a period of four (4) years. He

shall be assisted by an Assistant Director to be chosen from the
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academic community and to be appointed by the President upon

the recommendation of the Board. The Assistant Director shall
provide the technical assistance and expertise to the Institute and
its programs.
The term of office and compensation of the Assistant Director

shall be fixed by the Board as may be required by the program.
The director of the Institute shall organize the administrative

and technical staffs, and such consultants as may be necessary,
subject to the approval of the Board of the Institute.
SEC. 4. The institutionalization of the Institute and the

Career Foreign Service Development Program shall be in accordance
with a rational and sufficient plan, the preparation of which shall be
initiated by the Department of Foreign Affairs with the assistance
and/or services, whenever necessary, of other agencies or offices.
ARTICLES III.
CAREER FOREIGN SERVICE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
SECTION 1. There is hereby established in the Department

of Foreign Affairs a continuing Career Foreign Service Development
Program consisting of training and/or examinations, performance
and evaluation systems. Successful participation in the appropriate
training program(s) shall be a requirement for eligibility and shall
be considered in the advancement of Career Foreign Service Officers
and personnel, subject to pertinent rules and regulations that the
Department may prescribe for this purpose.
SEC. 2. The design, implementation, and management of the

said Career Foreign Service Development Program may initially be
assigned to a suitable cooperating agency or office, until such time
as the Institute is completely organized and administered by the
Department of Foreign Affairs through its own personnel, provided
that such assignment shall not exceed a transitional period of three
years. This assumption and management of the Career Foreign
Service Development Program by the Department of Foreign Affairs
shall be done on a gradual and systematic manner and on the basis
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of a prepared and adequate plan, provided: that the Director of the

Institute shall be involved at the outset of the program.
SEC. 3. As part of the Career Foreign Service Development

Program, the Department of Foreign Affairs, with the assistance
and/or services of other agencies or offices of the Government,
shall also design, undertake and manage other complementary
programs such as organizational development programs, technical
skills training, policy planning exercises, seminars, and such other
educational plans and projects as are supportive of the said goals of
the program which may cover both career and non-career personnel
of the Department of Foreign Affairs as well as those of other
agencies assigned to Philippine foreign missions or services.
ARTICLE IV
BOARD OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE
SEC. 1. The Institute shall be governed and its activities

shall be directed, controlled, and managed by a Board which shall
be composed of the following:
1. The Secretary of Foreign Affairs
2. The Chairman of the Civil Service Commission
3. The President of the University of the Philippines
4. The President of the Development Academy of the

Philippines
5. The Director of the Foreign Service Institute
The Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs shall

serve as the permanent Chairman of the Board.
SEC. 2. The Board of the Foreign Service Institute shall

serve as the governing body for the said Institute and shall formulate
such rules and regulations, policies, systems, and procedures for the
management and operations of the Institute as well as the policies
and rules governing the qualifications for the participants in the
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training programs and the appropriate eligibility of graduates of

said training programs.
ARTICLE V. FUNDS OF THE INSTITUTE
SECTION 1. The sum of four million, eight hundred eighty

four thousand, two hundred and ninety one pesos (P4,884,291.00)
is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the operations and maintenance
of the Foreign Service Institute and the Career Foreign Service
Development Program for the first year of the program. Thereafter,
the necessary funds for the yearly operations of the Foreign Service
Institute shall be incorporated in the General Appropriation
Decree.
ARTICLE VI. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE
SECTION 1. In the event any provision of this Decree or

the application of such provision to any person or circumstances is
declared invalid, the remainder of this Decree of the application of
said provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected
by such declaration.
ARTICLE VII. EFFECTIVITY CLAUSE
SECTION 1. This Decree shall take effect upon its

approval.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE PHILIPPINE AMUSEMENTS AND GAMING

CORPORATION, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND
FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, there is a pressing need for the government

to tap potential resources from which funds can be generated to
finance its many infrastructure and socio-civic development projects,
particularly within the Metropolitan Manila area, intended to
improve the living conditions of the residents therein; thus, promote
their welfare and insure healthy environmental growth;
WHEREAS, to complement the development of the tourist

industry in the Philippines which has become one of the country’s
leading foreign-exchange earners, there is likewise a need to
provide for more amusement and recreation places that can serve
as additional tourist attractions for foreign visitors;
WHEREAS, to prevent the proliferation of illegal casino/s

or club/s conducting games of chance in the rampant manner they
were being undertaken before the advent of the New Society with
no benefit or advantage to the government, there is a compelling
need for the government to now intervene and institute thru an
appropriate instrumentality the centralization of all games of
chance authorized to be conducted throughout the Philippines for
more effective control, direction and supervision;

by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree the creation and
organization of a Philippine Amusements and Gaming Corporation,
to be governed by this decree and its by-laws in accordance with the
following:
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. — It is hereby declared

to be the policy of the state to centralize and integrate all games of
chance not heretofore authorized by existing franchises or permitted
by law in order to attain the following objectives:
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1. To centralize and integrate the right and authority to

operate and conduct games of chance into one corporate entity to be
controlled, administered and supervised by the government;
2. To establish and operate clubs and casinos sports gaming

pools (basketball, football, etc.) and such other, for amusement and
recreation, including/games of chance, which may be allowed by law
within the territorial jurisdiction of the Philippines which will (1)
generate sources of additional revenue to fund infra-structure and
socio-civic projects, such as flood control programs, beautification,
sewerage and sewage projects, Tulungan ng Bayan Centers/
Nutritional Programs, Population Control and such other essential
public services; (2) create recreation and integrated facilities which
will expand and improve the country’s existing tourist attractions;
(3) minimize, if not totally eradicate, the evils, mal-practices and
corruptions that normally are found prevalent in the conduct and
operation of gambling clubs and casinos without direct government
involvement.
SEC. 2. Philippine Amusements and Gaming Corporation

(PAGCOR). — Creation and Purpose. To implement state policy
and pursue the objectives setforth in the preceding section, there
is hereby created a body corporate to be known as the Philippine
Amusements and Gaming Corporation, hereinafter referred to as
the “Corporation”, which shall have its principal office in the Greater
Manila Area. The Corporation may establish such offices, agencies,
subsidiaries, or branches in the Philippines as its operations would
require and its Board of Directors may determine.
SEC. 3. Corporate Powers. — The Corporation shall have the

power:
(a) to prescribe its by-laws;
(b) to adopt, alter and use a corporate seal;
(c) to make contracts and to sue and be sued:
(d) to own real or personal property and to sell, mortgage or

otherwise dispose of the same;
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(e) to employ such officers and personnel as may be

(f) to acquire, lease or maintain, whether on land, water,

or air, personal property and such other equipment and facilities as
may be necessary to carry out its purposes;
(g) to import, buy, sell, or otherwise trade or deal in

merchandise, goods, wares and objects of all kinds and descriptions
that may be necessary to carry out the purposes for which it has
been created;
(h) to enter into, make, perform, and carry out contracts

tracts of every kind and for any lawful purpose pertaining to the
business of the corporation, or in any manner incident thereto, as
principal agent or otherwise, with any person, firm, association, or
corporation;
(i) to do anything and everything necessary, desirable,

convenient, appropriate, suitable or proper for the accomplishment
of any of the purposes or the attainment of any of the objects or the
furtherance of any of the powers herein stated, either alone, or in
association with other corporations, firms or individuals, and to do
every other act or thing incidental or pertaining to, or growing out
of, or connected with the aforesaid purposes, objects, or powers, or
any part thereof;
(j) to borrow money from local, or foreign sources as may

be necessary for its operation;
(k) to invest its funds as the corporation may deem proper

and necessary in any activity related to its principal operations,
including in any bonds or securities issued and guaranteed by the
Government of the Philippines;
(1) to establish and maintain clubs, casinos, branches

agencies or subsidiaries, or other units anywhere in the Philippines
as may be needed by the Corporation and reorganize or abolish the
same as it may deem proper;
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(m) to perform such other functions as may be provided by

law.
SEC. 4. Authorized Capital Stock. — The Corporation shall

have a capital stock divided into one million voting and no par value
shares, to be subscribed, paid for and voted as follows:
(a) 600,000 shares of stock to be subscribed and paid for

by the government of the Republic of the Philippines at an original
issue value of P5.00 per share.
(b) 400,000 shares remaining may be subscribed by persons

or entities acceptable to the Board of Directors at issue value to be
determined by such Board of Directors.

the Government of the Republic of the Philippines shall be vested
in the President of the Philippines or in such person or persons as
he may designate.

private persons or entities shall be vested in them.
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SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees, executive


year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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REVISING THE CHARTER OF THE PHILIPPINE

INTERNATIONAL TRADING CORPORATION
I, FERDINAND E, MARCOS, President of the Philippines,

order and decree, as part of the law of the land, the Revised Charter
of the Philippine International Trading Corporation as follows:
“THE REVISED CHARTER OF THE PHILIPPINE

INTERNATIONAL TRADING CORPORATION”
SECTION 1. Title of this Decree. - This Decree shall be known

as the Revised Charter of the Philippine International Trading
Corporation.
SEC. 2. Name, Domicile and Place of Business. - There is

International Trading Corporation, hereinafter referred to as the
Corporation, which shall exist for fifty years and shall have its
principal office in Metro Manila.
SEC. 3. Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the

Corporation shall be two hundred million pesos (P2,000,000.00), to
be divided into two million (2,000,000) shares at par value of one
hundred pesos (P100.00) per share to be subscribed as follows: forty
per cent (40%) representing Eight hundred thousand (800,000)
shares valued at Eighty million pesos (P80,000,000.00) by the
Republic of the Philippines; ten per cent (10%) representing Two
hundred thousand (200,00) shares valued at Twenty million pesos
(P20,000,000.00) by the Development Bank of the Philippines; ten
per cent (10%) representing Two hundred thousand (200,000) shares
valued at Twenty million pesos (P20,000,000.00) by the Philippine
National Bank; and the remaining forty per cent (40%) representing
Eight hundred thousand (800,000) shares valued at Eighty million
pesos (P80,000,000.00) by the public at not less than the par value. For
the total subscription of the Republic of the Philippines, the amount
of Forty million pesos (P40,000,000.00) is hereby appropriated out
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of the funds in the National Treasury, which amount or any portion

thereof shall be released to the Corporation upon the approval of
the President of the Philippines: Provided, That, the subscription
of the Development Bank of the Philippines and the Philippine
National Bank shall be paid to the Corporation at such time and
for such amounts as shall be requested by the Board of Directors
of the Corporation: Provided, further, That, the disposition of the
shares available to the public shall be made in such a manner as to
result in the widest distribution thereof as possible to individuals or
organized businessmen representing specific industries or products
without any stockholder owning more than one percent (1%) of the
total stock offered for subscription to the public and no single group
representing one specific industry or product shall own more than
five per centum (5%) of such share unless approved by the Board:
And, Provided, finally, That, proxy voting is hereby authorized but
under no agreement, contract, arrangement, scheme or plan, shall a
proxy holder be allowed to represent more than per cent (1%) of the
stocks offered to the public for subscription.
CORPORATE POWERS AND FUNCTIONS
SEC. 5. Purposes of the Corporation. - The Corporation is

hereby authorized:
“(a) To engage in or handle for Philippine and third country

enterprises through methods, systems, devices and facilities
intended to achieve economies of scale and better terms of trade
for Philippine business, both foreign procurement as well as foreign
marketing and distribution;
“(b) To arrange for or establish comprehensive facilities

for handling all phases of warehousing and to develop and operate
physical facilities for the collection, processing and distribution of
cargoes and other commodities;
“(c) To obtain or arrange more comprehensive protection

for activities undertaken or commodities dealt with by monitoring
or coordinating risk insurance services for existing institutions or
supplementing the same;
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“(d) To employ, utilize, monitor trade promotion services,

facilities and activities being undertaken by government or private
agencies;
“(e) To promote or organize, whenever warranted, production

enterprises and industrial establishment and to collaborate or
associate in joint venture with any person, association, company,
or entity, whether domestic or foreign, in the fields of production,
marketing, procurement, and such other related business;
“(f) To provide technical, advisory investigatory, consultancy

and management services with respect to any or all of the functions,
activities and operations of the corporation; and,
“(g) In general, to undertake such activities as would be

appropriate to an institution created for the purposes of international
trading.
SEC. 6. Powers of the Corporations. - In order to attain its

purposes and objectives, the Corporation shall have the following
powers:
“(a) To engage in and carry on the business of dealership,

brokerage, manufacture and distribution of commodities, products,
goods, wares, merchandise, machineries and equipment and in
connection therewith to purchase, borrow, acquire, hold, exchange,
sell, distribute, lend, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of,
import or export, process or turn to account in any lawful manner,
commodities, products, goods wares, merchandise, and other article
of commerce and interest therein or instrument evidencing rights to
acquire such interest and to guarantee any all obligations relating
to transactions made on any board of trade, commodities exchangee,
or similar institutions, and to do any and all things which may
be useful in connection with or incidental to the conduct of such
business;
“(b) To build, make, construct, maintain, purchase, sell,

charter, deal in and with, own, lease, pledge, and otherwise dispose
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machinery and appliance appurtenant thereto as are utilized in the
transport of goods and merchandise by air, land or sea;
“(c) To carry on the business of public and private

warehousing and all business necessarily or impliedly incidental
thereto, and to further carry on the business of general warehousing
in all its several aspects; to construct, hire, purchase, operate and
maintain any means or conveyances for the transportation to and from
storage, by air, land or water, of any and all products, goods, wares,
merchandise or manufactured articles, to issue certificates, warrants
and receipts, negotiable or otherwise, to persons warehousing goods
with the Corporation, and to make negotiate or secure advances or
loans upon the security of such stored merchandise and products or
otherwise to construct, purchase, take or lease, develop, operate or
otherwise acquire any wharf, pier, dock, warehouse, storage room
or other facilities, rights, franchises, premises deemed capable of
being advantageously used in connection with the business of the
Corporation, and to rent, lease, hypothecate and convey the same,
and generally to carry on and undertake any and all business activity,
transaction or operation commonly carried on or undertaken by
warehousemen;
“(d) To act as shipping agent and ship broker, to handle

ship husbanding and ship chandlering, and to engage in any aspect
for the business of longshoring, lighterage, stevedoring, freight
forwarding, packing and carting, and conveying.
“(e) To borrow, raise, or obtain funds to support or carry out

its objects and purposes and/or to arrange financing or equipment
credit or any kind of financial or material assistance for its own
account or its clients from any financial or lending institutions,
local or foreign, and to secure any or all of the same, to the extent
that may be required such as by any lawful guaranty or counter-
guaranty by pledge, mortgaged or deed of trust, or by creating or
suffering to exist a charge, lien or encumbrance, general or special,
upon its revenues and/or assets, and likewise by similar guaranties,
pledges, mortgages, liens and other security arrangements to secure
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the performance by the Corporation by any obligation or liability it

may undertake for itself or for other companies or enterprises in
which it may be interested. Such loans obtained under this authority
shall be guaranteed by the government in accordance with existing
regulations;
“(f) To provide financial accommodations to its clients, and

maintain with or for customers’ accounts with respect to commodities
and/or securities including margin accounts and to do such things
as may be requisite or appropriate or incidental to the maintenance
for such accounts;
“(g) To act as agents or brokers in the business of marine,

fire, life, accident and fidelity insurance, in the business of giving
protection to principals and employers and any other kind or class
of insurance in all its branches;
“(h) To organize and incorporate subsidiaries whose capital

stock may be subscribed in whole or in part by the Corporation;
Provided, however, That the controlling interest of not less than sixty
per cent (60%) of the authorized capital stock of such subsidiaries
shall at all times remain with the Corporation: Provided, finally,
That the organization and incorporation of such subsidiaries shall
be subject to prior approval of the President of the Republic of the
Philippines;
“(i) To establish, maintain, operate or conduct branch

business for the transaction of business for itself and on behalf of
other persons, firms, corporations, or other entities, either domestic
or foreign, and to act as manufacturer’s agents, commission
merchants, merchandise brokers, insurance, shipping and transport
agents, or in any other representative capacity for persons, firms,
corporations or other entities, either domestic or foreign, for the
investment, loan payment, transmission or collection of money,
commodities or securities and for the purchase, sale, improvement,
development and management of property including business
concerns and undertaking and generally to transact and undertake
an agency business, whether in aspect of any commercial or financial
matters;
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“(j) To undertake or contract for researchers, studies and

surveys on any subject of interest to the Corporation including but
not limited to such matters as business and economic conditions of
various countries, including the structure of their commodities and
financial markets, the institutional arrangements for mobilizing
investments thereat, the legal and tax constraints and tax incentives
obtaining therein; to promote products overseas through holding of
trade fairs, exhibits and the like, coordinating with the Department
of Trade in undertaking such activities;
“(k) To acquire an interest in or to enter into partnership,

amalgamate with or enter into other arrangements for sharing
profits, mutual assistance or cooperation with any person or
company carrying on or about to carry on or engage in any business
transaction, operation or work capable of being conducted so as to
purchase, take or otherwise acquire and hold shares of stock or other
securities of or interest in any such company and to sell, hold and
re-issue with or without guaranty or otherwise deal with the same;
“(l) Subject to the limitations established by law, to acquire

by purchase, subscription, exchange, assignment, gift, or otherwise,
and to sell, assign, transfer, exchange, mortgage, pledge, and deal
in and with, and otherwise, to enjoy and dispose of, any bonds,
debentures, promissory notes, shares of capital stock and/or other
securities and/or obligations, created, negotiated or issued by
any corporation, association, or other entity, foreign or domestic,
and while the owner thereof, to exercise all the rights, power and
privileges of ownership, including the right to receive, collect and
dispose of any and all dividends, interest and income, derived
therefrom, and the right to vote on any shares of the capital stock,
and upon any bonds, debentures and/or other securities, having
voting power so owned;
“(m) To cause or allow the legal title to or any legal or

equitable interest in any business or any real or personal property
acquired or carried on by the Corporation to remain or be vested or
registered in the name of any other person or entity whether upon
trust for as agent nominee of the Corporation or upon such other
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terms and conditions which may be determined to be necessary or

expedient by the Board of Directors of the Corporation;
“(n) To acquire by purchase or lease, or otherwise, lands and

interest in lands and to own, hold, improve, develop, and manage
any real estate so acquired and to erect or cause to be erected on any
lands owned, held or occupied by the Corporation, buildings or other
structures with their appurtenances, and to rebuild, enlarge, alter
or improve any buildings or other structures or hereafter erected on
any lands so owned or occupied;
“(o) To purchase, own, hold, or otherwise acquire such

machineries, equipment, tools, materials, supplies, or other parts as
may be necessary, convenient or appropriate for any of the purposes
for which the Corporation is formed;
“(p) To invest and deal with the funds of the Corporation in

such manner as may be deemed proper, in order not to make such
funds idle and unproductive pending their full utilization for the
organized;
“(q) To apply for, register, purchase or otherwise acquire, or

obtain a lien, on or interest in, any patent, patent rights, licenses,
designs, processes, trademarks, tradenames, distinctive marks,
inventions, and improvements thereof, and concessions which may
appear likely to be advantageous or useful to the Corporation or its
clients; to use, exercise or otherwise turn to account said property,
rights, and to enter into know-how and data or process feedback
agreements, including the use of computers, as the same may be
related to or necessary or appropriate to carry on the objects and
purposes of the Corporation;
“(r) To pay for any property or rights acquired or services

obtained by the Corporation either in cash, shares, or other
securities of the Corporation, or partly in cash and partly in shares
or other securities, under such terms and conditions as its Board
of Directors shall determine to be reasonable. To enter into any
agreement or contract with any government or any of the agencies
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and instrumentalities thereof, or with any person or company on any

undertaking that may be conducive to the attainment of objectives
of the Corporation or of any of them, and to obtain from any such
government or authority, person or company any rights, privileges
and concessions, which the Corporation may think desirable;
“(s) To establish, operate and maintain its own

communication system throughout the country as may be needed
or required by its business operations for which purpose, the proper
franchise is hereby granted; and,
“(t) To do all such other things as are incidental or

appurtenant to or growing out of or connected with the aforesaid
business or powers of the Corporation or any part thereof or
conducive to the attainment of its corporate purposes and objects.
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SEC. 24. Annual Report. - Before the end of February of each

year, the Corporation shall submit to the President of the Philippines
an annual report on the condition of the Corporation. The annual
report shall contain a review of the policies and measures adopted
by the board during the past year and an analysis of the economic
and financial circumstances which required such measures and
policies. The annual report shall also include an audited statement
of the financial condition of the Corporation.
SEC. 25. Fiscal Period, Corporate Profits and Losses. - The

fiscal period of the Corporation shall commence on the first day of
January and end on the last day of December of each year.
“In the event the audited financial statement included in

the Annual Report required in the next preceding section reveals
a net profit from its business operations, said net profits shall
be accumulated in its surplus account which shall be utilized in
pursuance of corporate objectives as may be authorized by the Board
of directors; Provided, however, That the accumulated surplus shall
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not, at the end of any fiscal period, exceed twenty five (25%) per
centum of the authorized capital stock of the Corporation.
“Whenever the audited financial statement reveals a net loss

from the business operations of the Corporation, such loss shall be
debited to surplus, and if surplus be inadequate, the balance shall
be debited to the capital of the Corporation.
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SEC. 30. Liquidation. - In the event of liquidation of the

Corporation, for any cause, the investment of the private sector in
the capital stock of the Corporation shall have preference in the
disposition of the assets of the Corporation.
SEC. 31. Repealing Clause. - Presidential Decree No. 252 as

amended is hereby repealed. All acts, decrees, rules, regulations, and
other official issuance or parts thereof, inconsistent or incompatible
with any of the provisions of this Decree are likewise hereby repealed
SEC. 32. This Decree shall take effect immediately.”
Done in the City of Manila, this 25th day of January, nineteen

hundred and seventy-seven.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE EXPORT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

OF THE PHILIPPINES, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND
WHEREAS, there is an immediate need to increase the

country’s foreign exchange resources and to this end, it is necessary
to expand foreign trade through the promotion and diversification of
the country’s export products and services, especially construction
and engineering services;
WHEREAS, a number of producers and exporters, including

those engaged in non-tradition products, has been found to be
economically viable in the export trade but unable to expand
operations due to the inadequacy of existing credit facilities;
WHEREAS, there is a need to improve, supplement and

expand existing credit facilities so as to adequately meet credit
requirements for exports, particularly non-traditional products and
services; and
WHEREAS, to attain these ends, it is desirable and necessary

that the Government, in a joint venture with the private sector,
establish an implementing body corporate.

SECTION 1. Corporate Body. There is hereby created a body

corporate to be known as the “Export Development Corporation of
the Philippines” hereinafter referred to as the Corporation.
SEC. 2. Principal Place of Business. The Corporation shall

have its principal place of business in Metropolitan Manila.
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SEC. 3. Corporate Existence. the Corporation shall a have

corporate existence for a period of fifty (50) years from the date of
this Decree.
SEC. 4. Purposes and Powers. The Corporation is hereby

vested with the following purposes and powers:
(a) To help, promote, develop and diversify exports,

particularly non-traditional products and services by providing
adequate financial and technical assistance in project promotion
and execution.
(b) Without completing or supplanting but rather

supplementing and complementing the pending operations of
existing credit institutions, to provide financial assistance to
producers and exporters of the Philippine products with high
priority, especially the small and medium-scale industries which
cannot meet the collateral requirements of lending institutions and
to this end, engage in:
1) Providing refinancing facilities to commercial banks

against export bills and other documents related primarily with
exports of Philippine products and services;
2) Discounting bills of other instruments representing the

credits that such producers and exporters grant to foreign buyers;
3) Endorsing export credit instruments, and, in general

guaranteeing export credit;
4) Granting credits for export promotion activities designed

to open up new foreign markets and consolidating and expanding
existing ones;
5) Making advances for the payment of freight, insurance,

customs duties, storage fees, bidding and bonding fees and other
charges on export goods and services;
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6) Providing credit for the production of export goods in

fulfillment of orders or contracts;
7) Buying, endorsing, selling and discounting export

bills and other documents issued in connection with export
transactions;
8) Serving as intermediary, agent or broker for export

credits granted by international or regional financial institutions;
9) Financing other activities that may be necessary for the

promotion, development and diversification of export products and
services;
10) Lending money against personal security or against

securities consisting of persons and real properties; and
11) Conducting all activities necessary to insure that

producers, exporters and service contractors are adequately provided
with comparable credit facilities available to foreign competitors.
(c) To provide technical assistance to producers and

exporters through acceleration and development of export-oriented
projects and project promotion and execution;
(d) To search for areas where contribution of finance or

effort is of catalytic importance;
(e) To borrow, raise, or obtain funds to support or carry out

its objects and purposes and/or to arrange financing or equipment
credit or any kind of financial technical assistance for its own
account or for the producers, exporters, service contractors from
private or governmental sources or from international lending
institutions and to secure any or all of the same, to the extent that
may be required, by any lawful guaranteed or counter-guarantee, by
pledge, mortgage or deed of trust, or by creating or suffering to exist
a charge or encumbrance, general or special, upon its revenue and/
or assets, and likewise, by similar guarantees, pledges, mortgages,
liens and other security arrangements to secure the performance by
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the Corporation of any obligation or liability it may undertake for

itself or for the producers, exporters and service contractors;
(f) To acquire by purchase, subscription, exchange,

assignment, give or otherwise, and to sell, assign, transfer, exchange,
mortgage, pledge, and deal in and otherwise to enjoy and dispose of,
any bonds, debentures, promissory notes, shares of capital stock and/
or other securities and/or obligation, created, negotiated or issued
by any corporation, or other entity foreign or domestic, and while
the owner thereof, to exercise all the rights, powers and privileges
of ownership, including the right to receive, collect and dispose of,
any and all dividends, interest and income derived therefrom, and
the right to vote on any shares of the capital stock, and upon bonds,
debentures and/or other securities, having voting power so owned;
(g) To invest and deal with the funds of the Corporation

in such manner as may be deemed necessary and proper to attain
the objectives and purposes for which the Corporation has been
organized;
(h) To sue and be sued;
(i) To purchase, hold convey, sell, lease, let, mortgage,

encumber and otherwise deal with such real and personal property
as the purpose of the Corporation may require;
(j) To establish and operate branches of offices in the

Philippines or abroad for the transaction of business for itself, or in
behalf of producers, exporters, and service contractors; and
(k) To do all such other things and to transact all business

as may be directly or indirectly incidental or conducive to the
attainment of the above objectives.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 13. Applicability of the Corporation Law. The

provisions of the Corporation Law shall apply to the Corporation
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insofar as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this

Decree.
SEC. 14. Repealing Clause. All laws and executive orders

and parts thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

immediately.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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REVISING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 550 CREATING

THE PHILIPPINE FOREIGN LOAN GUARANTEE CORPORATION
SO IT WILL NOW BE ENTITLED THE PHILIPPINE EXPORT
AND FOREIGN LOAN GUARANTEE CORPORATION

order and decree the revision of Presidential Decree No. 550, dated
September 11, 1974, which shall henceforth read in its entirely as
follows:
WHEREAS, there is a need to supplement existing domestic

financial resources with borrowings from abroad in order to meet
the country’s economic development requirements;
WHEREAS, such foreign obligations contracted by the

private sector may need to be adequately guaranteed by government
WHEREAS, the Development Bank of the Philippines,

the Philippine National Bank, and the National Investment and
Development Corporation are the only government financial
institutions presently offering guarantee coverage to such foreign
obligations incurred by the private sector;
WHEREAS, there is a felt need to expand the Philippine

Government’s guarantee coverage of foreign loans for the private
sector in order to ensure the continuous entry of these resources
into the economy;
WHEREAS, THERE IS A NEED TO EXPAND THE

GOVERNMENT’S GUARANTEE COVERAGE TO THE
PRIVATE SECTOR TO INCLUDE BANKING AND TECHNICAL
INSTITUTIONS GRANTING LOANS TO FILIPINO EXPORTERS,
PRODUCERS OF EXPORT PRODUCTS, AND CONTRACTORS
WITH APPROVED SERVICE CONTRACTS ABROAD, AND/
OR ISSUING STANDBY LETTERS OF CREDIT OR LETTERS
OF GUARANTEE FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF APPROVED
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SERVICE CONTRACTS ABROAD ENTERED INTO BY DOMESTIC

ENTITIES, ENTERPRISES OR CORPORATION;

SECTION 1. Philippine Export and Foreign Loan Guarantee

Corporation.
(a) There is hereby created a body corporate to be known as

the Philippine EXPORT AND Foreign Loan Guarantee Corporation,
hereinafter referred to as the Corporation, which shall have
succession in its corporate name. The Corporation shall have its
principal office in the Greater Manila Area.
(b) The Corporation shall be deemed to be a wholly

owned Government corporation and shall accordingly be subject
to provisions of existing laws, rules and regulations applicable to
Government-owned corporations not otherwise inconsistent with
SEC. 2. Primary Purposes. The primary purposes of the

Corporation shall be as follows:
(a) To guarantee APPROVED foreign loans, in whole or

in part, granted to any domestic entity, enterprise or corporation,
majority of the capital of which is owned by citizens of the Philippines,
and
(b) TO GUARANTEE PHILIPPINE BANKING AND

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AGAINST LOSS THAT MAY
BE INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH (1) THE GRANT OF
THE LOANS/CREDIT ACCOMMODATIONS TO EXPORTERS,
PRODUCERS OF EXPORT PRODUCTS, OR CONTRACTORS
WITH APPROVED SERVICE CONTRACTS ABROAD, PROVIDED
THAT SUCH EXPORTERS, PRODUCERS OR SERVICE
CONTRACTORS, ARE FILIPINOS OR ENTITIES MAJORITY
OF THE CAPITAL OF WHICH ARE OWNED BY CITIZENS OF
THE PHILIPPINES, AND (2) THE ISSUANCE OF STANDBY
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LETTERS OF CREDIT OR OF LETTERS OF GUARANTEE, AS

THE CASE MAY BE TO SECURE THE PERFORMANCE OF
APPROVED SERVICE CONTRACTS ABROAD ENTERED INTO
BY ANY DOMESTIC ENTITY, ENTERPRISE OR CORPORATION,
MAJORITY OF THE CAPITAL OF WHICH IS OWNED BY
CITIZENS OF THE PHILIPPINES.
SEC. 3. Functions. The corporation shall have the following

functions:
(a) To promote and facilitate the entry of foreign loans into

the country for development purposes having special regard to the
needs of export-oriented industries, industries registered with the
Board of Investments, public utilities, and industries the promotion
of which is encouraged by government policy;
(b) TO GUARANTEE LOANS GRANTED BY PHILIPPINE

BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO QUALIFIED
EXPORTERS, PRODUCERS OF EXPORT PRODUCTS, AND
CONTRACTORS WITH APPROVED SERVICE CONTRACTS
ABROAD;
(c) TO FACILITATE AND ASSIST IN THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF APPROVED SERVICE CONTRACTS
ABROAD ENTERED INTO BY PHILIPPINE ENTITIES,
ENTERPRISES, OR CORPORATIONS WITH FOREIGN
EXCHANGE EARNING POTENTIALS, BY PROVIDING
COUNTER-GUARANTEES TO PHILIPPINE BANKS AND
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ISSUING STANDBY LETTERS
OF CREDIT OR OF LETTERS OF GUARANTEE FOR THE
PERFORMANCE OF SAID SERVICE CONTRACTS;
(d) To meet requests from domestic entities, enterprises, and

corporations to assist them in the coordination of their development
and expansion plans with a view to achieving better utilization of
their resources; and
(e) To provide technical assistance in the preparation,

financing and execution of development or expansion programs,
including the formulation of specific project proposals.
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SEC. 9. Guarantee of National Government. The payment

of obligations incurred by the Corporation under the provisions of
this Decree is fully guaranteed by the Government of the Republic
of the Philippines.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 22. Supervision and Examination by the Central Bank.

The Corporation shall be subject to the supervision and examination
by the Central Bank of the Philippines in accordance with Republic
Act No. 265, as amended and Republic Act No. 337, as amended.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 26. Applicability of the Corporation Law and Civil

Service Law. The provisions of the Corporation Law and Civil
Service Law shall apply to the Corporation insofar as they are not
SEC. 27. Repealing Clause. Presidential decree no. 1074

and all laws and executive orders and parts thereof inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed.

immediately.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE PUBLIC ESTATES AUTHORITY, DEFINING

THEREFORE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, there is a need to provide a coordinated,

economical and efficient administration of lands and real estate,
especially reclaimed lands, belonging to, managed and/or operated
by the government;
WHEREAS, a government-owned and/or controlled entity

organized for the purpose is necessary;

SECTION 1. Short title. – This decree shall be known as the

Charter of the Public Estates Authority.
SEC 2. Declaration of policy. – It is the declared policy of

the State to provide for a coordinated, economical and efficient
reclamation of lands, and the administration and operation of
lands belonging to, managed and/or operated by the government,
with the object of maximizing their utilization and hastening their
development consistent with the public interest.
SEC. 3. Creation, name, domicile and terms. – There is hereby

created a body corporate to be known as the Public Estates Authority,
hereinafter referred to as the “Authority” which shall have the
attribute of perpetual succession and possessed of the powers of
corporations, to be exercised in conformity with the provisions of
this charter.
The principal office of the Authority shall be determined

by its Board of Directors. It may establish such offices, agencies
or branches in the Philippines as its business operations would
require.
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The Authority shall have a term of fifty (50) years from the
issuance hereof, which shall be deemed for an equal period unless
sooner dissolved by law.
SEC. 4. Purposes. – The Authority is hereby created for the

following purposes:
(a) To reclaim land, including foreshore and submerged

areas, by dredging, filling or other means, or to acquire reclaimed
land;
(b) To develop, improve, acquire. administer, deal in,

subdivide, dispose, lease and sell any and all kinds of lands,
buildings, estates and other forms of real property, owned, managed,
controlled and/or operated by the government.
(c) To provide for, operate or administer such service as may

be necessary for the efficient, economical and beneficial utilization
of the above properties.
SEC. 5. Powers and functions of the Authority. – The

Authority shall, in carrying out the purposes for which it is created,
(a) to prescribe its by-laws.
(b) To sue and be sued in its corporate name.
(c) to adopt and use a seal and alter it at its pleasure.
(d) To purchase, lease, build, alter, construct, erect, enlarge,

occupy, manage, sell, mortgage, dispose of, or otherwise deal in,
buildings of every kind and character whatsoever, whether belonging
to, or to be acquired by the Authority.
(e) To construct, maintain and operate mains, pipes,

machinery, water reservoirs, artesian wells as may be reasonably
and necessarily required for the transaction of the lawful business
of the Authority.
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(f) To own or operate railroads, tramways and other kinds

of land transportation, vessels and pipelines, power house, hotels,
restaurants, terminals, warehouses and to manufacture, produce,
purchase, sell, dispose, encumber or otherwise deal in, rolling stock,
equipment, tools and other appliances; to construct and operate in
connection with its railroad lines toll viaducts, toll bridges and toll
tunnels.
(g) To construct, maintain and operate such systems of

sanitary sewers as may be necessary for the proper sanitation of its
areas of operation; to charge and collect such sums for construction
and rates for this service as may be determined by the Board to be
equitable and just; and to process waste materials obtained in the
sewers for fertilizing purposes.
(h) To construct, maintain and operate such storm drains as

may be necessary.
(i) To hold lands of the public domain in excess of area

permitted to private corporations by statute.
(j) To reclaim lands and to construct work across, or

otherwise, any stream, watercourse, canal, ditch, flume, street,
avenue, highway or railway of private or public ownership, as the
location of said works may require, provided that said works be
constructed in such a manner as not to endanger life or property
or in a manner not to impair unnecessarily their usefulness. Every
person or entity whose property is crossed or intersected by said
works shall not obstruct any such crossings or intersections and
shall grant the Authority or its representatives, the proper authority
for the execution of such work. The Authority is hereby given the
right-of-way to locate construct and maintain such works over and
throughout the lands owned by the Republic of the Philippines or
any of its branches and political subdivisions. The Authority or its
representatives may also enter upon private property in the lawful
performance or prosecution of its business and purposes: Provided,
That the owner of such private property shall be indemnified for
any actual damage caused thereby.
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(k) To issue such regulations as may be necessary for the

proper use by private parties of any or all of the highways, roads,
utilities, buildings and/or any of its properties and to impose or
collect fees or tolls for their use provided that all receipts by the
Authority from fees, tolls and other charges are automatically
appropriated for its use.
(l) To organize subsidiary companies to undertake any of the

activities mentioned herein. The capital stock of such subsidiary
companies shall be subscribed in whole or in part by the Authority.
(m) To enter into, make, perform and carry out contracts of

every class and description, including loan agreements, mortgages
and other types of security arrangements, necessary or incidental to
the realization of its purposes with any person, firm or corporation,
private or public, and with any foreign government or entity.
(n) To exercise the right of eminent domain in the name of

taken in the name of the Republic of the Philippines, and thereupon
all such real estate shall be entrusted to the Authority as the agent of
the Republic of the Philippines to accomplish the aims and purposes
of this decree.
(o) To perform such acts and exercise such functions as

herein specified.
(p) To promulgate such rules and regulations as may be

necessary to carry out its purposes and to provide penalties for the
violation thereof, which penalties shall be a fine of not more than
five hundred pesos or imprisonment for not more than six months,
or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
(q) To perform such other functions as may be provided by

law.
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SEC. 14. Reports. – The Authority shall, within three months

after the end of every fiscal year submit its annual report to the
SEC. 15. Appropriations. – The amount of Five million

(P5,000,000.00) pesos which shall constitute partial payment of
the subscription of the Republic of the Philippines in the capital
stock of the corporation as provided in Section 7 of this charter is
hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not
otherwise appropriated.
SEC. 16. Separability clause. – Should any provision of this

affected thereby.
SEC. 17. Repealing clause. – All laws, decrees, executive

orders, administrative orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, amended or modified
accordingly.

immediately.


By the President:

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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1095 - AMENDING SECTION 8

OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 420 CREATING THE
PHILIPPINE RACING COMMISSION
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 420 provided for the

creation of the Philippine Racing Commission which shall have
exclusive jurisdiction and control over every aspect of the conduct
of horse-racing, including the framing and scheduling of races, the
construction and safety of racetracks, the allocation of prizes, and
the security of racing; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide clearly for the

abolition of the Jockeys and Horse Trainers Injury, Disability and
Death Compensation Board and the transfer of its function to the
Philippine Racing Commission;


“SEC. 8. Jurisdiction, Powers and Functions. — Generally,

the Commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction and control over
every aspect of the conduct of horse-racing, including the framing
and scheduling of races, the construction and safety of horse-racing,
the allocation of prizes, and the security of racing.
“The functions of the Games and Amusements Board with

respect to horse-racing, except those related to the supervision and
regulation of betting in horse-racing as provided for in Sections 6,
11, 15, 18, and 24 of Republic Act No. 309, as amended, are hereby
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“The Games and Amusements Board shall continue to

supervise jai-alai, boxing and wrestling activities as provided in
existing applicable laws.
“The Jockeys and Horse Trainers Injury, Disability and

Death Compensation Board created under Republic Act. No. 6115
is hereby abolished and its functions, together with the Jockeys and
Horse Trainers Compensation Fund, are hereby transferred to the
Philippine Racing Commission to be administered in accordance
with the provisions of R.A. No. 6115 and P.D. No. 711.”
SEC 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING AND ESTABLISHING THE TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE

CENTER, DEFINING ITS POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, appropriate technological development is vital

to a more responsive and coordinated planning and implementation
of development activities in the Philippines as in other developing
countries in the region;
WHEREAS, the provision of a system of monitoring,

design, evaluation and dissemination of appropriate technology is
a necessary support to the functions and activities of the production
and service sectors;
WHEREAS, improved effectiveness and efficiency of

technical activities in the total development effort of the New
Society is enhanced by the establishment of a network of technology
and information institutions;
WHEREAS, recent emphasis has been placed on such priority

areas as production methods in agriculture and industry, population
control and distribution, health care delivery systems, nutrition care,
education, communication, energy research, science and technology
transfer and utilization, environmental management, housing
construction technology and approaches to urban development,
natural disaster prediction, control and moderation, and planning
management and decision-making;
WHEREAS, adequate government action is necessary in

these as well as in related areas, for the improvement of our people’s
livelihood and well-being; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide the appropriate

institutional framework and adequate funds to meet these
requirements;
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vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby create and establish
a body corporate to be known as the Technology Resource Center,
which shall operate in accordance with the following provisions:
SECTION 1. Purposes. — The purposes of the Technology

Resource Center are:
(a) to hasten and enhance social and economic progress in the

country, through self-reliance, by rationalizing and systematizing
research and development efforts in the light of knowledge already
available;
(b) to harness indigenous resources and technologies in

the search for improved effectiveness and efficiency of technical
activities in the production and service sectors;
(c) to effect a problem-oriented coordination of resources and

a systematic but flexible approach to technology and information
problems;
(d) to support and encourage innovative alternatives and

approaches to the solution of technical problems, and to broaden
options for minimizing future technical problems;
(e) to monitor such technological advances and store the

information generated as would affect social, economic and physical
planning and development, and to subscribe to acquire, process and
disseminate textual, statistical and graphic data and information
needed by decision-makers and other users;
(f) to link foreign and national research institutions to users

through information technology and planning research capabilities;
and
(g) to establish a network of permanent coordinating

committees on the following areas, but not limited to these: food,
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population control and distribution, health, nutrition, education,

communications, energy, environmental management, science and
technology transfer and utilization, housing and urban development,
natural disaster prediction, control and moderation and planning
management and decision-making.
SEC. 2. Corporate Powers. — To fulfill and accomplish its

purposes the Center shall have the following powers:
(a) To adopt, alter and use a corporate seal;
(b) to take and hold by bequest, devise, gift, purchase or lease,

either absolutely or in trust for any of its purposes, any property,
real or personal, without limitations as to amount or value; to
convey such property and to invest and reinvest any principal, and
deal with and expand the income and principal of the said Center in
such manner as will promote its objectives;
(c) to collect, receive and maintain a fund or funds, by

subscription or otherwise, and to apply the income and principal
thereof to the promotion of itsms and purposes hereinbefore set
forth;
(d) to contract any obligation or enter into any agreement

necessary or incidental to the proper management of its corporate
powers;
(e) generally, to carry on any activity and to have and exercise

all of the powers conferred upon private or government-owned or
controlled corporations; to exercise such power and authority as
may be directly or indirectly necessary, incidental or expedient to
carry out the purposes and objectives hereinbefore specified; and
to do any and all of the acts and things herein set forth to the
same extent as juridical persons could do, and in any part of the
world as principal, factor, agent or otherwise, alone or in syndicate
or otherwise in conjunction with any person, entity, partnership,
association or corporation, domestic or foreign.
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SEC. 13. Disposition of Assets Upon Dissolution. — In the

event of the dissolution of the Center, its remaining assets, after
payment of other liabilities, shall be disposed of and turned over
to any foundation or institutions dedicated to the same or similar
pursuits as the Center, or to the Republic of the Philippines or any
of its agencies or instrumentalities, as the Board of Trustees may
determine.
SEC. 14. Separability Clause. — If any provision of this

Decree shall be held invalid, the remainder shall not be affected
thereby.
SEC. 15. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take effect

immediately.
Done in Metro Manila, Philippines, this 23rd day of February,

in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT

STUDIES
WHEREAS, there is a present need for adequate research

studies and materials properly oriented to the formulation of plans
and policies relative to national development;
WHEREAS, under the existing set-up, the demand for

research studies are in part supplied by the research output of
academic and other research institutions but these research efforts
are not, however, fully responsive to the requirements of national
planning and policy making;
WHEREAS, research in the social sciences and economics

under the existing set-up has given rise to the problem of the weakness
of the link between public policy formulation and research because
of the orientation and character of pure academic research;
WHEREAS, an effective means of bridging this gap is to

establish a national research institution that will perform policy-
oriented research on all aspects of the Philippine economy and
assist the government in formulating plans and policies for national
development;

vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree and order the
following to be part of the law of the land:
SECTION 1. Creation of the Philippine Institute for

Development Studies. - There is hereby created a non-stock, non-
profit government corporation to be known as the Philippine
Institute for Development Studies, hereinafter referred to as the
Institute, which shall be attached to the National Economic and
Development Authority for policy and program coordination.
SEC. 2. Purposes and Objectives. - The Institute shall have

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(a) To develop a comprehensive and integrated research

program that will provide the research materials and studies
required for the formulation of national development plans and
policies. Such program shall be evolved through constant interaction
between the institute and the appropriate government agency or
agencies;
(b) To serve as the common link between the government

and the existing research institutions, and for this purpose, to
provide a forum wherein various research studies are discussed and
evaluated;
(c) To conduct and undertake research requested by

government or its agencies and to arrange for research to be
conducted by other research institution and individuals, locally and
abroad;
(d) To conduct joint studies with domestic research

institutions in the academic, government and business sector; and
(e) To establish a repository for economic research information

and other related activities.
SEC. 3. Powers. - The Institute shall have the following

powers:
(a) To adopt, alter and use a corporate seal;
(b) To collect, receive and maintain a fund or funds from

government appropriations and from donations, grants, gifts,
bequests, loans from domestic and foreign sources, and to apply
the income and principal thereof to the promotion of its aims and
purposes;
(c) To own, manage and hold such real and personal property
as shall be necessary for the Institute’s purposes;
(d) In furtherance of its purpose and objectives, to extend

financial assistance to, and enter into contracts of every kind
and for any lawful purpose, with any person, firm, association or
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corporation, domestic or foreign, or others in which it has a lawful

interest;
(e) To invest its funds in such undertaking as it may deem

wise or necessary to carry out its objectives; and
(f) In general, to do all such acts and things as may be

necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Decree.
SEC. 4. Board of Trustees. - The affairs of the Institute

shall be managed by a Board of Trustees hereinafter referred to
as the Board, to be headed by the Secretary of Economic Planning,
or his representative, as Chairman and four (4) other members
who shall be initially appointed by the President of the Philippines
upon recommendation of the Secretary of Economic Planning. The
appointive members shall serve for a term of four years; provided,
that, of the first four members appointed, one shall serve for four
years, one for three years, one for two years and one for one year,
respectively. In case of a vacancy in the appointive membership of
the Board, the successor appointee, who shall be appointed by the
remaining Board members, shall serve only the unexpired term;
provided, that, if the remaining Board members do not constitute a
majority, the appointment shall be done by the President.
Per diems and allowances for members of the Board shall

be as determined by the Board subject to existing laws, rules and
regulations on the matter.
A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a

quorum for the transaction of the business of the Board.
SEC. 5. Functions and Responsibilities of the Board. - The

Board of Trustees shall have the following functions:
(a) To formulate and adopt policies and measures for the

management and operation of the Institute;
(b) To appoint the President of the Institute who shall come

from among the appointive members of the Board;
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(c) To approve the staffing pattern for the Institute;
(d) To promulgate rules and regulations for the discharge of

its powers and functions and the internal operations of the Institute;
Provided, that, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees shall exercise
the power to appoint, promote, discipline or remove the personnel
of the Institute;
(e) To manage the financial affairs of the Institute and

approve an annual budget of receipts and expenditures of the
Institute according to its requirements; and
(f) To monitor and review periodically the programs and

projects of the Institute.
SEC. 6. President of the Institute. - The President of the

Institute shall be the executive officer of the Institute and shall
receive such salary and remuneration as may be determined by the
Board. He shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) To prepare, for the approval of the Board, the staffing

pattern of the Institute which, shall include the determination of
the qualifications, and fixing the number and compensation of such
officials and personnel as may be necessary for the proper discharge
of the functions of the Institute;
(b) To have control and supervision over the personnel, staff,

operations and internal administration of the Center in accordance
with existing laws and the rules and regulations promulgated by
the Board of Trustees;
(c) To recommend to the Board of Trustees such policies and

measures which he deems necessary for the effective exercise and
discharge of the powers and responsibilities of the Institute; and
(d) To submit an annual report to the Board of Trustees

on the operations, the status of the programs funded by, and the
financial condition of, the Institute, including a recommendation for
its budget for the ensuing year.
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SEC. 7. Fees of Research Fellows and Associates. - Any

provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Institute is hereby authorized to engage researchers and other
professional staff from other government offices and agencies
to conduct specialized studies and researches for the Institute.
Those so engaged by the Institute shall be issued appointments as
Research Fellows or Research Associates and shall be paid, as they
are hereby authorized to be paid such fees as determined by the
Board in addition to whatever compensation or emoluments they
are receiving in their respective mother offices or agencies.
SEC. 8. Research Advisory Committee. - The Institute shall

have a Research Advisory Committee which shall be composed of
personalities well-known in the field of research relevant to national
development and may include foreign scholars. The Committee to
be set up by the Board shall have the following functions:
(a) To advise the Board on the selection of, and design of the
methodology of research projects;
(b) Evaluation, announcement and publication of major

research studies; and
(c) Advise the Board on such other research activities deemed

necessary to meet the needs of national development.
SEC. 9. Endowment Fund. - There is hereby established an

Endowment Fund which shall be self-sustaining and shall consist
of contributions, donations, grants, or loans from domestic and/or
foreign sources, government subsidies and other income accruing
from the operations of the Institute. For the initial organizational
and operational requirements of the Institute, there is hereby
appropriated out of any fund in the National Treasury not otherwise
appropriated the sum of SEVEN MILLION PESOS (P7,000,000.00).
Hereafter, funding for the operational activities of the Institute shall
be generated by the Institute from earnings of this Fund.
SEC. 10. Government Contribution to Research Funding. -

There shall be included in the annual budget of the NEDA such sum
as may be determined by the NEDA Director General as contribution
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in financing the research activities of the Institute. Other government

agencies are hereby authorized to include in their respective annual
budget such necessary amounts as their contribution to the funding
of certain research activities of the Institute. These contributions
shall be treated as distinct from the Endowment Fund and shall be
managed under separate account.
The Institute shall submit to the Director General of the

NEDA a work program with budget estimates for each calendar
year, not later than November 30 of the preceding year.
SEC. 11. Exemption from taxes. - Any provision of law to

the contrary notwithstanding, any donation, contribution, bequest,
subsidy or financial aid which may be made to the Institute shall
be exempt from taxes of any kind and shall constitute allowable
deductions in full from the income of the donors or grantors for
income tax purposes.
The Institute, its assets, acquisitions, income and its

operations and transactions shall be exempt from any and all taxes,
fees, charges, imports, licenses and assessments, direct or indirect,
imposed by the Republic of the Philippines or any of its political
subdivision.
SEC. 12. Effectivity. – This decree shall take effect

immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 26th day of September, in

the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE ABACA INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT

AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, the Philippines is the leading producer and

exporter of abaca fiber in the world;
WHEREAS, there exists an unstable world market for abaca

fiber subject to volatile price fluctuations;
WHEREAS, abaca farmers are shifting to other crops in

view of an unstable market for their products;
WHEREAS, an orderly and stable market is necessary for

the maintenance and growth of the abaca industry;
WHEREAS, it is Government policy to provide adequate

assistance to the agricultural sector in line with the national objective
of increasing agricultural production and boosting exports;
WHEREAS, the foregoing considerations make it desirable

to have one agency to regulate abaca production, processing,
distribution, sale, transport and storage;
WHEREAS, since the abolition of the Abaca Corporation in

1970 and the abolition of the Abaca and Other Fiber Development
Board in 1972, there has been no single government agency in
charge of the integrated development of the abaca industry;

SECTION 1. Creation of the Abaca Industry Development

Authority. - The Abaca Industry Development Authority, hereinafter
referred to as the AIDA, is hereby established and attached to
the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of promoting the
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accelerated growth and development of the abaca industry in all its

aspects. AIDA shall rationalize the research, production, processing,
and marketing of abaca, and provide continued leadership and
support for the integrated development of the industry;
SEC. 2. Transfer of Functions. All functions and all powers

of the Bureau of Fiber Development and Inspection Service (BFDIS)
of the Department of Trade pertinent to the abaca industry except
for grading and inspection functions are hereby transferred to the
AIDA. Such transfer shall include the corresponding balances of
appropriations, records, equipment, properties and such personnel as
may be necessary, Provided, That the Bureau of Fiber Development
and Inspection Service (BFDIS) shall henceforth be renamed Bureau
of Fiber and Inspection Service (BFIS); Provided, further, that the
AIDA, through its Board, shall effect the transfer herein provided in
a manner that will ensure the least disruption of on-going programs
and projects.
The Abaca Production and Development Program (APDP) is

hereby transferred from the Department of Agriculture to the AIDA,
together with all corresponding balances of appropriations, records,
equipment, properties and such personnel as may be necessary;
Provided, that the AIDA through its Board, shall effect the transfer
herein provided in manner that will ensure the least disruption of
on-going programs and projects.
SEC. 3. Board of Directors. - The powers and functions of the

AIDA shall be vested in and exercised by a Board of Directors which
shall be composed of the following officials or their representatives:
1. Secretary of Agriculture Chairman
2. Secretary of Trade Member
3. Chairman of Board of Investments Member
4. Secretary of Local Governments and

Community Development Member
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5. Governor of the Central Bank Member
6. Governor, Development Bank

of the Philippines Member
7. President, Philippine National Bank Member
8. A representative of the abaca producers Member
9. A representative of the abaca traders Member
The President shall appoint the representatives of the abaca

producers and traders upon recommendation of the Secretary of
Agriculture and they shall hold office for a term of three (3) years
unless sooner removed for cause or until their successors shall have
been appointed and qualified.
The members of the Board from the government sector, if

unable to attend a Board meeting, may designate their respective
alternates whose acts shall be considered the acts of principals.
The members of the Board shall elect a Vice-Chairman who

shall act as Chairman in case of the absence, inability or temporary
incapacity of the Chairman; Provided, That in the absence of the
Chairman and Vice-Chairman, the Board shall elect a temporary
presiding officer.
The members of the Board may receive per diems per meeting
actually attended at such amount to be fixed by the Board, but not
to exceed one thousand pesos per month.
SEC. 4. Organization. The AIDA is empowered to determine

and create its organizational structure in order to achieve its
objectives, including the number, positions and salaries of its
officers and employees. The Board shall create the positions of
Administrator, Deputy Administrator or Administrators, and such
other subordinate officials as may be required. The Board shall
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appoint all the officers of the AIDA, establish a compensation

scheme including allowances and benefits, working hours and other
conditions of employment as it may deem proper, discipline and/or
remove for cause employees, and exercise such other powers over
its personnel as may be necessary for the efficient operation of the
AIDA.
The management of the AIDA shall be vested in an

Administrator to be appointed by the Board who shall have the
following functions and powers:
(a) To direct and manage the affairs and business of the

Authority in accordance with policies enunciated by the Board;
(b) To establish and maintain, upon approval by the Board,

an organization with specific functions and responsibilities for each
operating unit;
(c) To perform such other duties as may be assigned to him

by the Board from time to time.
Managerial and technical personnel shall be specifically

exempt from OCPC and Civil Service requirements.
SEC. 5. To carry out the objectives and purposes mentioned

in Section 1 of this Decree, the AIDA, through its Board, shall have
(a) Formulate and implement in cooperation with related

agencies, integrated programs and comprehensive policy guidelines
for the accelerated development of the industry as a whole;
(b) Regulate research, production, processing, and marketing

of abaca in both the domestic and the international markets when
necessary;
(c) Establish a monitoring system for the assessment of the

abaca supply and demand situation, both domestic and worldwide;
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(d) Negotiate and enter into contracts for the export of abaca
under such terms and conditions as it may deem reasonable when
necessary;
(e) Negotiate and enter into contracts for shipping facilities

necessary for the export of abaca including the purchase and/or
charter of vessels when necessary;
(f) Establish and maintain storage facilities for abaca in the

country or in major foreign markets whenever such facilities are
deemed necessary;
(g) Establish and administer a price scheme and maintain a

stockpile of abaca when necessary to stabilize prices for the benefit
of abaca farmers in the country;
(h) Promote and undertake research in abaca in coordination

with the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Resources Research
and other appropriate agencies with a view to expanding the
production, utilization, processing, marketing of abaca for domestic
and foreign uses;
(i) Borrow from local and international financing institutions,

and issue bonds and other instruments of indebtedness, subject
to existing rules and regulations of the Central Bank and the
Department of Finance, for the purpose of financing programs and
projects deemed vital and necessary for the early attainment of its
goals and objectives;
(j) Formulate and recommend for adoption by financial

institutions, credit programs to support research, production,
processing, and marketing of abaca;
(k) Formulate and recommend for adoption by other agencies

and instrumentalities, such programs and projects as may be found
necessary to accelerate industry development;
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(l) Enter into, make and execute contracts of any kind as

may be necessary to achieve the objectives of the AIDA;
(m) Receive and administer funds provided by law and

draw, with the approval of the President, funds from existing
appropriations as may be necessary in support of its program, and
to accept donations, grants, gifts and assistance from all kinds of
international and local private foundations, associations, or entities,
and to administer the same in accordance with the instructions or
directions of the donor, or in default thereof, in the manner it may,
in its discretion determine;
(n) Invest and deal with the funds of the Authority, in order
not to make such funds idle and unproductive pending their full
utilization for the principal objects and purposes for which the AIDA
has been organized;
(o) Obtain complete access to all pertinent information on

the operations of the industry.
SEC. 6. Power to Issue Rules and Regulations to Implement

Decree. - The AIDA is hereby authorized to issue or to promulgate
rules and regulations to implement and carry out the purposes and
SEC. 7. Appropriations. - For the fiscal years 1977 and 1978,

all unexpended and unprogrammed appropriations out of funds
already stipulated for abaca development from the appropriations
of the Bureau of Fiber and Inspection Service of the Department of
Trade and all unexpended funds, programmed and unprogrammed,
appropriated for the Abaca Production and Development Program of
the Department of Agriculture are hereby transferred to the AIDA.
Any provision of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding,

AIDA may impose fees or receive grants, subsidies, donations,
or contributions from any entity and retain such funds for its
operation.
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SEC. 8. Separability Clause. - The provisions of this Decree

more provisions are held unconstitutional, the validity of other
provisions shall not be affected.
SEC. 9. Repealing Clause.- All laws, decrees, acts, executive

orders, ordinances, rules and regulations which are inconsistent
with the provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed, amended or
SEC. 10. Effectivity. - This Decree shall take effect upon

approval.
Done in the City of Legazpi this 8th day of October, in the

year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE METROPOLITAN MANILA TRAFFIC

MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, the national government is aware of the

continuing deterioration of the traffic situation in Metro Manila
brought about by rapid urbanization, increasing population thru
migration and concentration of socio-economic activities;
WHEREAS, the national government is cognizant of the fact

that traffic problems in the area are at present being tackled, studied
and resolved by a large number of national agencies/committees and
local government authorities, each of which is charged with specific
aspects of traffic administration;
WHEREAS, the national government fully, realizes the

fact that despite the avowed cooperation and coordination by the
various agencies in carrying out their respective tasks, the emerging
situation has led to some conflicting directions and overlapping
functions;
WHEREAS, the national leadership notes with deep concern

and damaging impact of the problem to the inhabitants with the
end result of impaired mobility and road safety within the area,
not to mention the increased pollution, wasted efforts and resources
and reduced productivity;
WHEREAS, the overall complex situation renders it

imperative for the national leadership to create a central traffic
authority that will oversee, unify and integrate the planning,
management, implementation and administration or urban traffic
activities on roads and in public places in Metro Manila.

President of the Republic of Philippines, by virtue of the powers
vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree:
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SECTION 1. Creation of the Metro Manila Traffic

Management Authority. - There is hereby created a Metro Manila
Traffic Management Authority, hereinafter referred to as the
“Authority”, which shall be under the supervision and control of the
Governor of Metro Manila.
SEC. 2. Composition of the Authority. - The Authority shall

be composed of the Governor of Metro Manila, as Chairman; and
as members, the Executive Secretary, MMC; the MMC Action
Officers for Traffic, Finance, Transportation and Infrastructure
and a representative each from the Department of Public
Highways, the Department of Public Works, Transportation and
Communications, the Constabulary Highway Patrol Group, the
Board of Transportation, the Land Transportation Commission, the
Metropolitan Police Force.
An Executive Committee to be headed by an Executive

Director, and to be composed of five members shall be appointed by
the Governor, to act as the central management and executive board
of the Authority. The Committee shall also act as the Secretariat of
the Authority.
SEC. 3. Duties and Functions of the Authority. - The main

objective of the Authority is to integrate into one organization the
functions of government agencies charged with traffic administration
in order to effectivity carry out the following duties and functions:
(a) Traffic Policy and Planning. - This duty comprises the

coordinating function of the Authority. It involves translating goals
into more specific objectives, standards and programs of work,
which will have to be consistent with available resources and wider
needs.
(b) Traffic Operations and Control. - This duty comprises the

regulation of behavior of vehicles while they are using the road and
street system.
(c) Engineering and Maintenance. - This duty comprises the

design, specification, provision and maintenance of traffic control
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devices such as signals, signs, pavement markings, channelization

and pedestrian crossing facilities.
(d) Research. - This duty comprises monitoring the system,

gathering and analyzing data, and applying the results towards the
achievement of the objective of the Authority.
(e) Education/Information. - This comprises the instruction

and practical training of Staff, also the training of road-users, in
which case it is linked with legislation and enforcement.
(f) Legislation. - This comprises functional review and

recommendations for enactments of any legislation and codes of
behavior needed to achieve the objectives of the Authority.
(g) Enforcement. - This comprises monitoring and compelling

road-users to observe regulation and codes for people and vehicles
using the traffic network.
(h) Implementation. - This comprises the implementation of

field activities such as traffic engineering construction or on-the-
spot police activity which necessarily would have to be staffed by
the Authority. Implementation would be delegated to the various
agencies involved at the discretion of the Authority.
(i) Promulgate rules, regulations and guidelines to carry out

(j) Initial tasks of the Authority will be to:
prepare, recommend, implement and maintain and approved

staffing structure;
set objectives and standards of performance for the road

network and associated traffic facilities;
review and recommend on legislation for traffic operation

and controls;
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prepare and implement an approved plan of action and

works to achieve the required standards;
establish adequate arrangements for maintenance of traffic

facilities;
recommend any further actions to carry out the provisions

of this Decree.
SEC. 4. Limitations of Duties. - (a) The duties of the

Authority should be restricted to traffic activities in relation to all
roads, streets and other public areas used by traffic.
(b) It should not encroach on the wider functions of local

government, road engineering, transit operations, licensing and
registration of vehicles, or general police activities.
SEC. 5. Technical and Administrative Staff to Assist

the Authority. - The Authority shall be assisted by the technical
and administrative staff, which may be drawn from the member-
agencies of the Authority. Initially and during the transition period,
the on-going IBRD-assisted Metro Manila Traffic Engineering and
Management Project Staff of the Department of Public Highways
may be availed of for this purpose.
SEC. 6. Personnel of the Authority. - The Authority shall

determine the technical qualification, the number, appoint and fix
the salaries of the personnel of the Authority in accordance with the
Civil Service Law and Rules. Additional personnel may be hired on
contract basis as the exigencies of the service may require.
SEC. 7. OCPC Exempt. - In view of the dearth of qualified staff

and the highly technical nature of the work and duties involved, the
salaries of the technical personnel of the Authority shall be exempt
from the rules and regulations of the Office of Compensation and
Positions Classification, and the same shall not apply to technical
positions created under this Decree.
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SEC. 8. Honoraria for Assisting Personnel. - The Authority

shall pay honoraria to any government personnel providing
assistance to the Authority in carrying out its varied duties and
functions under Sec. 3 hereof. The rate shall likewise be determined
by the Authority.
SEC. 9. Appropriation. - The Metro Manila Commission

should include in its annual budget starting the calendar year 1979,
the necessary appropriation to effectively carry out the provisions
of this decree. Initially, however, for the calendar year 1978, part of
the funds appropriated for the Traffic Engineering and Management
Project of the Department of Public Highways may be utilized.
SEC. 10. Repealing Clause. - All acts, presidential decrees,

letters of instructions, executive orders, rules and regulations or
parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this
Decree are hereby repealed amended or modified accordingly.

immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 21st day of December, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL

OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
OTHER RELATED PURPOSES
WHEREAS, current trends in development administration

require the establishment of closer coordination and linkages
between national departments and agencies in carrying out national
plans and programs at the regional and local levels;
WHEREAS, under existing laws, the Department of Finance

exercises general supervision over the financial affairs of the local
governments and is vested, among others, with the responsibility
of adopting and enforcing the necessary policies and measures that
will improve local treasury and assessment operations;
WHEREAS, the Department of Finance has accordingly

an important role to play in operationalizing the concepts of
regional planning for development in terms of an effective financial
management of local funds and resources;
WHEREAS, to carry out its responsibility in helping attain

regional development, it is imperative for the Department of Finance
to establish its own regional office in each region of the country for
purposes of providing a regional orientation and direction in the
exercise of its power of direct supervision over local treasury and
assessment offices;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide appropriations for the

establishment, operations and maintenance of the regional offices of
the Department of Finance, effective immediately;

the Constitution, do hereby decree and order, as part of the law of
the land, the following provisions:
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SECTION 1. Establishment of Regional Offices. - The

Department of Finance shall establish a regional office in each of
the regions of the country created under Presidential Decree No.
1, as amended by Presidential Decrees Nos. 742, 773 and 879,
except in Region IV, comprising the four (4) cities and thirteen (13)
municipalities of Metropolitan Manila as defined under Presidential
Decree No. 824.
SEC. 2. Location and Area of Jurisdiction. - The regional

offices of the Department of Finance shall be located in the regional
centers designated in the aforecited Presidential Decrees and shall
have within their respective areas of jurisdiction the groups of
provinces, cities and municipalities as provided for therein.
SEC. 3. Organization and Staffing. - The Secretary of Finance

is hereby authorized to prepare and adopt the organizational structure
and staffing pattern for each regional office of the Department in
such manner or form as he may deem most suited and responsive
to regional administration, subject, however, to existing law and
regulations prescribing position classification, rankings and pay
ranges for national departments and offices.
SEC. 4. Creation of Positions of Regional Directors and

Assistant Regional Directors. - There is hereby created for each
regional office of the Department of Finance the positions of one (1)
Regional Director for Local Government Finance, one (1) Assistant
Regional Director for Local Treasury Operations and one (1) Assistant
Regional Director for Real Property Assessment Operations, which
positions shall be embraced under the career executive service.
SEC. 5. Appointment of Regional Officials and Personnel. -

The Regional Directors and Assistant Regional Directors referred
to in Section 4 hereof shall be appointed by the President, upon
recommendation of the Secretary of Finance, and in the manner
provided for by law for Career Executive Service Officers of the
same rank. Pending the appointment and/or qualification of such
Regional Directors and Assistant Regional Directors, the Secretary
of Finance may designate from qualified and competent officials
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and personnel of the Department of Finance and/or from the

ranks of provincial and city treasurers and assessors and assistant
provincial and city treasurers and assessors such Regional Directors
or Assistant Regional Directors in an acting capacity, and during
their incumbency as such, they may be authorized by the Secretary
to receive additional compensation and/or allowances as herein
provided for.
SEC. 6. Qualifications. - No person shall be appointed as a

regular Regional Director or Assistant Regional Director unless he
is a citizen of the Philippines; of good moral character; a holder of a
college degree (preferably in law, engineering, commerce or public
administration) from a recognized school; a first grade civil service
eligible or its equivalent; with at least three (3) years experience
in local government finance, real property assessment and/or local
treasury work; meets the minimum qualification requirements
prescribed for Career Executive Officers of equivalent rank;
and possesses such other qualifications or special skills that the
Secretary of Finance may require.
SEC. 7. Rank, Compensation and Emoluments. - The

aforesaid Regional Directors for Local Government Finance and
Assistant Regional Directors of the Department of Finance are hereby
assigned to Career Executive Service Ranks IV and V, respectively,
and shall receive such compensation and other emoluments as
may be authorized under existing laws or regulations for Career
Executive Service Officers of the same rank; Provided, That they
shall be entitled to promotions in rank and salary adjustments
under existing policies and regulations of the CES Board and,
Provided, further, that all times the salary of the Regional Director
shall be at least one step higher than the salary actually received
by the highest paid Provincial or City Treasurer or Assessor in the
Region.
Those who are designated by the Secretary of finance in an

acting capacity shall continue to receive the salaries authorized
for their regular positions payable by their respective offices but
they may be entitled to receive additional compensation and/or
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representation, quarters, transportation and other allowances that

the Secretary of Finance may authorize, at such rates as may be
fixed under existing laws or regulations or, in the absence thereof,
at such rates as may be determined by the Secretary: Provided,
however, That such additional compensation shall not exceed
thirty per cent (30%) of the basic salary actually received by the
officer involved. Other personnel of a regional office may likewise
be entitled to receive such cost-of-living allowances and reasonable
transportation or other allowances authorized under existing laws
or regulations.
SEC. 8. Detail of Personnel in the Regional Offices. - The

Secretary of Finance may authorize the detail in the regional offices
of qualified personnel from the Department of Finance or the local
treasury and assessment offices to insure the availability of such
number of technical and clerical personnel as may be deemed
necessary for the efficient performance and operations of the
regional offices and for such special work or assignments that may
arise from time to time.
SEC. 9. Functions of Regional Offices. - Under the general

supervision of the Secretary of Finance, the Regional Offices of the
Department shall, in addition to those prescribed or authorized
under existing law, perform the following functions:
(a) Supervise and coordinate the conduct of local treasury

and assessment operations of the provinces, cities and municipalities
within the region for the proper implementation of laws, decrees,
rules, regulations and administrative issuances of the Department
of Finance;
(b) Establish liaison and linkages with other regional offices

and agencies of the National Government in the region for purposes
of closer coordination in the execution of national/regional plans or
programs in the area;
(c) Coordinate in the prosecution of local development

projects;
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(d) Undertake researchers, studies and related activities for

purposes of formulation and execution of policies that would promote
the financial stability and growth of the local governments;
(e) Review the annual and supplemental budgets of provinces

and cities within the region in accordance with the provisions of
existing law and such policy guidelines and/or regulations that the
Secretary of Finance may promulgate;
(f) Supervise and monitor the execution of tax mapping and

other real property assessment projects of the local units within the
region;
(g) Conducts a preliminary review of the individual

schedules of values of real property prepared by the provincial and
city assessors in the region, consolidate the same, and submit for
approval of the Secretary of Finance an integrated schedule of real
property values for the region;
(h) Coordinate the plans, programs and activities of local

treasury and assessment offices in the conduct of tax collection
drives and tax information and education campaigns;
(i) Subject to approval by the Secretary of Finance, conduct

regional training programs, seminar-workshops, conferences and
other allied activities designed primarily for the improvement
of administrative and technical skills in the local treasury and
assessment offices; and
(j) Perform such other functions as may be prescribed by law

or as may be delegated or authorized by the Secretary of Finance.
SEC. 10. Issuance of Field Operations Manuals. - The

Secretary of Finance shall issue such field operations manuals
as he may deem necessary for the administration and conduct of
operations of the regional offices of the Department of Finance, as
well as of the local government treasury assessment offices.
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SEC. 11. Office of Local Government Finance in the

Department of Finance. - The Secretary of Finance and the
Undersecretary for Administration shall carry out the powers
and functions of the Department of Finance in the exercise of
general management and direct supervision over its regional
offices. Accordingly, the Local Government Finance Service of the
Department is hereby elevated into an office to be known as the
Office of Local Government Finance, which shall be headed by a
Director and for this purpose, the position of Finance Service Chief
is hereby converted into Director and assigned CES Rank II. There
is also hereby created the positions of Assistant Director for Local
Fiscal Operations and Assistant Director for Real Property Tax
Administrations, both of which are assigned to CES Rank III. The
said positions of Director and Assistant Directors shall belong to the
Career Executive Service.
The Office of Local Government Finance shall, under general

direction, provide assistance in the exercise of direct executive
supervision over the regional offices and over the financial affairs
and revenue-raising units of local governments and the formulation
of appropriate policies that will foster sound fiscal management at
local government levels. It shall also provide the local governments
with technical assistance in the execution of policies, preparation
of fiscal plans and programs, the enactment of tax ordinances, real
property valuation and the utilization of credit facilities in order to
enhance their financial stability and growth.
SEC. 12. Appropriation. - For purposes of carrying out the

provisions of this Decree, there is hereby appropriated for the period
from the effectivity of this Decree up to December 31, 1977 the sum
of five million pesos (P5,000,000.00) out of the unallocated balance of
internal revenue allotments to local governments after distribution
of their individual shares pursuant to the provisions of Presidential
Decree No. 144, as amended.
Beginning January 1, 1978 and for every calendar year

thereafter, the sum of ten million pesos (P10,000,000.00) or so much
as may be necessary for personal services, maintenance, and other
operating expenses and equipment outlays of said regional offices
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shall be included in the appropriations of the Department of Finance

in the corresponding General Appropriation Law.
The Department of Finance is hereby authorized to use

a portion of the appropriations herein being provided for the
establishment and operation of its regional offices, or such sums
appropriated in Presidential Decree No. 1050 for the Office of the
Secretary and/or any savings effected therein, as are necessary
for salaries and salary adjustments as a result of creation of new
positions, upgrading of positions, or increase in pay levels of positions
in the Office of Local Government Finance. Thereafter, such sums
as are necessary therefor and for maintenance and other operating
expenses and equipment outlays shall be included in the annual
appropriations for the Department of Finance.
SEC. 13. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The

Secretary of Finance shall issue the rules and regulations necessary
for the proper implementation of this Decree.
SEC. 14. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders and

rules and regulations or part thereof, which are contrary to or
inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed, amended or

immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 21st day of December, in the


By the President:

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CREATING A NATIONAL HOME MORTGAGE FINANCE

CORPORATION DEFINING ITS POWERS AND
FUNCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER’ PURPOSES
WHEREAS, further measures are necessary to optimize the

effective use of funds and resources committed by the Government
in response to the housing problem;
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to effectively increase

the level of government funds committed to the housing effort by
establishing a secondary market for home mortgages which will
enable home financing institutions to optimize the leverage of funds
earmarked for housing and home development;
WHEREAS, the development of a secondary mortgage

market requires the support and assistance of the Government and
the private sector as well;

SECTION 1. Corporate Body. - There is hereby created a

body corporate to be known as the National Home Mortgage Finance
Corporation, hereafter referred to as the “Corporation”.
SEC. 2. Place of Business. - The Corporation shall have its

principal place of business in Metropolitan Manila, but may have
such branches and agencies in other places as may be necessary for
the proper conduct of its business.
SEC. 3. Capitalization. - The Corporation shall have

an authorized capital stock of Five Hundred Million Pesos
(P500,000,000.00) divided into 500,000 shares with a par value of
One Thousand Pesos (P1,000.00) per share, to be subscribed and
paid for by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines.
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SEC. 4. Purpose of the Corporation. - The primary purpose

of the Corporation shall be to develop and provide for a secondary
market for home mortgages granted by public and/or private home
financing institutions.
SEC. 5. Powers and Functions. - The Corporation shall have

To purchase, acquire, sell, discount, refinance, or otherwise

deal in home mortgages or participations therein under such terms
and conditions as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation;
Subject to the provisions of Section 7 hereof, to borrow funds

from domestic or foreign private or public financial institutions as
may from time to time be required for its operations, and to issue
bonds, promissory notes, debentures, and other debt instruments in
local or foreign currency;
To own, lease, purchase or otherwise acquire, sell or

otherwise dispose of, property, real or personal, as may be necessary
and appropriate for the conduct of its business;
To invest the funds or monies of the Corporation not

invested in mortgage loans in securities issued by the National
Government, Central Bank of the Philippines and other government
entities, including government-owned and controlled corporations
the servicing and repayment of which are fully guaranteed by the
Republic of the Philippines;
To enter into and perform such contracts with any person or

entity, public or private, as may be necessary, proper or conducive
to the attainment or furtherance of the objectives and purposes of
the Corporation;
To adopt, alter and use a corporate seal; to sue and be sued;

and generally, to exercise all the powers of a corporation under the
Corporation Law which are not inconsistent herewith; and
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To promulgate such rules and regulations and to do and

perform any and all things as may be necessary and proper to carry
out its responsibilities, powers and functions under this Decree.
SEC. 6. Medium and Long-Term Loans. - Any provision of

law, circular or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, banks
are hereby empowered to grant medium and long-term loans for
housing and home development with maturity periods nor exceeding
thirty (30) years.
SEC. 7. Borrowing Power. - With the prior approval of

the Monetary Board and the President of the Philippines, the
corporation may borrow from foreign public or private financial
institutions such amount as may from time to time be required
for its operations, or issue bonds, promissory notes, debentures,
certificates of indebtedness, and other debt instruments in foreign
currency. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary,
the Central Bank is hereby authorized to extend loans and advances
to the Corporation under Section 88 of Republic Act No. 265, as
amended, otherwise known as the Central Bank Charter, subject
to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Monetary
Board.
No part of the proceeds of domestic and/or foreign borrowings

shall be used for operating expenses of the Corporation.
The bonds, promissory notes, debentures, certificates of

indebtedness and other debt instruments issued in local or foreign
currency shall be at such interest rates, maturities and other terms
and conditions as the Corporation may be determine. The debt
instruments may be secured by the assets of the Corporation and
shall be fully exempt, both as to principal and interest, from any all
taxes imposed by the Government or any of its subdivision. The debt
instruments shall be fully negotiable and shall be unconditionally
guaranteed both as to principal and interest by the government of
the Republic of the Philippines, which guaranty shall be indicated
on the face thereof.
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A sinking fund is hereby created for the payment of the

Corporation’s bonds issued under the provisions hereof in such
manner that the total contribution thereto accrued as at such rate
of interest as may be determined by the Secretary of Finance in
consultation with the Monetary Board, shall be sufficient to redeem
the bonds of maturity. The said fund shall be under custody of
the Central Bank of the Philippines which shall invest the same
in such manner as the Monetary Board may approve; shall charge
all expenses of such investment to the said sinking fund, and shall
credit the same with the interest on investments and other incomes
belong to it.
A standing annual appropriation is hereby made out of any

general funds in the National Treasury in such amount as may be
necessary to provide for the sinking fund created herein and for the
interest on bonds issued by the Corporation by virtue hereof.
SEC. 8. Investment of Funds. - Funds of the Corporation not

invested in home mortgages shall be kept in cash on hand, or on
deposit, or invested in securities issued by the National Government,
Central Bank of the Philippines, and other government entities,
including government-owned and controlled corporations, the
servicing and the repayment of which are fully guaranteed by the
Republic of the Philippines.
SEC. 9. Board of Directors. - The powers and functions

of the Corporation shall be exercised by a Board of Directors,
hereinafter referred to as the “Board”, which shall be composed of
the following:
(a) The Secretary of Finance, who shall be the Chairman of

the Board. Whenever the Secretary of Finance is unable to attend
the meeting of the Board, he shall designate an undersecretary as
his alternate, but who shall not act as Chairman.
(b) The President of the Corporation, who shall be the Vice-

Chairman.
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(c) The Governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines.

Whenever the Governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines
is unable to attend the meeting of the Board, he shall designate
the Senior Deputy Governor or any Deputy Governor to act as his
alternate.
(d) The Chairman, National housing Authority. Whenever

the Chairman of the National Housing Authority is unable to attend
the meeting of the Board, he shall designate the General Manager
to act as his alternate.
(e) The Commissioner of the Budget. Whenever the

Commissioner of the Budget is unable to attend the meeting of
the Board, he shall designate a Deputy commissioner to act as his
alternative.
SEC. 10. Powers of the Board. - The Board shall have the
following powers:
(a) To formulate policies, rules and regulations to carry out

effectively the functions of the Corporation under this Decree.
(b) To direct the management, operations and administration

of the corporation.
(c) To authorize such expenditures by the Corporation as are

in the interest of the effective administration and operations of the
Corporation.
(d) On recommendation of the President of the Corporation,

to appoint and fix the remunerations and other emoluments of
subordinate officers and personnel of the Corporation and to remove
or otherwise discipline such officers or employees for cause, as
provided by law: Provided, however, That positions which are policy
determining, primarily confidential, or considered by the Board
as highly technical in nature, as determined by the President of
the Philippines, shall not be subject to the Civil Service Law and
Rules.
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(e) To exercise such other powers as may be necessary to

accomplish the purposes for which the Corporation was organized.
SEC. 11. Meetings. - The Board shall meet at least once every
two (2) weeks. Special meetings may be revoked by the Chairman
or, in his absence, the Vice-Chairman, to consider such subjects or
matter as may be necessary under the circumstances.
A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the

transaction of corporate business.
SEC. 12. Remunerations for Attendance of Meetings. - The

members of the Board or their respective alternates, except the
President of the Corporation, shall be entitled to per diems for every
meeting actually attended in such amount as the Board may deem
appropriate but not exceeding P500.00 per meeting nor P2,000.00
in any one month.
SEC. 13. President. - The Chief Executive Officer of the

Corporation shall be the President who shall be appointed by the
President of the Philippines for a term of six (6) years unless sooner
removed for caused or by reason of incapacity. He must be of good
moral character, of unquestionable integrity, and responsibility, and
must be of recognized competence in any of the fields of economics,
banking, finance, commerce or industry. He shall be assisted by an
Executive Vice President and such other officers as may be necessary
for the efficient operation of the Corporation.
SEC. 14. Powers and Duties of the President. - The

President of the Corporation shall have the following duties and
responsibilities:
To prepare the agenda for meetings of the Board, and to

submit for the consideration of the Board policies and measures
which he believes are necessary to carry out the purposes and
objectives of the Corporation.
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To execute and administer the policies and measures adopted

by the Board.
To direct and supervise the operations and internal

administration of the Corporation. He may delegate certain of
his administrative responsibilities to other executive officers of
the Corporation, subject to such rules and regulations as may be
promulgated by the Board, and to exercise such other powers as
may be vested in him by the Board.
SEC. 15. Remuneration of the President. - The salary of

the Corporation shall be fixed and determined by the Board of
Directors as provided in Section 10(d). The Board may authorize
the payment of allowances and other emoluments to the President
of the Corporation.
SEC. 16. Appointment of Personnel. - All other officers and

employees of the corporation shall be appointed by the Board upon
the recommendation of the President of the Corporation.
SEC. 17. Auditor. - The Chairman of the Commission on

Audit shall act as the ex-officio auditor of the Corporation and, as
such, is empowered to appoint a representative who shall act as
the auditor of the Corporation. He shall also appoint the necessary
personnel to assist said representative in the performance of his
duties. The Auditor of the Corporation and personnel under him
may removed only by the Chairman of the Commission on Audit.
SEC. 18. Coordination of Policy. - The Corporation shall

coordinate its policies and regulations with those of the Central
Bank of the Philippines, National Economic and Development
Authority, National Housing Authority, and all other agencies of
the Government involved in home building and development and
mortgage financing.
The Central Bank of the Philippines may exempt the

Corporation from the coverage of its regulations governing quasi-
banking functions.
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SEC. 19. Authority of the Monetary Board. - In the furtherance

of the objectives of this Decree, and whenever prevailing conditions
warrant, the Monetary Board may direct and require banking
institutions to set aside or allocate a part of their savings and
time deposits for loans to finance the purchase and/or acquisition,
construction, repair, improvement or development of houses and/or
lots used for the construction of residential houses.
SEC. 20. Tax Exemption. - Notwithstanding the provisions

of any general or special law to the contrary, the Corporation, its
properties and transactions except income shall be exempt from the
payment of all taxes, duties, fees and other charges including costs,
service and filing fees, appeal bonds, supersedas bonds in any other
court in administrative proceedings.
SEC. 21. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive

orders, rules and regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby
SEC. 22. Separability Clause. - If for any reason any section or

provision of this Decree is declared to be unconstitutional or invalid,
the other provisions hereof nor affected thereby shall continue in
DONE in the City of Manila, Philippines, this 21st day of

December, in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-
seven.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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REORGANIZING THE PROSECUTION STAFF OF THE

PROVINCIAL AND CITY FISCALS, REGIONALIZING
THE PROSECUTION SERVICE, AND CREATING THE
NATIONAL PROSECUTION SERVICE
WHEREAS, to improve the quality of prosecution services,

it becomes imperative, in the public interest, to reorganize and
restructure the entire prosecution system, in line with the general
reorganization of the executive branch of the government which is a
priority measure of the Administration;
WHEREAS, there is a need to regionalize the prosecution

service in line with the government policy of decentralization, to
rationalize the allocation of prosecution positions and functions in
accordance with the requirements of the service, and to upgrade the
salaries of all prosecutors, and of provincial and city fiscals;

SECTION. 1. Creation of the National Prosecution Service;

Supervision and Control of the Secretary of Justice. - There is hereby
created and established a National Prosecution Service under the
supervision and control of the Secretary of Justice, to be composed
of the Prosecution Staff in the Office of the Secretary of Justice and
such number of Regional State Prosecution Offices, and Provincial
and City Fiscal’s Offices as are hereinafter provided, which shall be
primarily responsible for the investigation and prosecution of all
cases involving violations of penal laws.
The power of supervision and control vested in the Secretary

of Justice includes the authority to act directly on any matter
within the jurisdiction of the Prosecution Staff, the Regional State
Prosecution Office or the Office of the Provincial or City Fiscal and
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to review, modify or revoke any decision or action of the Chief of said

staff or office.
SEC. 2. The Prosecution Staff: Functions. - There shall be a

Prosecution Staff in the Office of the Secretary of Justice, which shall
perform the following functions under the control of the Secretary
of Justice:
a. Investigate administrative charges against fiscals and

other prosecution officers;
b. Conduct the investigation and prosecution of all crimes;
c. Prepare legal opinions on queries involving violations of

the Revised Penal Code and special penal laws; and
d. Review appeals from the resolutions of fiscals and other

prosecuting officers in connection with criminal cases handled by
them.
SEC. 3. Prosecution Staff: Organization, Qualifications,

Appointment. - The Prosecution Staff shall be composed of
prosecuting officers in such number as hereinbelow determined. It
shall be headed by a Chief State Prosecutor who shall be assisted by
three Assistants Chief State Prosecutors.
The Chief State Prosecutor, the three Assistants Chief State

Prosecutors; and the members of the Prosecution Staff shall be
selected from among qualified and professionally trained members
of the legal profession who are of proven integrity and competence
and have been in the actual practice of the legal profession for at
least five (5) years prior to their appointment or have held during
like period, any position requiring the qualifications of a lawyer.
They shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines

upon recommendation of the Secretary of Justice.
SEC. 4. Prosecution Staff: Composition and Salaries. - The

composition of the Prosecution Staff shall be as follows:
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One Chief State Prosecutor;
Three Assistant Chief State Prosecutors;
Six Senior State Prosecutors;
Six Senior State Prosecutors;
Six State Prosecutors;
Ten State Prosecutors;
Ten State Prosecutors;
In addition, there shall be in the Office of the Secretary of

Justice, six Prosecution Attorneys, who shall be members of the bar,
to be appointed by the Secretary of Justice, and who shall assist the
Prosecution Staff in the performance of its functions as hereinabove
provided.
SEC. 5. Compensation. - The compensation of the Prosecution

Staff and Prosecution Attorneys shall be approved by the President
upon recommendation of the Commissioner of the Budget and
pursuant to P.D. No. 985.
SEC. 6. The Regional State Prosecution Office: Regions.

There shall be an office, to be known as the Regional Prosecution
Office in each of the following regions:
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Region I Center - San Fernando, La Union
Area - Abra, Benguet, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union,

Mt. Province, Pangasinan and the cities of Baguio, Dagupan, Laoag
and San Carlos.
Region II Center - Tuguegarao, Cagayan
Area - Batanes, Cagayan Ifugao, Isabela, Kalinga-Apayao,

Nueva Viscaya and Quirino.
Region III Center - San Fernando, Pampanga
Area - Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac,

Zambales and the cities of Angeles, Cabanatuan, Olongapo, Palayan
and San Jose
Region IV-A Center - Pasig, Metro Manila
Area - Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Marinduque, Mindoro

Oriental, Mindoro Occidental, Palawan, Quezon, Rizal, Romblon,
Aurora Sub-Province and the cities of Batangas, Cavite, Lipa,
Lucena, Puerto Princesa, San Pablo, Tagaytay and TreceMartires
Region V Center - Legaspi City
Area - Albay, Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte,

Catanduanes, Masbate, Sorsogon and the cities of Legaspi, Naga
and Iriga
Region VI Center - Iloilo City
Area - Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Iloilo, Negros Occidental

and the cities of Bacolod, Bago, Cadiz, Iloilo, La Carlota, Roxas, San
Carlos and Silay
Region VII Center - Cebu City
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Area - Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, Siquijor and the cities

of Bais, Canlaon, Cebu, Danao, Dumaguete, Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue,
Tagbilaran and Toledo
Region VIII Center - Tacloban City
Area - Eastern Samar, Leyte, Northern Samar; Southern

Leyte, Western Samar; Biliran Sub-Province and the cities of
Calbayog, Ormoc and Tacloban
Region IX-A Center - Jolo
Area - Basilan, Sulu and Taw-Tawi
Region IX-B Center - Zamboanga City
Area - Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur and

the cities of Dapitan, Dipolog, Pagadian and Zamboanga
Region X Center - Cagayan de Oro City
Area - Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Bukidnon,

CamiguinMisamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Surigao del
Norte, and the cities of Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Guingoog, Ozamis,
Oroquieta, Surigao and Tangub
Region XI Center - Davao City
Area - Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental, Davao del Sur,

South Cotabato, Surigao del Sur and the cities of Davao and General
Santos
Region XII Center - Cotabato City
Area - Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao,

North Cotabato, Sultan, Kudarat and the cities of Cotabato, Iligan
and Marawi
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For purposes of this regionalization, Region IV comprising

the cities of Manila, Quezon, Pasay and Caloocan, as well as all
the municipalities comprised within the Metropolitan Manila Area
under P.D. No. 824, shall be placed directly under the administrative
supervision of the Chief State Prosecutor.
SEC. 7. The Regional State prosecution Office: Staffing,

Appointment, Qualification and Salaries. - Each State Prosecution
Office shall be headed by a Regional State Prosecutor, who shall be
assisted by an Assistant Regional State Prosecutor, and three State
Prosecutors, all of whom shall be appointed by the President upon
the recommendation of the Secretary of Justice.
The Regional State Prosecutors and the Assistant Regional

State Prosecutors shall have the same qualifications as those
provided in section 3 hereof for members of the Prosecution Staff.
They shall receive the same salaries provided for the

Assistant Chief Prosecutors and the higher ranking Senior State
Prosecutors, respectively, in section 5 hereof.
The three State Prosecutors shall have the same qualifications

and shall receive the same salaries provided for the highest ranking
State Prosecutors in sections 3 and 5 hereof.
The salaries herein fixed for the Regional State Prosecutors,

the Assistant Regional State Prosecutors, and the three State
Prosecutors as well as those of the subordinate personnel of the
Regional State Prosecution Office shall be paid entirely out of
national funds and included in the annual appropriations of the
Department of Justice.
SEC. 8. The Regional State prosecution Office: Functions of

Regional State Prosecutor. - The Regional State Prosecutor shall,
under the control of the Secretary of Justice, have the following
functions:
a. Implement policies, plans, programs, memoranda, orders,

circulars and rules and regulations of the Department of Justice
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relative to the investigation and prosecution of criminal cases in his

region.
b. Exercise immediate administrative supervision over all

provincial and city fiscals and other prosecuting officers of provinces
and cities comprised within his region.
c. Prosecute any case arising within the region.
d. With respect to his regional office and the offices of the

provincial and city fiscals within his region, he shall:
1.) Appoint such number of subordinate officers and

employees as may be necessary; and approve transfers of subordinate
personnel within the jurisdiction of the regional office.
2.) Investigate administrative complaints against fiscals

and other prosecuting officers within his region and submit his
recommendation thereon to the Secretary of Justice who shall,
after review thereof, submit the appropriate recommendation to
the Office of the President: Provided, that where the Secretary of
Justice finds insufficient grounds for the filing of charges, he may
render a decision of dismissal thereof.
3.) Investigate administrative complaints against subordinate

personnel of the region and submit his recommendations thereon
to the Secretary of Justice who shall have the authority to render
decision thereon.
4.) Approve requests for sick, vacation and maternity leaves

of absence with or without pay, for a period not exceeding one year;
for overtime services; for permission to exercise their profession or
to engage in business outside of office hours; for official travel within
the region for periods not exceeding thirty days; and for benefits
under Section 699 of the Revised Administrative Code.
5.) Prepare the budget for the region for approval of the
Secretary of Justice and administer the same.
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6.) Negotiate and conclude contract, for services or for

furnishing supplies, materials and equipment for amounts not
exceeding P50,000.00 for each quarter.
(e) Coordinate with regional offices of other departments,

with bureaus/agencies under the Department of Justice, and with
local governments and police units in the region.
SEC. 9. Offices of Provincial Fiscals and City Fiscals;

Staffing. - There shall be in each province and each sub-province;
one provincial fiscal and such number of assistant provincial fiscals
as may hereinafter be provided for.
There shall be in each city one city fiscal and such number of
assistant city fiscals as may hereinafter be provided.
SEC. 10. Provincial Fiscals and City Fiscals and their

Assistants: Qualifications and Appointment. – No person shall be
eligible for appointment to the position of provincial fiscal, city
fiscal, assistant provincial fiscal or assistant city fiscal unless he
possesses the same qualifications as members of the Prosecution
Staff as provided in Section 3 hereof.
Provincial and city fiscals and their assistants shall be

appointed by the President upon recommendation of the Secretary
of Justice.
SEC. 11. Provincial Fiscals and City Fiscals; Duties and

Functions. - The provincial fiscal or the city fiscal shall:
a. Be the law officer of the province or city, as the case may be.
He shall have charge of the prosecution of all crimes, misdemeanors
and violations of city or municipal ordinances in the courts of such
province or city and shall therein discharge all the duties incident
to the institution of criminal prosecutions.
b. Investigate and/or cause to be investigated all charges

of crimes, misdemeanors and violations of all penal laws and
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ordinances within their respective jurisdictions and have the

necessary information or complaint prepared or made against the
persons accused. In the conduct of such investigations he or his
assistants shall receive the sworn statements or take oral evidence
of witnesses summoned by subpoena for the purpose.
c. Investigate commissions of criminal acts and take an

active part in the gathering of relevant evidence. For this purpose,
the National Bureau of Investigation, the Philippine Constabulary
and other offices and agencies of the government shall extend to
him the necessary assistance.
d. Any provision of Republic Act No. 2264, otherwise known

as the Local Autonomy Act, and Republic Act No. 5185, also known
as The Decentralization Act, to the contrary notwithstanding,
the provincial or city fiscal may, concurrently with the Municipal
Attorney or with the Provincial Attorney/City Legal Officer, whose
positions are provided for in the above-mentioned Acts, act as legal
adviser of the municipal or city mayor and council or sanggunian of
the various municipalities, and municipal districts of the province,
or the provincial or city government and its officers or of the city.
As such he shall, when so requested, submit his opinion in writing
upon any legal question submitted to him by any such officer or
body pertinent to the duties thereof.
e. Assist the Solicitor General, when so deputized in the public

interest, in the performance of any function or in the discharge of any
duty incumbent upon the latter, within the territorial jurisdiction
of the former, in which cases, he shall be under the control and
supervision of the Solicitor General with regard to the conduct of
the proceedings assigned to him and render reports thereon.
SEC. 12. Offices of the Provincial Fiscal: Their Number in

Each Province/Sub-Province. - There shall be in each of the following
provinces and sub-provinces the corresponding number of provincial
fiscals and their assistants:
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(a) Rizal:
One Provincial Fiscal

One First Assistant
Ten Second Assistants
Ten Third Assistants
Fourteen Fourth Assistants
Fourteen Assistants
(b) Cebu:

One First Assistant
Four Second Assistants
Four Third Assistants
Six Fourth Assistants
Eight Assistants
(c) Pangasinan:

One First Assistant
Three Second Assistants
Three Third Assistants
Seven Assistants
(d) Quezon:

One First Assistant
Two Second Assistants
Two Third Assistants
Four Fourth Assistants
Five Assistants
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(e) Leyte; Negros Occidental:

One First Assistant
Five Fourth Assistants
(f) Bulacan; Nueva Ecija:

One First Assistant
(g) Iloilo:

One First Assistant
Five Third Assistants
(h) Pampanga;
Batangas; Ilocos Norte; Ilocos Sur; Laguna; Albay; Davao

del Sur; Camarines Sur:

One First Assistant
(i) Cagayan; Isabela; Negros Oriental; La Union; Misamis

Oriental; Cavite; Zamboanga del Sur:

One First Assistant
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(j) Benguet; Tarlac; Northern Samar; Bohol; Capiz;

Zamboanga del Norte; Palawan:
One First Assistant
(k) Western Samar; Zambales; Sorsogon; Masbate; Surigao

del Norte; Surigao del Sur; Misamis Occidental; Camarines Norte;
Aklan; Davao del Norte; Davao Oriental; Eastern Samar; Bukidnon;
Lanao del Norte; Nueva Vizcaya:

One First Assistant
(l) South Cotabato; Bataan; Antique; Agusan del Norte;

Abra North Cotabato; Mindoro Oriental; Mindoro Occidental;
Catanduanes; KalingaApayao; Lanao del Sur; Southern Leyte;
Maguindanao; Sulu:

One First Assistant
One Second Assistant
(m) Agusan del Sur; Romblon; Marinduque; Camiguin;

Quirino; Mountain Province; Ifugao; Siquijor; Batanes; Sultan-
Kudarat; Tawi-Tawi; Basilan:

One First Assistant
(n) Sub-Provinces of Aurora; Biliran; Guimaras:

One First Assistant
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SEC. 13. Offices of the City Fiscal: Their Number in Each

City. - There shall be in each of the following cities the corresponding
number of city fiscals and their assistants:
(a) Manila:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
Twenty-Four Second Assistants
Thirty Third Assistants
Thirty Fourth Assistants
Forty Assistants
(b) Quezon City:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
Twenty Two Second Assistants
Twenty Two Third Assistants
Twenty Two Forth Assistants
Twenty Two Assistants
(c) Pasay City:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
Six Second Assistants
Six third Assistants
Eight Fourth Assistants
Eight Assistants
(d) Caloocan City:

One City Fiscal
One First Assistant
Five Second Assistants
Six Third Assistants
Six Assistants
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(e) Dagupan:
One City Fiscal
One First Assistant
Five Assistants
(f) City of Cebu:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
(g) City of Davao:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
(h) City of Iloilo:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
(i) Olongapo:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
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(j) Bacolod; Baguio:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
(k) Lucena:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
(l) San Pablo; Cabanatuan; Angeles; Legaspi; Cagayan de

Oro:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
(m) Naga; Dumaguete; Tacloban; Tagbilaran:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
(n) Laoag; Cavite City; Batangas City; Roxas City; Dipolog;

Zamboanga City; Pagadian:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
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(o) Butuan; Surigao City; General Santos; Oroquieta;

Ozamis:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
(p) San Jose; Puerto Princesa; Lipa; Iriga; San Carlos; (Neg.
Occ.); Ormoc; Mandaue; Iligan; Marawi; Cotabato City:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
(q) San Carlos (Pangasinan); Tagaytay; TreceMartires;

Cadiz; Silay; Calbayog; Danao; Lapu-Lapu; Toledo; Palayan; Bago;
La Carlota; Bais; Canlaon; Gingoog; Tangub; Dapitan:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
Section 14. Offices of Provincial and City Fiscals: Salaries. -

The annual salaries of Provincial and City Fiscals and their Assistants
shall be as approved by the President upon recommendation of the
Commissioner of the Budget and pursuant to P.D. No. 985.
The salaries of provincial and city fiscals and their assistants

shall be paid entirely out of national funds and included in the
annual appropriations of the Department of Justice. This is without
prejudice to the grant of allowances to the above-mentioned fiscals
by their respective local governments, in amounts not exceeding
twenty-five percent (25%) of their basic salaries.
The salaries of clerks, stenographers and other subordinate

employees in the offices of the provincial and city fiscals shall be
paid by the province or city where they are assigned.
SEC. 15. Special Counsels. - Whenever the exigencies of

the service require the creation of positions of additional counsel
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to assist provincial and city fiscals in the discharge of their duties,

positions of Special Counsels may be created by any province or city,
subject to the approval of the Secretary of Justice, and with salaries
chargeable against provincial or city funds. The Secretary of Justice
shall appoint said Special Counsels, upon recommendation of the
provincial or city fiscal and regional state prosecutors concerned,
either on permanent or temporary basis.
Special Counsels shall be appointed from members of the

bar and shall be allowed not more than the salary rate provided in
this Decree for the lowest rank or grade of assistant fiscal in the
province or city where assigned.
SEC. 16. Office, Space, Maintenance and Other Incidental

Expenses. - Pending the construction of regional government centers
in each of the administrative regions as provided in the Integrated
Reorganization plan, the Budget Commission and other departments
or agencies concerned are hereby directed to provide the Department
of Justice such technical assistance and establish suitable building
sites and office spaces for the Regional State Prosecution Offices
created herein. Rental costs and other expenses incidental to the
maintenance of the Regional State Prosecution Offices shall be paid
out of national funds.
The provincial and city governments shall be responsible for

providing adequate office spaces for the offices of their respective
provincial or city fiscals and all expenses incidental to the
maintenance of said offices, including rental payments, shall be
paid by the province or city concerned.
SEC. 17. Transitory Provisions: Abolition of Existing

Prosecution and Fiscals Offices and Positions. - After the approval
of this Decree, the President shall issue the necessary letter/s of
implementation specifying the details of the reorganization provided
herein.
All existing prosecution offices and positions in the

Department of Justice and the Offices of the Provincial and City
Fiscals throughout the country as well as all positions of district
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state prosecutors and special counsels shall cease to exist from the
date specified in the letter of implementation issued by the President
pursuant to the preceding paragraph. Their pertinent functions,
applicable appropriations, records, equipment, property and such
clerical and subordinate personnel as may be necessary shall be
transferred to the appropriate staff or offices created above.
SEC. 18. Transitory Provisions: Incumbents; Vacation of

Offices. - The provision of the second paragraph of the preceding
section notwithstanding, all officials in the prosecution service
whose appointments are by this Decree vested in the President
shall continue in office until, and shall vacate the same only
upon, the appointment and qualification of the officials to whom
their powers, functions, and responsibilities substantially pertain:
Provided, however, That with respect to the incumbent district
state prosecutors, each of them shall continue in office until the
appointment and qualification of the Regional State Prosecutor of
the region to which his district pertains.
An incumbent who is appointed by the President to a similar

or equivalent position created in this Decree shall be allowed to
receive either the salary rate authorized for the position or his
present salary whichever is higher.
SEC. 19. Transitory Provisions: Payment of Gratuity. - All

officers and employees who may be separated or removed from the
service by reason of the reorganization authorized herein shall
be granted a gratuity at a rate equivalent to one month’s salary
for every year of continuous satisfactory service rendered, or the
equivalent nearest fraction thereof favorable to them on the basis
of the highest salary received: Provided, That any such officer or
employee already entitled to gratuity or pension under existing law
shall have the option to select between said gratuity or pension and
the gratuity provided for in this Decree.
The officers and employees referred to in the preceding

paragraph shall not lose their civil service eligibilities and their
names shall be entered in a preferential re-employment list so as
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to facilitate their reappointment to appropriate positions created

pursuant to this Decree.
SEC. 20. Appropriation. - There is hereby appropriated

initially the sum of THIRTY-ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND PESOS (P31,500, 000.00) from the funds of the
National Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the organization
and operational expenses of the National Prosecution Service for a
period of one year from the issuance of this Decree. Henceforth the
said amount shall be added to the annual budget of the Department
of Justice.
SEC. 21. Repeal. - All acts, laws, decrees, executive orders,

letters of instructions and regulations or any part thereof which
are consistent with any of the provisions of this Decree are hereby
repealed and/or modified accordingly.
SEC. 22. Separability Clause. - If for any reason, any section

or provision of this Decree is declared to be unconstitutional or
invalid, the other sections or provisions of this Decree which are not
affected thereby shall continue in full force and effect.

immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of April, in the

Year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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REVISING COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 136, CREATING THE

BUREAU OF MINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the development of our mineral resources as a

primary source of foreign exchange and as a means for industrial
progress has to be maximized for the good of the national economy;
WHEREAS, the Bureau of Mines which is charged with

the administration and disposition of the mineral resources of
the country is of pre-war vintage, having been legally created on
November 7, 1936 under Commonwealth Act No. 136;
WHEREAS, the revision of the aforesaid Act would make

the said agency a more potent and effective arm of the Government
in the administration and disposition of our mineral resources and
responsive to the needs of the Filipino people in general, and the
mining industry, in particular;
WHEREAS, it is desirable and imperative to clothe said

agency with adequate powers to enable it to vigorously implement
Presidential Decree No. 463, otherwise known as the “Mineral
Resources Development Decree of 1974”; and
WHEREAS, the revision Commonwealth Act No. 136 would

invest in the Bureau of Mines such functions, powers and duties
consistent with changing situations and existing conditions;

the Constitution, do hereby decree and order, as follows:
SECTION. 1. The administrative supervision of the Bureau

of Mines shall remain vested in the Department of Natural Resources
pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 461 dated May 17, 1974.
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SEC. 2. The Bureau of Mines shall be headed by a Director

and an Assistant Director, both of whom shall be appointed by the
President.
No person shall be appointed Director or Assistant Director

of the Bureau of Mines unless he is a natural-born citizen of the
Philippines, at least 30 years of age, and shall be of recognized
competence particularly in the fields of mining engineering, geology,
metallurgy, management, law or economics.
SEC. 3. The Bureau of Mines shall have the following powers

and functions, to wit:
a. Have direct charge in the administration and disposition

of the mineral lands and mineral resources of the country;
b. To grant, or recommend to the Secretary of Natural

Resources the granting of, mining rights to duly qualified persons;
c. To issue subpoena and summon witnesses to appear

in any proceedings before the Panel of Investigators created by
Presidential Decree No. 309 and Letter of Instructions Nos. 119
and 135 or in special committees created by the director of mines,
and in appropriate cases, punish said witnesses for contempt, direct
or indirect, in accordance with pertinent provisions of the Rules of
Court;
d. To impose fines and/or penalties for violations of the

provisions of Presidential Decree No. 463 or any other laws being
implemented by the Bureau of Mines, the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, its orders, decisions and rulings;
e. To confiscated surety, performance, and guaranty bonds

posted with the Bureau of Mines after due notice and hearing in an
order to be promulgated by the Director of Mines;
f. To arrest or order the arrest, even without warrant, of

any person who has committed or is in the act of committing any
of the offenses defined under Presidential Decree No. 463, or any
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other laws being implemented by the Bureau of Mines, and seize

and confiscate or order the seizure and confiscation, in favor of the
Government, of the tools and equipment used in the commission of
the offense and the minerals extracted by the offender, and institute
whatever action that may be necessary relative thereto;
g. To deputize, when necessary, any member or unit of the

PC, police agency, barangay or any qualified person to police all
mining activities;
h. To require claim holders/operators as part of their

mining activities to keep in their office complete set of books of
accounts showing all receipts and expenditures, the source of such
receipts, and the object of such expenditures, and assign authorized
representatives of the Bureau of Mines to inspect such books of
accounts;
i. To require claim holders/operators to submit to the Bureau

of Mines a semi-annual report verified under oath containing:
an itemized account or balance sheet for the previous semester,
embracing a full and complete statement of all disbursements, and
receipts, showing from what sources such receipts were derived,
and to whom and for what object or purpose such disbursements
or payments were made; all indebtedness or liabilities incurred, or
existing at the time, and for what the same were incurred, and the
balance of money, if any, on hand; a statement showing the number
of men employed, and for what purpose and the rate of wages paid
to each; a full and complete statement of the work done in said
mine, and amount of ore extracted, from what part of mine taken,
the amount of ore extracted, from what part of mine taken, the
amount sent to mill for production, output of the mill, and its assay
value. Every claim holder/operator shall likewise keep in its office, a
full report, under oath, of all discoveries of ores made in said mine,
whether by boring, drifting, sinking, or otherwise together with
the assay value thereof. All accounts, reports, and correspondence
from the superintendent of operations must be kept in the accounts,
reports and correspondence shall be filed with, and shall be subject
to verification by the Director of Mines;
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j. To conduct or undertake geological, mining, metallurgical,

chemical, and other researchers and prepare reports thereon; and to
provide laboratory and technical services to the general public;
k. To conduct geological and geophysical surveys of the

Philippines and its territorial waters, and to prepare reports and
maps therefor;
l. To conduct other kinds of surveys of all mineralized areas,

and inventory of the mineral resources, of the Philippines and
prepare reports, boundary plans and maps therefor;
m. To disseminate information concerning the administration

and disposition of mineral lands, mining operations, utilization
of minerals, mineral economics, geological and other surveys,
researches, and such other activities of the Bureau of Mines through
appropriate reports, bulletins and circulars, and to conduct rural
mineral education;
n. To oversee the mining operations of holders/operators of

mining claims more particularly on mining practices and methods
relating to protection of life and property, economy of operations,
prevention of pollution, environmental protection and mineral
conservation, and order the suspension of any or all mining
operations or closure of the mines, if warranted;
o. To require the operator or lessee to take necessary

measures to provide for the growth and development of any industry
suitable for the area, other than mining in order that when the mine
is exhausted or becomes no longer profitable for mining purposes
the people residing therein or those who used to work for the mine
will have a substitute industry or business activity to provide for
their means of livelihood, and to place the mine or leased area in a
condition suitable for habitation or agriculture;
p. To keep records of mining locations, leases, patents,

permits and licenses, and all documents and instrument related
thereto;
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q. To furnish any person requesting for the same, one or

more certified copies of any record kept or in the possession of the
Central Office or the Mines Regional Offices or district offices, upon
payment of the required fees therefor;
r. To engage in mineral canvassing, exploration, development,

and exploitation of the mineral resources of the country, whether
found in mineral reservations, in registered mining claims, or in
private and/or public lands; and
s. To exercise complete management and control over areas

embraced by mineral reservations.
SEC. 4. For an efficient and effective implementation of its

powers and functions, the Bureau of Mines shall be composed of Ten
(10) Divisions, as follows:
1. Administrative Services
2. Budget and Fiscal
3. Accounting
4. Geological Survey
5. Mineral Economics and information
6. Metallurgical and Laboratory Services
7. Mining Technology
8. Mineral Lands and Topographic Survey
9. Marine Mineral Resources
10. Mineral Resources Administration
Existing divisions may be reorganized, merged or abolished,

and additional divisions, sections and units may be established
and new positions therefor created by the Secretary of Natural
Resources, upon the recommendation of the Director of Mines, as
may be necessary to exercise the powers and discharge the functions
of the Bureau of Mines under this Decree. In addition to the existing
Planning and Management Staff, positions requiring highly
technical skills and expertise may be created under the Office of the
Director of Mines as the exigency of the service may require.
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The existing mining regions with offices at Baguio City,

Metro-Manila, Daet, Cebu City and Surigao City shall be maintained.
Upon the recommendation of the Director of Mines, the Secretary of
Natural Resources may establish other mining regions as the need
for them arises, the boundaries of which shall so far as practicable
coincide with the boundaries of the corresponding provinces:
Provided, however, That mineral districts may be established by the
Secretary of Natural Resources in existing mining regions, subject
to such rules and regulations that shall be promulgated by him.
SEC. 5. All existing positions in the Bureau of Mines, and

the incumbents thereto, are hereby retained. The positions of legal
officers are hereby changed to mineral rights specialists to be
occupied by incumbent legal officers, and the positions of research
chemists, chemists, economists, and statisticians are likewise
hereby changed to mineral research chemists, mineral chemists,
mineral economists and mineral statisticians, respectively, which
shall be occupied by the incumbents.
SEC. 6. The Bureau of Mines shall have jurisdictional

supervision and control over all holders of mining claims or
applicants for and/or grantees of mining licenses, permits, leases
and/or operators thereof, including mining service contracts and
service contractors insofar as their mining activities are concerned;
and in the exercise of such authority, it shall have the power to
enlist the aid and support of all law enforcement agencies of the
Government, civil and/or military.
SEC. 7. In addition to its regulatory and adjudicative

functions over companies, partnerships or persons engaged in
mining exploration, development and exploitation, development and
exploitation, the Bureau of Mines shall have original and exclusive
jurisdiction to hear and decide cases involving:
(a) a mining property subject of different agreements

entered into by the claim holder thereof with several
mining operators;
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(b) complaints from claimowners that the mining property

subject of an operating agreement has not been placed
into actual operations within the period stipulated
therein; and
(c) cancellation and/or enforcement of mining contracts due

to the refusal of the claimowner/operator to abide by the
terms and conditions thereof.
All actions and decision of the Director of Mines on the above

cases are subject to review, motu propio or upon appeal by any
person aggrieved thereby, by the Secretary of Natural Resources
whose decision shall be final and executory after the lapse of thirty
(30) days from receipt by the aggrieved party of said decision,
unless appealed to the President in accordance with the applicable
provisions of Presidential Decree No. 309 and Letter of Instruction
Nos. 119 and 135.
SEC. 8. The Director of Mines is hereby authorized to create

such committees to implement the special projects of the Bureau of
Mines, determine the composition and appoint the members thereof,
and fix their allowances.
SEC. 9. The Bureau shall establish and operate an in-

service training center for the purpose of upgrading and training
its personnel and new employees and to set aside adequate funds to
enable personnel to obtain special studies and training in colleges
or institutions, here and abroad.
SEC. 10. The Secretary of natural Resources, upon the

recommendation of the Director of mines, shall promulgate the rules
and regulations necessary to implement effectively the provisions of
this Decree.
SEC. 11. If any section of provision of this Decree is held

or declared unconstitutional or invalid by a competent court, the
other sections or provisions hereof shall continue to be in force as
if the sections or provisions so annulled or voided had never been
incorporated in this Decree.
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regulations or parts thereof, contrary to or inconsistent with the
provisions of this Decree, are hereby repealed and amended or
SEC. 13. This decree shall take effect immediately upon

promulgation.

year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE NATIONAL YOUTH AND SPORTS

DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION OF THE PHILIPPINES,
DEFINING ITS OBJECTIVES, POWERS, FUNCTIONS
AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, it is the declared objective of the Government

to pursue and implement a program of total youth and sports
development.
WHEREAS, on December 10, 1974, the Department of Youth

and Sports Development (DYSD) was created under Presidential
Decree No. 604 to integrate nationwide youth development and
amateur sports development programs;
WHEREAS, while the DYSD is the primary government

instrumentality tasked with youth programs and development,
it needs as much assistance as it can secure, especially from the
private sector, in view of the nature and magnitude of its area of
involvement;
WHEREAS, there is a need to support youth and sports

development programs and projects through the provision of
materials, equipment, human resources, management, financing
and related services, channeled through an institution designed to
supplement such a Department;

President of the Philippines, pursuant to the powers vested in me
of the land, as follows:
SEC. 1. Name Location. – There is hereby created a

body corporate to be known as the National Youth and Sports
Development Foundation of the Philippines, hereinafter referred to
as the Foundation, with its main executive offices in Metro Manila.
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SEC. 2. Purposes and Objectives. In general, the Foundation,

as a non-municipal public corporation, shall render maximum
assistance primarily to the DYSD in the attainment of the defined
tasks and objectives of the department. In addition, the Foundation
shall have following purposes and objectives:
a) To promote total youth and sports development, in

a manner consistent with the guiding philosophies of the New
Society;
b) To supplement the effects of government agencies in youth

leadership and sports training and provide meaningful employment
opportunities for the youth;
c) To promote, carry on and conduct scientific interdisciplinary,

and policy-oriented research, studies, training, scholarships,
consultancy, and printing and publication of any youth and sports
endeavor;
d) To undertake the construction of, develop and maintain

sports complexes and recreational centers and facilities for youth
activities, projects and programs;
e) To encourage and assist in the organization of youth and

sports groups, associations and societies; and
f) To undertake such projects and activities as may be

necessary or incidental to the attainment of its general objective.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 13. Disposition and Assets upon Dissolution. – In the

event of dissolution of the Foundation, its remaining assets, after
the return of the government’s donation and payment of other
liabilities, shall be disposed of and turned over to any foundation
or institution dedicated to the same or similar pursuits as the
Foundation, or to the Republic of the Philippines or any of its agencies
or instrumentalities, as the Board of Trustees may determine.
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administrative issuances, rules and regulations inconsistent
with the foregoing provisions are hereby repealed or accordingly
modified.
SEC. 15. Separability Clause. – If any provision of this Decree

is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder thereof shall
not be affected.

immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 25th day of January, in


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE NATIONAL ENGINEERING CENTER
WHEREAS, the country’s continuing and accelerated efforts

at national development and well-being require progressive and
adequate technological utilization and diffusion;
WHEREAS, more rapid national development further

demands a steady and expanding supply of technical manpower
with expertise in the various fields of technology and engineering
and an updating of existing technical manpower;
WHEREAS, a continuing interaction between government,

industry and the university is mutually beneficial and in the interest
of national development; and
WHEREAS, to meet the above-mentioned demands it is

necessary to provide adequate support so that existing programs for
the development of qualified manpower and research on technological
development can be strengthened, improved, and expanded;

SECTION 1. Creation of the National Engineering Center.

There is hereby created and established the National Engineering
Center (hereafter referred to as NEC in the University of the
Philippines System). The NEC shall be a distinct and separate
unit from the UP College of Engineering and shall absorb the
UP Industrial Research Service Center, the National Hydraulic
Research Center, the Training Center for Applied Geodesy and
Photogrammetry, the Transport Training Center, and the Building
Research Service. Purely academic functions shall be undertaken by
the UP College of Engineering at a larger scale to be made possible
by the financial support of the NEC.
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SEC. 2. Objectives. – The NEC shall have the following

objectives:
(a) To provide a pool of technical experts to which public and

private entities may turn for assistance in the solution of engineering
problems.
(b) To develop technologies that utilize local resources which

are adapted to the needs of a developing country.
SEC. 3. Powers and Functions. – The NEC shall have the

(a) To undertake and promote research activities aimed

at solving indigenous technological problems in cooperation with
private industry, government entities, and other engineering
schools;
(b) To assist the Department of Education and Culture

in formulating programs in such areas as curricula laboratory
standards, teaching materials, equipment and the like;
(c) To update practicing engineers on significant

developments in their field by organizing seminars and offering
continuing education courses;
(d) To undertake studies in such areas as water resources

and other natural resources development, transportation and
communication, environmental engineering, building and low-cost
housing with emphasis on earthquake and typhoon protection;
(e) To finance research and development programs in the

pursuit of knowledge and technological achievement in the various
fields of engineering;
(f) To develop information useful to practicing engineers.
XXX XXX XXX
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SEC. 11. Transitory Provisions. – All existing Centers

in the UP College of Engineering shall become part of the NEC.
Government budget allocations to the said existing Centers shall
be transferred to the NEC except budgetary allotments for purely
instructional purposes.
All equipment of the said existing Centers in the UP College

of Engineering used for purely instructional purposes shall be
retained by the College. However, arrangements shall be made
to share equipment used for instructional and research purposes
between the College and the NEC.

Decree or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is
declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the same shall
not affect the validity of the other provisions.
SEC. 13. Repealing Clause. – All acts, parts of acts, executive

orders, ordinances, rules and regulations which are inconsistent
with the provisions of this Presidential Decree are hereby repealed,
amended or modified accordingly.

immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 27th day of January, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE PHILIPPINE PILGRIMAGE AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, one of the five pillars of Islam, the religion of

the Muslims, is the pilgrimage to the birthplace of their Prophet
Mohammad in Mecca, Saudi Arabia and by reason of this religious
injunction, a great number of Muslim Filipinos with the physical
and financial capability endeavor to undertake such pilgrimage at
least once during their lifetime;
WHEREAS, before the advent of the New Order, the activities

connected with all phases and aspects of the said pilgrimage of
Muslim Filipinos had been exploited by unscrupulous parties whose
only motive had been to advance their personal, social, financial,
political and other selfish ends;
WHEREAS, such exploitation gave rise to many irregularities

which became a source of adverse and detrimental propaganda and
criticism against the Republic of the Philippines locally and abroad,
especially in the eyes of the Muslim countries, and served to stir
social unrest, frustration and discontent among Muslim Filipinos
thereby aggravating the peace and order problems in some places in
Mindanao, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi and Palawan;
WHEREAS, it is the Government’s responsibility to look after

the welfare and protect the interests of Muslim Filipino pilgrims
and to prevent them from being exploited by any unscrupulous
party, thereby avoiding the aforestated detrimental effects on the
national interest;
WHEREAS, the Government participation in said activity

has been proven effective during the Muslim Filipinos pilgrimage
to Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977, which
had been completed without any major untoward or regrettable
incident;
WHEREAS, the gains in terms of the improved Philippine

international image, prestige, dignity and integrity throughout the
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world, and the favorable effects on the peace and order conditions in
some provinces in Mindanao obtained through stricter Government
supervision of and more active participation in said pilgrimage
during the past five years must be preserved and enhanced by
making such participation a continuing and on-going activity;
WHEREAS, to maximize the number of Muslim Filipinos

that can avail of the opportunity to make such pilgrimage and insure
the effectiveness and consequently, the success of this important
activity, there must be a Government Agency directly responsible
for carrying out the same;

in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree, as
part of the laws of the land, the following:
SECTION. 1. Creation of the Philippine Pilgrimage Authority.

– There is hereby created, under the Office of the President, an
agency to be known as the Philippine Pilgrimage Authority.
SEC. 2. Composition of the Authority. – The Authority herein

created shall be composed of a Chairman whose appointment,
tenure and qualifications shall be made or determined by the
President; and six members consisting of the representatives of the:
Secretaries of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Finance, National
Defense and Local Government and Community Development, the
President of the Philippine Amanah Bank and the Administrator of
the Southern Philippines Development Authority.
SEC. 3. Powers, functions and duties. The Authority shall
have the following powers, functions and duties:
(a) To initiate, plan, integrate, execute, implement,

coordinate, manage, supervise and administer all aspects and
phases of programs, projects and activities, relevant to the annual
pilgrimage of Muslim Filipinos to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, including,
but not limited to the following:
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1. Devising ways, means methods and measures to encourage

all Muslim Filipinos to save money to enable them to undertake the
pilgrimage;
2. Pre-Departure processing of pilgrim applicants at

convenient designated places;
3. Ferry of pilgrim participants from home provinces to

designated point (s) of departure;
4. Arrangement for transport from the Philippines to Mecca,

Saudi Arabia and return, including charter or contract, whether by
ship or airplane;
5. Administration of and assistance to the pilgrims aboard

ship or airplane to and from and while at Mecca, Saudi Arabia;
6. Deprocessing of pilgrims upon return to the Philippines at

designated point(s) of arrival;
7. Ferry of pilgrims from point(s) of arrival to home provinces;

and
8. General administration, to include funding of the programs,

projects and activities necessary for the government participation
in the pilgrimage.
(b) To coordinate with and obtain assistance, support

and cooperation from other offices, agencies, branches or
instrumentalities of Government, as well as from the private sectors
whenever necessary to insure the success of every pilgrimage;
(c) To formulate and submit to the President for approval,

not later than March 1st of each year, plans and recommendations,
including funding requirements, for carrying out the pilgrimage;
(d) After approval of the said plans and recommendations,

to submit to the President timely reports on the progress of the
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pilgrimage programs, projects and activities and upon completion of

the pilgrimage, to submit a final report on the same;
(e) To conduct a continuing study on, and to submit to

the President recommendations for, improving, streamlining and
modernizing the system employed to insure the success of every
pilgrimage;
(f) To appoint and administer, subject to pertinent budgetary,

auditing and Civil Service Laws, rules and regulations, including
those of the Wage and Position Classification Office, such number
of subordinate officials and/or employees necessary for the smooth
and efficient functioning of the Authority;
(g) To exercise such other powers of administration necessary

for the operation of the Authority;
(h) To accept and receive grants, donations or gifts in

whatever form and from whatever sources; Provided, That, said
grants, donations or gifts shall be administered, obligated and
disbursed in accordance with the terms thereof, or in the absence of
such terms, in such manner as the Authority may, in the exercise
of sound discretion, determine; Provided, further, That, said grants,
donations or gifts shall be subject only to such limitations as the
grantor, donor or giver may impose; Provided, finally, That the
acceptance or receipt of such grants, donations or gifts shall not be
prejudicial to the national interest or contrary to law;
(i) To engage in any commercial, industrial, agricultural,

fishing, mining or other profitable business enterprises for the
purpose of making the Authority self-sustaining; and for the same
purpose, to invest in or otherwise acquire, own, hold, use, operate,
sell, assign, transfer, exchange, mortgage, pledge, lease, develop or
otherwise deal in, real estate and other natural resources projects
or any interest therein, and in personal property of every kind and
description, including shares of stock, bonds, debentures, notes,
evidence of indebtedness, and other securities or obligations of other
corporations or associations, domestic or foreign and acquire, lease or
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hold private and public lands of any classification notwithstanding

the prohibitions in, or in excess of the area, permitted by, the laws
of the Philippines; to enter into contracts and other transactions
in connection with the foregoing; and with the prior approval of
the President, to incur obligations or indebtedness to generate the
necessary capitalization to fund the activities authorized in this
provision;
(j) To promulgate such rules, regulations and/or resolutions

for the effective implementation of this Decree.
SEC. 4. Compensation of Chairman. – The Chairman of

the Authority shall receive an annual compensation of Thirty Nine
Thousand Two Hundred Forty Pesos (P39,240.00).
SEC. 5. Appropriation. – The sum of Five Million pesos is

hereby authorized to be appropriated out of the funds in the National
Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That such sums as
may be necessary for the continuing implementation of this Decree
shall be included in the Annual Budget of the National Government;
Provided, further, That any surplus funds earned by the Authority
shall be utilized, subject to the approval of the President, for the
development of the southern Philippines.
SEC. 6. Penal Provision. – Any person who obstructs,

impedes or otherwise impairs the implementation of this Decree
shall suffer imprisonment of not less than five years nor more than
ten years at the discretion of the Court. Conviction of the offender
who is a public official or employee, shall carry with it dismissal
from the service and other accessory penalties provided for in the
Revised Penal Code.
SEC. 7. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, rules and

regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Decree
SEC. 8. This Decree shall take effect upon approval.
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DONE in the City of Manila, this 15th day of February, in

the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

842
CONSTITUTING THE MUSEUM OF PHILIPPINE COSTUMES INTO

A BODY CORPORATE AND PROVIDING GOVERNMENT
ASSISTANCE THERETO
WHEREAS, it is the avowed policy of the government to

preserve and develop the richness of Philippine culture;
WHEREAS, one way by which this objective may be realized

is to gather Philippine costumes of various eras or periods together
under a common roof;
WHEREAS, the implementation of this policy will encourage

the launching of similar projects concerning other mementos and
memorabilia of national character or significance;

by the Constitution, do hereby decree as part of the law of the land
that:
SECTION 1. The Museum of Philippine Costumes is hereby

constituted into a body corporate, to be known by such name, with
principal offices in the City of Manila.
XXX XXX XXX
DONE in the City of Manila, this 13th day of April, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:
(SGD.) JUAN C. TUVERA

843
CREATING THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INTEGRATED

AREA DEVELOPMENT IN LIEU OF THE CABINET
COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON INTEGRATED RURAL
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the state to carry out a

concerted attack on the problems of mass poverty, unemployment,
underemployment, and social justices;
WHEREAS, to provide the proper perspective to such

problems, there is a need for greater emphasis on the integrated
area development of the countryside;
WHEREAS, integrated area development must be

undertaken to marshall cooperative activity towards the creation of
a just and humane society.
WHEREAS, integrated area development must seek its roots

in a people working in communion with each other;
WHEREAS, there is an urgent and compelling need to develop

among government planners and decision makers a common policy
orientation that can serve as a guide for the formulation of programs
and projects geared towards integrated area development;
WHEREAS, the task of development calls for a shift from

the traditional broad and piecemeal approach to a systematic and
coordinated implementation of projects aimed at the countryside.
WHEREAS, it now becomes essential that these activities

and projects in the countryside be properly integrated, priorities be
established, and a central planning and implementing body charged
with the development of an integrated plan of action for integrated
rural development be created;
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the Constitution, do hereby order and decree.
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. – It is the declared policy

of the state to promote and support the improvement, growth and
development of the countryside through integrated area development
consistent with the principle of self-help and self-reliance.
SEC. 2. Creation of the National Council on Integrated

Area Development. – To pursue the abovementioned policy, there is
hereby created a National Council on Integrated Area Development
hereinafter referred to as the Council which shall be composed of
the following: The President of the Philippines as Chairman, and
the Secretary of Agriculture as Vice-Chairman. The members of the
Council are: the Secretary of Local Government and Community
Development, the Secretary of Agrarian Reform, the Secretary of
National Defense, the Secretary of Natural Resources, the Secretary
of Public Highways, the Secretary of Public Works, the Secretary
of Finance, the Director-General of the NEDA and the Budget
Commissioner.
The Council shall function within the framework of the

National Economic and Development Authority, and as such is
within the administrative supervision of the same.
The Vice-Chairman shall concurrently by the Chief Executive

Officer of the Council and is hereby empowered to convene the
Council as often as he may deem necessary.
The members of the Council shall receive a reasonable

amount of per diem as the Council may provide for every meeting
actually attended by them.
SEC. 3. Powers and Functions of the Council. The Council

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(a) Institutionalize the implementing mechanism for

integrated area development through formal planning, monitoring
and budgetary controls;
(b) Formulate an integrated framework plan to guide the

development of depressed areas;
(c) Rationalize the participation of the rural people

through their local governments in development planning and
implementation;
(d) Initiate small scale, high-impact integrated projects

utilizing existing indigenous resources;
(e) Mobilize efficiently multi-sectoral resources and properly

channel these into integrated rural development projects.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 8. Abolition of the Cabinet Coordinating Committee.

– The Cabinet Coordination on Integrated Rural Development
Projects is hereby abolished and all its powers and functions as
stipulated in LOI 99 and Presidential Decree Nos. 805, 926, 1048
and 1189 implementing the Mindoro, Bicol, Samar and Cagayan
projects, respectively, shall be transferred to the Council together
with applicable funds and appropriations, records, equipment,
property and such personnel as may be necessary. Moreover, the
Cabinet Coordinators for the Mindoro, Samar, Cagayan, and Bicol
River Basin Projects, respectively, shall retain their respective
powers and functions. The Project Directors of the various on-
going projects, their respective tenures, compensation, powers and
functions are likewise hereby retained unless otherwise changed or
revised by the Council.
XXX XXX XXX

immediately.
846
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATION OF A NATIONAL POST-HARVEST INSTITUTE FOR

RESEARCH AND EXTENSION (NAPHIRE)
WHEREAS, through the positive response of the Filipino

Farmers to the sustained and well coordinated Government
Program, self-sufficiency in rice has been achieved;
WHEREAS, there are clear and positive economic indicators

showing that the country shall henceforth be surplus in rice;
WHEREAS, in order to spread and maximize the socio-

economic benefits of the grains industry, there is need to complement
production success with further development in the industry’s post-
harvest system which encompasses harvesting, threshing, drying,
storage, milling, transportation, and other related activities;

in me vested by the Constitution do hereby order and decree;
SECTION 1. That a foundation to accelerate the pursuits of

grains post-production technology be established and be known as
the “National Post-Harvest Institute for Research and Extension
(NAPHIRE)”, herein after referred as the Institute;
SEC. 2. That the Institute shall have the following

objectives;
(a) To promote and establish scientific methods and

techniques in grains handling, storage and processing.
(b) To initiate the development of low-cost post-harvest

facilities by tapping indigenous resources.
(c) To design and develop processing equipment/machineries/

plants necessary in promoting product/by-product utilization.
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(d) To conduct researches in the development of local

capability in the area of support activities, such as the manufacture
of sacks, moisture meters, weighing scales, graders, pest control
equipment, testing instruments and the like.
(e) To conduct basic and applied researches on all phases of

grains post-harvest distribution and utilization.
(f) To establish definitive manpower training program for

effective post-harvest operations.
(g) To publish and disseminate research findings and

recommend along the lines connected with or related to rice-
production, distribution and utilization.
SEC. 3. That the members of the board of trustees of the

Institute shall be composed of the following Officials:
The Administrator, National Grains Authority
A Representative, National Association of Rice and Corn

Millers
The Chancellor, University of the Philippines at Los Baños
The President, Central Luzon State University
The Chairman, National Science Development Board
SEC. 4. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees shall be

the Administrator of the National Grains Authority whose term of
Office, together with the other members of the board, shall be co-
terminus with their respective office terms.
SEC. 5. The site where the Institute shall be established,

which thereafter shall be its main office, shall immediately be
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decided by the Board of Trustees, Regional and/or sub-regional

research and extension offices may be established in any part of the
country as the Board of Trustees may decide subject to available
resources.
SEC. 6. A medium-term program of implementation attuned

with the time frame and policy guidelines of the current Five-Year
Philippine Development Plan shall be prepared and submitted to
the Office of the President within ninety (90) days from the date of
this Decree. The organizational and staffing pattern, compensation
system and funding strategy of the Institute shall be made part and
parcel of the said program of implementation.
SEC. 7. To implement this Decree, the amount of P10,000.00

for the initial operating and capital expenditures of the Institute
is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any funds in the
National Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 24th day of May, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:
(SGD) JACOB C. CLAVE

850
REVISING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 941, CREATING

THE PHILIPPINE EXPORT COUNCIL, DEFINING ITS
POWERS AND DUTIES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

29 May 1976, which shall henceforth read in its entirety as follows:
WHEREAS, national economic growth demands a sustained

contribution in foreign exchange generation by the export sector;
WHEREAS, there is a need to develop and implement a

national export strategy designed to achieve a significant increase
in export earnings;
WHEREAS, since the private sector bears the actual task of

generating export earnings, there is a need to establish a mechanism
for the direct and continuing involvement of that sector in the
formulation and implementation of a national export strategy;
WHEREAS, such a mechanism can be achieved thru the

creation of a semi-government institution to serve as the focal point
for government and private sector cooperation in the development
and promotion of Philippine products and services for export;
WHEREAS, the effective implementation of a national export

strategy requires that such an institution be capable of flexible and
dynamic action and be vested with appropriate authority to operate
under a high degree of autonomy;
WHEREAS, such an institution will provide the country

with a competitive and responsive export trade mechanism, as
has been demonstrated in other countries that have adopted
similar institutions designed to optimize their export strategy
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and performance thru the encouragement and stimulation of joint

government and private sector action for export expansion.

the Constitution, do hereby order and decree.
SECTION. 1. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared to

be the policy of the government to encourage, promote, expand and
diversity exports to existing and prospective markets in order to
generate employment and income, improve the balance of payments,
and hasten the economic development of the nation.
It is hereby further declared to be the policy of the government

to assist and support private sector producers and traders in the
development and promotion of Philippine commodities, products,
and services for export, and to optimize direct private sector
participation in the formulation and implementation of government
export development and promotion programs.
SEC. 2. The Philippine Export Council. There is hereby

created a semi-government self-government institutions to be
known as the Philippine Export Council, hereinafter referred to as
the Export Council. The Export Council shall be directly under the
office of the President of the Philippines.
SEC. 3. Responsibilities of the Export Council. The Export

Council shall be responsible for the formulation and monitoring of
the National Export Strategy, which shall be consistent with existing
national economic policies and approved national development
plans; for studying and recommending to the department/agency
Heads concerned, and/or to the Board of the National Economic
and Development Authority, and/or directly to the President of the
Philippines policy measures and/or policy changes pertaining to
export development and promotion, to include implementing plans
and/or programs of action relative thereto; and, for coordinating
government and private sector programs and efforts to develop,
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promote and enhance earnings from exports of Philippine

commodities, products, and selected services.
SEC. 4. Powers and Functions of the Export Council. The

powers, functions, and duties of the Export Council shall include
the following:
(a) To formulate and submit annually for approval of the

President of the Philippines a National Export Strategy that is
consistent with existing national economic policies and approved
national development plans; which shall, among other elements
which the Governing Council may prescribe, specifically include
annual and five-year term developmental and promotional
objectives and qualified performance targets, taking into account the
production capacity of Philippine industries and the opportunities
present in export markets. The strategy formulation process of the
Export Council shall be coordinated and interfaced closely with,
among others:
1. The budget preparation process of the Budget

Commission;
2. The national development planning process of the National

Economic and Development Authority;
3. The formulation by the Board of Investments of relevant

Priorities Plans prescribed by law;
4. The formulation of plans and strategies of particularly

concerned agencies and industry authorities, such as, the Bureau
of Foreign Trade, the Overseas Construction Board, the Philippine
Sugar Commission, the Philippine Export and Foreign Loan
Guarantee Corporation, the Philippine Cement Corporation, the
Philippine Coconut Authority, the Export Processing Zone Authority,
etc.;
(b) To recommend to the President of the Philippines

the assignment to government, semi-government and private
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institutions such functions and responsibilities as are necessary

to effectively implement the specific plans and programs of action
contained in the National Export Strategy; and, in coordination with
the Budget Commission, to determine and recommend for approval
budget allocations as are required to fund such assigned functions
and responsibilities;
(c) To monitor and submit periodic reports, including

an annual report, to the President of the Philippines on the
implementation of the approved National Export Strategy;
(d) To undertake such research, developmental and/or

promotional programs or activities as are assigned to it by the
approved National Export Strategy or by other relevant development
plans of the government; and, subject to the approval of the President
of the Philippines, as may be determined by the Governing Council
to be inadequately, ineffectively, or improperly implemented by the
agency or organization to which the particular program or activity
was originally assigned; provided that, the Export Council shall not
engage directly in actual trading;
(e) To coordinate, with authority to institute and oversee a

consolidated planning, programming and implementing system, as
well as to serve, if necessary, as a channel for budgetary releases
and actual expenditures for those activities of government agencies
pertaining specifically to export marketing and promotion, foreign
trade information and publications, and related assistance and
training activities;
(f) To identify obstacles to the export of specific products,

commodities and services, and to study and recommend appropriate
measures for the removal of these obstacles, to include specific
government assistance measures that will encourage increased
production and will enable exportable commodities and selected
services to become more competitive in international markets;
(g) To assess policies and programs of government agencies

and private sector organizations engaged or involved in activities
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allied to or affecting Philippine International trade, such as

financing, transportation, forwarding, brokerage, packaging,
insurance, warehousing, quality control, etc.; and to recommend
trade facilitation and other measures that would improve their
contribution to increased competitiveness of Philippine exports in
world markets;
(h) To encourage and promote the organization of integrated

trading organizations and other forms of cooperative or joint
marketing arrangements by producers/exporters to attain increased
leverage in international marketing;
(i) To initiate and/or participate in the formation of

appropriate juridical entities or to participate in such existing
organizations, domestic or foreign, designed to facilitate or enhance
the development and promotion of the country’s international
trade; to hold interest or equity therein; and be presented in the
management thereof;
(j) To establish local regional as well as overseas offices of

the Export Council as may be deemed necessary by the Governing
Council;
(k) To undertake or cause to be undertaken by appropriate

agencies or organizations any relevant programs or activities as
may be essential to the achievement of the objectives and intent of
this decree;
(l) To promulgate such rules and regulations as may be

necessary to implement and attain the objectives and intent of this
decree, as well as to revise and amend the same, and
(m) To exercise such other powers and undertake such other

functions and duties as may be assigned to the Export Council by
the President of the Philippines.
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SEC. 6. Export Advisory Board. – There shall be created a

permanent Export Advisory Board composed of qualified individuals
from the private sector who shall provide the advice, guidance, and
insight essential to pursuing the activities of the Export Council,
and who shall collectively represent private sector views. Among
other responsibilities which the Governing Council may define, the
Export Advisory Board shall serve as the forum for synthesizing
problems and recommendations of common interest to the various
Permanent Committees created under Section 7 hereof, or to the
export community in general.
XXX XXX XXX
The Governing Council shall prescribe the rules for alternate

representation in the Export Advisory Board, as well as in any of
the latter’s committees or aggrupations of Permanent Committee
Chairmen.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 14. Repealing Clause. Any and all acts, statutes,

decrees, orders, rules, regulations or parts thereof inconsistent

immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 25th day of May, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

856
CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

AND THE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR,
AND ACCORDINGLY AMENDING CERTAIN
PRESIDENTIAL DECREES
WHEREAS, man and his community require the fulfillment

of the following basic needs and requirements such as water,
power, food, clothing, shelter, medical services, education, sports
and recreation, economic base (livelihood), mobility and ecological
balance embodied in a humanistic ideology for the realization of a
New Society;
WHEREAS, it is the national policy to attain the fruits of

social and economic development in our communities within the
integrative framework of human settlements;
WHEREAS, it is imperative that our development activities

promote and enhance a wholesome relationship between beings and
their civic and physical environment;
WHEREAS, while the government has already addressed

the problems of rural poverty and stagnation by adopting and
implementing a massive countryside development program, a
proper development perspective requires equal concern for the
management of urban development;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to organize the government’s

policies and programs along these new areas of concern by establishing
an appropriate department and delineating its relationships with
the various agencies involved with its functions;
WHEREAS, it is also national policy to promote innovative

land development and community development controls as a
technology for building communities and estates in new areas, or
renewing communities in depressed or blighted areas; and
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WHEREAS, the physical planning, development and

management of new communities and estates, or of old communities
and blighted areas can best be accomplished through the creation and
operation of an adequate corporate arm for the new Department.

the Constitution, do hereby order and decree the following as part
SECTION. 1. Declaration of Policy. – It is hereby declared

to be the policy of the government to foster the growth, and renewal
of our communities, both rural and urban, in an integrative manner
that promotes optimum land use, adequate shelter, environment
protection, utilization of appropriate technology and rational
interdependence amongst self-reliant communities, all these
towards the fullest development of man as a civic person and as a
human being, involving in this process the coordinated contribution
of the public and private sectors.
SEC. 2. Creation of the Department of Human Settlements.

– In order to carry out the above stated policy, there is hereby
established the Department of Human Settlements, hereinafter
referred to as the Department.
The Department shall be headed by a Secretary. For purposes

of coordination, the Secretary shall serve ex-officio as Chairman
of each of the governing boards of the corporation, commissions,
and authorities which are placed under the supervision of the
Department.
The Secretary shall be assisted by one Undersecretary,

unless otherwise determined by the President.
SEC. 3. Establishment of the National Capital Region.

– In view of the critical importance of the Metropolitan Manila
Region in human settlements development, it is hereby declared
and established as the National Capital Region of the Republic of
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the Philippines, and its administration as such is hereby vested

in the Secretary of Human Settlements. The pertinent provisions
of Presidential Decree No. 824, creating the Metropolitan Manila
Commission, are hereby accordingly amended.
SEC. 4. Powers and Functions of the Department. – The

Department shall have the following powers and functions which it
shall undertake by itself or through the corporations, commissions
and authorities which are placed under its supervision.
(a) Promulgate national standards and guidelines for human

settlements which shall govern land use plans and zoning ordinances
of local governments, civil works and infrastructure programs and
projects of the National Government, and subdivisions or estate
development projects of both the public and private sectors;
(b) Promulgate national standards and guidelines for

environmental management relative to air quality, water quality,
land use and waste management which shall govern development
programs and projects and other activities in settled communities,
urban or rural, as well as in those areas immediately contiguous
thereto and develop an environmental impact assessment system
for the operationalization of said standards and guidelines;
(c) In coordination with appropriate agencies, effect a

single regulatory system relative to subdivision, zoning (including
architectural design), building, fire and related regulations;
(d) Prepare and submit to the Board of the National

Economic and Development Authority a National multi-year
Human Settlements Plan which shall translate the Philippine
Development Plan into spatial and temporal terms, based on the
locational distribution of national resource endowments (including
energy), population, climate, and production capacity;
(e) Formulate plans and programs and implement, either

on its own initiative and operational responsibility or through the
agencies or corporations placed under its supervision, projects for;
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i. Urban renewal and development, including but not

limited to the construction and management of social and economic
housing
ii. Estate or New Town development within sites designated

by the Office of the President as Bagong Lipunan sites
iii. Land assembly and real property management
iv. Development and installation on a community scale of

waste management systems and so appropriate technologies.
(f) Promulgate appropriate rules and regulations which

shall have regulatory force for the enforcement of its standards and
guidelines;
(g) Enter into contracts, either domestic or foreign, under such

terms and conditions as it may deem necessary and reasonable;
(h) Receive, take and hold by bequest, devise, gift, purchase

foreign and domestic sources, any asset, grant or property, real or
personal, subject to such limitations as are provided in existing
laws and regulations; and to convey such assets, grants or property;
invest and reinvest the same under this provision and deal with an
expand its assets and income in such manner as will best promote
its public welfare objectives;
(i) Develop and maintain in conjunction with cooperating

agencies a responsive and effective information system through the
establishment of a data bank to support the department at various
levels in the planning, monitoring, execution, coordination and
control of its various activities, programs and/or projects;
(j) Determine, fix and collect reasonable amounts to be

charged as filing fees, inspection fees and other administrative or
service fees necessary for the effective implementation of all the
laws, Presidential Decrees and other legal issuances enforced by
the Department;
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(k) Supervise all corporations placed under the

Department;
(l) Call on any department, bureau, office, agency or

instrumentality of the government and private entities and
its functions.
(m) Adopt rules and regulations for the transaction of its

business; and
(n) Perform such other activities which are necessary for

the effective performance of the abovementioned functions and
objectives.
SEC. 5. Creation of the Human Settlements Development

Corporation. –IIn order to provide an adequate corporate arm for
the Department, especially in the discharge of its functions relative
to urban renewal, New Town and estate development in Bagong
Lipunan sites and real property management, there is hereby
created the Human Settlements Development Corporation. The
Corporation shall be subject to the supervision of the Department.
SEC. 6. Purposes of the Corporation. – The purposes of the

(a) The development of new communities that are

economically viable and environmental sound, through innovative
urban land mechanisms and self-financing arrangements;
(b) The renewal of urban communities or parts thereof,

through housing and other urban improvement projects.
The abovementioned development and/or renewal activities

of the Corporation shall be undertaken or implemented generally,
but not exclusively, on land parcels or tracts which have designated
as BagongLipunan sites by the Office of the President.
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SEC. 7. Powers and Functions of the Corporation. – The

Corporation shall have the following powers and functions:
(a) Prepare and implement development and/or renewal

project plans for Bagong Lipunan site. The Corporation shall have
as its initial project the Lungsod Silangan Townsites consisting of
20,313 hectares in the Municipalities of Antipolo, San Mateo and
Montalban, Province of Rizal and the parcel of land consisting of
160,410 hectares embraced and covered by Proclamation Nos. 1636
and 1637 with boundaries delineated in Proclamation No. 1637
which are hereby declared as Bagong Lipunan sites;
(b) Administer, operate and/or manage estates or New

Town projects on Bagong Lipunan sites either exclusively through
subsidiary corporations or in associations with other government
(including local governments) or private entities;
(c) Provide or operate utilities services in Bagong Lipunan

project sites, in accordance with law;
(d) Acquire, purchase, clear, alter, construct, enlarge, occupy,

mortgage, manage and dispose by lease or sale or otherwise deal in
lands and building of every kind and character, whether belonging
to or to be acquired by the Corporation; exercise the right of pre-
emption, either by agreement or by expropriation; and in general,
engage in real property management;
(e) Engage in the transfer of property rights of land within

designated Bagong Lipunan project sites, when deemed necessary,
such that the land is exchanged for one of similar value; Provided,
that no land acquired by the Corporation through eminent domain
as provided for in Section 13 of this Decree shall be sold or the title
thereof disposed;
(f) Construct, or cause to be constructed, acquire, own,

lease, operate and maintain infrastructure facilities, housing units,
factory buildings, utilities and services necessary or useful in the
development of pilot communities;
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(g) Fix, assess and collect charges and fees, including rentals
for the lease, use or occupancy of lands, buildings, structures, and
all the facilities owned and administered by the Corporation; to fix
and collect fees and charges for the issuance of permits, licenses and
the rendering of services not enumerated herein, the provisions of
law to the contrary notwithstanding, Provided, that an equitable
formula for sharing the proceeds thereof with the local governments
or other government agencies concerned shall be developed and
shall be in effect upon approval by the President;
(h) Recommend to the President the transfer to the

Corporation of all foreclosed properties held by government agencies
located within Bagong Lipunan and prototype project areas;
(i) When essential to the proper administration of its

corporate affairs or when necessary for the proper transaction of
its business or for carrying out the purposes of this Decree, to issue
bonds or contract loans, credits or indebtedness, domestic or foreign,
the payment of which shall be guaranteed by the government
through the President of the Philippines or his duly authorized
representative; and
(j) Prescribe its by-laws; adopt, alter and use a corporate

seal which shall be judicially noticed; make contracts, lease, own or
otherwise dispose of personal and real property; sue and be sued,
and otherwise do and perform any and all acts and things that may
be necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of this Decree.
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SEC. 14. Corporations, Authorities and Agencies Under

the Supervision of the Department. – The following corporations,
authorities and agencies are hereby placed under the supervision of
the Department and their respective charters are correspondingly
amended to the extent that the pertinent provisions thereof
are inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree. The specific
amendments to be affected in the respective charters of the affected
corporations and authorities shall be provided for in the Letters of
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Implementation to be issued by the President to implement this

Decree, which legal issuance shall form part of this Decree.
(a) National Housing Authority

(b) National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation
(c) Home Financing Commission
(d) National Housing Corporation
(e) Technology Resource Center
(f) National Environmental Protection Council
(g) National Pollution Control Commission
(h) Human Settlements Commission
The President shall, in the light of the provision of Section

2 of this Decree and, whenever necessary in order to maintain the
odd number in the membership of the governing boards of the above
corporations and commissions, appoint an additional member each to
the said Boards. In the case of the Human Settlements Commission,
in addition to the Undersecretary of Energy who shall be made an
ex-officio member, a Deputy Chairman shall be appointed by the
President.
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SEC. 18. Conversion of the Human Settlements Commission.

– The Human Settlements Commission established pursuant
to Presidential Decree No. 933 is hereby renamed as the Human
Settlements Regulatory Commission and shall accordingly be the
regulatory arm of the Department.
SEC. 19. Appointment of Department Personnel. – The

Department shall have an adequate personnel complement. Its
officers and employees shall be appointed by the Secretary, except
those whose appointments are vested by law in the President
of the Philippines. The Office of Compensation and Position
Classification, Budget Commission, shall consider professional and
technical qualifications and competence in fixing the salaries of the
corresponding personnel.
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SEC. 20. Appropriations. To carry out the purpose of

this Decree, there is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the
National Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of FIFTY
MILLION PESOS (P50,000,000) for the operation of the Department
and its regional offices. This shall be in addition to whatever
applicable appropriations may be transferred to it from among the
government agencies reorganized under this Decree. Thereafter, the
appropriations for the Department and its regional offices shall be
included in the National General Appropriations Act. The regional
offices may likewise utilize the Local and the Regional Development
Funds as may be necessary in the implementation of projects at the
regional level.

SEC. 22. Separability Clause. If for any reason, any section

invalid, the other provisions hereof not affected shall continue in
full force and affect.

immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of June, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:
(SGD.) JACOBO C. CLAVE

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PROVIDING FOR THE CONVERSION OF DEPARTMENTS INTO

MINISTRIES AND FOR THE SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE
ORGANIZATION THEREFORE
WHEREAS, the Philippines is presently in a transitional

stage from a presidential to a parliamentary form of government;
WHEREAS, the basic political change requires an adaptive

and corresponding change in the institutional requirements for
governance;
WHEREAS, for this purpose it is now necessary to restructure

the organization of the existing departments by converting them
into ministries and defining the hierarchical relationship thereof,
including the basic duties and responsibilities of the principal
officers;

the Constitution, do hereby order and decree;
SECTION 1. The departments of the government shall

henceforth be converted into and known as ministries, and the
Secretaries of such departments now designated as Ministers.
SEC. 2. Every Minister shall be assisted by one career Deputy

Minister, unless otherwise provided for by law or by directive of
the President/Prime Minister, and one political Deputy Minister.
The Minister shall exercise supervision and control over the Deputy
Ministers.
(a) The career Deputy Minister shall continue to perform

the functions of undersecretaries of departments as provided
under Paragraph 4, Article II, Chapter I, Part II of the Integrated
Reorganization Plan as amended, and his position continue to be
covered by the Career Executive Service.
(b) The Political Deputy Minister shall serve as liaison

between the ministry and the Interim Batasan Pambansa. He shall
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be appointed by the President/Prime Minister from among the

members of the Interim BatasanPambansa, and as such shall be an
officer thereof. He shall serve at the pleasure of the President/Prime
Minister, and may have cabinet rank at the discretion of the latter.
SEC. 3. In addition to the senior officers of a ministry as

provided for above, the President/Prime Minister may appoint
from among the members of the Interim Batasan Pambansa one
or more Ministers of State for any ministry. A Minister of State
may be granted cabinet rank, and shall serve at the pleasure of
the President/Prime Minister. He shall have such functions, duties
and responsibilities as may be assigned him by the President/Prime
Minister, and shall be directly accountable to the latter.
SEC. 4. Except as above provided, the present organizational

structure of the departments, now ministries, including those of the
bureaus, agencies and offices under them, shall remain the same
unless otherwise changed by law.
SEC. 5. Should any provision of this decree or any part

thereof be declared unconstitutional, the remaining provisions or
parts thereof shall continue to be valid and binding.
SEC. 6. All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and

regulations which are inconsistent with this decree are hereby
repealed, altered or modified accordingly.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of June, in the


BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL IRON AND STEEL

CORPORATION, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND
FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the availability at all times of iron and steel

products at reasonable cost is essential for the promotion of the
national welfare, economic progress and industrialization;
WHEREAS, it is imperative for the Government to take a

more active role in the iron and steel industry in order to so assure
an adequate or increased supply at all times of such iron and steel
products at reasonable cost.

by the Constitution, do hereby create the Philippine National Iron
and Steel Corporation, and further order and decree the following,
as part of the law of the land, to be the Charter of the Philippine
National Iron and Steel Corporation;

“Charter of the Philippine National Iron and Steel Corporation.”
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared to be

the policy of the Government to promote the welfare, economic
progress and industrialization of the country through the effective
development of the iron and steel industry. Accordingly, the
creation of an organized corporate entity is necessary to assure an
adequate or increased supply at all times of iron and steel products
at reasonable cost to all users for the accelerated economic growth
and industrialization of the country and the region.
SEC. 3. Creation, Name, Domicile and Term. To carry out the

above policy, there is hereby created a body corporate to be known
as the Philippine National Iron and Steel Corporation, hereafter
referred to as the Corporation.”
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The principal office of the Corporation shall be determined by

its Board of Directors. It may also establish such offices, branches,
agencies or correspondents or other units in the Philippines or
abroad as its business operations may require.
The Corporation shall have a term of fifty years from its

creation hereof, which shall be deemed renewed for an equal period
unless sooner dissolved by law.
SEC. 4. Purposes and Powers. The Corporation shall have

the following purposes and powers;
(a) To invest in the iron and steel industry as well as in any

activity related to iron or steel operations, and to set up or form
business subsidiaries under the Corporation Law or through the
acquisition of the controlling interests of existing corporations, which
may be necessary or contributory to the economic development of
the country and the region, or important in the public interest, or
deemed convenient or incidental to the carrying on of any of the
purposes of the Corporation, or which will promote the well-being of
the Corporation;
(b) To provide and maintain an adequate or increased supply

at all times of iron and steel products at reasonable cost for domestic
requirements and exports;
(c) To reduce the excessive dependence of the country and

the region on imports of iron and steel products;
(d) To foster conditions of iron and steel production conducive

to a balanced and sustainable growth of the economy and the
region.
Subject to governmental policy, the Corporation shall also
have the following purposes and powers;
(a) To enter into contracts with any person or entity,

domestic or foreign, and with governments for the undertaking of
the varied aspects of the iron or steel industry, under such terms
and conditions as it may deem proper and reasonable;
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(b) To purchase, hold, alienate, mortgage, pledge or otherwise

dispose of the stocks, bonds, and other securities or evidences of
indebtedness of any other corporation, association, firm or entity,
domestic or foreign, and, while the owner of holder thereof, to
exercise all the rights and powers of ownership, including the right
to vote thereon for any purpose;
(c) To hold lands and acquire rights over mineral lands as

may be necessary to accomplish its purposes;
(d) Subject to existing rights, to lease or contract for

unappropriated public waters and foreshore and offshore areas,
which, in the decision of the President of the Philippines, is essential
to the exercise of the purposes of the Corporation and the same shall
be granted to the Corporation by the proper government agency
concerned under such terms and conditions as may be mutually
agreed upon between them;
(e) To enter into any lawful arrangements for sharing profits,

joint venture, union, interests, reciprocal concession or cooperation
with any person or corporation, association, partnership, syndicate
or entity located in or organized under the laws of any authority in
any part of the world in the carrying on of any business which the
Corporation is authorized to carry on, or any business or transaction
deemed necessary on of any of the purposes of the Corporation;
(f) To acquire assets, real or personal, or interest therein,

and encumber or otherwise dispose of the same as it may deem
proper and necessary in the conduct of its business;
(g) To establish and maintain for its own use such

communication system, whether by radio, telegraph or any other
manner, without the need of a separate franchise therefor;
(h) To determine its organizational structure, and the

number and salaries of its officers and employees, in accordance
with existing laws, rules and regulations.
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(i) To design, write, prepare, publish and display, in any

manner, advertisements, publicity or promotional devices of all
kinds for itself or for others which are necessary or convenient for
the accomplishment of the purposes of the Corporation;
(j) To exercise the right of eminent domain as may be

necessary for the purposes for which the Corporation is created,
subject to existing provisions of laws;
(k) Subject to payment of the proper amount, to enter private

lands for the purpose of conducting studies in connection with its
purposes, powers and functions;
(l) To acquire easement over public and private lands

necessary for the purpose of carrying out any work essential to its
purposes, powers and functions, subject to payment of reasonable
considerations;
(m) To adopt a code of by-laws to complement this charter;
(n) To adopt and use a corporate seal which shall be judicially

noticed; to sue and be sued; and
(o) To perform such corporate acts and exercise such corporate

functions authorized by the Corporation Law not inconsistent with
this decree and such other acts necessary for the attainment of the
purposes and objectives herein specified.
The preceding clauses shall be construed and interpreted

as both purposes and powers, and the matters expressed in them
shall, except as otherwise expressly provided, in no wise limited by
reference to or inference from the terms of any other clause, but
shall be regarded as independent purposes and powers, and the
enumeration of specific purposes and powers shall not be construed
to limit or restrict in any manner the meaning in general terms of
the general powers of the Corporation, nor shall the expression of
one thing be deemed to exclude another not expressed, if it be of like
nature.
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SEC. 5. Subsidiaries. The controlling interest of the

business subsidiaries of the Corporation shall, within a reasonable
period from their incorporation or the purchase of their controlling
interest by the Corporation, be transferred for value to the private
sector: Provided, That in consideration of the fact that the business
subsidiaries of the Corporation shall be transferred to or controlled
by the private sector within a reasonable period as aforementioned
and that these business subsidiaries are formed under the
Corporation Law, such business subsidiaries shall not be subject
to any law, decree, executive order, circular, rule or regulation
or restriction which pertains to government-owned or controlled
corporations nor shall the said subsidiaries be subject to the Civil
Service Law nor the Rules and Regulations or the standards and
salary scales prescribed by the Office of Compensation and Position
Classification, in addition the officers and employees of these
business subsidiaries of the Corporation shall not be covered by
the Government Service Insurance System or by any law, decree,
executive order, circular, rule or regulation relating to leaves of
absences, retirement privileges, regular working hours, or any other
government personal benefits.
SEC. 6. Governing Body. The Corporation shall be governed

by a Board of Directors, hereinafter referred to as the “Board,” which
shall be composed of seven (7) members, namely, the Secretary
of Industry, the Secretary of Finance, the Secretary of National
Defense, the Chairman of the Development Bank of the Philippines,
the Solicitor General, the Budget Commissioner, or their duly
authorized representatives, and the President of the Corporation.
The President of the Corporation shall be appointed by the

President of the Philippines who shall act as such until removed
or replaced by him. Other officers and minor officials shall be
appointed and their salaries fixed, including that of the President,
by the Board.
The Secretary of Industry and the President of the

Corporation shall be the Chairman and Vice-Chairman, respectively,
of the Board. In the absence of the Chairman, the Vice-Chairman
shall act as presiding officer of the Board.
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The members of the Board shall act as such for the duration
of the term of the Corporation.
The Board shall formulate the policies which may be

necessary or incidental to carry out the business of the Corporation
or to the exercise of its express and implied powers or for the
accomplishment of any of its purposes.
All the members of the Board or their duly authorized

representative, shall receive a per diem of Five Hundred Pesos for
each board meeting actually attended by them; Provided, That such
per diem shall not exceed One Thousand Pesos during any month
for each member: Provided, Further, that no other allowance or any
form of compensation shall be paid them, except actual expenses in
travelling to and from their residences to attend board meetings.
The Board shall meet as often and at such dates, times

and places as may be necessary to transact all matters as shall
properly come before them and require their action as the Board.
The meetings of the Board may be called by the President of the
Corporation or by the Chairman or by five members of the Board
as and when necessary. At least five members of the Board shall
constitute a quorum and all decisions of the Board shall require the
concurrences of the majority of the quorum.
SEC. 7. Capital Stock. The Corporation shall have a capital

stock divided into Two Hundred Million shares with a par value of
P10 each to be subscribed, paid for and voted as follows:
(a) One Hundred Sixty -Five Million Eight Hundred

Thousand shares shall be originally subscribed and paid for the
Government of the Republic of the Philippines.
(b) The remaining shares of stock may be subscribed and

paid for by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines or by
government financial institutions.

the Government of the Republic of the Philippines shall be vested
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in the President of the Philippines or in such person or persons as

he may designate.

the government financial institutions shall be vested in them.
SEC. 8. Powers and Duties of the President. The President,

who shall be the chief executive of the Corporation shall have the
following powers and duties;
(a) To prepare the agenda for the meetings of the Board,

and to submit for the consideration of the Board such policies and
measures as he believes necessary to carry out the purpose and
objectives of this Decree;
(b) To execute, administer and implement the policies and

measures approved by the Board;
(c) To direct and supervise the operations and administration

of the Corporation;
(d) To appoint and fix the compensation for all the employees,
except the officers, of the Corporation;
(e) To represent the Corporation in all dealings with other

offices, agencies and instrumentalities of the government and with
all persons and other entities, public or private, domestic or foreign;
and
(f) To exercise such other powers and perform such other

duties provided in the by-laws and as may be vested in him by the
Board.
SEC. 9. Legal Counsel. The Solicitor General shall be the

ex officio legal counsel of the Corporation and he may designate a
representative for that purpose.
SEC. 10. Auditor. The Chairman of the Commission on

Audit shall appoint a representative who shall be the Auditor of the
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Corporation and such personnel as may be necessary to assist said

representative in the performance of his duties. The budget of the
office of the Auditor shall be appropriated by the Corporation, subject
to the approval of the Board. Such representative shall render a
semestral report on the financial condition and operations of the
Corporation to the Chairman of the Commission on Audit and the
Board. The Chairman of the Commission on Audit shall submit to the
President of the Philippines an annual report covering the financial
conditions and operations of the Corporation. These auditing reports
shall contain a statement of the resources and liabilities including
earnings and expenses, reserves and profits, as well as losses, bad
debts and such other facts which, under the auditing rules and
regulations, are considered necessary to accurately describe the
financial conditions and operations of the Corporation; Provided,
That before such reports are made, the Corporation shall be given
reasonable opportunity to examine the reports and make exceptions
to any criticisms of the Auditor of the Corporation or the Chairman
of the Commission on Audit, as the case may be, to point out, explain
or answer any inaccuracies therein, if any, and to file a statement
which shall be appended by the Auditor of the Corporation and the
Chairman of the Commission on Audit in their respective reports.
The auditors of the business subsidiaries of the Corporation

shall be appointed by their respective Boards of Directors.
SEC. 11. Applicability of Civil Service law and Other Laws.

The Corporation and its officers and employees shall be subject to
the Civil Service Law, rules and regulations, as well as to all laws,
decrees executive orders, circulars, rules or regulations pertaining
to government-owned or controlled corporations and relating to
government personnel benefits.
The provisions of the Corporation Law shall apply to the

Corporation and its business subsidiaries insofar as not inconsistent
with the provisions of this Decree.
SEC. 12. Loans; Guarantees; Issuance of Bonds. Subject

to the provisions of existing laws, rules and regulations, the
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Corporation is hereby authorized to contract loans, credits or

any indebtedness from time to time from foreign governments, or
any financial institutions or fund sources or any other entities,
foreign or domestic, on such terms and conditions as it shall deem
appropriate for the accomplishment of its purposes and to enter
into and execute agreements and other documents specifying the
said terms and conditions as well as do or perform any such acts
as may be necessary in connection therewith: Provided, That the
total loans, credits or indebtedness which the Corporation is hereby
authorized to contract shall in no case exceed the amount of One
and a Half Billion Philippine Pesos from domestic sources and the
amount of Four Hundred Million US Dollars, or the equivalent in
other foreign currencies, from foreign sources, outstanding at any
one time, exclusive of interests.
The Republic of the Philippines, through the President of the

Philippines, or his duly authorized representative, is empowered
to guarantee, absolutely and unconditionally, as primary obligor
and not as surety merely, the payment of the loans, credits and
indebtedness contracted by the Corporation, as herein before
provided, in accordance with Republic Act Numbered Sixty-One
Hundred Forty-Two, as amended, as well as the performance of all
or any of the obligations undertaken by the Corporation pursuant
to loan agreements entered into with foreign governments or any
international financial institutions or fund sources.
The provisions of any law to the contrary notwithstanding,
any financial institution owned or controlled by the Government
of the Republic of the Philippines, other than the Central Bank,
the Government Service Insurance System and the Social Security
System, is hereby empowered to guarantee also acceptance credits,
loans, transactions, undertakings, or obligations of any kind which
may be incurred by the Corporation, whether directly or indirectly
in favor of any person, association or entity, whether domestic or
foreign.
The Corporation, upon the recommendation of the Secretary

of Finance in consultation with the Monetary Board and with the
approval of the President of the Philippines, is hereby empowered
to issue bonds or other securities, which the President of the
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Philippines may authorize to be exempt from any or all taxes or to

be guaranteed by the Government, to finance its corporations.
SEC. 13. Appropriation. The sum of One Billion Six

Hundred Fifty-Eight Million Pesos (P1,658,000,000) is hereby
set aside initially and appropriated from the General Funds not
otherwise appropriated, and the same shall be applied to the full
payment of the subscription of the Government of the Republic
of the Philippines referred to in Section 7, paragraph (a), of this
Decree. Other subsequent requirements shall be contained in the
Annual Appropriation Act. Releases from this appropriation shall
be in accordance with a schedule to be determine by the Secretary
of Finance, subject to the approval of the President.
SEC. 14. Transfer of Properties, Rights and Interests. To

enable the Corporation to effectively carry out its purpose and
powers under this Decree, the Development Bank of the Philippines
and the Secretary of Finance, the latter acting on behalf of the
Government of the Republic of the Philippines, are hereby directed
and authorized to transfer, assign and convey to the Corporation
such properties, rights and/or interests as may be required by the
Corporation in connection therewith, under terms and conditions to
be mutually agreed upon among them.
SEC. 15. Reports. The Corporation shall, within three months

President of the Philippines. It shall likewise submit such periodic
or other reports as may be required of its from time to time.
SEC. 16. Miscellaneous. All heads of Departments, Agencies,

Offices and instrumentalities of the National Government as well as
political subdivisions are hereby enjoined to extend full cooperation
and assistance to the Corporation in the implementation of the
SEC. 17. Separability Clause. Should any provision of this

affected thereby.
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immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 6th day of June, in the


President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CONVERTING THE BUDGET COMMISSION AND THE NATIONAL

SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INTO MINISTRIES
WHEREAS, the Philippines is undergoing a transition from

a presidential to a parliamentary form of government;
WHEREAS, this situation requires some adaptive changes

in the structure of government; and
WHEREAS, for this purpose, it is necessary to convert

appropriate agencies into ministries.

SECTION 1. The Budget Commission is hereby converted

into the Ministry of the Budget which shall be under the Office of
the President/Prime Minister, and the head thereof shall have the
rank, status and qualifications of a Minister and be a member of the
Cabinet.
SEC. 2. The National Science Development Board is hereby

converted into a ministry with the same name, and the head thereof
shall have the rank, status and qualifications of a Minister and be a
member of the Cabinet.
SEC. 3. Except as above provided, the present organization

of the above agencies shall remain the same, unless otherwise
changed by law.
SEC. 4. Should any provision of this Decree or any part

thereof be declared unconstitutional, the remaining provisions or
parts thereof shall continue to be valid and binding.
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SEC. 5. All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and

repealed, altered or modified accordingly.


President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE POPULATION/FAMILY PLANNING OFFICE IN

THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
WHEREAS, the government has undertaken a national

program on population and family planning involving both public and
private sector for the purpose of furthering national development;
WHEREAS, the Department of Labor has engaged in

a Population/Family Planning Program basically concerned in
improving the quality of life of the Filipino workers and their
families, pursuant to Article 134 of Presidential Decree 422 known
as the Labor Code of the Philippines as amended;
WHEREAS, the Population/Family Planning Project in the

Department of Labor has been initiated with financial assistance
from UNFPA in March 1975 to implement the family planning
provision of the Labor Code;
WHEREAS, there is no specific office or bureau in the

Department of Labor which shall continue to implement the family
planning program and maintain what has been achieved upon
termination of the Project on December 31, 1977;
WHEREAS, the Department of Labor is committed to absorb

the project staff and to assume operational costs consonant with the
provisions of the Project Sub- Agreement entered into between the
Department of Labor, Commission on Population and the National
Economic Development Authority, representing the Philippine
Government, and the UNFPA;
WHEREAS, it is essential to establish an office designed

specifically for such purpose;

President of the Republic of the Philippines do hereby decree;
SECTION 1. There is hereby created in the Department of

Labor a Population/Family Planning Office, hereinafter referred
to as the “Office” which shall be under the direct supervision and
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control of the Secretary of Labor, and shall be headed by an Executive

Director assisted by a Deputy Executive Director.
SEC. 2. The Executive Director and the Deputy Executive

Director shall be appointed by the President of the Republic of the
Philippines upon recommendation of the Secretary of Labor, and shall
receive an annual salary of P26,000 and P24,000 respectively.
SEC. 3. The Office shall have the following powers and

functions:
(a) To provide plans and programs that will make positive

contribution to national development through the institutionalization
of family planning and welfare services in all establishments covered
by the Labor Code.
(b) To harness the efforts of all agro-industrial groups in

the furtherance of the national population program by integrating
family planning and welfare in the health, education, manpower
development and welfare programs undertaken by labor and
management.
(c) To supervise, coordinate and monitor the implementation

of the family planning and welfare program in covered
establishments.
(d) To develop policies and guidelines for program

implementation in covered establishments.
(e) To undertake studies and field inquiries pertinent to the

population/family planning and welfare program of the Department
of Labor.
(f) To provide for the information, education and

communication (IEC) needs of covered establishments in relation
to the family planning and welfare program by formulating IEC
strategies and developing or producing IEC materials among
others.
(g) To develop and prescribe incentive schemes to facilitate

family planning acceptance in covered establishments.
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(h) To coordinate with other organizations or agencies

involved in the family planning and welfare program.
(i) To assist bureaus, offices and attached agencies of the

Department of Labor in integrating family planning and welfare in
their training and staff development programs.
(j) To exercise other functions as may be assigned by the

Secretary of Labor.
SEC. 4. The Secretary of Labor shall establish offices in

the regions and such other extension offices as may be deemed
appropriate.
SEC. 5. The technical staff and other personnel of the Office

shall be appointed by the Secretary of Labor upon recommendation
of the Executive Director.
SEC. 6. The Secretary of Labor shall issue orders and

regulations to implement the provisions of this Decree.
SEC. 7. All laws, decrees, general orders or letters of

instructions of any provisions thereof contrary or inconsistent with
this Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified.
SEC. 8. The Decree shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 9th day of June in the Year
of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Eight.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

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GRANTING CONTINUING AUTHORITY TO THE PRESIDENT

OF THE PHILIPPINES TO REORGANIZE THE NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT
WHEREAS, the organizational structure of the national

government should continuously be attuned and responsive to
the current needs and requirements of the national development
program;
WHEREAS, there is a need to periodically review the

organizational structure in order that needed administrative reforms
can be expeditiously effected to attain an efficient government
machinery;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to effect economy and promote

efficiency in the government;
WHEREAS, the transition towards the parliamentary form

of government will necessitate flexibility in the organization of the
national government;

1. The President of the Philippines shall have continuing

authority to reorganize the administrative structure of the National
Government.
2. For this purpose, the President may, at his discretion,

take the following actions:
(a) Group, coordinate, consolidate or integrate departments,

bureaus, offices, agencies, instrumentalities and functions of the
government;
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(b) Abolish departments, offices, agencies or functions which

may not be necessary, or create those which are necessary, for the
efficient conduct of government functions services and activities;
(c) Transfer functions, appropriations, equipment, properties,

records and personnel from one department, bureau, office, agency
or instrumentality to another;
(d) Create, classify, combine, split, and abolish positions;

and
(e) Standardize salaries, materials and equipment.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 9th day of June in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

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AMENDING P.D. NO. 899 REORGANIZING THE BUDGET

COMMISSION
WHEREAS, the Budget Commission was reorganized by

P.D. No. 899;
WHEREAS, the additional responsibilities of the Budget

Commission require that its organization be further strengthened;

SECTION 1. Section 2 of P.D. No. 899 is hereby amended to

read as follows:
“SEC. 2. The Commission shall be headed by the

Commissioner of the Budget, who shall serve at the pleasure of the
President. He shall be assisted by two Deputy Commissioners who
shall be career administrator.
The Commissioner of the Budget shall exercise general

supervision over the Offices and Services of the Budget Commission
and may, in addition and with the approval of the President,
render advice and consultancy services to agencies of government
and government owned or controlled corporations, and to receive
such allowances for such services as may be duly authorized, any
provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding.”
SEC. 2. Section 3 of P.D. No. 899 is hereby amended to read

as follows:
“Sec. 3. The Commission shall carry out its functions

through the following Offices, Services and Staff: (a) National
Government Budget Operations Office, (b) Local Governments and
Government Corporations Budget Office, (c) National Accounting
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Office, (d) Management Office, (e) Office of Compensation and

Position Classification, (f) Fiscal Planning Service, (g) Financial
and Administrative Service, (h) Training and Information Service,
(i) Budget Technical Service, (j) Data Processing Service, (k)
Legislative Service and (l) Regional Offices.
SEC. 3. Section 14 of P.D. No. 899 is hereby amended to read

as follows:
“SEC. 14. The Legislative Service shall be responsible for

providing assistance in the preparation of the national budget
proposals during the budget authorization process and generally for
legal services in the operations of the Commission.”
DONE in the City of Manila, this 9th day of June 1978 in the

President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE GARMENTS AND TEXTILE EXPORT BOARD

(GTEB) DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS,
PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFORE AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the government to develop

and promote exports essential for the maintenance of a sustained
economic growth, generating the much-needed foreign exchange
and the maintenance of a stable position in international reserves;
WHEREAS, an increasing number of countries seek to impose

restraint levels on Philippine exports of textiles and garments under
the Arrangement regarding the International Trade in Textiles, also
known as the Multi-Fibre Agreement (MFA);
WHEREAS, the Philippines has concluded several

international trade agreements for the export of textile and garments
with other countries;
WHEREAS, there is a need to insure proper implementation

of said agreements and effect coordinated efforts in line with the
existing government trade development program.

SECTION 1. Garments and Textile Export Board. — There

is hereby created a Garment and Textile Export Board hereinafter
referred to as the Board to be composed of the representative of
the Secretary of Trade, as Chairman, the representative of the
Department of Industry, as Vice-Chairman, and one representative
each from the Department of Finance, the Board of Investments,
the Central Bank of the Philippines, the Tariff Commission and
Export Processing Zone Authority as Members. The President shall
designate one representative from the private sector as a Member
of the Board without voting rights.
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The Textile Export Board established under Letter of

Instructions No. 325 and the Garments and Textile Export Office
established under Letter of Instruction No. 676 are hereby abolished
and their powers and functions as well as records and documents
are hereby transferred to the Garments and Textile Export Board
herein established.
The Board shall be under the Office of the President.
SEC. 2. Powers and Functions of the Board. — The Board

shall have in addition to its general powers of administration the
a. To oversee the implementation of the garments and textile

agreements between the Republic of the Philippines and other
countries, particularly the administration of garments and textile
quotas;
b. To approve quota allocations, and export authorizations,

to issue export licenses and to adopt the necessary measures to
expedite the processing of the same;
c. To provide on a regular basis the necessary information

and statistics relating to the administration of garments and textile
quotas and the flow of garments and textile exports, for monitoring
purposes and in order to obtain maximum benefits from textile
negotiations with other countries;
d. To promulgate, subject to the prior approval of the National

Economic and Development Authority, and implement, all rules
and regulations to carry out all international textile agreements
entered into between the Republic of the Philippines and importing
countries;
e. To fix and collect reasonable fees for the issuances of export

quotas, export authorizations, export licenses and other related
services, in accordance with the criteria specified in the rules and
regulations.
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SEC. 3. Per Diems. — The member of the Board including

the Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall be entitled to receive a per
diem of Two Hundred Fifty pesos (P250.00) per meeting actually
attended by them: Provided, That the total amount in per diems
that any member may receive shall not exceed One Thousand Pesos
(P1,000.00) per month.
SEC. 4. Secretariat. — The Board is hereby authorized

to create a Secretariat and appoint personnel thereof, which
Secretariat shall consist of a technical and administrative or support
staff as may be necessary to assist the Board in the fulfillment of
its responsibilities and functions under this Decree. The regular
professional and technical personnel of the Secretariat shall be
permanent and career in status but upon approval of the President
of the Philippines, may be exempt from OCPC regulations, Provided,
that the personnel shall be entitled to the benefits and privileges
normally accorded to government employees, such as retirement,
GSIS insurance, leave and similar benefits.
SEC. 5. Appropriations. — The amount of One Million Pesos

(P1,000,000.00) is hereby appropriated to defray organizational
and operational expenses of the Board for the calendar year 1978.
Thereafter such sums as may be necessary to support the operation
of the Board shall be included in the annual Appropriations Act.
SEC. 6. Penalties. — The Board is hereby authorized to

prescribe appropriate penalties for violations of the rules and
regulations promulgated by the Board pursuant to this Decree.
SEC. 7. Repeal of Inconsistent Laws. — Letters of Instruction

Nos. 325 and 676 as amended are hereby revoked and all other
laws, decrees, orders, letters of instruction, rules and regulations
inconsistent with any provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed
or revised accordingly.

immediately.
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President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

891
REORGANIZING THE INVESTMENTS COORDINATION

COMMITTEE AND INSTITUTING A MECHANISM
FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF ALL COMMITTEES
ATTACHED TO THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; AMENDING FOR THIS
PURPOSE ARTICLE FIVE, CHAPTER ONE, PART SIX OF
THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN
WHEREAS, the formulation and coordination of investment

policies of government financial institutions should be closely linked
with financial planning for major national projects so as to secure the
optimum use of resources available from such institutions as well as
those available from the national government and foreign sources
within the context of approval development plans and programs;
WHEREAS, there is a need to evaluate the fiscal monetary

and balance of payments implications of major national projects and
recommend to the President the timetable of the implementation
of these projects on a regular basis, particularly those that require
foreign financing assistance;
WHEREAS, there is a need to streamline and coordinate the

existing organizational mechanisms for the performance of all these
tasks in order to avoid unnecessary duplication of functions; and
WHEREAS, there is also a need to institute a system of

making the organizational structure of the various committees
attached to the NEDA sufficiently flexible to cope with fast changing
developments in the areas of activities that the committees are
responsible for.

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SECTION 1. Paragraph Two, Article Five, Chapter One,

Part Six of the Integrated Reorganization Plan is hereby amended
to read as follows:
“The Committee shall be composed of eleven members,

with the Secretary of the Department of Finance as Chairman;
the Director-General of the National Economic and Development
Authority as Co-Chairman; the Chairman of the Board of
Investments as Vice-Chairman; the Governor of the Central Bank
of the Philippines, the Chairman of the Development Bank of the
Philippines, the President of the Philippine National Bank, the
President of the Land Bank of the Philippines, the President of the
Philippine Amanah Bank, the President and General Manager of
the Government Service Insurance System, the Administrator of
the Social Security System and the Commissioner of the Budget
Commission; as members.”
SEC. 2. The following sub-paragraphs under paragraph

three of the same article are hereby added:
“d. To evaluate the fiscal, monetary and balance of payments,

implications of major national projects and recommend to the
President the timetable of the implementation of these projects on
a regular basis, particularly those that require foreign financing
assistance. In this regard the following shall be taken into account,
among others:
1. Priority rating of the project within the context of the

national development plan;
2. Peso requirements of the project in terms of the current

and capital outlays needing peso support directly or indirectly from
the national government and government financial institutions;
3. Sources of funds;
4. Terms and conditions of the proposed financing;
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5. Impact of the proposed project on domestic and foreign

debt ceilings; and
6. Effects on the international balance of payments

position.
e. To conduct hearings and evaluate major project proposals

of government departments and agencies, government-owned or
controlled corporations and private enterprises; and
f. To prepare a domestic and foreign borrowing program

updated each year, and to submit to the President a status of the
fiscal, monetary and balance of payments implications of major
rational projects.”
SEC. 3. A new paragraph to be known as paragraph five is

hereby added to the same Article.
“5. This Committee, as well as all other committees that

are now or may hereafter be attached to the National Economic
and Development Authority pursuant to a law, decree, letter of
instructions, executive or administrative order or other Presidential
directive or issuance, may be recognized upon the recommendation
of the National Economic and Development Authority, through its
Director-General, to the President; Provided, That, the approval
of the President shall be sufficient for the implementation of the
Authority’s recommendation.
All the committee referred to in the next preceding paragraph
shall have the authority to issue rules and regulations to govern its
procedures and operations.”
SEC. 4. The Committee on Foreign Assisted Projects

created under Letter of Instructions No. 592 is hereby abolished
and its records, funds, and other assets and liabilities are hereby
transferred to the Investment Coordination Committee.
SEC. 5. All laws, decrees, instructions, orders, rules or

regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree are
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President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT INTELLIGENCE

AND INVESTIGATION BUREAU (FDIIB), PRESCRIBING
ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING
FUNDS FOR ITS OPERATIONS, AND AMENDING FOR
THIS PURPOSE PORTIONS OF THE INTEGRATED
REORGANIZATION PLAN ON FINANCE AND NATIONAL
SECURITY
WHEREAS, it is a declared national objective to establish

and maintain continuing, coordinated, and fully integrated social
and economic plans and programs (Sec. 1, Art. XIV, Constitution) in
order to set up a stable and enduring national economy to uplift the
quality of life of the Filipinos;
WHEREAS, adoption and maintenance of sound and
enduring social and economic plans and programs depend on,
among others, efficient implementation and enforcement of revenue
laws and in the gathering, collation and continuing evaluation of
intelligence data and information relative to finance and economic
functions;
WHEREAS, smuggling, tax evasion and other related
illegal activities that undermine revenue and customs laws not only
hamper effective economic planning and programming but also are
forms of economic subversion which are inimical to national interest
and security;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide Government authorities
continuing intelligence on the nature, methods and extent of
smuggling, tax evasion and other related nefarious practices that
undermine the national economy, to serve as basis for counter-
action and remedial legislations; and
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1, dated September
23, 1972, reorganizing the Executive Branch of the National
Government, provides that changes and modifications in the
Integrated Reorganization Plan, adopted and approved pursuant
to same decree, shall be made from time to time, as necessity
requires.
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NOW, THEREFORE, I FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President

of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me
vested by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree as part of the
law of the land that Part IV of the Integrated Reorganization Plan
be amended by adding the following provisions:
CHAPTER II
ORGANIZATION OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT

INTELLIGENCE AND INVESTIGATION BUREAU
Article I. Declaration of Policy. – Section 1, Article I, Chapter

I, Part XIX of the Integrated Reorganization Plan, as amended by
P. D. 51, declares that the concept of national security shall be
broadened to encompass national strength not only in the politico-
military but also in the socio-economic sense, and it is likewise the
policy of the State to promote and develop a stable and enduring
economy and bring about optimum use of all appropriate agencies
of the Government to stamp out and counteract smuggling, tax
evasion and other finance schemes and activities that undermine
the national interest and security.
Article II. The Finance Department Intelligence and

Investigation Bureau (FDIIB)
SECTION 1. Creation. – There is hereby created the Finance

Department Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, hereinafter
referred to as the FDIIB, under the administrative and operation
control and direction of the Secretary of Finance.
The FDIIB shall be headed by a Commissioner, to be assisted

by a Deputy Commissioner, both of whom shall be appointed by the
President.
The Commissioner, and in his absence or incapacity the

Deputy Commissioner who shall act as Commissioner, shall have
the following specific powers and functions.
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(a) He shall be the principal adviser of the Secretary of

Finance on intelligence matters;
(b) He shall be the technical adviser of the Director General

of the NISA on finance intelligence;
(c) He shall exercise functional supervision over intelligence

and investigation matters in the other bureau/agencies under the
Department of Finance and shall make appropriate recommendations
for the coordination and integration of such activities therein;
(d) He shall act as liaison/coordinating officer of the Secretary

of Finance on matters relating to economic subversion, insofar as
they involve other departments/ agencies of the Government.
(e) He shall be responsible for counter-intelligence in the

Department of Finance; and
(f) He shall exercise such other powers and perform such

other functions as may be directed by competent authority.
SEC. 2. Functions. The FDIIB shall be the intelligence and

investigation arm of the Department of Finance and shall have the
following functions:
(a) It shall receive, gather, collate and evaluate and

disseminate intelligence data and information primarily on the
modes, methods, nature and extent of smuggling, tax evasion, and
other related illegal activities. It shall cause investigations of such
cases to find out the guilty parties;
(b) It shall monitor the finance and economic activities of

persons or entities, whether domestic or foreign, which may be
adversely affect national interest and security;
(c) It shall conduct counter-intelligence on smuggling, tax

evasion and other related illegal activities;
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(d) It shall coordinate with other Government agencies and

law enforcement functionaries for necessary assistance in carrying
out any of its functions.
(e) It shall render reports and submit intelligence assessments

to the Secretary of Finance, the Director General, NISA, and to such
other officials as may be directed;
(f) It shall recommend steps or actions as may be appropriate

to prevent or suppress smuggling, tax evasion and other related
illegal activities; and
(g) It shall exercise such other functions and perform such

other duties as may be directed by competent authority.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 4. Abolition of ASAC. – The Anti-Smuggling Action

Center (ASAC) and its regional offices (RASAC) created under
Executive Order No. 11, dated February 24, 1966, as amended,
are hereby abolished and its applicable appropriations, records,
equipment, properties and such personnel as may be necessary
are correspondingly transferred to the appropriate divisions or
units of the FDIIB. The Intelligence and Investigation Division in
the Department of Finance and other sections, units or personnel
engaged in intelligence and investigation work in the bureaus and
offices under the Department of Finance shall as much as possible
be integrated with the Bureau.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 6. Appropriations. In addition to the transferred

appropriations, there is hereby appropriated out of the
unappropriated balance in the National Treasury so much amount
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this decree but
subsequent appropriations for the FDIIB shall be included in the
Annual Appropriation Act.
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SEC. 7. Repealing Clause. Pertinent provisions of the

Integrated Reorganization Plan, Executive Orders, other decrees,
and rules and regulations which are in conflict with the provisions
of this Decree are hereby rescinded or modified accordingly.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

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REVISING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 189, DATED MAY 11,

1973, AS AMENDED, CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF
TOURISM

May 11, 1973, as amended the charter creating the Department of
Tourism, which shall henceforth read in its entirety as follows:
SECTION 1. Short Title. This Decree shall be known as the

Revised Charter of the Department of Tourism.
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared to be the

policy of the Government to make the tourist industry a positive
instrument towards accelerated national development through
which more people from other lands may visit and better appreciate
the Philippines and through which the Filipinos themselves may
learn more about the natural beauty, history and culture of their
country and thus develop greater pride in and commitment to the
nation.
SEC. 3. Creation of a Department of Tourism. There is

hereby created a Department of Tourism, hereinafter referred to
as the Department, which shall be the primary policy, planning,
programming, coordinating and administrative entity of the
executive branch of government in the development of the tourist
industry, both domestic and international.
SEC. 4. Powers and Functions. The Department shall have

(a) Administer, coordinate and supervise all activities of the

government which concern tourism;
(b) Effect the removal of unnecessary barriers to travel, the

integration and simplification of travel regulations as well as their
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efficient, fair and courteous enforcement to assure expeditious and

hospitable reception of all tourists and travelers;
(c) Formulate an integrated program of promotion and

publicity designed to attract and induce people abroad to visit the
Philippines, and patronize things Philippine and to enhance the
prestige of the Filipino people and the Republic;
(d) Represent the Government in all such conferences

and meetings concerning tourism and travel, and discharge
such responsibilities of Government as may arise from treaties,
agreements, and other commitments on tourism and travel to which
it is a signatory;
(e) License, classify, regulate and/or supervise the operation

of all persons, businesses, establishments, facilities and services
that cater to, or have anything to do with travelers and tourists,
such as travel agencies, travel agents/solicitors, tour operators,
tour guides, hotels, resorts, apartment-hotels, (APARTELS) tourist
inns, motels, pension houses, lodging houses and other similar
lodging establishments, all tourist transport operators, private
membership clubs/clubhouses and recreational complexes with
room accommodations offering such services to the public, schools
and training centers offering tourism-related courses, and such
other tourism-oriented business/establishments/facilities/services
as may be determined by the department;
(f) Formulate suitable standards to ensure that the highest

possible standards are met, reasonable fees and charges are made
and that services are given with honesty, courtesy and efficiency;
(g) Prescribe and enforce compliance with such circulars,

rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the
provisions and intent of this Decree;
(h) Conduct investigation, hearing and inquiry and provide for

and grant administrative reliefs in all proper cases upon all matters
relating to the administration and enforcement of the provisions of
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this Decree and/or the rules and regulations or circulars adopted by

it to implement and enforce the objectives and intent thereof;
(i) Have access to the records and the premises of any business
establishment, facility or service falling under the regulatory
jurisdiction of the department and the right to copy therefrom, to
question any employee and investigate any fact, condition or matter
which may be necessary or be of aid in the proper administration and
enforcement of this Decree and of any circular, rule and regulation
issued by the department;
(j) After notice and hearing, impose administrative fines

not exceeding P10,000.00, suspend or revoke the license, permit,
registration or accreditation of any persons, or entity subject to its
regulatory jurisdiction, confiscate bonds and order its disposition,
for failure to comply with or for violation of any of the provisions of
this Decree, the rules and regulations, circulars, orders, decisions
or rulings of the department; to suspend or remove any officials/
employee of any regulated establishment for failure to comply
with or for violation of any provisions of this Decree, the rules
and regulations, circulars, orders, decisions, rulings issued by the
department;
(k) Issue summons, subpoena and subpoena duces tecum

to compel the attendance of witness and the production of books,
papers and other documents pertinent to the investigation, hearing
and inquiry, and to examine those witnesses and such books, papers
and other documents as it shall need in relation to any matter being
investigated, heard or inquired into;
(l) Punish for contempt of the department, both direct and

indirect, by way of imposing fines;
(m) Enlist the aid, assistance and support of any and all
government agencies, civil or military, in the implementation of the
provisions of this Decree or the department’s rules and regulations,
circulars, and enforcement of orders and/or decisions;
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(n) Perform such other functions as may be provided by

law.
SEC. 5. Organization of the Department. – The Department

shall be composed of a Department Proper and two (2) bureaus,
namely: the Bureau of Tourism Promotion and the Bureau of
Tourism Services.
The department proper shall include the office of the

Secretary, the Planning Service, Financial and Management Service,
Administrative Service, legal Service and such other officers or
divisions that the Secretary is hereby authorized to create to carry
out the functions and objectives of the department.
SEC. 6. Authority and Responsibility. – The authority and

responsibility for the powers and the discharge of the functions of the
Department shall be vested in a Secretary of Tourism, hereinafter
referred to as the Secretary. The Secretary shall be assisted by one
Undersecretary.
SEC. 7. The Office of the Secretary. – The Office of

the Secretary shall consist of the Secretary of Tourism, the
Undersecretary of Tourism and the personnel in their immediate
office. It shall be responsible for the formulation, adoption and
promulgation of rules and regulations and circulars necessary to
carry out departmental policies and objectives, and for exercising
direct control and immediate supervision over the offices, services
and bureaus of the department.
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SEC. 10. Functions of the Bureau of Tourism Promotion. –

The Bureau of Tourism Promotion shall organize and support a
program of public relations, advertising, promotion and publicity
calculated to inform, interest, attract and encourage both domestic
and foreign tourism in the Philippines; and shall perform such other
functions as may be assigned/delegated to it by the Secretary.
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SEC. 12. Functions of the Bureau of Tourism Services. – The

Bureau of Tourism Services shall provide information, reception,
facilitation, security and investigation services to tourists; license,
regulate, classify and inspect all tourism-oriented establishments;
hear and resolve administrative cases within its jurisdiction;
conduct training courses and programs for those involved with the
Tourism Industry; and shall perform such other functions as may be
assigned/delegated to it by the Secretary.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 18. Attached Agencies. – The following agencies are

hereby attached to the department for purposes of policy coordination
and integration of programs:
1. The Civil Aeronautics Boards, which shall continue to be

governed by laws pertinent to its functions and powers when not
2. The Philippine Tourism Authority, which shall continue

to be governed by the provisions of existing laws.
3. The Philippine Convention Bureau, which shall continue to

be governed by the provisions of existing laws when not inconsistent
with the provisions of this Decree.
XXX XXX XXX

more of such provisions are held unconstitutional, they shall not
affect the validity of other provisions.
SEC. 21. Repealing Clause. All provisions of Presidential

Decree No. 189 and all amendments thereto, inconsistent with the
provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed or modified including
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General Orders, Letters of Instruction, Rules and Regulations,

Executive Orders that are inconsistent or contrary to the provisions
of this Decree are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day June, in the year

President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

906
AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 492, AS

AMENDED, ENTITLED CREATING THE METRO
MANILA TRANSIT CORPORATION, APPROPRIATING
THE FUNDS THEREFOR AND OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 492, dated 27

June 1974, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 860, and 1168,
it has been declared to be the policy of the state to rationalize and
integrate public transportation services;
WHEREAS, to attain this objective, the Metro Manila

Transit Corporation was created with a capital stock divided into
Three Million (3,000,000) shares to be subscribed and paid for by
the Government in the total sum of Ten Million Pesos (P10,000,000)
while the remaining One Million (1,000,000) shares are to be sold
to persons or entities operating public utility vehicles in Metro
Manila;
WHEREAS, the paid-in capital of Ten Million Pesos

(P10,000,000), although increased by Fifteen Million Pesos
(P15,000,000) under Presidential Decree No. 1168, representing
the total subscription of the government to the capital stock of the
corporation is still inadequate to enable the corporation to achieve
the objectives for which it was created;
WHEREAS, it is imperative that the corporation be provided

with additional funds to continue operations and to carry out its
mission;


amended, is hereby amended further to read as follows:
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“SEC. 4. Authorized Capital Stock, Appropriation. The

Corporation shall have a capital stock divided into twenty-six million
voting and no par value shares of which twenty-five million shares
shall be subscribed and paid for by the Government of the Republic
of the Philippines. For this purposes, the amount of One Hundred
Twenty-five Million Pesos is hereby appropriated from the general
funds, to be applied to the full payment of twenty-five million shares
subscribed by the government. The schedule of releases shall be
approved by the President the Philippines.”
Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of June in the year

President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

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PROVIDING FOR THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE NATIONAL

COMPUTER CENTER
WHEREAS, those exists a necessity to optimize the

capabilities and potentials of computerization in the development
process through the effective and efficient collection, processing and
dissemination of information needed in planning, policy-formulation
and decision-making;
WHEREAS, there is a proliferation and under-utilization of

computers in the national government resulting from the absence of
a rational framework for the acquisition and utilization of Electronic
Data Processing (EDP) facilities; and which makes imperative
the development and implementation of a computer development
strategy for the Government;
WHEREAS, the establishment of the necessary environment

is a precondition within which a responsive computer development
strategy can best be carried out;
WHEREAS, it is sound policy to maintain a self-reliant

posture in the field of computer technology through the development
of indigenous capabilities in the computer industry;
WHEREAS, to achieve these ends, there is need to provide

for the restructuring of the National Computer Center to order that
it may effectively formulate policies and standards and coordinate
all activities related to computerization in the country;

the Constitution, do hereby decree and order the following as part
of the law of the land:
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the

policy of the Government, in furtherance of national development,
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to create the appropriate environment for, and rationalize the use

and application of, computer technology to attain the following
objectives:
(a) To optimize the application of computer technology in

(b) To ensure that the procurement of Electronic Data

Processing (EDP) equipment and services will safeguard public
interest in terms of optimum quality, benefits and economy;
(c) To provide the mechanism for the effective evaluation of

EDP and related programs throughout the system’s development
cycle for the efficient and economical realization of program
activities;
(d) To encourage the development of government-wide

information systems to provide data and information needed for
development planning and decision- making;
(e) To rationalize the development and maintenance of EDP

projects and data bases; and
(f) To promote the development, retention and optimum

utilization of qualified technical and managerial EDP personnel.
SEC. 2. Functions and Powers of the National Computer

Center. The National Computer Center shall remain as an agency
under the Office of the President and shall have the following
functions and powers:
(a) Formulate and ensure the implementation of an

integrated national computer development program consonant with
the government’s development plans and objectives;
(b) Provide policy guidelines for the development, direction

and control of computer technology as a national resource;
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(c) Formulate policies and prescribe standards on the

acquisition and utilization of computers and related devices, data
communications, information systems, and manpower development
in support of national computerization objectives;
(d) Provide necessary computer services to government

agencies to stimulate and accelerate the development of operational
system as well as to fill gaps in the services provided by other
government computer installations;
(e) Establish, operate and maintain an EDP Educational

and Research Center which will provide training and research
facilities and bring about the development of EDP expertise and the
establishment and implementation of standards for EDP training
and education in the country;
(f) Coordinate with the Department of Education and Culture

and other government agencies concerned in the supervision and
regulation of all private EDP training institutions; and prescribe
standard for curriculum development and formulate rules and
regulations to govern the operation of existing EDP training
institutions and those that may hereafter be established;
(g) Assist government agencies with computer facilities

in the effective supervision, regulation and rationalization of the
organization, management and operation of all EDP installations
in the government, including government-owned and controlled
corporation and local governments; and for this purpose may conduct
a management audit whenever necessary;
(h) Perform such other functions as may be necessary to

implement the provisions of this Decree.
SEC. 3. National Computer Development Program. - The

National Computer Center shall prepare and annually update a
Ten-Year National Computer Development Program, hereinafter
referred to as the “Program”, which shall provide a rational and
integrated framework for computerization development activities in
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the Government. The National Computer Center shall submit the

Program for the approval of the NEDA Board.
The Program shall be based on a computer-sharing framework

designed to restructure and/or realign existing EDP organizations
and prescribe the desired number and capacity of government
computer installations in accordance with the guidelines established
by the NEDA Board.
Upon approval of the Program by the NEDA Board, all

departments, bureaus, agencies and instrumentalities of the
government including local government shall implement the same
within their respective jurisdictions. The Board shall ensure that
the approved Program and implementing policies, regulations
and standards are adopted and implemented by the agencies
concerned.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 7. Reimbursement of Expenses. - The NCC is hereby

authorized to receive reimbursement of expenses incurred in
providing systems development, software and hardware development
and computer services to agencies and instrumentalities of the
Government and to charge fees for its educational services;
Provided, That the rates or charges for such services shall be fixed
by the Board; Provided, further, That the fees and other payments
collected by the NCC shall be subject to the provisions of P.D. No.
711 and any excess income shall be utilized by the agency only upon
approval of Special Budgets.
SEC. 8. Repealing and Separability Clauses. - The provisions

of the Integrated Reorganization Plan, particularly Part IV, Chapter
I, Article VII, and all laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations,
policies, programs or parts thereof which are inconsistent with any
of the provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.

declared unconstitutional or invalid, the other Section or provisions
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thereof, which are not affected thereby, shall continue in full force
and effect.

immediately.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT :

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CREATING A SPECIAL COURT TO BE KNOWN AS

“SANDIGANBAYAN” AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the New Constitution declares that a public

office is a public trust and ordains that public officers and employees
shall serve with the highest degree of responsibility, integrity,
loyalty and efficiency and shall remain at all times accountable to
the people;
WHEREAS, to attain the highest norms of official conduct

required of public officers and employees, Section 5, Article XIII of
the New Constitution provides for the creation of a special court to
be known as Sandiganbayan;

September 21, 1972, do hereby order and decree as follows:
SECTION 1. Sandiganbayan; composition; qualifications;

tenure; removal and compensation. - A special court, possessing
all the inherent powers of a court of justice, to be known as the
Sandiganbayan is hereby created composed of a Presiding Judge and
eight (8) Associate Judges who shall be appointed by the President
and shall be subject to the same inhibitions and/or disqualifications
as judges of courts of first instance.
No person shall be appointed Presiding Judge or Associate

Judge of the Sandiganbayan, unless he is a natural-born citizen of
the Philippines, at least 40 years of age and for at least ten (10)
years or more had been a judge of a court of record or been engaged
in the practice of law in the Philippines or has held office requiring
admission to the bar as a prerequisite for a like period.
The Presiding Judge shall be so designated in his commission

and the other judges shall have precedence according to the dates
of their respective commissions, or when the commissions of two (2)
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or more of them shall bear the same date, according to the order in
which their commissions have been issued by the President.
The Presiding Judge and the Associate Judges shall not be

removed from office except on impeachment upon the grounds and
in the manner provided for in Sections 2 and 3 of Article III of the
1973 Constitution.
The Presiding Judge shall receive an annual compensation

of P60,000.00 and each Associate Judge P50,000.00 which shall not
be diminished during their continuance in office.
They shall hold office until they reach the age of 65 years or
become incapacitated to discharge the duties of their office.
SEC. 2. Official Station; Place of Holding Sessions. – The

Sandiganbayan shall have its principal office in the Metro Manila
Area; Provided, however, That the Presiding Judge may authorize
any division or divisions of the court to hold sessions at any time
and place outside Metro Manila to hear and decide cases emanating
from any of the existing judicial districts.
Whenever necessary, the Sandiganbayan may require the

services of the personnel and the use of the facilities of any agency
of the government, national or local, including the courts of first
instance of the province where any of the divisions is holding session
and those personnel of such agencies or courts shall be subject to the
order of the Sandiganbayan.
SEC. 3. Quorum. – Five judges shall constitute a quorum for

sessions en banc, and two judges for sessions in division; Provided,
that when a quorum and/or the majority required for a decision of the
Sandiganbayan either en banc or in division, or the trial or hearing
of cases cannot be had due to the legal disqualification or temporary
disability of a judge or of a vacancy occurring therein, the President
shall, upon recommendation of the Presiding Judge, designate any
judge of the court of first instance or of the circuit criminal court of
the judicial district concerned to sit temporarily therein.
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The Sandiganbayan shall, as a body, sit en banc but it may

sit in three (3) divisions of three (3) judges each. The three (3)
divisions may sit at the same time.
If the Presiding Judge is present in any session of the court,

whether en banc or in division, he shall preside. In his absence the
Associate Judge attending who is first in precedence shall preside.
SEC. 4. Jurisdiction. – Except as herein provided, the

Sandiganbayan shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction to try
and decide:
(a) Violations of Republic Act No. 3019, as amended,

otherwise known as the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and
Republic Act No. 1379;
(b) Crimes committed by public officers or employees,

including those employed in government- owned or controlled
corporations, embraced in Title VII of the Revised Penal Code;
(c) Other crimes or offenses committed by public officers

or employees including those employed in government-owned or
controlled corporations in relation to their offices; Provided, that,
in case private individuals are accused as principals, accomplices or
accessories in the commission of the crimes hereinabove mentioned,
they shall be tried jointly with the public officers or employees
concerned.
Where the accused is charged of an offense in relation to

his office and the evidence is insufficient to establish the offense so
charged, he may nevertheless be convicted and sentenced for the
offense proved included in that which is charged.
(d) Civil suits brought in connection with the aforementioned

crimes for restitution or reparation of damages, recovery of the
instruments and effects of the crimes, or forfeiture proceedings
provided for under Republic Act No. 1379;
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(e) Civil actions brought under Articles 32 and 34 of the Civil

Code.
Exception from the foregoing provisions during the period of

martial law are criminal cases against offices and members of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines, and all others who fall under the
exclusive jurisdiction of the military tribunals.
SEC. 5. Proceedings against constitutional officers; votes

required. – All cases involving constitutional officers shall be heard
and decided by the Sandiganbayan en banc; Provided, That when a
non-constitution officer or employee or private individual is charged
or sued jointly with a constitutional officer under Section 4 hereof,
they shall all be tried jointly by the Sandiganbayan en banc. All
other cases may be tried and decided by a division.
The affirmative vote of five (5) judges is necessary for a

decision of the Sandiganbayan en banc. The affirmative vote of two
judges in a division shall be necessary for the promulgation of a
judgment.
SEC. 6. Maximum period for termination of cases. As far as

practicable, the trial of cases before the Sandiganbayan en banc or in
division once commenced shall be continuous until terminated and
the judgment en banc or in division shall be rendered within three
(3) months from the date the case was submitted for decision.
SEC. 7. Form, finality and enforcement of decisions;

petitions for reconsideration. Decisions and final orders of the
Sandiganbayan shall contain complete findings of fact on all issues
properly raised before it. Decisions and final orders en banc shall
be subject to review by the Supreme Court in accordance with Rule
45 of the Rules of Court; and those of a division shall be appealable
under Rule 42 thereof. The Supreme Court shall hear and decide
any case on appeal promptly and without the necessity of placing
it upon the regular calendar. Whenever, in any case decided by the
Sandiganbayan en banc or by a division thereof, the death penalty
or life imprisonment shall have been imposed, the records shall be
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forwarded to the Supreme Court whether the accused shall have

appealed or not, for review and judgment, as law and justice shall
dictate.
Any party may file a petition for reconsideration of any

order or decision of the Sandiganbayan en banc or in division within
fifteen (15) days from receipt of a certified copy of such order or
decision and such petition for reconsideration shall be decided by
the Sandiganbayan en banc or in division, as the case may be, within
thirty (30) days from submission thereof.
Final judgments and orders of the Sandiganbayan en banc

or in division shall be executed and enforced in the manner provided
for in the Rules of Court.
SEC. 8. Transfer of cases. – All cases cognizable by the

Sandiganbayan as herein provided, the trial of which had not yet
commenced in the trial courts as of the date of its organization shall
be transferred to the Sandiganbayan, except those cases filed in the
military tribunals and those cases against military personnel which
shall remain in the military tribunals.
SEC. 9. Authority over internal affairs. – The Sandiganbayan

shall administer its own internal affairs and may adopt such rules
governing the constitution of its divisions, the allocation of cases
among them, the rotation of judges and other matters relating to
its business.
SEC. 10. Proceedings free of charge; premature publicity

prohibited. – All proceedings in the Sandiganbayan en banc or in
division shall be conducted at no cost to the complainant and/or
witnesses.
No criminal complain shall be given due course by the

Sandiganbayan except upon a certification by the Chief Special
Prosecutor of the existence of probable cause to be determined after
a preliminary investigation conducted in accordance with existing
laws. No publicity shall be allowed during the pendency of such
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preliminary investigation and the name of the complainant and the

accused shall not be made public until after an information is filed
with the Sandiganbayan.
SEC. 11. Administrative Personnel. – Upon recommendation

of the Sandiganbayan, the Supreme Court may designate, from
among the officers and employees under it, or appoint the personnel
necessary for the Sandiganbayan, including a Clerk of Court and
three (3) Deputy Clerks of Court; Provided, however, that those
designated shall not receive additional compensation, except per
diems, traveling and necessary expenses in accordance with existing
laws and rules.
The Clerk of Court shall have an annual compensation of

P23,000.00, and the deputy clerks of court, P18,000.00. The Clerk
of Court and deputy clerks of court shall at least be members of the
bar.
All subordinate employees of the Sandiganbayan shall be

governed by the provisions of the Civil Service Law; Provided, that
the Sandiganbayan may, by resolution en banc, remove any of them
for cause.
SEC. 12. Office of the Chief Special Prosecutor. – The

provisions of any law or rule to the contrary notwithstanding, the
direction and control of the prosecution of cases mentioned in Section
4 hereof, shall be exercised by a Chief Special Prosecutor who shall
be assisted by one (1) Assistant Chief Special Prosecutor and nine
(9) Special Prosecutors who shall be appointed by the President.
The Chief Special Prosecutor shall have annual compensation of
P30,000.00, the Assistant Chief Special Prosecutor of P28,000.00
and the Special Prosecutors of P24,000.00 which shall not be
diminished during their continuance in office.
The Chief Special Prosecutor, the Assistant Chief and

the Special Prosecutors shall have exclusive authority to conduct
preliminary investigations of all complaints filed with the
Sandiganbayan, to file information and conduct the prosecution
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of all cases; Provided, That the Secretary of Justice may designate

any lawyer in the government service as special prosecutor or
special counsel to assist the Chief Special Prosecutor in conducting
preliminary investigations and prosecuting cases before the
Sandiganbayan.
The Chief Special Prosecutor, Assistant Chief Special

Prosecutor and Special Prosecutors mentioned in the preceding
paragraph shall have the authority to administer oaths, to issue
subpoena and subpoena duces tecum, summon and compel
witnesses to appear and testify under oath before them and to bring
books, documents or other things under their control and to secure
the attendance or presence of any absent or recalcitrant witness
through application before the Sandiganbayan en banc or in division
or before any inferior or superior court having jurisdiction of the
place where the witness or evidence may be found.
The Chief Special Prosecutor and his assistants shall be

under the control of the Secretary of Justice.
SEC. 13. Office of Special Investigators. – To assist the

Chief Special Prosecutor in the performance of his duties, the
Secretary of Justice may, upon the recommendation of the Chief
Special Prosecutor, appoint such number of Special Investigators
and subordinate personnel as may be deemed necessary therefor
and/or detail to the Office of the Chief Special Prosecutor any
officer or employee of the Department of Justice or any Bureau or
Office under the executive supervision thereof; Provided, that those
designated shall not receive additional compensation except per
diems, traveling and necessary expenses in accordance with existing
law and rules. The Office of Special Investigators shall be under the
Chief Special Prosecutor. The appointment of Special Investigators
and subordinate personnel therein shall be subject to Civil Service
Law and Rules.
“The Sandiganbayan may, upon proper, request of the

Chief Special Prosecutor, require the assistance and services of any
Department, Agency, or Bureau of the government.
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SEC. 14. Report to the President. – The Sandiganbayan

shall submit an annual report to the President including all
disbursements of funds entrusted to it within two months from the
end of the Fiscal Year.
SEC. 15. Funding. – There is hereby immediately

appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the
provisions of this Decree and thereafter to be included in the general
appropriation act. The appropriations for the Sandiganbayan shall
be automatically released in accordance with a schedule submitted
by the Sandiganbayan.
SEC. 16. Repealing Clause. – Any provision of law, order,

rule or regulation inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree is
SEC. 17. Effectivity. – This Decree shall be part of the laws

of the land and shall take effect immediately.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT :

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CREATING THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, TO BE

KNOWN AS TANODBAYAN
To give effect to the constitutional right of the people to

petition the government for redress of grievances and to promote
higher standards of integrity and efficiency in the government
service, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested under the Constitution and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated 21 September 1972,
hereby order and decree as part of the law of the land:
SECTION 1. Short title. – This Decree may be cited as the

Tanodbayan Decree of 1977.
SEC. 2. Establishment of Office. – An independent Office of

the Ombudsman, to be called the Tanodbayan, is hereby established.
The Tanodbayan shall have two Deputies for Luzon, one for the
Visayas and one for Mindanao.
SEC. 3. Appointment. – The President shall appoint the

Tanodbayan and his Deputies.
SEC. 4. Qualifications. – The Tanodbayan and his Deputies

shall be members of the bar, well equipped to analyze problems of
law, administration, and public policy, and shall not have been
actively involved in partisan affairs.
SEC. 5. Disqualifications. – The Tanodbayan and his

Deputies shall not, during their tenure in office, engage in the
practice of any profession or in the management of any business,
or be financially interested directly or indirectly in any contract
with, or in any franchise or privileges granted by, the Government,
or any subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof including
government-owned or controlled corporations.
SEC. 6. Term of Office. – (a) To Tanodbayan and his Deputies

shall serve for a term of seven years without reappointment
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unless removed by the President upon his determination that the

Tanodbayan or any of his Deputies has become incapacitated or has
been guilty of neglect of duty, or misconduct.
(b) If the Office of Tanodbayan becomes vacant for any cause,

the Senior Deputy Tanodbayan shall serve as Acting Tanodbayan
until the Tanodbayan shall have been appointed for a full term.
SEC. 7. Salary. – Unless otherwise provided by law, the

Tanodbayan and each Deputy Tanodbayan shall receive an annual
salary of sixty thousand pesos and fifty thousand pesos, respectively,
which shall not be decreased during their continuance in office.
SEC. 8. Organization of Office. – (a) The Tanodbayan may

select, appoint, and compensate in accordance with the Civil Service
Law and within the amount available by appropriation, such
assistants and employees in the national and local offices as he may
deem necessary to discharge his responsibilities under this Decree;
(b) The Tanodbayan shall designate one of his Deputies to be

the Senior Deputy Tanodbayan, with authority to act in his stead
when he himself is disabled or protractedly absent;
(c) The Tanodbayan may delegate to other members of his

staff any of his authority or duties under this Decree except this power
of delegation and the duty of formally making recommendations to
administrative agencies or reports to the President or the National
Assembly.
SEC. 9. Definitions. – As used in this Decree, the term –
(a) “Administrative agency” means any department or other

governmental unit including any government-owned or controlled
corporation, any official, or any employee acting or purporting to
act by reason of connection with the Government but it does not
include (1) any court or judge, or appurtenant judicial staff, (2)
the members, committees, or staffs of the National Assembly, or
(3) the President or his personal staff, or (4) the members of the
Constitutional Commissions and their personal staffs.
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(b) “Administrative Act” refers to any action including

decisions, omissions, recommendations, practices, or procedures of
an administrative agency.
(c) “Failure of justice” refers to the defeat of a particular

right, or the failure of reparation for a particular wrong, from the
lack of inadequacy of a legal remedy for the enforcement of the one
or the redress of the other.
SEC. 10. Powers. – The Tanodbayan shall have the following

powers:
(a) He may investigate, on complaint, any administrative

act of any administrative agency including any government-owned
or controlled corporation;
(b) He may prescribe the methods by which complaints

are to be made, received, and acted upon; he may determine the
scope and manner of investigations to be made; and, subject to the
requirements of this Decree, he may determine the form, frequency,
and distribution of his conclusions and recommendations;
(c) He may request and shall be given by each administrative

agency the assistance and information he deems necessary for
the discharge of his responsibilities; he may examine the records
and documents of all administrative agencies; and he may enter
and inspect premises within any administrative agency’s control;
provided, however, that where the President in writing certifies that
such information, examination or inspection might prejudice the
national interest, the Tanodbayan shall desist. All information so
obtained shall be confidential, unless the President, in the interest
of public service, decides otherwise;
(d) He may issue a subpoena to compel any person to appear,

give sworn testimony, or produce documentary or other evidence
the Tanodbayan deems relevant to a matter under his inquiry;
(e) He may undertake, participate in, or cooperate with

general studies or inquiries, whether or not related to any
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particular administrative agency or any particular administrative

act, if he believes that they may enhance knowledge about or lead to
improvements in the functioning of administrative agencies.
SEC. 11. Matters Appropriate for Investigation. –
(a) In selecting matters for his attention, the Tanodbayan

should address himself particularly to an administrative act that
might be
1. Contrary to law or regulation;
2. Unreasonable, unfair, oppressive, or inconsistent with the

general course of an administrative agency’s functioning;
3. Mistaken in law or arbitrary in ascertainments of facts;
4. Improper in motivation or based on irrelevant

consideration;
5. Unclear or inadequately explained when reasons should

have been revealed;
6. Inefficiently performed; or
7. Otherwise objectionable;
(b) The Tanodbayan may concern himself also with

strengthening procedures and practices which lessen the risk that
objectionable administrative acts will occur.
SEC. 12. Action on Complaints.
(a) The Tanodbayan may receive a complaint from any source

concerning an administrative act. At no expense to the complaintant,
he shall conduct a suitable investigation into the things complained
of unless he believes that –
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1. The complainant has available to him another remedy or

channel of complaint which he could reasonably be expected to use;
2. The grievance pertains to a matter outside the Tanod-

bayan’s power;
3. The complainant’s interest is insufficiently related to the

subject matter;
4. The complainant is trivial, frivolous, vexatious, or not

made in good faith;
5. Other complaints are more worthy of attention;
6. The Tanod-bayan’s resources are insufficient for adequate

investigation; or
7. the complaint has been too long delayed to justify present

examination of its merits.
(b) After completing his consideration of a complaint, whether

or not it has been investigated, the Tanodbayan shall suitably inform
the complainant and, when appropriate, the administrative agency
or agencies involved.
(c) A letter to the Tanodbayan from a person in a place of

detention or in a hospital or other institution under the control of an
administrative agency shall be immediately forwarded, unopened,
to the Tanodbayan.
SEC. 13. Consultation with Agency. – Before announcing

a conclusion or recommendation that criticizes an administrative
agency or any person, the Tanodbayan shall consult with that
agency or person.
SEC. 14. Recommendations. – (a) If, having considered a
complaint and whether material he deems pertinent, the Tanodbayan
is of the opinion that an administrative agency should (1) consider
the matter further, (2) modify or cancel an administrative act, (3)
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alter a regulation or ruling, (4) explain fully the administrative

act in question, or (5) take any other step, he shall state his
recommendations to the administrative agency. If the Tanodbayan
so requests, the agency shall, within the time he has specified,
inform him about the action taken on his recommendations or the
reasons for not complying with them:
(b) If the Tanodbayan believes that an administrative action

has been dictated by laws whose results are unfair or otherwise
objectionable, he shall bring to the notice of the National Assembly
his views concerning desirable statutory change.
SEC. 15. Publication of Recommendations. – The Tanodbayan

may publish his conclusions, recommendations, and suggestions
by transmitting them to the President, the National Assembly, or
any of its committees, the press, and others who may be concerned.
When publishing an opinion adverse to an administrative agency
or official he shall, unless excused by the agency or official affected,
include the substance of any statement the administrative agency or
official may have made to him by way of explaining past difficulties
or present rejection of the Tanodbayan’s proposals.
SEC. 16. Reports. – In addition to whatever reports he may

make from time to time, the Tanodbayan shall on or about August
15 of each year report to the National Assembly and to the President
concerning the exercise of his functions during the preceding
calendar year. This report shall be published in the Official Gazette
and copies thereof shall be furnished the provincial governors and
city mayors. In discussing matters with which he has dealt, the
Tanodbayan need not identify those immediately concerned if to
do so would cause needless hardship. So far as the annual report
may criticize named agencies or officials, it must also include the
substance of their replies to the criticism.
SEC. 17. Prosecution of Public Personnel. – If the Tanodbayan

has reason to believe that any public official, employee, or other
person has acted in a manner resulting in a failure of justice,
he shall file and prosecute the corresponding criminal, civil, or
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administrative case before the Sandiganbayan or the proper court

or body.
SEC. 18. Tanodbayan’s Immunities. – (a) No proceeding,

opinion, or expression of the Tanodbayan or any member of his staff,
shall be reviewable in any court.
(b) No civil action shall lie against the Tanodbayan or

any member of his staff or anything done or said or omitted, in
discharging the responsibilities contemplated by this Decree;
(c) Neither the Tanodbayan or any member of his staff

shall be required to testify or produce evidence in any judicial or
administrative proceeding concerning matters within his official
cognizance, except in a proceeding brought to enforce this Decree.
SEC. 19. Rights and Duties of Witnesses. –
(a) A person required by the Tanodbayan to provide

information shall be paid the same fees and travel allowances as
are extended to witnesses whose attendance has been required in
the course of first instance.
(b) A person who, with or without service of compulsory

process, provides oral or documentary information requested by the
Tanodbayan shall be accorded the same privileges and immunities
as are extended to witnesses in the courts, and shall also be entitled
to be accompanied and advised by counsel while being questioned.
(c) If a person refuses to respond to the Tanodbayan’s

subpoena, refuses to be examined or engages in obstructive misconduct,
the Tanodbayan shall certify the facts to the Sandiganbayan or the
court of first instance. The court shall thereupon issue an order
directing the person to appear before the court to show cause why
he should not be punished as for contempt. The order and copy of
the Tanodbayan’s certified statement shall be served on the person.
Thereafter the court shall have jurisdiction of the matter. The same
proceedings shall be had, the same penalties may be imposed, and
the person charged may purge himself of the contempt in the same
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way as in the case of a person who has committed a contempt in the

trial of a civil action before the court.
SEC. 20. Obstruction. – A person who willfully obstructs or

hinders the proper exercise of the Tanodbayan’s functions, or who
willfully misleads or attempts to mislead the Tanodbayan in his
inquiries, shall be fined not more than P1,000.00.
SEC. 21. Relation to Other Laws. – Republic Act No. 6028 is

hereby repealed; but otherwise, the provisions of this Decree are in
addition to and do not in any manner limit or affect the provisions of
any other enactment under which any remedy or right of appeal is
provided for any person, or any procedure is provided for the inquiry
into or investigation of any matter. The powers conferred on the
Tanodbayan may be exercised notwithstanding any provision in
any enactment to the effect that any administrative action shall be
final or unappealable.
SEC. 22. Appropriation. – There are hereby authorized to

be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the
provisions of this Decree, and thereafter to be included in the general
appropriation act.
SEC. 23. Effective Date. – This Decree shall take effect

immediately.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT :

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A DECREE RETAINING THE COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATION

OFFICE AS AN AGENCY DIRECTLY UNDER THE OFFICE
OF THE PRESIDENT
WHEREAS, Letter of Implementation No. 42 dated 11

December 1975 provided that the Complaints and Investigation
Office shall be deemed automatically abolished upon the creation of
the Tanodbayan;
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1, provided also for the

abolition of the Complaints and Investigation Office and the transfer
of its records, supplies, equipment and personnel to the Office of the
Citizen’s Counselor created under Republic Act No. 6028;
WHEREAS, by virtue of the approval of the Philippine

Constitution and pursuant to Section 6, Art. XIII thereof and to
Sec. 21 of Presidential Decree No. 1487 creating the Office of the
Tanodbayan, Republic Act No. 6028 is considered repealed;
WHEREAS, even with the creation of the Office of the

Tanodbayan, there is still a need to maintain an Agency in
Malacañang to receive and act on complaints from the public filed
directly with the Office of the President;

the Constitution, do hereby order and decree that the Complaints
and Investigation Office shall remain as such agency in the Office of
the President, headed by the Chief, Complaints and Investigation
Office, shall continue to exercise and perform all the duties and
powers granted to it under Executive Order No. 4, Series of 1966,
as amended.
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(Sgd.) FERDINAND MARCOS

President
BY THE PRESIDENT :

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AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1275 ENTITLED

“REORGANIZING THE PROSECUTION STAFF OF THE
PROVINCIAL AND CITY FISCALS, REGIONALIZING
THE PROSECUTION SERVICE, AND CREATING THE
NATIONAL PROSECUTION SERVICE”
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1275 rationalized the

allocation of positions of provincial and city fiscals according to
workload of the respective offices of the provincial and city fiscals
and/or the existing number of branches of the Courts of First
Instance and City Courts;
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1439, promulgated on

June 10, 1978, created in certain provinces and cities additional
branches of the Courts of First Instance and City Courts and new
and additional Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts;
WHEREAS, there is need to re-allocate the positions of

provincial and city fiscals conformably to the increase in court salas
under P.D. No. 1439 and in line with the objective of P.D. No. 1275
to rationalize the allocation of prosecution positions and functions
in accordance with the requirements of the service;


SEC. 12. Offices of the Provincial Fiscal: Their Number in

Each Province/Sub-Province. There shall be in each of the following
provinces and sub-provinces the corresponding number of provincial
fiscals and their assistants:
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a) Rizal:

One First Assistant
Ten Second Assistants
Ten Third Assistants
Fourteen Fourth Assistants
Fourteen Assistants
b) Cebu:

One First Assistant
Eight Assistants
c) Pangasinan:

One First Assistant
Seven Assistants
d) Negros Occidental:

One First Assistant
Seven Assistants
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e) Pampanga; Bulacan:

One First Assistant
Six Assistants
f) Quezon; Camarines Sur; Iloilo:

One First Assistant
Five Assistants
g) Nueva Ecija; Laguna; Albay; Leyte:

One First Assistant
h) Batangas; Cagayan; Negros Oriental:

One First Assistant
i) La Union:

One First Assistant
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j) Ilocos Norte; Ilocos Sur; Cavite: Davao del Sur:

One First Assistant
k) Misamis Oriental; Zamboanga del Sur; Masbate; Capiz;

Isabela:

One First Assistant
l) Benguet; Tarlac; Palawan; Aklan; Northern Samar; Bohol;

Zamboanga del Norte:

One First Assistant
m) Nueva Vizcaya; Zambales; Bataan; Camarines Norte;

orsogon; Western Samar; Eastern Samar; Surigao del Sur; Surigao
del Norte; Bukidnon; Lanao del Norte; Davao del Norte; Davao
Oriental; Misamis Occidental; Agusan del Norte; Maguindanao:

One First Assistant
n) Abra; Kalinga-Apayao; Mindoro Oriental; Mindoro

Occidental; Catanduanes; Antique; Southern Leyte; Lanao del Sur;
North Cotabato; South Cotabato; Sulu:
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One First Assistant
o) Batanes; Quirino; Mountain Province; Ifugao; Romblon;

Marinduque; Siquijor; Agusan del Sur; Camiguin; Sultan Kudarat;
Basilan; Tawi-Tawi:

One First Assistant
p) Subprovinces of Aurora; Biliran; Guimaras:

One First Assistant

read as follows:
“SEC. 13. Offices of the City Fiscal: Their Number in Each

City. There shall be in each of the following cities the corresponding
number of city fiscals and their assistants:
a) Manila:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
Twenty Four Second Assistants
Thirty Third Assistants
Thirty Fourth Assistants
Forty Assistants
b) Quezon City:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
Twenty Two Second Assistants
Twenty Two Third Assistants
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Twenty Two Fourth Assistants

Twenty Two Assistants
c) City of Cebu:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
Seven Second Assistants
Seven Third Assistants
Ten Fourth Assistants
Ten Assistants
d) Pasay City:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
Six Second Assistants
Eight Fourth Assistants
Eight Assistants
e) Caloocan City:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
Five Second Assistants
Six Assistants
f) Bacolod City:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
Eight Assistants
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g) City of Iloilo:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
Eight Assistants
h) Dagupan:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
Five Assistants
i) City of Davao:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
Seven Assistants
j) Cagayan de Oro:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
k) Dumaguete; Legaspi:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
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l) Olongapo; Cabanatuan;. Lucena; Naga:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
m) Baguio; Zamboanga City; Tacloban:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
n) Roxas City:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
o) Angeles; Laoag; Batangas City; Iligan; Butuan;

Tagbilaran:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
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p) Puerto Princesa: Dipolog; Pagadian:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
q) San Pablo:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
r) Cavite City; General Santos; Ozamis, Surigao City; Iriga;

Oroquieta:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
s) Lipa; Mandaue; San Carlos (Neg); Marawi; Cotabato

City:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
t) Calbayog; Lapu-Lapu; Silay; Ormoc; San Jose; San Carlos

(Pang): Davao; Tagaytay:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
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u) Cadiz; Trece Martires; Gingoog; Toledo; Bago; La Carlota;

Dapitan; Bais; Tangub; Canlaon; Palayan:
One City Fiscal

One First Assistant
SEC. 3. A new Section is hereby inserted after Section 13 to

be dominated Section 13-A which shall read as follows:
“SEC. 13-A Whenever there is an increase in the number of

court salas, there shall be a corresponding increase in the number
of assistant provincial/city fiscals’ position at the ratio of two fiscals
to a sala.”
SEC. 4. Such sum as may be necessary to carry out the

purposes of this Decree is hereby appropriated out of any funds in
the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the period
ending on December 31, 1978. Thereafter the said amount shall be
added to the annual appropriation of the Ministry of Justice.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT :

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REORGANIZATION PLAN, AS AMENDED BY
PRESIDENTIAL DECREES 488 AND 769 CREATING THE
WHEREAS, active participation by the government is

necessary to accelerate industrial growth in various sectors of
industry and the different regions of the country;
WHEREAS, the development of small and medium

industries creates permanent employment opportunities and
mobilizes human, financial and physical resources especially in the
non-urban areas which may otherwise remain unutilized, promotes
rural industrialization and expands the middle class sector of the
economy;
WHEREAS, additional industrial policy instruments are

needed to help cope with abrupt and unforeseen changes in world
economic conditions that hamper the stability of and progress of
industrial development, and to maintain the responsiveness of
Philippine industry to the needs of the economy and the people;
WHEREAS, to attain the above objectives, there is need to

restructure its operating units and to strengthen the powers of the
Department of Industry;

President of the Philippines by virtue of the powers vested in me
by the Constitution, do hereby decree as part of the law of the land
the following:
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 3. Reconstitution of the Commission on Small and

Medium Industries. Section 6 of Presidential Decree No. 488, as
amended by Presidential Decree No. 769, is hereby amended, to
read as follows:
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“SEC. 6. Commission on Small and Medium Industries.

There is hereby created in the Department, a Commission on Small
and Medium Industries, which shall among others be responsible
for coordinating policies and programs for technical, marketing,
purchasing and promotional assistance rendered by various
government agencies, to small and medium scale industries. For
this purpose, it shall set up programs and plans for an integrated
approach in the promotion of small and medium scale industries,
as well as conduct studies, surveys and researches in connection
therewith, for the consideration of the member agencies represented
in the Commission and other agencies in government involved in
small and medium industries. The following agencies shall be duly
represented in the Commission:
(1) Department of Local for coordination with local

Government governments and Community
Development
(2) Department of Trade for the establishment of

marketing infrastructure for
small & medium industries
(3) U.P. Institute for Small for entrepreneurial &

Scale Industries managerial training
(4) National Power and Youth for technical & skills training
Council
(5) Development Bank of the for direct financing assistance

Philippines
(6) National Economic and for credit and loan guarantee

Development Authority/ program
Industrial Guarantee and
Loan Fund
(7) Central Bank of the for credit and financing

Philippines/Rural Banks policies
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(8) Department of for agro-industrial project

Agriculture development
(9) Department of Natural for utilization of natural

Resources resources in small & medium
industries
(10) National Science and for technology research and

Development Board assistance
(11) Bureau of Small and for identifying the

Medium Industries opportunities and assisting in
setting up small and medium
industries
Each of the above agencies shall nominate a senior official

for the purposes of coordination, consultation and liaison. They shall
also represent their offices in Commission meetings, which shall meet
twice a month with appropriate per diems for such attendance. For
a fuller integration of policies and programs on small and medium
industries, other agencies involved in providing assistance to or
exercising licensing or other functions over individual activities of
said industries may be requested from time to time to coordinate
with the Commission with respect to their respective programs
affecting small and medium industries.
The Commission shall be headed by one of the

Undersecretaries of the Department as Chairman to be assisted by
a Vice-Chairman or vice-chairmen designated by him from among
the representatives of the agencies represented in the Commission
Administrative authority and responsibility for all the Commission
projects and programs shall be vested in the Chairman of the
Commission.”
SEC. 4. Section 6-A is hereby added to Presidential Decree

No. 488, as amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 6-A. Bureau of Small and Medium Industry. There

is hereby created in the Department, a Bureau of Small and
Medium Industries, which shall be responsible for providing direct
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functional assistance to entrepreneurs to accelerate the growth and

development of small and medium industries to their full potentials
and opportunities. The Bureau shall establish regional centers to
provide small and medium industries with comprehensive program
of consultancy assistance on regional projects. It shall also identify
the opportunities for and promote the organization of small and
medium industry projects in the countryside. For this purpose, the
Bureau shall provide assistance to small industry entrepreneurs in
their preparation of required project documentation, particularly
in raising financing for new projects, or expansion of existing
enterprises, engaged in small and medium industry production
operations.”
“The Bureau may set up divisions as may be necessary to

carry out these functions.”
SEC. 5. Section 7-A is hereby added to Presidential Decree

No. 488, as amended to read as follows:
“SEC. 7-A. Technology Transfer Board. There is hereby

created a Technology transfer Board within the Department of
Industry composed of representatives, with rank not less than a
Director, from the National Economic and Development Authority,
Central Bank of the Philippines, National Science and Development
Board, Technology Resource Center, Board of Investments and
Patents Office under the Chairmanship of the Secretary of Industry
or his representative, which shall have the following functions:
(a) Formulate policies, including a system of priorities,

which would promote an integrated approach to the developmental
and regulatory rules of the government in the field of technology
transfer;
(b) Issue rules and regulations for the effective, efficient

and economic implementation of policies and guidelines relative to
technology transfer;
(c) Establish a system for coordinating all governmental

activities on technology transfer and ensure continuing and
meaningful interaction among various government agencies,
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particularly with respect to the determination of the impact of

technology transfer on national development;
(d) Serve as forum for the continuing interchange of ideas

and information among the concerned government agencies, the
private sector and the general public on policy issues, problems and
alternative approaches relating to technology transfer; and
(e) Perform such other functions as may be necessary for the

accomplishment of its objectives.
In the performance of the above functions, the Board assisted

by a technical staff, shall formulate its rules and regulations, such as
requiring registration of technology transfer arrangements entered
into directly or indirectly with foreign companies or foreign-owned
companies and impose appropriate sanctions for the implementation
of its rules and regulations.”
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 7. Repeal. Any and all acts, statutes, decrees, rules,

regulations or part thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly. The provisions of Sec. 33-A, B and
C of Republic Act 165, as amended is specifically repealed in so far
as industrial technology is concerned.

immediately.


President
BY THE PRESIDENT :

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REORGANIZING THE NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

CENTER AND REDEFINING ITS FUNCTIONS AND
OBJECTIVES, REVISING FOR THIS PURPOSE
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 1041
WHEREAS, the Government recognizes the crucial role of

current and adequate knowledge of the country’s physical resources
and environment in determining national, regional strategies for
development in international negotiations;
WHEREAS, global and national perspective on natural

resources and environmental situation indicate a need to properly
monitor the exploitation and development of the country’s natural
resources and changes in its physical environment;
WHEREAS, there are rapidly developing technologies for

gathering, analyzing, and interpreting information relative to the
inventory, assessment and monitoring of the country’s natural
resources and environment and the management thereof such that
their proper utilization will enhance the capability to formulate
effective plans for economic development; and
WHEREAS, recent developments and continuing scientific

and technological research and development activities on natural
resources information management have revealed the need to
strengthen the system and capability to plan and implement the
country’s natural resources information programs by vesting the
Natural Resources Management Center with supplementary
responsibilities and powers.

by the Constitution, do hereby revise Presidential Decree No. 1041,
as follows:
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SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared to be

the policy of the Government (a) to utilize efficient and appropriate
technologies in the inventory, assessment and monitoring of our
natural resources; (b) to enhance the capability to plan for accelerated
economic growth; and (c) to provide for the establishment and
organization of the proper government agency to take charge and
be responsible for the attainment of these general objectives.
SEC. 2. Reorganizing the Natural Resources Management

Center. The Natural Resources Management Center, created under
Presidential Decree No. 1041, hereinafter referred to as the NRMC,
is hereby reorganized and constituted into a distinct agency which
shall be attached to the Department of Natural Resources for policy
and program coordination.
SEC. 3. Functions and Objectives. The functions and

objectives of the Natural Resources Management Center are:
1. To formulate, develop and adopt a natural resources

information acquisition and processing program that will provide
data, information and studies required for the formulation of resource
policies and plans for the development and conservation of the
country’s natural resources and the protection of the environment;
2. To conduct natural resources and environmental

surveys and analysis using remote sensing and complementary
technologies;
3. To conduct and undertake applied research in visual and

computerized processing and interpretation of remote-sensed data,
and in resource information handling and processing;
4. To establish and maintain natural resources data banks

and information systems that will provide up-to-date inventory and
assessment of the country’s natural resources as well as the status
of its administration, management and disposition by natural
resources management and policy agencies, permitting in due
course easy and quick access to appropriate data for planning:
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5. To carry out research and investigation on specific resource

and environmental issued, technology assessment and forecasting
studies in natural resources;
6. To establish and operate training facilities and provide

support and external services through conferences, workshops,
seminars, short courses, and consultancy services;
7. To establish, operate and maintain facilities for natural

resources data acquisition, reception, preprocessing, storage,
analysis and dissemination to include but not limited to aircraft-borne
remote sensors, computerized system for imagery interpretation,
general purposes computers, photographic processing laboratories,
computerized mapping and cartographic systems and associated
peripherals, and if feasible ground receiving station for satellite
remote sensed data;
8. To establish, operate and maintain information services

including the distribution of imageries to survey organizations,
microfilming and microfiche and other reproduction facilities,
library services and referral systems; and
9. To promote ASEAN and international cooperation in the

application of advanced technologies in regional resource surveys
and assessment for the effective management thereof.
SEC. 4. Governing Committee. The governance and policy

direction of the NRMC shall be exercised by a Governing Committee
hereinafter referred to as the Committee, composed of nine (9)
members, including the Chairman, as follows:
Secretary of Natural Resources Chairman
Secretary of Agriculture Member
Secretary of National Defense Member
Secretary of Energy Member
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Secretary of Public Works, Transportation

and Communications Member
Director-General of the National Economic

and Development Authority Member
Chairman of the National Science

Development Board, Member
Presidential Assistant for Economic

and Development Affairs Member
Director-General of NRMC Member
The members of the Committee shall be entitled to per diems

and allowances in accordance with existing laws in the performance
of their duties and in carrying out the business of the NRMC.
SEC. 5. Functions and Responsibilities of the Committee. The

Committee shall have the following functions and responsibilities:
(a) To prepare and adopt such rules and regulations necessary

for the effective discharge of its functions;
(b) To update and review periodically the policies and

programs of the NRMC, including a five and ten year development
program, and adopt a rational strategy for natural resources
information management;
(c) To approve the staffing pattern and appoint the officers

and staff of the NRMC, whose numbers, organizational structure
and compensation shall be determined and approved by the
Committee;
(d) To reorganize by creating, abolishing, dividing,

consolidating or integrating divisions, units or stations, and to
establish such inter-agency committees as may be necessary to
accomplish its purposes;
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(e) To discipline and remove officers and employees for

cause;
(f) To determine and grant such allowances and other

incentives for consultants, technical staff and any person that may
be employed, hired, contracted, retained, engaged or involved by the
NRMC in any of its projects, activities or undertakings;
(g) To engage the services of experts, consultants, and other

personnel and entities, local or foreign, on contractual basis or other
arrangements, for temporary services;
(h) To determine, assess and collect such service rates and

charges for services rendered by the NRMC to its clientele;
(i) To accept turnover of assets, equipment, property,

and human resources in case of dissolution of any institution or
foundation undertaking endeavors similar to NRMC, and to operate
such institution or foundation in the national interest;
(j) To accept donations, grants, gifts and loans from domestic

and foreign sources to carry out the activities and purposes of
NRMC;
(k) To confer or accept research and educational grants;
(l) To require or call upon any department, bureau, office,

agency or instrumentality of the government for assistance as it
may need, including the detail of officials and employees on full or
part-time basis and to fix and provide for their allowances and other
instruments;
(m) To delegate any or all of its powers to the Director-

General except those powers which by provisions of law cannot be
delegated; and
(n) To perform such other functions and duties appertaining

to a governing body and as may be necessary to carry out the aims
and purposes of this Decree.
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SEC. 6. Director-General. The NRMC shall have a Director

General to be appointed by the President of the Philippines who
shall be the executive officer of the NRMC. He shall receive such
salary and remunerations as may be determined by the Committee.
He shall have the following powers and duties:
1. To prepare, for the approval of the Committee, the staffing

pattern of the NRMC which shall include the determination of
the number and quality of such officials and personnel as may be
required for the proper discharge of the functions of the NRMC;
2. To have control and supervision over the personnel, staff,

operations, and internal administration of the NRMC in accordance
with existing laws and the rules and regulations promulgated by
the Committee;
3. To recommend to the Committee such policies, measured,

programs and projects which he deems necessary or desirable for the
effective exercise and discharge of the powers and responsibilities of
the NRMC;
4. To submit an annual report to the Committee on the

operations, the status of the programs funded by and the financial
condition of the NRMC, including a recommendation for its budget
for the ensuing year; and
5. To exercise all the powers and functions of the Committee

except the powers which be provisions of law cannot be delegated to
the Director-General.
SEC. 7. Capital Investment Fund. There is hereby established

a Capital Investments Fund of the NRMC to be derived from
and supported by periodic appropriations and subsidies from the
government or the National Treasury in such amount or amounts
as will be deemed sufficient and necessary for capital outlays and
investments in equipment and facilities, including payments for
international commitments, related to NRMC’s programs, projects
and activities, as well as from contributions, donations, grants or
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loans from domestic and/or foreign sources, and such other income
derived from NRMC operations. The government appropriations for
the purpose shall be included in the General Appropriations Act for
Fiscal Year 1979 and every year thereafter. Income generated by
the NRMC shall form part of said Fund and utilized for the same
purpose.
SEC. 8. Exemption from taxes. Any provision of law to the

contrary notwithstanding, any provision, contribution, bequest,
subsidy or financial aid which may be made in favor of the NRMC
shall be exempt from taxes of any kind and shall constitute allowable
deductions in full from the income of the donors or givers for income
tax purposes.
SEC. 9. Consultants, Research Fellows and Associates.

Whenever necessary, the Center may engage the services of experts,
consultants, and other personnel and entities, local or foreign, on
contractual basis or other arrangements for temporary services to
accomplish its purpose, or require and call upon the technical and
professional services of any department, bureau, office, agency, or
instrumentality of the government, including the detail of official
and employees on full or part-time basis. Those so engaged may be
issued appointments as consultants, research fellows and research
associates. The Committee shall provide such fees, allowances, and
incentives for consultants, technical staff and any person employed
in any of NRMC’s projects and activities and provide additional
compensation and emolument for any government official or
employees engaged as consultant, research fellow or research
associate, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
SEC. 10. Honoraria. The NRMC may pay honoraria to any

government personnel providing assistance to the NRMC in carrying
out its purposes and objectives under this Decree.
SEC 11. Miscellaneous Provisions.
(a) Personnel occupying existing positions in the NRMC

which are abolished by reason of its reorganization may be absorbed
by the NRMC, as reconstituted, on the basis of merit and fitness.
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(b) Personnel who may be separated or terminated by reason

of the reorganization of NRMC shall be given gratuity pay based on
the ratio of one month pay for every year of service in the Natural
Resources Management Center.
SEC. 12. Separability Clause. Should any of the provisions in

this Decree be declared unconstitutional, the same shall not affect
the validity of the other provisions contained herein.
SEC. 13. Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, orders, rules

and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby

immediately.


President
BY THE PRESIDENT :

954
ESTABLISHING A FOUNDATION FOR RESPIRATORY

DISEASES OF CHILDREN
WHEREAS, pneumonia and other respiratory diseases

remains the number one causes of death of children and youth in
the country today;
WHEREAS, the national preventive alert system and

the national compulsory immunization program form part of the
network envisioned by the National Plan of Action for the Decade of
the Filipino Child for the years 1977 to 1987;
WHEREAS, one of the rights of the child under the Child

and Youth Welfare Code, Presidential Decree No. 603. is the right to
“proper medical attention, and all the basic physical requirements
of a healthy and vigorous life; and
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need for a foundation to

coordinate the planning, implementation and evaluation of all
activities and resources related to the prevention, treatment, control,
and rehabilitation services to minimize and eventually eradicate
the incidence of respiratory diseases of children;

SECTION 1. Creation of the Foundation for Respiratory

Diseases of Children. A Foundation for Respiratory Diseases of
Children is hereby established. The Foundation shall have a Board
of Trustees composed of the Secretary of Health, as chairman, and
six members, namely; The President of the Philippine Tuberculosis
Society, the President of the Philippine Medical Associations,
the President of the Pediatric Society of the Philippines, the
Executive Director of the Council for the Welfare of Children,
and two representatives of voluntary associations related to the
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coordination of health services to children. The two representatives

shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines, upon the
recommendation of the Chairman of the Foundation and shall hold
office a term of two years.
There shall be a permanent Secretariat, for the Foundation

headed by an Executive Director, to be appointed by the Board
of Trustees upon recommendation of the Chairman of the
Foundation.
For actual attendance at regular meetings, the Chairman

and members of the Board of Trustees shall receive a per diem of
one hundred pesos for every meeting actually attended, but the total
amount of per diems shall not exceed five hundred pesos a month.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 4. Repealing Clause. All laws or parts of laws

inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed

immediately.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT :

956
IMPLEMENTING THE COTABATO-AGUSAN RIVER

BASIN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CREATING FOR
THIS PURPOSE THE COTABATO-AGUSAN RIVER
BASIN PROGRAM OFFICE AND PROVIDING FUNDS
THEREFOR
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the Government to promote

the proper development, control and utilization of the total water
resources of the country in order to bring about its accelerated socio-
economic development;
WHEREAS, the Cotabato and Agusan River Basins, with

the current and prospective uses of their combined water resources,
are major determinants of the complex of human activities in the
country;
WHEREAS, a comprehensive plan for the development of

the water and related resources of the two basins has been adopted
by the National Water Resources Council;
WHEREAS, based on this comprehensive plan, there is an

urgent for the integrated and coordinated planning and prosecution
of specific projects and programs to meet the present and future
requirements of irrigation, power, flood control, domestic and
industrial water supply, watershed management and related socio-
economic activities in the two basins.

SECTION 1. Cotabato-Agusan River Basin Program Office

and Field Offices. There is hereby created a Cotabato-Agusan
River Basin Program Office, hereinafter referred to as the Program
Office, which shall be attached to the Department of Public Works,
Transportation and Communications and under the supervision of
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the Executive Committee for the Program created under Section 2

hereof, through its Chairman. The Program Office shall coordinate
and supervise the planning and implementation of the water
resources and related development activities of the Cotabato-
Agusan River Basin Development Program as adopted by the
National Water Resources Council, hereinafter called the Program
covering the municipalities of Bunawan, Bayugan, Esperanza, La
Paz, Loreto Prosperidad, Rosario, San Francisco, San Luis, Sta.
Josefa, Talacogon, Trento, Veruela, in the province of Agusan del
Sur, and the municipalities of Buenavista, Magallanes, Cabadbaran,
Las Nieves and the City of Butuan in the province of Agusan del
Norte, and the municipalities of Asuncion, Compostela, Mabini,
Monkayo, Montevista, Nabunturan, New Bataan and Panturan
in the province of Davao del Norte and the municipality of Boston
in Davao Oriental, and the municipality of Claveria in Misamis
Oriental, and the municiaplities of Barobo, Lianga, Marihatag, San
Agustin, Oteiza, San Miguel, Tagbina in the province of Surigao del
Sur, and the municipalities of Impasugong, Malaybalay, Malitubog,
Dangcagan, Don Carlos, Kalilangan, Kibawe, Kitao-tao, Lantapan,
Maramag, Pangantocan, Quezon, San Fernando, Valencia in the
province of Bukidnon, and the municipalities of Alamada, Carmen,
Kabacan, Kidapawan, Libungan, Magpet, Makilala, Matalam,
Midsayap, M’lang, Pigakawayan, Pikit, President Roxas, Tulunan,
and the municipalities of Kiamba, Surallah, Banga, Tampacan, Tupi,
Tantangan, Koronadal, Norala in the province of South Cotabato,
and the municipalities of Lebak, Kalamansig, Bagumbayan, Isulan,
Esperenza, Colombio, Marcos, Tacurong, Ampatuan, Quirino,
Lutayan, in the province of Sultan Kudarat, and the municipalities
of Datu Paglas, Buluan, Sultan Kudarat, Datu Piang, Maganoy,
Pagalungan, Sultan sa Barongis, Tumbao, Upi, Buldon, and the City
of Cotabato in the province of Maguindanao, and the municipality of
Wao in the province of Lanao del Sur and other areas as within the
water-sheds of the Cotabato and Agusan river basins.
The Program Office shall have its principal offices in Davao

City. Field Offices shall be set up in Cagayan de Oro City and
Cotabato City.
958
XXX XXX XXX

immediately.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT :

959
ESTABLISHING A DAY CARE CENTER IN EVERY BARANGAY

WHEREAS, there are three million Filipino children who are

found to be suffering from malnutrition and lack of opportunities for
their social development;
WHEREAS, pre-school children with ages ranging from 0-6

years are the most vulnerable to the ill-effects of malnutrition and
lack of social and mental stimulation;
WHEREAS, the government has exerted relentless effort to

combat malnutrition by organizing day care centers and supplemental
feeding units to promote the social and mental development of pre-
schoolers in support to the nationwide nutrition program;
WHEREAS, the number of day care centers and feeding

centers found throughout the Philippines are inadequate;
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to expand this program

in order to reach more needy children, protect their interests and
prevent the loss of these human potentials;
WHEREAS, the expansion of this program can be achieved

with the collective efforts of the public and private sector through
the active involvement of non-governmental organizations;
WHEREAS, support for Day Care Centers may be drawn

from the unexpended balance of local government or donations
from private sector, as well as contribution from international
organizations;

SECTION 1. Title and Scope of the Decree. This Decree shall

be known as the Barangay Day Care Center Law of 1978.
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SEC. 2. That in every barangay with at least one hundred

(100) family heads residing therein, there shall be established a
Day Care Center.
SEC. 3. That said Day Care Center shall look after the
nutritional needs and social and mental development of all children
from ages 2 to 5 when their parents are unable to do so.
SEC. 4. That said Day Care Center should be staffed with at

least one (1) female day care nursery worker of good physical health
who is competent to provide substitute parental care and to provide
services for their social and mental development.
SEC. 5. That said Barangay Day Care Centers shall

be accredited by the Bureau of Family and Child Welfare of the
DSSD.
SEC. 6. That funds for the establishment and maintenance

of depressed Barangay Day Care Centers may be appropriated from
the unexpended balance of local and national government or from
public donations.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT :

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AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1206 CREATING THE

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1206 vested the

Department of Energy and its Bureaus with regulatory powers
over business activities dealing in the exploration, utilization
development and distribution of energy resources;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide the Department of

Energy and its Bureaus with sufficient means and remedies through
which they can effectively exercise and enforce their regulatory
powers; and
WHEREAS, in view of the foregoing considerations, it has

become necessary to amend Presidential Decree No. 1206.


“SEC. 6. Bureau of Energy Development. - There is created

in the Department a Bureau of Energy Development, hereinafter
referred in this Section as the Bureau, which shall have the following
powers and functions, among others:
“a. Administer a national program for the encouragement,

guidance and whenever necessary, regulation of business activities
relative to the exploration, exploitation, development and extraction
of fossil fuels such as petroleum, coal, natural gas and gas liquids,
nuclear fuel resources; geothermal energy resources; and non-
conventional forms of energy resources;
“b. Undertake by itself or cause the undertaking by other

institutions, government or private, of intensive research and
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development to achieve the country’s self-reliance and conservation

program relative to energy resources:
“c. Exercise such powers and functions of the Energy

Development Board as shall hereafter be transferred to it;
“d. Issue subpoena and summon witnesses to appear in any

proceeding before the Bureau;
“e. In addition to fines and/or penalties arising from

contractual violations, to impose and collect, after due notice and
hearing, a fine not exceeding One Thousand Pesos for every violation
or non-compliance with any provision of Presidential Decree No. 87,
Presidential Decree No. 972, as amended, Presidential Decree No.
1068 or any other laws being implemented by the Bureau, the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder, its orders, decisions and
rulings, or of any permit or license issued by it.
“The fine so imposed shall be paid to the Bureau, and failure

to pay the fine within the time specified in the order or decision
of the Bureau or failure to cease and discontinue the violation or
non-compliance shall be deemed good and sufficient reason for the
suspension, closure or stoppage of operations of the establishment
of the person guilty of the violation or non-compliance. In case the
violation or default is committed by a corporation or association,
the manager or the person who has charge of the management of
the corporation or association and the officers or directors thereof
who have ordered or authorized the violation or default shall be
solidarily liable for the payment of the fine.
“The Bureau shall have the power and authority to issue

corresponding writs of execution directing the City Sheriff or
Provincial Sheriff or other peace officers whom it may appoint to
enforce the fine or the order of closure, suspension or stoppage of
operations. Payment may also be enforced by appropriate action
brought in a court of competent jurisdiction. The remedy provided
herein shall not be a bar to or affect any other remedy under existing
laws, but shall be cumulative and additional to such remedies.
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“f. After due notice and hearing in an order to be promulgated

by the Director of Energy Development, forfeit in favor of the
Bureau, surety performance, and guaranty bonds issued in favor of
said Bureau;
“g. Promulgate such rules and regulations as may be

necessary, subject to the approval of the Secretary, for the efficient
and effective exercise of its powers and functions.
“The decisions, orders, resolutions or actions of the Bureau

may be appealed to the Secretary whose decisions are final and
executory unless execution thereof is enjoined by the President.”

read as follows:
“SEC. 7. Bureau of Energy Utilization. - There is created in

the Department a Bureau of Energy Utilization, hereinafter referred
to in this Section as the Bureau, which shall have the following
powers and functions, among others:
“a. Administer a national program for the encouragement,

guidance and, where necessary, regulation of such business activities
as importing, exporting, storing, shipping, transporting, refining,
processing, marketing, and distributing of energy resources. Energy
resources mean any substance by itself or in combination with others,
or after processing or refining or the application to it of technology,
emanates, generates or causes the emanation or generation of
energy, such as but not limited to petroleum products, coal, marsh
gas, methane gas, geothermal and hydroelectric sources of energy,
uranium and other similar radioactive minerals, solar energy, tidal
power as well as non-conventional existing and potential sources;
“b. Exercise such powers and functions of the Oil Industry

Commission under Republic Act No. 6173, as amended, which are
hereafter transferred to it under Section 12 of this Decree;
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“c. Set conditions which would accomplish the purposes of

this Decree and Republic Act No. 6173, as amended, under which
persons, natural or juridical, can engage or continue engaging in the
business of importing, processing, exporting, re-exporting, shipping,
transporting, refining, storing, distributing, marketing, or selling
crude oil, gasoline, kerosene, gas and other refined petroleum
products or by-products;
“d. Impose and collect application, registration and license

fees or charges. If said fees or charges are not paid within the time
prescribed by the Bureau, the amount thereof shall be increased by
twenty-five per centum, the increment to become part of the fee or
charge;
“e. After due notice and hearing, impose and collect a fine
not exceeding One Thousand Pesos, for every violation or non-
compliance with any term or condition of any certificate, license, or
permit issued by the Bureau or of any of its orders, decisions, rules
or regulations.
“The fine so imposed shall be paid to the Bureau, and failure

to pay the fine within the time specified in the order or decision
of the Bureau or failure to cease and discontinue the violation or
non-compliance shall be deemed good and sufficient reason for the
suspension, closure or stoppage of operations of the establishment
of the person guilty of the violation or non-compliance. In case the
violation or default is committed by a corporation or association,
the manager or the person who has charge of the management of
the corporation or association and the officers or directors thereof
who have ordered or authorized the violation or default shall be
solidarily liable for the payment of the fine.
“The Bureau shall have the power and authority to issue

corresponding writs of execution directing the City Sheriff or
provincial Sheriff or other peace officers whom it may appoint to
enforce the fine or the order of closure, suspension or stoppage of
operations. Payment may also be enforced by appropriate action
brought in a court of competent jurisdiction. The remedy provided
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herein shall not be a bar to or affect any other remedy under existing
laws, but shall be cumulative and additional to such remedies;
“f. Formulate, develop, and periodically review and revise as

necessary, a comprehensive national energy conservation program;
“g. Conduct energy audit of energy-consuming establishments

to evaluate and help improve energy utilization efficiency;
“h. Develop and adopt energy utilization standards;
“i. Require energy-intensive projects and establishments to

submit an energy impact assessment to cover: energy utilization
efficiency of proposed project; project operation timetable; projected
production and energy consumption; effect of project on the energy
network system of affected area; comparison of different fuel and
site alternatives to assure most economical energy cost with due
consideration to overall project economics; and
“j. Promulgate, subject to the approval of the Secretary,

such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the efficient and
effective exercise of its powers and discharge of its functions.
“The decisions, orders, resolutions or actions of the Bureau

may be appealed to the Secretary whose decisions are final and
executory unless execution thereof is enjoined by the President.

read as follows:
“SEC. 9. Board of Energy. - There is hereby created a Board of

Energy, hereafter referred to in this Section as the Board, which shall
be under the supervision and control of the Office of the President,
and shall be composed of a Chairman and two (2) members to be
appointed by the President. It shall be assisted by such technical
and supportive staffs as it may appoint for the effective and efficient
discharge of its powers and functions.
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“The Chairman and members of the Board shall be natural-

born citizens and residents of the Philippines, of good moral
character and at least thirty-five years old. The Chairman shall
be a lawyer with substantial experience in the practice of law. The
members shall be of recognized competence in the field of economics,
finance, banking, commerce industry, agriculture, engineering,
management, law or labor.
“No person who has worked within three (3) years immediately
prior to his appointment or is working in any privately-owned firm
engaged in the petroleum or electric industry or any other entity
whose main business is directly related to or connected with any
such firm shall be appointed to the Board. This disqualification shall
not apply to persons employed by or in the employ of government-
owned or controlled corporations engaged in the petroleum or
electric industry.
“The term of office of the Chairman and members shall be

four (4) years, but the first Chairman appointed shall hold office
for four (4) years, and of the first two (2) members appointed, one
(1) shall hold office for a term of three (3) years, and the other for a
term of two (2) years.
“The Chairman of the Board shall receive a compensation

of fifty-four thousand pesos annually, while the members shall
each receive an annual compensation of forty-eight thousand pesos,
together with such allowances as are presently enjoyed by the
Chairman and members of the abolished Oil Industry Commission.
“The Board shall, after due notice and hearing where

necessary, exercise the following powers and functions, among
others:
“a. Regulate and fix the prices of petroleum products,

and exercise such other powers and functions of the Oil Industry
Commission under Republic Act No. 6173, as amended, which are
hereafter transferred to it under Section 12 of this Decree.
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“b. Regulate and fix the rate schedule or prices of piped gas
to be charged by duly franchised gas companies which distribute
gas by means of underground pipe system;
“c. Regulate and fix the power rates to be charged by electric

companies except (1) electric cooperative which shall continue to be
governed by Presidential Decree No. 269, as amended, and (2) the
National Power Corporation which shall continue to be governed by
Republic Act No. 6395, as amended;
“d. Perform such other powers and functions as may be

necessary, including the licensing of refineries and regulation of
their capacities; reviewing the importation costs of crude oil and
providing appropriate remedies for unreasonable or out of line
prices and shipping costs thereof; and taking adequate measures
to insure that extraordinary gains arising from an increase in
the prices of petroleum products redound to the public interest,
including payment by persons or entities engaged in the petroleum
business to the Special Fund created under Section 8(j) of Republic
Act No. 6173, as amended: Provided, That the purposes of such
Special Fund are hereby broadened to include its utilization for all
energy projects; and
“e. Issue Certificates of Public Convenience for the operation

of electric power utilities and services, except electric cooperatives
which shall continue to be governed by Presidential Decree No.
269, as amended, including the establishment and regulation of
areas of operation of particular operators of public power utilities
and services, and fixing of standards and specifications in all cases
related to the issued Certificates of Public Convenience, and the
promulgation of rules and requiring the operators concerned to
install such devices and adopt such procedures as would promote or
insure the highest degree of safety and convenience to persons and
property.
“The provisions of Section 11 and 12, Republic Act No.

6173, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 1128, shall govern
proceedings before the Board, the mode of review of its decisions or
orders, including its authority to grant provisional relief.”
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SEC. 4. Section 12 (B) (iv) and Section 12(C) of the same

Decree are hereby amended to read as follows:
“iv. Except as otherwise specifically provided, the following

powers and functions of the abolished Oil Industry Commission
under Republic Act No. 6173, as amended, are transferred either to
the Bureau of Energy Utilization or the Board of Energy, or both, to
the extent applicable and appropriate in the light of the foregoing
transfers of powers and functions:
“(1) Require importers of crude oil and petroleum products to

file data on their import and shipping costs as well as other material
information relative thereto;
“(2) Require all persons, corporations and other entities

engaged in the petroleum industry and their associations or
institutes, to furnish it with such relevant information as it may
need in the discharge of its duties;
“(3) Issue subpoena and subpoena duces tecum in any

inquiry, study, hearing, investigation, or proceedings which it may
decide to undertake in the exercise of its powers and functions;
“(4) Promulgate rules and regulations relevant to procedures

governing hearings before it and enforce compliance with any rule,
regulation, order, or other requirement: Provided, That said rules
and regulations shall take effect fifteen days after publication in the
Official Gazette;
“(5) Perform such other acts as may be necessary or conducive

to the exercise of its powers and functions; and
“(6) Undertake a continuing study of the petroleum industry

in its domestic and international aspects, gather and collate
information and statistics bearing on the industry, submit an
annual report to the President of the Philippines on its activities
and the results of its studies, including therein such matters as it
may deem appropriate subjects of legislation or executive action;
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and keep itself regularly and thoroughly informed of conditions in

the industry in order to enable it to perform its functions, exercise
its powers and discharge its duties effectively.
“The annual report shall include, among others, the following

data on a company-by-company basis:
“(a) Volume, weight, type, import price, and supplier of crude

oil and petroleum products imported;
“(b) Tonnage type, nationality and ownership of vessels used

in importing crude oil and petroleum products, as well as shipping
costs;
“(c) Audited financial statements of petroleum refineries

and marketing companies;
“(d) Data on exported products, price of same, country of

destination, and vessel used;
“(e) Listed wholesale price of gasoline on a monthly basis;
“(f) Posted and market prices crude oil at sources of

importation and other known sources of crude oil supply; and
“(g) Cost refining petroleum products.”
“C. The powers and functions of the Philippine National Oil

Company relating to the regulation of oil or petroleum operations, as
defined in Presidential Decree No. 334, as amended, including the
importation of refined petroleum products, are hereby transferred
to the Department of its bureaus as appropriate.”

read as follows:
“SEC. 19. Benefits of Personnel Who May Be Laid Off

and Incentives of Employees. - Personnel of agencies abolished or
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otherwise affected by this reorganization who are laid off as a result

of the implementation of this Decree shall be entitled to benefits
and privileges provided for under Sections 5 and 6 of Republic Act
No. 5435, as amended.
SEC. 6. Section 20 of the same Decree is amended to read

as follows:
“SEC. 20. Appropriation. - To carry out the purposes of

this Decree there is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the
National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of Ten
million pesos (P10,000,000.00) for the operation of the Department
and its Bureaus, including such amount thereof as may be needed to
augment the appropriations of the Board of Energy, for the remaining
period of FY 1978 in addition to whatever applicable appropriation
that may be transferred to it from among the government agencies
reorganized under this Decree. Thereafter, the appropriation for the
Department, its bureaus and the Board of Energy shall be included
in the Annual General Appropriation Act.
“Subject to existing rules and regulations, the funds and

monies, collected or which otherwise come into the possession of
the Department, its Bureaus and the Philippine Atomic Energy
Commission from fees, surcharges, fines and penalties which they are
authorized to impose and collect including those under Section 4(c),
SEC. 6 (e), Section 7(d) and (e) of this Decree as well as an amount
to be determined at the beginning of every fiscal year representing
ten percent (10%) of the outstanding balance of funds and monies,
forming part of the Special Fund under Section (g) of Presidential
Decree No. 910, shall be disbursed for the health, welfare and other
similar benefits of their personnel; for the acquisition, maintenance
and repair of urgently needed equipment and for expenses necessary
for the effective discharge of their powers and functions under this
Decree.
“Provisions of existing laws, rules and regulations to the

contrary notwithstanding, officials and employees of government
departments, bureaus, offices, instrumentalities including
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government-owned and controlled corporations, may be appointed

in the interest of the service to serve through temporary detail
assignment in the Department of Energy, its Bureaus, and
Commissions as well as the Board of Energy and may receive
allowances and other emoluments therefrom, in addition to their
regular compensation from their permanent office of employment.”

President
BY THE PRESIDENT :

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MINISTRY-WIDE REGIONAL OFFICES IN THE MINISTRY
OF AGRICULTURE
WHEREAS, a more cohesive, integrated, and responsive

administrative machinery is essential to the accelerated and
successful implementation of the agricultural development
programs; and
WHEREAS, as presently organized, the Ministry of

Agriculture, the entity primarily responsible for the implementation
of the programs, needs an improved organizational structure to
operate in a unified and synchronized manner, and therefore should
be restructured to enable it to attain in the most economical, efficient
and effective means the national goal of increased production and
self-sufficiency in basic foods.

as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 2 shall read as follows:
“SEC. 2. The Ministry of Agriculture shall be composed of

the Ministry Proper which shall include the Office of the Minister,
the Planning Service, the Financial and Management Service, the
Administrative Service, the Computer Service Center, and the
Agrarian Reform Unit. The bureaus under the supervision and
control of the Ministry are the (1) Bureau of Soils, (2) Bureau of
Plant Industry, (3) Bureau of Animal Industry, (4) Bureau of
Agricultural Extension, and (5) Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
They shall be staff bureaus and primarily responsible for providing
advice and assistance to the Office of the Minister, the development
of plans and programs; the formulation of operating policies and
standards; providing technical supervision to the regional offices;
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and such other functions as may be assigned by the Minister of

Agriculture. The following government-owned and controlled
corporations are attached to the Ministry: (a) national Grains
Authority, (b) Philippine Tobacco Administration, (c) Philippine
Virginia Tobacco Administration (d) Coconut Investment Company,
and (e) Philippine Cotton Corporation. The National Food and
Agriculture Council, Green Revolution Expanded Program Action
Committee, Livestock Development Council, National Artificial
Rain Stimulation Committee, and the National Meat Inspection
Commission are placed under the administrative supervision
of the Ministry. The Fertilizer and Pesticides Authority, Abaca
Industry Development Authority, Philippine Virginia Tobacco
Board, Presidential Committee on Agricultural Credit, Philippine
Agricultural Training Council, Palayan ng Bayan National Advisory
Council, and National Governing Board of the Philippine Training
Centers for Rural Development are attached to the Ministry. The
Philippine Council for Agriculture and Resources Research shall be
attached to the National Science Development Board.”
SEC. 2. Section 14 shall read as follows:
“SEC. 14. The Ministry of Agriculture shall establish

regional offices on a ministry-wide basis and in accordance with
Article I, Chapter III, Part II of the Integrated Reorganization plan,
as amended. Each of these regional offices shall be headed by a
Regional Director who shall be assisted by two Assistant Regional
Directors, one for livestock production and the other one for crop
production. The regional offices of the Bureau of Forest Development,
the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, and the Bureau of
Lands shall be established in accordance with Article I, Chapter
III, Part II of the Integrated Reorganization Plan, as amended, and
with Letter of Implementation No. 9. The Bureau of Mines shall
establish its regional offices in accordance with its requirements,
subject to the approval of the President upon the recommendation
of the Minister of Natural Resources.”
SEC. 3. The Minister of Agriculture shall promulgate the

necessary implementing orders to carry out the reorganization of
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the Ministry which shall include the organizational structures and

staffing patterns of the bureaus, regional offices, and provincial
offices of the Ministry, subject to the concurrence of the Ministry
of the Budget in consultation, whenever necessary, with the
Presidential Commission on Reorganization. The Minister is also
authorized to accordingly effect the assignment of existing personnel
to the central, regional and provincial offices; and the reallocation of
existing research, experimental and similar stations and facilities
to the central, regional and provincial offices.
SEC. 4. Presidential Decree No. 574, is hereby repealed

and all other laws, decrees and orders, or parts thereof, which are
inconsistent with the preceding are hereby repealed or amended
accordingly.
SEC. 5. The Decree shall take effect immediately.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT :

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ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL CARTOGRAPHY,

PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE-SENSING
CENTER, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS,
PURPOSES
WHEREAS, there is a need to initiate, develop and implement

a continuing and integrated program of aerial photography and
base mapping covering the entire country consistent with the
requirements of national development and security;
WHEREAS, the mapping activities of all government

agencies and private enterprises shall be coordinated in order to
optimize the utilization of graphic data and information generated
by the program.
WHEREAS, considering that the program will generate data,

vital to the economic and political security of the nation, stringent
safeguards should therefore be provided in the taking and use of
aerial photographs;

the Constitution, do hereby decree and order the following as part
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared to

be the policy of the state to:
(a) develop a comprehensive and responsible capability

in the production and maintenance of maps, charts and similar
photogrammetry or cartographic materials;
(b) centralize in one agency the planning, integration,

coordination and control of all such photography and mapping
production and reproduction and for this purpose all negatives or
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originals and other reproducibles or by-products of such mapping

records and charts are considered the property of the state;
(c) promote the development or establishment of common

technical standards and quality specifications in the production
of maps as well as simplified ground control points for accurate
mapping activities.
SEC. 2. Creation of the National Cartography,

Photogrammetry and Remote-Sensing Center. There is hereby
created a National Cartography, Photogrammetry and Remote-
Sensing Center, hereinafter referred to as the “Center” under the
supervision of the Office of the President.
SEC. 3. Powers and Functions of the Center. The Center

(a) To formulate and implement a nationwide development

program on aerial photography, cartography and remote-sensing
map activities which shall serve the growing demands of different
levels of the public and private sectors.
(b) To establish and implement technical standards and

quality specifications of map production and its reproduction.
(c) To develop and maintain an effective system of, as well as

to formulate and enforce policies, regulations, standards and other
security measures with regard to the production, acquisition, safe-
keeping, dissemination and utilization of cartographic and other
mapping information, supplies and materials.
(d) To undertake research, development and training

programs to keep abreast with state-of-the art and maximize its
capability;
(e) To provide photogrammetry, cartographic and remote-

sensing mapping services in order to accelerate the development of
a comprehensive data bank and information systems on base maps
and charts;
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(f) To receive, take and hold by bequest, devise, gift, purchase

foreign and domestic sources, any asset, grant or property, real or
personal; and, notwithstanding existing provisions of laws to the
contrary, to convey such assets, grants or property, to invest or
reinvest the same and to deal with and expand its assets in such
manner as will best promote its objectives;
(g) To prescribe, fix and collect reasonable amounts to be

charged as filing fees, inspection fees, and other administrative
or service fees necessary in the conduct of its activities or in the
attainment of the objectives of this Decree;
(h) To enter into contracts, domestic or foreign, under such

terms and conditions as it may deem necessary and reasonable;
(i) To check, verify, and evaluate at regular intervals, with

the assistance of appropriate government agencies or by any means
necessary, on compliance of government and private institutions
to the provisions of this Decree, the rules and regulations issued
by the Board created under Section 4 of this Decree, and/or the
policies, standards and other security measures in the acquisition,
safekeeping, dissemination and utilization of cartographic and other
information, supplies and materials;
(j) Promulgate appropriate rules and regulations to attain the

objectives of this Decree, as well as to enforce the policies, standards,
quality specifications and other security measures issued by it;
(k) To exercise such powers and authority or perform such

other activities, which are necessary for the effective performance of
the aforementioned functions and objectives.
SEC. 4. Executive Board. The governance and policy

direction of the Center shall be vested in an Executive aboard,
hereinafter referred to as the “Board”, which shall be composed of
the following:
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The Director-General – Chairman

National Intelligence and Security
Authority
The Undersecretary – Member

Department of Human Settlements
The Undersecretary for – Member

Home Defense
Department of National Defense
The Commanding General – Member

Philippine Air Force
The Commanding Officer – Member

Armed Forces of the Philippines
Mapping Center
The Director – Member

Bureau of Lands
The Director – Member

Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey
The members of the Executive Board may designate a

representative to substitute for them whenever it may be necessary,
provided that the designation shall be made in writing, and
submitted to the Chairman.
The Board shall meet as often as is necessary on such day

(s) as it may fix. Special meetings may be convoked upon the call
of the Chairman or upon written request of at least two (2) of its
members. The presence of three (3) members shall constitute a
quorum, and all decisions shall require the concurrence of at least
three (3) members.
SEC. 5. Powers and Functions of the Executive Board. The

Board shall have the following powers and functions:
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(a) To exercise all the powers and functions of the Center as

herein provided in this Decree.
(b) To promulgate and prescribe policies, rules, regulations,

standards, penalties, fines and other security measures related to
the performance of the functions and powers of the Center.
(c) To approve the organizational structure, staffing pattern

and the budget of the Center upon the recommendation of the
Executive Director, created in Section 6 of this Decree.
(d) To appoint, discipline and remove all the technical staff

and other personnel of the Center: Provided, That the appointments
of personnel below the rank of Director shall be made by the Executive
Director in accordance with the staffing pattern approved by the
Board: Provided, further, That the Board may empower the Executive
Director to engage on contractual basis or other arrangements for
the temporary services, and fix compensation, of highly qualified
professionals, experts, technical advisers or consulting firms.
(e) To make and approve contracts, establish and determine

the location of its principal office, and other regional or local branch
offices as it may deem necessary, and to prescribe rules to govern
its proceedings.
(f) To exercise such functions and powers necessary to the

attainment of the objectives of the Decree.
SEC. 6. Office of the Executive Director. The Executive

Director shall be the chief operating officer of the Center and shall
perform such functions and responsibilities as may be determined
by the Board. Upon recommendation of the Board, he shall be
appointed by the President of the Philippines. He must be a Filipino
citizen, at least thirty-five (35) years of age, of good moral character
and with recognized competence in photogrammetry, cartography
and remote-sensing. Unless otherwise provided by the President, the
Executive Director shall receive a compensation of Sixty Thousand
Pesos (P60,000.00) a year.
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The Executive Director shall be assisted by one (1) Assistant

Executive Director for Technical Services and Plans and by one (1)
Assistant Executive Director for Operations.
SEC. 7. Functions and Responsibilities of the Executive

Director. The Executive Director shall have the following functions
and responsibilities:
(a) Prepare and submit for consideration of the Board a

comprehensive national development program.
(b) Carry out the functions of the Center in accordance with

the guidelines set by the Board.
(c) Prepare and submit periodic reports to the Board

containing the program of activities and financial operations of the
Center.
(d) Prepare and submit annual work programs and budget

estimates for approval of the Board.
(e) Submit for the consideration of the Board policies and

measures which it believes are necessary in the pursuit of the
objectives of the Center.
(f) Subject to the approval of the Board, determine the staffing

pattern and number of personnel of the Center, define their duties
and responsibilities, and fix their salaries and renumerations.
(g) Perform such other functions as may be directed from

time to time by the Board.
SEC. 8. Assistance from Other Government Agencies. The

National Photogrammetry and Cartography Committee created
under LOI 613 shall provide technical assistance to the Center.
In addition existing photogrammetric, cartographic and mapping
activities of all government agencies and private enterprises such
as the Natural Resources Management Center of the Department
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of Natural Resources, the Philippine Communications Satellite,

Inc. (Philcomsat), and others shall be undertaken in accordance
with, and coordinated for integration into, the national policies and
development programs promulgated by the Center.
Likewise, the Center may call upon any department, office,

agency or instrumentality of the government or any of its political
subdivisions for such assistance as it may need in carrying out its
duties, functions, and objectives. For this purpose and in addition to
such personnel as it may directly hire or contract for, the Center is
hereby authorized to form and constitute a pool of highly technical
and other personnel from any and all offices and agencies of the
government for detail or assignment to the Center. Such personnel
are authorized to receive honoraria, compensation allowances and
other incentives as the Board may prescribe.
SEC. 9. Security Measures. The Center shall declare any

aerial photographs, maps and other reproducible materials as
classified materials if in its opinion, the disclosure of the same
is inimical to the security of the State. As such all negatives and
reproducibles of classified aerial photographs be deposited with the
Center.
In pursuance of the security needs of the Center, it is hereby

authorized to establish direct procurement offices abroad to facilitate
acquisition of necessary supplies and equipment.
SEC. 10. Tax Exemptions. Photogrammetric, cartographic

and remote-sensing materials, equipment, supplies, spare parts
and other related facilities, imported or purchased locally by the
Center, shall be exempt from all the taxes, including tariff and
customs duties, imposed by the Republic of the Philippines or any of
its political subdivisions.
SEC. 11. Borrowing Power. The Center is hereby authorized
to incur indebtedness and borrow funds from any foreign government
and other public or private financial institutions in such amounts as
from time to time may be required for its operations as well as to issue
bonds, promissory notes, debentures, certificates of indebtedness,
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and other debt instruments in foreign currency under such terms

and conditions as it shall deem proper and necessary. Subject only
to the approval of the President of the Philippines and the Secretary
of Finance, all such foreign indebtedness shall be automatically
guaranteed by the government of the Republic of the Philippines.
No part of the proceeds of such foreign borrowings shall be used for
the operating expenses of the Center.
SEC. 12. Appropriations. To carry out the objectives of this

Decree, there is hereby appropriated out of any funds from the
National Treasury not otherwise appropriated the amount of One
Million Pesos for CY 1978.
Thereafter, the appropriations for the Center shall be

included in the General Appropriations Act.
SEC. 13. Penalties.
(a) Any person convicted for the unauthorized sale, use

or improper disposition of classified aerial photographs and/
or its reproducibles covering any installation or any part within
the territorial limits of the Philippines shall be punished by
imprisonment from six (6) months to six (6) years, or shall pay a
fine not exceeding TEN THOUSAND PESOS (P10,000.00) or both
as the court may direct, unless a higher penalty is imposed by other
laws, in which case the penalty provided for by such other law shall
be imposed.
(b) Any violation of the provisions of this Decree or of the

duly published directives, rules and regulations of the Council shall
be punished by a fine not exceeding TEN THOUSAND PESOS
(P10,000.00) at the discretion of the Board.
SEC. 14. Repealing Clause. Presidential Decree No. 1178,

dated 12 August 1977 and all provisions of existing laws, decrees,
executive orders and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with
this Decree are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
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are declared to be separable and if any provisions or the application
thereof is held invalid or unconstitutional, the validity of the other

upon its approval.


President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

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REVISING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1486 CREATING A

SPECIAL COURT TO BE KNOWN AS “SANDIGANBAYAN”
WHEREAS, the new Constitution declares that a public office

is a public trust and ordains that public officers and employees shall
serve with the highest degree of responsibility, integrity, loyalty and
efficiency and shall remain at all times accountable to the people;
WHEREAS, to attain the highest norms of official conduct

required of public officers and employees, Section 5, Article XIII of
the New Constitution provides for the creation of a special court to
be known as Sandiganbayan;

SECTION 1. - Sandiganbayan; composition; qualifications;

tenure; removal and composition. A special court, of the same level
as the Court of Appeals and possessing all the inherent powers of a
court of justice, to be known as the Sandiganbayan is hereby created
composed of a Presiding Justice and eight Associate Justices who
shall be appointed by the President.
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SEC. 3. Divisions of the Courts; Quorum. - The Sandiganbayan

shall sit in three divisions of three Justices each. The three divisions
may sit at the same time.
Three Justices shall constitute a quorum for sessions in

division; Provided, that when the required quorum cannot be
had due to the legal disqualification or temporary disability of a
Justice or of a vacancy occurring therein, the President shall, upon
recommendation of the Presiding Justice, designate any Justice of
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the Court of Appeals or Judge of the Court of First Instance or of

the Circuit Criminal Court of the judicial district concerned to sit
temporarily therein.
SEC. 4. Jurisdiction. - The Sandiganbayan shall have

jurisdiction over:
(a) Violations of Republic Act No. 3019, as amended,

otherwise, known as the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, and
Republic Act No. 1379;
(b) Crimes committed by public officers and employees

including those employed in government-owned or controlled
corporations, embraced in Title VII of the Revised Penal Code,
whether simple or complex with other crimes; and
(c) Other crimes or offenses committed by public officers

or employees, including those employed in government-owned or
controlled corporations, in relation to their office.
The jurisdiction herein conferred shall be original and

exclusive if the offense charged is punishable by a penalty higher
than prision correccional, or its equivalent, except as herein provided;
in other offenses, it shall be concurrent with the regular courts.
In case private individuals are charged as co-principals,

accomplices or accessories with the public officers or employees,
including those employed in government-owned or controlled
corporations, they shall be tried jointly with said public officers and
employees.
Where an accused is tried for any of the above offenses and

the evidence is insufficient to establish the offense charged, he may
nevertheless be convicted and sentenced for the offense proved,
included in that which is charged.
Any provision of law or the Rules of Court to the contrary

notwithstanding, the criminal action and the corresponding civil
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action for the recovery of civil liability arising from the offense
charged shall at all times be simultaneously instituted with, and
jointly determined in the same proceeding by, the Sandiganbayan,
the filing of the criminal action being deemed to necessarily carry
with it the filing of the civil action, and no right to reserve the filing
of such civil action separately from the criminal action shall be
recognized; Provided, however, that, in cases within the exclusive
jurisdiction of the Sandiganbayan, where the civil action had
theretofore been filed separately with a regular court but judgment
therein has not yet been rendered and the criminal case is hereafter
filed with the Sandiganbayan, said civil action shall be transferred
to the Sandiganbayan for consolidation and joint determination with
the criminal action, otherwise, the criminal action may no longer
be filed with the Sandiganbayan, its exclusive jurisdiction over the
same notwithstanding, but may be filed and prosecuted only in the
regular courts of competent jurisdiction; Provided, further, that, in
cases within the concurrent jurisdiction of the Sandiganbayan and
the regular courts, where either the criminal or civil action is first
filed with the regular courts, the corresponding civil or criminal
action, as the case may be, shall only be filed with the regular courts
of competent jurisdiction.
Excepted from the foregoing provisions, during martial law,

are criminal cases against officers and members of the armed forces
in the active service.
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SEC. 14. Funding. - There is hereby immediately

appropriated the sum of Five Million Pesos (P5,000,000.00) out
of any funds in the National Treasury to carry out the provisions
of this Decree and thereafter to be included in the general
appropriations act. The appropriations for the Sandiganbayan shall
be automatically released in accordance with a schedule submitted
by the Sandiganbayan.
SEC. 15. Separability of Provisions. - If for any reason, any

section or provision of this Decree is declared to be unconstitutional
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or invalid, other sections or provisions thereof which are not affected

thereby, shall continue in full force and effect.
SEC. 16. Repealing Clause. - This Decree hereby repeals

Presidential Decree No. 1486 and all other provisions of law,
General Orders, Presidential Decrees, Letters of Instructions, rules
or regulations inconsistent herewith.

immediately.


President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

President Executive Assistant
988
REVISING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1487 CREATING THE

OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, TO BE KNOWN AS
TANODBAYAN

petition the government for redress for grievances and to promote
service, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me under the Constitution, hereby
order and decree as follows:
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Decree may be cited as the

Tanodbayan Decree.
SEC. 2. Establishment of Office. - An independent office of the

Ombudsman, to be called the Tanodbayan, is hereby established.
The Tanodbayan shall have two Deputies for Luzon, one for the
Visayas and one for Mindanao.
SEC. 3. Appointment. - The President shall appoint the

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SEC. 10. Powers. - The Tanodbayan shall have the following

powers:
(a) He may investigate, on complaint by any person or on his

own motion or initiative, any administrative act whether amounting
to any criminal offense or not of any administrative agency including
any government-owned or controlled corporation;
(b) He shall prescribe the methods by which complaints

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(c) He may request and shall be given by each administrative

agency the assistance and information he deems necessary to
the discharge of his responsibilities; he may examine the records
and documents of all administrative agencies; and he may enter
and inspect premises within any administrative agency’s control,
provided, however, that where the President in writing certifies that
such information, examination or inspection might prejudice the
national interest, the Tanodbayan shall desist. All information so

give sworn to testimony, or produce documentary or other evidence
(e) He may undertake, participate in, or cooperate with

act; if he believes that they may enhance knowledge about or lead to
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SEC. 17. Office of the Chief Special Prosecutor. There is

hereby created in the Office of the Tanodbayan an Office of the
Chief Special Prosecutor composed of a Chief Special Prosecutor, an
Assistant Chief Special Prosecutor, and nine (9) Special Prosecutors,
who shall have the same qualifications as provincial and city
fiscals and who shall be appointed by the President; Provided, that
the President may, in his discretion, designate the Chief State
Prosecutor of the Ministry of Justice or any other ranking official in
the prosecutory arm of the government as Ex-Officio Chief Special
Prosecutor and/or Assistant Chief Special Prosecutor. Except when
the offices of the Chief State Prosecutor and/or Assistant Chief
Special Prosecutor are filled by designation or held in an ex-officio
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capacity as above-provided, in which case the incumbents shall not

receive any additional compensation other than such allowances,
per diems and traveling expenses as may be determined by the
Tanodbayan in accordance with existing law, rules and regulation,
the Chief Special Prosecutor shall have an annual compensation of
P40,000.00, the Assistant Chief Special Prosecutor of P38,000.00,
and Special Prosecutors of P34,000.00, which shall not be diminished
during their continuance in office.
The Chief Special Prosecutor, the Assistant Chief Special

Prosecutor, and the Special Prosecutors shall have the exclusive
authority to conduct preliminary investigation of all cases cognizable
by the Sandiganbayan; to file information thereof and to direct and
control the prosecution of said cases therein; Provided, however,
that the Tanodbayan may, upon recommendation of the Chief
Special Prosecutor, designate any fiscal, state prosecutor or lawyer
in the government service to act as Special Prosecutor to assist in
the investigation and prosecution of all cases cognizable by the
Sandiganbayan who shall not receive any additional compensation
except such allowances, per diems and traveling expenses as the
Tanodbayan may determine in accordance with existing laws, rules
and regulations.
No publicity shall be allowed during the pendency of such

accused shall not be made public until an information is filed with
the Sandiganbayan.
The Chief Special Prosecutor, Assistant Chief Special

Prosecutor, Special Prosecutors and Prosecutor/lawyers designated
as herein provided shall have the authority to administer oaths, to
issue subpoena and subpoena duces tecum, to summon and compel
witnesses to appear and testify under oath before them and/or to
bring books, documents, and other things under their control, and
to secure the attendance or presence of any absent or recalcitrant
witness through application before the Sandiganbayan or before
any inferior or superior court having jurisdiction of the place where
the witness or evidence is found.
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The Chief Special Prosecutor, Assistant State Prosecutor,

Special Prosecutor and those designated to assist them as herein
provided for shall be under the control and supervision of the
Tanodbayan and their resolutions and actions shall not be subject
to review by any administrative agency.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 23. Repealing Clause and Relation to Other Laws. -

Republic Act No. 6028 and all laws, General Orders, Presidential
Decrees, Letters of Instructions, rules and regulations inconsistent
with this Decree are hereby repealed; but, otherwise, the provisions
of this Decree are in addition to and do not limit or affect the
provisions of any other enactment under which any remedy or right
of appeal is provided for any person, or any procedure is provided for
the inquiry into or investigation of any matter. The powers conferred
on the Tanodbayan may be exercised notwithstanding any provision
in any enactment that any administrative action shall be final or
unappealable.
SEC. 24. Appropriation. - There is hereby appropriated the

sum of Five Million Pesos (P5,000,000.00) to carry out the provisions
of this Decree. Thereafter the appropriation for the Office of the
Tanodbayan shall be included in the general appropriations act.


President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

992

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND
FOUR HUNDRED AND TWO CREATING THE PHILIPPINE
NATIONAL IRON AND STEEL CORPORATION
WHEREAS, the Development Bank of the Philippines

is the owner of the Iligan Steel Mill, together with the buildings,
equipment and machineries, presently leased to the National Steel
Corporation;
WHEREAS, Section 14 of the Presidential Decree No. 1402

creating the Philippine National Iron and Steel Corporation directs
the Development Bank of the Philippines to transfer, assign and
convey the said steel mill to the Philippine National Iron and Steel
Corporation;
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the Government to encourage

the private sector to actively participate in its efforts towards
the promotion of the national welfare, economic program and
industrialization;
WHEREAS, in order to enable the Development Bank of the

Philippines to comply with its commitments with the World Bank and
the Asian Development Bank and at the same time to dispose of its steel
mill to any qualified person or groups of persons, corporations or other
business establishments, engaged or are about to engage in the iron
and steel industry or any activity related to iron and steel operations,
it is necessary to remove the limitation in the disposition thereof.

SECTION 1. Section 14 of Presidential Decree No. 1402

creating the Philippine National Iron and Steel Corporation is
hereby repealed.
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year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

994

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND
FOUR HUNDRED AND TWO CREATING THE PHILIPPINE
NATIONAL IRON AND STEEL CORPORATION
WHEREAS, the Development Bank of the Philippines

is the owner of the Iligan Steel Mill, together with the buildings,
equipment and machineries, presently leased to the National Steel
Corporation;
WHEREAS, Section 14 of the Presidential Decree No. 1402

creating the Philippine National Iron and Steel Corporation directs
the Development Bank of the Philippines to transfer, assign and
convey the said steel mill to the Philippine National Iron and Steel
Corporation;
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the Government to encourage

the private sector to actively participate in its efforts towards
the promotion of the national welfare, economic program and
industrialization;
WHEREAS, in order to enable the Development Bank of the

Philippines to comply with its commitments with the World Bank and
the Asian Development Bank and at the same time to dispose of its steel
mill to any qualified person or groups of persons, corporations or other
business establishments, engaged or are about to engage in the iron
and steel industry or any activity related to iron and steel operations,
it is necessary to remove the limitation in the disposition thereof.

SECTION 1. Section 14 of Presidential Decree No. 1402

creating the Philippine National Iron and Steel Corporation is
hereby repealed.
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President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE “INTRAMUROS ADMINISTRATION” FOR

PURPOSES OF RESTORING AND ADMINISTERING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF INTRAMUROS
WHEREAS, major cultural landmarks should be preserved,

developed and administered for the perpetuation of Filipino heritage
and the enhancement of our national identity;
WHEREAS, for four hundred years, Intramuros has been

a priceless heritage of the past for the City of Manila and a major
historical landmark of the Philippines;
WHEREAS, to preserve and enhance the historical value of

Intramuros, the national historical consciousness program demands
its restoration, development and maintenance, and for this purpose,
it is imperative that a special organization be created, charged with
such a vital role and responsibility;

the Constitution, do hereby Decree:
SECTION 1. Creation of the Intramuros Administration. -

There is hereby created an agency to be known as the Intramuros
Administration, under the direct control and supervision of
the Ministry of Human Settlements. The Administration shall
be responsible for the orderly restoration and development of
Intramuros as a monument to the Hispanic period of Philippine
history. As such, it shall ensure that the general appearance of
Intramuros shall conform to Philippine-Spanish architecture of the
Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century.
SEC. 2. Organization of the Administration. - The

Administration shall be directed by a Board of Administrators,
consisting of the Minister of Human Settlements, as Chairman,
and as Members, the Mayor of the City of Manila, the Executive
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Director of the National Historical Institute, the Administrator, and

such persons as the President may designate. Its Executive Officer
shall be an Administrator, who shall have the same qualifications,
privileges and rank of a Deputy Minister. The Administration shall
be organized and staffed in accordance with applicable budget
and compensation laws: Provided, That it shall be authorized
to engage the services of architectural, historical, tourism, and
other consultants necessary for its work: Provided, Further, that
the President may designate Heads of Ministries of the national
government to serve on the Board in an ex-officio capacity. Provided,
Finally, That the members of the Board shall receive per diems for
each Board Meeting actually attended by them, at rates and subject
to such maximum monthly amount as may be approved under P.D.
No. 985.
The Board of Administrators shall be responsible for the

policies and activities of the Administration. The administrator
shall report to the Board and shall be delegated such authority as
the Board may decide.
There shall be an Architectural Committee and such other

Committees as may be created by the Board of Administrators, to
advise the Administration on the architectural or other policy.
SEC. 3. Functions and Powers. - The Administration shall

have the following functions and powers:
(a) To acquire, lease or hold real property and personal

property as it deems necessary or convenient in the successful
prosecution of its work, and to lease, mortgage, sell, alienate, or
otherwise dispose of such personal and real property;
(b) To initiate, plan, undertake and supervise the restoration,

upkeep and maintenance of the Intramuros Walls, including
the ravelins, moat, Sunken Garden, and public places or areas,
plazas, streets and other government properties situated within
Intramuros;
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(c) To adopt, issue, promulgate and implement regulations

pertaining to zoning, building height, dimensions, architectural style
and designs, and other specifications of the building construction to
be undertaken therein;
(d) To regulate traffic, street usage, and other related matters

within the area;
(e) To determine and regulate the architecture of buildings

erected within Intramuros, the utilization of the said buildings, the
size and nature of display signs, advertising billboards, neon lights,
and other external signs and advertisements in buildings;
(f) To require private holders to modify the design of existing

buildings so as to comply with approved specifications;
(g) To expropriate property within the bounds of

Intramuros;
(h) To sponsor and conduct festivals and to charge and collect

admission fees to the restored Gates and other attractions operated
by the Administration; and
(i) To undertake other activities necessary to enhance and

achieve its objectives.
SEC. 4. Transfer of Administration, Properties, and

Appropriations. - The buildings and lands owned by the National
Government administered by the Bureau of Building and Real
Property Management and by other offices and agencies of the
National Government and the City of Manila, including government-
owned or controlled corporations which are located in Intramuros,
are hereby transferred to the Administration: Provided, That for
properties of government corporations and of the City of Manila,
arrangements for compensation shall be mutually agreed upon
between the Administration and the agencies concerned and
recommended to the President for final approval.
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The administration of Fort Santiago, the Sunken Garden,

the Municipal Golf Links, including concessions within the Sunken
Garden and elsewhere on public land and other public properties in
Intramuros, are hereby transferred to the Administration: Provided,
That the City of Manila may continue operating the Municipal Golf
Links.
SEC. 5. Operation of facilities. - The Administration may

operate museums, art galleries, theaters, and other cultural/
educational facilities that are incidental and suitable to the
attainment of its objectives: Provided, That the Administration
may operate such facilities, either directly or through existing
institutions such as the National Museum, the Cultural Center of
the Philippines, the National Library, and other agencies of the
Government.
SEC. 6. Commercial activities. - The Administration may

directly, or in association with public or private enterprises,
construct, lease, sell and otherwise operate shopping and commercial
facilities in Intramuros. It may likewise operate guided tours and
offer related tourism services.
SEC. 7. Building modifications. - The Administration may

require the owners of existing structures to modify the design of
existing buildings: Provided, That subject to the approval of the
Minister of Human Settlements and to availability of funds, the
Administration may utilize its funds to undertake the modification
of existing buildings, whether publicly or privately owned, so as to
modify their external appearance to comply with approved designs;
and Provided, Further, That no changes in the external appearance
of existing building and structures in Intramuros, including ruins,
shall be made without the approval of the Administration.
SEC. 8. Road maintenance. - The budgetary allocation for

the maintenance of national and local road within Intramuros area
shall be released to the Administration, which shall undertake such
roads maintenance directly or by management with the Ministry
of Public Highways, the City of Manila, or with private parties
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capable of doing the work, subject to applicable government rules

and regulations.
SEC. 9. Traffic management. - The administration shall

control the nature, extent, and timing of the access of private and
public vehicles into Intramuros. For this purpose, the approval of
public transportation routes going through Intramuros shall be
subject to the concurrence of the Administration.
SEC. 10. Construction work. - Construction and other civil

works may be undertaken directly by the Administration or with
the assistance of the Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and
Communications, the City of Manila, or by private contractors,
subject to applicable government rules and regulations.
SEC. 11. Real property tax discount. - The Administration,

in consultation with the Minister of Finance, may extend discounts
on real property assessments situated within Intramuros, so as to
encourage the private sector to engage in the construction of duly
approved facilities: Provided, That such incentives shall apply only
to new construction and to improvements of existing building that
conform to the Administration’s architectural specifications.
SEC. 12. Investment incentives. - The Administration,

in consultation with the Minister of Industry or the Minister of
Tourism, as the case may be, may extend investment incentives for
industries and enterprises established in Intramuros, not exceeding
those granted for pioneer enterprises: Provided, That the industries
operating in Intramuros shall be limited to those that are consistent
with its historical atmosphere and shall not be the source of air,
noise, water or other types of pollution.
SEC. 13. Appropriations. - The appropriations pertaining

to Intramuros which are in the budget of the National Historical
Institute and the National Parks Development Committee are
hereby transferred to the Administration. The Minister of Human
Settlements may fund additional operating and capital expenditures
out of the appropriations provided for the Ministry of Human
Settlements in Batas Pambansa Blg. 1.
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SEC. 17. Repealing Clause. - P.D. No. 1537 and 1277 and
other laws, Decrees, Acts, Letters of Instructions, Executive Orders,
which are inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.
SEC. 18. Separability Clause. - If, for any reason, any section
invalid, other sections or provisions thereof which are not affected
thereby, shall continue in full force and effect.
SEC. 19. Effectivity. - This Decree shall take effect upon its
approval.
Done in the City of Manila, this 10th day of April, in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

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IMPLEMENTING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SANGGUNIANG

PAMPOOK AND THE LUPONG TAGAPAGPAGANAP NG
POOK IN REGION IX AND REGION XII AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
WHEREAS, on February 14, 1977, Presidential Decree

No. 1092, as amended, was promulgated calling for a referendum-
plebiscite on April 17, 1977 in the thirteen provinces of Southern
Philippines;
WHEREAS, on February 15, 1977, the Batasang Bayan

passed Resolution No. 11 recommending the promulgation of a
decree attached to such resolution, providing for the functions,
powers and composition of the Sangguniang Pampook (Regional
Assembly) and for other purposes;
WHEREAS, on March 25, 1977, Proclamation No. 1628 was

issued declaring autonomy in Southern Philippines;
WHEREAS, included in the aforementioned referendum-

plebiscite as Question No. 10 was the proposal of the Batasang Bayan
in its Resolution No. 11 to create a Sangguniang Pampook and a
Lupong Tagapagpaganap ng Pook (Regional Executive Council);
WHEREAS, on April 17, 1977, the aforementioned Question

No. 10 was overwhelmingly approved by the qualified voters of
the thirteen provinces in Southern Philippines with 2,499,375
affirmative votes; 65,612 negative votes; and 21,176 abstentions;
WHEREAS, on May 7, 1977, Proclamation No. 1628-A was

issued proclaiming the adoption and implementation of the results
of the referendum-plebiscite of April 17, 1977, particularly the
Batasang Bayan proposal contained in its Resolution No. 11 and
included as Question No. 10 of the said referendum-plebiscite;
WHEREAS, on March 23, 1979, in pursuance of such

Proclamation No. 1628-A, Batas Pambansa Blg. 20 was enacted
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providing for the organization of the Sangguniang Pampook in

each of Regions IX and XII, providing funds therefor, and for other
purposes;
WHEREAS, on May 7, 1979, by authority of the said

Batas Pambansa Blg. 20, the election of the representatives to the
Sangguniang Pampook in Regions IX and XII was held and the
successful candidates thereto have already been proclaimed and
duly qualified;
WHEREAS, in order to fully comply with the mandate of the

people expressed through the referendum-plebiscite in Southern
Philippines and the provisions of Batas Pambansa Blg. 20, there
is need for a Presidential issuance to provide the framework of
the organization of the Sangguniang Pampook and the Lupong
Tagapagpaganap ng Pook in Regions IX and XII;
WHEREAS, the establishment of the Autonomous Regions

will enhance the attainment of peace and order, the acceleration
of socio-economic development, and the resettlement of displaced
persons and families in Region IX and XII;
WHEREAS, consistent with the provisions of autonomy,

it would be desirable to effect the turnover of responsibility for
undertaking development activities particularly at the community
level to the Autonomous Regions; and
WHEREAS, it is likewise consonant with the concept of

autonomy to grant such powers and authority to the Autonomous
Regions as would enable them to adopt and implement regional
policies and legislation which are germane to their particular needs
and social and cultural values.

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Chapter II
AUTONOMOUS REGION
SEC. 2. Territorial Coverage of the Autonomous Regions. -

(a) Region IX shall comprise the provinces of Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-
Tawi, Zamboanga del Norte including the Cities of Dipolog and
Dapitan, and Zamboanga del Sur including the Cities of Pagadian
and Zamboanga.
(b) Region XII shall comprise the provinces of Lanao del

Norte including the City of Iligan, Lanao del Sur including the City
of Marawi, Maguindanao including the City of Cotabato, North
Cotabato, and Sultan Kudarat.
SEC. 3. Internal Autonomy. - Within the framework of the

national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of
the Philippines and its Constitution, internal autonomy shall
be established in the Autonomous Regions with legislative and
executive machinery to exercise the powers and responsibilities
herein specified in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution
and the laws of the Republic of the Philippines.
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SEC. 5. Control of Security and/or Police Forces. All security

and/or police forces in the Autonomous Regions shall be organized,
maintained and utilized in accordance with applicable laws, policies
and rules and regulations, and shall be under the supervision and
control of the National Government.
Chapter III
SANGGUNIANG PAMPOOK
SEC. 6. The Sangguniang Pampook. - The Sangguniang

Pampook in each region which is composed of twenty-one members,
shall include seventeen representatives elected from the different
provinces and component cities in each region, as follows:
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Region IX - The provinces of Basilan, one representative;

Sulu, three representatives; Tawi-Tawi, one representative;
Zamboanga del Norte including the Cities of Dipolog and Dapitan,
four representatives; Zamboanga del Sur including the Cities of
Pagadian and Zamboanga, eight representatives;
Region XII - The provinces of Lanao del Norte including

the City of Iligan, three representatives; Lanao del Sur including
the City of Marawi, four representatives; Maguindanao including
the City of Cotabato, four representatives; North Cotabato, four
representatives; and Sultan Kudarat, two representatives; and
sectoral representative each from among the youth, agricultural
workers, non-agricultural workers and professionals of the region.
The President shall appoint an additional five representatives

whenever in his judgment any other sector is not properly represented
in the Sangguniang Pampook as a result of the election.
SEC. 7. Powers of the Sangguniang Pampook. The

Sangguniang Pampook shall exercise local legislative powers over
regional affairs within the framework of national development
plans, policies and goals, in the following areas:
(1) Organization of regional administrative system;
(2) Economic, social and cultural development of the

Autonomous Region;
(3) Agricultural, commercial and industrial programs for the

Autonomous Region;
(4) Infrastructure development for the Autonomous Region;
(5) Urban and rural planning for the Autonomous Region;
(6) Taxation and other revenue-raising measures as provided

for in this Decree;
(7) Maintenance, operation and administration of schools

established by the Autonomous Region;
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(8) Establishment, operation and maintenance of health,

welfare and other social services, programs and facilities;
(9) Preservation and development of customs, traditions,

languages and culture indigenous to the Autonomous Region; and
(10) Such other matters as may be authorized by law,

including the enactment of such measures as may be necessary for
the promotion of the general welfare of the people in the Autonomous
Region.
The President shall exercise such powers as may be necessary

to assure that enactment and acts of the Sangguniang Pampook and
the Lupong Tagapagpaganap ng Pook are in compliance with this
Decree, national legislation, policies, plans and programs.
The Sangguniang Pampook shall maintain liaison with the

Batasang Pambansa.
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Chapter IV
LUPONG TAGAPAGPAGANAP NG POOK
SEC. 14. Composition of the Lupong Tagapagpaganap ng

Pook. The Lupong Tagapagpaganap ng Pook shall be composed of a
Chairman and four members who shall be appointed by the President
on recommendation of the Sangguniang Pampook and who may or
may not be members thereof. Any elective official who is appointed
Lupon Chairman or member of the Lupong Tagapagpaganap ng
Pook shall vacate his elective position, except his being a member of
the Sangguniang Pampook.
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SEC. 18. Powers and Functions of the Lupong

Tagapagpaganap ng Pook. - (a) The Lupong Tagapagpaganap ng
Pook shall be the executive unit of the region. It shall implement
or, where appropriate, cause and supervise the implementation
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of policies, programs and legislation enacted by the Sangguniang

Pampook.
(b) Every legislative enactment of the Sangguniang Pampook

shall either be approved or vetoed by the Lupon Chairman within
thirty days from receipt thereof, otherwise it shall become law as if
it has been duly approved. In case of a veto, the Lupon Chairman
shall return the legislative enactment together with his objections
to the Sangguniang Pampook which may override the veto by two-
thirds (2/3) vote of all its members.
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Chapter VIII
SEC. 40. Abolished Offices and Positions. - (a) The Southern

Philippines Provisional Government shall be deemed abolished
upon the convening of the Sangguniang Pampook of Regions IX
and XII, and its applicable powers and functions, appropriations,
properties, and assets and liabilities are transferred in equal parts
to the Sangguniang Pampooks of said regions. Its records and
contracts, together with such personnel as may be necessary, are
likewise transferred to and shall be assumed by the region to which
they may appropriately pertain.
(b) The Office of the Regional Commissioner in each of the

Autonomous Regions is deemed abolished upon the organization of
the Lupong Tagapagpaganap ng Pook and its applicable powers and
functions, appropriations, properties, and assets and liabilities, and
such personnel as may be necessary, are transferred to the Lupong
Tagapagpaganap ng Pook.
(c) The abolition of the positions of Presidential Regional

Officer for Development (PROD) and Presidential Regional Action
Officer (PRAO) in each of the Autonomous Regions pursuant
to Presidential Decree No. 955 shall be implemented and their
applicable functions transferred to the Lupong Tagapagpaganap ng
Pook.
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(d) The personnel of the abolished offices and positions whose

services are terminated as a result of this Decree shall be entitled to
the benefits and privileges provided by existing laws.
SEC 41. Foreign-Assisted Projects of National Government

Agencies. - The various authorities of the Lupong Tagapagpaganap
ng Pook provided for in this Decree shall not extend to foreign-
assisted projects of national government agencies, except foreign-
assisted projects of the Autonomous Regions themselves.
SEC. 42. Establishment of Tanodbayan Regional Office in

the Autonomous Region. - The tanodbayan may create in each of the
Autonomous Regions a regional office as soon as the Autonomous
Regions shall have been formally organized.
SEC. 43. Separability Clause. - The provisions of this Decree

more of such provisions are held unconstitutional, such shall not
affect the validity of the other provisions.
SEC. 44. Repealing Clause. - All laws, acts, executive

orders, proclamations and/or administrative regulations which
are inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed, amended or

immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 25th day of July, in the

year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Nine.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

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FURTHER REVISING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1487,

AS REVISED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1607,
CREATING THE OFFICE OF THE TANODBAYAN

petition the government for redress of grievances and to promote
service, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me under the Constitution, hereby
order and decree as follows:
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Decree may be cited as the

Tanodbayan Decree.
SEC. 2. Establishment of Office. - An independent Office

of the Ombudsman, to be called the Office of the Tanodbayan, is
hereby created. The Chief of said Office of the Tanodbayan shall be
called the Tanodbayan, who shall have two (2) deputies for Luzon,
one for the Visayas and one for Mindanao.
SEC. 3. Appointment. - The President shall appoint the

XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 10. Powers. - The Tanodbayan shall have the following

powers:
(a) He may investigate, on complaint by any person or on his

own motion or initiative, any administrative act whether amounting
to any criminal offense or not of any administrative agency including
any government owned or controlled corporation;
(b) He may prescribe the methods by which complaints

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(c) He may request and unless as herein provided for

he shall be given by each administrative agency the assistance
and information he deems necessary to the discharge of his
responsibilities; he may examine the records and documents of all
administrator agencies; and he may enter and inspect premises
within any administrative agency’s control, provided, however,
that where the President in writing certifies that such information,
examination or inspection might prejudice the national interest or
violate existing law, the Tanodbayan shall desist. All information so

give sworn testimony, or produce documentary or other evidence
(e) If after preliminary investigation he finds a prima facie

case, he may file the necessary information or complaint with the
Sandiganbayan or any proper court or administrative agency and
prosecute the same;
(f) He may file and prosecute civil and administrative

cases involving graft and corrupt practices and such other offenses
committed by public officers and employees, including those in
government-owned or controlled corporations, in relation to their
office;
(g) He may undertake, participate in, or cooperate with

act, if he believes that they may enhance knowledge about or lead to
In carrying out his functions, the Tanodbayan may with

the approval of the President, deputize or call upon any official or
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employee of the government or any agency or office and during such

deputation the official or employee concerned shall be under the
supervision and control of the Tanodbayan.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 17. Investigation and Prosecution of Cases. - The Office of the

Tanodbayan shall have the exclusive authority to conduct preliminary
investigation of all cases cognizable by the Sandiganbayan; to file
information therefor and to direct and control the prosecution of
said cases. The Tanodbayan may utilize the personnel of his office
and/or with the approval of the President, designate or deputize any
fiscal, state prosecutor or lawyer in the government service to act as
special investigator or prosecutor to assist him in the investigation
and prosecution of said cases. Those designated or deputized to
assist him as herein provided shall be under his supervision and
control.
No publicity shall be allowed during the pendency of such

accused shall not be made public until an information is filed by the
Tanodbayan.
The Tanodbayan, his investigators and prosecutors, whether

regular members of his staff or designated by him as herein provided,
shall have the authority to administer oaths, to issue subpoena and
subpoena duces tecum, to summon and compel witnesses to appear
and testify under oath before them and/or to bring books, documents
and other things under their control and to secure the attendance or
presence of any absent or recalcitrant witness through application
before the Sandiganbayan or before any inferior or superior court
having jurisdiction of the place where the witness or evidence is
found.
The resolutions and actions of the Tanodbayan shall not be

subject to review by any administrative agency.
SEC. 18. Prosecution of Public Personnel or Other Person. -

If the Tanodbayan has reason to believe that any public official,
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employee, or other person has acted in a manner warranting criminal

or disciplinary action or proceedings, he shall conduct the necessary
investigation and shall file and prosecute the corresponding criminal
or administrative case before the Sandiganbayan or the proper court
or before the proper administrative agency.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 24. Repealing Clause and Relation to Other Laws. -

Republic Act No. 6028 and all laws, General Orders, Presidential
Decrees, Letters of Instructions, rules and regulations inconsistent
with this Decree are hereby repealed; but, otherwise, the provisions
of this Decree are in addition to and do not limit or affect the
provisions of any other enactment under which any remedy or right
of appeal is provided for any person, or any procedure is provided for
the inquiry into or investigation of any matter. The powers conferred
on the Tanodbayan may be exercised notwithstanding any provision
in any enactment that any administrative action shall be final or
unappealable.
SEC. 25. Appropriation. - There is hereby appropriated the

sum of Five Million Pesos (P5,000,000.00) to carry out the provisions
of this Decree. Thereafter the appropriation for the Office of the
Tanodbayan shall be included in the General Appropriations Act.
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE LUNGSOD NG KABATAAN
WHEREAS, the International Declaration of the Rights of

the Child states that “mankind owes to the child the best it has to
give”;
WHEREAS, one of the priority thrusts of the New Society is

to plan and carry out a comprehensive program for the development
of children and youth of our nation;
WHEREAS, the Children and Youth Welfare Code (PD

603) recognizes the child as one of the most important assets of the
nation; and
WHEREAS, it is the concern of Government to assist and

provide material and financial support in the establishment and
maintenance of a Lungsod ng Kabataan, primarily to benefit the
children of the Philippines, and to further enhance the research in
pediatric diseases, training of medical and technical personnel, and
specialized medical services for the prevention and treatment of
children’s diseases;

SECTION 1. Creation of the Lungsod ng Kabataan. There

is hereby created a trust, for the benefit primarily of the Filipino
people, under the name and style of Lungsod ng Kabataan.
The Lungsod ng Kabataan shall be administered by a Board

of Trustees, composed of seven (7) members, to be appointed by the
President of the Philippines. The Director of the Center shall be
appointed by the Board of Trustees.
The six appointive members of the Board of Trustees shall

serve without compensation for a period of four (4) years and until
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their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. Any

vacancy in the Board shall be filled by appointment by the President
of the Philippines, and the appointee shall serve for the unexpired
term. The Board of Trustees of the Lungsod ng Kabataan shall elect
a Chairman from among themselves, who shall be presiding officer
of the Board of Trustees.
The Director of the Lungsod ng Kabataan shall serve as Vice-

Chairman of the Board. The Director shall act as the chief executive
officer of the Lungsod ng Kabataan, with authority, among others, to
appoint, remove, and fix the compensation of the personnel thereof,
subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees.
Four (4) members of the Board of Trustees shall constitute a

quorum to transact business and any decision of such four members
on any matter duly presented to the Board of Trustees shall
constitute a valid and binding act of the Lungsod ng Kabataan.
SEC. 2. Property of the Center. The Property of the Lungsod

ng Kabataan shall consist of such real, personal, mixed and other
type of property, now owned or reserved for, or may hereafter be
given, donated, acquired, transferred or conveyed to, the Lungsod
ng Kabataan by the Philippine Government, its branches and
instrumentalities, by any foreign government, as well as by trust,
foundations, corporations, or persons, alien or domestic, in order to
carry out its purposes and objectives as set forth herein.
SEC. 3. Purposes and objectives. The purposes and objectives

of the Lungsod ng Kabataan are:
(a) To construct, establish, operate and maintain facilities for

the children’s welfare, including a specialized hospital for children;
(b) To promote, encourage and engage in scientific research

on the prevention of pediatric diseases and the care and/or treatment
of pediatric patients and related activities, including sponsorship
and conduct of relevant congresses, conventions, seminars, and
conferences;
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(c) To stimulate and/or underwrite scientific researches on

biological, demographic, social, economic, eugenic, physiological
aspects of pediatric disorders and abnormalities and their control;
and gather, compile, and publish the findings of such researches for
public dissemination;
(d) To facilitate and encourage the dissemination and

exchange of ideas and information on the prevention, treatment and
control of pediatric diseases; to arouse, enhance and develop public
interest in children, general health and physical fitness, especially
on the promotion of health and rehabilitation, and other relevant or
related fields;
(e) To encourage and/or undertake the training of physicians,

nurses, medical technicians, health officers and social workers on
the practical and scientific conduct and implementation of pediatric
services;
(f) To assist universities, hospitals and research institutions

in their studies of congenital and acquired anomalies, to encourage
advanced training on matters of, or affecting the child, and related
fields and to support educational programs of value to general
health;
(g) To encourage the formation of other organizations on

the national, provincial, city, municipal or barangay level and to
coordinate their various efforts and activities for the purpose of
achieving a more effective approach to the common problem relative
to the objectives herein enumerated; and
(h) To extend pediatric services to the general public, to help

prevent, relieve or alleviate the afflictions and maladies of children
and youth specially the poor and less fortunate in life, without
regard to race, creed, color or political belief.
SEC. 4. Powers. For the attainment and/or furtherance of the

above purposes and objectives, the Lungsod ng Kabataan as a body
corporate, acting through its Board of Trustees shall have all the
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powers pertaining to a juridical person, and is therefore authorized,

among other things:
(a) To acquire and hold in any manner property of whatever

nature or description, and to dispose of such property under any
mode of encumbrance or conveyance;
(b) To contract and be contracted with;
(c) To mortgage, lease, sell, transfer convey or otherwise

dispose of its properties;
(d) To solicit and receive donations, endowments and funds

in the form of contributions, whether in cash or in kind, from both
the public and private sectors;
(e) To open such accounts in banks and other financial

institutions, and to disburse such funds or invest the same as the
Board may direct to accomplish or advance the purposes or interest
of the Lungsod ng Kabataan;
(f) To invite foreign pediatric specialists and similar experts

in the various medical fields not available in the country; to train
the personnel or trainees or residents of Lungsod ng Kabataan;
(g) To send the personnel of the Lungsod ng Kabataan to

research institutes, medical institutes or universities for advance
training or observation and to attend international or regional
conventions, conferences, congresses, seminars as the Board may
deem necessary to accomplish the purposes and objectives of the
Lungsod ng Kabataan;
(h) To adopt a set of by-laws, rules and regulations not

inconsistent with law and the provisions hereof to govern the
administration and operation of the affairs of the Lungsod ng
Kabataan; and
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(i) To do all such other acts and things as are or may be

necessary or incidental for the accomplishment of the purposes and
objectives of the Lungsod ng Kabataan.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 9. Annual report. The Lungsod ng Kabataan shall

render to the President of the Philippines an annual report of its
activities and recommendations.
SEC. 10. Effect of dissolution of the Center. If, for any reason
the Lungsod ng Kabataan is dissolved, its property remaining at the
time of such dissolution shall revert to the Philippine Government
for disposition in accordance with law.

immediately.


President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

1018
GRANTING ADDITIONAL POWERS TO THE PHILIPPINE

COCONUT AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, the economic well-being of a major sector of the

entire population depends, to a large extent, on the viability of the
coconut industry;
WHEREAS, in recognition of this economic reality, it is

the declared policy of the State to promote the rapid integrated
development and growth of the coconut and other palm oils
industry in all its aspects and to insure that the coconut farmers
become direct participants in, and beneficiaries of, such growth and
developments;
WHEREAS, to insure the viability, growth and development

of the coconut industry, the State has undertaken a program to
rationalize the coconut oil milling industry and thereby assure
the coconut farmers a fair price for their copra and the consuming
countries an adequate and continuous supply of copra, coconut oil
and their by-products at fair and competitive prices;
WHEREAS, in order to further promote the rationalization

of the coconut oil milling industry, it is necessary to grant the
Philippine Coconut Authority additional powers in respect of the
marketing and export of copra, coconut oil and their by-products;
NOW, THEREFORE, I. FERDINAND E. MARCOS,

SECTION 1. The Philippine Coconut Authority shall have

full power and authority to regulate the marketing and export of
copra, coconut oil and their by-products, in furtherance of the steps
being taken to rationalize the coconut oil milling industry.
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SEC. 2. In the exercise of its powers under Section 1 hereof,

the Philippine Coconut Authority may initiate and implement
such measures as may be necessary to attain the rationalization of
the coconut oil milling industry, including, but not limited to, the
following measures:
(a) Imposition of floor and/or ceiling prices for all exports of

copra, coconut oil and their by-products;
(b) Prescription of quality standards;
(c) Establishment of maximum quantities for particular

periods and particular markets;
(d) Inspection and survey of export shipments through an

independent international superintendent or surveyor.
In the exercise of its powers hereunder, the Philippine Coconut

Authority shall consult with, and be guided by, the recommendation
of the coconut farmers, through corporations owned or controlled
by them through the Coconut Industry Investment Fund and the
private corporation authorized to be organized under Letter of
Instructions No. 926.
SEC. 3. All exports of copra and its by-products to socialist

countries and such other countries, which, heretofore, have not
purchased copra and its by-products from the Philippines on a
regular basis shall be undertaken by, or coursed through, the private
corporation authorized to be organized under Letter of Instructions
No. 926.
SEC. 4. The Philippine Coconut Authority shall have the

power to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary
to fully and effectively implement this Decree.
SEC. 5. Whenever any person or entity willfully and

deliberately violates any of the provisions of this Decree or any
rule or regulation legally promulgated hereunder by the Philippine
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Coconut Authority, the person or persons responsible for such

violation shall be punished by a fine of not more than P20,000.00
and by imprisonment of not more than five (5) years. If the offender
be a corporation, partnership or a juridical person, the penalty
shall be imposed on the officer or officers authorizing, permitting
or tolerating the violation. Aliens found guilty of any offense shall,
after having served his sentence, be immediately deported and, in
the case of a naturalized citizen, his certificate of naturalization
shall be canceled.
SEC. 6. All laws, executive and administrative orders, and

rules and regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or
amended accordingly.
SEC. 7. If any provision of this Decree is held unconstitutional,

all other provisions shall remain valid.
SEC. 8. This Decree shall be effective immediately.

year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Nine.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

1021
REORGANIZING THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

AND ESTABLISHING A REVISED CHARTER
THEREFOR
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to accelerate the

country’s development;
WHEREAS, there are important national projects that need

to be undertaken for continued growth;
WHEREAS, taking into account inflationary trends,

it is imperative for the government to take an active role in the
acceleration of major industrial projects, as well as other desirable
development ventures;
WHEREAS, the National Development Company has been

created by Commonwealth Act No. 182 to serve as an agency of the
government in the furtherance of its economic policies;
WHEREAS, that National Development Company, a

corporate vehicle of the government, designed to pursue commercial,
industrial, agricultural or mining ventures, should be restructured
and strengthened in order to give the necessary impetus to national
economic development;

by the Constitution do hereby order and decree as part of the law of
SECTION 1. Short Title. This decree shall be known as the

“Revised Charter of the National Development Company.”
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. It is the declared policy of the

State to promote overall economic development through assistance
to commercial, industrial, agricultural or mining ventures. For this
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purpose, when necessary or when private enterprise is not willing

or able to undertake vital projects, it may, on its own or in joint
venture with the private sector, undertake such projects.
SEC. 3. Corporate Existence. The Company shall have a

term of fifty (50) years from the issuance hereof, which shall be
deemed renewed for an equal period unless sooner dissolved by law.
The Company shall have a subsidiary corporation, which is hereby
created, to be known as the “NDC Holdings Company.” Existing
personnel of the Company, together with appropriate assets, shall
be transferred to the NDC Holdings Company as the Board of
Directors of the Company may deem necessary.
SEC. 4. Powers and Functions of the Company. The Company

shall have the general powers provided in the Corporation Law, and
such other powers as may be necessary to enable it to promote and
maintain a sufficient level of production by an efficient coordination
of the productive forces of the country or otherwise, and to secure
a stable market for Philippine products. Without restricting in any
manner any of the aims and purposes of this Company as set forth in
this section, it is expressly declared and provided that the Company
shall exercise the following powers:
Engage or invest in or extend loans and guarantees to,

or enter into joint ventures with Filipino and foreign investors,
whether in the majority or minority position in commercial,
industrial mining, agricultural, and other enterprises, which may
be necessary or contributory to the economic development of the
country, or important to the public interest;
Hold public agricultural lands and mineral lands in excess

of the areas permitted to private corporations, associations and
persons by the Constitution and by the laws of the Philippines;
Acquire, hold, mortgage, and alienate personal and real

property in the Philippines or elsewhere;
Make contracts and enter into such arrangements as it

may consider convenient and advantageous to its interest, for
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the development, exploitation, and operation of any of its land or

mineral holdings, as well as of its industrial enterprises;
Contract loans, issue bonds and other obligations as security

therefor, and for property purchased or acquired by it, or for any
other object in or about its business;
Mortgage or pledge any share, stock, bonds or other

obligation, or any property which may be acquired by it;
Secure any bond or other obligation issued or incurred by it

or its subsidiaries;
Make contracts of any kind and description;
Purchase, hold, alienate, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise

dispose of the shares of the capital stock of, or any bond security, or
other evidence of indebtedness, created by any other corporation or
corporations, co-partnership or co-partnerships of this or any other
country;
While the owner of any stock, exercise all the rights of

ownership, including the right to vote thereof;
Guarantee domestic and foreign loans and other evidence of

indebtedness both as to principal and interest, or either, issued by
duly incorporated companies including its own subsidiaries;
Purchase bonds issued by any duly incorporated company

engaged in desirable development projects;
Enter into contracts, with or without public bidding with

any person or entity, domestic or foreign, and with governments
for the undertaking of varied development projects, including the
acquisition, by way of purchase, lease or rent or other deferred
payment arrangements of equipment and/or raw materials and
supplies, as well as for services connected therewith under such
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Exercise the right of eminent domain as may be necessary

for the purpose for which the Company is created;
Invest in projects of the Association of Southeast Asian

Nations (ASEAN);
Organize subsidiary companies to undertake any of the

activities mentioned in Section 4 hereof;
Hold public lands, including logged over areas, which the

President may allocate for specific projects of the Company;
Determine its organizational structure, and the number

and salaries of its officers and employees; establish and maintain
offices, branches, correspondents or other units anywhere as may be
needed by the Company and reorganize or abolish the same as it may
deem proper; employees separated from the service pursuant to the
reorganization shall be entitled to at least one month gratuity for
every year of service but in no case more than twenty-four months
salary in addition to other benefits which they may be entitled under
existing laws and regulations, under such guidelines as the Board
may determine;
Adopt and use a corporate seal which shall be judicially

noted.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 15. Appropriations. For the additional funding

requirements of the Company, the appropriate sum needed to
meet the capitalization of the Company, is hereby set aside and
appropriated from the General Funds, not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. 16. Reports. The Company shall, within three (3)

months after the end of every fiscal year, submit its annual report to
the President. It shall likewise submit such periodic or other reports
as may be required of it from time to time.
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SEC. 17. Separability Clause. Should any provision of this

affected thereby.

orders, administrative orders, rules or regulations, inconsistent

immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 25th day of October, in the


President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

1026
CREATING THE POSITION OF VICE-MAYOR IN THE CITIES

AND MUNICIPALITIES OF METRO MANILA AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the four cities and 13 municipalities comprising

the Metropolitan Manila area have been integrated and placed
under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Manila Commission to
achieve economy, efficiency and simplicity in the local government
system in this area and to enhance its growth and development as
the country’s capital region;
WHEREAS, there is a need to augment and strengthen

the implementing arm of the Metropolitan Manila commission
by creating the position of vice- mayor in the four cities and 13
municipalities in Metropolitan Manila.

the constitution, do hereby decree and order as follows:
SECTION 1. Position and functions of the Vice Mayor. - There

is hereby created the position of vice- mayor in each of the cities
and municipalities in Metropolitan Manila. The vice-mayor shall
be elected by the duly qualified voters of his city or municipality,
shall hold office for a term of six (6) years, and shall assist the local
chief executive in the exercise of the powers and the performance of
functions vested by law in the local chief executive.
SEC. 2. Succession to the office of the local chief executive. -

The vice-mayor shall assume the office of the local chief executive
for the unexpired term of the latter in the event of permanent
vacancy in the office of the local chief executive. Should the local
chief executive died before assumption of office or fail to qualify for
any reason, the vice-mayor shall assume the office of the local chief
executive, but in the latter case, he shall hold such office only until
the local chief executive qualifies.
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SEC. 3. Rule on temporary incapacity. - In the event of the

temporary incapacity of the local chief executive to perform the
duties of his office on account of absence on leave, sickness, or any
temporary cause, including absence from the country, the vice-
mayor shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the local
chief executive except the power to appoint, suspend or dismiss
employees.


President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

1028
AMENDING SECTIONS 2, 6, AND 8 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE

NO. 902-A
WHEREAS, in order to achieve the government’s policy

and objectives envisioned under Presidential Decree No. 902-A
and to effectively implement and carry out the provisions of the
said Decree and other laws which it enforces, it is necessary and
desirable to invest the Securities and Exchange Commission with
some additional powers;
WHEREAS, in the enforcement of the laws and policies for

the orderly functioning of corporations and partnership specially,
the Securities and Exchange Commission has been almost impotent
to assert any authority because of ambiguity in existing laws.

SECTION 1. The First, Fourth and Fifth paragraphs of

Section 2 of Presidential Decree No. 902-A is hereby amended to
read as follows:
“SEC. 2. That the Commission shall be a collegial body

composed of a Chairman and two (2) Associate Commissioners
who shall be appointed by the President and the term of office of
each member shall be seven (7) years: Provided, however, That the
Chairman and the two Associate Commissioners of the Commission
first appointed by the President shall serve for a period of seven (7)
years, five (5) years and three (3) years, as fixed in their respective
appointments: Provided further, That upon the expiration of
his term, a member shall serve as such until his successor shall
have been appointed and qualified; and, Provided, finally, That no
vacancy shall be filled except for the unexpired portion of the term.
The Chairman shall receive an annual salary and commutable
transportation and representation allowances equivalent to the
salary and allowances of the Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals
and each Associate Commissioner shall receive an annual salary
and commutable transportation and representation allowances
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equivalent to the salary and allowances of the Associate Justice of

the Court of Appeals and enjoy the retirement benefits and other
privileges similar to that of the Presiding and Associates Justices of
said Court of Appeals granted under existing laws and Decrees or
hereafter promulgated.”
XXX XXX XXX
“There shall be a Secretary to the Commission, who shall

be of equal rank of level with that of a Director of the Department
and shall be the recorder and official reporter of the proceedings of
the Commission and shall have authority to administer oath in all
matters coming under the jurisdiction of the Commission.”
“There shall be an Executive Director of the Commission

who shall be responsible for the effective implementation of the
policies, rules and standards promulgated by the Commission, to
coordinate and supervise the activities of the different operating
units; to report to the Chairman the operations of such units; and to
perform such functions as may be assigned to him by the Chairman
and/or by the Commission.”
SEC. 2. Sub-paragraphs b), c), d), e), f), g), h), i), and j), of
Section 6 of the same Presidential Decree are hereby redesignated as
e), f), g), h), i), j), k), l), and m), respectively, and new sub-paragraphs
b), c), and d) are added to read as follows:
“b) To issue writs of attachment in cases in which it has

jurisdiction, in order to preserve the rights of parties and in such
cases the pertinent provisions of the Rules of Court shall apply;
“c) To appoint one or more receivers of the property, real

and personal, which is the subject of the action pending before the
Commission in accordance with the pertinent provisions of the
Rules of Court, and in such other cases whenever necessary in order
to preserve rights of parties litigants and/or protect the interest of
the investing public and creditors;
“d) At any stage of the proceeding and until final termination

thereof, to create and appoint a management committee, board, or
body to undertake the management of corporations, partnerships or
1030
other associations in appropriate cases wherein there is imminent

danger of dissipation, loss or wastage or destruction of assets or
other properties or the paralization of business operations of such
corporations or entities which may be prejudicial to the interest of
minority stockholders, any of the party-litigants or general public.
For this purpose, the Chairman and/or any Commissioner and their
respective duly authorized representatives may sit as member of such
committee, board or body as ex-officio members upon appropriate
request, motion or petition by any party in interest.”
SEC. 3. Section 8 of the same Presidential Decree is hereby

“SEC. 8. The Commission shall have seven (7) departments

each to be headed by a director, namely: Corporate and Legal;
Examiners and Appraisers; Brokers and Exchanges; Money Market
Operations; Securities Investigation and Clearing, Investments and
Research; and Administrative and Finance Departments: Provided,
however, That the Commission may hereafter create additional
departments as may be necessary to effectively discharge its
functions.
SEC. 4. Any provision of law, decree, order, rules and

regulations inconsistent with this Decree is hereby repealed,
amended or modified accordingly.


President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

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ENTITLED “CREATING THE METRO MANILA TRANSIT
CORPORATION, APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS
THEREFOR AND OTHER PURPOSES”
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree Numbered 492 dated

27 June 1974, as amended, it has been declared to be the policy of the
state to rationalize and integrate public transportation services;
WHEREAS, to implement this state policy, the Metro Manila

Transit Corporation was created and further expanded;
WHEREAS, in view of the magnitude of its financial

obligations, there is a need to undertake a financial rehabilitation
program for the Metro Manila Transit Corporation which mandates
additional government support;
WHEREAS, the authorized capital stock and subscription

of the government in the Metro Manila Transit Corporation of One
Hundred Twenty Five Million (P125,000,000.00) is still inadequate
for these purposes.

President of the Republic of the Philippines by virtue of the powers

amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
“SEC. 4. Authorized Capital Stock. — The authorized capital

stock of the Metro Manila Transit Corporation shall be five hundred
million pesos (P500,000,000.00) divided into three hundred fifty
million pesos (P350,000,000.00) of voting and no par value common
shares and one hundred fifty million pesos (P150,000,000.00) of
non-participating and non-voting preferred shares. The authorized
capital stock shall be seventy million voting and no par value shares
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of common stock and thirty million of non-participating and non-

voting preferred shares of stock. Sixty nine million shares of common
stock are to be subscribed and paid for by the Government of the
Republic of the Philippines and the remaining one million shares of
common stock are to be sold to persons on entities operating public
utility vehicles in the Metropolitan Area; Provided, that the sum of
eighty five million pesos (P85,000,000.00) which has been already
subscribed and fully paid for by the government of the Republic of
the Philippines as of January 31, 1980, shall be the initial paid-
in capital of the authorized capital of five hundred million pesos
provided herein.
The remaining unpaid subscription in the amount of four

hundred fifteen million pesos shall be paid as follows:
a) The sum of sixty five million pesos (P65,000,000.00)

earmarked for immediate release in 1980, upon approval of this
decree shall be additional paid-in capital in the form of common
stocks to be held by the National Government;
b) The Sum of One Hundred Million Pesos (P100,000,000.00)

representing part of unpaid accounts of the Metro Manila Transit
Corporation to the Development Bank of the Philippines are hereby
converted into non-voting and non-participating preferred shares of
stock, to be held by the Development Bank of the Philippines with
guaranteed dividends of 12% per annum cumulative and redeemable
in equal yearly installments during a period of seven (7) years and
fully guaranteed by the National Government;
c) The sum of One Hundred Two Million Pesos

(P102,000,000.00) representing the remaining unpaid accounts
of the Metro Manila Transit Corporation to the Development
Bank of the Philippines plus whatever interest and other charges
may accrue on the Metro Manila Transit Corporation loan to the
Development Bank of the Philippines up to the time the above is
effected, the actual amount to be so computed, are hereby converted
into shares of common stock to be held by the Development Bank of
the Philippines;
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d) Whatever balance remaining of the authorized capital

of the Metro Manila Transit Corporation shall be paid from a
continuing annual appropriation, which is hereby appropriated out
of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
The schedule of releases shall be approved by the President of the
Philippines.”
SEC. 2. Section 5 of Presidential Decree No. 492, as amended,

is hereby further amended to read as follows:
“SEC. 5. Board of Directors. — The Corporation shall

be governed and its activities shall be directed, controlled and
managed by a Board of Directors, that shall be composed of eight
(8) ex-officio members, namely: the General Manager or Governor of
the Metropolitan Manila Commission, who shall act as Chairman,
the Minister of Transportation and Communications, who shall act
as Vice Chairman; the Minister of National Defense; the Minister of
Industry; the Minister of Finance; the Minister of Public Highways;
and the Chairman of the Development Bank of the Philippines.
The ex-officio members of the Board shall designate any

official in their office who shall serve as alternate members. They
shall attend the meeting of the Board whenever their principals are
absent or the said positions, are vacant and shall receive the same
benefits and privileges as their principals.”

Done in the City of Manila, this 10th day of March in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT:
(Sgd.) JOAQUIN T. VENUS

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ENTITLED: “PROVIDING A MECHANISM FOR PRICE
REGULATION, CREATING A PRICE STABILIZATION
COUNCIL, PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”
I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic

of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution, do hereby order:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of Presidential Decree No. 1674, is

“SEC. 2. Composition of the Council. — A Price Stabilization

Council (hereinafter referred to as the “Council”) is hereby
constituted, which shall be composed of the Minister of Trade as
Chairman, and the Minister of Agriculture, the Minister of Industry,
the Minister of Health, the Minister of Economic Planning and the
Minister of Labor or their designated representatives, as members.
The Council shall meet upon direction of the President. The Council
may appoint an Executive Director who shall be responsible for
carrying out the orders and directives of the Council and whose
compensation shall be determined by the Council. The Executive
Director shall be assisted by a Secretariat.”
Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of March in the

year 1980.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

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AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 690, THE REVISED

CHARTER OF THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the Government to foster

and accelerate the balanced growth of the Southern Philippines
(Mindanao, Sulu, Basilan and Tawi-Tawi) for the national economic,
social and political stability;
WHEREAS, surveys and studies indicate a pressing need

to accelerate the economic growth and development of the region to
make it more responsive to the national plans and policies within
the context of national solidarity with the leadership, support and
total commitment of the government;
WHEREAS, sustained development of the region will rely

heavily on the capabilities of the people of the area to participate
in the total effort in undertaking integrated development projects
under one authoritative agency;
WHEREAS, the Southern Philippines Development

Administration has been created by the Presidential Decree No.
690 to serve as the specific agency of the Government which is
responsible for the initiation and/or implementation of development
projects in Southern Philippines; and
WHEREAS, the Southern Philippines Development

Administration, in order to more effectively and vigorously promote
and enhance the development of Mindanao and Sulu Archipelago,
should be restructured and strengthened.

the Constitution, do hereby order and decree that Presidential Decree
No. 690, otherwise known as the Southern Philippines Development
Administration Charter, be amended to read as follows:
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SECTION. 1. Short Title. — This Decree shall be known

as the “Revised Charter of the Southern Philippines Development
Authority.”
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. — It is hereby declared the

policy of the Government to foster and accelerate the balanced growth
of the Southern Philippines within the context of national plans and
policies, by the activation of mass participation in the processes of
development to be exercised through a unified responsive agency;
democratization of opportunity for improvement and maximization
of benefits in the utilization and allocation of all the resources that
may be available; utilization of income and profit for economic growth
and development and in support of the required social innovations.
SEC. 3. Creation of the Southern Philippines Development

Authority. — There is hereby created a body corporate to be known
as the Southern Philippines Development Authority, hereinafter
referred to as the “Authority” which shall be governed by the
provisions of this Decree. Generally, the Authority shall undertake
essentially developmental and economically viable ventures within
its territorial boundaries of operations which is limited to the
geographical coverage of Regions IX, X, XI and XII.
SEC. 4. Principal Office; Term. — The principal office of the

authority shall be in Davao City. It may, however, establish such
branches, subsidiaries, offices or agencies as it may deem proper
and necessary for the attainment of the objectives of this Decree.
The Authority shall have a term of fifty (50) years from the issuance
hereof, renewable for the same period unless otherwise provided by
law.
SEC. 5. Purpose. — The Authority shall have the following

purposes and objectives:
a) To promote the development of Southern Philippines by

initiating and/or undertaking, by itself or otherwise, development
and/or business projects of corporate, economic nature whether in
agriculture, power, infrastructure, energy, public utilities, land
development, manufacturing, exploration and/or utilization of
natural resources and other fields or projects;
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b) To make investments in any field as would enhance the

economic development of the region;
SEC. 6. Powers and Functions of the Authority. — The

Authority shall exercise the following powers and perform
functions:
a) To succeed on its corporate name, with the power of

succession.
b) To sue and be sued in such corporate name.
c) To adopt, alter and use a corporate seal, which shall be

judicially noticed.
d) To undertake the programs and projects specified or

envisioned under Section 5 hereof.
e) To make contracts of any kind and description to enable it

to discharge its functions and attain the objectives provided in this
Decree.
f) To adopt, amend and repeal its by-laws.
g) To acquire, lease or hold such personal and real property

as it deems necessary or convenient in the transaction of its business
and to lease out, mortgage, sell, alienate or otherwise dispose any
such personal and real property held by it.
h) To hold, own, possess, lease, convey and mortgage

agricultural lands.
i) To engage or invest in or extend loans and guarantees to,

or enter, into joint ventures with Filipino and foreign investors as
it may deem proper, and necessary or contributory to the economic
development of Southern Philippines.
j) To exercise the right of eminent domain as may be necessary

for the purpose for which the corporation is created.
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k) Whenever essential to the proper transaction of its

business or to carry out the purposes of its organization, to contract
indebtedness and issue bonds.
l) To charge and collect fees, dues or other charges at

reasonable rates for such services and/or facilities that may be
provided by the Authority.
SEC. 7. Availability and Utilization of Public Lands. — Upon

request by the Authority and certification by the President, the
Bureau of Lands and Bureau of Forestry shall immediately make
available and deliver necessary public lands, for the Authority’s
priority projects. The Authority is hereby empowered and authorized
to hold, administer, utilize, encumber or otherwise deal with such
land in the pursuit of the said priority projects.
SEC. 8. Capital Stock. — The Authority shall have

an authorized capital stock of Five Hundred Million Pesos
(P500,000,000.00) the amount to be fully subscribed and paid by the
National Government, to be appropriated out of any funds in the
National Treasury not otherwise appropriated. The present assets
of the Authority may be revalued as of the date of the effectivity of
this Decree and such revaluation may be reflected in the Authority’s
capitalization. Existing liabilities of the Authority due the National
Government are hereby converted as capital of the Authority.
SEC. 9. Operating Expenses. — There is hereby appropriated

the sum of Two Million Pesos out of the funds of the National
Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the operating costs of the
Authority for the remaining period of Fiscal Year 1980. Thereafter
and for subsequent fiscal years, the amount of Ten Million Pesos
shall be provided in the General Appropriations Act to cover the
operating expenses of the Authority.
SEC. 10. Power to Issue Bonds. — Whenever the Board

Directors may deem it necessary for the Authority to incur an
indebtedness or to issue bonds to carry out the provisions of this
Decree, it shall, by resolution, so declare and state the purpose
for which the proposed debt is to be incurred. In order that such
resolution be valid, it shall be passed by the affirmative vote of at
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least a simple majority of all the members of such Board and approved
by the President of the Philippines upon the recommendation of the
Secretary of Finance, after consultation with the National Economic
and Development Authority and the Monetary Board of the Central
Bank.
SEC. 11. Sinking Fund. — A sinking fund shall be established

by the Authority in such manner that the total annual contributions
thereto, accrued at such rate of interest as may be determined by
the Minister of Finance in consultation with the Monetary Board,
shall be sufficient to redeem at maturity the bonds issued under
the provisions of this Decree. Said fund shall be under the custody
of the Central Bank of the Philippines which shall invest the same
in such a manner as the Monetary Board may approve, charging all
expenses of such investment of said sinking fund, and crediting the
same with the interest on investments and other income accruing
thereto.
SEC. 12. Government Guarantee. — The Republic of the

Philippines hereby guarantees the payment of the Authority of
both the principal and interest on bonds, debentures, collaterals,
notes or such other obligations incurred by the Authority by virtue
of the provisions of this Decree, and shall pay the said principal and
interest in case the Authority fails to pay the same. The Minister
of Finance shall pay the amount thereof, to be appropriated from
the funds of the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and
thereupon to the extent of the amount so paid, the Government
of the Republic of the Philippines shall succeed to all the rights of
the holders of such bonds, debentures, collaterals, notes or other
obligations, unless the amount be refunded by the Authority within
a reasonable time.
SEC. 13. Foreign Loans. — The Authority is hereby

authorized to contract loans, credit and indebtedness, in any
convertible foreign currency or capital goods from time to time from
foreign governments or any international financial institutions or
fund sources, the total outstanding amount of which, exclusive of
interest charges, shall not exceed two hundred million US Dollars
or the equivalent thereof in other currencies at any one time on such
terms and conditions as may be agreed upon.
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The President of the Philippines, by himself, or through the

Minister of Finance or the Governor of the Central Bank, is hereby
further authorized to guarantee, absolutely and unconditionally, as
primary obligor and not as surety merely, in the name and on behalf
of the Republic of the Philippines, the payment of any loans herein
authorized, as well as the performance of all or any of the obligations
undertaken by the Authority, pursuant to loan agreements entered
into with foreign government or any international financial
institutions.
In the negotiation and contracting of any loan, credit or

indebtedness under this Section, the provision of Section Four of
Republic Act Numbered Four Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty, as
provided in Section Five of Republic Act Numbered Six Thousand
One Hundred Forty-Two, as amended, shall apply.
The loans, credits and indebtedness contracted under this

subsection and the payment of the principal, interest and other
charges thereon, as well as the importation of machinery, equipment,
materials and supplies by the Authority, paid from the proceeds of
any loan, credit or indebtedness incurred under this Decree shall
also be exempt from all taxes, fees, imposts, other charges and
restrictions imposed by the Republic of the Philippines, or any of its
agencies and political subdivisions.
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SEC. 22. Subsidiaries. — The Authority shall have the power

to form, establish, organize and maintain subsidiary corporation
or corporations. Such subsidiary or subsidiaries shall be formed
in accordance with the Philippine Corporation Law and existing
rules and regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
Commission, unless otherwise provided in this Decree. In all cases,
the Authority shall own initially at least fifty one (51%) per centum
of the capital stock of each subsidiary.
A subsidiary of the Authority shall have a Board of Directors

of at least five (5) members of which at least one director shall be
elected from among the members of the Board of Directors of the
Authority. In addition, the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority,
or his duly designated representative from the Authority shall be
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an ex-officio member of the Board of Directors of each subsidiary

established by the Authority.
Such subsidiaries shall be exempt from coverage of the Civil

Service Decree, rules and regulations, and Office of Compensation
and Position Classification.
SEC. 23. Relationship With Regional Development Councils.

— To effectively implement its purposes, duties, powers and
functions, the Authority shall coordinate with, consult or implement
its policies and projects through the Regional Development Councils
in Southern Philippines. In addition to their present powers, duties
and functions, the Regional Development Councils in the Philippines
shall have the following functions:
a) Submit recommendation to the Authority on certain

economic, development, industrial and corporate projects in and for
their respective territorial jurisdiction;
b) Assist and/or implement such projects as may be approved

for their respective local governments;
c) Furnish the Authority such data and information in their

respective territorial jurisdiction which the Authority may deem
vital and necessary in the pursuit of its purposes and objectives;
and
d) Coordinate among themselves in the planning and
implementation of their respective economic development and
industrial projects falling under the Authority.
SEC. 24. Donations and Gifts. — The Authority shall have

the right to receive donations or bequests which shall be utilized
only for the implementation of the programs and projects of the
Authority. Such donations or bequests shall be exempt from the
payment of gift taxes and full amount of such donations or bequest
shall be deductible from the gross income of the donor for the year
during which the same is made.
SEC. 25. Administrative Supervision. — The Authority shall

be placed under the Ministry of Human Settlements under the direct
supervision of the Minister of Human Settlements.
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SEC. 26. Applicability of the Corporation Law. — The

provisions of the Corporation Law, as amended insofar as they
are not inconsistent with this Decree shall be applicable to the
operations of the Authority.
SEC. 27. By Laws and Rules and Regulations. — The Board

of Directors shall adopt its By-Laws promulgate the rules and
regulations to implement the provisions of this Decree which shall
take effect upon approval by the Minister of Human Settlements.
SEC. 28. Separability Clause. — Should any provision of the

decree be held unconstitutional, no other provisions or parts thereof
shall be affected thereby.
SEC. 29. Repealing Clause. — All other laws, decrees, acts,

orders, executive orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof
inconsistent herewith are hereby likewise repealed or modified
accordingly.

immediately.
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT:
(Sgd.) JOAQUIN T. VENUS, JR.

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CREATING THE NATIONAL COAL AUTHORITY DEFINING

WHEREAS, overriding considerations of national interest

recognize energy self-sufficiency as a national priority;
WHEREAS, the accelerated coal development program is an

important component of the government’s thrust towards energy
self-sufficiency;
WHEREAS, the utilization of coal as an alternate source

of power for various industries necessities the assurance by the
government of an adequate and stable supply of coal for the use of
such industries;
WHEREAS, in order to effect an integrated system of coal

handling and thus accomplish the maximum efficient utilization
of coal, it is imperative that a central government authority be
established;

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This decree shall be known and may

be cited as “The Charter of the National Coal Authority.”
SEC. 2. Policy and Objectives. - Hand in hand with the existing

Government policy of accelerating the development of indigenous
conventional energy resources as well as non-conventional energy
alternatives with great potential for immediate and future
applications, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the State to
consider the maximum efficient utilization of coal as an important
segment of the Government’s thrust towards energy self-sufficiency
and in sustaining the rapid growth and development of the national
economy. This policy shall be carried out by attaining the following
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objectives: 1) to provide and maintain an adequate and stable supply

of coal, whether imported or locally produced; 2) To establish or cause
the establishment, coordinate, control and regulate an effective,
efficient and economical logistics system as will adequately function
to meet domestic requirements; and 3) To set up the conditions
that would enable coal to substantially contribute to the country’s
energy self-sufficiency program and thereby enhance the economic
development of the nation.
SEC. 3. Creation of the National Coal Authority. - There is

hereby created the National Coal Authority, hereinafter referred to
as the Authority, which shall be responsible for implementing the
policy and attaining the objectives set under this Decree.
SEC. 4. Powers and Functions of the Authority. - The Authority

shall insofar as may be necessary, reasonable and practicable,
undertake and assume primary responsibility for the shift in the
use of fuel for industry from petroleum to coal, and in order to
assure an adequate and stable supply of coal, it shall coordinate,
integrate, systematize, control and regulate all activities relating
to the procurement, purchase, sale, importation, exportation and
handling of coal, including the pricing, receiving, storage, transport,
distribution, processing and delivery thereof. Additionally, it shall:
(a) Formulate and define, thru appropriate rules and

regulations, the necessary plans, programs and guidelines for
carrying out the policy and objectives laid down in this Decree;
(b) Using the standards of necessity, reasonableness and

practicability, determine the industries that would have to shift to
coal as a source of fuel;
(c) Set up the mechanism for the rapid shift in the use of coal
as fuel for industry including the priorities and timing thereof, and
extend such assistance as may be necessary therefor;
(d) Adopt a system whereby the adequacy of coal supply and

stability of coal prices could be assured;
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(e) Procure and control or cause the procurement and

control of coal in such quantities and locations as may be foreseably
needed;
(f) Engage in, control, supervise and regulate the purchase,

sale, importation, exportation and supply of coal and their
derivatives;
(g) Establish, construct, install or maintain in any area

within the national territory, ports and terminals, buildings,
facilities and infrastructures for receiving, processing, blending,
storing, transporting and distributing coal;
(h) Undertake the efficient, effective, adequately suitable

and economical means of distributing, delivering, transporting
and/or shipping coal for purposes of reducing marketing cost and
ensuring stable supply;
(i) Regulate and control the receiving, storage, transportation,

distribution, processing, blending, delivery and handling of coal;
(j) Regulate and control the utilization of coal as fuel for

industry and establish, set up and regulate the prices thereof;
(k) Coordinate with the Ministries of Energy, Industry, and

Natural Resources for the maximum efficient utilization of coal;
(l) Enter into contracts with any person or entity, domestic or

foreign, private or Government, for undertaking the various aspects
of its coal operations;
(m) Borrow money from local and foreign sources, guarantee

or work for the guarantee of loans from Government and private
financial institutions, and engage in such financing activities as
may be necessary for its operations including relending to private
industries to facilitate their rapid shift to the use of coal as source
of fuel;
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(n) Any provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding,

invest its funds, acquire assets, real or personal, or interest therein,
and encumber or otherwise dispose of the same as it may deem
proper and necessary in the conduct of its business;
(o) Subject to existing regulations, establish and maintain

such communications systems, whether by radio, telegraph or any
other manner, without the need of a separate franchise therefor;
(p) Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding,

determine through its Board of Governors, its organizational
structure and the number and positions of its officers and employees;
appoint such officers and employees; fix their salaries, compensation,
allowances, benefits, working hours and other terms and conditions
of employment; grant them leaves of absence under such conditions
as it may deem proper; discipline and/or remove them for cause;
and establish a recruitment and merit system for such offices and
employees;
(q) Hire technical consultants and other experts at rates

competitive with private industry;
(r) Accept detail of personnel from other government agencies

including government-owned or controlled corporations and pay
allowances thereto in addition to their regular pay, provided such
allowances do not exceed twenty-five per cent (25%) of the base pay
of such personnel and provided further that the payments to be
made shall come from funds out of the fines, fees and other charges
which the Authority may generate in the exercise of its regulatory
powers;
(s) Establish and maintain offices, branches, agencies, sub-

agencies, correspondents or other units anywhere as may be needed
by the Authority and reorganize or abolish the same as it may deem
proper;
(t) Exercise the right of eminent domain as may be necessary

for the purpose for which the Authority is created;
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(u) Acquire easement over public and private land necessary

for the purpose of carrying out any work essential to its coal
operations, subject to payment of just compensation;
(v) Establish and maintain a technical educational system for

the sustained development of the necessary manpower to manage
and operate its affairs and business;
(w) Perform such acts and exercise such functions as may be

necessary for the attainment of the purposes and objectives herein
specified;
(x) Promulgate such rules and regulations as may be

necessary to carry out the purposes of this Decree and impose a
penalty for the violation thereof, consisting a fine not exceeding
One Hundred Thousand Pesos (P100,000.00) or imprisonment not
exceeding five (5) years or both such fine and imprisonment;
(y) Perform such other functions as may be provided by

law.
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SEC. 13. Reports - The Authority shall, within three months

SEC. 14. Appropriations - The amount of Fifty Million Pesos

(P50,000,000.00) is hereby set aside and appropriated out of the
Energy Special Fund created under Section 8(j) of Rep. Act No. 6173,
as amended, to provide for the initial funding requirements of the
Authority for 1980. Thereafter, the appropriation of the Authority
shall be included in the General Appropriations Act.
SEC. 15. Separability Clause - Should any provision of this

affected thereby.
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SEC. 16. Repealing Clause - All laws, decrees, executive

repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.
SEC. 17. Effectivity - This Decree shall take effect

immediately.

the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

Senior Presidential Assistant
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CREATING THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AUTHORITY OF

THE PHILIPPINES (CIAP)
WHEREAS, the construction industry constitutes an

important segment of the industrial sector and contributes
significantly to the gross national product of the Philippines;
WHEREAS, construction is now a major industry, accounting

for more than five hundred thousand workers and providing
livelihood to more than three million Filipinos;
WHEREAS, the construction industry has began to venture

into international markets, generating foreign exchange and
providing greater employment to Filipino workers;
WHEREAS, the orderly growth and development of the

construction industry and the upgrading of the capability of
construction contractors are in consonance with national interest
and will benefit both public and private sector;
WHEREAS, the continued growth and development of the

construction industry requires an increasing number of skilled
construction workers; and
WHEREAS, such growth and development have been

hampered by the lack of cohesive government policies and the absence
of a central agency to deal with the problems of the industry and to
coordinate with other government agencies on matters affecting the
industry.

by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree the creation of the
Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines (CIAP) designed
to promote, accelerate and regulate the growth and development of
the construction industry as follows:
SECTION 1. Composition. There is hereby established a

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines which shall be
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composed of the Minister of Industry as Chairman, the Chairmen

of the different agencies under this Decree namely: the Philippine
Contractors Accreditation Board, the Philippine Overseas
Construction Board, the Philippine Domestic Construction Board,
the Construction Manpower Development Foundation, the President
of the Philippine Contractors Association, and one representative of
the private construction sector to be appointed by the President,
as members. The Chairman shall designate a Vice-Chairman from
among the members.
SEC. 2. Powers and Objectives. The Construction Industry

Authority of the Philippines shall promote, accelerate and regulate
the growth and development of the construction industry in
conformity with national goals.
Specifically, the Authority shall have the following powers

and objectives:
(a) To evolve an overall strategy and exercise centralized

authority for the optimum development of the construction
industry;
(b) To monitor and study the operations of the construction

industry both here and abroad, to identify its needs, problems
and opportunities and to recommend and/or implement policies,
legislations, programs and measures to support the development of
the industry;
(c) To rationalize investments in the construction industry

in accordance with national investment priorities and development
needs;
(d) To establish criteria for the classification and categorization

of contractors which accurately reflect their contracting capacity
and performance capability;
(e) To enforce relevant and reasonable rules and requirements,

as well as implement practicable and efficient procedures for pre-
qualification of public projects;
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(f) To recommend and encourage the adoption of equitable

and realistic contract conditions for construction;
(g) To seek the adoption of credit and other financing policies

necessary for sustaining the continued and orderly development of
the construction industry and for supporting Filipino contractors
particularly those involved in overseas construction;
(h) To identify and recommend other incentives necessary to

support overseas construction;
(i) To establish procedures, guidelines and criteria for fair

and expeditious adjudication and settlement of claims and disputes
in contract implementation;
(j) To promote construction manpower training to supplement

the manpower training efforts of the private sector, through the
centralization of programming and coordination of activities of all
government agencies;
(k) To establish a funding mechanism with the private sector

to promote and develop the construction industry;
(l) To perform such other functions necessary to achieve its

objectives.
SEC. 3. Organization. The Authority shall be attached to

the Ministry of Industry for policy and program coordination. It
shall exercise authority with respect to the government agencies
that conduct business with or exercise regulatory powers over the
construction industry. It shall exercise jurisdiction and supervision
over the following agencies which shall act as its implementing
arms.
(a) The Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board;
(b) The Philippine Overseas Construction Board;
(c) The Philippine Domestic Construction Board;
(d) The Construction Manpower Development Foundation.

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SEC. 4. The Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board.

There is hereby created a Philippine Contractors Accreditation
Board under the jurisdiction and supervision of the Authority. The
Philippine Contractors Licensing Board is hereby abolished and
all its funds and records are hereby transferred to the Philippine
Contractors Accreditation Board.
SEC. 5. The Philippine Overseas Construction Board. The

Philippine Overseas Construction Board created under P.D. 1167,
as amended, is hereby placed under the jurisdiction and supervision
of the Authority. It shall continue to perform its present functions
and shall perform additional functions as may be assigned by the
Authority.
SEC. 6. The Philippine Domestic Construction Board. There

is hereby created a Philippine Domestic Construction Board under
the jurisdiction and supervision of the Authority.
Functions. The Philippine Domestic Construction Board shall

formulate, recommend and implement policies, guidelines, plans
and programs for the efficient implementation of public and private
construction in the country. Specifically, it shall:
1. Formulate and recommend appropriate policies and

guidelines for pre-qualification, bidding and contract award for
public infrastructure projects;
2. Monitor and evaluate information on the status of public

construction projects as well as on the performance and contracting
capacity of contractors engaged in such projects;
3. Adjudicate and settle claims and disputes in the

implementation of public construction contracts and for this purpose,
formulate and adopt the necessary rules and regulations subject to
the approval of the President;
4. Formulate and recommend approximate and standardized

contract terms/conditions and guidelines for determining contract
price adjustments in private construction;
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5. Formulate and recommend rules and procedures for

the adjudication and settlement of claims and disputes in the
implementation of contracts in private construction;
6. Perform such other functions as may be assigned by the

Authority.
SEC. 7. The Construction Manpower Development

Foundation. There is hereby created a Construction Manpower
Development Foundation which shall serve as the manpower
development arm of the Authority.
Functions. The Foundation shall perform the following

functions:
1. Draw up an overall construction manpower development

plan and relevant strategies;
2. Develop and implement manpower training programs for

the construction industry;
3. Formulate and adopt construction skills and standards

and establish skills testing and certification facilities in coordination
with the National Manpower and Youth Council;
4. Recommend appropriate policies and measures to

rationalize training and export of trained manpower in the
construction industry in coordination with the Ministry of Labor
and other pertinent government agencies;
5. Develop a funding mechanism in cooperation with the

construction industry to enable it to carry out its functions by
collecting fees and undertaking income generating activities;
6. Borrow from financing institutions as may support its

operations;
7. Perform such other functions as may be assigned by the

Authority.
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The Foundation shall coordinate its activities and work

program with the National Manpower and Youth Council, the Bureau
of Employment Services of the Ministry of Labor, the Philippine
Overseas Construction Board and the Ministry of Education and
Culture.
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are declared to be separable and if any provision or the application
thereof is held invalid or unconstitutional, the validity of the other
SEC. 14. Repealing Clause. All provisions of existing laws,

proclamations, decrees, letters of instruction and executive orders
contrary to or inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed or

immediately.

the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

Senior Presidential Assistant
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RECONSTITUTING THE NATIONAL GRAINS AUTHORITY TO

THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY, BROADENING
ITS FUNCTIONS AND POWERS AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
WHEREAS, it is imperative to strengthen National strategy

for the integrated growth and development of the food industry to
insure adequate and continuous supply at reasonable prices;
WHEREAS, the functions and powers of the National Grains

Authority, created under P.D. No. 4 as amended by P.D. No. 699
and 1485, are limited to the grains industry;
WHEREAS, integrated growth and development of the

entire food industry requires the expansion of the functions and
powers of the National Grains Authority to cover other basic food
commodities;

virtue of the powers vested in me by the constitution, do hereby
Order and Decree:
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Decree shall be known as the

National Food Authority Act.
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It shall be the declared policy

of the State to promote the integrated growth and development of
the food industry so it can adequately function as an institution
conscious of its social responsibilities, capable of maintaining an
adequate and continuous food supply and contributing its proper
share to the economy.
SEC. 3. National Food Authority. - The National Grains

Authority is hereby transferred into the National Food Authority
which shall be a government corporation attached to the Office of
the President.
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SEC. 4. Scope. - As used in this Decree, the term “Food

Industry” shall include, in addition to those enumerated in Section
2 of Presidential Decree No. 4, as amended, raw/fresh and/or
manufactured/processed/packaged food products.
SEC. 5. Applicability of Presidential Decree No. 4 as amended

by Presidential Decree Nos. 699 and 1485. - Except as otherwise
herein provided, the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 4, as
amended by Presidential Decree Nos. 699 and 1485, shall govern
the National Food Authority and shall be applicable to other food
commodities mentioned in the immediately preceding paragraph as
the National Food Authority Council may determine from time to
time.
SEC. 6. Composition of the National Food Authority Council. -

The Council shall be composed of the following:
The Minister of Human Settlements
The Administrator, National Food Authority
The Minister of Agriculture
The Minister of Finance
The Minister of Industry
The Minister of Trade
The Governor, Central Bank of the Philippines
The Chairman, Development Bank of the Philippines
The President, Philippine National Bank
The President, Land Bank of the Philippines
A Representative of the Office of the President
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The Chairman shall be the Minister of Human Settlements

and the Vice-Chairman shall be the Administrator of the National
Food Authority. The Administrator of the National Food Authority
shall be appointed by the President of the Republic of the
Philippines.
The Council shall meet regularly at least once a month

on any date to be determined by the Chairman. Provided: That
the Chairman may convene special meetings to discuss urgent
matters. The Council Members shall be entitled to per diem of not
less than EIGHT HUNDRED PESOS (P800.00) for each meeting
actually attended by them and such other remuneration as may be
determined by the Council.
The Management of the Authority shall be vested in an

Administrator who shall have the rank of a Minister and shall be
assisted by two (2) Deputy Administrators and as many Assistant
Administrators as may be determined by the Council and whose
respective qualifications shall be the same as those provided for in
the said Decree.
The Administrator shall receive a compensation, to be

determined by the Council in accordance with the provisions of
pertinent compensation law.
SEC. 7. Additional Powers, Functions and Exemptions. - In

addition to the powers, functions and exemptions of the Authority
under P.D. No. 4, as amended, the Authority shall have the following
powers, functions and exemptions:
(a) To acquire ownership of, by purchase or otherwise, and/or

to invest in, hold, sell or otherwise dispose of, stocks or bonds or any
interest in either, or any obligation or evidence or indebtedness of
any corporation, public or private, domestic or foreign, or the bonds
or other obligations or evidence of indebtedness of any person, firm
or corporation.
(b) To register, license and supervise persons, natural or
juridical, who shall engage or are engaging in the wholesale, retail,
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processing, manufacturing, storage, transporting, packaging,

importation, exportation of food products/commodities and such
other related to food activities and to prescribe, impose and collect
fees, charges and/or surcharges, with the approval of the President
of the Philippines upon recommendation of the Council.
(c) To import/export or cause the importation/exportation

of food products/commodities and/or raw materials, equipment and
facilities needed in the manufacture/processing of food commodities
as may be determined by the Council, and as approved by the
(d) To establish or cause the establishment of branches or

agencies, domestic or foreign, whenever deemed necessary by the
Council.
(e) To engage in the production, manufacturing, processing

and/or packaging of food products/commodities as may be necessary
to effectively carry out its functions and as approved by the President
of the Philippines.
(f) To establish and or re-structure its own internal

organization and to fix the remunerations, emoluments, allowances
and other fringe benefits of its officers and employees, subject to the
provisions of pertinent compensation law and regulations.
(g) To create and establish, a “Provident Fund” which shall

consist of contributions made both by the Authority and its officers
and employees to a common fund for the payment of retirement and
other benefits to such officers and employees or their heirs under
such terms and conditions as the Council may fix.
(h) The subsidiaries of the Authority and those which may

be subsequently acquired and/or hereinafter created by law and/
or owned/controlled and/or organized by the Authority shall enjoy
the tax exemptions and other privileges and rights of the Authority
when specifically approved by the President of the Philippines.
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SEC. 8. Food Terminal, Inc. - The investments and loans,

as well as related obligations incurred, of the Human Settlements
Development Corporation in the Food Terminal, Inc. shall be
transferred to the Authority, at such valuation as may be approved
by the President of the Philippines upon recommendation of the
Commission on Audit.
The terms of payment for net assets transferred shall be as

mutually agreed upon.
SEC. 9. Capitalization. - The Authority shall have an

authorized capital stock of five billion pesos, divided into fifty
million shares of par value of one hundred pesos each. These shares
shall be wholly subscribed and paid by the national government,
local government units, or other government owned or controlled
corporations.
The accumulated capital stock and surpluses of the

National Grains Authority shall be evaluated and shall be the
initial paid in capital of the Authority. The national government
shall make additional equity investments into the Authority
out of funds appropriated in the General Appropriations Act and
other appropriations laws as may be approved by the President in
accordance with the fund requirements of the Authority and funds
availability in the Treasury.
SEC. 10. Funding.
(a) Official development assistance to the Philippine

government are channeled through the Authority, including food
aid, shall be recorded on the books of the Authority as paid in
capital when received in the form of loans, except where otherwise
approved by the President of the Philippines, in which case they
may be recorded as subsidies to the Authority.
(b) Payments made by the national government on loans

drawn by or for the Authority and the National Grains Authority
shall be recorded as payments of equity, except where otherwise
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approved by the President in which case may be recorded as

subsidies to the Authority.
(c) The national government may subsidize the operations of

the Authority out of funds appropriated in the annual appropriations
Acts, in such amount and at such times as approved by the President
of the Philippines.
(d) The funding and organizational provisions in B.P. No. 80

intended for the national food programs, including those provided as
special financing program seed fund, cooperatives loans, livelihood
projects, in the Ministry of Agriculture, the Office of the President,
the Ministry of Human Settlements shall be reviewed by the Council,
which shall recommend to the President the appropriations transfers
and realignment of responsibilities in order to be consistent with
the purposes of this Decree. Appropriations transferred shall form
part of the equity investment into the Authority. These review shall
be conducted with the participation of the Chairman, Presidential
Commission on Reorganization and the Minister of the Budget.
(e) The Authority is hereby empowered to negotiate with

the government and domestic private lending institutions for credit
facilities at preferential rates.
(f) The Central Bank of the Philippines shall rediscount

local procurement and importation of papers of the National Food
Authority under such terms and conditions as may be determined
by the Monetary Board, which shall give preferential treatment as
to interest rate, maturity and loan value.
SEC. 11. National Government Guarantee. - The obligations

of the Authority shall be guaranteed by the government of the
Philippines upon approval of the President of the Philippines.
SEC. 12. Rules and Regulations. - The Authority shall

promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to
effectively implement and carry out the provisions of this Decree,
such rules and regulations shall take effect fifteen (15) days
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following their publication once in at least one daily newspaper of

general circulation.
SEC. 13. Repealing Clause. - All laws, orders and

proclamations, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, inconsistent
with the provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed, amended or
SEC. 14. Separability Clause. - If any part, section or

provision of this Decree be held invalid or unconstitutional, no other
part, section or provision thereof shall be affected thereby.
Done in the City of Manila, Philippines, this 14th day of

January in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-one.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant
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CREATING THE PHILIPPINE ISLAMIC CENTER IN JEDDAH,

SAUDI ARABIA
WHEREAS, it is the policy and objective of the Philippine

Government to maintain friendly and mutually beneficial relations
with all countries;
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to strengthen our

political and economic ties with the Islamic countries of the Middle
East in view of the importance of these ties to our internal stability
and economic development;
WHEREAS, a strong and coordinated diplomatic presence

in the region is imperative to the achievement of this objective;
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 487, promulgated on

19th June 1974, provides for the creation of Philippine Centers
abroad for the purpose of, among other things, promoting and
propagating Philippine culture, encouraging foreign tourists to
visit the Philippines, expanding the foreign market for Philippine
products, providing efficient and comprehensive public service in
the country and abroad, and in general enhancing the image of the
Philippines:

the Constitution, do hereby decree and order as follows:
SECTION 1. There shall be created a Philippine Islamic

Center in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, hereinafter called “The Center”,
which shall:
(a) house within its premises all the regional offices and
agencies of the Philippine Government in the Middle East as well
as those accredited to the Saudi Arabian Government only;
(b) contain an exhibition area on the Philippines in general

and on southern Philippines in particular, including exhibits of
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Moslem art, culture and other informational materials on the land

and people of southern Philippines;
(c) contain a prayer room for Filipino Moslems and such

other facilities and equipment as may be necessary for rendering
assistance to Filipino residents and visitors to Saudi Arabia, both
Moslem and non-Moslem alike; and
(d) house a Philippine Trade Center which shall be treated

in detail in Sections 7 and 8 of this Decree.
SEC. 2. There shall be incorporated a Philippine Islamic

Center Board, hereinafter called “The Board”, which shall in behalf
of the Republic of the Philippines, acquire by lease or purchase a
building or buildings, as well as equipment, which may be necessary
in the performance of its functions and achievement of the goals of
the Center.

functions:
A. Composition -
1. Chairman - The Chief of Mission to Saudi Arabia;
2. Vice-Chairman - The Deputy Chief of Mission or next

ranking officer of the Philippine Embassy in Jeddah;
3. Three other members of the Board, who shall serve for

a term of one year, elected by the heads of offices/agencies of
the Philippine Government located in Saudi Arabia annually
and from among themselves; however, final approval of their
appointment to the Board rests with the Chairman of the Board
whose decision on this matter shall only be appealable to the
Office of the President; and
4. The Philippine Islamic Center Manager who shall also

act as the Secretary of the Board.
B. Functions
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Philippines for the operation, maintenance, and management
of the Center in accordance with the provisions of this Decree
and shall for this purpose meet at least once a year to prepare
and submit to the President, through the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, an annual report of the activities of the Center not later
than the 31st of December of each year.
2. The Board shall formulate and implement programs

it deem appropriate to carry out the functions of the Center as
provided for in Section I under the policy guidance of the Minister
of Foreign Affairs;
3. The Board shall approved lease contracts for the rentals

stipulated in Section 5;
4. The Board shall have the power to appoint consultants,

as it may deem necessary, who shall be entitled to allowances and
travel expenses at rates determined by the Board;
5. The Board shall appoint a Philippine Islamic Center

Manger who shall be responsible to the Board for the effective
and prompt implementation of its policies and decisions and
whose emoluments shall be determined by the Board taking into
consideration local rates and the income of the Center;
6. The Board shall have such other functions consistent with

the objectives of this Decree.
SEC. 4. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in

the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of eight
million pesos for the initial operation of the Center and annually
thereafter, the sum of four million pesos for the maintenance
and operation of the Center. Additional appropriations shall be
authorized as the need arises.
SEC. 5. All Philippine Government agencies or offices and

private firms using the Center, except the Philippine Embassy for
the first three years of the operations of the Center, shall pay rent
to the Center, the rate of which shall be based primarily on the
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prevailing monthly or annual rate per square foot in other buildings

with comparable facilities within a two block radius of the Center.
SEC. 6. The Center shall have a trade, tourism, and

investment Center, called the Philippine Trade Center, which shall
serve as the focal point for trade, tourism and investment promotion
in the Middle East.
The Trade Center shall be under the direct supervision of

the Ministry of Trade and shall be operated under guidelines issued
by the Minister of Trade. The Trade Center shall have a trade
information library; a restaurant; an auditorium; offices for rental
to Filipino businessman; a storage room; and such other areas as
may be necessary or proper to be decided by the Ministry of Trade.
SEC. 7. The Ministry of Trade, with the assistance of other

government agencies concerned, shall be the coordinating and
clearing house of support activities for the Trade Center. For this
purpose, there is hereby appropriated annually out of any fund
in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of
two million pesos for the maintenance and operations of the Trade
Center.
SEC. 8. The Philippine Islamic Center in Jeddah shall

be exempted from the applicability of any provision or provision
of existing laws or regulations which are inconsistent with this
Decree.
Done in the City of Manila, this 15th day of January in the

year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-one.

President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

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ABOLISHING THE COUNCILS FOR THE PRINT AND

BROADCAST MEDIA CREATED UNDER LETTER OF
INSTRUCTIONS NO. 587 IN ACCORDANCE WITH
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 576, AS AMENDED BY
WHEREAS, shortly after the proclamation of a state

of martial law government supervision of the media of mass
communication was terminated because the various sectors of
mass media had proven themselves capable of self-regulation and
responsible conduct;
WHEREAS, the councils for the print and broadcast

media created under Letter of Instructions No. 587 in accordance
with Presidential Decree No. 576 had further raised the level of
responsibility, respect for law and competence for self-regulation in
the mass media;

Constitution, do hereby order and decree:
SECTION 1. Presidential Decree No. 576, dated November

9, 1974, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 1776, is hereby
repealed.
SEC. 2. The councils for print and broadcast media created

under Letter of Instructions No. 587 in accordance with Presidential
Decree No. 576, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 1776, are
hereby abolished.
SEC. 3. The print and broadcast media may, however, in

accord with their demonstrated regard for excellence and a high
sense of responsibility as constant objectives, establish other self-
regulatory bodies of their own in such form and with rules and
regulations as they may respectively see fit.
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President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE EXPORT CREDIT CORPORATION, DEFINING

WHEREAS, the Government encourages, promotes, and

develops the export of goods and services, and the establishment
and operation of private enterprises engaged in the manufacture of
capital goods;
WHEREAS, the development of the export and capital goods

industry is hampered by the lack of proper credit, guarantee, and
insurance facilities at rates and on terms and conditions which will
place the nation’s exports at a competitive level in the international
market and will enable local industries to manufacture capital goods,
likewise at levels competitive with imported goods and services.
WHEREAS, there is a need to establish a government-owned

or controlled corporation to provide the required credit, guarantee,
and insurance facilities at preferential rates and on liberal terms
and conditions;

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Decree shall be known as the

“Charter of the Export Credit Corporation.”
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the policy of the State

to encourage, promote and develop the export of manufactured
goods, products and other goods and services by extending credits,
guarantees, and insurance coverage at interest rates and charges
and on an internationally competitive basis, in order to attain a
rising level of production and employment, increase foreign exchange
earnings and improve the country’s balance of payments, accelerate
the economic growth the development of the nation, and secure to
the Filipino people the benefits of such growth and development.
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SEC. 3. Creation, Name, Domicile and Term. - There is

hereby created a body corporate to be known as the Export Credit
Corporation. Its principal place of business shall be in Metropolitan
Manila and it may establish such offices, agencies, branches,
subsidiaries and correspondents in the Philippines or abroad as its
business operations may require. It shall have a term of fifty (50)
years from the effectivity hereof, which shall be deemed renewed for
an equal period, unless sooner dissolved by law.
SEC. 4. Purposes. - The Corporation shall have the following

purposes:
(a) To promote and develop the export of goods and

services;
(b) To foster the development of capital goods industry; and
(c) To provide the facility for the grant of direct credits and
loans, financial guarantees and insurance coverage to exporters and
financial institutions, with reference to their provision of credits or
loans in support of the export of Philippine goods and services at
interest rates and charges and on a competitive basis.
SEC. 5. Powers and Functions. - The Corporation shall have

(a) To extend direct loans or other credit facilities in

Philippine or foreign currency to any persons and entities in respect
of the financing of export contracts and foreign trade transactions
including the sale of domestically manufactured capital goods at
competitive interest rates and charges;
(b) To give or make arrangements for the giving of guarantees

covering political and commercial risk to, or for the benefit of,
persons or entities engaged in business in the Philippines, banks
and financial institutions, in connection with the financing of
export, manufacture, treatment of goods, the rendering of services,
or any other matter which in the determination of the Corporation
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promotes the export trade and the import-substitution industry. The

guarantee, given or arranged as herein provided, shall be on such
terms and conditions as the Corporation may deem proper; provided,
that the Corporation may shall not give, or make arrangement for,
performance guarantees;
(c) To make grants to, or subsidize, in Philippine or foreign

currency, any persons or entities for the purpose of supplementing
any interest receivable or received by them as consideration for their
provision of such facilities as aforementioned, and for persons or
entities engaged in business in the Philippines to purchase, discount,
rediscount, sell and negotiable, with or without its indorsement,
notes, drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances, including banker’s
acceptances and other evidences of indebtedness in connection
therewith;
(d) To enter into contracts of insurance with any persons

or entities to insure them against the risk of war, expropriation,
restrictions on remittances and such other risks as may appear
to the Corporation to be non-commercial risks, in respect of, or in
connection with, export contracts or transactions;
(e) To act as agent for any persons, entity, government or

agency of a government in respect of or in connection with export
contracts or transactions;
(f) To issue bonds and to borrow money from local and/or

foreign sources;
(g) To invest its funds in any activity related to export and

import-substitution and in any bonds or securities issued and/or
guaranteed by the Government of the Philippines;
(h) To purchase, hold, alienate, mortgage, pledge or otherwise

dispose of the shares of the capital stock of, or any bond, security of
other corporations or associations of this or any other country; and
while the owner of said stock, to exercise all the rights of ownership,
including the right to vote thereon;
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(i) To acquire assets, real or personal, or interest therein,

and encumber or otherwise dispose the same as it may deem proper
and necessary in the conduct of its business;
(j) To determine its organizational structure, and the number

and salaries of its officers and employees;
(k) To establish and maintain offices, branches, agencies,

subsidiaries, correspondents or any other units within or outside
the Philippines as may be needed by the Corporation and reorganize
or abolish the same as it may deem proper;
(l) To adopt By-Laws for the regulation of its proceedings;

prescribing the duties of officers and employees of the Corporation;
delegating to the President the conduct of any business of the Board
of Directors; fixing the salaries, fees or other remuneration to be paid
to the Directors, and generally, for the conduct and management of
its activities;
(m) To sue and be sued.
(n) To adopt and use a corporate seal which shall be judicially

noticed;
(o) To perform such acts and exercise such functions as

herein specified;
(p) To promulgate such rules and regulations as may be

necessary to carry out the purposes of this Decree; and
(q) To perform such other functions as may be provided by

law.
SEC. 6. Restriction on powers. - The Corporation is not a

bank within the meaning of Republic Act Numbered Three Hundred
thirty-seven (General Banking Act), as amended, and as such, can
not perform commercial banking functions, except as provided
herein.
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SEC. 7. Capital Stock. - The Corporation shall have an

authorized capital stock of TEN BILLION PESOS (P10,000,000,000)
divided into ten million (10,000,000) shares with a par value of
P100,000 per share, of which P200,000,000 shall be originally
subscribed and paid for by the Republic of the Philippines. The
remaining shares of stock may be subscribed and paid for by the
Republic of the Philippines or by government financial institutions.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 13. Privileges and Incentives. - The Corporation shall

be entitled to all such privilege and incentives as are or may be
granted by law to private enterprises engaged in the export and
capital goods industries.
Other government offices and other government-owned

or controlled corporations shall extend whatever assistance may
be needed by the Corporation or any of its branches, offices and
subsidiaries, including the detail of its officials and employees
to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries on full-time or part-
time basis under arrangements satisfactory to the Corporation or
any of its subsidiaries and the government office or corporation
concerned. Said officials and employees, as well as the directors of
the Corporation and its subsidiaries, may receive allowances and
other emoluments, notwithstanding the provision of any law to the
contrary.
The employees of the Corporation shall be entitled to

all the retirement and insurance benefits and leave privileges of
government employees.
SEC. 14. Tax exemptions. - The Corporation shall be exempt

from all taxes, duties, fees, imposts and all other charges, except
corporate income tax, imposed directly or indirectly by the Republic
of the Philippines, its provinces, cities, municipalities and other
government agencies and instrumentalities.
SEC. 15. Exemption from Civil Service Law. - The offices and
employees of the Corporation shall not be subject to the Civil Service
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Law, rules and regulations, and shall likewise be exempt from the
regulations of the Wage and Position Classification Office.
SEC. 16. Non-applicability of the laws on Usury and Uniform

Currency, and certain provisions of the Insurance Code. - The
provisions of Republic Act Numbered two thousand five hundred
sixty-six (Usury Law), as amended; Republic Act Numbered five
hundred twenty-nine (Uniform Currency Law), as amended; and
Chapters III, IV, and VIII, of Presidential Decree No. 612 (The
Insurance Code) shall not apply to the operation and activities of
the Corporation.
SEC. 17. Access to Rediscounting Facilities of the Central

Bank. - The Corporation shall have access to the rediscounting
facilities of the Central Bank under the most favorable term
available for any entity under Central Bank rules and regulations.
SEC. 18. Appropriations. - For the initial funding requirements

of the Corporation, the sum of TWO HUNDRED MILLION PESOS
(P200,000,000.00) is hereby set aside and appropriated from the
General Funds not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. 19. Reports. - The Corporation shall, within three (3)

months after the end of every fiscal year, submit its annual report
to the President of the Philippines. It shall likewise submit such
periodic or other reports as may be required of it from time to time.
SEC. 20. Separability Clause. - Should any provision of this

affected thereby.
SEC. 21. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive

orders, administrative orders, rules and regulations inconsistent

immediately.
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President
BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE LUNG CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES
WHEREAS, for decades, respiratory diseases have been a

priority concern, having been the leading cause of illness and death
in the Philippines, comprising more than 45% of the total annual
deaths from all causes, thus exacting a tremendous toll on human
resources, which ailments are like to increase and degenerate
into serious lung diseases on account of unabated pollution,
industrialization and unchecked cigarette smoking in the country;
WHEREAS, the more common lung diseases are, to a great

extent, preventable, and curable with early and adequate medical
care, immunization and through prompt and intensive prevention
and health education programs;
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to consolidate and

reinforce existing programs, strategies and efforts at preventing,
treating and rehabilitating people affected by lung diseases, and to
undertake research and training on the cure and prevention of lung
diseases, through a Lung Center which will house and nurture the
above and related activities and provide tertiary-level care for more
difficult and problematical cases;
WHEREAS, to achieve this purpose the Government intends

to provide material and financial support towards the establishment
and maintenance of a Lung Center for the welfare and benefit of the
Filipino people.

President and Prime Minister of the Philippines, by virtue of the
powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and
decree:
SECTION 1. Creation of the Lung Center of the Philippines. -

There is hereby created a trust, under the name and style of
Lung Center of the Philippines, which, subject to the provisions
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of this Decree, shall be administered, according to the Articles of

Incorporation, By Laws and Objectives of the Lung Center of the
Philippines, Inc., duly registered (reg. No. 85886) with the Securities
and Exchange Commission of the Republic of the Philippines, by the
Office of the President, in coordination with the Ministry of Human
Settlements and the Ministry of Health.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 6. Annual Report. - The Lung Center of the Philippines

shall render to the President of the Philippines, the Minister of
Human Settlements and the Minister of Health an annual report of
its activities, accomplishments and recommendations.
SEC. 7. Effect of Dissolution of the Center. - If for any

reason, the Lung Center of the Philippines is dissolved, its assets
and properties remaining at the time of dissolution, shall revert to
the Philippine Government for disposition in accordance with law.

immediately.
Done in Metro Manila, this 16th day of January, in the year

of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-one.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF THE

PHILIPPINES
WHEREAS, the Constitution mandates that the State shall

establish, maintain and ensure adequate social services in the field
of health, among others, to guarantee the well-being of the Filipino
people;
WHEREAS, kidney and allied diseases have become

prevalent, afflicting an increasingly greater number of people
throughout the country;
WHEREAS, the Government recognizes the need to provide

specialized medical services for people suffering from kidney and
allied diseases;
WHEREAS, Government initiative in medical and scientific

research and study on kidney and allied diseases, shall positively
contribute to the prevention and treatment of kidney and allied
diseases, thereby uplifting the physical and mental fitness of the
people;
WHEREAS, there exists a concomitant need to educate and

train medical specialists and other medical and technical personnel
in the field of kidney and allied diseases;
WHEREAS, the promotion of the general health of the

Filipino people shall ultimately enhance socio-economic conditions
in the country;
WHEREAS, the noble undertaking of the Government in the

study, prevention and treatment of kidney and allied diseases, can
best be achieved by creating, supporting, maintaining and operating
an integrated medical institution which shall specialize in kidney
and allied diseases;
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NOW, THEREFORE, I FERDINAND E. MARCOS,

the Constitution, do hereby decree:
SECTION 1. CREATION OF THE NATIONAL KIDNEY

FOUNDATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. - There is hereby created a
body corporate and politic to be known as the NATIONAL KIDNEY
FOUNDATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, hereinafter referred to as
the FOUNDATION, which shall implement the intent and spirit of
this Decree. The FOUNDATION shall have its principal office in
Metro Manila, and may have such branch offices, hospitals, clinics
or subsidiaries in other areas in the Philippines as it may deem
proper and necessary. The FOUNDATION shall be under the Office
of the President of the Philippines.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES.- The FOUNDATION

shall have the following purposes and objectives:
(a) To construct, establish, equip, maintain, administer and

operate such integrated medical institution or institutions as shall
specialize in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, care, rehabilitation
and/or relief of kidney and allied diseases, in line with the concern
of the Government to provide material and financial support in
the establishment, maintenance and operation of a kidney center
primarily for the benefit of the Filipino people, and in pursuance
of the policy of the State to secure the well-being of the people by
providing them with specialized health and medical services and
by minimizing the incidence of kidney and allied diseases in the
country;
(b) To promote medical and scientific research relative to

the prevention and treatment of kidney and allied diseases, and to
encourage planning, invention and development of artificial means
of kidney support and transplantation;
(c) To conduct fact-finding investigations on kidney diseases,

and related field throughout the country or elsewhere, and to
report, publish and disseminate information on kidney and allied
diseases;
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(d) To finance, sponsor, hold or participate in congresses,

conventions, conferences, seminars, work-shops and training
programs on kidney diseases and/or related field in the Philippines
or abroad;
(e) To encourage and assist in the education and training of

physicians, nurses, health officers, social workers and medical and
technical personnel in the practical and scientific implementation of
services to kidney patients;
(f) To assist universities, hospitals and research institutions

in their studies on kidney and allied diseases and other related
fields, to encourage and grant scholarships for advanced training
and specialization in renal and related fields, and to support
educational programs of value to general public health; and
(g) To stimulate the formation of other organizations on the

national, provincial, city and/or local levels, and to coordinate the
various efforts and activities of such organizations for the purpose of
achieving a more effective approach to the common problem relative
to the purposes and objectives enumerated herein.
SEC. 3. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS. - For the attainment

and/or furtherance of the above-enumerated purposes and objectives,
the FOUNDATION as a body corporate acting through its Board of
Trustees, shall have the following powers and functions in addition
to those provided for in the other sections of this Decree:
(a) To adopt and use a corporate seal;
(b) To sue and be sued in its corporate name;
(c) To adopt its by-laws, rules and regulations as it may

deem proper and necessary for implementation of the purposes and
objectives of this Decree;
(d) To succeed by its corporate name, and to acquire and

possess properties, rights and interests of whatever kind and nature,
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and mortgage, pledge, alienate, encumber or otherwise dispose of

the same;
(e) To award, enter into, make, execute, perform and carry

out domestic or foreign contracts of whatever kind and nature,
and for this purpose the FOUNDATION is hereby exempted from
the requirements of public bidding, any provision of law, rule, or
regulation to the contrary notwithstanding;
(f) To invest in, and purchase or otherwise acquire, own, hold,

use, lease, grant, mortgage, pledge, sell, assign, convey, transfer,
exchange or otherwise deal with, real and/or personal properties of
every kind and nature, including shares of stock, bonds, debentures,
notes, securities and other evidences of indebtedness or obligations
of other corporations, whether domestic or foreign, and whether
government or private;
(g) To act as general or operating managers, representatives,

or agents of commercial and/or industrial concerns of whatever
kind and nature and to engage in the promotion, assistance,
encouragement, development and expansion of any lawful business
in the Philippines or abroad;
(h) To obtain loans, borrow funds and/or arrange financing

or credit assistance of whatever kind and nature from all sources,
whether domestic or foreign and whether government or private, and
to mortgage, pledge or otherwise encumber any of its properties and
assets for the purpose of securing or guaranteeing the performance
or fulfillment of any obligation it may undertake for itself or for
other entities in which it may be interested;
(i) To levy, assess and collect such fees, charges and

assessments as may be necessary or proper to support, finance and
maintain its operations; and
(j) To exercise such other powers and functions as may be

incidental or necessary to carry out the purposes and objectives of
this Decree.
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SEC. 4. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES; COMPOSITION;

TERM AND COMPENSATION. - The FOUNDATION shall be
governed, and its activities and properties shall be directed,
controlled and managed, by a Board of Trustees, hereinafter referred
to as the Board, which shall be composed of a Chairman and ten
(10) members, all of whom shall be appointed by the President of
the Philippines. The President of the FOUNDATION, who shall
be appointed from among the members of the Board in accordance
with Section 7 hereof, shall be the ex-officio Vice-Chairman of the
Board.
Except the President of the FOUNDATION, the members

of the Board shall serve for a term of three (3) years, with a right
to hold-over until their respective successors shall have been duly
appointed and qualified. The President of the Philippines may,
however, remove any member of the Board for cause. Whenever a
vacancy shall occur in the Board, the person appointed to fill the
vacancy shall hold office for the unexpired term of the member
replaced.
Except the President of the FOUNDATION, each member

of the Board shall receive a per diem of at least FIVE HUNDRED
PESOS (P500.00) per meeting actually attended: Provided, That no
member shall receive a per diem of more than TWO THOUSAND
FIVE HUNDRED PESOS (P2,500.00) per month.
SEC. 5. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD. -

The Board shall have the following powers and functions:
(a) To formulate policies, guidelines and programs to

effectively implement and carry out the purposes and objectives of
this Decree;
(b) To prescribe, review and revise the amount of the fees,

charges, and assessments levied and collected for the support and
maintenance of the operations of the FOUNDATION;
(c) To control the management, operation and administration

of the FOUNDATION;
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(d) To promulgate such rules and regulations as may

be necessary or proper for the effective exercise of powers and
functions as well as the discharge of the duties, responsibilities of
the FOUNDATION, its officers and employees;
(e) To authorize such expenditures of the FOUNDATION as

may be necessary or proper for the effective management, operation
and administration of the FOUNDATION;
(f) Upon the recommendation of the President of the

FOUNDATION, to determine and organize the FOUNDATION’s
organizational and administrative structure or pattern, and
to establish and fix, review, revise and adjust the appropriate
compensation scheme of the officers and employees of the
FOUNDATION, with reasonable allowances, bonuses and other
incentives as may be recommended by the President of the
FOUNDATION;
(g) To adopt the annual and supplemental budget of receipts

and expenditures of the FOUNDATION;
(h) To appoint, remove, suspend or otherwise discipline the

Executive Vice-President and other officers of the FOUNDATION
occupying executive and senior management positions;
(i) To exercise all the general powers necessary or incidental

to the attainment of the purposes and objectives of this Decree;
and
(j) To do any and all acts as may be necessary or proper for

the attainment of the powers and functions of the FOUNDATION.
SEC. 6. OFFICERS OF THE FOUNDATION.- The Board

shall determine the officers of the FOUNDATION who, except
as provided in this Decree, shall be appointed by the President
of the FOUNDATION subject to confirmation by the Board. The
FOUNDATION may have an Executive Vice-President and such
Vice-Presidents and Assistant Vice-Presidents as may be required
for the effective operation of the FOUNDATION.
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SEC. 7. THE PRESIDENT, HIS TERM AND

REMUNERATION. - The President of the FOUNDATION shall be
appointed by, and shall serve at the pleasure of, the President of
the Philippines. The salary of the President of the FOUNDATION
shall be fixed by the Board, subject to the approval of the President
of the Philippines.
SEC. 8. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT.

- The President of the FOUNDATION shall be the Chief Executive
Officer of the FOUNDATION. He shall exercise the following powers
and duties:
(a) To execute the policies, guidelines and programs approved

by the Board, and to be responsible for the efficient discharge of
management and operational functions;
(b) To submit for the consideration and approval of the Board

proposed measures, policies, guidelines and programs as he may
deem necessary or proper for the effective implementation of the
(c) To direct and supervise the management, operation and

administration of the FOUNDATION, and, for this purpose, he
may delegate any or some of his administrative responsibilities and
duties to the other officers of the FOUNDATION;
(d) To execute, on behalf of the FOUNDATION, all contracts

and agreements which the FOUNDATION may enter into, and to
execute, accomplish and deliver any and all documents relative to
such contracts and agreements;
(e) To represent the FOUNDATION in all dealings with

other offices, agencies and instrumentalities of the Government,
and with all other persons or entities, whether domestic or foreign
and whether government or private;
(f) To appoint, promote, transfer, remove, suspend or otherwise

discipline the officers and employees of the FOUNDATION, except
those appointed by the Board;
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(g) To vote all stocks owned or controlled by the

FOUNDATION; and
(h) To exercise such other powers and perform such other

duties as may be vested or reposed upon him by the Board.
SEC. 9. AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT IN

EMERGENCIES. - In case of emergencies which require immediate
action by the Board, and there is no sufficient time to call a meeting
thereof, the President of the FOUNDATION, with the concurrence
of any three (3) other members of the Board, may decide on any
matter or take any action within the authority of the Board itself.
SEC. 10. ASSISTANCE FROM THE GOVERNMENT. - The

FOUNDATION may call upon any Ministry, Bureau, Office, Agency
or instrumentality of the Government, including government-owned
or controlled corporations, for such assistance as it may need in the
pursuit of the purposes and objectives of this Decree.
SEC. 11. GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION. - The amount

of TEN MILLION PESOS (P10,000,000.00) is hereby appropriated
from the Casino Trust Fund which I hereby ordered released to defray
the initial operational expenses of the FOUNDATION. Thereafter,
the necessary amount to support the continued operation and
maintenance of the FOUNDATION shall be included in the General
Appropriations Act.
SEC. 12. DONATIONS TO THE FOUNDATION. - The

FOUNDATION is hereby authorized to solicit and receive donations,
grants, contributions, gifts or endowments from all sources whether
foreign or domestic, and whether government or private, without
the need of securing a permit, approval or registration from any
government agency. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, all donations, grants contributions, gifts or endowments
received by the FOUNDATION pursuant hereto, shall be exempt
from income, gift and all other kinds of taxes, and shall further be
deductible in full for purposes of computing the maximum amount
deductible for tax purposes under the National Internal Revenue
Code, as amended.
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SEC. 13. EXEMPTION FROM FEES, DUTIES AND

TAXES. - The FOUNDATION is hereby declared exempt from all
income and all other internal revenue taxes, tariff and customs
duties and all other kinds of taxes, fees, charges and assessments
levied by the Government and its political subdivisions, agencies
and instrumentalities.
The President of the Philippines, upon the recommendation of

the Minister of Finance, may partially or entirely lift the exemptions
herein granted, if he shall find that the FOUNDATION is already
self-sustaining and financially capable of paying such taxes, customs
duties, fees, charges and other assessments, after providing for the
debt service requirements and the projected capital and operating
expenditures of the FOUNDATION.
SEC. 14. APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION; TERMS AND

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT. - The FOUNDATION and its
officers and employees shall not be covered by the Civil Service
Law, rules and regulations, and by the Office of the Compensation
and Position Classification. The officers and employees of the
FOUNDATION shall be appointed or promoted pursuant to such
management policies and/or appropriate merit and fitness system
as may be adopted by the Board.
SEC. 15. CORPORATE EDITOR. - The FOUNDATION shall

not be under the audit jurisdiction of the Commission on Audit. The
FOUNDATION shall have its own Auditor who shall not be subject
to the supervision and control of the Commission on Audit, and who
shall be appointed by the Board.
SEC. 16. LEGAL COUNSEL. - The Office of the Government

Corporate Counsel shall be the Legal Counsel of the FOUNDATION.
For the services of the staff of the Office of the Government Corporate
Counsel, the FOUNDATION shall appropriate and pay such amount
as may be assessed by the Government Corporate Counsel to defray
the transportation and representation expenses of the Lawyers
in the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel who may be
assigned to handle the legal matters of the FOUNDATION.
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SEC. 17. ANNUAL REPORT. - The FOUNDATION shall

render to the President of the Philippines an annual report on its
operations and accomplishments.
SEC. 18. APPLICABILITY OF THE CORPORATION

LAW. - The provisions of the general corporation law, insofar as
they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree of with
the purposes and objectives for which the FOUNDATION is formed,
shall apply to the FOUNDATION.
SEC. 19. EFFECT OF DISSOLUTION. - If for any reason,

the FOUNDATION is dissolved, its properties and assets shall
revert to the National Government for disposition in accordance
with law.
SEC. 20. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. - The provisions

of this Decree are hereby declared to be separable, and if any
provision or section of this Decree or application thereof to any
person or circumstance should for any reason be held invalid or
unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not
affect the other provisions or sections of this Decree.
SEC. 21. EFFECTIVITY. - This Decree shall take effect

immediately.

year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-one.

BY THE PRESIDENT

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AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1843, ENTITLED

“REORGANIZING THE LUPONG TAGAPAGPAGANAP OF
REGIONS IX AND XII”
WHEREAS, in Presidential Decree No. 1843 the composition

of the merged Lupong Tagapagpaganap of Regions IX and XII is not
specified:

the Constitution, do hereby order:

“SECTION 1. There shall be a Lupong Tagapagpaganap

that shall serve as the executive unit for regions IX and XII to be
composed of a chairman, two (2) vice-chairmen, and four (4) members
who shall be appointed by the President on recommendation of the
Sangguniang Pampook and who may or may not be members thereof.
They shall be vested with the same powers and responsibilities as
defined in Presidential Decree No. 1618 and other pertinent laws,
executive orders, letters of instructions, and implementing orders and
regulations. Any elective official who is appointed Lupong Chairman
or member of the Lupong Tagapagpaganap shall vacate his elective
position, except his being a member of the Sangguniang Pampook.”
Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of April in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-two.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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BY HOLDING IN ABEYANCE THE ABOLITION OF
THE TWO LUPONG TAGAPAGPAGANAP NG POOK IN
REGIONS IX AND XII
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1843, the two

existing Lupong Tagapagpaganap ng Pook or Executive Councils in
Regions IX and XII had been abolished upon the expiration of the
terms of their present members on May 7, 1982 and the two Lupons
are merged into one with set of office in Zamboanga City;
WHEREAS, the merging of the two councils will not become

operational until it shall have been approved by the people of the
said two regions in a plebiscite to be held on May 17, 1982;
WHEREAS, to prevent a hiatus in the administration of

Regions IX and XII, there is a need to hold in abeyance the abolition
of the two existing councils.

the Constitution, do hereby order:
SECTION 1. Any provision of law, decree or order to the

contrary notwithstanding the existing Lupong Tagapagpaganap ng
Pook in Regions IX and XII shall continue to function until such
time as the new Lupong Tagapagpaganap ng Pook created under
Sec. 1 of P.D. 1843, as amended, shall have been fully constituted
and operational.
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Done in the City of Manila, this 29th day of April in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-two.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING A FACT-FINDING BOARD WITH PLENARY POWERS

TO INVESTIGATE THE TRAGEDY WHICH OCCURRED
ON AUGUST 21, 1983
WHEREAS, the treacherous and vicious assassination of

former Senator Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. on August 21, 1983, has to all
Filipinos become a national tragedy and national shame specially
because of the early distortions and exaggerations in both foreign
and local media so that all right thinking and honest men desire
to ventilate the truth through free, independent and dispassionate
investigation by prestigious and free investigators;
WHEREAS, to avoid any bias or partiality in the conduct

of an investigation, there is a need to create an independent ad
hoc fact-finding Board with plenary powers to determine the facts
and circumstances surrounding the killing and to allow for a free,
unlimited and exhaustive investigation into all the aspects of said
tragedy.

President of the Republic of the Philippines, pursuant to the powers
vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree.
SECTION 1. There is hereby created an independent ad

hoc fact-finding Board, which shall be independent from the three
departments of the Government, to determine all the facts and
circumstances surrounding the said killing. The Board shall be
composed of a Chairman and at least four (4) but not exceeding six (6)
members including two representatives of the Batasang Pambansa.
The Batasang Pambansa may, by resolution, designate two (2) of its
members as representatives to the Board in whatever capacity to
conform with the provisions of Article VIII, Section 10 of the 1973
Constitution mandating that a member of the Batasang Pambansa
shall not hold any other office or employment in the Government,
or any subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, including
government-owned or controlled corporations, during his tenure.
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With the exception of the two representatives of the

Batasang Pambansa, the members of the Board shall be appointed
by the President of the Philippines from among the recommendees
of the various sectors of society, such as but not limited to legal
or bar associations, civic/service organizations, and the business,
education, student, labor and other sectors. The President shall
appoint/designate the Chairman from among the members of the
Board upon its recommendation.
The positions of Chairman and the members of the Board

shall be honorary. The Chairman and the members of the Board
shall only be entitled to transportation allowance of Three Thousand
Pesos (P3,000.00) and Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) a month,
respectively. The Chairman and the members of the Board shall
be disqualified from appointment to any public office within one (1)
year from and after the date the Board has become functus officio.
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SEC. 12. The findings of the Board shall be made public.

Should the findings warrant the prosecution of any person, the Board
may initiate the filing of the proper complaint with the appropriate
government agency. Thereafter, the Board shall become functus
officio, and all its assets and properties shall revert to the National
Treasury.
SEC. 13. The sum of Five Million Pesos (P5,000,000.00) is

hereby appropriated out of available funds in the National Treasury
for the operational expenses of the Board. As a further assurance of
its independence, the Board shall not be subject to the jurisdiction
of the Commission on Audit. The Board, by resolution, may dispose
of its funds in accordance with the accepted principles of auditing
and accounting and shall not be subject to the rules and regulations
of the Office of Budget and Management on allocations and releases
of funds.
SEC. 14. The Commission created and constituted under

Administrative Order No. 469 is hereby abolished, and all its
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records, assets and liabilities shall be transferred to and assumed

by the Board. The Board shall not be bound by the evidence so far
submitted to or by the acts performed by the said Commission.
Presidential Decree No. 1879, as amended, together with the rules
and regulations issued pursuant thereto and Administrative Order
No. 469 are hereby repealed.

year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-three.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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CREATING THE PHILIPPINE SUGAR CORPORATION
WHEREAS, among the export products of the Philippines,

sugar has proven to be one of the biggest and most reliable sources
of foreign exchange earnings, accounting for an industry average of
US$450 million annually for the last ten years;
WHEREAS, many of the obligations of the sugar mills,

refineries, and other sugar facilities acquired after the war at heavy
financing cost to rehabilitate the damaged sugar industry remain
unpaid and in arrears, creating an onerous burden not only to their
owners but to the local financing institutions;
WHEREAS, in view of their vital role in our economy, it is

hereby declared as a governmental policy to continue assisting the
sugar industry through a government corporation especially charged
and empowered to design and implement a program for sugar mills,
refineries and other sugar facilities;

the Constitution, hereby order and decree:
SECTION 1. Philippine Sugar Corporation. — There is

Sugar Corporation.
SEC. 2. Primary Purposes. — The primary purposes of the

a) To provide financing in the acquisition, rehabilitation

and/or expansion of sugar mills, refineries, and other related
facilities used in the manufacture, packing, storage, distribution,
and shipment of sugar and its by-products and derivatives;
b) To see to the viability and stability in the operation of the

aforesaid entities; and
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c) To provide for the eventual redemption and/or reacquisition

of the aforesaid entities by the private sector.
SEC. 3. Functions. — The Corporation shall have the

following functions:
a) To render assistance to sugar mills, refineries, and other

related facilities either in the form of loans, guarantees, investment
in equity, outright purchase, lease, management, including other
suitable credit accommodations or arrangements;
b) To borrow and lend money for itself or for sugar accounts,

to issue bonds and debentures from time to time as may be necessary
and/or to guarantee obligations in accordance with its corporate
purposes and functions;
c) To assist in the repayment and/or restructuring of the

accounts of sugar mills, refineries, and other related facilities used
in the manufacture, packing, storage, distribution, and shipment of
sugar and its by-products and derivatives;
d) To provide assistance in the preparation, financing and

execution of sugar development or expansion programs including
the formulation of specific project proposals;
e) To acquire during the duration of the indebtedness of each

mill through importation and/or local purchase of such equipment,
machinery, spare parts as may be necessary for the development,
expansion, and/or rehabilitation of such sugar mills, refineries,
transport systems, storage facilities and other activities in the
manufacture, packing, distribution and shipment of sugar and
hauling or transportation of sugar cane in which Philippine Sugar
Corporation may have an interest, including agricultural machinery
and road construction and maintenance equipment to be used in the
Mill Districts concerned;
f) To acquire, operate, lease, or manage sugar mills,

refineries, and other related facilities used in the manufacture,
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packing, storage, distribution, and shipment of sugar and its by-

products and derivatives.
SEC. 4. Corporate Powers. — The Corporation is hereby

authorized to enter into contracts or own real and personal
property, and to pledge, encumber, transfer or otherwise dispose of
the same; to borrow and lend money and/or guarantee obligations
in accordance with its corporate purposes and functions; to sue and
be sued; and otherwise to do and perform any and all things that
may be necessary or proper to carry out its purposes and functions
as specified in this Decree, or as essential to the proper conduct of
its operations.
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SEC. 7. Capital Stock. — The authorized capital stock of the

Corporation shall be FIVE BILLION PESOS (P5,000,000,000.00)
of which P2 Billion shall be initially subscribed by the Philippine
Sugar Commission (65%) and the Philippine National Bank (35%),
with an initial paid-in capital of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE
MILLION PESOS (P125 Million).
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SEC. 16. Effectivity Clause. — This Decree shall take effect

immediately.

the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-three.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND

FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-ONE, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED
“AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE DEPOSIT
INSURANCE CORPORATION, DEFINING THE POWERS
AND DUTIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”
WHEREAS, it is the declared policy of the State to encourage

the accumulation of savings and deposits in banks in recognition of
the immense contribution of these funds mobilized by banks in the
socio-economic development of the country;
WHEREAS, the deposit insurance system was conceived

to generate more faith and confidence in the banking system by
providing immediate relief to bank depositors in the event of bank
failures;
WHEREAS, under R.A. No. 3591 enacted in June 1963,

the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation was established to
administer an insurance system for bank deposits;
WHEREAS, under prevailing circumstances, there is a felt

need to increase the insurance coverage from its present amount of
P15,000 per depositor;

in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree the
further amendment of Republic Act No. 3591, as amended, as
follows:
SECTION 1. Section three (g) of Republic Act Numbered

Three Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-One, as amended, is hereby
“SEC. 3 (g) The term ‘insured deposit’ means the net amount
due to any depositor for deposits in an insured bank (after deducting
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offsets) less any part thereof which is in excess of forty thousand

pesos (P40,000.00). Such net amount shall be determined according
to such regulations as the Board of Directors may prescribe and in
determining such amount due to any depositor, there shall be added
together all deposits in the bank maintained in the same capacity
and the same right for his benefit either in his own name or in the
name of others.”
SEC. 2. Section six (i) of the same Act is hereby amended to

read as follows:
SEC. 6 (i) Trust funds held by an insured bank in a fiduciary

capacity whether held in trust or deposited in any other department
or in another bank shall be insured like other forms of deposits, in
an amount not to exceed P40,000 for each trust estate, and when
deposited by the fiduciary bank in another bank such trust funds
shall be similarly insured to the fiduciary bank according to the
trust estates represented. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, such insurance shall be separate from and additional to
that covering other deposits of the owners of such trust funds or the
beneficiaries of such trust estates: Provided, That where the fiduciary
bank deposits any of such trust funds in other insured banks, the
amount so held by other insured banks on deposit shall not for the
purpose of any certified statement required under subsections (b)
and (c) of this section be considered to be a deposit liability of the
fiduciary banks, but shall be considered to be a deposit liability of
the bank in which such funds are so deposited by such fiduciary
bank. The Board of Directors shall have the power by regulation
to prescribe the manner of reporting and of depositing such trust
funds.”
SEC. 3. Section ten (a-1) of the same Act is hereby amended

to read as follows:
“SEC. 10 (a-1) The permanent insurance fund hereinabove

created is hereby increased to twenty million pesos and for this
purpose, the amount of fifteen million pesos is hereby appropriated
from the General Fund: Provided, that the maximum amount of
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the insured deposit of any depositor is hereby increased to forty

thousand pesos (P40,000).”

year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-four.

BY THE PRESIDENT:

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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 94
REORGANIZING THE DIFFERENT EXECUTIVE

DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS, OFFICES, AND AGENCIES
OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE
PHILIPPINES, MAKING CERTAIN READJUSTMENTS
OF PERSONNEL AND REALLOTMENTS OF FUNDS
IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
By virtue of the powers vested in me by Republic Act

Numbered Fifty-one, I, MANUEL ROXAS, President of the
Philippines, do hereby order –
SECTION 1. Section seventy-four of the Revised

Administrative Code, as amended, is hereby further amended to
read as follows:
“SEC. 74. Departmental organization. – All executive

functions of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines
shall be directly under the Executive Department, subject to
the supervision and control of the President of the Philippines
in matters of general policy. The Departments are established
for the proper distribution of the work of the Executive, for the
performance of the functions expressly assigned to them by law,
and in order that each branch of the administration may have a
chief responsible for its direction and policy. Each Department
Secretary shall assume the burden of, and responsibility for, all
activities of the Government under his control and supervision.
“For administrative purposes, the President of the

Philippines shall be considered the Department Head of the
Executive Office, the Budget Commission, the Institute of
Science, the Bureau of Civil Service, the Civil Service Board of
Appeals, the National Commission on Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Matters, the National Research Council, the National
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EXECUTIVE ISSUANCES – EXECUTIVE ORDERS
Economic Council, the Government Quarters Committee, the

Board on Pension for Veterans, the Council of National Defense,
the Philippines Heraldry Committee, and of all other offices and
branches of the service not assigned by law to any Department.”
SEC. 2. Section seventy-five of the Revised Administrative

Code, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as
follows:
“SEC. 75. Executive Departments. – There shall be eleven

executive departments, to wit: the Department of Foreign Affairs,
the Department of the Interior, the Department of Finance,
the Department of Justice, the Department of Agriculture
and Natural Resources, the Department of Public Works and
Communications, the Department of Education, the Department
of Labor, the Department of National Defense, the Department
of Health, and the Department of Commerce and Industry, which
shall be under the direct control of the respective Secretaries of
Departments, exercising their functions subject to the general
supervision and control of the President of the Philippines.”
SEC. 3. Section seventy-six of the Revised Administrative

follows:
“SEC. 76. Secretaries of Departments. – The Department

of Foreign Affairs shall perform its functions under the executive
authority of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs; the Department
of the Interior shall perform its functions under the authority
of the Secretary of the Interior; the Department of Finance
shall perform its functions under the executive authority of the
Secretary of Finance; the Department of Justice shall perform
its functions under the executive authority of the Secretary of
Justice; the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources; the Department
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of Public Works and Communications shall perform its functions

under the executive authority of the Secretary of Public Works
and Communications; the Department of Education shall perform
its functions under the executive authority of the Secretary of
Education; the Department of Labor shall perform its functions
under the executive authority of the Secretary of Labor; the
Department of National Defense shall perform its functions
under the executive authority of the Secretary of National
Defense; the Department of Health shall perform its functions
under the executive authority of the Secretary of Health; and
the Department of Commerce and Industry shall perform its
functions under the executive authority of the Secretary of
Commerce and Industry.”
SEC. 4. Section seventy-seven of the Revised

Administrative Code, as amended, is here by further amended
to read as follows:
“SEC. 77. Appointment of Secretaries. – The Secretaries

of Departments shall be appointed by the President of the
Philippines, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments
of the Congress, at the beginning of his term of office, and shall
hold office, unless sooner removed, until the expiration of his
term of office, or until their successors shall have been appointed
and qualified.”
SEC. 5. Section seventy-eight of the Revised

read as follows:
“SEC. 78. Qualifications of Secretaries. – All Secretaries

shall have the following qualifications: Be a citizen of the
Philippines and have resided in the Philippines continuously
during the three years next preceding his appointment and be
not less than thirty years of age.”
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SEC. 6. The Name “Shipping Commission,” as used in

Executive Order Numbered Thirty-one, dated November twenty-
eighth, nineteen hundred and forty-six, as amended, is hereby
changed to “Shipping Administration.”
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SEC. 8. Section four of Commonwealth Act Numbered

Four hundred and two is hereby amended to read as follows:
“SEC. 4. Services established by this Act. – The following

services are established:
“I. Administrative Service
II. Professional and Scientific Service
III. Educational Service
IV. Navigation Service
V. Vigilance Service
VI. Subprofessional Service
VII. Craft and Labor Service
“The Administrative Service shall include all groups

comprehending positions the duties of which are in general
to perform administrative, fiscal, or clerical work, or any
other work commonly associated with office, business or fiscal
administration.
“The Professional and Scientific Service shall include

all groups comprehending positions the duties of which are to
perform routine, advisory, administrative, or research work
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which is based upon the established principles of a profession

or science, and which requires professional or scientific training
equivalent to that represented by graduation from a college or
university of recognized standing.
“The Educational Service shall include all groups

comprehending positions the duties of which in general are to
give or to supervise regular and systematic instruction designed
to develop the mental, physical, aesthetic or vocational powers,
including manual skill.
“The Navigational Service shall include all groups

comprehending positions the duties of which are to perform work
related to the operation, maintenance, and administration of
airships, vessels and other floating craft which are not a part of
the equipment of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, including
the operation, maintenance, and administration of property
designed to aid navigation.
“The Vigilance Service shall include all groups

comprehending positions the duties of which are to perform or
supervise police or fire-protection work, the guarding of persons
or property of law and order, and the protection of life and
property.
“The Subprofessional Service shall include all groups

comprehending positions the duties of which are to perform
work which is incident, subordinate, or preparatory to the work
of employees holding positions in the professional and scientific
service, requiring or involving professional, scientific, or technical
training or any degree inferior to that represented by graduation
from a college or university of recognized standing.
“The Craft and Labor Service shall include all groups

comprehending positions the duties of which are to perform or
supervise domestic, manual, or mechanical work involved in
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the execution of public works; the manufacture and handling of

supplies and equipment; the repair of equipment; the operation
of mechanical equipment; the transportation of personnel and
property; the caring for the needs of the sick and of persons in
the care and custody of the government, and/or of persons in
its employ who are entitled to maintenance; or to perform or
supervise work of similar character.”
SALARY BOARD ABOLISHED
SEC. 9. The Salary Board created in section nine

of Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and two is
hereby abolished, and its powers, functions, duties, and records
are hereby transferred to the Budget Commission. The terms
“Salary Board” and “Board” used in the other parts of said Act
shall be understood to mean the “Budget Commission” and
“Commission”, respectively.
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COUNCILS OF PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 16. There is hereby created in every Department,

bureau or office, in every corporation owned or controlled by
the government, and in every agency or instrumentality of
the Government a Council of Personnel Administration to be
composed of the chiefs of divisions or primary units in the said
offices and two representatives of the subordinate personnel who
shall be elected from among the employees whose basic salary
does not exceed two thousand four hundred pesos per annum
each. The chairman of the Council shall be elected by its members
from among themselves.
SEC. 17. The Council is hereby authorized to examine the

records of efficiency and fitness of all employees in is respective
office with a view to making appropriate recommendations, in
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accordance with the Civil Service Law and Rules, concerning

officials and employees who may be found inefficient, inept,
incompetent or otherwise unfit for further efficient service.
SEC. 18. It shall be the duty of the Council to bring to the

attention of the administrative authorities concerned matters of
general interest or benefit to the public service; to recommend
such measures as will promote the well-being and improve the
morale or efficiency of the personnel in the service; and to perform
such other allied duties as may be assigned to it from time to
time by the Department Head, director or chief of the bureau or
office, or managing head of the corporation concerned.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE – BOARD OF REGENTS
SEC. 19. The Bureau of Science is hereby renamed

“Institute of Science” and placed under the executive supervision
of the President of the Philippines. The Institute of Science
shall be governed by a Board of Regents which is hereby created,
consisting of a Chairman and eight members who shall all be
appointed by the President of the Philippines with the consent
of the Commission on Appointments of the Congress for a term
of three years: Provided, That the members first appointed
shall hold office as follows: the Chairman and four members
for two years and four for three years, the term of office of each
member to be specified in his appointment by the President. All
vacancies, except through expiration of the term, shall be filled
for the unexpired term only. There shall be a Director of Science
to carry out the resolutions of the Board of Regent. He shall be
appointed by the President with the consent of the Commission
on Appointments of the Congress.
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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE PHILIPPINES
SEC. 26. The “National Research Council of the Philippine

Islands” created and established under Act Numbered Four
thousand one hundred twenty, shall hereafter be known as the
“National Research Council of the Philippines.”
THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE
SEC. 27. The Executive Office shall have a chief who shall
be known as Executive Secretary. His assistants shall be known
as Assistant Executive Secretaries. The Executive Secretary
shall have the rank of a Secretary of Department and shall
exercise such powers, functions, and duties as may be assigned
to him by the President from time to time, and such others, as
may be imposed upon him by law.
BUREAUS AND OFFICER UNDER THE

EXECUTIVE OFFICE
SEC. 28. The Bureau of the Census and Statistics, the

Shipping Administration, the Bureau of Printing, the National
Museum, the Institute of Nutrition, the Social Welfare Commission,
and the National Urban Planning Commission, together with
their respective powers, functions, activities, personnel, records,
supplies, equipment, properties, and unexpended balances of
funds or appropriations are hereby placed under the immediate
supervision and control of the Executive Secretary. The Radio
Broadcasting Board shall continue to be under his supervision
and control. The Bureau of Printing shall continue to be operated
on a revolving fund basis.
NATIONAL MUSEUM
SEC. 29. The Gallery of Art and History Division of the

National Library is hereby merged with the National History
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of Museum Division of the Department of Agriculture and

Commerce. These combined units shall have the category of a
Bureau to be designated “National Museum,” and shall be placed
under the immediate supervision and control of the Executive
Secretary. The national Museum shall have a chief who shall be
known as Director of National Museum and whose salary, until
otherwise fixed by law, shall be seven thousand two hundred
pesos per annum.
INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION
SEC. 30. There is hereby created, in the Executive Office,

an Institute of Nutrition which shall serve as a clearing-house of
data and information concerning nutrition; shall advise, guide,
and give suggestions towards a coordination of all experimental
work, objectives, and results of nutritional experiments being
undertaken by the different units of the Government and by all
private organizations; shall foster and encourage harmonious
cooperation among the said units, private institutions and other
organizations engaged in various activities in order to promote
a national nutrition program; and shall seek close adherence to,
and correlated execution of, the said program after its approval
by the President. This Institute shall be composed of a Chairman
and ten members, who shall all be appointed by the President
of the Philippines with the consent of the Commission on
Appointments of the Congress for a term of four years: Provided,
That the members first appointed shall hold office as follows: the
Chairman and three members for two years, three members for
three years, and four for four years, the term of office of each
member to be specified in his appointment by the President. All
vacancies, except through expiration of the term, shall be filled
for the unexpired term only. There shall be a Director of Nutrition
who shall be appointed by the President, with the consent of the
Commission on Appointments of the Congress.
The Institute of Nutrition is authorized to receive subsidies,

endowments, bequests, and donations and use the same for such
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purposes as the donors may specify. In the absence of the express

wishes of the donors, all such contributions shall form part of the
fund of the Institute and shall be available for such expenditures
as may duly be authorized by the said Institute.
SOCIAL WELFARE COMMISSION
SEC. 31. The Bureau of Public Welfare is hereby

abolished, and in lieu thereof, the Social Welfare Commission
is created under the executive supervision of the Executive
Secretary. This Commission shall have a chief who shall be
known as Commissioner of Social Welfare to be appointed by the
President, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments
of the Congress, and whose salary, until otherwise fixed by law,
shall be seven thousand two hundred pesos per annum.
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SEC. 34. Section eighty-six of the Revised Administrative

followers:
“SEC. 86. Bureaus and offices under the Department of the

Interior. – The Department of the Interior shall have executive
supervision over the administration of provinces, municipalities,
chartered cities and other local political subdivisions, except the
financial affairs and financial agencies thereof, the Philippine
Constabulary, the Board of Review for Moving Pictures, the Racing
Commission, and the Boxing and Wrestling Commission.”
PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY
SEC. 35. Twelve thousand officers and men of the present

Military Police Command, Armed Forces of the Philippines are
hereby withdrawn therefrom and transferred to the Department
of the Interior and constituted into a national police force to
be known and designated as the Philippine Constabulary:
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Provided, however, That the President of the Philippines may,

to meet emergency conditions have the normal strength of the
Constabulary temporarily increased by attaching thereto the
necessary number of units from the Armed Forces through
temporary detail. Such numbers of civilian personnel as the
appropriations herein transferred will permit are likewise
transferred to the Philippine Constabulary.
SEC. 36. The Philippine Constabulary herein organized

shall be deemed to be a Bureau and the Chief of Constabulary
shall have all the powers generally conferred upon directors of
bureaus particularly by Sections five hundred fifty to five hundred
fifty-seven, inclusive, of the Revised Administrative Code. He
shall have power also to prescribe the insignia, arms, equipment,
and uniform of the members of the Philippine Constabulary:
Provided, That such uniform shall be different from those of the
other armed forces of the Philippines or of the local police forces
and no person not a member of the Philippine Constabulary is
authorized to wear the same or another closely similar to it.
SEC. 37. There shall be one Chief of Constabulary who

shall have the rank of Brigadier General, one Deputy Chief who
shall have the rank of Colonel, and such number of Assistant
Chiefs, whose ranks, shall not be lower than Lieutenant-Colonel,
as the President may authorize from time to time within the
limits of available appropriations. The Chief and the Deputy
Chief of Constabulary shall be appointed by the President of the
Philippines with the consent of the Commission on Appointments
of the Congress.
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RACING COMMISSION
SEC. 47. The name “Board on Races” as used in Executive

Order Numbered Three hundred twenty, dated January twenty-
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seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, as amended, is hereby

changed to “Racing Commission.”
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
SEC. 48. Section eight-one of the Revised Administrative

follows:
“SEC. 81. Bureaus and Offices under the Department

of Finance. – The Department of Finance shall have executive
supervision over the Bureau of Customs, the Bureau of Internal
Revenue, the Bureau of the Treasury, the Bureau of Banking, the
Procurement Office, the Manila Harbor Board, and the Tobacco
Board. It shall also have general supervision over the financial
affairs and financial agencies of provincial, municipal, and city
governments, banks, banking transactions, coinage, currency,
and except, as otherwise specially provided, over all funds the
investment of which may be authorized by law.”
PROCUREMENT OFFICE
SEC. 49. The special division attached to the Office of the

Secretary of Finance, which is known as the Division of Purchase
and Supply, is hereby changed to and shall hereafter by known
as the Procurement Office.
DIRECT PURCHASE BY THE ARMED FORCES
SEC. 50. Upon recommendation of the Secretary of

National Defense, the President may authorize the Armed
Forces of the Philippines to make direct purchases, without the
intervention of the Procurement Office, under such rules and
regulations as he may prescribe, of specific materials, supplies
and equipment of military character.
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BUREAU OF CUSTOMS
COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS
SEC. 51. The designation of the position of “Insular

Collector of Customs” is changed to “Commissioner of Customs,”
and its salary is fixed at nine thousand pesos per annum until
otherwise provided by law.
COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS FOR THE PORT OF MANILA
SEC. 52. The position of “Deputy Insular Collector

of Customs” is changed to “Collector of Customs, for the Port
of Manila” which position shall have a compensation of seven
thousand two hundred pesos per annum. The Port of Manila is
hereby placed for administrative purposes under the immediate
supervision of the Collector of Customs for the Port of Manila.
CUSTOMS PATROL SERVICE
SEC. 53. There is hereby organized a “Customs Patrol

Service” through the consolidation of the Secret Service Division
and the Harbor Police Division, including the positions and
personnel paid by the entity operating the arrastre service, to
take direct charge of the enforcement of the laws and regulation
within the customs premises and the port area.
SEC. 54. The positions in the Customs Patrol Service are

hereby declared primarily confidential and appointments thereto
will be subject only to the discretion of the Secretary of Finance.
LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE AND REVENUE CUTTER

SERVICE TRANSFERRED
SEC. 55. The Lighthouse Service and the Revenue Cutter

Service of the Bureau of Customs, including the appropriations,
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personnel, records, properties and equipment pertaining thereto

are transferred to the Philippine Naval Patrol.
The Commander of the Philippine Naval Patrol shall

furnish the Commissioner of Customs or the Collector of Customs
in ports of entry such vessel as may be necessary in connection
with the performance of the duties of the Bureau of Customs.
BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE
SEC. 56. Any laws or orders to the contrary notwithstanding,

the authority of the Collector of Internal Revenue under section
three hundred and nine of Commonwealth Act Numbered Four
hundred sixty-six, otherwise known as the National Internal
Revenue Code, to compromise internal revenue cases or to refund
taxes, shall be exercised only after taking into consideration the
recommendation of a committee to be composed of the head of the
Law Division, as chairman, the heads of the Income Tax Division,
the Inspection Division, the Miscellaneous Tax, Division, and
the authority for the Bureau of Internal Revenue, as members:
Provided, That when the amount of the original assessment is
in excess of twenty thousand pesos, the action of the Collector
shall not become effective unless the same is approved by the
Secretary of Finance: Provided, further, That warrants for the
refund of taxes shall be countersigned by an official superior to
the auditor for the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
For the purposes of section three hundred forty-seven

and three hundred forty-nine of the National Internal Revenue
Code, the auditor for the Bureau of Internal Revenue shall be
considered an officer of the said Bureau while performing duties
as a member of the committee created in the next preceding
paragraph.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
SEC. 62. The first paragraph of section eight-three of

the Revised Administrative Code, as amended, is hereby further
“SEC. 83. Bureaus and offices under the Department

of Justice. – The Department of Justice shall have executive
supervision over the Office of the Solicitor General, the
Courts of First Instance and the Inferior Courts, the Public
Service Commission, the Bureau of Prisons, the General Land
Registration Office, the Court of Industrial Relations, the
national Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Immigration,
the Board of Pardons and Parole, the Code Commission, and the
Office of the Government Corporate Counsel. It shall also have
the general supervision and control of the provincial sheriffs and
all law officers of the Government other than provincial and city
fiscals or attorneys and other prosecuting officers.”
NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
SEC. 63. The Bureau of Investigation created in Republic

Act Numbered One hundred fifty-seven is hereby renamed
National Bureau of Investigation.
SEC. 64. Section one hundred eighty-six of the Revised

read as follows:
“SEC. 186. Officers in function of sheriff. – In the City of

Manila, the Clerk of Court of First Instance of said City shall
exercise the functions of sheriff. In each of the several provinces
of the Philippines the duties and functions of provincial sheriff
shall hereafter be exercised by a Clerk of Court of First Instance,
who is hereby designated ex officio provincial sheriff, in addition
to his regular duties: Provided, That in provinces where there
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are at present separate individual provincial sheriffs, this

arrangement shall not be effective until after the position of
sheriff becomes vacant.”
ANTI-USURY BOARD ABOLISHED
Sec. 65. The Anti-Usury Board, created by Act Numbered

Four thousand one hundred nine, as amended, is hereby abolished,
and its powers, functions, duties, personnel, equipment, records
and appropriations are transferred to the national Bureau of
Investigation.
BUREAU OF JUSTICE RENAMED OFFICE OF THE

SOLICITOR GENERAL
SEC. 66. The present Bureau of Justice shall hereafter

be known and referred to as the Office of the Solicitor General.
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BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION TRANSFERRED TO

SEC. 69. The Bureau of Immigration, together with its

personnel, powers, functions, activities, records, documents,
equipment and unexpended balances of appropriations, is hereby
transferred from the Department of Labor to the Department of
Justice.
SALVAGE WAREHOUSE AND INDUSTRIAL DIVISION

REVOLVING FUNDS MERGED
SEC. 70. The Salvage Warehouse Revolving Fund and

the Bureau of Prisons – Industrial Division Revolving Fund are
hereby consolidated.
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BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLE
SEC. 71. The “Board of Indeterminate Sentence” is created

in Act Numbered Fourth thousand one hundred and three and
twenty-five and the “Board of Pardons” created in Executive
Order Numbered Eighty –three, dated January eleventh,
nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, are hereby abolished and
there is created in their stead a “Board of Pardons and Parole.”
Any reference to the abolished boards in any act, executive order,
rule or regulation shall be deemed a reference to the “Board of
Pardons and Parole.”
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURES AND

NATURAL RESOURCES
SEC. 73. The present Department of Agriculture and

Commerce shall hereafter be known as Department of Agriculture
and Natural Resources.
SEC. 74. Section eighty-four of the Revised Administrative

follows:

of Agriculture and Natural Resources. – The Department
of Agriculture and Natural Resources shall have executive
supervision over the Bureau of Plant Industry, the Bureau of
Animal Industry, the Bureau of Forestry, the Bureau of Lands,
the Bureau of Mines, the Bureau of Fisheries, the Fiber Inspection
Service, matters pertaining to colonies and plantations of public
lands, and matters concerning hunting, fisheries, sponges, and
other sea-products, including the issuance of licenses therefor.”
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VETERINARY, MINING ENGINEERS, AND SURVEYORS

EXAMINING BOARDS
SEC. 75. The secretary of Agriculture and Natural

Resources shall assume and exercise, with respect to the
Veterinary Examining Board, the Board of Examiners for
Mining Engineers, and the Board of Examiners for Surveyors,
such prerogatives, functions, and authority as are conferred
upon Department Heads by the provisions of Section ten of
Act Numbered Four thousand seven, otherwise known as the
Reorganization Law of 1932.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND

COMMUNICATIONS
SEC. 76. Section eighty-five of the Revised Administrative

follows:
“SEC. 85. Bureaus and offices under the Department of

Public Works and Communications. – The Department of Public
Works and Communications shall have executive supervision
over the Bureau of Public Works, the Bureau of Posts, the Bureau
of Telecommunications, the Government Marine Railway and
Repair Shops, the Motor Vehicles Office, the Irrigation Council,
and the Flood Control Commission.”
BUREAU OF POSTS
STAMP AND PHILATELIC DIVISION
SEC. 77. There is created in the Bureau of Posts a division

to be known as the “Stamp and Philatelic Division.” The Bureau
of Posts shall exercise and undertake, through this Division, the
following powers, functions, and activities:
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To prepare appropriate designs for postage stamps so as

to portray and serve the best interest of the Philippines – its
history, great men, heroes, memorable events, places of historical
and scenic importance, flora and fauna, and agriculture and
industries;
To determine and designate dates to be commemorated

on postage stamps of the Philippines;
To encourage and promote stamp collecting and better

philately by cooperating with organized stamp clubs;
To disseminate and propagate through the radio and

press the educational and recreational value of philately in the
public schools and other institutions and to the general public;
To build a philatelic library;
To publish Philippine Philatelic literature;
To determine when and by what method a stamp will be

withdrawn from sale or condemned; and
To undertake all other activities pertaining to philately,

national or international.
BUREAU OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SEC. 78. There is hereby created a Bureau of

Telecommunications. It shall have one chief to be known as
Director of Telecommunications who shall be appointed y the
President of the Philippines with the consent of the Commission
on Appointments of the Congress. Until otherwise provided by
law, the salary of the Director of Telecommunications shall be
fixed at seven thousand two hundred per annum.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CHANGES IN NAMES OF BUREAUS
SEC. 83. The Department of Instruction shall hereafter be

known as the Department of Education; the Bureau of Education
as the Bureau of Public Schools; the Office of Private Education
as the Bureau of Private Schools; and the National Library as
the Bureau of Public Libraries.
SEC. 84. Section eight-two of the Revised Administrative

follows:
“SEC. 82. Bureau and offices under the Department of

Education. – The Department of Education shall have executive
supervision over the Bureau of Public Schools, the Bureau of
Private Schools, the Bureau of Public Libraries, the Board on
Textbooks, the Institute of National Language, and the Philippine
Historical Committee.”
DIVISION OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
SEC. 85. The Office of the National Physical Director

shall hereafter function as a unit directly attaché to the Office of
the Secretary of Education and shall be renamed the Division of
Physical Education.
DIVISION OF ADULT TEACHERS
SEC. 86. The Office of Adult Education is hereby

converted into the Division of Adult Education. The said Division,
together with its functions, powers, duties, personnel, records,
equipment, property and unexpended balances of appropriations,
is transferred to the Bureau of Public Schools.
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BOARD ON DOCUMENTS ABOLISHED
SEC. 87. The Board on Documents created by

Commonwealth Act Numbered fifty-four is here by abolished, and
its powers, functions and duties shall be assumed and exercised
by the Director of Public Libraries.
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF EDUCATION ABOLISHED
SEC. 88. The National Council of Education created and

allocated under the Department of Public Instruction by Executive
Order Numbered Nineteen, dated February nineteenth, nineteen
hundred and thirty-six, is hereby abolished, and its records,
property, equipment, and unexpended balances of appropriations,
and personnel except the Chairman, the members, and the
executive secretary, are transferred to the National Commission
on Educational, Scientific and Cultural Matters created under
Republic Act Numbered One hundred seventy-six.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
SEC. 89. Section four of Act Numbered Fourth thousand

one hundred and twenty-one, as amended by Commonwealth Act
Numbered one hundred thirty-nine, is hereby further amended
to read as follows:

of Labor. – The Department of Labor shall have executive
supervision over the Bureau of Labor, the Labor Placement
Office, the Safety Inspection Service, and all bureaus, divisions
and offices hereafter created concerning labor alone or labor in
its relation with capital, and also the proper enforcement of all
laws relative to labor and capital in the Philippines and over all
other matters related to the welfare of the Filipino laborers in
this country and abroad.”
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DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
SEC. 90. Section of Commonwealth Act Numbered Four

hundred thirty is hereby amended to read as follows:

National Defense. – The Department of National Defense shall
be charged with the duty of supervising the national defense
program of the country, and for this purpose, it shall have
executive supervision over the Armed Forces of the Philippines,
the Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the Philippine
Veterans Board. This Department shall function under the
executive control of the Secretary of National Defense who may
be assisted by an Undersecretary.”
BUREAU OF COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY
SEC. 91. (a) There shall be established in the Bureau

of Coast and Geodetic Survey a commissioned corps of officers
distributed in the grades of captain, commander, lieutenant
commander, lieutenant, lieutenant (junior grade), and ensign:
Provided, That the number of officers in the grades of captain
and commander shall not exceed five per centum and eight
per centum, respectively, of the total authorized number of
commissioned officers on the active list, except that the number
of commanders may be increased by the number of vacancies in
the captain grade.
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ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES
SEC. 96. The Armed Forces of the Philippines will consist

of the Regular Force and the Reserve Force divided into major
commands as hereinafter provided.
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COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
SEC. 97. The President of the Philippines is Commander-

in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. He exercises
command through the Secretary of National Defense who directly
represents him.
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MAJOR COMMANDS
SEC. 107. The Regular force shall be divided into Major

Commands and such other permanent installations, separate
commands or task forces as may be created by authority of
the President. There are hereby created the following Major
Commands:
Philippine Ground Force;
Philippine Air Force; and
Philippine Naval Patrol.
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PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE
SEC. 110. The present Philippine Army Air Force is

hereby converted into the Philippine Air Force and raised to
the category of a Major Command. All the powers, functions,
duties, appropriations, personnel, records, armament, weapons,
equipment, supplies, clothing, buildings, real estate and the
appurtenances thereto, and other properties assigned or allocated
to the Philippine Army Air Force are hereby transferred to the
Philippine Air Force.
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PHILIPPINE NAVAL PATROL
SEC. 114. The former Offshore Patrol is hereby converted

into the Philippine Naval Patrol and raised to the category of a
Major Command. All the powers, functions, duties, appropriations,
personnel, records, armament, weapons, equipment, supplies,
clothing, buildings, real estate and the appurtenances thereto,
and other properties assigned or allocated to the former Offshore
Patrol are hereby transferred to the Philippine Naval Patrol.
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THE REVENUE CUTER SERVICE, THE LIGHTHOUSE

SERVICE, AND THE PHILIPPINE NAUTICAL SCHOOL
SEC. 117. The Philippine Nautical School under

the Department of National Defense is hereby transferred
to the Philippine Naval Patrol, together with its personnel,
appropriations, properties, equipment, and records.
The revenue cutter service and the lighthouse service

which have been transferred from the Bureau of Customs to the
Philippine Naval Patrol, and the Philippine Nautical School shall
be maintained as separate and distinct entities from the Naval
Patrol proper and they shall retain their own personnel.
XXX XXX XXX
SEC. 125. The second paragraph of Executive Order

Numbered Three hundred seventeen, dated January seventh,
nineteen hundred and forty-one, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
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“The Department of Health shall be charged with

the protection of the health of the people, the maintenance of
sanitary conditions, and the proper enforcement of the laws
and regulations relative to health, sanitation, food, drugs and
narcotics, slum housing, garbage and other waste disposal, and
for these purposes, it shall exercise executive supervision over
the Bureau of Health; the Bureau of Quarantine; the Bureau
of Hospitals; the Board of Medical Examiners; the Board of
Pharmaceutical Examiners; the Board of Dental Examiners; the
Board of Optical Examiners; the Board of Examiners for Nurses;
the National Advisory Health Council; the Alabang Vaccine
and Serum Laboratories; the health departments of chartered
cities; the national, provincial, city and municipal hospitals,
dispensaries and clinics except the Philippine General Hospital;
the public markets and slaughterhouses; hotels, restaurants,
and other food establishments; and health resorts and similar
establishments.”
THE ALABANG VACCINE AND SERUM LABORATORIES

TRANSFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SEC. 126. The Alabang Vaccine and Serum Laboratories

together with its functions, duties, personnel, records, documents,
equipment, supplies and other property, and the Alabang
Laboratories Revolving Fund are hereby transferred to the
Office of the Secretary of Health. The Secretary of Health, the
Commissioner of the Budget and the President of the University
of the Philippines shall determine the personnel who should be
transferred to the Office of the Secretary of Health in case they
render services both to the University of the Philippines and the
Alabang Vaccine and Serum Laboratories.
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BUREAU OF HOSPITALS
SEC. 129. There is hereby created a Bureau of Hospitals

under the executive supervision and control of the Department
of Health. The Bureau of Hospitals shall have one chief to be
known as Director of Hospitals whose salary shall be seven
thousand two hundred pesos per annum.
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DIVISION OF HOSPITALS ABOLISHED
SEC. 130. The Division of Hospitals under the Bureau

of Health is hereby abolished and all its powers, functions,
activities, personnel, documents, records, equipment, property,
and appropriations are transferred to the Bureau of Hospitals.
DIVISION OF CHILD AND MATERNAL HEALTH

TRANSFERRED
SEC. 131. The powers, functions, activities, personnel,

records, equipment, property, and appropriations of the Division
of Child and Maternal Health under the Bureau of Health are
hereby transferred to the Bureau of Hospitals.
INDIGENT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL TRANSFERRED
SEC. 132. The Indigent Children’s Hospital under

the Bureau of Public Welfare, together with its personnel,
records, equipment, property, powers, functions, activities, and
appropriations are transferred to the Bureau of Hospitals.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
SEC. 133. Here is created the Department of Commerce

and Industry which shall have charge of the regulation, control,
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promotion, and development of the commerce and industry of the

country.
SEC. 134. The Department of Commerce and Industry

shall have executive supervision over the Bureau of Commerce,
excluding its function of supervising the organization and
operation of provincial trading corporations; the Securities
and Exchange Commission, the Weather Bureau, the Patent
Office, the Civil Aeronautics Board, the Civil Aeronautics
Administration, the Radio Control Division, the Manila Trading
Center and Exchange, the Sugar Quota Office, the Radio Control
Board, including the power of supervision and control over the
establishment and operation of all radio stations (receiving,
transmitting, or broadcasting) other than the government
radio station and those maintained by the Bureau of Posts.
The Secretary of Commerce and Industry shall assume and
exercise with respect to the Board of Examiners for Aeronautical
Engineers such prerogatives, functions, and authority as are
conferred upon Department Heads by the provisions of section
ten of Act Numbered Four thousand seven, otherwise known as
the Reorganization Law of 1932.
SEC. 135. All the personnel, powers, functions, activities,

equipment, materials, records, and unexpended balances of funds
or appropriations pertaining to the bureaus, offices, and services
placed under the executive supervision of the Department of
Commerce and Industry are hereby transferred thereto.
XXX XXX XXX
OBJECTIVES OF CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD AND THE

CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 137. In the exercise and performance of its powers

and duties under this Executive Order, the Civil Aeronautics
Board and the Civil Aeronautics Administration shall endeavor
to attain, among others, the following objectives:
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The development and utilization of the air potential of

the Philippines;
The encouragement and development of an air

transportation system properly adapted to the present and future
needs of foreign and domestic commerce of the Philippines, of the
postal service, and of the national defense;
The regulation and control of air transportation in such

manner as to insure the highest degree of safety, the fostering
of sound economic conditions and the coordination of air
transportation;
The promotion of adequate, economical, and efficient

service by air carriers at reasonable charges, without unjust
discriminations, undue preferences or advantages, or unfair or
destructive competitive practices;
Competition to the extent necessary to insure the sound

development of an air transportation system properly adapted to
the needs of the foreign and domestic commerce of the Philippines,
of the postal service, and of the national defense;
The encouragement and development of civil

aeronautics.
CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD
SEC. 138. There is hereby created a Civil Aeronautics

Board which shall be composed of the Secretary of Commerce and
Industry, as Chairman, the Administrator of the Civil Aeronautics
Administration, the Commander of the Philippine Air Force, and
two other persons, as members, to be appointed by the President.
They shall hold office at the pleasure of the President and shall be
entitled to a per diem for each meeting actually attended at such
amount as may be fixed by the President. During the absence
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or incapacity of the Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator

shall act as Chairman. No member of the Board shall have any
pecuniary interest or shall own any stock or bond in any civil
aeronautics enterprise.
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SEC. 141. The Board shall have the following powers and
duties:
To promulgate rules and regulations governing the

issuance, denial, amendment, suspension or revocation of any
permit or certificate authorizing a foreign air carrier to engage
in air transportation between the Philippines and foreign
countries.
To promulgate rules and regulations particularly relating

to the economic aspects of air transportation, including the
following specific powers and duties:
To issue, deny, transfer, amend, alter, modify, cancel,

suspend, or revoke any permit or the terms, conditions, and
limitations contained therein, authorizing a person who is a
citizen of the Philippines to engage in air commerce within or
between the Philippines and another country;
To require the submission of periodic and special reports

by any person engaged in air commerce in such manner and
form as the Board may prescribe; To require an person engaged
in air commerce to file with the Board a true copy of each and
every contract, agreement, understanding, or arrangement
pertaining to air commerce transactions, between such person
and any other person engaged in air commerce, to prescribe the
forms of any and all accounts, records, and memoranda to be
kept by persons engaged in air commerce including the accounts,
records, and memoranda of the movements of the traffic, as well
as the receipts and expenditures of money; and to transmit a
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report describing the shares of stock or other interest held by

such persons engaged in air commerce with any person engaged
in air commerce in any phase of aeronautics , and the holding of
the stock in, and control of, other persons engaged in any phase
of aeronautics;
To inquire into the management of the business of any

person engaged in air commerce and, to the extent reasonably
necessary for such inquiry, to obtain from such person engaged
in air commerce, and from any person controlling or controlled
by, or under common control with, such person engaged in air
commerce, full and complete reports and other information;
To approve or disapprove consolidation, merger, purchase,

lease, operating contract or acquisition of control between persons
engaged in air commerce; and
To investigate, upon complaint or upon its own initiative,

whether or not any individual or person engaged in air commerce
is violating any of the provision of this Order, or the rules
and regulations issued thereunder, and to take such action,
consistent with the provisions of this Executive Order, as may
be necessary to prevent further violation of such provision, rules
and regulations.
To review, revise, reverse, modify, or affirm on appeal any

administrative decision or order of the Administrator on matters
pertaining to the –
Grounding of airmen and aircraft;
Revocation or suspension of any certificate or the denial

by the Administrator to issue any certificate.
To perform such acts, conduct such investigations, issue

and amend such orders, and make and amend such general
or special rules, regulations, and procedures, as it shall deem
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necessary in the exercise and performance of its powers and

duties under this Executive Order.
SEC. 142. The Board shall submit an annual report to

the President which shall contain such information and data
collected by the Board which may be of value in the determination
of questions connected with the development of civil aeronautics,
together with such recommendation for additional legislation
relating thereto as the Board may deem necessary.
CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINSITRATOR AND DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR
SEC. 143. There is hereby created the Civil Aeronautics

Administration under the administrative supervision and
control of the Department of Commerce and Industry. The
Administration shall have one chief and one assistant chief
to be designated Administrator and Deputy Administrator,
respectively. The Administrator and the Deputy Administrator
shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines, with the
consent of the Commission on Appointments of the Congress. Until
otherwise provided by law, the Administrator and the Deputy
Administrator shall receive an annual compensation of seven
thousand two hundred pesos and six thousand pesos per annum,
respectively. The administrator shall be the administrative head
of the Civil Aeronautics Administration and shall have charge of
the administration of all laws relating to civil aeronautics in the
Philippines. He shall submit to the Secretary of Commerce and
Industry a report in writing of the activities and transactions of
his Office, annually or oftener as may be required. During the
absence of the Administrator, the Deputy Administrator shall
act as, and perform the duties of, the Administrator, in addition
to his own duties.
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POWERS AND DUTIES OF CIVIL AERONAUTICS

ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 145. Subject to the general control and supervision

of the Secretary of Commerce and Industry, the Civil Aeronautics
Administration is empowered:
To promote safety of flight in air commerce by prescribing

and revising from time to time:

minimum standards, examination, and rating of;
Airmen;
Airworthiness of aircraft;
Air navigation facilities for use by aircraft;
Civilian schools giving instructions in flying or in the

repair, alteration, maintenance, and overhauling of aircraft,
aircraft engines, propellers, and appliances, as to the adequacy
of the course of instruction, the suitability and airworthiness of
the equipment and the competency of the instructor;
Repair stations or shops for the repair, alteration,

maintenance, and overhauling of aircraft, aircraft engines,
propellers, or appliances, as to the adequacy and suitability of the
equipment, facilities and materials for, and methods of repair,
alteration, maintenance and overhauling of aircraft engines,
propellers, and appliances, and the competency of those engaged
in the work of giving any instruction therein; and
Such other air agencies as may be necessary in the interest

of the public;
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and to issue the corresponding certificates, specifying

and prescribing such terms, conditions, and limitations as are
necessary for public interest and safety: Provided, That any
order suspending, cancelling, or revoking any such certificate,
or denying the issuance of any certificate, by the Administrator
may be appealed to the Civil Aeronautics Board whose decision
shall be final.

registration and recording of aircrafts;
To collect and disseminate information relative to

civil aeronautics; to stud the possibilities of the development
of air commerce and the aeronautical industry; to exchange
with foreign governments, through appropriate governmental
channels, information pertaining to civil aeronautics; to make
arrangements and provide direct correspondence, transmittal
and communication of matters relating to the technical and
operational phase of aeronautics with the International Civil
Aviation Organization and other international aeronautical
agencies;
Within the limits of available appropriation, to plan,

acquire, design, construct, operate, improve, and manage all
necessary airdromes, airways, and air navigation facilities;
To impose and fix, as authorized in Republic Act Numbered

One hundred twenty-five, and subject to the approval of the Civil
Aeronautics Board, such reasonable charge and fees for the use
of government air navigation facilities, and for services rendered
by it in the rating of any air navigation facility;
To promulgate rules and regulations governing notification

and report of accidents in civil air navigation in the Philippines;
to investigate such accidents involving air craft including the
facts, conditions, and attending circumstances relating to each
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accident and the probable cause thereof, and to submit a report

to the Civil Aeronautics Board and such recommendation as
will tend to prevent similar accidents in the future: Provided,
That, when any accident has resulted in serious or fatal injury,
it shall be the duty of the Civil Aeronautics Board to make public
such report: Provided, further, That any such statement or any
report of such investigation or hearing or any part thereof shall
not be admitted as evidence or used for any purpose in any civil
suit or action growing out of any matter referred to in any such
statement, investigation, hearing or report thereof.
XXX XXX XXX
CIVIL AERONAUTICS COMMISSION ABOLISHED AND

ITS FUNCTIONS TRANSFERRED TO
CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD
SEC. 149. The Civil Aeronautics Commission created in

Administrative Order Numbered Seven, dated July thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and forty-six, as amended by Administrative
Order Numbered Twenty-eight, dated March fifth, nineteen
hundred and forty-seven, is hereby abolished and its functions
and duties are transferred to the Civil Aeronautics Board herein
created. The functions of the Bureau of Aeronautics as provided
for in Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred sixty-eight, as
amended, except the functions provided in subsection (b), section
six of the said Act, the functions provided in section thirteen of
Commonwealth act Numbered One hundred forty-six pertaining
to the power of the Public Service Commission to fix the maximum
passenger and freight rates that may be charged by airlines, the
functions provided in Republic Act One hundred twenty-five are
hereby transferred to and consolidated in the Civil Aeronautics
Administration and/or Civil Aeronautics Board.
BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS ABOLISHED
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SEC. 150. The Bureau of Aeronautics is hereby abolished

and all its personnel, records, property, equipment, funds, and
appropriations are hereby transferred to the Civil Aeronautics
Administration.
RADIO CONTROL DIVISION TRANSFERRED
SEC. 151. The Radio Control Division now under the

Department of National Defense, together with all its personnel,
powers, functions, activities, records, equipment and unexpended
balances of funds or appropriations, is hereby transferred to the
Department of Commerce and Industry.
RADIO ACTIVITIES CONSOLIDATED IN

RADIO CONTROL BOARD
SEC. 152. The Radio Board and the Radio Permit

Committee, at present under the Office of the President, and
the Radio Broadcasting Committee under the Department of
national Defense are hereby abolished and all their personnel,
functions, powers, activities, and unexpended balances of funds
or appropriations are transferred to, and shall be assumed by, a
board to be known as the Radio Control Board under the executive
supervision of the Department of Commerce and Industry. The
Radio Control Board shall be composed of the Undersecretary of
Commerce and Industry, as Chairman, and the Press Secretary
of the Office of the President, the Collector of Internal Revenue,
the Director of Public Schools, and the Director of Posts, as
members. The President may appoint additional members if
the needs of the service require. The Chief of the Radio Control
Division of the Department of Commerce and Industry shall be
the Secretary of the Radio Control Board.
SUGAR QUOTA OFFICE
SEC. 153. The Philippine Sugar Administration under the
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Office of the President is hereby renamed “Sugar Quota Office”

and transferred to the Department of Commerce and Industry
together with its personnel, records, documents, supplies,
equipment and appropriations. The Sugar Quota Office shall
have a chief to be known as Sugar Quota Administrator whose
salary, until otherwise fixed by law, shall be seven thousand two
hundred pesos per annum.
SEC. 154. The Sugar Quota Office shall assume the

functions, powers and duties heretofore exercised b the Philippine
Sugar Administration.
DIVISION OF STANDARDS
SEC. 155. There is hereby created in the Bureau of

Commerce a Division of Standards which shall have charge
of the inspection, classification, grading, standardization and
licensing for export of copra and other agricultural products, as
well as industrial, mineral, fish and all other exportable products
of the Philippines, subject to such rules and regulations as the
Secretary of Commerce and Industry may promulgate with the
approval of the President.
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REPEALING CLAUSE
SEC. 172. All Acts, Executive Orders, Administrative
Orders, or Proclamations or parts thereof inconsistent with
any provision of this Order are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.
PARTIAL INVALIDITY
SEC. 173. If any provision of this Order should be held

invalid, the other provisions shall not be affected thereby.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
SEC. 174. This Order shall take effect as of July first,

nineteen hundred and forty-seven, except where otherwise
stated.
Done in the City of Manila, this fourth day of October, in

the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-seven and of
the Independence of the Philippines, the second.
MANUEL ROXAS
BY THE PRESIDENT:
N. Roxas
Acting Chief of the Executive Office
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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 392
FURTHER REORGANIZING THE DIFFERENT EXECUTIVE

DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS, OFFICES AND AGENCIES
OF THE GOVENRMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE
PHILIPPINES, MAKING CERTAIN READJUSTMENTS
OF PERSONNEL AND REALLOTMENTS OF FUNDS
IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
Pursuant to the powers vested in me by Republic Act

Numbered Four hundred and twenty-two, I, Elpidio Quirino,
President of the Philippines, do hereby order –
SECTION 1. Section seventy-four of the Revised

read as follows:
“SEC. 74. Departmental Organization. – All executive

functions of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines
shall be directly under the Executive Department, subject to
the supervision and control of the President of the Philippines
in matters of general policy. The Departments are established
for the proper distribution of the work of the Executive, for the
performance of the functions expressly assigned to them by law,
and in order that each branch of the administration may have a
chief responsible for its direction and policy. Each Department
Secretary shall assume the burden of, and responsibility for, all
activities of the Government under his control and supervision.
“For administrative purposes, the President of the

Philippines shall be considered the Department Head of the
Executive Office, the Local Governments, the Budget Commission,
the Bureau of Civil Service, the Civil Service Board of Appeals,
the National Economic council, the National Security Council,
the Philippines Heraldry Committee, the Integrity Board, the
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National Intelligence Coordinating Agency, the Import Control

Administration, the Philippine Information Council, the
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, the National Planning
Commission, the Social Welfare Administration, the Civilian
Emergency Administration, and of all other offices and branches
of the service not assigned by law to any Department. The
President’s Action Committee on Social Amelioration and the
Social Welfare Commission are hereby merged to constitute the
Social Welfare Administration.”
SEC. 2. Section seventy-five of the Revised Administrative

follows:
“SEC. 75. Executive Departments. – There shall be

ten executive departments, to wit: the Department of Foreign
Affairs, the Department of Finance, the Department of Justice,
the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the
Department of Public Works and Communications, the
Department of Education, the Department of Labor, the
Department of National Defense, the Department of Health and
the Department of Commerce and Industry, which shall be under
the direct control of the respective Secretaries of Departments,
exercising their functions subject to the general supervision and
control of the President of the Philippines.”
SEC. 3. Section seventy-six of the Revised Administrative

follows:
“SEC. 76. Secretaries of Departments. – The Department

of Foreign Affairs shall perform its functions under the executive
authority of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs; the Department
of Finance shall perform its functions under the executive
authority of the Secretary of Finance; the Department of Justice
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Secretary of Justice; the Department of Agriculture and Natural

Resources shall perform its functions under the executive
authority of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural resources;
the Department of Public Works and Communications shall
perform its functions under the executive authority of the
Secretary of Public Works and Communications; the Department
of Education shall perform its functions under the executive
authority of the Secretary of Education; the Department of
Labor shall perform its functions under the executive authority
of the Secretary of Labor; the Department of National Defense
shall perform its functions under the executive authority of
the Secretary of National Defense; the Department of Health
shall perform its functions under the executive authority of
the Secretary of Health; and the Department of Commerce and
Industry shall perform its functions under the executive authority
of the Secretary of Commerce and Industry.”
PHILIPPINE INFORMATION COUNCIL
SEC. 4. The Radio Broadcasting Board is hereby abolished,

and all the personnel, powers, duties, functions, activities,
equipment, materials, properties and records pertaining to said
Board are transferred to the Philippine Information Council
created under Executive Order Numbered Three hundred and
forty-eight, dated September twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred
and fifty, as amended.
BUREAUS AND OFFICES UNDER THE

EXECUTIVE OFFICE
SEC. 5. Section twenty-eight of Executive Order

Numbered Ninety-four, dated October fourth, nineteen hundred
and forty-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“SEC. 28. The Executive Secretary shall have immediate

supervision and control over the Bureau of Printing, the Fire
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Prevention Board, the Games and Amusement Board and the

Board of Review for Moving Pictures.”
SEC. 6. There is hereby created under the immediate

supervision and control of the Executive Secretary an office to
be known as the Games and Amusements Board to be composed
of three members appointed by the President with the consent
of the Commission on Appointments, and whose compensation
shall be fixed by the President. The powers, duties and functions
heretofore exercised, vested in and performed by, city and
municipal mayors over frontons and basque pelota games (the
Jai-Alai), the Racing Commission and the Boxing and Wrestling
Commission are hereby consolidated and transferred to, and
shall be assumed and exercised by, the Games and Amusements
Board. One member of the Board shall supervise all activities
of the Jai-Alai, the other member shall supervise all activities
on horse racing and the third member shall supervise all
activities on horse racing and the third member shall supervise
all activities on boxing and wrestling; PROVIDED, That in
the administration of these activities including the settlement
of disputes or other problems connected therewith, the Games
and Amusements Board herein created shall in every such cases
act as a body, assuming complete responsibility therefor: AND
PROVIDED FURTHER, That pending the appointment and
qualification of the members of the Games and Amusements
Board and the organization of said office, the city or municipal
mayor concerned, the Racing Commission and the Boxing and
Wrestling Commission herein consolidated shall continue to
exercise the powers, duties and functions heretofore vested in
them with respect to frontons and basque pelota games (the Jai-
Alai), horse racing and boxing and wrestling, respectively.
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SEC. 7. Bureaus and offices under the Department of

Foreign Affairs. – The Department of Foreign Affairs shall have
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executive supervision over the Board of Foreign Affairs Service

Personnel, Examinations and Review; the Office of Political and
Economic Affairs; the Office of Administration and Controls;
the Office of International Social and Cultural Affairs; and over
the embassies, legations, consulates, missions and other offices
or units composing the Foreign Service of the Republic of the
Philippines.
SEC. 8. Abolition of National Commission on Educational,

Scientific and Cultural Matters. – The National Commission
on Educational, Scientific and Cultural Matters is hereby
abolished, and all its powers, duties, functions, records, property,
equipment, appropriations and personnel, except the Chairman,
the members and the executive secretary, are transferred to the
Department of Foreign Affairs.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
SEC. 9. Section eighty-one of the Revised Administrative

follows:

of Finance. – The Department of Finance shall have executive
supervision over the Bureau of Customs, the Bureau of Internal
Revenue, the Bureau of the Treasury, the Office of the Insurance
Commissioner, the Bureau of Supply and the Tobacco Board. It
shall also have general supervision over the financial affairs and
financial agencies of provincial, municipal and city governments,
and, except as otherwise specifically provided, over all funds the
investment of which may be authorized by law.”
SEC. 10. The position of Collector of Customs for the

Port of Manila is hereby converted into Deputy Commissioner of
Customs who shall be ex officio Collector of Customs for the Port
of Manila. The Deputy Commissioner of Customs shall perform
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the duties and functions of the Commissioner of Customs during

the absence or disability of the latter. The Port of Manila is
hereby placed for administrative purposes under the immediate
supervision of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs.
SEC. 11. The Procurement Office is hereby changed to

and shall hereafter be known as the Bureau of Supply.
PHILIPPINE PURCHASING AGENCY IN NEW YORK
SEC. 12. The Philippine Purchasing Agency in New York

as provided in item F-IV-9, Republic Act Numbered Five hundred
and sixty-three, is hereby abolished, and the Secretary of Finance
is authorized to effect, subject to the approval of the President,
the proper disposition of the furniture, supplies, equipment,
property, books and records, including the unexpended balance
of the Philippine Purchasing Agency Revolving Fund established
by Executive Order Numbered Eighty-one, series of nineteen
hundred and forty-five.
SEC. 13. The first paragraph of section eighty-three of

the Revised Administrative Code, as amended, is hereby further

of Justice. – The Department of Justice shall have executive
supervision over the Office of the Solicitor General, the Courts
of First Instance and the Inferior Courts, the Public Service
Commission, the Bureau of Prisons, the General Land Registration
Office, the Court of Industrial Relations, the National Bureau of
Investigation, the Bureau of Immigration, the Board of Pardons
and Parole, the Deportation Board and the Code Commission.
The Office of the government Corporate Counsel shall be merged
with the Office of the Solicitor General. All the powers, duties,
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functions, properties, accounts and personnel of the Corporate

Counsel are hereby transferred to the Office of the Solicitor
General. The operating expenses of the personnel so transferred
and for new positions that may hereafter by created shall
continue to be paid, as heretofore, from contributions made pro
rata by the corporations and agencies under the supervision and
control of the Office of Economic Coordination in such proportion
as the Administrator of Economic Coordination may determine.
The Department of Justice shall also have general supervision
and control of the provincial and city fiscals or attorneys and
other prosecuting officers.”
SEC. 14. The Legal Aid Office, created under Republic Act
Numbered Eighty, and the Office of the People’s Counsel, created
under the provisions of section thirty-eight of Commonwealth Act
Numbered One hundred and forty-six, as amended, are hereby
abolished.
SEC. 15. The Office of Special Attorneys, created under

Republic Act Numbered Three hundred and eleven, is hereby
abolished and its powers, functions and duties shall be exercised
and assumed by the provincial and city fiscals.
SEC. 16. The Tenancy Law Enforcement Division

created under Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and
thirteen, is hereby abolished and its personnel, powers, duties,
functions, records, appropriations, property and equipment shall
be transferred to the Court of Industrial Relations.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND

NATURAL RESOURCES
SEC. 17. Section eighty-four of the Revised Administrative

follows:
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of Agriculture and Natural Resources. – The Department
of Agriculture and Natural Resources shall have executive
supervision over the Bureau of Plant Industry, the Bureau of
Animal Industry, the Bureau of Forestry, the Bureau of Lands,
the Bureau of Mines, the Bureau of Fisheries, the Fiber Inspection
Service, matters pertaining to colonies and plantations of public
lands, and matters concerning hunting, fisheries, sponges and
other sea-products, including the issue of licenses therefor.”
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND

COMMUNICATIONS
SEC. 18. Section eighty-five of the Revised Administrative

follows:

Public Works and Communications – The Department of Public
Works and Communications shall have executive supervision
over the Bureau of Public Works, the Bureau of Posts, the
Bureau of Telecommunications, the Motor Vehicles Office, the
Irrigation Council, the Flood Control Commission, the National
Transportation Board, the Radio Control Board and the
Government Quarters Committee.”
TRANSFER OF RADIO CONTROL BOARD AND

RADIO CONTROL DIVISION
SEC. 19. The Radio Control Board under the Department

of Commerce and Industry, together with its personnel, powers,
duties, functions, activities, records, equipment, properties
and unexpended balances of funds or appropriations, is
hereby transferred to the Department of Public Works and
Communications.
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SEC. 20. The Radio Control Division under the Department

of Commerce and Industry, together with its personnel, powers,
duties, functions, activities, records, appropriations, equipment
and properties, is hereby transferred to the Radio Control
Board.
REORGANIZATION OF RADIO CONTROL BOARD
SEC. 21. The Radio Control Board is hereby reorganized

to be composed of the Undersecretary of Public Works and
Communications, as Chairman, and the Director of Information,
the Collector of Internal Revenue, the Director of Public Schools
and the Director of Posts, as members. The President may
appoint additional members if the needs of the service require.
The Chief of the Radio Control Division of the Radio Control
Board shall be the Secretary of the Board.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SEC. 22. Section eighty-two of the Revised Administrative

follows:

Education. – The Department of Education shall have executive
supervision over the Bureau of Public Schools, the Bureau of
Private Schools, the Bureau of Public Libraries, the National
Museum, the Board on Textbooks, the Institute of National
Language and the Philippines Historical Committee.”
SEC. 23. The Committee on School Health for Medical

and Dental Services, now functioning under the Office of the
President, is hereby transferred, together with its personnel,
powers, duties, functions, activities, equipment, materials
and records, to the executive supervision of the Department of
Health.
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The Secretary of Health shall be the Chairman of the

Committee on School Health for Medical and Dental Services.
The Medical and Dental Services being administered by

the aforesaid committee shall be transferred from the Bureau of
Public Schools to the Bureau of Health.
A Division of Home Economics is hereby created in the

Bureau of Public Schools.
SEC. 24. The present Central Luzon Agricultural School

located in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, is hereby changed to Central
Luzon Agricultural College which shall offer, in addition to its
present four-year secondary agricultural course, one-year farm
mechanics course and its special courses, also a two-year, a four-
year, and a post graduate course leading to the title of Associate
in Agricultural Education and the degrees of Bachelor of Science
in Agricultural Education and Master of Science in Agricultural
Education, respectively.
TRANSFER OF PHILIPPINE NAUTICAL SCHOOL
SEC. 25. The Philippine Nautical School, at present under

the Philippine Naval Patrol, is hereby transferred, together with
its personnel, powers, duties, functions, activities, properties,
equipment, appropriations, materials and records, to the control
and supervision of the Bureau of Public Schools.
COPYRIGHT FUNCTIONS RESTORED TO

BUREAU OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES
SEC. 26. The powers, duties and functions concerning

the administration of the Copyright Law, vested in the Patent
Office pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act Numbered One
hundred and sixty-seven, are hereby transferred, together with
its records, equipment, personnel and appropriations, to the
Bureau of Public Libraries.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
SEC. 27. Section four of Act Numbered Four thousand

one hundred and twenty-one, as amended, is hereby further

of Labor. – The Department of Labor shall have executive
supervision over the Bureau of Labor, the Labor-Management
Advisory Board, the Placement Bureau, the Industrial Safety
Engineering Division and all bureaus, divisions and offices
hereafter created concerning labor alone and labor in its relation
with capital, and also, the proper enforcement of all laws relative
to labor and capital in the Philippines and over all other matters
related to the welfare of the Filipino laborers in this country and
abroad.
“The Secretary of Labor shall be the Chairman of the

Labor-Management Advisory Board.”
PLACEMENT BUREAU
SEC. 28. There is hereby created an office to be known

as the Placement Bureau under the executive supervision of the
Department of Labor. It shall have a chief to be known as Director
of Placement whose compensation shall be seven thousand two
hundred pesos per annum.
SEC. 29. The Placement Bureau shall assist applicants

for employment in the civil service of the government with a
view to placing them in suitable positions for which they are
duly qualified, taking into consideration civil service rules and
regulations. It shall, from time to time, gather and compile
statistical data relative to the vacancies occurring in the different
executive departments, bureaus, offices, agencies and other
instrumentalities of the government, including the corporations
owned or controlled by it.
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SEC. 30. The Placement Bureau shall also assist in the

employment of private persons in private establishments and to
this end it shall:
Keep a register of bona fide applicants for private

employment and provide free placement service for labor of all
types.
Collect and analyze in cooperation with the Director of

the Bureau of the Census and Statistics the fullest available
information on the employment situation.
Encourage and assist private organizations in social and

economic planning calculated to insure a favorable employment
situation.
Cooperate in the administration of such employment

insurance or assistance schemes and other measures as may be
established for the relief of the unemployed.
Administer Act No. 2486 entitled “An Act fixing a tax

upon every person or entity engaged in recruiting or contracting
laborers in the Philippines, and amending subsection (a) of
section fifty-three of Act Numbered Twenty hundred and thirty-
nine.”
SEC. 31. The Secretary of Labor, with the approval of the

President, shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations
to carry into effect the aims and purposes of the Placement
Bureau.
SEC. 32. The Labor Placement Division and the Marine

Overseas and Private Employment Agencies Division of the
Bureau of Labor, are hereby abolished and all their personnel,
activities, functions, records, properties, equipment and
appropriations are hereby transferred to the Placement Bureau.
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ABOLITION OF THE BUREAU OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY
SEC. 33. Republic Act Numbered Three hundred sixty-

seven, creating the Bureau of Industrial Safety, is hereby
repealed, and Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred four,
as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered Six hundred
ninety-six, is hereby revived. The provisions of the two aforesaid
Commonwealth Acts shall be limited in their application to
industrial enterprises, and an industrial Safety Engineering
Division shall be established under the Office of the Secretary of
Labor in order to carry out the provisions of the said Acts.
The powers, duties and functions conferred upon the

Secretary of Labor by the provisions of the two aforecited
Commonwealth Acts concerning safety standards and the safety
of the laborers and employees in mines, quarries or metallurgical
operations, are hereby transferred to, and shall hereafter be
assumed and exercised by, the Director of Mines.
DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
SEC. 34. Section two of Commonwealth Act Numbered

Four hundred thirty, as amended, is hereby further amended to
read as follows:

National Defense. – The Department of National Defense shall
be charged with the duty of supervising the national defense
program of the country, and for this purpose, it shall have
executive supervision over the Armed Forces of the Philippines,
the Philippine Veterans Board, the Board on Pensions for
Veterans, the Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey and the
Munitions Board. This Department shall function under the
executive control of the Secretary of National Defense who may
be assisted by an Undersecretary.”
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SEC. 35. The second paragraph of Executive Order

Numbered Three hundred and seventeen, dated January seventh,
nineteen hundred and forty-one, as amended, is hereby further
“The Department of Health shall be charged with the

protection of the health of the people, the maintenance of sanitary
conditions and the proper enforcement of the laws and regulations
relative to health, sanitation, foods, drugs and narcotics, slum
housing, garbage and other waste disposal, and for these
purposes, it shall exercise executive supervision over the Bureau
of Health; the Bureau of Quarantine; the Bureau of Hospitals; the
National Advisory Health Council; the Public health Research
Laboratories; the Institute of Nutrition; the Committee on School
Health for Medical and Dental Services; the health department
of chartered cities; and national, provincial, city and municipal
hospitals, dispensaries and clinics, except the Philippine General
Hospital; the public markets and slaughterhouses; hotels,
restaurants and other food establishments; and health resorts
and similar establishments.”
TRANSFER OF INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION
SEC. 36. The Institute of Nutrition, under the Executive

Office, together with its personnel, records, equipment, properties,
powers, duties, functions, activities and appropriations, is hereby
transferred to the Department of Health.
The Division of Biological Research and the Division of

Food Technology of the Institute of Science, together with their
activities, functions, personnel, equipment, records, properties
and appropriations, shall be transferred to the Institute of
Nutrition. The remaining divisions or units of the Institute of
Science are hereby organized and constituted into the Institute
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of Science and Technology which is hereby placed under

the executive supervision of the Administrator of Economic
Coordination. The Board of Regents of the Institute of Science
shall hereafter be known as the Advisory Board thereof.
DIVISION OF TUBERCULOSIS
SEC. 37. There is hereby created, under the Department

of Health, a Division of Tuberculosis to be composed of the
National Chest Center and the Section of Tuberculosis Control
which is at present under the Office of the Secretary of Health.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
SEC. 38. Section one hundred and thirty-four of Executive

Order Numbered Ninety-four, dated October fourth, nineteen
hundred and forty-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“SEC. 134. The Department of Commerce and Industry

shall have executive supervision over the Bureau of Commerce,
the Cooperatives Administration Office, the Securities and
Exchange Commission, the Weather Bureau, the Patent Office,
the Civil Aeronautics Administration, the Civil Aeronautics
Board, the Manila Trading Center and Exchange, the Sugar
Quota Administration, The Fair Trade Board and the Bureau of
the Census and Statistics.”
SUGAR QUOTA OFFICE RENAMED
SEC. 39. The Sugar Quota Office is hereby renamed

Sugar Quota Administration.
XXX XXX XXX
REPEALING CLAUSE
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SEC. 63. All acts, executive orders, administrative orders,

or proclamations or parts thereof inconsistent with any provision
of this Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
PARTIAL INVALIDITY
SEC. 64. If any provision of this Order should be held

invalid, the other provisions shall not be affected thereby.
EFFECTIVE DATE
SEC. 65. This Order shall take effect on January first,

nineteen hundred and fifty-one, except where otherwise stated.
Done in the City of Manila, this first day of January, in

the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the fifth.
ELPIDIO QUIRINO
BY THE PRESIDENT:
TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary
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EXECUTIVE ISSUANCES – LIST OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS (TABLE)
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON GOVERNMENT

REORGANIZATION
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED BY THE GOVERNOR-

GENERAL ON GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION 1903
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
68 Re: Assigning the clerk, class eight, Bureau of 8/12/1903
Statistics to the Office of the Official Gazette, and
abolishing the said Bureau of Statistics
72 Re: The senior inspector of Constabulary in charge 8/27/1903
of the jail, defining powers and duties
95 Re: Constituting the Philippine Committee on 11/5/1903
Geographical Names
100 Re: Committee to form the basis of conclusions, 11/25/1903
submit a report to the Philippine Commission
regarding needed changes in the existing tariff
law

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
22 Re: Appointing a committee for the purpose of 5/4/1904
inspecting, investigating, and reporting upon the
physical condition on one hundred and thirty five
Government carabaos
36 Re: committee to consider and report on 9/19/1904
government ships
42 Re: committee selecting certain exhibits from the 10/18/1904
Philippine Exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition at Saint Louis, Missouri
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DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
12 Re: committee to investigate port dues and harbor 3/27/1905
management in the Philippines
14 Re: Committee to inquire into and thoroughly 4/1/1905
analyze the organization of Bureaus and Offices
of the Insular Government with the view of
determining its usefulness, the possibilities
of improvement therein by eliminating the
duplication of labor and generally to suggest any
changes in office management
17 Re: committee to examine all old documents and 5/27/1905
papers presented by the Chief of the Bureau of
Archives to determine whether such documents
are of any value to the government or to the
public
25 Re: committee to establish a schedule of freight 8/23/1905
rates for the Coast Guard Service
38 Re: Committee to act in conjunction with a 12/8/1905
committee to be appointed by the commanding
officer, Department of Luzon, in a thorough
investigation regarding surra in the Philippine
Islands

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
6 Re: Amending Executive Order No. 38, series of 1/31/1906
1905, appointing a member of the committee for
investigation of surra.
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DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
24 Re: Appointing a committee for the purpose 5/1/1906
of examining the records in cases of prisoners
under sentence in the Philippine Islands for
bandolerismo, sedition, or insurrection of such
prisoners.
1905, appointing a member and chairman of the
Committee on Commerce.
35 Re: Designating members of the tribunal provided 8/7/1906
for in paragraph 8 of the Specifications of the
Proposal for Bids for the interisland shipping
contracts of the Government.
36 Re: Designating the Secretary of Commerce and 9/25/1906
Police as Acting Secretary of Public Instruction.
37 Re: Revoking Executive Order No. 36, series of 9/28/1906
1906, transferring the duties of the Department
of Public Instruction to newly appointed
Secretary.
investigating and reporting to the Governor-
General upon the practicability and advisability of
transferring to the Bureau of Prisons all or some
of the departments or divisions of the shops of the
city of Manila.

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
14 Re: Amending Executive Order No. 35, series 5/16/1907
of 1906, designating members of the tribunal
provided for in paragraph 8 of the specifications of
the proposal for bids for the interisland shipping
contracts of the Government.
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DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
28 Re: Appointing a committee to agree upon a 9/2/1907
common set of conventional signs to be used in
map work in these Islands.
34 Re: Appointing a committee to pass upon the 9/10/1907
location, condition, present actual value, and
present market value of all lands, buildings and
structures is requested by the Postal Savings
Bank Investment Board.
investigating the system at present in operation
in the Quinta Market for the conduct of the said
market.
62 Re: Appointing a member of the Committee of 12/18/1907
Pardons in the Bureau of Justice.

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
8 Re: Relieving the assistant attorney from the 1/27/1908
duty thereon and appointing a Judge at Large of
the First Instant as member of the Committee on
Pardons to fill the vacancy.
48 Re: Executive Order No. 35, series of 1906, as 6/3/1908
amended by Executive order No.14 , series of
1907, is hereby further amended. Designating
members of the tribunal for the proposal for
bids for the interisland shipping contracts of the
government.
51 Re: Appointing a permanent committee to count 6/18/1908
and destroy Postal Savings Bank stamps which
have been cancelled in accordance with section 9,
subsection (C ), of Act No. 1493.
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DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
59 Re: Appointing a Secretary of the Department 7/2/1908
of Finance and Justice, while revoking and
transferring the duties of the Secretary of Finance
and Justice, EO 36, s. 1906.
62 Re: Appointing members of the Committee on 7/10/1908
Pardons created by Executive Order No. 24, series
of 1906.
63 Re: Relieving the judge of the Court of First 7/13/1908
Instance for the City of Manila from the duty with
the Committee on Pardons by Executive Order
No. 24, series of 1906.
68 Re: Relieving the assistant chief division, Bureau 7/16/1908
of Audits, from the duty with the committee
appointed by Executive Order No. 51, series of
1908, and appointing city examiner, Bureau of
Audits to fill the vacancy thus created.
1908, appointing a permanent committee to count
and destroy Postal Savings Bank stamps which
have been cancelled in accordance with section 9,
subsection (C), of Act No. 1493.
106 Re: Appointing a permanent committee to make 11/19/1908
an examination of the books and accounts of the
Insular Auditor and the Insular Treasurer.
113 Re: Appointing a committee to represent the 12/12/1908
Government of the Philippine Islands and to
confer and make arrangements with a committee
to be appointed by the Manila Hotel Company in
regard to the bond issue of the said Manila Hotel
Company.
115 Re: Appointing a member of the committee
constituted by Executive Order No. 106, series
of 1908.
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DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
13 Re: Appointing a Secretary of the Department of 3/1/1909
Public Instruction, revoking Executive Order No.
9, series of 1909.
15 Re: Appointing a member of the committee to 3/2/1909
count and destroy canceled Postal Savings Banks
stamps, etc. appointed by Executive Order No.
100, series of 1908.
61 Re: Appointing a committee of three to look into 7/31/1909
a business administration of such Bureaus and
make reports and recommendations as to any
changes which in their judgment may be made
in the business organization of the Bureau,
conducive to efficiency or economy.
108 Re: Appointing a committee of three, to examine 10/14/1909
into the condition of the property accountability in
each Bureau to determine the amount o permanent
appropriation necessary for the establishment of
a reimbursement supply account for each Bureau
under the provisions of Act No. 1873.

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
41 Re: Appointing members of the committee to 6/28/1910
count and destroy canceled Postal Savings Bank
stamps, appointed by Executive Order No. 51,
series of 1908, as amended by Executive Order
No. 100, series of 1908.
1158
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
50 Re: Amending Executive Order No. 35, series 8/15/1910
of 1906, as amended by Executive Order No.
14, series of 1907, designating members of
the tribunal provided for in paragraph eight
of the specifications for the proposal for bids
for the interisland shipping contracts of the
Government.
55 Re: Appointing a committee of three to study into 9/22/1910
the question of an exhibit products, industries,
and natural resources of the Philippine Islands
on the part of the Bureaus of the Insular
Government, and of assistance by the Bureaus
of the Insular Government to provinces in the
preparation and bringing to Manila of such
exhibits to inform people of the Islands and
visitors of the commercial, agricultural and
industrial possibilities.
74 Re: Appointing a committee to look into the 11/26/1910
petition submitted by the relatives of the late
Doctor Jose Rizal, that the Government return
to them certain lands which they were despoiled
at or before the time of the execution.
78 Re: Appointing as the fifth member of the Postal 12/6/1910
Savings Bank Investment Board, pursuant to the
provisions of section 8 (a) of Act No. 1493.

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
7 Re: appointing members of a board to be known as 2/11/1911
the Board of Food and Drug Inspection, defining
its powers and functions
1159
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
9 Re: appointing a committee to examine the 2/21/1911
question of Bureau transportation in the city of
Manila
10 Re: assigning members of the Philippine Exposition 2/25/1911
Board
12 Re: Offices of the provincial fiscal of the 2/27/1911
provinces of Cavite and Bataan are declared to
be consolidated
14 Re: Appointing a committee in lieu of the committee 3/7/1911
appointed by Executive Order Numbered Three,
series of nineteen hundred and nine, which is
hereby declared terminated, for the purpose of
making investigations and recommendations on
location and extent of insanitary areas in the city
of Manila making it inadvisable to be kept for
residence purposes
15 Re: Further amending Executive Order Numbered 3/7/1911
fifty-one, series of nineteen hundred and eight,
as amended by Executive Orders Numbered One
hundred, series of nineteen hundred and eight,
and Forty-one, series of nineteen hundred and
ten, re: committee authorized to count and destroy
Postal Savings Bank Stamps which have been
cancelled, and to make disposition of damaged
and unserviceable postage stamps
18 Re: Amending Executive Order Numbered Nine, 3/13/1911
current series, re: appointing a committee to
examine the question of Bureau transportation
in the city of Manila
21 Re: Appointing a board to investigate and report 3/22/1911
on the details of the general plan by which the
various municipalities in the Mariquina Valley
may benefit by the use of the Manila water
system
1160
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
23 Re: creating a committee to mark out a suitable 3/27/1911
or regular plaza to surround the raised map of
Mindanao as built by doctor Jose Rizal, and for
other purposes defined
27 Re: Further amending Executive Order Numbered 5/24/1911
Nine, current series, re: appointing a committee
to examine the question of Bureau transportation
in the city of Manila
29 Re: amending Executive Order Numbered Forty 5/27/1911
Seven series of nineteen hundred and seven, re:
consolidating the offices of provincial fiscal of the
Provinces of Misamis Surigao and Agusan
30 Re: appointing a committee to obtain and 5/27/1911
compile information as to the probable needs
of the government of the Philippine Islands for
Philippine lumber for yearly consumption
34 Re: amending Executive Order Numbered 6/20/1911
Seventy-seven series of nineteen hundred and ten,
re: Postal Savings Bank Investment Board
Seventy Eight, series of nineteen hundred and
ten, re: appointing an appraisement committee
of all lands, buildings, and structures in the
Province of Cebu
40 Re: consolidating the office of the provincial fiscal 7/31/1911
of the Mountain Province and that of the Province
of Nueva Vizcaya
47 Re: appointing a committee to investigate 9/16/1911
the present and probable future conditions in
connection with the alleged scarcity of rice in the
Philippine Islands
55 Re: appointing member of the committee created 11/2/1911
in and by section four of Act Numbered Nineteen
hundred and eighty one to make the improvements
in the town of Sibul, San Miguel, province of
Bulacan
1161
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
56 Re: committee to study the question of the 11/2/1911
necessity for the inspection of seeds and plants
which may be imported into the Philippine
islands
57 Re: further amending Executive Order Numbered 11/6/1911
Thirty-four, series of nineteen hundred and seven,
re: committee to pass upon the location, condition,
present actual value, and present market value
of all lands, buildings, and structures
61 Re: designating acting member in the Cebu 11/8/1911
appraisement committee, created by Executive
Order Numbered Seventy-eight, series of nineteen
hundred and ten
64 Re: placing the temporary wooden pier constructed 11/21/1911
at the Sisiman cattle quarantine station,
Mariveles, Bataan under the executive control and
jurisdiction of the Insular Collector of Customs for
the Philippine Islands
83 Re: appointing temporary members of the 12/20/1911
committee created by Executive Order Numbered
One hundred and six, series of nineteen hundred
and eight

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
Ninety-Six, series of nineteen hundred and ten,
re: appraisement committee to pass upon the
location, condition, present actual value, and
present market value of all lands, buildings and
structures in the Province of Iloilo
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34 Re: Further amending executive Order Numbered 6/29/1912

thirty-five, series of nineteen hundred and six,
re: designating members of the tribunal created
by article fifty-one of the contracts for the
development of interisland transportation
Twenty-one, series of nineteen hundred and
eleven, re: appointing a board to investigate and
report on the general plan by which the various
municipalities in the Mariquina Valley may
benefit by the use of the Manila Water System
Twenty-one, series of nineteen hundred and
eleven, re: appointing a board to investigate and
report on the general plan by which the various
municipalities in the Mariquina Valley may
benefit by the use of the Manila Water System
61 Re: committee to examine into and consider 10/1/1912
the question of reimbursable supply funds for
the various Bureaus of the government of the
Philippine islands
95 Re: a committee to examine into the question of 12/16/1912
the cost of quarrying rock at the city quarry
99 Re: a committee to examine into the general 12/19/1912
question of government warehouses, lumber and
coal yards
102 Re: appointing members of the Board of Tax 12/23/1912
Appeals
1163

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
1 Amending Executive Order No. 102, Series of 01/04/1913
1912, re: Appointment of the Members of the
Board of Tax Appeals, Pursuant to Section 54 of
act No. 183, as amended by act no. 2200
16 Appointment of a Committee to Consider the 02/08/1913
Report, re: Coal Situation in the Philippine
Islands
22 Further Amending Executive Order No. 9, 02/24/1913
Series of 1911, as Amended by Executive Order
Nos. 18 and 27, Series of 1911, re: Appointing
a Committee to Examine the Question of
Government Transportation, Both Horse and
Automobile, and Submit its Recommendations
Thereon
29 Constituting a Committee to be Known as the 03/10/1913
Board on Agricultural Colonies, Pursuant to Act
No. 2244
32 Appointing a Committee to Further Investigate 04/12/1913
the Question of the Roofing Supplied by the
Bureau of Supply
35 Appointment of Members of the Philippine 05/09/1913
Exposition Board, Pursuant to the Provision of
Section 2 of act No. 2224
46 Amending Executive Order No. 10, Current 06/26/1913
Series, as Amended by Executive Order No. 34,
Current Series, re: Appointing a Committee
called the Opium Committee to Burn in the Boiler
Furnace all Forms of all Such Drugs
52 Appointing a Committee for the Purpose of 07/10/1913
Investigating the Conduct of the Business of
the Various Bureaus and Offices in the Insular
Government
1164
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
63 Amending Executive Order No. 34, Series of 1907, 08/21/1913
as Amended by Executive Order Nos. 28 and 38,
Series of 1909, re: Appointing a Committee to
Assess the Location and Market Value of Lands
and Buildings as Requested by the Postal Savings
Bank Investment Board or the Board of Directors
of the Agricultural Bank of the Philippine
Government
76 Appointment of a Committee to Assist in the 09/09/1913
Preparations for the Suitable Reception of the
Honorable Francis Burton Harrison, Governor-
General of the Philippine Islands
87 Dissolving the Committee on Pardons, appointed 10/04/1913
by Executive Order No. 24, Series of 1906

Series, re: Constituting a Committee to be Known
as the Board on Agricultural Colonies

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
as Amended by Executive Order No. 37, Series of
1911 and Executive Order No. 15, Series of 1913,
re: Additional Members of the Appraisement
Committee to Assess the Conditions and Market
Value of Lands and Buildings in the Province of
Cebu, as Requested by the Postal Savings Bank
Investment Board
1165
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
2 Amending Executive Order No. 106, series of 01/11/1914
1908, as Amended by Executive Order No. 115,
Series 1908 and Executive Order No. 83, Series of
1911, re: Appointment of a Permanent Committee
to Make an Examination of the Books and
Accounts of the Insular Auditor and the Insular
Treasurer
as amended by Executive Order no. 92, Same
Series , re: Constitution of a Committee to be
Known as the Board on Agricultural Colonies
re: Appointment of an Additional Member of the
Board of Tax Appeals, Pursuant to the Provisions
of Section 54 of Act No. 183, as Amended by act
No. 2200
33 Appointment of a Committee to Investigate 04/02/1914
and Report Upon a Suitable Location for the
Establishment of an Additional Agricultural
Colony, under the Provision of Act No. 2254
59 All American Agricultural Colonies Established, 06/19/1914
Pursuant to the Provisions of Act No. 2254 and
Executive Order No. 33, Current Series are Placed
under the Administrative Control and Supervision
of the Director of Agriculture
62 Constituting a Permanent Committee to be 06/24/1914
Known as the Committee on Standardization of
Supplies

1913, re: Constituting an Opium Committee to
Destroy by Burning in the Boiler Furnace all
Such Drugs
1166
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
86 Transfer of the Railway Division of the Bureau of 09/30/1914
Audits, together with its Documents and Records,
Shall be Transferred to the Board of Public Utility
Commissioners
89 Designating the San Ramon Penal Farm in the 10/22/1914
Department of Mindanao and Sulu as an Insular
Penal Institution, Pursuant to the Provisions of
Section 10 of Act No. 1703
as Amended by Executive Order No. 22, Same
Series and Executive Order No. 3, Series of 1914,
re: Constituting a Committee to be Known as the
Board on Agricultural Colonies
123 Appointment of the Members of the Board of Tax 12/22/1914
Appeals, Pursuant to Section 54 of Act No.183, as
Amended by Act No.2200
133 Further Amending Executive Order No. 29, Series 12/31/1914

of 1913, as Amended by Executive Orders No.
92, Same Series, Executive Order Nos. 3 and 90,
Current Series, re: Constituting a Committee to
be Known as the Board on Agricultural Colonies

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
8 Appointment of a Member of a Permanent 01/29/1915
Committee to Make an Examination of the Books
and Accounts of the Insular Auditor and Insular
Treasurer, created by Executive Order No. 106,
Series of 1908, as Amended by Executive Order
Nos. 115, series of 1908, Executive Order No. 83,
Series of 1911 and Executive Order No. 2, Series
of 1914
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DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
19 Appointment of a Committee to Study the Existing 03/15/1915
Civil Service Laws
29 Appointing Members of the Board for the Purpose 04/15/1915
of Carrying Out an Investigation of the Present
Sources of Revenue of the Insular, Provincial,
and Municipal Governments, as Provided for in
Concurrent Resolution No. 14, Current Series

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
1 Appointment of a Permanent Committee to be 01/03/1916
Known as the Government Motor Transportation
Committee
of 1907, as Amended by Executive Order Nos. 28
and 38, Series of 1909, and Executive Order No.
39, Series of 1910, Executive Order No. 57, Series
of 1911 and Executive Order No. 63, Series of 1913,
re: Appointing a Committee to Assess the Location
and Market Value of Lands and Buildings, as
Requested by the Postal Savings Bank Investment
Board or the Board of Directors of the Agricultural
Bank of the Philippines Government
15 Appointment of an Additional Member of the 02/23/1916
Board of Tax Appeals, created by Executive Order
No. 123, Series of 1914, Pursuant to the Provisions
of Section 44 of Act No. 183, as Amended by Act
No. 2200
21 Constituting a Permanent Committee to be 03/28/1916
known as the Committee on Standardization of
Supplies
1168
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
22 Placing the Philippine Library and Museum, 03/28/1916
created pursuant to the Provisions of Act No.
2572, under the Administrative Control of the
Secretary of Public Instruction
of 1913, as Amended by Executive Order Nos. 92,
Series of 1913, Executive Order Nos. 3, 90, 133,
Series of 1914, re: Constituting a Committee to be
known as the Board on Agricultural Colonies
27 Amending Executive Order Nos. 1, Current Series, 04/18/1916
re: Appointment of a Permanent Committee to be
Known as the Government Motor Transportation
Committee
28 Appointment of Temporary Members of the 04/29/1916
Committee Created by Executive Order No. 106,
Series 1908, as Amended by Executive Order No.
115 , Series 1908, 83, Series of 1911, Executive
Order No. 2, Series 1914 and Executive Order
No. 8, Series 1915, re: Appointing a Permanent
Committee to Make an Examination of the Book
s and Accounts of the Insular Auditor and the
Insular Treasurer
45 Amendment of Executive Order no. 28, Current 07/06/1916
Series, re: Appointment of Temporary Members
of the Committee Created by Executive Order No.
106, Series 1908, as Amended by Executive Order
No. 115 , Series 1908, 83, Series of 1911, Executive
Order No. 2, Series 1914 and Executive Order
No. 8, Series 1915, re: Appointing a Permanent
Committee to Make an Examination of the Book
s and Accounts of the Insular Auditor and the
Insular Treasurer
Known as the Rizal Memorial Park Committee
1169
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
64 Reorganization of Certain Bureaus to be Placed 09/08/1916
Under the Supervision and Control of the
Secretary of Public Instruction and the Secretary
of the Interior, Pursuant to the Provisions of
Section 23 of the Act of Congress, Approved
August 29, 1916, and Revoking Executive Order
Nos. 43 and 44, Current Series
100 Appointment of Members of the Board of Tax 12/29/1916
Appeals, Pursuant to the Provisions of Section
2462 of the Administrative Code

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
1916, re: Appointment of Members of the Board
of Tax Appeals
18 Appointment of a Committee on Standardization 03/12/1917
of Salaries
Coconut Board, pursuant to the Provisions of act
no. 2598
31 Revoking the Board of Agricultural Colonies, 04/04/1917
created by Executive Order No. 23, Series of 1916,
and transferring the Supervision of Colonies
to the Department of Agriculture and Natural
Resources
33 Composition of the Members of the Public Welfare 04/10/1917
Board, pursuant to the Provisions of Section 3 of
Act No. 2510
35 Organization of the Members of the Militia 04/12/1917
Commission and Certain Regiments of Infantry
into the National Guard, pursuant to Sections 29
and 98 of Act No. 2715
1170

Militia Commission, created by Section 29 of Act
No. 2715
49 Appointment of Additional Member of the Militia 06/06/1917
Commission, created by Section 29 of Act No.
2715
50 Appointment of Members to Comprise a Committee 06/08/1917
to Consider the Question of Production and
Conservation of the Food Supply of the Philippine
Islands
53 Reorganization of the Committee on Geographical 06/23/1917
Names, constituted by Executive Order No. 95,
Series of 1903
71 Appointment of a Committee to Investigate and 09/14/1917
Make Recommendations, re: Development of
Fiber Industry

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
18 Dissolution of the Food Commission created by 05/22/1918
Executive Order No. 59, Series of 1917
25 Constitution of the Council of Defense for the 08/01/1918

Philippine Islands to act in an Advisory Capacity
to the Governor-General
Series, re: Composition of the Members of the
Council of Defense
37 Creation of a Council of State to Aid and Advise 10/16/1918
the Governor-general on Matters of Public
Importance
47 Appointment of Members of the Council of State 11/27/1918
1171

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
2 Appointment of Committees to Assess the 01/08/1919
Condition and Market Value of Lands and
Buildings as Requested by the Postal Savings
Bank Board
47 Appointment of a Committee to Act Upon All 07/10/1919
Matters arising from Agrarian Questions in the
Large Landed Estates in the Philippines

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
known as the Rizal Park Committee
16 Amending Executive Order Nos. 65, Series of 1919, 05/05/1920
re: Appointing the Members of the Commission
to Take Charge of the Preliminary Work for
the Celebration of the Fourth Centennial of the
Discovery of the Philippine Islands by Magellan
to Act Upon all Matters Arising from Agrarian
Questions, Pursuant to the Provisions of Act No.
2865
46 Appointing a Committee to Make a Study of a 11/30/1920
Plan to Develop the Makiling National Botanic
Garden, established by Proclamation No. 60,
Current Series
1172

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
re: Appointing a Commission to Perform All the
Preliminary Work of the Celebration in the City of
Manila of the Fourth Centennial of the Discovery
of the Philippines
11 Appointment of Member of the Board on Textbooks, 03/21/1921
pursuant to the Provisions of Act No. 2957
23 Appointment of Members of a Committee on 07/14/1921

Sales Promotion and Publicity for the Purpose
of Studying the Present Methods of Production,
Marketing and Manufacturing and Sale of
Philippine Products
28 Appointment of Additional Members of a 08/05/1921
Committee on Sales Promotion and Publicity for
the Purpose of Studying the Present Methods of
Production, Marketing and Manufacturing and
Sale of Philippine Products, under Executive
Order No. 23, Current Series
48 Appointment of Certain Persons to a Committee 11/10/1921
to Study the Interisland Coastwise Rates and
Regulations
49 Appointment of a Committee to Investigate and 11/14/1921
Make Recommendations to the Governor-General
as to Plans for a Permanent Site for a Civic
Center, Expositions Grounds and for Carnival
Purposes
50 Appointment of a Member of the Appraisal 11/15/1921
Committee of the Postal Savings Bank, pursuant
to the Provisions of Section 63 of the Revised
Administrative Code of 1917
54 Appointment of a Committee to Study and Report 12/03/1921
Upon the Condition and Requirements of the
National Bank and the Insular Treasury
1173
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
55 Appointment o f a B o a r d t o S u b m i t 12/05/1921
Recommendations to the Governor-General, re:
disposition and transfer to the United States
Government of all Properties of the National
Guard, pursuant to the Provisions of sections 640
and 641 of the Administrative Code

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
8 Appointment of the Following Committee 02/18/1922
to Coordinate the Functions of the Various
Government Organizations Engaged in
Agriculture
17 Appointment of Members of the Pension and 04/24/1922
Investment Board, pursuant to the provisions of
Section 12 of act no. 3050
32 Appointment of the Following Committee to Make 07/12/1922
Recommendations for Rules and Regulations
Concerning Aerial Navigation in the Philippine
Islands
33 Appointment of Board Members for the Purpose 07/18/1922
of Making Recommendations to the Next
Legislature concerning Amendments in the
Regulations Related to Training and Examination
of Marine Officers
46 Amending Executive Order No. 32, Current Series, 08/18/1922
re: Appointment of the Following Committee
to Make Recommendations for Rules and
Regulations Concerning Aerial Navigation in the
Philippine Islands
47 Appointment of Members of the Board of 08/18/1922
Pardons
1174
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
52 Constitution of the Board Members of the Central 09/12/1922
Luzon River Control Commission

Series, re: Constitution of the Board Members of
the Central Luzon River Control Commission
60 Creation of the Fiber Advisory Board 10/26/1922
64 C o n s t i t u t i o n o f t h e T o b a c c o I n d u s t r i a l 11/11/1922
Committee
Current Series, re: Appointment of the Following
Committee to Make Recommendations for Rules
and Regulations Concerning Aerial Navigation
in the Philippine Islands

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
1921, re : to Study and Report the Conditions
and Requirements of the National Bank and the
Insular Treasury
13 Creating a Special Committee to Study the Locust 05/25/1923
Problem in the Philippine Islands
20 Establishment of a Radio Communication Board 07/16/1923
and composition of its Members
23 Dissolution of the Composition of Members of 08/01/1923

the Tobacco Industrial Committee, created under
Executive Order no. 64, Series of 1922
1175
24 Amending Executive Order no. 32, Series of 08/31/1923

1922, as Amended by Executive Order Nos. 46
and 67, Series of 1922, re: Appointment of the
and Regulations Concerning Aerial Navigation in
34 Amending further Executive Order No. 32, Series 10/25/1923
of 1922, as Amended by Executive Order Nos.
46 and 67, Series of 1922 and Executive Order
No. 24, Current Series, re: Appointment of a
of 1922, as Amended by Executive Order No. 46
and 67, Series of 1922 and Executive Order Nos.
24 and 34, Current Series, re: Appointment of a

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
1921, re : to Study and Report the Conditions
and Requirements of the National Bank and the
Insular Treasury
13 Creating a Special Committee to Study the Locust 05/25/1923
Problem in the Philippine Islands
20 Establishment of a Radio Communication Board 07/16/1923
and composition of its Members
23 Dissolution of the Composition of Members of 08/01/1923

the Tobacco Industrial Committee, created under
Executive Order no. 64, Series of 1922
1176
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
24 Amending Executive Order no. 32, Series of 08/31/1923
1922, as Amended by Executive Order Nos. 46
and 67, Series of 1922, re: Appointment of the
34 Amending further Executive Order No. 32, Series 10/25/1923
of 1922, as Amended by Executive Order Nos.
46 and 67, Series of 1922 and Executive Order
No. 24, Current Series, re: Appointment of a
of 1922, as Amended by Executive Order No. 46
and 67, Series of 1922 and Executive Order Nos.
24 and 34, Current Series, re: Appointment of a

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
3 Appointment of a Board for the Purpose of 01/14/1924
Studying Existing Diseases of Hemp Plant
re: Creating a Special Committee to Study the
Locust Problem in the Philippine Islands
as amended by Executive Order No. 4, Current
Series, re: Creating a Special Committee to Study
the Locust Problem in the Philippine Islands
1177
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
9 Appointing a Board for the Purpose of Making a 02/06/1924
Scientific Study of the Conditions Existing in the
Philippine Islands, with a View to Preparing the
Country Against Any Possible Catastrophe
re: Establishment of the Radio Communications
Board
15 Pursuant to the Provisions of Section 63 of the 02/27/1924
Revised Administrative Code, and Enforcing
Executive Order No. 9, Series of 1916, appointing
a Member of the Appraisement Committee of the
Postal Savings Bank
16 Amending Executive Order No. 9, Current Series, 03/17/1924
re: Appointing a Board for the Purpose of Making
a Scientific Study of the Conditions Existing in the
of 1923, as amended by Executive Order Nos.
4 and 8, Current Series, re: Creating a Special
Committee to Study the Locust Problem in the
Philippine Islands
1923, as Amended by Executive Order Nos. 4,
8, and 19, Current Series, re: Creating a Special
Philippine Islands
as Amended by Executive Order No. 13, Current
Series, re: Establishing a Radio Communication
Board
25 Amending Executive Order No. 13, series of 1923, 04/29/1924
as Amended by Executive Order Nos. 4, 8, 19,
and 23, Current Series, re: Creating a Special
Philippine Islands
1178
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
29 Appointment of an Advisory Committee to 05/20/1924
Cooperate with the Cordage Institute of the
United States for Research Work in Abaca
1921, as Amended by Executive Order No. 11 ,
Series of 1923, re: Appointment of a Committee
to Study and Report Upon the Conditions and
Requirements of the National Bank
as Amended by Executive Order Nos. 46 and 67,
series of 1922, and Executive Order Nos. 24,
34, and 38, series of 1923, re: Appointment of a
40 Changing the Membership of the Board of 07/31/1924
Pardons, as per Executive Order No. 47, Series
of 1922
41 Amending Executive Order No.11, Series of 07/31/1924
1920, re: Appointment of Members of the Rizal
Memorial Park Committee
43 Amending Executive Order No. 9, as Amended by 08/07/1924
Executive Order No. 16, both Current Series, re:
Appointing a Board for the Purpose of Making a
Scientific Study of the Conditions Existing in the
46 Appointment of Members of a Board for the 09/25/1924
Purpose of Making an Investigation into the
Present rating and Relative Rank of Officers in
the Coast Guard Service
52 Amending Executive Order No. 40, Dated July 10/31/1924
31, 1924, re: Membership of the Board of Pardons,
Established by Executive Order No. 47, series of
1922
1179
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
1921, as Amended, re: Appointment of Members
of a Committee to Study and Report Upon the
Condition and Requirements of the National Bank
and the Insular Treasury

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
4 Appointment of a Committee to Carry on 01/17/1925
Research Work of the Purpose of Promoting
the advancement of the Abaca Industry of the
Philippine Islands
6 Constitution of a Waterworks Board in Each 02/04/1925
Regularly Organized Province in the Philippine
Islands
13 Establishment of a Board and Its Members to 03/12/1925
Examine the Matter of Shortages of Equipment
and Supplies in the Bureau of Commerce and
Industry
as amended by executive Orders No. 13 and 24,
both Series of 1924, re: Establishment of a Radio
Communications Board
as Amended by Executive Orders No. 46 and 67,
Series of 1922 and Executive Orders No. 24, 34
and 38, Series of 1923 and Executive Order No.
38, Series of 1924, Appointing a Committee to
Make Recommendation for Rules and Regulations
Concerning Aerial Navigation in the Philippine
Islands
1180
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
re: Appointment of Members to the Pardon Board
over cases in the Cebu Jail
28 Appointment of a Committee to Report Upon 05/23/1925
and Submit at the Earliest Practicable Date
a Recommendation as to Providing a Secure
Fireproof Storage Place for Public Records of the
Insular Government
32 Appointment of a Committee to Consolidate the 07/10/1925
Recommendations Recently Made by Bureau
Chiefs for the Reduction to a Minimum of Paper
Work in the Philippine Government
34 As per the Provisions of Section 54 of act No. 1459, 07/20/1925
a Committee is Appointed to Investigate and
Ascertain the Responsibility for the Expenditure
of Funds of the Philippine National Bank in
Excess of the Amount Authorized by the Board
of Directors
as amended by executive Orders No. 13 and 24,
both Series of 1924, and Executive Order No.
16, Current Series, re: Establishment of a Radio
Communication Board
as Amended by Executive Orders No. 13 and 24,
both Series of 1924, and Executive Orders No. 16
and 38, both Current Series, re: Establishment of
a Radio communication Board
58 Establishing the Metropolitan Civic Commission 12/25/1925
to Act as a Liaison Between the Residents between
the City of Manila and the Governor-General
1181

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
4 Appointment of a Personnel Classification 02/17/1926
Board
7 Amending Executive Order Nol. 6, Series of 1925 03/17/1926
and by provisions of Section 63 of the Revised
Administrative Code, a Waterworks Board is
Hereby Constituted
20 An Advisory Council of Health and Physical 07/16/1926
Education is Hereby Constituted
25 Amending Executive Order No. 19 Series of 1923, 08/03/1926
as amended, Creating the Pardon Board, re:
District Inspector of the Constabulary
30 Constitution of a National Executive Committee 09/07/1926
for Clean-Up Week
33 Appointment of an Acting Member of the Board 09/16/1926
of Pardons, created by Executive Order No. 47
Series of 1922, as amended by Executive Order
No. 40, Series of 1924 and Executive Order No.
52 Series of 1924
39 Creation of an Advisory Committee for Malaria 11/23/1926
Control

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
44 Creation of an Advisory Committee for the Control 01/04/1927
of Leprosy
59 Creation of a Committee on Housing 05/05/1927
63 Amending Executive Order No. 39 dated November 05/26/1927
23 1926, re: Creation of an Advisory Committee
for Malaria Control
1182
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
Radio Communication Board created by executive
Order No. 20 series of 1923
82 Amending Executive Order No. 52 Series of 10/17/1927
1924, re: Membership of the Board of Pardons
established by Executive Order No. 47 Series of
1922
84 Appointment of an Additional Member to the 10/28/1927
Radio Communication Board created by Executive
Order No. 20, Series of 1923
86 Amending the Last Paragraph of Executive 11/17/1927
Order No. 58 Series of 1925, Establishing the
Metropolitan Civic Commission, re: Appointed
Members of said Commission
88 Appointment of a Temporary Chairman of 11/26/1927
the Radio Communication Board, created by
89 Appointment of an Acting Member of the Board of 11/26/1927
Pardons Created by Executive Order No.47 Series
of 1920, as amended by executive Order No. 40 ,
Series of 1924 and Executive Order no. 52 series
of 1924, As Amended by Executive Order No. 82
Dated October 17, 1927

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
98 Appointment of a Member of the Advisory 01/17/1928
Committee for the Control of Leprosy created by
Executive Order No.44 dated January 4, 1927
100 Appointment of a Committee to Make a Study 01/18/1928
Regarding the Disagreement and Dissatisfaction
with the Workmen’s Compensation Act
1183
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
101 Amending Executive Order No. 100 dated January 01/24/1928
18, 1928, re: Disagreement and Dissatisfaction
with the Workmen’s Compensation Act

4, 1927, as amended by Executive Order No. 98
dated January 17, 1928, re: created an Advisory
Committee for the Control of Leprosy
110 Convening the Customs Survey Board and 04/03/1928
appointing certain members to said Board
111 Appointment of a Member of the Board of Pardons 04/30/1928
created by Executive Order No. 47 series of 1922,
to replace a current member
113 Amending Executive Order No. 107 dated March 05/08/1928
26, 1928, re: appointment of an Aide-de-Camp
to the Governor General, effective February 23,
1928
116 Appointment of a Committee for the Approval and 05/19/1928
Registration of Diagnostic Laboratories
123 Amending Executive Order No. 100 dated 1928, as 07/25/1928
amended by Executive Order No. 101 dated January
24, 1928, re: Creation of a Committee to Study
Regarding the Disagreement and Dissatisfaction
over the Workmen’s Compensation Act
125 Appointment of an Aide-de-Camp to the Governor- 08/03/1928
General effective August 2, 1928
129 Appointment of a Committee to Make a Thorough 08/29/1928
Study of the Advisability of Amending the Coal
Land Law (Act No. 2719)
130 Creating a Council of State 08/30/1928
136 Appointing a Committee to Supervise the Carrying 10/03/1928
Out of the Investigation and the Making of the
Report Provided for in Act No. 3364 (re: creating a
Committee for the Purpose of Making an Economic
Survey of Mindanao and Sulu)
1184
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
Studying the Question of the Advisability for
Removing the Bilibid Prison and San Lazaro
Hospital to sites Outside the City Limits and the
Question of Turning Over the Ayuntamiento to
the City of Manila
139 Amending Executive Order No. 37 dated October 10/11/1928
10, 1928, re: creation of a Committee for the Purpose
of Studying the Question of the Advisability of
Removing Bilibid Prison and San Lazaro Hospital
to Sites Outside the City Limits and the Question
of Turning Over the Ayuntamiento to the City of
Manila
144 Appointment of Additional Members of 12/13/1928
the Advisory Board on Ports and Harbor
Improvement

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
Examining the Old Documents and Papers
Presented to it by the Chiefs of Different Bureaus
and Offices of the Government
153 Amending Executive Order No. 144 dated 01/12/1929
December 13, 1928, re: Appointment of an Advisory
Board on Ports and Harbor Improvement
154 Appointment of Additional Members of the Radio 01/12/1929
Communication Board created by Executive Order
No. 20 series of 1923
156 Appointment of a Secretary and Member of the 02/15/1929
Customs Survey Board created by Executive
Order no. 110 dated April 3, 1928
1185
E.O. TITLE D A T E
No.
157 Further Amending Executive Order No. 144 dated 02/21/1929
December 13, 1928, as amended by Executive
Order No. 153 dated January 12, 1929, re:
Appointment of an Advisory Board on Ports and
Harbor Improvement
158 Amending the Last Paragraph of Executive 03/01/1929
Order No. 86, Series of 1927, Establishing the
Metropolitan Civic Commission
161 Appointment of a Member Replacement of the 03/07/1929
Advisory Board on Ports and Harbor Improvement,
created by Executive Order No. 144 dated
December 13, 1928
23, 1926, as amended by Executive Order No. 63
dated May 26 1927, re: creation of an Advisory
Committee for Malarial Control
186 Carrying Out the Provisions of Act No. 2745 and
Act No. 2988, re: Placing the Care of the Aged at
the San Lazaro Hospital under the Supervision of
the Office of the Public Welfare Commissioner
197 Appointment of a Committee to Study the 08/23/1929
Feasibility of Hastening the Issuance of Public
Land Patents and Private Land Registration
Proceedings
199 Amending Executive Order No. 15 series of 1924, 09/06/1929
re: Appointment of Members of the Appraisement
Committee of the Postal Savings Bank
209 Appointment of an Additional Member of 09/30/1929
217 Further Amending Executive Order No. 44 dated 11/05/1929
January 4, 1927, as Amended by Executive Order
No. 98 dated January 17, 1928 and Executive
Order No. 106 dated March 21, 1928, re: Creation
of an Advisory Committee for the Control of
Leprosy
1186

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
229 Appointment of Board Members to Appraise the 02/05/1930
Properties Involved and Determine the Details
Necessary to Complete the Sale and Transfer
of the Benguet Automobile Line to the Manila
Railroad Company
231 Appointing of Committee Members to Investigate 02/24/1930
the Condition of Certain Large Estates Belonging
to Religious Corporations in the Provinces of
Bataan, Batangas, Manila, Laguna, Rizal and
Bulacan
233 Appointment of a Replacement for a Resigned 02/28/1930
Member of the Radio Communication Board
created by Executive Order No. 20, series of
1923
247 Appointment of Additional Member of the 04/26/1930
Advisory Committee for Malarial Control created
by Executive Order No. 39 dated November 23,
1926
as amended by Executive Orders No. 11, Series
of 1923, and Revoking Executive Order No. 30
and Executive Order No.62, Series of 1924, (re:
Appointing a Committee to Study and Report
Upon the Conditions of the National Bank and
the Insular Treasury
262 Constituting the Board of Surveys and Maps of 08/30/1930
the Philippine Government
263 Appointing a Committee to Study the Laws and 09/05/1930
Regulations Governing the Protection of the
Game and Insect-Eating Birds of the Philippine
Islands
1187
E.O. TITLE D A T E
No.
270 Appointment of a Committee to Decide Upon 09/25/1930
and Recommend to the Governor-General the
Activities in connection with the Participation
of the Philippine Islands in an International
Exposition of Colonial and Overseas Countries
to be held at Paris in 1931
275 Appointing a Committee to Study the Existing 10/17/1930
Laws and Regulations Governing the Erection of
Billboards and other Forms of Advertising
277 Appointing a Committee to Make a Thorough 10/18/1930
Study of the Present System of Compiling and
keeping Statistical Date in Government Offices
278 Amending Executive Order No. 262 dated August 10/18/1930
30, 1930, re: composition of the Members of the
Board of Surveys
279 Revoking Executive Order No. 51, series of 1908, 10/24/1930
as amended by Executive Order No. 100, series
of 1908, Executive Order No. 41, Series of 1910
and Executive Order No. 15, series of 1911 and
the Memorandum Orders of the Governor-General
dated January 18, and My 26, 1908, re: A Counting
Committee for the Bureau of Posts

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
297 Appointment of the Members of the Board of 01/21/1931
Pardons
23, 1926, as amended by Executive Order No. 63,
dated May 26, 1927, Executive Order No. 169
dated May 16, 1929 and Executive Order No. 247
dated April 26, 1930, re: Creation of an Advisory
Committee for Malarial Control
1188
E.O. TITLE D A T E
No.
315 Appointment of An Additional Member of 04/25/1931
Executive Order No. 20, series of 1923
Advisory Committee for Malaria Control,
amending Executive Order No.304, dated
February 24, 1931
Radio Communications Board, created by
Executive Order No. 20, series of 1923
325 Appointment of Temporary Judge of the Supreme 07/06/1931
Court of the Philippine Islands, Pursuant to the
Provisions of Section 1077 of the United States
Code
326 Appointment of Inspectors to the New Lighthouse 07/07/1931
Tenders Recently Received by the Philippine
Government
328 Appointment of Committee Members to Make 07/15/1931
a Study of the Proposals for the Eradication of
Algae Nuisance
336 Appointment of Additional Member of the 09/10/1931
Committee to Study Laws and Regulations
Governing the Protection of the Game and Insect-
Eating Birds of the Philippine Islands
337 Appointment of Additional Member of the Radio 09/18/1931
Communication Board, created by Executive
Order No. 20, series of 1923
341 Creation of a Lighthouse Board 09/30/1931
344 Appointment of Additional Members of the Board 10/26/1931
of Pardons, created by Executive Order No. 297,
series of 1931
1189

DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
460 Appointment of Members of Committee on 01/17/1934
Labor
461 Appointment of Additional Member of Radio 01/18/1934
Communications Board (created by executive
Order No. 20 series 1923)
467 Appointment of Committee Members to Coordinate 02/03/1934
and Improve Electrical Communications That
Will Result in Economy
469 Amending Executive Order No. 32 dated July 02/14/1934
11, 1933 regarding appointment of members of
Efficiency Committee
475 Appointment of Chairman of Rural Improvement 03/20/1934
Committee created by Executive Order No. 436
dated August 18, 1983
476 Appointment of Chairman of Committee created 03/26/1934
by Executive Order No. 397 dated December 6,
1932
480 Creating a Committee to Decide on the Disposition 05/071934
of Certain Government Supplies and Materials at
Engineer Island
484 Appointment of Certain Members of Committee 05/26/1934
Created by Executive Order No. 68, dated
February 8, 1934
487 Appointment of Certain Members of Committee 06/06/1934
Created By Executive Order No. 438 dated August
25, 1933
494 Constituting a Board to Make Investigations and 07/26/1934
Recommend Deportation Regarding Undesirable
Aliens
495 Constituting a Committee Recommend Study of 08/02/1934
the Advisability of the Philippine Government
Taking Over the Management of the Philippine
Railway
1190
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
496 Appointment of Additional Members to the Radio 08/01/1934
Communications Board created under Executive
Order No. 20, Series 1923
501 Constitution of the Advisory Judicial Council 08/24/1934
502 Appointment of Chairman of the Rural
Improvement Committee created by Executive
Order Numbered 436, dated August 18, 1933
504 Appointment of Additional Member of the General 09/10/1934
Committee on Efficiency and Economy created by
Executive Order No. 431 Dated July 11, 1933
511 Appointment of Additional Member of the Radio 09/20/1934
Communications Board, created by Executive
Order Numbered 20, Series of 1923, effective
October 1, 1934
514 Creating a National Emergency Relief Board 10/19/1934
September 5, 1903, Appointing Additional
Members of the City Beautiful Committee
23, 1926, as amended Creating the Advisory
Committee for Malarial Control, and Appointing
its Committee Members
1191
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF

THE PHILIPPINE EXECUTIVE COMMISSION DURING
THE JAPANESE MILITARY ADMINISTRATION ON
(1942)
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
59 Amending certain sections of Executive Order 07/01/1942
No. 4 so as to Transfer the Supervision of Matters
Pertaining to Marriage from the Bureau of
Religious Affairs to the Bureau of the Census and
Statistics; the Issuing of Death Certificates and
Burial Permits from the Bureau of the Census and
Statistics to the City of Manila; and the Effectuation
of Laws Relating to the Registration of Lands and
the Supervision over the Registers of Deeds from
the Bureau Lands to the Department of Justice;
to Assign to the Bureau of Science the Function
of Making Investigations for the Promotion
and Development of Technical Industries and
Researches in Pure and Applied Science; to the
Bureau of Commerce and Industries, the Function
of Registering Partnerships and Associations
and Authorizing and Licensing Certain Brokers;
and to the National Library, the Function of
Establishing and Administering a Gallery of Arts
and History and of Assisting in the Preservation
of Permanent Public Works and Monuments of
Artistic or Historical Value
72 Providing for the Creation of the “Public Employees 07/31/1942
Life Insurance” and the Liquidation of the
Government Service Insurance System
77 Creating District and Neighborhood Associations 08/07/1942
and Defining Their Powers, Duties and
Responsibilities
1192
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED DURING THE JAPANESE

MILITARY ADMINISTRATION ON GOVERNMENT
REORGANIZATION (1943 – 1944)
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
1 Creating a National Planning Board 10/18/1943
3 Organizing the Council of Vice-Ministers 10/23/1943
5 Creating a National Education Board to Make a 10/23/1943
Study of, and Recommend the Necessary Reforms
in the Existing System of Education
13 Creating a Flood Control Board 12/03/1943
14 Creating a National Plants Committee 12/03/1943
19 Creating a Relief Committee 12/13/1943
20 Creating a Government Quarters Committee 12/13/1943
21 Amending Executive Order No. 19 (re: organization 12/20/1943
of a Relief Committee)
23 Ordering the Direct Appointment or Free 12/29/1943
Enlistment of Qualified Persons into the
Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Service of
the Constabulary and Creating Board of Selection
to Pass Upon the Qualifications of all Applicants
for Commission
24 Reorganizing the Ministries, Bureaus, Offices and 12/31/1943
Agencies and Instrumentalities of the Government
of the Republic of the Philippines
26 Creating a Board on Uniform Salary System for 01/06/1944
the Classified Service
27 Reorganizing the Court of Appeals and the Courts 01/07/1944
of First Instance
29 Creating a Board of Information to Control, 01/11/1944
Direct, Supervise and Coordinate the Information,
and Publicity Activities of the Government
35 Further amending Executive Order No. 19, 02/03/1944
Creating the Relief Committee
1193
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
36 Creating the Civilian Protection service, Defining 02/09/1944
its Powers and Providing for the Coordination
and Control of all Activities and Functions for the
Protection of the Civilian Population
38 Creating a Central Housing Committee to Take 03/04/1944
Charge of Requests of the Imperial Japanese
Forces for Housing Accommodations in the City of
Manila and to Establish Procedures Therefor
46 Creating an Economic Planning Board 04/08/1944
47 Creating a Labor Recruitment Agency 04/11/1944
48 Providing a Board of Directors for the Bigasang 04/14/1944
Bayan (Biba)
58 Establishing a Unified Control Over the Philippine 06/07/1944
Constabulary
59 Creating a Bureau of Investigation, Defining 06/08/1944
its Duties, Merging Therein Certain Existing
Agencies of the Government, and Providing Funds
Therefor
60 Creating a Philippine Sugar Association 06/08/1944
62 Establishing the National Commodities 06/21/1944
Procurement and Distribution Corporation
63 Executive Supervision Over the Philippine 06/29/1944
National Bank and the Agricultural and Industrial
Bank and Exercise of Powers, Duties and
Functions which by Law Pertains to the Boards of
Directors Thereof by the Minister of Finance
1194
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED BY MANUEL L. QUEZON

ON GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THE EMERGENCY POWERS LAW
UNTIL THE TRANSFER TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
PHILIPPINES TO WASHINGTON D. C. FROM APRIL 1 –
MARCH 26, 1944
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
9 Creating a Committee to be Known as the General 01/10/1936
Committee of President Roosevelt’s Birthday
Celebration
11 Designating the Chief of Staff and Transferring 01/11/1936
the Philippine Constabulary to the Army of the
Philippines
14 Creating a Domestic Sugar Administration 01/21/1936
17 Constituting the National Economic Council 02/14/1936
18 Creating a Rice Commission for the Purpose of 02/17/1936
Studying and Making Recommendations on Ways
and Means to Solve the Present Rice Crisis and
Insure a Permanent Supply of Rice at Reasonable
Prices
19 Creating the National Council of Education to 02/19/1936
Advise the Government of Educational Policies
and Necessary Reforms in the Existing System
of Education
22 Constituting a Committee on Pensions and 03/17/1936
Appointing the Members Thereof
25 Creating the Budget Commission 04/25/1936
26 Designating the Permanent Chief of Staff and 05/04/1936
Announcing Certain Appointments of General
Officers of the Army of the Philippines
31 Procurement of Medical Reserve Officers 05/18/1936
33 Creating the Deportation Board 05/29/1936
34 Transferring the Navigation Division, Department 06/01/1936
of Agriculture and Commerce, to the Bureau of
Customs, Department of Finance
1195
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
39 Reorganizing the Bureau of Civil Service and 06/23/1936
Creating the Civil Service Board of Appeals
40 Reorganizing the Bureau of Justice 06/25/1936
41 Transfer of Administrative Supervision Over the 06/29/1936
Bureau of Prisons to the Philippine Army
42 Transferring the Executive Supervision Over 06/30/1936
Offices of Provincial, City, and Municipal
Treasurers from the Department of the Interior
to the Department of Finance
45 Creating a National Transportation Board to 07/06/1936
Advise the Government on the Improvement of
Land, Marine, and Air Transportation Facilities
55 Creating a National Electrical-Communication 09/25/1936
Board to advise the Government Upon Matters
Pertaining to Electoral Communications
57 Establishing Reserve Officers’ Training Units in 10/14/1936
the Philippines
61 Creating a National Relief Board 11/03/1936
63 Requiring the Commissioner of Public Safety, 11/12/1936
the Provost Marshal General as Head of the
Constabulary Division of the Philippine Army
68 Creating a Flood Control Commission to Advise 12/01/1936
the Government in the Planning and Construction
of River and Sea Protection and Other Related
Works
76 Creating a Board of Food Inspection 12/22/1936
81 Transferring the Immigration Division in the 12/28/1936
Bureau of Customs, together with its Personnel,
Supplies, Records, Equipment, or any other
Property, and Appropriation, to the Department
of Labor
83 Designating the Board of Indeterminate Sentence 01/11/1937
to Act as a Board of Pardons
1196
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
82 Revoking Executive Order No. 41, dated June 01/04/1937
29, 1936 (re: transfer of Bureau of Prisons to
Philippine Army)
90 Creating the National Board of Surveys and 01/23/1936
Maps
91 Creating the Philippine Historical Committee 01/23/1936
118 Creating a Philippine Sugar Administration 09/16/1937
119 Creating an Anniversary Committee to Formulate 09/18/1937
Plans and Devise ways and Means for the
Appropriate Celebration every Year of November
15th
121 Creating a Government Quarters Committee 10/06/1937
122 Creating a National Unemployment Board 10/08/1937
125 Creating a Lighthouse Board 10/25/1937
127 Creating an Advisory Abaca Committee 11/09/1937
130 Amending Executive Order No. 61, Dated 11/20/1937
November 3, 1938, entitled “Creating a National
Relief Board, “ so as to Designate the Commissioner
of Health and Welfare as Member and Executive
Officer of said Board
132 Procedure to be Followed in the Acquisition of 12/27/1937
Private Property for Public Use and Creating
Appraisal Committees
139 Creating a National Relief Administration 01/14/1938
153 Reorganizing the Philippine Constabulary into a 06/23/1938
National Police Force
157 Creating the National Sugar Board 08/07/1938
160 Creating a Tax Commission 08/23/1938
168 Amending Section 6 of Executive Order No. 157, 10/15/1938
Dated August 17, 1938, Entitled “ Creating the
National Sugar Board”
171 Creating a National Fire Prevention Board 10/18/1938
1197
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
182 Designating the Secretary of the Interior to 01/30/1939
Exercise Supervision Over the Philippine
Constabulary
188 Revising Executive Order No. 139, Dated 02/23/1939
January 14, 1938, Creating a National Relief
Administration
189 Creating the Philippine Committee on 02/02/1939
Geographical Names
191 Creating the Rural Progress Administration 03/02/1939
192 Amending Executive Order No.31, Dated May 18, 03/08/1939
1936, so as to Delete Paragraph 5-d (3) thereof
193 Designating the Government Board of Examiners 03/13/1939
ad Advisory Committees on Technical Matters to
the Office of Private Education
197 Revising further Executive Order No. 139 dated 03/24/1939
January 16, 1938, Creating a National Relief
Administration, as revised by Executive Order
No. 188, dated February 23, 1939
206 Authorizing the Conversion of the Rural Progress 05/31/1939
Administration created by Executive Order No.
191 into a Corporation
210 Amending Executive Order No. 118 (re: creating 06/23/1939
the Philippine Sugar Administration)
214 Composition of the Appraisal Committee Created 07/10/1939
under Executive Order No. 132, Dated December
27, 1937
216 Composition of the National Relief Board Created 07/28/1939
under Executive Order no. 197, Dated March 23,
1939
230 Organizing the Department of National Defense 10/31/1939
243 Creating a Traffic Commission 12/29/1939
1198
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
245 Abolishing the National Information Office (Board) 12/31/1939
and Transferring its Powers, Functions, and
Duties, as well as its Personnel, Appropriations,
and Properties, to the Department of the Interior;
and Effecting Certain Adjustments of the
Personnel of the said Department
246 Effecting Certain Adjustments of the Personnel of 12/31/1939
the Office of the Secretary of the Department of
Agriculture and Commerce, the Bureau of Lands,
and the Bureau of Forestry, and Abolishing the
Division of Veterinary Research in the Bureau
of Animal Industry and Creating a Division of
Parasitology and Protozoology and a Division of
Pathology and Bacteriology in Lieu thereof
247 Abolishing the Bureau of Labor and Transferring 12/31/1939
All Its Functions to the Department of Labor, and
Effecting certain Adjustments of the Personnel
Thereof
249 Creating the National Trading Corporation 01/04/1939
250 Creating a Committee to Make a study of, and 01/10/1940
Recommend Ways and Means for the Organization
of a Reservists Association
257 Amending Executive Order No. 33, Creating the 03/12/1940
Deportation Board
267 Organization of the Philippine Army Nurse Corps 04/15/1940
Reserve
283 Creating a Sugar Advisory Committee, Defining its 06/22/1940
Purposes, Functions and Powers, and Designating
the Secretary to the President, Until Otherwise
Provided, to Administer the Sugar Adjustment and
Stabilization Fund Created Under Commonwealth
Act No. 567
291 Creating the Philippine Exposition Commission 08/05/1940
to Manage and Direct the Exposition to be
Inaugurated in 1941
1199
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
299 Creating a National Social Security Administration 08/19/1940
and Revising Further, for This Purpose Executive
Order No. 139, Dated January 14, 1938, as Revised
by Executive Order no. 188, Dated February 23,
1939, Executive Order No. 197, Dated Mary 24,
1939, and Executive Order No. 216, Dated July
28, 1939
300 Placing the Bureau of Immigration under the 09/03/1940
Supervision and Control of the Office of the
304 Creating Investigating Committees on Veterans
Pension, Requiring City and Municipal Treasurers
to Perform Certain Duties in Connection with such
Pension and Enjoining All Officers and Employees
of the Philippine Government to Render Necessary
Assistance to Applicants Therefor
308 Creating a Committee to Revise and Codify the 11/07/1940
Existing Substantive Laws of the Philippines,
and Providing for the Expenses to be Incurred
Thereby
310 Creating the Philippines Heraldry committee 12/04/1940
to Make a Study of, and Recommend Ways and
Means for the Adoption of the Coat-of-Arms of the
Different Political Subdivisions, Provinces, Cities,
and Semi-Governmental Institutions
317 Organizing the Department of Health and Public 01/07/1941
Welfare
335 Creating a Civilian Emergency Administration, 04/01/1941
Defining its Powers and Duties and Providing
for the Coordination and Control of Civilian
Organizations for the Protection of the Civil
Population in Extraordinary and Emergency
Conditions
337 Promulgating Rules and Regulations for the 04/16/1941
Organization and Training of Volunteer Guards
1200
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
349 Creating a Board of Trustees to Administer the 05/24/1941
“F. R. S. Memorial Fund”
350 Establishing a Public Assistance Service Under 07/02/1941
the Bureau of Public Welfare to Take Over the
Relief and Other Activities of the Associated
Charities of the Philippines
356 Abolishing Landed Estates Committee created 07/25/1941
by Administrative Order No. 49, dated October 7,
1937, and Transferring its Functions and Duties
to the Rural Progress Administration, Created by
Executive Order no. 191, Dated March 2, 1939
October 21, 1946, Which Revised Executive
Order No. 73, Series of 1936, Establishing and
Classifying Airports and Landing Fields (re:
designating the Cabanatuan Airport, Nueva Ecija
form Commercial National airport to Military
National Airport)
359 Creating the National Cooperatives 08/05/1941
Administration
360 Creating the National Enterprises Control Board 08/05/1941
to Coordinate the Policies and to Supervise the
Activities of the Government Corporations and
Enterprises Engaged in Economic Activities
368 Procurement of Offshore Patrol Reserve Officers 09/09/1941
374 Providing for the Control and Regulation of the 11/19/1941
Shipment of Export Quota Sugar and for the
Distribution of the Proceeds Thereof, and Creating
a Sugar Control Authority for the Purpose
376 Revising Administrative Order No. 107, Dated 12/06/1941
October 2, 1939, Entitled “Creating an Emergency
Control Board”
381 Providing for the Establishment of Priorities in 12/11/1941
Telephone and Telegraph Priorities Board
1201
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
388 Placing the Bureau of Immigration under the 12/22/1941
Office of the President
394 Establishing an Interisland Shipping Authority 12/24/1941
and War Risk Insurance for Vessels Engaged in
the Coastwise Trade and Appropriating for that
Purpose Five Million Pesos from the Funds in the
Philippine Treasury Set Aside for Defense and
Civilian Protection Measures
395 Providing for an Increase in the Justices of the 12/24/1941
Court of First Instance and Investing Judges
Appointed under Commonwealth Act No. 506
(Cadastral) with General Jurisdiction
396 Reorganizing and Grouping the Executive 12/24/1941
Department of the Government
2-W Vacating Commissions of Officers of the Philippine 06/16/1942
Army Who Will Be Commissioned by the Army of
the United States
5-W Creating the Office of Special Services 10/11/1942
6-W Creating a Committee on Relief for Destitute 01/29/1943
Filipinos in the United States and Hawaii
7-W Creating a Post-War Planning Board 09/15/1943
8-W Organizing the Department of Information 10/01/1943
and Public Relations and Transferring to it the
Powers, Functions and Duties, as well as the
Personnel, Appropriations, and Properties of the
Office of Special Services, Office of the President
of the Philippines
10-W Increasing the Membership of the Post-War 03/16/1944
Planning Board
12-W Creating the Division of Civil Affairs, Philippine 06/1944
Army, in the Department of National Defense
13-W Creating the Philippine Commonwealth Relief 06/20/1944
Committee
14-W Creating the Currency Committee 06/20/1944
1202
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED BY SERGIO OSMEÑA

ON GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THE EMERGENCY POWERS LAW (W)
UNTIL THE TRANSFER TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
PHILIPPINES TO WASHINGTON D. C. FROM APRIL 1 –
MARCH 26, 1944
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
15-W R e o r g a n i z i n g a n d C o n s o l i d a t i n g t h e 08/08/1944
Executive Department of ther Commonwealth
Government
16-W Creating a Committee to Study and Recommend 08/14/1944
a Plan of Reorganization of the Commonwealth
Government for the Purpose of Effecting Economy,
Efficiency and Simplification in its Operations
17-W Amending Executive Order No. 6-W, Creating a 08/30/1944
Committee on Relief for Filipinos Stranded in the
United States on Account of the War
23 Creating a Board of Inquiry to Investigate 11/02/1944
Charges of Disloyalty to the Commonwealth of
the Philippines and the United States of America
in the Province of Leyte, and Consider the Legal
Problems and Matters of Public Policy Involved
Therein
27 Reorganizing the Executive Departments of the 02/27/1945
Commonwealth Government (re: abolition of the
Department of Public Information and Public
Relations created under Executive Order No.
8-W)
33 Creating the Banking Division of the National 03/10/1945
Treasury, Commonwealth of the Philippines
37 Abolishing the Court of Appeals 03/10/1945

38 A m e n d i n g S e c t i o n 1 6 5 9 o f t h e R e v i s e d 3/10/1945
Administrative Code as Amended by Section 1 of
Commonwealth Act No. 453 (re: Chief Officials of
the Bureau of Justice)
1203
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
53 Creating a National Board of Inquiry to Investigate 06/08/1945
Charges of Disloyalty to the Government of the
Commonwealth of the Philippines and the United
States of America (re: abolishing the Board of
Inquiry created under Executive Order No. 23,
Dated 11/02/1944)
57 Creating the Petroleum Products Control 07/25/1945
Administration to take Charge of Rationing
Petroleum Products and to Control the Distribution
and Use fo Same For Government and Essential
Civilian Operated Motor Vehicles and Stationary
and Marine Engines
59 Creating the Metropolitan Transportation Service 07/27/1945
(METRAN)
60 Amending Executive Order Numbered Seventy- 07/31/1945
Six, dated December Twenty-two, Nineteen
Hundred and Thirty-Six, Creating the Board of
Food Inspection
61 Repealing Executive Order No. 38 (dated March 08/04/1945
10, 1945) and Reviving Section 1659 of the
Revised Administrative Code, as amended by
Commonwealth act No. 543 (re: Bureau of Justice,
created in 1945)
64 Establishing a National War Crimes Office
74 Effectuating the Organization of the Philippine
Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
and the Abolition of the Emergency Control
Administration
27, 1945, Entitled “Creating the Metropolitan
Transportation Service (METRAN)”
76 Creating a Quezon Memorial Committee to Take 12/17/1945
Charge of the Nation-Wide Campaign to Raise
Funds for the Erection of a National Monument in
Honor of the Late President Manuel L. Quezon
1204
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
85 C r e a t i n g t h e G o v e r n m e n t P r o c u r e m e n t 01/07/1946
Commission
98 Creating a National Urban Planning Commission 03/11/1946
and Defining its Powers and Duties
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED BY MANUEL ROXAS ON

(1946 – 1948)
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
7 Reorganizing the Deportation Board (re: amending 07/18/1946
the third paragraph of Executive Order No. 33,
dated May 29, 1936, as amended by Executive
Order No. 257, dated March 12, 1940)
11 Creating a Board of Surveys 07/31/1946
12 Reorganizing the Quezon Memorial Committee, 08/19/1946
Created under Executive Order Numbered
Seventy-Nine, Dated December 17, 1945
16 Further amending the third paragraph of 09/05/1946
Executive Order No. 33, Dated May 29, 1936, as
amended by Executive Order Nos. 257 and 7 Dated
May 12, 1940 and July 18, 1946, respectively,
reorganizing the Deportation Board
18 Establishing the Organization and Operation 09/16/1946
of the Department of Foreign Affairs and of the
Foreign Service of the Republic of the Philippines
and fixing the emoluments, privileges and
allowances of the officers and employees Therof
24 Creating the National Advisory Health Council 11/12/1946
25 Changing the Membership of the Flood Control 11/151946
Commission created in Executive Order No. 68,
dated December 1, 1936
1205
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
26 Amending Executive Order No. 304, dated 11/15/1946
October 8, 1940, Entitled “Creating Investigating
Committees on Veterans’ Pension, Requiring
Provincial, City and Municipal Treasurers to
Perform Certain Duties in Connection with Such
Pension and Enjoining All Officers and employees
of the Philippine Government to Render Necessary
Assistance to Applicants Therefor
27 Creating the Surplus Property Commission to 11/18/1946
Take Charge of the Acceptance, Administration,
Sale and Disposition of the Surplus Property
Acquired by the Government of the Republic of the
Philippines from the Government of the Untied
States of America (re: abolition of the Government
Procurement Commission created by Executive
Order No. 85 dated January 7k, 1946)
31 Creating the Shipping Commission 11/28/1946
37 Reorganizing the Deportation Board (re: amending 01/04/1947
Sec. 69 of the Revised Administrative Code)
40 Creating the Council of National Defense 01/13/1947
48 Creating the Code Commission 10/22/1947
56 Designating the Government Boards of Examiners 06/02/1947
as Technical Advisory Committees to the Office of
Private Education, and Empowering the Director
of Private Education to call Upon Technical
and Professional Employees of the Government
for Advice on Matters Affecting Technical,
Professional and/or Vocational Courses in Private
Educational Institutions, and for Assistance in the
Inspection of Said Institutions Offering Technical,
Professional and /or Vocational Courses
57 Creating a Board of Directors for the Metropolitan 06/07/1947
Transportation Service
November 18, 1946, Creating the Surplus
Property Commission
1206
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
dated October 8, 1940, as amended by executive
Order No. 26, dated November 15, 1946,
Creating Investigating Committees on Veterans’
Pensions
68 Establishing a National War Crimes Office and 07/29/1947
Prescribing Rules and Regulations Governing the
Trial of Accused War Criminals
73 Creating the Radio Broadcasting Board to 08/12/1947
Administer and Operate Radio Station KZFM
Acquired by Surplus by the Government of the
Republic of the Republic of the Philippines from
the United States of America
81 Creating a Central Bank Council 08/14/1947
November 12, 1946, Entitled “Creating the
National Advisory Health Council”
89 Amending Executive Order No. 73, dated August 09/03/1947
12, 1947 (re: creation of a Radio Broadcasting
Board)
90 Establishing the Philippine Relief and Trade 09/10/1947
Rehabilitation Administration, Dissolving
the Philippine Relief and Rehabilitation
Administration and the National Trading
Corporation; and Reorganizing the National
Cooperatives Administration
93 Abolishing the National Enterprises Control 10/04/1947
Board (created by Executive Order No. 360 dated
8/5/1941), Creating the Government Enterprises
Council, Transferring the Metropolitan
Transportation Service to the Manila Railroad
Company, Dissolving and Merging Certain
Corporations Controlled by the Government and
for other Purposes
1207
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
94 Providing for the Reorganization of the Different 11/1947
Executive Departments, Bureaus, Offices, and
Agencies of the Government of the Republic of
the Philippines
108 Reorganizing the Lighthouse Board 12/03/1947
110 Organizing the Philippine Mission to the United 12/18/1947
Nations and Providing for its Direction and
Maintenance
118 Amending Executive Order Numbered Eighteen, 01/09/1948
Dated September Sixteen, Nineteen Hundred
and Forty-Six, Entitled “Establishing the
Organization and Operation of the Department
of Foreign Affairs and of the Foreign Service of
the Republic of the Philippines and Fixing the
Emoluments, Privileges and Allowances of the
Officers and Employees Thereof
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED BY ELPIDIO QUIRINO ON

(1948 – 1952)
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
137 Amending Executive Order No. 12, Dated August 05/07/1948
19, 1949, Entitled “Reorganizing the Quezon
Memorial Committee, Created under Executive
Order Number Seventy-Nine, Dated 17 December
1949
150 Creating the Social Security Study Commission 07/07/1948
158 Creating a Labor-Management Advisory Board 07/28/1948
December 17, 1945, Entitled “Reorganizing the
Quezon Memorial Committee to take Charge of
the Nation-Wide Campaign to Raise Funds for the
Erection of a National Monument in Honor of the
Late President Manuel L. Quezon
1208
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
169 Creating an Opium Custodian Committee for the 08/30/1948
Enforcement of Act No. 2381, as amended by Act
No. 3006, Otherwise Known as the Opium Law
(Supersedes Executive Order No. dated May 19,
1922)

28, 1948 Entitled “Creating a Labor-Management
Advisory Board”
178 Creating a Commission to Study the Problems of 10/1/1948
the Rice Industry and the Recurrent Rice Shortage
and Make Recommendations on a Consolidated
Solution to the Rice Problem
235 Creating the National Intelligence Coordinating 1948
Agency
259 Creating a Fire Prevention Board 8/30/1949
275 Abolishing the Surplus Property Commission and 09/30/1949
Transferring Its Powers, Functions and Duties
to the Committee Created under Administrative
Order No. 90, Dated May 19, 1949
285 Creating a Permanent Committee to Examine, 10/18/1949
Count and Destroy by Burning Postal Savings
Bank Stamp Cards Received as Deposits and
Damage and Unserviceable Postal Stamps
286 Creating a Fair Trade Board 10/18/1949
300 Amending Executive Order No. 93 of the President 01/06/1950
of the Philippines, dated October 4, 1947, Entitled,
“Abolishing the National Enterprises Control
Board, Creating the Government Enterprises
Council, Transferring the Metropolitan
Transportation Service to the Manila Railroad
Company, Dissolving and Merging Certain
Corporations Owned or Controlled by the
Government, and for other Purposes”
1209
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
308 R e o r g a n i z i n g t h e A r m e d F o r c e s o f t h e 03/30/1950
Philippines
309 Making the Director of Public Works an ex 04/05/1950
officio member of the National Urban Planning
commission and amending Executive Order No.
98, dated March 11, 1946
30, 1949, creating a Fire Prevention Board
318 Creating an Integrity Board to Receive and 05/25/1950
Pass Upon All Complaints Against the Conduct
of Any Officer of the Government, or for Graft,
Corruption, Dereliction of Duty or Any Other
Irregularity in Office; To Recommend to the
President the Course of action to be Taken in Each
Case and to Investigate Specific Cases Thereof
319 C r e a t i n g t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f E c o n o m i c 05/25/1950
Coordination
325 Extending the Term of the Code Commission 06/17/1950
329 Creating a Civilian Emergency Administration, 07/01/1950
Defining its Powers and Duties and Providing
for the Coordination and Control of Civilian
Organizations for the Protection of the Civil
Population in Extraordinary and Emergency
Conditions
330 Creating the National Security Council 07/01/1950
340 Promulgating Rules and Regulations for the 08/09/1950
Organization and Training of Civilian Emergency
Administration Guards
344 Amending Executive Order No. 318, Dated May 09/07/1950
25, 1950 Creating the Integrity Board
345 C r e a t i n g t h e P e a c e F u n d C a m p a i g n 09/19/1950
Commission
346 Abolishing the Shipping Administration and 09/22/1950
Transferring its Powers, Functions, Duties
and Assets to the Rehabilitation Finance
Corporation
1210
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
348 Organizing the Philippine Information Service 09/29/1950
350 Creating the Price Stabilization Corporation 10/03/1950
and Dissolving the Philippine Relief and Trade
Rehabilitation Administration and the National
Rice and Corn Corporation
355 Creating the Land Settlement and Development 10/23/1950
Corporation and Dissolving the National Land
Settlement Administration, and the Rice and Corn
Production Administration and the Machinery
and Equipment Department of the National
Development Company
356 Creating the National Shipyards and Steel 10/23/1950
Corporation and Dissolving the National Shipyard
and Heavy Industries Department, the Engineer
Island Shops, the Steel Mill Project and the
Reparation Tools Department of the National
Development Company
358 Further Amending Executive Order No. 318, dated 11/01/1950
May 25, 1950, Creating the Integrity Board
364 Abolishing the National Cooperatives and Small 11/10/1950
Business Corporation and Transferring its
Powers, Duties, Functions, Properties, Assets and
Liabilities to the Department of Commerce and
Industry and for other Purposes
365 R e o r g a n i z i n g t h e C i v i l A e r o n a u t i c s 11/10/1950
Administration, abolishing the National Airports
Corporation Created under Republic act No.
224 and Transferring its Functions, Funds,
Capital and Properties to the Civil Aeronautics
Administration, creating a revolving fund for the
operation of the Manila international Airport, and
for other Purposes
367 Abolishing the National Urban Planning 11/11/1950
Commission and the Capital City Planning
Commission and Creating in Lieu thereof the
National Planning Commission
1211
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
September 29, 1950, so as to Change the Name of
the Philippine Information Service to Philippine
Information Council
372 Abolishing and Providing for the Liquidation of 11/24/1950
the
National Abaca and other Fibers Corporation,
the National Coconut Corporation, the National
Tobacco Corporation, the National Food Products
Corporation, and the Former Enemy-Owned
or Controlled Corporations or Associations
Transferred to the Republic of the Philippines in
accordance with the Philippine Property Act of
Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Six (Act of Congress
of the United States of July 3, 1946) and Republic
Act Numbered Eight, and for other Purposes
376 Abolishing the Rural Progress Administration 11/28/1950
and Transferring its Powers, Duties, Functions,
Properties, Assets and Liabilities to the Bureau
of Lands and for other Purposes
377 Abolishing the Surplus Property Liquidating 12/01/1950
Committee and Transferring its Functions,
Powers and Duties to the Board of Liquidators
created under Executive Order No. 372, Dated
November 24, 1950
383 Abolishing the Department of the Interior, 12/20/1950
Transferring its Powers, Duties and Functions
to the Office of the President, and for Other
Purposes
386 Creating the Office of Economic Coordination, 12/22/1950
Abolishing the Department of Economic
Coordination, and for other Purposes
1212
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
387 Amending Further the First Paragraph of 12/22/1950
Executive Order No. 79, dated December 17, 1945,
Entitled “Creating a Quezon
Memorial Committee to take Charge of the
Nation-Wide Campaign to Raise Funds for the
Erection of a National Monument in Honor of the
Late President Manuel L. Quezon
389 R e o r g a n i z i n g t h e A r m e d F o r c e s o f t h e 12/23/1950
Philippines
392 Further Reorganizing the Different Departments, 12/31/1950
Bureaus, Offices and Agencies of the Government
of the Republic of the Philippines, Making Certain
Readjustments of Funds in Connection therewith,
and for other purposes
394 Creating an Accounting Office and an Auditing 12/31/1950
Unit for the Philippine Army
396 Consolidating the Social Welfare Commission 01/03/1951
and the President’s Action Committee on
Social Amelioration into the Social Welfare
Administration
397 Providing for the Reorganization and Conversion 01/05/1951
of the Philippine Legations in Rome, Paris, and
Madrid with Concurrent Jurisdiction over the
Philippine Legation in Rome and the Concurrent
Philippine Legations in Paris, the Vatican,
Brussels and the Hague, and for other Purposes
398 Reorganizing the Deportation Board 01/05/1951
400 Transferring the Office of the Government 01/05/1951
Corporate Counsel to the Office of the Solicitor
General
415 Reorganizing the Government Quarters 02/20/1951
Committee
1213
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
Dated August 30, 1949, As Amended by Executive
Order No. 315, Dated May 5, 1950, Creating a Fire
Prevention Board
424 Further amending Executive Order No.24, 03/10/1951
Dated November 12, 1946, as Amended by
Executive Order No. 86, Dated September 3,
1947, entitled “Creating the National Advisory
Health Council”
425 Amending Executive Order No. 398 (re: 03/14/1951
reorganizing the Deportation Board)
429 Further amending Executive Order No. 24, Dated 04/07/1951
November 12, 1946, as Amended by Executive
Order No. 86, Dated September 3, 1947, and
Executive Order No. 424, Dated March 10, 1951,
Entitled “Creating the National Advisory Health
Council”
437 Amending Executive Order No. 330, Dated July 1, 04/28/1951
1950, Creating the National Security Council
Dated August 30, 1949, Creating the Fire
Prevention Board
dated November 12, 1946, Entitled “Creating the
Dated January 5, 1951, Entitled “Reorganizing
the Deportation Board,” as amended by Executive
Order No. 425, Dated March 14, 1951
456 Creating the Import Control Commission to Assist 07/01/1951
the President in the Execution of Republic Act
Numbered Six Hundred and Fifty, Providing for
the Regulation of Imports into the Philippines
1214
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
458 Creating the Inter-Departmental Committee on 07/13/1950
Cottage Industries
472 Creating a National Advisory Board on Vocational 08/24/1951
Education
473 C r e a t i n g t h e P h i l i p p i n e C o m m i t t e e o n 08/25/1951
Geographical Names
487 Creating Investigating Committees on Veterans’ 12/12/1951
Pension in Each Municipality and Chartered City
and Enjoining All Officers and Employees of the
Government to Render Necessary Assistance to
Applicants Therefor
488 Creating the Philippine Maritime Committee and 01/04/1952
Defining its Powers and Functions
Dated November 12, 1946, as amended, Entitled
“Creating the National Advisory Health
Council”
499 Creating a Committee to Make a Final Study and 04/24/1952
Advise the President on the Proposed Revision of
the Trade Agreement Between the Philippines
and the United States
501 Further amending Executive Order No. 318, dated
509 Amending Executive Order No. 499, Dated April 06/18/1952
24, 1952, Entitled “Creating a Committee to
Make a Final Survey and Advise the President
on the Proposed Revision of the Trade Agreement
Between the Philippines and the United States
536 Creating the National Traffic Commission as an 10/21/1952
Advisory Body in the Effective Enforcement of all
Laws, Rules and Regulations Regulating Traffic for
the Safety of Travellers and Pedestrians to Avoid
Motor Vehicle Accidents; and Regulate Traffic
Movement to Acquire Efficiency and Economy
1215
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
549 Creating a Committee to Take Charge of Carrying 12/05/1952
Out the Project Contemplated in Proclamation No.
357 Dated December 2, 1952, Entitled “Reserving
for Agricultural Settlement Purposes a Certain
Parcel of the Public Domain Situated in the
Municipalities of Tanay and Montalban, Province
of Rizal, Island of Luzon
569 Amending Executive Order No. 536 Dated October 02/17/1953
21, 1952 by Changing the Composition of the
National Traffic Commission Created Therein
Dated July 1, 1950, creating the National Security
Council
585 Designating the Director of Soil Conservation 04/15/1953
as a Member of the Flood Control Commission
(created by Executive Order No. 68 series 1936,
as amended by Executive Order No. 25 series
1946)
601 Prescribing Rules and Regulations for the 06/28/1953
Appointment of Reserve Officers in the Regular
Force, Armed Forces of the Philippines
642 Revoking Section 6(c) of Executive Order No. 389 12/07/1953
Dated December 23, 1950, Entitled “Reorganizing
the Armed Forces of the Philippines”
655 Abolishing the Peace Fund Campaign Commission 12/18/1953
and Transferring the Unexpended Balance of
the Peace Fund to the Department of National
Defense
660 Philippine Veterans Administration 12/23/1953
1216
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED BY RAMON MAGSAYSAY ON

(1953 – 1957)
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
1 Creating the Presidential Complaint and Action 12/30/1953
Commission under the Office of the President
4 Abolishing the Integrity Board 01/05/1954
5 Dissolving the Property Requisition Committee, 01/07/1954
Office of the President and transferring its
functions to the different executive departments
of the government
7 Creating the Peace and Amelioration Fund 01/07/1954
Commission
10 Creating a National Agricultural Council, 02/01/1954
Provincial Agricultural Councils, City Agricultural
Councils and Municipal Agricultural Council
11 Creating the Liberty Wells Association 02/03/1954
19 Creating the Presidential Complaints and Actions 03/17/1954
Committee under the Office of the President
24 Creating the Consultative Council of Students 04/08/1954
28 Amending Executive Order No. 651 – 1953 series, 04/23/1954
creating the Roxas Memorial Commission
series of 1953, creating the Roxas Memorial
Commission
40 Creating a Committee to Implement the execution 06/14/1954
of the Fisheries Act for purposes of suppressing
dynamite fishing
41 Creating a Committee to Coordinate and Deliver 06/25/1954
Essential Services of the Government and Civic
Organizations to Farm
Families in New-Development Agriculture
Areas
1217
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
43 Creating an expropriation committee in the 07/06/1954
Office of the President to Study Requests for
Expropriation of Landed Estates and Homesites
52 Creating the Jose Rizal National Centennial 08/10/1954
Commission
57 Creating the Community Development Planning 08/16/1954
Council and defining its functions and activities
70 Creating an Asian Good Neighbor Relations 09/27/1954
Commission to promote more intimate
understanding of the aims and aspirations
of the Filipino people, better appreciation of
their culture and progress as a Christian and
democratic nation, and closer relations with their
Asian Neighbors
73 Creating a national committee to determine 10/13/1954
present and future requirements for the national
defense program
78 Further amending executive order no. 24 dated 10/25/1954
November 12, 1946 entitled “Creating the
79 Creating a National Forestry Council 11/2/1954
89 A m e n d i n g E x e c u t i v e O r d e r N o . 7 0 a n d 01/07/1955
Administrative Order No. 64, both dated
September 27, 1954, creating and organizing the
Asian Good Neighbor Relations Commission
94 Further amending Executive Order No. 58 dated 02/07/1955
August 16, 1954, so as to include the Director of
Planning of the National Planning Commission as
member of the Commission for the Development
and Maintenance of Corregidor and Bataan
July 6, 1936, entitled “Creating a National
Transportation Board to Advise the Government
on the Improvement of Land, Marine and Air
Transportation Facilities”
1218
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
100 Creating a Committee to Study and Find Ways 02/26/1955
and Means of Promoting Farm Mechanization and
Improving Credit Facilities to Farmers
2, 1954, by designating the Undersecretary
of Education as an Additional Member of the
National Forestry Council and Authorizing
the Director of Forestry to Organize City and
Municipal Forestry Councils
105 Designating the Commissioner of Public Highways 03/10/1955
as an Additional Member of the National Traffic
Commission Created in Executive Order No. 536
dated October 21, 1952, as amended by Executive
Order No. 569 dated February 17, 1953
106 Creating a Committee on Facilitation of 03/12/1955
International Air Transport in the Philippines
107 Creating a Presidential Committee on Trade 03/15/1955
Agreements and Related Matters covered by
Republic Act 1189
108 Further amending executive Order No. 70 03/23/1955
and Administrative Order No. 64, both dated
September 27, 1954, as amended by Executive
Order No. 89, dated January 7, 1955, creating and
Organizing the Asian Good Neighbor Relations
Commission
115 Reorganizing the Council of National Defense 05/27/1955
119 Providing for the Implementing Details for 07/01/1955
Reorganization Plan No. 10, on Economic
Planning
134 Amending Section 38 of Executive Order No. 119 09/24/1955
dated July 1, 1955, entitled “Providing for the
Implementing Details for Reorganization Plan
No. 10, on Economic Planning
1219
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
139 Further amending section 38 of Executive Order 10/25/1955
No. 119, dated July 1, 1955, re: Reorganization
Plan No. 10, on economic planning, as amended
by executive Order No. 134, dated September
24, 1955
140 Defining the Administrative Organization of the 12/06/1955
Land Tenure Administration and providing for
its cooperation and coordination with the other
Land Reform Agencies
141 Creating a Science Advisory Committee 12/08/1955
148 Creating a National Housing Council to Advise 12/28/1955
the President of the Philippines on Housing
Matters
Reorganization Plan No. 20-A relative to Labor
156 Abolishing the Community Development Planning 01/06/1956
Council, transferring the Administrative Staff,
Records, Funds, Equipment and Supplies to the
Office of the President and Placing the same under
the Supervision and Control of a Presidential
Assistant on Community Development
163 Creating Provincial, City, Municipal and Barrio 01/30/1956
Committees to Lead the Celebration of the Rizal
Centenary in their Respective Committees
165 Creating the National Fire Control Council 02/27/1956
193 Designating the President of the Sanitary 07/20/1956
Inspectors Association of the Philippines as
a Member of the National Advisory Health
Council
203 Creating an Air Navigation Services Coordination 10/09/1956
Committee (ANSCC) in the Philippines
1220
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
204 Renaming the Corregidor-Bataan National 10/09/1956
Shrines Commission created under Executive
Order No. 58 dated August 16, 1954, as the
National Shrines Commission, modifying the
Membership thereof, and giving it additional
functions
206 Creating a Joint Committee for Philippine 10/13/1956
Participation in the Brussels International
Exposition of 1958
208 Creating an Interim Reparations Committee 10/17/1956
Reorganization Plan No. 60 relative to Public
Utilities Regulation and Land Transportation
Reorganization Plan No. 30-A relative to
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Reorganization Plan No. 20-A relative to Labor
220 Providing that the Various Administrative 12/18/1956
Actions Required by Executive Order No. 209
dated October 19, 1956, and Reorganization Plan
No. 60 relative to Public Utilities Regulation
and Land Transportation shall be taken within
seventy days from October 19, 1956
226 Creating a National Campaign Committee to 01/02/1957
Raise Funds to Carry out Objectives of Jose Rizal
National Centennial Commission
Reorganization Plan Nos. 15-A relative to
Commerce and Industry
1221
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
231 Providing that the Various Administrative 01/15/1957
Actions Required by Executive Order No. 209
dated October 19, 1956, and Reorganization Plan
No. 60 relative to Public Utilities Regulation and
Land Transportation shall be taken on or before
January 25, 1957
241 Postponing the Implementation of Executive 02/28/1957
Order No. 209 dated October 19, 1956, and
Reorganization Plan No. 60 relative to public
utilities regulations and land transportation
until the appointment and qualification of the
Commissioners composing the Public Utilities
Commission
242 Postponing the Implementation of Executive
Order No. 227 dated January 5, 1957, and
Reorganization Plans Nos. 15-A and 27-A which
Relates to Commerce and Industry until the
Appointment and Qualification of the Directors
of Domestic Trade , Foreign Trade, Industrial
Promotion and Cooperatives Administration
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED BY CARLOS P. GARCIA ON

(1957 – 1961)
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
253 Abolishing the Committee on the Restoration of 06/27/1957
the Rizal Home in Calamba and the Dapitan Park
in Zamboanga and transferring its personnel,
property, assets and records to the Jose Rizal
254 Creating a Juan Luna Centennial Commission 06/27/1957
257 Providing for the Implementing details for 07/05/1957
Reorganization plan No. 77 relating to the Forest
Products Research Institute
1222
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
262 Amending Executive Order No. 253 dated June 8/15/1957
27, 1957, entitled “Abolishing the Committee on
the Restoration of the Rizal Home in Calamba and
the Dapitan Park in Zamboanga and transferring
its personnel, property, assets and records to the
Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission
263 Creating the Pinaglabanan Commemorative 08/15/1957
Commission
271 Creating a Presidential Incentives Committee 10/04/1957
27, 1957, entitled “Creating the Juan Luna
Centennial Commission”
Reorganization Plans No. 3-A, 19-A, 46-A and
47-A relative to the Budget Commission
October 4, 1957, entitled, “Creating a Presidential
Incentives Committee”
Reorganization Plans Nos. 12-A 13-A and 14-A
relative to health
289 Creating a National Committee on Food 03/10/1958
Production to foster and Effect Coordination and
Integration of Activities of All Bureaus, Offices ,
and Government Agencies in the Implementation
of the Food Production Campaign
Reorganization Plans Nos. 4-A, 5-A, 7-A, 8-A, and
9-A Relative to Intelligence Coordination
Reorganization Plan No. 54-A Relative to
Intelligence Coordination
Reorganization Plan No. 54-A Relative to
Intelligence Coordination
1223
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
294 Creating the position of Special Assistant to the 04/15/1958
President on Science Coordination
299 Creating an Advisory Committee on the Tobacco 05/21/1958
Industry
300 Amending Executive Order No. 263 dated August 05/29/1958
15, 1957, entitled “Creating the Pinaglabanan
Commemorative Commission”
306 Creating the Committee on Administration 07/15/1958
Performance Efficiency under the Office of the
President
317 Reconstituting the National Security Council 09/02/1958
364 Creating Provincial, City, Municipal and 11/21/1959
Municipal District Census Boards to Act as
Consultative Bodies and to Assist the Bureau of
the Census and Statistics During the Preparation
and Actual Enumeration Work within their
Respective Jurisdictions of the 1960 Census
376 Composition of the Armed Forces General Staff 2/10/1960
dated December 23, 1950, entitled “Reorganizing
the Armed Forces of the Philippines.”
378 Creating a Presidential Anti-Graft Committee to 02/18/1960

Enforce and Implement Republic Act No. 1379
15, 1958, entitled “Creating the Presidential
Committee on Administration Performance
Efficiency under the Office of the President
385 Creating a Productivity Commission and defining 03/11/1960
the powers and duties thereof
1224
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
387 Revoking Executive Order No. 338 dated May 03/16/1960
26, 1959, creating an Anti-Economic Subversion
Force known as the Constabulary-Revenue
Customs Service Group
2, 1957 entitled “Creating a National Campaign
Committee to raise funds to carry out objectives
of Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission
338 Creating an Anti-Economic Subversion Force to 05/26/1959
be known as Constabulary-Revenue Customs
Service Group
dated August 15, 1957, entitled “Creating the
Pinaglabanan Commemorative Commission
450 Abolishing the Investigating Committees on 11/25/1961
Veterans’ Pension
456 Abolishing the Presidential Committee on 12/29/1961
Administration Performance Efficiency under
the Office of the President created by Executive
Order No. 306 dated July 15, 1958, as amended by
Executive Order No. 382 dated March 7, 1960
457 Abolishing the Presidential Anti-Graft Committee 12/29/1961
to Enforce and Implement Republic Act No.
1379, created by Executive Order No. 378, dated
February 18, 1960
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED BY DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL

ON GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION
(1961 – 1965)
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
1 Creating the Presidential Committee on 12/30/1961
Administration Performance and Efficiency under
the Office of the President
1225
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
4 Creating a Presidential Anti-Graft Committee 01/18/1962
11 Abolishing the Peace and Amelioration Fund 06/25/1962
Commission (created under Executive Order No.
7, dated January 7, 1954, as amended by Executive
Order No. 153 dated December 31, 1955)
13 Business Guidance and Statistical Center 06/28/1962
14 Abolishing the Jose Rizal National Centennial 06/29/1962
Commission and created a Committee to Carry Out
the Remaining Activities of the Commission
17 Creating the Program Implementation Agency for 08/24/1962
Carrying out the Socio-Economic Program
26 Revising Executive Order No. 108, dated December 12/11/1962
3, 1947, entitled “Reorganizing the Lighthouse
Board”
29, 1962, by converting the Committee created
thereunder into a National Heroes Commission
with additional members, duties and functions
30 Creating an Executive Committee for the 01/14/1963
Development of the Quezon Memorial, Luneta
and other National Parks
36 Creating the Loans and Investment Council 03/19/1963
44 Creating the National Defense College of the 08/12/1963
Armed Forces of the Philippines
45 Amending Executive Order No. 36 series of 1963 08/19/1963
creating the Loans and Investment Council
August 16, 1954, as to membership in the National
Shrines Commission and for other purposes
53 A b o l i s h i n g t h e J u a n L u n a C e n t e n n i a l 10/03/1963
Commission
December 23, 1953 (Re: Philippine Veterans
Administration Rating Board)
1226
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
55 Abolishing the President’s Law Enforcement 10/21/1963
Unit for Southern Philippines (PLEUSP) and
transferring its functions to the Presidential
Committee on Administration Performance
Efficiency (PCAPE)
62 Creating the Rice and Corn Authority 01/15/1964
67 Creating the Office of the Presidential Assistant 02/05/1964
on Housing
68 Creating the Resettlement Agency under the 02/05/1964
Presidential Assistant on Housing
69 Designating the Committee created under 02/07/1964
Executive Order No. 30 dated January 14, 1963,
as the National Parks Development Committee
75 Rendering in full force and effect the plan of 03/19/1964
organization proposed by the Special Committee
on Reorganization of Agencies for Land reform for
the Administrative machinery of the Agricultural
Land Reform Code
76 Creating the Committee on Non-Member Agencies 03/19/1964
for Land Reform
15, 1964, entitled “Creating the Rice and Corn
Authority”
84 Creating a Schistosomiasis Control Committee 06/01/1964
85 Re-creating the Peace and Amelioration Fund 06/08/1964
Commission
88 C r e a t i n g t h e F i n a n c e A c a d e m y o f t h e 07/10/1964
Philippines
89 Creating the Sugar Development Committee 07/10/1964
under the Office of the President
90 Abolishing the Presidential Committee on 08/12/1964
Administration Performance Efficiency
(PCAPE)
1227
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
130 Creating the National Traffic Safety Advisory 11/24/1964
Committee to plant, study and recommend
measures for the Promotion of Traffic Safety
134 Creating the Philippine National Volunteer 12/17/1964
Service Committee
135 Further amending Executive Order No. 36, Series 12/24/1964
of 1963, creating the Loans and Investment
Council
138 Creating the Committee on Wood Industries 01/08/1965
Development under the Office of the President
139 Creating a National Committee on the Safe 02/22/1965
Transport of Radioactive Materials
150 Amending Executive Order No. 76 dated May 19, 04/04/1965
1964, entitled “Creating the Committee on Non-
Member Agencies for Land Reform.”
151 Revising Executive Order No. 26 dated December 04/04/1965
11, 1962, entitled “Reorganizing the Lighthouse
Board”
152 Creating the Committee on Philippine Petroleum 04/08/1965
Exploration Industry
165 Creating the Municipal Advisory Health 08/27/1965
Council
168 Authorizing the establishment of the Maligaya 09/03/1965
Rice Research and Training Center of the
Philippines at the Maligaya Experiment Station
of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of
Agriculture and Natural Resources and defining
its objectives
169 Creating the Coconut Development Committee 09/06/1965
172 Creating the Labor Code Committee 10/04/1965
228 Creating a Philippine Coordinating Committee 12/15/1965
on the Asian Development Bank
229 C r e a t i n g t h e P h i l i p p i n e L a n d R e f o r m 12/29/1965
Foundation
1228
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED BY FERDINAND MARCOS ON

(1966 – 1986)
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
4 Creating the Presidential Agency on Reforms and 1/7/1966
Government Operations (PARGO)
7 Abolishing the Sugar Development Committee 1/19/1966
created under Executive Order No. 89, dated
July 10, 1964
8 Creating the Presidential Economic Staff 2/1/1966
11 Creating the Anti-Smuggling Action Center 2/24/1966
12 Creating the Anti-Smuggling Fund Committee 2/24/1966
13 Providing for the Internal Organization of the 2/24/1966
National Security Council
14 Creating a preliminary committee for the revision 2/24/1966
of the Revised Administrative Code
15 Creating a Committee on the Proposed Philippine 3/1/1966
Participation in Global Satellite Communications
System
16 Creating the Council of Undersecretaries 3/14/1966
17 Creating the Development Council 3/24/1966
18 C r e a t i n g t h e I n t r a m u r o s R e s t o r a t i o n 3/24/1966
Committee
22 Creating a National Committee to take charge 4/25/1966
of all arrangements connected with state and
other visits
24 Creating an Interim Water Resources Development 5/1/1966
Authority
28 Creating a Board of Management under the 6/8/1966
Department of Commerce and Industry to
handle and manage Philippine participation in
international trade fairs and expositions and
government-sponsored national commercial and
trade fairs
29 Creating the Peace and Order Council 6/9/1966
1229
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
30 Creating the Cultural Center of the Philippines 6/25/1966
31 Creating the Peace and Order Commission 7/5/1966
32 Creating National and Local Beautification and 7/12/1966
Cleanliness Committee to undertake a nationwide
beautification and cleanliness campaign
33 Creating a special committee in government 7/21/1966
investments and defining its powers and
functions
34 Providing for the implementing details for 7/27/1966
Republic Act No. 3814, creating the Bureau of
Dental Health Services
36 Creating a Committee to study the rules and 7/28/1966
regulations and problems of horse racing
37 Constituting an Executive Committee to 8/1/1966
implement the provisions of Executive Order No.
180 dated May 10, 1956, re: acquisition of titles to
farm lots within the Mount Data National Park
Reservation
45 Creating a Presidential Management Task 9/12/1966
Force to coordinate foreign-financed projects,
prescribing its powers and functions and other
purposes
53 Creating the Manpower Development Council 12/8/1966
54 Creating a Joint Committee on Financial 12/8/1966
Management Improvement Program
in the Philippine Government and its
instrumentalities
55 Creating a committee to take charge of the 12/28/1966
rehabilitation of released prisoners
63 Creating the Sugar Stabilization Committee 5/8/1967
under the office of the President
1230
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
64 Reconstituting the committee created under 5/28/1967
Executive Order No. 298 dated August 12, 1940,
entitled “Prohibiting the automatic renewal of
contracts, requiring public bidding before entering
into new contracts, and providing exceptions
therefor,” as amended by Executive Order No. 146
dated December 27, 1955, Executive Order No.
212 dated November 6, 1956, Executive Order No.
318 dated September 17, 1958, Executive Order
No. 358 dated September 23, 1959, and Executive
Order No. 40 dated June 1, 1963
65 Creating a permanent Committee on Public 5/28/1967
Bidding
66 Creating the Rice and Corn Production 5/28/1967
Coordinating Council (RCPCC) Information
Center
68 Creating the Philippine Standards Council to act 5/28/1967
as an advisory body to the bureau of Standards
and authorizing the Secretary of Commerce and
Industry to appoint members of all technical
committees set up b y the Council
72 Creating the Northern Mindanao Development 5/28/1967
Planning Board
73 C r e a t i n g a S m a l l S e t t l e r s ’ P r o t e c t i o n 7/13/1967
Committee
74 Creating a Committee on Fire Control and 7/13/1967
promulgating general procedure on its functions
and operation
76 Creating the Philippine Constabulary Metropolitan 7/14/1967
Command
79 Creating the Central Institute for the Training 7/22/1967
and Relocation of Urban Squatters
83 Creating the National Youth Coordinating Council 9/6/1967
and designating members thereof
1231
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APPROVED
84 Authorizing the temporary transfer of the 9/6/1967
Archives of the Republic from the Bureau of
Records Management to the National Library
105 Amending Executive Order No. 134 of December 12/11/1967
17, 1964, entitled “Creating the Philippine
National Volunteer Service Committee
June 9, 1966, as amended by Executive Order No.
35 dated July 27, 1966, Creating the Peace and
Order Council
108 Creating a Special Committee on the creation of 12/15/1967
new agencies or offices and new positions
114-A Creating an Executive Committee for the 1/8/1968
Implementation of Infrastructure programs
115 Creating the “National Export Coordinating 1/26/1968
Center” to facilitate processing of export permits,
licenses, clearances and papers of similar nature
and the receipt of payment of fees therefor
116 Creating an Advisory Committee on the design 1/26/1968
and construction of fallout shelters
117 Amending Executive Order No. 73 dated July 13, 1/26/1968
1967 entitled “Creating a small settlers’ protection
committee
120 Creating the Metropolitan Area Command 2/16/1968
121 Creating Provincial Development Committee 2/26/1968
122 Creating the Peace and Order Coordinating 3/11/1968
Council
140 Creating the Coordinating Council for Business 7/18/1968
and Industry
23, 1967, creating the General Emilio Aguinaldo
143 R e c o n s t i t u t i n g t h e P e a c e a n d O r d e r 8/1/1968
Commission
1232
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
18, 1968 by amending the composition of the
Sugar Production Council
145 Amending Executive Order No. 963 dated May 8, 8/8/1968
1967 by amending the composition of the Sugar
Stabilization Committee
146 Creating a Committee to undertake the inspection 8/27/1968
of all public and private buildings damaged by the
recent earthquake
153 Creating the National Committee on UNIDO 10/15/1968
matters
154 Creating a National Coordinating Committee on 10/18/1968
Reforestation and Tree Planting
155 Creating the Gomez, Burgos, Zamora Centennial 10/28/1968
Commission
157 Creating the National Coordinating Council on 11/10/1968
Recruitment Problems
158 Creating the National Intelligence Board 11/19/1968
156 Constituting the ‘Fund for assistance to private 11/5/1968
education” as an irrevocable trust fund, creating
a “Private Education Assistance Committee”
as trustee, and providing for the management
thereof
October 18, 1968, entitled “Creating a National
Coordinating Committee on Reforestation and
Tree Planting
161 Abolished the Tondo Foreshore Development 11/29/1968
Committee created under Administrative Order
No. 92, dated November 20, 1967, and transferring
its functions to the Presidential Coordinating
Committee on Housing and Urban Development
created under Executive Order No. 135, dated
June 10, 1968
1233
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APPROVED
164 Creating a Committee to Coordinate and 1/17/1969
Supervise the collation, collection, identification,
classification, reproduction and release of
Archival materials and other historical papers in
the possession of government agencies
168 Creating a small farmers commission. 2/5/1969
169 Creating a Youth and Student Affairs Board 2/8/1969
171 Creating the Commission on Population 2/19/1969
?172 Amending Executive Order No. 159 dated July 2/24/1969
27, 1965 which created the Bicol Development
Planning Board
173 Abolishing the National Youth Coordinating 2/25/1969
Council
of the Celebration of Independence Day on June
12, 1969
178 Creating the Panay Development Planning 4/21/1969
Board
180 Reconstituting the Committee on wood Industries 4/25/1969
Development under the Office of the President
181 Amending the composition of the Independence 4/25/1969
day National Committee
183 Creating the National Food and Agriculture 5/6/1969
Council
188 Amending Executive Order No.182-A dated May 9/6/1969
1, 1969 entitled “Creating a National Social Action
Council
January 14, 1963, as amended, which created the
National Parks Development Committee
192 Creating a committee to look into the books, 9/30/1969
business affairs and administration of private
colleges and universities
1234
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
193 Creating a cement Board to study and work out 9/30/1969
solutions to the problems of the cement industry
195 Amending executive Order No. 180 dated April 10/13/1969
25, 1969, entitled “Reconstituting the Committee
on Wood Industries Development under the office
of the president
205 Creating the Foreign Trade Council 1/9/1970
207 Creating a National Development Council 1/13/1970
225 Reconstituting the Financial Policy Committee 4/21/1970
and renaming it Financial and Fiscal Policy
Committee
226 Creating a National Committee to take charge of 4/21/1970
the celebrations of Philippine Independence Day
on June 12, 1970
239 Creating an Executive Committee to act as 6/22/1970
advisory council to the FAO Seminar on measures
to accelerate benefits from water use at the farm
level to be held in Quezon City in October 1970
263 Creating a Committee to study the feasibility of 10/2/1970
establishing a resettlement area in Montalban,
Rizal
269 Reconstituting the Committee on Public Bidding 11/2/1970
created under Executive Order No. 65 dated May
28, 1967
270 Further amending Executive Order No. 30, dated 11/16/1970
Jan. 14, 1963, as amended by Executive Order
No. 69, dated Feb. 7, 1964, Executive Order No.
3 dated Jan. 5, 1966 and Executive Order No. 98
dated Oct. 31, 1967
272 Creating a Social Defense Planning Committee 11/16/1970
277 Creating the Presidential Advisory Committee on 12/8/1970
the Copper Industry
1235
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E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
280 Creating a Presidential Census Coordinating 12/13/1970
Board, authorizing the establishment of Local
Census Boards, and proclaiming April 1, 1971, as
census day for agriculture and fisheries
281 Creating the Presidential Commission to review 12/23/1970
and revise the Reorganization Plan
283 Creating the Presidential Oil Commission 1/13/1971
287 Creating a Presidential Committee to review the 2/1/1971
operations of public utility companies
288 Amending Executive Order No. 155 dated Oct. 28, 2/6/1971
1968, which created the Gomez, Burgos, Zamora
Centennial Commission
289 Creating the Cotabato Peace Commission 2/10/1971
7, 1970, creating the National Committee for
Mineral Exploration and Survey Operations
June 18, 1970 as amended, entitled “Creating a
Committee to study, evolve and recommended
policies relatives to the settlements of land
disputes and priorities in the granting of titles
over public lands
292 Amending Executive Order No. 180 series of 1969, 2/15/1971
reconstituting the Committee on Wood Industries
Development under the office of the President
June 16, 1970, which created the National Council
for small and Medium Industries
296 Amending Executive Order No. 277, dated Dec. 8, 3/2/1971
1970 entitled “Creating the Presidential Advisory
Committee on the Copper Industry
299 C r e a t i n g t h e P r e s i d e n t i a l C o o p e r a t i v e 3/6/1971
Development Council
1236
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E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
300 Amending Executive Order No. 164 dated Jan. 3/10/1971
17, 1969, entitled “creating the Committee to
coordinate and supervise the collation, collection,
identification, classification, reproduction and
release of archival materials and other historical
papers in the possession of government agencies
301 Further amending Executive Order No. 155 3/12/1971
dated Oct. 28, 1968, as amended by Executive
Order No. 288 dated February 6, 1971, which
created the Gomez, Burgos, Zamora Centennial
Commission
302 Amending Executive Order No. 115 dated 26 3/16/1971
January 1968 creating the National Export
Coordinating Center
303 Further amending Executive Order No. 11 series 3/16/1971
of 1966, as amended by Executive Order No.
220 dated March 21, 1970 creating the Anti-
Smuggling Action Center
305 Reconstituting the Presidential Action Committee 3/19/1971
on Land Problems
307 Creating the Philippine Agricultural Training 3/23/1971
Council
309 Creating an AD HOC Committee to conduct 4/16/1971
a feasibility study of a satisfactory system of
disposing mine tailings from the Baguio Mining
District
310 Creating the Inter-Departmental Committee on 4/16/1971
Children and Youth
the celebration of Philippine Independence Day
on June 12, 1971
313 Creating a Cottage Industry Development 4/23/1971
Council and a Cottage Industry Development
Enterprise
1237
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E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
318 Establishment of an Education Task Force 5/17/1971
319 Amending Executive Order No. 243 dated July 7, 5/31/1971
1970 entitled “Creating a National Committee for
Mineral Explorations and Survey Operations
dated Dec. 17, 1964 entitled “Creating the Phil.
Volunteer Service Committee
321 Creating a National Forestry Extension Advisory 5/31/1971
Board charged with responsibility of planning and
coordinating the forest extension program of the
national government and its instrumentalities
322 Establishing the National Computer Center 6/12/1971
May 6, 1969, as amended by Executive Order No.
285 dated Jan. 21, 1971 creating the National
Food and Agriculture Council
January 9, 1970, entitled “Creating the Foreign
Trade Council”
331 Creating the Philippine Virginia Tobacco Board 8/10/1971
332 Creating the Pesticides Control and Research 8/10/1971
Committee
333 Creating a Presidential Administrative Assistance 8/26/1971
Committee Relative to the implementation of
Proclamation No. 889 dated August 21, 1971,
suspending the privilege of the Writ of Habeas
Corpus
334 Creating the Coconut Coordinating Council 8/30/1971
337 Establishment of a Medical Assistance Programme 9/1/1971
Task Force
338 Creating the permanent Committee for the 9/9/1971
implementation of the Phil. Indonesian Agreements
on Economic and Technical Cooperation, and
defining its powers and functions
1238
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E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
341 Creating the Presidential Investigation and 10/4/1971
Recovery Commission
345 Creating the National Commission for the Second 10/29/1971
Development Decade
347 Providing for the organization of the Department 11/10/1971
of Agrarian Reform
348 Creating the Agricultural Guarantee Fund 11/10/1971
Board
352 Creating the Foreign Policy Council 11/16/1971
356 Creating a special evaluation and awards 12/3/1971
committee to evaluate bid proposals and proposed
negotiated contracts of the Phil. National
Railways, National Power Corporation and
Peoples Homesite and Housing Corporation
363 Creating Consumer Cooperatives and Consumer 1/11/1972
Unions
364 Creating the Philippine Committee for the 1/11/1972
establishment of the Asian Handicraft Center
365 C r e a t i n g t h e C a l i r a y a D e v e l o p m e n t 1/11/1972
Commission
366 Creating the Assistance Center for Ex-Service 1/12/1972
men
371 Creating the Philippine Committee on UNCTAD 1/31/1972
matters
September 1, 1971 establishing a Medical
Assistance Program Task Force
374 Creating a Cabinet Committee to study and 2/11/1972
recommend solutions to the Chinese problem
375 Establishing the Pollution Research Center of 2/15/1972
the Philippines
1239
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
Feb. 17, 1970, as amended by Executive Order No.
240 dated June 25, 1970 creating the National
Artificial rain stimulation Committee
378 Creating the Philippine Tourist Board 2/29/1972
380 Reconstituting the Coconut Coordinating Council 3/1/1972
created under Executive Order No. 334 dated
August 30, 1971
381 Creating the Manila International Airport and 3/3/1972
Rehabilitation Committee
383 C r e a t i n g t h e C a l i r a y a D e v e l o p m e n t 3/10/1972
Commission
387 Creating the Presidential Committee on Typhoon 3/20/1972
Moderation
388 Creating a National Council on Physical Fitness 4/11/1972
the Celebration of Philippine Independence Day
on June 12, 1972
398 Reconsituting the Commission created under 6/30/1972
E.O> No. 341 dated Oct. 4, 1971, entitled
“Creating the Presidential Investigation and
Recovery Commission”
399 C r e a t i n g a P r e s i d e n t i a l T a s k F o r c e o n 7/26/1972
Rehabilitation Operations
401 Creating the Flood Control, Sewerage, Road and 8/28/1972
Streets and Refuse Management Task Force
403 Subsuming the Presidential Advisory Council on
Public Works and Community Development to
the Presidential Economic Staff
406 Creating an AdHOc Custodial Committee for the 9/22/1972
records and property of the 1971 constitutional
convention
on June 12, 1973
1240
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
5, 1971, establishing the Pollution Research
Center of the Philippines so as to change the
name thereof to environmental Center of the
Philippines
411 Creating a Presidential Task Force for the 3/27/1973
reconstruction and development of Mindanao
412 Creating the Bicol River Basin Council 4/2/1973
415 Creating a National Commission on Savings 5/17/1973
418 Creating a Green Revolution Expanded Program 6/29/1973
Action Committee
419 Creating a Task Force on Human Settlements 7/26/1973
on June 12, 1974
429 Creating the Consultative Council on Muslim 4/1/1974
Affairs
432 Creating the Filipino Muslims Welfare and Relief 5/13/1974
Agency
433 Creating a Study Committee on State Higher 8/30/1974
Education
437 Amending the composition of the Agrarian Reform 9/11/1974
Coordinating Council created under E.O> No.
347, s. 1971
439 Creating a National Preparatory Committee and
designating a coordinating Secretariat for the
Philippine participation in Habitat: the United
Nations Conference on Human Settlements in
Vancouver, Canada, in 1976
442 Creating a Presidential Commission to review the 12/2/1974
Code of Filipino Muslim Laws
445 Creating a Committee to look into the expenditure 12/23/1974
of funds of the Mindanao State University
1241
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E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
on 12 June 1975
453 Creating a Permanent Philippine Committee for 3/11/1975
the Joint Philippine-Romanian Economic and
Trade Commission
455 Reconstituting the membership of the National 8/21/1975
Forestry extension advisory board created under
Executive Order No. 321 dated May 31, 1971
on June 12, 1976
464 Creating a Presidential Committee to study 3/19/1976
government corporations
465 Creating a National Commission on Countryside 4/28/1976
Credit and Collection
466 Amending E.O. No. 277 dated December 8, 1970, 4/28/1976
as amended by E.O. No. 296, dated March 2,
1971 entitled “Creating the Presidential Advisory
Committee on Copper Industry
467 Amending E.O. No. 415 s. 1973, creating the 5/31/1976
National Commission on Savings
468 Creating a Permanent Committee for the Joint 6/28/1976
Philippine-Romanian Scientific and Technological
Commission
471 Creating a Special Committee to look into certain 7/14/1976
certificates of titles of land in Baguio City declared
null and void by the court
474 Creating the Agency for the Development and 8/9/1976
Welfare of Muslims in the Philippines
481 Creating a committee on conference preparations 10/26/1976
and a committee on substantive matters for the
Third Ministerial Session of the United Nation’s
World Food Council
1242
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E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
on 12 June 1977
483 Creating a Steering Committee in connection with 3/28/1977
the hosting by the Philippines of the 1977 session
of the Executive Board of the UNICEF
485 Creating a National Steering Committee in 3/18/1977
connection with the Nation-wide observance and
Philippine participation in the International Year
of the Child in 1979
486 Creating an Advisory Committee for the 5/27/1977
Development of Baguio City
494 Creating a special committee for the resettlement 1/6/1978
of Kaingineros within the Mt. Makiling Forest
Reserve
497 Creating Committees for the Fifth Session of 1/31/1978
the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD V)
the celebrartion of Philippine Independence Day
on June 12, 1978
502 Creating an Executive Committee to take charge 4/30/1978
of the planning and execution of commemorative
activities for the 1978 Manuel L. Quezon National
Centennial Year
509 Creating the General Military Council 9/30/1978
512 Creating a task force on the formulation of 10/26/1978
a National Action Program on Science And
Technology
516 Creating the Bureau of Construction and the 1/9/1979
Bureau of Maintenance in the Ministry of Public
Highways
1243
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
519 Creating a Health Sciences Center as an 1/24/1979
autonomous member of the University of the
Philippines System
522 Creating a steering committee for the Fifth 2/6/1979
Session of the United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development (UNCTAD V)
on June 12, 1979
535 Amending the Charter of the Home Financing 5/3/1979
Commission, renaming it as Home Financing
Corporation, enlarging its powers, and for other
purposes
537 Creating the Garments and Textile Export Board, 5/24/1979
defining its powers and functions, providing funds
therefore and for other purposes
539 Creating a Commission to conduct an inquiry on 6/15/1979
the safety to the Public of all Nuclear Plants in
the country
542 C r e a t i n g t h e T a s k F o r c e P a w i k a n a n d 6/26/1979
appropriating funds thereof
543 Constituting the President’s Center for Special 7/9/1979
Studies out of the Philippine Center for Advanced
Studies
544 Creating a Presidential Committee for the 7/9/1979
conservation of the Tamaraw, defining its powers
546 Creating a Ministry of Public Works and a 7/23/1979
Ministry of Transportation and Communication
549 Creating the Office of the Commissioner for 7/23/1979
Islamic Affairs
551 Directing that the powers of administrative 8/8/1979
supervision and control of the office of the
President over the Board of Energy shall be
exercised through the Ministry of Energy
1244
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
551-A Creating an Executive Committee of the 8/10/1979
Cabinet
552 Elevating the office of the Solicitor General into 8/14/1979
a ministry
554 Creating a Task Force on International Refugees 8/21/1979
Assistance and Administration, providing funds
therefor and for other purposes
561 Creating the Commission on the Settlement of 9/21/1979
Land Problems
564 Transferring the Southern Philippine Development 10/16/1979
Administration (SPDA) from the Office of the
President to the Ministry of Human Settlements
and reconstituting the composition of the Board
of Directors
565 Creating the Bonded Export Marketing Board 10/16/1979
570 Creating a Task Force to undertake land assembly 11/29/1979
and official development registry activities in
declared Bagong Lipunan Sites and Urban Land
Reform Zones
572 Creating an Overseas Buying and Trading 12/6/1979
Agency
573 Abolishing the Phil. Export Council and creating 12/7/1979
the Phil. Export Advisory Council
577 Creating the Rural Waterworks Development 1/12/1980
Corporation, prescribing its powers and activities,
appropriating the necessary funds therefor, and
for other purposes
579 Creating a National Coordinating Committee for 2/12/1980
Sports Development and prescribing the governance
of the National Sports Administration
580 Creating an Alcohol Commission 2/16/1980
586 Creating the Sacobia Development Authority and 3/25/1980
for other purposes
1245
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
591 Instituting certain critical changes in the 5/1/1980
organizational structure of the Ministry of
Labor
of the celebration of Phil. Independence Day on
June 12, 1980
596 Amending Executive Order No. 183 regarding 5/22/1980
the creation of the National Food and Agriculture
Council
598 Creating a combined Economic Reporting 6/10/1980
Committee
599 Creating the Phil. Host Committee for the 1980 6/10/1980
World Tourism Conference of the World Tourism
Organization
600 Creating a Management Coordinating Board to 6/14/1980
coordinate, oversee and monitor the Third Urban
Development Project
601 E s t a b l i s h i n g t h e P r e s i d e n t i a l P r o g r a m 6/17/1980
Implementation Monitoring Center, defining its
powers and functions, providing funds therefore,
and other purposes
602 Transferring the Metals Industry Research and 7/10/1980
development Center from the National Science
Development Board to the Ministry of Industry,
reconstituting its board of trustees, and for other
purposes
603 Creating a Light Rail Transit Authority, vesting 7/12/1980
the same with authority to construct and operate
the Light Rail Transit (LRT) project and providing
funds therefor
605 Implementing the Regional Cities Development 7/25/1980
Projects, creating for the purposes the Regional
Cities Development Project Office and providing
fund therefor
1246
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
611 Creating a Presidential Committee on Judicial 8/7/1980
Reorganization
612 Creating Maritime Attache Posts in the Foreign 8/15/1980
Service
613 Transferring the Philippine Atomic Energy 8/15/1980
Commission to the Office of the President
614 Creating a National Wages Council 8/18/1980
615 Creating a National Productivity Commission 8/18/1980
616 Creating a National Steering Committee in 8/21/1980
Connection with the nationwide observance of
the Philippine participation in the International
Year of Disabled Persons in 1981
622 Reorganization of NACIDA and its immediate 9/20/1980
transfer to the Ministry of Industry
625 Creating a National Committee on Geological 10/8/1980
Sciences
627 Creating a Presidential Committee on proposed 10/30/1980
Constitutional Amendments
629 Abolishing the Reparations Commission and 10/30/1980
transferring its remaining activities to the
630 Creating the National Identification System 11/11/1980
Committee
632 Creating a special committee to determine 11/20/1980
the terms and conditions for the merger of the
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company
(PLDT) and the Republic Telephone Company
(RETELCO)
634 Creating the Regional Cooperative Development 12/4/1980
Assistance Offices in Regions IX and XII
635 Amending Executive Order No. 134, s. 1964 12/12/1980
as amended, creating the Philippine National
Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency
636 Creating a Philippine Gamefowl Commission 12/23/1980
1247
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
639 Abolishing the Special Trade Representative 1/5/1981
Offices in Frankfurt, West Germany in Kuwait
645 Abolishing the National Fertilizer Corporation 1/29/1981
of the Philippines and transferring its functions
and appropriations to the National Development
Company
648 Reorganizing the Human Settlements Regulatory 2/7/1981
Commission
649 Reorganizing the Land Registration Commission 2/9/1981
into the National Land Titles and Deeds
Registration Administration and regionalizing
the offices of the registrar therein
658 Creation of a Committee on Transport Planning 2/28/1981
661 Creating a Task Force on the accelerated BLISS 3/12/1981
Development of the Tondo Foreshore
662 Creating the National Dendro Development 3/12/1981
Corporation, prescribing its powers and functions,
and appropriating funds therefor
664 Creating an Executive Committee to take charge 3/16/1981
of the planning and execution of commemorative
activities for the Fall of Bataan, Fall of Corregidor
and Battle of Besang Pass
674 Establishing the Research Institute for Tropical 3/25/1981
Medicine
677 Amending P.D. No. 1588, establishing a National 4/12/1981
Cartography Authority
on June 12, 1981
694 Creating the Central Visayas Urban and Rural 5/21/1981
Projects Office and providing funds therefor
697 Creating the Ministry of Muslim Affairs 5/28/1981
700 Transferring the Philippine Textile Research 6/26/1981
Institute from the National Science Development
Board to the Ministry of Industry
1248
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
703 Creating the Special Presidential Reorganization 7/9/1981
Committee
708 Reorganizing the Office of the President and 7/27/1981
creating the Office of the Prime Minister pursuant
to the 1981 amendments to the constitution
709 Creating a Ministry of Trade and Industry 7/27/1981
710 Creating a Ministry of Public Work and 7/27/1981
Highways
711 R e c l a s s i f y i n g c e r t a i n a g e n c i e s o f t h e 7/28/1981
government
716 Creating a committee to assess the competence 8/6/1981
and performance of career service officers and
other officers in the civil service
721 Creating the Bureau of Youth Affairs, Foreign 8/24/1981
Students and Foreign Schools in the Ministry
of Education and Culture and other related
purposes
727 Creating a Peace and Order Council, replacing the 9/10/1981
existing Police Advisory Council Created under
LOI No. 337, dated November 17, 1975
728 Retaining the Commission on Filipinos Overseas 9/12/1981
under the office of the President as a critical agency,
designating the members of the commission and
providing for the organizational guidelines of the
secretariat of the commission
730 Creating the Board of Generals in the Armed 9/10/1981
Forces of the Philippines
731 Amending certain provisions of PD No. 1378 9/16/1981
creating the National Council on Integrated Area
Development
737 Creating the Kilusang Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran 9/29/1981
(KKK) Marketing Coordination Center, defining
its functions and for other purposes
738 Establishing a Cabinet Committee on the treaty 10/3/1981
on the Law of the Sea
1249
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
739 Creating a Debt Clearing Office to effect the 10/3/1981
judicious settlement of obligations subsisting
between and among national government offices
and instrumentalities, government-owned and
controlled corporations, local government units
and private individuals or corporation
745 Changing the name of the Board of Censors for 11/13/1981
Motion Pictures to Board of Review for Motion
Pictures and Television
747 Creating a special committee on the Philippine 11/19/1981
Coconut Industry
748 Amending E.O. No. 708 dated July 27, 1981 [Re: 11/19/1981
Government entities that shall continue to be
directly under the President]
751 Amending E.O. No. 708 series of 1981 [Re: The 12/7/1981
National Commission concerning disabled persons
shall be returned to the office of the President]
770 Creating the Experimental Cinema of the 1/29/1982
Philippines
772 Amending PD No. 977 creating the Philippine 2/8/1982
Fish Marketing Authority, defining its functions
and powers, and for other purposes
774 Creating a National Executive Committee on 2/19/1982
Aging
777 Reorganizing the Ministry of Local Government 2/28/1982
and Community Development, renaming it as
Ministry of Local Government and transferring its
community development function to the Ministry
of Human Settlements and for other purposes
778 Creating the Manila International Airport 3/4/1982
Authority, transferring existing assets of the
Manila International Airport to the authority, and
vesting the authority with power to administer
and operate the Manila International Airport
1250
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
779 Classifying the organizational structure of the 3/9/1982
Rural Workers Office in the Ministry of Labor and
Employment and for other purposes
782 Creating an inter-agency Committee to monitor 3/13/1982
and regulate the importation of used trucks and
engines
784 Reorganizing the National Science Development 3/17/1982
Board and its agencies into a National Science and
Technology Authority and for other purposes
785 Creating the Philippine Human Resource 3/19/1982
Development Center, providing funds therefor
786 Creating the National Resources Development 3/19/1982
Corporation, defining its functions, powers and
responsibilities and for other purposes
787 Creating the Middle East and Africa Regional 3/25/1982
Labor Office and for other purposes
the celebration of the Philippine Independence
Day on June 12, 1982
795 Creating the Philippine Commission for the 5/3/1982
International Youth Year and defining its powers
and functions
797 Reorganizing the Ministry of Labor and 5/1/1982
Employment, creating the Philippine Overseas
Employment Administration, and for other
purposes
798 Creating the Justice System Consultative 5/14/1982
Commission (JUSCOM)
805 Abolishing the Ministry of Youth and Sports 5/26/1982
Development, transferring its functions to a
Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, and
for other purposes
1251
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
806 Creating the Textbook Council and the 5/27/1982
Instructional Materials Corporation defining their
powers and functions and for other purposes
811 Creating the Films Rating Board, defining its 6/12/1982
817 Providing for the abolition of the certain inactive 7/8/1982
government corporations
818 Amending PD No. 1003-A, creating the National 7/16/1982

Academy of Science and Technology and for
related purposes
819 Creating the position of Presidential Regional 7/24/1982
Monitoring Officer in every region
820 Creating a National Committee to initiate and 7/24/1982
conduct the First National Seminar-Workshop on
Monitoring and Evaluating for Effective Program
and Project Implementation
821 Creating the Markets Infrastructure Development 8/3/1982
Council vesting the same with powers and
functions, providing appropriations therefor and
for other purposes
823 Further amending E.O. No. 537 dated May 24, 8/19/1982
1979 creating the Garments and Textile Export
Board, abolishing the Embroidery and Apparel
Control and Inspection Board, and for other
purposes
829 Relative to the abolition of the National Committee 9/11/1982
on Anti-Organized Crime and the creation of the
Law Enforcement Coordinating Committees
831 Creating the Philippines-United States Business 9/30/1982
Development Council
832 Further amending E.O. No. 708, dated July 27, 10/1/1982
1981
1252
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
834 Creating a National Board on the SEAFDEC 10/14/1982
Aquaculture Department programs budget and
operations
841 Creating the Kabataang Barangay National 10/28/1982
secretariat, defining its powers and functions,
providing for its organizational structure and for
other purposes
843 Creating a Commission on Export Procedures 11/5/1982
845 Creating a Foreign Investments Assistance 11/8/1982
Center
847 Creating a Drug Intelligence Coordinating 11/17/1982
Committee
848 Reorganizing the management board of all 11/19/1982
Philippine Centers in the United States
850 Reorganizing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12/1/1982
851 Reorganizing the Ministry of Health, integrating 12/3/1982
the components of Health care Delivery into its
field operations, and for other purposes
853 Creating a Committee to take charge of the 12/6/1982
planning and execution of the commemorative
activities for the 1984 Teodoro M. Kalaw
Centennial Anniversary
864 Declaring the Reorganization of the Judiciary 1/17/1983
pursuant to Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 creating
the Intermediate Apellate Court, the Regional
Trial Courts, the Metropolitan Trial Courts,
Municipal Circuit Trial Courts and Municipal
trial Courts, and abolishing the Court of Appeals,
the Court of First Instance, Juvenile and Domestic
Relations Courts, Circuit Criminal Courts, Courts
of Agrarian Relations and all city and municipal
courts and municipal circuit courts; and approving
the staffing pattern and compensating scheme for
the new courts, etc.
1253
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
866 Creating the KKK Processing Center Authority, 1/11/1983
providing funds therefor and for other purposes
867 Creating a Ministry of Labor and Employment 1/30/1983
Zonal Extension Office at the Bataan Export
Processing Zone
868 Reorganizing the Board of Review for Motion 2/1/1983
Pictures and Television created under R.A. No.
3060, as renamed and reconstituted under E.O.
No. 585, 745 and 757, and expanding its functions,
powers and duties
869 Amending E.O. No. 577 renaming the Rural 2/2/1983
Waterworks Association as Rural Works and
Sanitation Association and for other purposes
870 Creating an Inter-Agency Committee to review, 2/10/1983
evaluate and manualize policies, rules and
regulations of Ministries and other agencies as
well for other purposes
871 Creating the Philippine Dendro Gassifier 2/12/1983
Corporation and providing funds therefor
873 Abolishing the Data Processing Center of the 2/16/1983
Bureau of Internal Revenue
876 Amending E.O. No. 868 which reorganized 2/18/1983
the Board of Review for Motion Pictures and
Television
877 Authorizing the reorganization of the Philippine 2/18/1983
International Trading Corporation created under
PD No. 1071, as amended
878 Reorganizing the Office of the Government 3/4/1983
Corporate Counsel
880 Declaring the establishment of a Coconut 3/4/1983
Chemical Industry as a means to rationalize the
coconut industry of the Philippines and granting
additional incentives therefor
1254
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
887 Amending E.O. No. 795 creating the Philippine 3/18/1983
Commission for the International Youth Year and
for other purposes
893 Amending certain provisions of PD No. 1631, 4/21/1983
creating the Lungsod ng Kabataan
903 Providing for a revision of E.O. No. 778 creating 7/21/1983
the Manila International Airport Authority,
transferring existing assets of the Manila
International Airport to the Authority with
power to administer and operate the Manila
International Airport
907 Creating the Central Visayas Regional Projects 9/10/1983
Office
911 Creating a committee to rake charge of the 9/27/1983
solicitation of World War II War Relics, mementos
and other memorabilia from all sources for the
purpose of sending the same or replicas therof
to be displayed permanently at the Museum of
the Presidio of San Francisco, California, United
States of America
928 Creating the advisory and administrative support 12/28/1983
office for the Philippine Representation in the
Military Bases Agreement Joint Committee
929 Creating a Committee to organize the Palarong 1/6/1984
Pilipino
931 Placing the Asian Exchange Center, Inc., including 1/16/1984
its branch in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China,
934 Creating a Presidential Anti-Dollar Salting Task 2/13/1984
Force
938 Establishing the Overseas Offices of the 3/2/1984
Commission on Filipinos Overseas pursuant to
section 4 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 79
942 Reorganizing the National Bureau of Investigation 3/13/1984
(NBI)
1255
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
965 Renaming the Ministry of Agriculture as the 6/30/1984
Ministry of Agriculture and Food, transferring
to it certain agencies engaged in food production,
966 Merging the Office of the Solicitor General with 6/30/1984
the Ministry of Justice
967 Creating the Office of Cultural Communities 6/30/1984
969 Creating the Office of Muslim Affairs and Cultural 6/30/1984
Communities
980 Providing for the reorganization of the Philippine 8/29/1984
Atomic Energy Commission, and for other related
purposes
981 Creating an Inter-Agency Committee on the 8/29/1984
Development of Fishery and Allied Industries as
a component of the Socio-Economic Development
Program for the municipality of Morong, Province
of Bataan
982 Directing and authorizing the reorganization of 9/11/1984
the National Power Corporation and the creation
of subsidiaries and of a separate nuclear company
984 Transferring the Philippine Atmospheric 9/17/1984
Geophysical and Astronomical Services
Administration to the National Science
and technology Authority, providing for its
reorganization, and for other purposes
998 Creating an Ad Hoc Committee to evaluate and 1/11/1985
study the country’s various sports program
1011 E s t a b l i s h i n g t h e L a n d T r a n s p o r t a t i o n 3/20/1985
Commission in the Ministry of Transportation
and Communications, and for other purposes
1020 Creating the Presidential Council for Industrial 5/1/1985
Peace
1030 Reorganizing the Philippine veterans’ Investment 6/11/1985
Development Corporation
1256
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
1031 Reorganizing the PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority 6/11/1985
(PIA)
1032 Creating a Committee to take charge of the 6/11/1985
planning and execution of the commemorative
activities for the 1985 Vicente Orestes Romualdez
Centennial Anniversary
1036 Institutionalizing the new organizational 6/27/1985
structure of the Metropolitan Waterworks and
Sewerage System
1037 Creation: Philippine Retirement Park System, 7/4/1985
providing funds therefor and for other purposes
1039 Creating the Wood Industry Development 7/10/1985
Authority, defining its powers and functions
therefor, and other purposes
1040 Transferring the National Police Commission to 7/10/1985
1051 Abolition of the Experimental Cinema of the 8/8/1985
Philippines
1063 Further amending Section 2-A of R.A. No. 6234 11/12/1985
entitled “An act creating the Metropolitan
Waterworks and Sewerage System and for other
purposes.”
1066 Reorganizing the Farm Systems Development 11/22/1985
Corporation
1078 Providing for the reorganization of the 1/20/1986
Development Bank of the Philippines, the transfer
and divestment of its non-performing accounts,
1081 Establishing the Northern Regional Manpower 2/23/1986
Training Center for the National Capital Region
(NCR) of the National Manpower and Youth
Council at the Kaunlaran Village of the national
Housing Authority and allocating funds for its
operationalization
1257
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED BY CORAZON AQUINO ON

(1986 – 1992)
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
1 Creating the Presidential Commission on Good 2/28/1986
Government.
3 Reorganizing the Office of the President and for 3/12/1986
other purposes.
5 Converting the Presidential Commission on 3/12/1986
Reorganization into a Presidential Commission
on government reorganization, reconstituting its
membership, and for other purposes.
8 Creating the Presidential Committee on Human 3/18/1986
Rights.
10 Placing the offices, agencies, and corporations 3/26/1986
attached to the Ministry of Human settlements
under the administrative supervision of the Office
of the President.
11 Creating the Board of Administration for 4/8/1986
Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Radio,
Philippine Network (RPN), and International
Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) Television and
Radio Stations, defining its powers and functions,
and for other purposes.
12 Declaring the reorganization of the Supreme 4/16/1986
Court completed.
15 Abolishing the economic support fund council 5/8/1986
and transferring its functions to the National
Economic Development Authority.
18 Creating a Sugar Regulatory Administration. 5/28/1986
19 Enhancing the Independence of the Commission 6/19/1986
on Audit.
20 Placing the offices, agencies, and corporations 6/19/1986
attached to the Ministry of Energy under the
administrative supervision of the Office of the
President.
1258
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
33 Amending certain sections of the Judiciary 7/28/1986
Reorganization Act of 1980 as amended.
34 Reconstituting the governing Boards of the 7/29/1986
Philippines Heart Center for Asia, Lung Center
of the Philippines, National Kidney Foundation of
the Philippines, Lungsod ng Kabataan and Tondo
General Hospital.
47 Reorganizing the National Labor Relations 9/10/1986
Commission.
48 Creating an Ad Hoc Special Committee to 10/15/1986
supervise the liquidation of the affairs of the
Constitutional Commission of 1986, preservation
of its records, and to undertake its Constitution
Education Campaign.
52 Transferring the responsibility for flood control 10/20/1986
and drainage in Metropolitan Manila from the
Ministry of Public Works and Highways to the
Metropolitan Manila Flood Control, and Drainage
Fund Account in the National Treasury, and for
other purposes.
56 Authorizing the Ministry of Social Services and 11/6/1986
Development to take protective custody of child
prostitutes and sexually exploited children, and
for other purposes.
57 Reorganizing the Commission on Elections and 11/6/1986
enhancing its independence.
60 Amending Section 4 of Executive Order No. 11/7/1986
1061, entitled “Establishing the Philippine Rice
Research Institute”.
67 Reorganizing the Civil Service Commission. 11/21/1986
67-A Revoking Executive Order No. 67. ( Re: 11/26/1986
Reorganizing the Civil Service Commission)
80 Providing for the 1986 revised Charter of the 12/3/1986
Philippine National Bank.
1259
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
81 Providing for the 1986 revised Charter of the 12/3/1986
Development Bank of the Philippines.
82 Creating the Presidential Committee for the 12/8/1986
Urban Poor.
85 Abolishing the Office of Media Affairs and the 12/12/1986
Ministry of Human Settlements and for other
purposes.
86 Restoring the Ministry Status of Budget and 12/15/1986
Management.
90 Identifying the Government agencies essential 12/17/1986
for the National Shelter Program and defining
their mandates, creating the Housing and Urban
Development Coordinating Council, rationalizing
funding sources and lending mechanisms for home
mortgages and for other purposes.
97 Creating an Inter-Agency Committee on 12/18/1986
Technological Information Pilot System (TIPS),
100 Creating the Philippine Information Agency. 12/24/1986
101 Further amending Presidential Decree No. 1486, 12/24/1986
as amended by PD No. 1606 creating a special
court to be known as “Sandiganbayan”.
113 Establishing the Comprehensive Agricultural 12/24/1986
Loan Fund (CALF), creating the Agricultural
Credit Policy Council (ACPC) and for other
purposes.
115 Reorganizing the National Security Council and 12/24/1986
defining its members, functions, and authority,
116 Renaming the Ministry of Agriculture and Food 1/30/1987
as Ministry of Agriculture, reorganizing its
units integrating all offices and agencies whose
functions relate to agriculture and fishery into
the Ministry and for other purposes.
1260
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
117 Reorganizing of the Ministry of Education, 1/30/1987
Culture and Sports prescribing its powers and
functions and for other purposes.
118 Creating the Presidential Commission on Culture 1/30/1987
and Arts.
119 Reorganizing the Ministry of Health, its attached 1/30/1987
agencies and for other purposes.
120 Reorganizing the Ministry of Tourism defining its 1/30/1987
powers and functions and for other purposes.
120-A Further strengthening the operation of the 7/20/1987
Philippine Convention Bureau, renaming the
Bureau as the Philippine Convention and Visitors
Corporation thereby amending PD. No. 1448,
series of 1978, and for other purposes.
121 Reorganizing and strengthening the Philippine 1/30/1987
Statistical System and for other purposes.
122 Abolishing the Office of Muslim Affairs and 1/30/1987
Cultural Communities.
122-A Creating the Office of Muslim Affairs. 1/30/1987
122-B Creating the Office for Northern Cultural 1/30/1987
Communities.
122-C Creating the Office for Southern Cultural 1/30/1987
Communities.
123 Reorganizing the Ministry of Social Services and 1/30/1987
Development, now referred to as Ministry of Social
Welfare and Development.
124 Reorganizing the Ministry of Public Works and 1/30/1987
Highways, redefining its powers and functions,
124-A Amending Executive Order No. 124, dated 30 7/22/1987
January 1987, reorganizing the Department of
Public Works and Highways, redefining its powers
and functions and for other purposes.
1261
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
124-B Reorganizing the Metropolitan Manila Flood 7/22/1987
Control and Drainage Council, attaching it to
the Department of Public Works and Highways,
proving for a Metropolitan Manila Flood Control
and Drainage Fund account in the National
Treasury and for other purposes.
125 Reorganizing the Ministry of Transportation 1/30/1987
and Communications defining its powers and
125-A Amending Executive Order No. 125, entitled 4/13/1987
“Reorganizing the Ministry of Transportation
and Communications defining its powers and
functions and for other purposes”.
126 Reorganizing the Ministry of Labor and 1/30/1987
Employment and for other purposes.
127 Reorganizing the Ministry of Finance. 1/30/1987
127-A Creating the Corporate Affairs Group and for 7/22/1987
other purposes.
128 Reorganizing the National Science and Technology 1/30/1987
Authority.
129 Reorganizing the Ministry of Agrarian Reform 1/30/1987
129-A Modifying Executive Order No. 129 reorganizing 7/26/1987
and strengthening the Department of Agrarian
Reform and for other purposes.
130 Reorganizing the Presidential Management Staff, 1/30/1987
merging and consolidating all offices and agencies
whose functions overlap and/or are inter-related,
defining its powers and functions and for other
purposes.
1262
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
131 Reorganizing the Ministry of Natural Resources 1/30/1987
and renaming it as the Department of Environment,
Energy and Natural Resources abolishing the
Ministry of Energy integrating all offices and
agencies whose functions relate to energy and
natural resources into the Ministry defining its
powers and functions and for other purposes.
132 Reorganizing the Department of Foreign 2/27/1987
Affairs.
133 Reorganizing the Department of Trade and 2/27/1987
Industry, its attached agencies, and for other
purposes.
136 Establishing the Council for Investment in 2/27/1987
Trade, Industry, Tourism, Agriculture, Natural
Resources, Transportation, Communications and
Services and for other purposes.
146 Reorganizing the membership in the governing 3/3/1987
board of the Philippine Coconut Authority.
150 Creating the Presidential Blue Ribbon Commission 3/19/1987
150-A Repealing Executive Order No. 150 dated March 7/20/1987
19, 1987 creating the Presidential Blue Ribbon
Commission and for other purposes.
160 Further amending Presidential Decree No. 79, as 4/13/1987
amended, entitled “Revising the Population Act of
Nineteen Hundred and Seventy One”.
163 Declaring the effectively of the creation of the 5/5/1987
Commission on Human Rights as provided for in
the 1987 Constitution, providing guidelines for the
operation thereof, and for other purposes.
163-A Amending Section 2, sub-paragraph (c ) of 6/30/1987
Executive Order No. 163.
(Re: Appointment of chairman and members of
the Commission on Human Rights CHR)
1263
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
165 Abolishing the Presidential Commission on 5/5/1987
Government Reorganization, transferring its
remaining functions to the Department of Budget
and Management, and for other purposes.
172 Creating the Energy Regulatory Board. 5/8/1987
181 Authorizing the reorganization of the Civil Service 6/1/1987
Commission and enhancing its independence and
for other purposes.
184 Amending Section 3 of Presidential Decree No. 6/5/1987
1606.
(Re: Division of Courts – Sandiganbayan)
188 Further amending Section 5 of Presidential 6/9/1987
Decree No. 492, as amended. (Re: Board of
Directors – Department of Transportation and
Communications DOTC)
192 Providing for the reorganization of the Department 6/10/1987
of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
renaming it as the Department of Environment
and Natural Resources, and for other purposes.
193 Providing for the reorganization of the Office of 6/10/1987
Energy Affairs and for other purposes.
196 Vesting the jurisdiction, control and regulation 6/17/1987
over the Philippine Communications Satellite
Corporation with the National Telecommunications
Commission.
197 Increasing the composition of the Board of 6/17/1987
Trustees of the Metropolitan Waterworks and
Sewerage System.
202 Creating the Land Transportation Franchising 6/19/1987
and Regulatory Board.
204 Modifying the composition of the Board of Regents 6/30/1987
of the University of the Philippines System
further amending Presidential Decree No. 58, as
amended.
1264
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
204-A Further amending Presidential Decree No. 58, 7/15/1987
as amended.
(Re: the composition of Board of Regents of
University of Philippines System.)
208 Creating the Cebu Upland Project Office and 7/1/1987
providing funds thereof.
210 Amending Executive Order No. 603, entitled 7/7/1987
“Creating the Light Rail Transit Authority,
vesting the same with authority to construct and
operate the Light Rail Transit (LRT) project and
providing funds therefor”.
216 Declaring the effectivity of the creation of a 7/10/1987
Judiciary and bar Council as provided for in the
1987 Constitution.
230 Reorganizing the National Economic and 7/22/1987
231 Transferring the Home Economics Division of the 7/22/1987
Department of Social Welfare and Development to
the Department of Agriculture, renaming it Farm
Home Resources Management Section (FHRMS)
and refining its functions.
232 Providing for the structural and functional 7/22/1987
reorganization of the National Council for the
Welfare of the Disabled Persons and for other
purposes.
233 Redefining the role and organizational structure 7/22/1987
and enlarging the membership of the council for
the Welfare of the Children.
234 Reorganizing the National Nutrition Council. 7/22/1987
237 Reorganizing the Cabinet Secretariat and for 7/22/1987
other purposes.
239 Reorganizing the Department of Foreign Affairs 7/24/1987
240 Providing the Reorganization of the Office of the 7/24/1987
Vice-President and for other purposes.
1265
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
242 Amending Executive Order No. 133, series of 987 7/24/1987
entitled “Reorganizing the Department of Trade
and Industries, its attached agencies and for other
purposes”.
243 Declaring the effectivity of the creation of the 7/24/1987
Office of the Ombudsman as provided for in the
1987 Constitution.
244 Declaring the effectivity of the creation of the 7/24/1987
Office of the Special Prosecutor as provided for
in the 1987 Constitution.
245 Implementing the consolidation of all Tobacco 7/24/1987
Agencies and the creation of the National Tobacco
Administration, prescribing its charter and for
other purposes.
246 Providing for the creation of the National 7/24/1987
Intelligence Coordinating Agency and for other
purposes.
247 Reorganizing the Philippine Overseas Employment 7/24/1987
Administration and for other purposes.
251 Amending certain sections of Executive Order No. 7/25/1987
126 dated January 30, 1987. (Re: Reorganization
of the Department of Labor and Employment
DOLE)
262 Reorganizing the Department of Local Government 7/25/1987
265 Creating the Aurora Integrated Area Development 7/25/1987
Project Office, providing funds thereof and for
other purposes.
267 Further amending Commonwealth Act No. 542, 7/25/1987
entitled “An Act to create a Corporation to be
known as the Girl Scouts of the Philippines, and
to define its powers and purpose,” as amended.
274 Creating the Presidential Council for the Youth 7/25/1987
Affairs and for other purposes.
1266
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
284 Authorizing the holding of other Government 7/25/1987
Offices or positions by the members of the Cabinet,
Undersecretaries, Assistant Secretaries, and other
appointive officials of the Executive Department
under certain conditions.
285 Abolishing the General Services Administration 7/25/1987
and transferring its functions to appropriate
government agencies.
286 Creating the Sequesters Assets Disposition 7/25/1987
Authority (SASA) and for other purposes.
288 Further amending the charter of the Development 7/25/1987
Academy of the Philippines, and for other
purposes.
293 Amending Executive Order No. 122-C entitled 7/25/1987
“Creating the Office for Southern Cultural
Communities.”
294 Amending Executive Order No. 122-B entitled 7/25/1987
“Creating the Office for Northern Cultural
Communities.”
295 Amending Executive Order No. 122-A entitled 7/25/1987
“Creating Office on Muslim Affairs.”
297 Reorganization of the Office of the Press Secretary, 7/25/1987
prescribing its power and functions and for other
purposes.
298 Amending sec. 7, 10, 11, and 13 of Executive Order 7/26/1987
No. 778 as amended by Executive Order No Nos.
903 and 909, creating the Manila International
Airport Authority.
300 Constituting the Office of the Solicitor General 7/26/1987
as an Independent and Autonomous Office
attached to the Department of Justice and for
other purposes.
1267
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
304 Authorizing the Task Force on refugee assistance 7/26/1987
and administration and the Department of
Foreign Affairs to respectively issue identity
papers and travel documents to refugees staying
in the Philippines and prescribing guidelines
therefor.
305 Creating the Council of State. 9/9/1987
307 Establishing an Occupational Safety and 11/4/1987
Health Center in the Employees’ Compensation
Commission.
308 Providing for the reorganization of the Regional 11/4/1987
Development Councils.
309 Reorganizing the Peace and Order Council. 11/11/1987
314 Creating the Bagong Kilusang Kabuhayan at 12/17/1987
Kaunlaran Committee.
315 Renaming the Cabinet Committee on the Bataan 1/4/1988
Nuclear Power Plant as “The Presidential
Committee on the Philippine Nuclear Power
Plant” and defining its structure, power and
functions.
317 Amending sections 1, 3, and 4 of Executive Order 2/5/1988
No. 309, s. 1987 entitled “Reorganizing the Peace
and Order Council”.
318 Amending sections 2 (a-i) and 3 (a) of Executive 2/12/1988
Order No. 308 “Providing for the Reorganization
of the Regional Development Councils.”
319 Providing for the Reorganization of the Local 3/4/1988
320 Amending Executive Order No. 309, s. 1987 3/11/1988
entitled “Reorganizing the Peace and Order
Council” as amended by Executive Order No.
317, s. 1988.
328 Reconstituting the Cabinet Committee on the 6/5/1988
Law of the Sea.
1268
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
329 Creating appraisal committee in the Metropolitan 7/11/1988
Manila Area, defining their general functions, and
prescribing their procedures.
332 Reconstituting the Task Force on International 8/12/1988
Refugee Assistance and administration, and for
other purposes.
338 Creating the Energy Coordinating Council. 9/30/1988
343 Reconstituting the Commission on Export 12/19/1988
Procedures.
347 Further amending section 2(a-i) of EO No. 308, 2/2/1989
as amended, “Providing for the reorganization of
the Regional Development Councils”.
352 Providing the implementation guidelines for the 3/17/1989
President’s 1989 Summer Youth Program (PSYP)
and creating the President’s Summer Youth
Program Steering Committee for that purposes.
355 Designating the Regional Director of the 5/8/1989
Department of Education, Culture and Sports as
a regular member of the Regional Development
Council.
366 Further amending Executive Order No. 308, as 8/8/1989
amended by Executive Order No. 318, both series
of 1988, and for other purposes.
(Re: Regional Development Assembly)
373 Providing for the turn-over of the assets of the 10/17/1989
University of Life Complex to the Department
of Education, Culture and Sports and for other
related purposes.
374 Disposition of the (1) Bicol River Basin 10/20/1989
Development Program Office, (2) Bohol Integrated
Area Development Project Office, (3) Cagayan
Integrated Agriculture Development Project Office,
(4) Mindoro Integrated Rural Development Office,
and (5) Samar Integrated Rural Development
Project Office.
1269
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
375 Constituting the Cotabato-Agusan River Basin 10/30/1989
Program Office as a project management office
under the Department of Public Works and
Highways.
377 Providing arrangements for coordinating the 11/3/1989
handling of the bases issue and creating the
President’s Committee on the bases for the
purposes.
378 Constituting the Committee on the Remittance 11/3/1989
System for Filipino Overseas Workers.
382 Placing the Videogram Regulatory Board under 11/28/1989
the control and supervision of the Office of the
President.
390 Reconstituting the Presidential Committee on the 1/4/1990
Philippine Nuclear Power Plant.
392 Constituting the Metropolitan Manila Authority, 1/9/1990
providing for its powers and functions and for
other purposes.
393 Reconstituting the National Action Committee on 1/24/1990
Hijacking (NACAH).
395 Establishing the President’s Annual Summer 2/20/1990
Youth Program, providing for the components
thereof, and creating a Steering Committee for
the purposes.
397 Establishing the Samar Island Development 4/3/1990
Project Office.
403 Establishing the Tripartite Industrial Peace 5/30/1990
Council.
408 Placing the Commission on Population under 6/18/1990
the control and supervision of the Office of the
President.
411 Reconstituting the Bagong Kilusang Kabuhayan 7/13/1990
at Kaunlaran (BKKK) Committee in the Office
of the President, now known as the National
Livelihood Support Fund (NLSF) Council.
1270
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
412 Institutionalizing the Energy Conservation Inter- 7/13/1990
Agency Committee.
417 Reconstituting the Central Visayas Regional 8/9/1990
Projects (CVRP) Board.
420 Converting the Philippine High School for the 9/7/1990
Arts into a regular government agency, repealing
Presidential Decree No. 1287 and for other
purposes.
422 Activating and reorganizing the Energy Operations 9/11/1990
Board as the administrative machinery for the
efficient and equitable allocation and distribution
of energy under certain conditions.
429 Providing for the reorganization of the 10/12/1990
administrative regions in Muslim, and for other
purposes.
430 Constituting the National Committee on 10/15/1990
Biosafety of the Philippines (NCBP) and for
other purposes.
435 Reconstituting the Committee on the Remittance 11/15/1990
System for Filipino Overseas Workers created
under Executive Order No. 378 dated November
23, 1989.
442 Creating the Presidential Complaints and Action 1/3/1991
Office in the Office of the President, defining its
powers and functions, and for other purposes.
446 Reorganizing the Office of the President including 1/16/1991
its immediate offices, the presidential Assistants/
Advisers System and the Common Support
System.
452 Reconstituting the National Action Committee 4/5/1991
on Anti-Hijacking.
1271
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
459 Devolving to the Autonomous Regional Government 5/17/1991
of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
certain powers and functions of the Department
of Education, Culture and Sports, the control and
supervision over its offices in the region and for
other purposes.
of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
the powers and functions of the Department of
Agriculture, the control and supervision over its
offices in the region and for other purposes.
462 D e v o l v i n g t o t h e A u t o n o m o u s R e g i o n a l 5/17/1991
Government of the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao the powers and functions of the Office
for Southern Cultural Communities, the control
and supervision over its offices in the region and
for other purposes.
465 Providing for the abolition of certain government 6/13/1991
corporations, granting the Board of Liquidators,
certain powers and authorities relative thereto,
469 Creating a National Coordinating Committee for 7/16/1991
the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and
Development (UNCED).
476 Placing the Commission on Population under the 8/14/1991
National Economic and Development Authority.
1991.
(Re: Reconstituted the composition of Project
Board of Area Development Project Office)
481 D e v o l v i n g t o t h e A u t o n o m o u s R e g i o n a l 9/24/1991
Government of the Autonomous Region for
Muslim Mindanao certain powers and functions
of the Department of Trade and Industry and the
control and supervision over its offices within the
region.
1272
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
of the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao
the powers and functions of the Department of
Agrarian Reform and the control and supervision
over its offices within the region.
483 Reorganizing the Office of the Presidents in 9/30/1991
accordance with the Administrative Code of
1987.
488 Constituting the Presidential Coordinating 11/22/1991
Committee on the Prawn Industry.
489 Institutionalizing the Inter-Agency Committee on 11/22/1991
Environment Health.
490 Transferring the Commission on Filipinos 11/26/1991
Overseas from the Office of the President to the
Department of Foreign Affairs.
492 Transforming the instructional Material 11/29/1991
Corporation into a regular government agency
to be known as the Instructional Materials
Development Center and for other purposes.
494 Reorganizing certain government-owned or 12/6/1991
controlled corporations and for other purposes.
495 Converting the Philippine Shippers’ Council, the 12/6/1991
Boy Scouts of the Philippines and the Girl Scouts
of the Philippines into private corporations and
for other purposes.
497 Transferring the Ngayon Pilipino Foundation 12/16/1991
from the Presidential Management Staff, Office of
the President, to the Department of Tourism.
499 Creating an Export and Investment Development 12/23/1991
Council defining its composition, powers and
functions.
September 1988 creating of Energy Coordinating
Council.
1273
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APPROVED
(s. 1987) as amended by the EO Nos. 318 (s.
1988), 347 and 366 (s. 1989) and 455 (s. 1991),
providing for the reorganization of the Regional
510 Creating the AFTA Muntisectoral Study 3/16/1992
Commission.
511 Creating an Inter-Agency task Force to provide for 3/16/1992
private sector participation in the establishment
of agro-industrial development areas.
512 Providing for the creation of the Mindanao 3/19/1992
Economic Development Council and for other
purposes.
513 Converting the Marcos Golf Foundation of the 3/25/1992
Philippines into a private foundation and for
other purposes.
series of 1991, as amended, by providing for
the regularization of the Philippine Shippers’
Council.
515 Transferring the Bagong Pagkain ang Bayan 4/14/1992
Program to the Technology Resource Center (TRC)
and rationalizing its mandate and organization.
520 Amending EO No. 499 dated December 23, 1991 5/29/1992
creating an Export and Investment Development
Council, defining its composition, powers and
functions, include in the Council the Secretary of
Foreign Affairs.
521 Creating the National Organizing Committee 6/9/1992
for the twenty-fifth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting
(AMM) and Post Ministerial Conference (PMC),
to be held in Manila on 21-26 July 1992.
1274
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(1992 – 1998)
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
3 Creating a Presidential Anti-Crime Commission 7/7/1992
to identify and cause the investigation and
prosecution of criminal elements in the country.
4 Revoking the provisions of Executive Order No. 7/11/1992
494 dated December 6, 1991 on the Philippine
Coconut Authority.
6 Providing for the creation of the Presidential 7/14/1992
Council for Countryside Development.
7 Providing for the creation of an extension office 7/15/1992
of the Office of the President in Mindanao and
Visayas, assigning a presidential Assistant for
Mindanao and Visayas, defining their functions,
powers and responsibilities.
9 Transferring the National Stud Farm from the 8/7/1992
Philippine Racing Commission, Office of the
President to the Department of Agriculture.
12 Providing for the creation of the Presidential 8/15/1992
Commission to Fight Poverty.
13 Reconstituting and renaming the Presidential 8/19/1992
Committee on the Philippine Nuclear Power Plant
as Presidential Committee on the Bataan Nuclear
Power Plant.
15 Creating a Philippine Council for Sustainable 9/1/1992
Development.
16 Transferring the Technical Assistance Council of 9/1/1992
the Philippines and the Inter-Agency Technical
Committee on Technical Cooperation among
developing countries from the Department of
Foreign Affairs to the Office of the President
pursuant to Book III, Title III, Chapter 10, section
31, of the 1987 Administration Code.
1275
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
17 Establishing the Technical Cooperation Council 9/1/1992
of the Philippines.
18 Transferring the Technical Cooperation Council 9/1/1992
of the Philippines from the Office of the President
to the Department of Foreign Affairs pursuant to
Book III, Title III, Chapter 10, Section 31, of the
1987 Administrative Code.
19 Constituting the National Unification Commission, 9/1/1992
prescribing its authority and functions and for
other purposes.
20 Further amending sections 1 and 4 of Executive 9/8/1992
Order No. 309, s. 1987, entitled “Reorganizing the
Peace and Order Council.”
21 Authorizing the representation of the labor sector 9/8/1992
in the Price Coordinating Council.
22 T r a n s f e r r i n g t h e N a t i o n a l I r r i g a t i o n 9/14/1992
Administration from the Department of Public
Works and Highways to the Office of the
President.
23 Amending section 2 of Executive Order No. 338, 9/14/1992
creating the Energy Coordinating Council.
25 Amending Executive Order No. 403 and further 10/7/1992
strengthening the Tripartite Industrial Peace
Council.
28 Creating the Coordinating Committee for the 10/14/1992
Twenty-Fourth Asean Economic Ministers (AEM)
Meeting and the Post AEM Meeting with Japan
on the 19-24 October 1992.
30 Establishing the Bondoc Development Program 10/28/1992
Office.
33 Amending sections 1 and 2 of Executive Order No. 11/18/1992
115, s. 1986 entitled “Reorganizing the National
Security Council and defining its membership,
functions, and authority and other purposes.”
1276
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
reorganizing the Peace and Order Council.
38 Reconstituting the ASEAN Free Trade Area 11/27/1992
(AFTA) Commission and providing funds
therefor.
39 Creating the Philippine National AIDS Council 12/3/1992
(PNAC) as a national policy and advisory body
in the prevention and control of HIV (Human
Immune Deficiency Virus) infection and AIDS in
the Philippines.
41 Reorganization of the Law Enforcement 12/9/1992
Coordinating Committee.
46 Constituting the Bipartisan Executive-Legislative 1/11/1993
Advisory Council on the Sabah issue.
47 Creating the Zamboanga City Council for 1/12/1993
Elders.
55 Reconstituting and further strengthening 2/8/1993
the Government Corporate Monitoring
and Coordinating Committee and for other
purposes.
56 Declaring the administrative supervision over the 2/9/1993
Professional Regulation Commission pertains to
the Office of the President.
58 Creating an Inter-Agency Executive Committee 2/15/1993
to oversee the comprehensive development of the
National Housing Authority property in North
Triangle, Quezon City.
60 Creating the Inter-Agency Committee on 2/26/1993
Intellectual Property Rights.
63 Creating the National, Regional, Provincial, City, 3/1/1993
Municipal and Barangay Fitness and Sports
Development Councils (PFSDC).
for the Third ASEAN Meeting of Ministers
Responsible for Social Welfare.
1277
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
70 Providing for the expansion of the President’s 3/20/1993
Summer Youth Work Program (PSYWP), and for
other purposes.
73 Creating the Presidential Iron and Steel 3/25/1993
Committee.
75 Creating the National Heroes Committee under 3/29/1993
82 Establishing the National Training Center for 4/15/1993
Technical Education and Staff Development
(NTCTESD) in the Department of Education,
Culture and Sports.
83 Creating a large taxpayers Division in the Bureau 4/24/1993
of Internal Revenue.
84 Creating a Presidential Commission to formulate 4/24/1993
short and long term plans for the Development of
Tagaytay City and its adjacent municipalities and
Taal Volcano Island and its surrounding coastal
municipalities.
85 Establishing the Coordinative and Management 5/5/1993
mechanism for the implementation of the Cagayan
de Oro-Iligan Corridor Special Development
project.
87 Transferring the Traffic Engineering and 5/6/1993
Management-Project Management Office (Team-
PMO) from the Department of Transportation and
Communication to the Office of the President.
April 1993 and transferring the functions
provided therein to the National Reconciliation
and Development Council from the National
Unification Commission.
(1993).
(Re: Composition of the Presidential Iron and
Steel Committee)
1278
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
98 Reorganizing the Export and Investment 6/10/1993
Development Council into the Export Development
Council.
102 Creating the Metro Naga Development Council. 6/18/1993
105 Institutionalizing the Transport Training 7/2/1993
Center as a regular unit of the University of the
Philippines.
107 Transferring the Traffic Engineering and 7/12/1993
Management-Project Management Office (TEAM-
PRO) from the Office of the President to the
Department of Public Works and Highways.
108 Creating the Center Visayas Water and Sanitation 7/12/1993
Project-Project Management Unit, Providing
funds therefor, and for other purposes.
112 Establishing the National Science Teaching 7/22/1993
Instrumentation Center (NSTIC) in the
Department of Education Culture and Sports.
117 Establishing an Inter-Agency Task Force for 8/11/1993
Council Environmental Protection.
121 Creating the Mt. Makiling Reserve Area and 8/24/1993
Laguna de Bay Commission.
123 Institutionalizing the Committee on Power 9/8/1993
Conservation and Demand Management.
130 Instituting the Balik Scientist Program under the 10/25/1993
Department of Science and Technology.
139 Creating the Kabataan 2000 Steering Committee, 11/29/1993
the action officers committee and the Regional
Steering Committee in implementation of the
year-round Youth Work Program, Kabataan: 200
141 Creating the National Organizing Committee for 12/7/1993
the ASEAN Meeting of Ministers Responsible for
Information.
1279
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
1968, as amended by EO No. 163, series of 1968,
constituting the “Fund for Assistance to Private
Education” as an irrevocable trust, creating
a “Private Education Assistance Committee”
as trustee, and providing for the management
thereof.
151 Creating a Presidential Commission to investigate 1/11/1994
administrative complaints involving graft and
corruption.
151-A Amending Executive Order No. 151 dated 11 1/21/1995
January 1994
(Re: Presidential Commission Against Graft and
Corruption).
152 Providing for the creation of the National Program 1/21/1994
for Unification and Development Council (NPUC)
for the Asia and Pacific Ministerial Conference
in preparation for the World Summit for Social
Development.
155 Amending Executive Order No. 149 (re: Economic 2/3/1994
Support Fund Secretariat).
156 Creating an Inter-Agency Executive Committee 2/14/1994
to assist the Trustee Committee for the
comprehensive development of Welfareville
Property in the City of Mandaluyong.
158 Creating a Presidential Commission to formulate 2/18/1994
short and long term plans for the restoration and
preservation of the Ifugao Rice Terreces in the
Municpalaities of Banaue, Fungduan, Mayoyoa
and Kitangan.
167 Creating the Iwahig Penal Colony Inter-Agency 3/25/1994
Study Committee.
1280
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
171 Creating a Lingayen Gulf Coastal Area 4/20/1994
Management Commission.
175 Creating the Northwestern Luzon Growth 4/30/1994
Quadrangle Commission.
177 Establishing the World Expo 2002 Philippines 5/16/1994
183 Amending Executive Order No 123, series of 6/22/1994
1993, establishing the National Centennial
Commission.
186 Expanding the coverage of the Cabinet Committee 7/12/1994
on the Law of the Sea and renaming it as the
Cabinet Committee on Maritime and Ocean
Affairs.
190 Approving and adopting the National Information 7/19/1994
Technology Plan 2000 and establishing the
National Information Technology Council.
193 Creating the World Trade Organization Advisory 8/2/1994
and ASEAN Free Trade Advisory Commissions,
defining its powers and functions and for other
purposes.
197 Creating a Presidential Commission to plan and 8/29/1994
develop a growth corridor from the National
Capital Region to the Provinces of Laguna and
Quezon (Metro Manila-Rizal-Laguna-Quezon or
Marilague Growth Area).
201 Creating an Advisory Council on Veterans 9/20/1994
Affairs.
202 Transferring the Securities and Exchange 9/22/1994
Commission to the Department of Finance.
203 Creating the Oversight and Executive Committees 9/27/1994
for the National Government’s Major Social
Reform Agenda.
211 Placing the National Program for Unification 11/21/1994
and Development Council under the Office of the
Executive Secretary and for other purposes.
1281
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
217 Amending Section 1.2 (b) of Executive Order 12/20/1994
No. 203, dated 27 September 1994, “Creating
the Oversight and Executive Committees for the
government’s major social reform agenda”.
222 Establishing the Committee on Water Conservation 1/24/1995
and Demand Management.
223 Amending Executive Order No. 175, dated April 2/7/1995
30, 1994, which created a Northwestern Luzon
Growth Quadrangle Commission.
228 Amending Executive Order No. 203 to include 3/6/1995
Presidential Legislative Liaison Office in the
membership of the Social Reform Agenda
Council.
April 30, 1994, as amended by Executive Order
No. 223, dated February 7, 1995, which created
a Northwestern Luzon Growth Quadrangle
Commission.
230 Creating a National Secretariat of the National 3/15/1995
Correctional Consciousness Week.
231 Creating the Presidential Fact-Finding and 3/20/1995
Policy Advisory Commission on the Protection of
Overseas Filipinos.
232 Abolishing the Presidential Task Force for the 3/29/1995
Development of Lungsod Silangan and Inter-
Agency Task Force on Socialized Housing in
Mangahan Floddy and transferring their powers
and functions to the Presidential Commission on
the Manila-Rizal-Laguna-Quezon (MARILAQUE)
Growth Corridor.
234 Establishing the Gingoog Bay Development 4/7/1995
Council.
1282
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
240 Creating Fisheries and Aquatic Resource 4/28/1995
Management Councils (FARMCs) in Barangays,
Cities and Municipalities, their composition and
functions.
241 Creating a Steering Committee for the proper 6/9/1995
observance of the Family Week.
243 Creating a Nuclear Power Steering Committee. 5/12/1995
Anti-Hijacking as the National Action Committee
on Anti-Hijacking and Anti-Terrorism.
252 Amending Executive Order No. 203 entitled 6/19/1995
“Creating the Oversight and Executive Committees
for the National Government’s Major Social
Reform Agenda”.
254 Creating the Philippine Gas Project Task Force. 6/30/1995
257 Creating a Project Coordinating Committee to 7/10/1995
implement the Philippine supplement to the
Scientific American Journal.
dated April 30, 1994, as amended by Executive
Order No. 223 dated February 7, 1995 and
Executive Order No. 229 dated March 19, 1995,
which created a Northwestern Luzon Growth
261 C r e a t i n g a n I n t e r - A g e n c y C o m m i t t e e 7/17/1995
on Employment Promotion, Protection and
Rehabilitation of persons with disabilities.
266 Institutionalizing of the continuing Professional 7/25/1995
Education (CPE) programs of the various
professional Regulatory Board (PRBs) under
the supervision of the Professional Regulation
Commission (PRC).
1283
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
268 Amending Executive Order No. 208 (s. 1995) 8/8/1995
entitled “Further defining the composition,
powers and functions of the National Commission
on the Role of Filipino Women”.
establishing the Bondoc Development Program
Office.
274 Establishing the Presidential Commission on 9/14/1995
Bicol Tourism Development Project.
275 Creating a Committee for the special protection of 9/14/1995
children from all forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty
exploitation, discrimination and other conditions
prejudicial to their development.
September 1995, establishing the Presidential
Commission on Bicol Tourism Development
Project
280 Creating a Presidential Task Force on Intelligence 10/16/1995
and Counter-Intelligence to identify, arrest
and cause the investigation and prosecution of
military and other law enforcement personnel or
their former members and their cohorts involved
in criminal activities.
285 Amending Executive Order No. 202 (22 September 11/24/1995
1994).
(Re: Charter of Securities and Exchange
Commission SEC)
24 April 1993, as amended by EO No. 144, dated
14 December 1993 which created a presidential
commission to formulate short and long term
plans for the development of Tagaytay City
and its adjacent municipalities and the Taal
Volcano islands and its surrounding coastal
municipalities.
1284
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
April 1995 which established the Gingoog Bay
Development Council.
301 Transferring the Kalinga Special Development 4/16/1996
Authority (KSDA) from the Department of
National Defense (DND) to the Cordillera
Executive Board-Cordillera Administrative
Region (CEB-CAR) to effect its abolition.
309 Reconstituting the Disposal Committee created 3/8/1996
under Executive Order No. 285.
314 Establishing a National Maritime Safety 3/8/1996
Coordinating Council.
320 Creating a special committee to take charge of 5/14/1996
the preparations for the Centennial of the Death
Anniversary of Marcelo H. Del Pilar.
321 Creating a Presidential Commission for the 4/9/1996
Central Luzon Growth Corridor and for other
purposes.
322 Amending Executive Order No. 193, s. 1994. (Re: 4/10/1996
WTO/AFTA Advisory Commission)
324 Creating a Review Committee to study the
integration into one department of all government
agencies involved in corrections.
325 Reorganization of the Regional Development 4/12/1996
Councils (Repealing EO No. 308 series of 1987),
as amended by EO Nos. 318, s. of 1988, 327 (s.
1989), 455 (s. 1991) and 505 (s. 1992).
337 Transferring the National Training Center for 5/17/1996
Technical education and Staff Development
(NTCTESD) and its administration for the
Department of Education, Culture and Sports
(DECS) to the Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA).
341 Creating the Presidential Fact-Finding 6/5/1996
Commission on Government Information
Technology Projects.
1285
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
342 Providing for the creation of the Golf course 6/6/1996
Construction and Development Committee in
connection with the issuance of environment
Compliance Certificate for the construction
development and operation of golf courses.
345 Transferring the Board of Liquidators (BOL) from 6/14/1996
the National Development Company (NDC) to
the Asset Privatization Trust (APT) to effect its
abolition.
351 Creating a Siltation Steering Committee to 6/14/1996
manage a trust fund for siltation and erosion-
related issues.
355 Reactivating the National Organizing Committee 7/9/1996
for the Fifth Asian and Pacific Ministerial
Conference on Social Development.
358 Creating a Presidential Commission for the 8/12/1996
restoration, conservation and preservation of the
Vigan Heritage Village.
364 Creating the National Commission on Savings. 8/23/1996
369 Creating the Social Protection Coordinating 9/6/1996
Committee to harmonize and coordinate social
protection policies and programs.
371 Proclaiming a special zone of Peace and 10/2/1996
Development in the Southern Philippines, and
establishing therefor the Southern Philippines
Council for Peace and Development and the
Consultative Assembly
372 Creation of a coordinating task force for the 10/9/1996
establishment of the North food Terminal
Complex in Bulacan.
30 April 1994, as amended by EO 223, dated
7 february 1975, EO 229 dated 19 march 1995
and EO 259 dated 11July 1995 which created
a Northwestern Luzon Growth Quadrangle
Commission.
1286
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
374 Creating the Presidential Task Force on Water 10/15/1996
Resources Development and Management.
375 Creating a Special Committee to take charge of 10/25/1996
the preparation for the centennial of the birth
anniversary of Geronimo Tomelden Pecson.
380 Creating the Industry Development Council, 12/2/1996
defining its composition, powers and functions.
381 Creating an Executive Committee and Technical 12/3/1996
Working Group on Food Security.
383 Reorganizing and strengthening the Tripartite 12/6/1996
Industrial Peace Council.
384 Further amending Executive Order No. 325, series 12/7/1996
of 1996 and for this purpose institutionalizing
labor sector representation in the Regional
Development Councils
385 Creating a Task Force to address the concerns of 12/9/1996
persons with disabilities.
386 Amending certain provisions of Executive Order 12/9/1996
No. 369, dated September 6, 1996 which created
the Social Protection Coordinating Committee
to and coordinate social protection policies and
programs.
387 Further amending Executive Order No. 203, dated 12/16/1996
27 September 1994, as amended by EO No. 356,
dated 12 July 1996.
(Re: National Youth Commission membership)
391 Creating an Organizing Committee to initiate and 1/20/1997
supervise appropriate commemorative activities
for the 30th Anniversary of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
395 Approving and adopting the National Action 1/24/1997
Agenda for productivity and creating the Philippine
Council for Productivity.
1287
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
402 Creating a National organizing Committee for the 3/31/1997
Philippine hosting of the Philippine International
Garden Festival (FLORIKULTURA ’98).
403 Adopting a Philippine Tourism Highway Program 2/28/1997
to further develop and promote the tourism
potentials of the country and creating the
Presidential Task Force thereof.
406 Institutionalizing the Philippine Economic- 3/21/1997
Environmental and Natural resources Accounting
(PEENRA) System and creating units within the
organizational structure of the Department of
Environment and natural Resources (DENR),
National Economic and Development Authority
(NEDA), and National Statistic
409 Amending section 2 of Executive Order No. 374 4/15/1997
dated 15 October 1996 which established the
Presidential Task Force on Water Resources
Development and Management.
412 Amending Executive Order No. 84, s. of 1993, by 5/6/1997
reconstituting the composition of the Tagaytay-
Taal Presidential Commission.
413 Creating an inter-agency committee to oversee the 6/20/1997
turnover and development of properties in Makati
held by the Philippine Development Alternatives
Foundation, Inc., and Presidential Commission on
Good Government to the National Government
and National Power Corporation.
422 Creating the National Committee on the General 6/25/1997
Conference of the International Federation of
Agriculture Producers in Manila, 27 May- 4 June
1998.
423 Amendments to the guidelines on the entry and 6/25/1997
stay of foreign students in the Philippines and the
establishment of an Inter-Agency Committee for
the purposes.
1288
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
426 Enhancing the Inter-Agency Committee Against 7/22/2007
irregularities (ICP) to ensure the effective
coordination among concerned agencies in the
investigation, prosecution and disposition of cases
involving passport irregularities.
428 Creating the Multi-Sectoral task Force on 7/17/1997
Maritime Development, defining its powers and
431 Providing for the creation of the National 8/5/1997
Coordinating Council for the Sugar Industry.
434 Amending section 2 and 4 of EO No. 3 (dated 7 8/20/1997
July 1992), as amended.
437 Further amending section 1, (par. F) of EO No. 9/18/1997
384, series of 1996, as amended, by including the
Regional Directors of DOT as members of the
Regional Development Councils.
442 Creating the Agno River Basin Development 9/23/1997
Commission to oversee and coordinate all
developmental activities along the Agno River
Basin.
dated April 30, 1994, as amended by EO No. 223,
dated February 1995, EO NO. 229, dated March
19, 1995, and EO No. 259, dated July 11, 1995,
which created the Northwestern Luzon Growth
448 Establishing the Philippine Quality Award 10/3/1997
and creating the Philippine Quality Award
Committee.
455 Re: Central Bank Board of Liquidators. 11/11/1997
457 Amending Executive Orders No. 63 and No. 64, 11/13/1997
s. of 1993.
(Re: Physical Fitness and Sports Development
Councils)
1289
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
460 Reactivating the jurisdiction and authority of 12/3/1997
the Special Committee on naturalization to
consider and evaluate petitions for naturalization
of deserving aliens and to recommend actions
thereon to the President of the Philippines.
463 Creating the Management Information System and 12/29/1997
Technology Group in line with the computerization
program of the Bureau of Customs.
468 Providing for the creation of a national council 2/23/1998
for the promotion of electronic commerce in the
country.
469 Amending Executive Order No. 190 dated July 1994 2/23/1998
approving and adopting the National Information
Technology Plan 2000 and establishing the
National Information Technology Council.
470 Creating the Philippine Council for Mental 2/24/1998
Health.
472 Institutionalizing the Committee on Fuel 3/25/1998
Conservation and Efficiency in Road
Transportation.
475 Transferring the Philippine Coast Guard from the 3/31/1998
Department of National Defense to the Office of
the President, and for other purposes.
477 Transferring the Philippine Coast Guard 4/15/1998
to the Department of Transportation and
Communication.
2 December 1996, “Creating the Industry
Development Council, defining its composition,
power and functions.
484 Approving and adopting the Medium Term 6/8/1998
Youth Development Plan: 1999-2004 and
creating a monitoring committee to oversee its
implementation.
1290
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
485 Establishing the Youth Entrepreneurship 6/9/1998
Program and creating the National Cooperators
Council, providing for other functions and for
other purposes.
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED BY JOSEPH EJERCITO

ESTRADA ON GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION
(1998 – 2001)
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
2 Transferring the National Food Authority from 7/13/1998
the Department of Agriculture to the office of the
President.
3 Reverting the Board of Liquidators from the Assets 7/15/1998
Privatization trust to the Office of President as
an attached agency.
4 Amending sec. 3, 4 and 5 of EO no. 490 otherwise 7/17/1998
known as “establishing the principal office in
Manila of the Manila Economic and Cultural
Office and transferring the supervision over its
operation and activities to the Department of
Foreign Affairs.
6 Establishing the Aklan Provincial Tourism 8/7/1998
Special Development Project Task Force.
7 Providing for the creation of a Presidential 9/30/1998
Assistant for regional concerns system and
defining the functions, power and responsibilities
of the Presidential assistants.
8 Creating a President Anti-organized Crime 7/22/1998
Commission and a Presidential Anti-Organized
Crime Task Force, to investigate and prosecute
criminal elements in the country.
10 Amending EO no. 512 (s. 1992) providing for the 8/13/1998
creation of the Mindanao Economic Development
Council.
1291
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
13 Attaching the Southern Philippine Authority to 8/17/1998
the Presidential Committee on Flagship Programs
and Projects.
Year 2000 Compliance.
16 C r e a t i n g t h e P r e s i d e n t i a l A i r Q u a l i t y 8/21/1998
Commission.
17 Amending certain sections of Executive Order No. 8/21/1998
177 establishing the World Expo 2002 Philippine
20 Establishing an international network of Honorary 9/14/1998
Investment and trade Representatives to assist
the Department of Trade and Industry in
promoting the Philippines globally.
21 Attaching the Livelihood Cooperation (LIVECOR) 8/27/1998
and Strategic Investment and Development
Corporation (SIDCOR, formerly Human
Settlements Development Corporation) to the
Office of the Executive Secretary.
24 Creating the Integrated Sangguniang Kabataan 9/18/1998
Organizational Leadership and reorientation
(ISKOLAR) Executive Committee in the
implementation of the year-round ISKOLAR
Training Program and providing funds therefor.
25 Further amendment of section 3 of Executive Order 9/21/1998
No. 169, s. of 1994, as amended reconstituting
the composition of the Central Bank Board of
Liquidators.
28 Creating the Cabinet Projects Coordinating 9/30/1998
Committee and Projects Development and
Implementing Office for Payatas Development.
31 Amending Section 1 and 3 of Executive Order No. 10/7/1998
103, series of 1993. (Re: Creation of John Hay Poro
Point Development Corporation)
1292
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
32 Creating a Task Force to investigate and prosecute 10/26/1998
sugar smuggling.
33 Creating a Presidential Committee study and take 10/26/1998
charge of the modernization and development to
various penal instructions
34 Providing for the restructuring of the National 10/26/1998
Computer Center.
39 Reconstituting the project board and extending 11/4/1998
the term of the Sosksargens Area Development
Project Office.
39-A Streamlining the Sosksargen Area Development 12/9/1998
Project Office, strengthening its coordinative and
integration mechanism, and for other purposes.
41 Reorganizing the administrative structure of the 11/20/1998
Municipality Development Fund, consolidating
its functions in the Department of Finance and
for other purposes.
29, 1994, creating the Presidential Commission
on MARILAQUE Growth Area, by renaming and
rationalizing the organizational structure, and
redefining the functions and territorial coverage
of the Commission.
43 Providing for the creation of Preparatory 11/26/1998
Commission on Constitutional reforms to study
and recommend proposed amendments and/or
revisions to the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
45 Creating a Presidential Anti-Smuggling Task 12/3/1998
Force to investigate and prosecute crimes
involving large-scale smuggling and other frauds
upon customs and providing measures to expedite
seizure proceedings.
Educational Reform (PCER).
1293
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
49 Amending Executive Order No. 383, s. 1996, 11/30/1998
for the purpose of reconstituting and expanding
the membership of Tripartite Industrial Peace
Council
50 Providing for the abolition of the World Expo 2002 12/22/1998
Philippines Commission created under Executive
Order No. 117, s. 1994, as amended.
52 Creating a youth environmental corps in 12/29/1998
all Katipunan ng Kabataan to be known as
Green Brigade (GB) to promote environmental
awareness and action among the Filipino Youth;
mandating the formulation of the National
Youth Environmental Action Plan and for other
purposes.
entitled “Constituting a consultative committee
to advise the President in the appointment of
Philippine National Police officials from the rank
of senior superintendent to director general.”
54 Creating the Pasig River Rehabilitation 1/6/1999
Commission.
57 Creating a special hearing division and a team of 1/9/1999
prosecutors in the Bureau of Customs to expedite
seizure proceedings and prosecute offenders.
58 Creating a Domestic Trade and Development 12/27/1998
Council, defining its composition, powers and
functions.
Commission from the Department of Finance to
61 Creating the National Drug Law Enforcement and 1/15/1999
Prevention Coordinating Center to orchestrate
efforts of national government agencies, local
government units, and non-governmental
organizations for a more effective anti-drug
campaign.
1294
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
62 Creating the Philippine Center on Transnational 1/15/1999
Crime to formulate and implement a concerted
program of action of all law enforcement,
intelligence and other agencies for the prevention
and control of transnational crime.
64 Providing for the establishment of a Budget 1/15/1999
Dialogue Group.
1999. (Re: Composition of membership of the
rehabilitation of Pasig River)
67 Attaching the Toll Regulatory Board to the Office 1/26/1999
of the President.
70 Amending Executive Order No. 43 providing for 2/19/1999
the creation of a Preparatory Commission on
Constitutional Reforms.
76 Constituting the Tañon Strait Commission. 2/28/1999
77 Creating the Banaue Rice Terraces Task for 3/4/1999
the purpose of restoring, maintaining and
administering the Development of the Rice
Terraces.
80 Transferring the Cultural Center of the 3/5/1999
Philippines, Commission of Filipino Language,
National Museum, National Historical Institute,
National Library, and Records Management
and Archives Office to the National Commission
for Culture and the Arts for policy and program
coordination.
82 Institutionalizing the legacy of the EDSA people 2/22/1999
power revolution by creating an EDSA People
Power Commission to perpetuate and propagate
the spirit of EDSA.
1295
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
85 Granting the National Defense College of 3/13/1999
the Philippines (NDCP), authority to create,
establish, maintain, merge and abolish institutes
and centers of learning and special studies
devoted to National Security Administration
and to accept grants and endowments, to receive
in trust legacies, devices, donations in cash or
property and to administer and utilize the same
for the benefit of this institution and for other
purposes.
86 Providing for the creation of the National Food 3/13/1999
Security Council, Councils on Food Security for
the Province, Independent Component Cities
(ICCs) and Highly Urbanized Cities (HICs),
National Secretariat on Food Security and for
other purposes.
90 Creating the Department of Finance Contractual 4/6/1999
Savings Task Force.
91 Creating a Presidential Retirement Income 4/6/1999
Commission.
99 Establishing the Presidential Task Force on the 5/6/1999
20/20 Initiative.
100 Strengthening the operational administrative 5/7/1999
and information support system of the Philippine
Center on Transnational Crime.
101 Providing for the immediate organization and 5/7/1999
operationalization of the Interim Internal Affairs
Service (IAS) of the Philippine National Police.
103 Establishing the Office of the Presidential 5/25/1999
Adviser of Food Security under the Office of the
President.
105 Transferring the National Agriculture and Fishery 5/30/1999
Council from the Department of Agriculture to the
Office of the President.
1296
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
106 Amending Executive Order No. 103 dated May 5/31/1999
25, 1999, by transferring the management of
agriculture competitiveness enhancement fund
and National Nutrition Council (NNC) to the
Department of Agriculture.
111 Establishing the guidelines for ecotourism 6/17/1999
development in the Philippines
114 Further amending Executive Order No.175, dated 6/28/1999
30 April 1994 creating the Northwestern Luzon
Growth Quadrangle Commission, as amended
by EO 223 dated 7 February 1995, EO 229 dated
19 March 1995, EO 259 dated July 1995, EO 373
dated 10 October 1996, Executive Order No. 447,
dated October 2, 1997, to expand its coverage to
include the whole of the Cordillera Administrative
Region (CAR) and Region 2.
117 Reconstituting the Bipartisan Executive- 7/5/1999
Legislative Advisory Council on the Sabah
issue.
118 Providing for the creation of a National Committee 7/5/1999
on the Culture of Peace.
122 Creating the Philippine International Film and 7/19/1999
Television Office.
123 Repealing Executive Order No.103 and Executive 7/19/1999
Order No. 105. (Re: establishes the Office of the
Presidential Adviser on Food Security)
126 Further amending EO No.175, dated 30 April 7/22/1999
1994 as amended by EO 223, dated 7 February
1995, EO 229 dated 19 March 1995, EO 259
dated July 1995, EO 373 dated 10 October 1996,
Executive Order No. 447, dated October 2, 1997,
and Executive Order No. 144 dated June 28, 1999
which created the Northwestern Luzon Growth
1297
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
127 Constituting the council for Extension, Research 7/22/1999
and Development in Agriculture and Fisheries.
128 Establishing the Presidential Commission for the 7/23/1999
New Century and the Millennium and for other
purposes.
129 Creating an Inter-agency Coordinating Committee 7/24/1999
to prepare and coordinate implementation of Land
Administration and Management Program.
132 Strengthening the Cabinet Committee on 7/30/1999
Maritime and Ocean Affairs and its supporting
mechanisms, establishing its technical committee,
“Creating the Agno River Basic Development
Commission to oversee and coordinate all
developmental activities along the Agno River
Basin”.
142 Reviving the Municipal Telephone Project Office 8/13/1999
(MTO) and providing funds therefore from the
contingency fund of the Office of the President.
144 Establishing the coordinative and integration 8/31/1999
mechanism for the implementation of the Davao
Integrated Development Program.
146 Constituting the Greater Metropolitan Manila 8/26/1999
Solid Waste Management Committee.
147 Constituting the Presidential Conscience 8/27/1999
Committee to review cases of death convicts
scheduled for execution.
148 Establishing the SOCSARGEN Fishing Industry 9/1/1999
Steering Committee.
150 Abolishing the Presidential Anti-smuggling Task 9/3/1999
Force and the Task Force on Sugar Smuggling.
1298
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
155 Abolishing the Council for investments in trade, 10/5/1999
industry, tourism, agriculture, natural resources,
transportation, communications and services and
refocusing and strengthening the Investment
One-Stop-Action Center.
156 Creating a special task force to review, investigate 10/7/1999
and gather evidence necessary to successfully
prosecute irregularities committed at the Bureau
of Internal Revenue, Bureau of Customs and other
government offices or agencies under or attached
to the Department of Finance.
157 Revoking Executive Order No. 45, Series of 1998. 9/9/1999
(Re: Creating Presidential Anti-Smuggling Task
Force)
158 Amending Executive Order No. 80 dated March 10/11/1999
5, 1999 by reverting the Commission on Filipino
Language to the Administrative supervision of
160 Reorganizing and designating the members of the 10/13/1999
National Parks Development Committee created
under Executive Order No.30 dated January 14,
1963, as amended.
169 Creating a Special committee to take charge of 10/25/1999
planning and execution of activities for National
Day of Prayer and Fasting for national strength
and unity against all adversities.
174 Further amending Administrative Order No. 11/3/1999
266 dated 7 February 1992, as amended by
Administrative Order No. 138 dated 19 July 1995,
creating the One-Stop-Shop Inter-Agency Tax
Credit and duty draw-back center (Center).
177 Amending Executive Order No. 76, s. of 1999, to 11/11/1999
include a Mayor of Negros Occidental Municipality/
City along the Tañon Strait as Member of the
Tañon Strait Commission.
1299
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
178 Creating the National Police Task Force on 11/23/1999
professional squatters and squatting syndicates.
179 Creating a Presidential Housing Assistance 11/23/1999
One-Stop Center (Presidential Haos-Center) to
provide assistance to beneficiaries and developers
of socialized and lowcost housing projects.
180 Amending Executive Order No. 155 abolishing the 11/23/1999
council for investments in trade, industry, tourism,
agriculture, natural resources, transportation,
communications and services and refocusing and
strengthening the Investment One-Stop-Action
Center and creating the position of Investment
Ombudsman.
181 Establishing a Mactan-Cebu bridge Management 12/9/1999
Board.
185 Amending certain sections of Executive Order 12/14/1999
No. 128 dated July 23, 1999 establishing the
Presidential Commission for the New Century and
the Millennium and for other purposes.
188 Creating an Inter-Agency Committee composed 12/20/1999
of a Mother Committee, a Sub-Committee and a
Technical Working Group to prepare the bid and
tender documents and conduct an international
public bidding to select a pre-shipment inspection
and other related services contractor.
191 Deactivate of the Economic Intelligence and 1/7/2000
Investigation Bureau.
Commission from the Office of the President to
the Department of Finance.
193 Constituting the Economic Coordinating 1/6/2000
Council.
1300
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
196 Creating the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Task 1/12/2000
Force “Aduana” to investigate and prosecute
crimes involving large-scale smuggling and other
frauds upon customs, other economic crimes
and providing measure to expedite seizure
proceedings.
199 Creating a Presidential Commission to monitor 1/17/2000
compliance with the provisions of the “Agreement
between the government of the Republic of the
Philippines and the government of the United
States of America regarding the treatment
of United States Armed Forces visiting the
Philippines,” prescribing its authority and
functions.
202 Providing for the creation of a Philippine Task 1/18/2000
Force on Hazardous Wastes in former U.S.
Military installations.
203 Establishing an Inter-Agency Committee on the 1/20/2000
Shared Government Information System for
migration.
204 Establishing an Inter-Agency Steering Committee 1/20/2000
to assist local government units in the preparation
and completion of their Comprehensive Land Use
Plans.
205 Providing for the creation of a National 1/31/2000
Health Planning Committee (NHPC) and the
establishment of Inter-Local Health Zones
(ILHZs) throughout the country, and for other
purposes.
211 Transferring supervision of certain government 2/15/2000
financial institutions from the Office of the
President to the Department of Finance.
213 Constituting the National Enforcement Task 1/30/2000
Force of Coconut Tree Conservation.
1301
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
217 Amending Executive Order No. 193, dated 6 2/24/2000
January 2000 entitled “Constituting the Economic
Coordinating Council”
220 Creating an Executive Council to suppress 3/23/2000
trafficking in persons, particularly women and
children.
222 Transferring the National Computer Center from 3/24/2000
the Office of the President to the Department of
Science and Technology.
223 Supplementing EO No. 191 on the deactivation 3/29/2000
of the Economic Intelligence and Investigation
Bureau and for other matters.
224 Amending Executive Order No. 180 to rename 4/3/2000
the Quick Response One Stop Action Center for
Investments (QROSACI) and to delineate the
Office of the Investment Ombudsman as an office
attached to the Department of Trade and Industry
225 Renaming the Export Development Council as 4/3/2000
the Trade and Industry Development Council and
expanding its mandate to absorb the Domestic
Trade Development Council and the Industry
Development Council.
229 Amending Executive Order No. 490, s. of 1998, 4/7/2000
amended entitled “Establishing the principal office
in Manila of the Manila Economic and Cultural
Office and transferring the supervision over its
operations and activities to the Department of
Foreign Affairs.”
233 Transferring the attachment of the Livelihood 4/26/2000
Corporation (LIVECOR), the Human Settlements
Development Corporation (HSDC) and all their
subsidiaries to the Department of Agriculture.
235 Creating an Independent Committee to conduct 4/27/2000
a fact finding investigation of the crash of Air
Philippines Flight 541.
1302
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
236 Attaching the National Food Security Council 4/29/2000
and the National Secretariat on Food Security
to the Department of Agriculture, amending for
the purposes Executive Order No. 86, series of
1999.
241 Amending Executive order No. 364 creating the 5/12/2000
National Commission of Savings.
242 Harmonizing the intuitional framework in the 5/12/2000
administration of the International convention
on the standard of training, certification and
watchkeeping for seafarers (SCTW), 1987, as
amended.
243 Creating and reconstituting a Presidential Task 5/15/2000
Force on transportation strikes and/or mass
actions.
245 Amending Executive Order No. 7, s, 1998. (Re: 5/15/2000
creating the Presidential Assistant for Regional
Concern PARECO System)
252 Establishing the Inter-Agency Committee 5/5/2000
on Philippine Schools Overseas, defining its
composition, structure, and functions.
259 Activating the Central Management Information 6/29/2000
Office in the Department of Finance and
integrating the appropriate positions if the
Economic Intelligence and Investigation Bureau
in said office and the Bureau of Customs and for
other purposes.
261 Constituting the Mindanao Coordinating 7/5/2000
Council.
264 Establishing the Information Technology and 7/12/2000
Electronic Commerce Council (ITECC) from the
merger of the National Information Technology
Council (NITC) and the Electronic Commerce
Promotion Council (ECPC).
1303
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
267 Constituting the Presidential Executive Task 7/17/2000
Force for relief and rehabilitation of Central
Mindanao.
268 C r e a t i n g t h e N a t i o n a l A n t i - C o r r u p t i o n 7/18/2000
Commission and abolishing the Presidential
Commission against Graft and Corruption
created under Executive Order No 151, s. 1994,
as amended.
273 Institutionalizing the System of National 8/7/2000
Coordination Assessment, Planning and
Monitoring of the entire Educational System.
No. 395, dated January 24, 1997 which approved
and adopted the National Action Agenda for
Productivity and creating the Philippine Council
for Productivity.
275 Directing the Committee on Scientific and 8/30/2000
Technical Cooperation with Social countries to
delete the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from the
list of countries covered by Letter of Instruction
No. 444.
282 Deactivating the Presidential Anti-Smuggling 9/4/2000
Task Force “Aduana”.
No. 395, dated January 24, 1997 which approved
and adopted the National Action Agenda for
Productivity and creating the Philippine Council
for Productivity.
285 Amending the guidelines governing the entry and 9/4/2000
stay of foreign students in the Philippines and the
establishment of an Inter-Agency Committee on
foreign students for the purposes.
294 Creating the Office of the Presidential Adviser for 8/26/2000
Children’s Affairs.
1304
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
295 Amending EO No. 8 creating a Presidential Anti- 9/28/2000
Organized Crime Commission, to investigate and
prosecute criminal elements in the country.
299-A Creating a special committee to take charge of 10/12/2000
planning and execution of activities for National
Day of Prayer and Fasting for National Strength
and Unity against all adversities.
302 Providing the creation of the Inter-Agency 10/10/2000
Committee for the Development and Management
of Leyte Enhances Resource-Based Area (ERAP)
for productivity project.
311 Creating a committee to evaluate the present tax 11/3/2000
system, to study other methods of taxation and
to recommend revisions in the present system of
taxation.
315 Transferring the National Food Authority from 11/9/2000
Agriculture.
316 Transferring the attachment of the Guarantee 11/9/2000
Fund for Small and Medium Enterprise to the
Department of Agriculture.
320 Amending sec. 2 of Executive Order No. 60 dated 11/21/2000
February 26, 1993 creating the Inter-Agency
Committee on Intellectual Property Rights.
331 Creating an Inter-Agency Task Force to combat 12/29/2000
securities fraud.
332 Creating the Investment Express Lane Office 12/26/2000
under the Office of the President and transferring
the administrative supervision of Investment
Ombudsman to the Economic Coordinating
Council.
Anti-Hijacking and Anti-terrorism (NACAHT) as
the National Council for Civil Aviation Security
(NCCAS).
1305
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
338 Restructuring the Department of Agriculture, 1/10/2001
providing funds therefore, and for other
purposes
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED BY GLORIA MACAPAGAL

ARROYO ON GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION
(2001 – 2010)
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
1 Creating the Office of the Presidential Adviser 2/20/2001
for Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, delineating its
functions to ensure effective implementation of
the Indigenous People’s Rights Act of 1997
2 Creating an Interagency Committee for Relief, 2/27/2001
Rehabilitation and Development of areas affected
by armed conflict in Mindanao
6 Approving the transfer of resettlement functions 3/20/2001
and responsibilities over the Mt. Pinatubo lowland
communities from the Mt. Pinatubo Commission to
the Housing and Urban Development Coordination
Council (HUDCC)
8 Establishing the Office of the Presidential Adviser 3/26/2001
on Agricultural Modernization under the Office
of the President
10 Abolishing the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime 4/16/2001
Task Force (PAOCTF) and for other purposes
12 Creating the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission 4/16/2001
and providing for its powers, duties, and functions
14 Creation of the Cabinet Cluster for Socially 5/7/2001
equitable agricultural modernization
16 Constituting a Presidential Task Force to Mitigate 5/18/2001
the effects of the El Nino/La Nina Phenomenon
1306
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
20 Reaffirming mass housing as a centerpiece 5/28/2001
program in the poverty alleviation efforts of
the government and further strengthening the
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating
Council
23 Creating the National Anti-crime Commission 7/6/2001
and other purposes
25 Establishing the Governance Advisory Council 7/18/2001
26 Placing the Philippine Retirement Authority 8/31/2001
under the supervision and control of the Board
of Investment and for other purposes
29 Reconstituting the Southern Philippines Council 8/3/2001
for Peace and Development and the Consultative
Assembly established under Executive Order
No. 371 dated October 2, 1996 and for other
purposes
34 Reconstituting the National Security Council and 9/17/2001
for other purposes
37 Abolishing the Cabinet Committee on Maritime 9/24/2001
and Ocean Affairs (CABCOM-MOA)
38 Reorganizing and extending the life of the Special 10/6/2001
Task Force created under E.O. 156 dated October
7, 1999, entitled “Creating a Special Task Force
to review, investigate, and gather evidence
necessary to successfully prosecute irregularities
committed at the Bureau of Internal Revenue,
Bureau of Customs and other Government Offices
or Agencies under or attached to the Department
of Finance
39 Transferring the Intellectual Property Office from 10/8/2001
the Department of Trade and Industry to the
Office of the Executive Secretary
41 Transferring the National Food Authority and 10/15/2001
the Philippine Coconut Authority from the
Department of Agriculture to the Office of the
President
1307
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
42 Transferring the Philippine Crop Insurance 10/15/2001
Corporation from the Department of Finance
Regional Development and defining its functions,
powers and responsibilities
54 Directing the transfer of assets, records, funds, 11/7/2001
personnel, liabilities, and all Pinatubo related
functions, tasks, responsibilities to the Pinatubo
Project Management Office under the Housing
and Urban Development Coordination Council
(HUDCC).
57 Creating a Cabinet Committee on the Mutual 12/3/2001
Logistics Support Agreement (MLSA)
60 Rationalizing the offices of the government 12/11/2001
engaged in peace and development efforts in
Mindanao and for other purposes
62 Further strengthening the Philippine Council for 12/10/2001
Sustainable Development (PCSD)
67 Reorganizing the Presidential Commission on 1/22/2002
the Visiting Forces Agreement created under
Executive Order No. 199 dated January 17,
2000
69 Providing for the reorganization of the National 1/27/2002
Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA), thereby
amending for the purpose Executive Order No.
246
72 Rationalizing the agencies under or attached to 2/11/2002
74 Transferring the Philippine Crop Insurance 2/28/2002
Corporation from the Department of Finance to
the Department of Agriculture
75 Providing for the creation of a Board of Advisors 3/4/2002
for the Laguna Lake Development Authority
1308
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
76 Providing for the implementation of the Hybrid 3/4/2002
Rice Program, transferring the Philippine Rice
Research Institute from the Department of
Agriculture to the Office of the President and for
other purposes
for Special Concerns and defining its powers and
functions
for Strategic Projects and defining its powers
and functions
81 Transferring the National Food Authority and the 3/11/2002
Philippine Coconut Authority from the Office of
the President to the Department of Agriculture
82 Creating a Task Force for the expeditious 3/13/2002
implementation of the Land Administration and
Management Program
96 Creating the Atlas Commission and defining its 4/18/2002
powers and functions
102 Creating the Office for Official Development 5/6/2002
Assistance Absorption
106 Creating the North Triangle Development 5/27/2002
Committee
107 Reconstituting the Board of Directors of the 5/29/2002
Southern Philippines Development Authority and
for other purposes
112 Abolishing the National Anti-Crime Commission 7/16/2002
and its Anti-Kidnapping Task Force and for other
purposes
114 Restructuring of the Bureau of Internal Revenue 7/29/2002
towards a taxpayer-focused organization
1309
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
117 Reconstituting the Joint Enforcement and 8/20/2002
Monitoring Committee to implement the
Peace Agreement between the Government
of the Republic of the Philippines and the
Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa-
Pilipinas/Revolutionary Proletarian Army/Alex
Bonacayao Brigade, repealing Executive Order
No. 335 dated January 4, 2001 and for other
purposes
121 Reconstituting the Bipartisan Executive- 9/6/2002
Legislative Advisory Council on Sabah Issues
122 Constituting a coordinating committee for the 9/12/2002
conduct of the First Solo Philippine Trade Fair
in Shanghai, China
123 Reconstituting the National Water Resources 9/12/2002
Board
133 Transferring the Toll Regulatory Board from 10/10/2002
the Office of the President to the Department
of Transportation and Communications and
reorganizing the same
138 Reorganizing the Cabinet Oversight Committee on 10/21/2002
Internal Security, amending Executive Order No.
21 dated June 19, 2001 and for other purposes
141 Reconstituting the Central Bank Board of 10/24/2002
Liquidators
143 Further amending Section I of Executive Order 11/2/2002
No. 325, series of 1996, as amended by Executive
Order Nos. 384 (s. 1996) and 437 (s. 1997),
providing for the inclusion of the Regional
Directors of Commission on Higher Education
(CHED) and TESDA as members of the Regional
Development Council
1310
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
144 Reorganizing and converting the Coordinating 11/2/2002
Council for Private Sector Participation (CCPSP)
and its Technical Secretariat to Build-Operate
and Transfer (BOT) Center transferring its
attachment from the Office of the President to
the Department of Trade and Industry and for
other purposes
145 Pursuing the rationalization of the organization 11/2/2002
and supervision of agencies under/attached to the
Office of the President
146 Amending Executive Order No. 62, transferring 10/22/2002
the general supervision and control of the
Philippine Center on Transnational Crime to the
Office of the National Security Adviser
147 Creating the North Luzon Development Plan 11/9/2002
Management Office
148 Attaching the Philippine National Construction 11/18/2002
Corporation to the Department of Public Works
and Highways
October 2002 which reorganized the Cabinet
Oversight Committee on Internal Security
158 Reactivating and reorganizing the National 12/17/2002
Economic and Development Authority Board
Executive Committee
159 Creating the Presidential Middle East Preparedness 12/23/2002
Committee and for other purposes
160 Creating the Post Entry Audit Group in the 1/6/2003
Bureau of Customs
168 Reconstituting and revitalizing the Council of 1/16/2003
State
169 Assigning the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities 1/16/2003
Management Corporation as an attached agency
of the Department of Energy
1311
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
174 Creating the National Council on Food Security 1/30/2003
and Job Creation
177 Transferring the Philippine National Stud 2/17/2003
Book of the then National Stud Farm, from the
Department of Agriculture to the Office of the
President and re-assigning it to the Philippine
Racing Commission
188 Transferring the Commission on Population from 3/24/2003
the National Economic Development Authority
to the Office of the President and then placing
it under the control and supervision of the
Department of Health
189 Transferring the National Book Development 3/31/2003
Board from the Office of the President to the
Department of Education
190 Abolishing the Golf Course Construction and 3/31/2003
Development Committee and transferring its
powers and functions to the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources
194 Creating a Public-Private Sector Task Force to 4/14/2003
coordinate Philippine Participation in the post-
war reconstruction of Iraq
195 Providing for creation of an Inter-agency Task 4/14/2003
Force for Coordination of Philippine Humanitarian
Assistance to Iraq
198 Creating the Military Service Board, providing 4/21/2003
funds therefor and for other purposes
199 Transferring the Public Estate Authority from 4/21/2003
Public Works and Highways
219 Directing the transfer of the Philippine Rice 6/18/2003
Research Institute from the Office of the President
to the Department of Agriculture, amending
for the purpose, Executive Order No. 1016, as
amended by Executive Order No. 60, s. 1996 and
Executive Order No. 76 s. 2002
1312
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
222 Transferring the Presidential Center from the 6/30/2003
Office of the President to the National Anti-
Poverty Commission
222-A Revoking Executive Order No. 222 dated June 3/31/2004
30, 2003 entitled : “Transferring the Presidential
Center from the Office of the President to the
National Anti-Poverty Commission”
228 Creating the Presidential Emergency Employment 7/14/2003
Office, defining its powers and functions, and for
other purposes
234 Creating the Office of the Presidential Adviser on 8/29/2003
Overseas Filipino Communities and defining its
powers and functions
239 Rationalizing the Office of North Luzon Growth 9/24/2003
Quadrangle area and defining its powers,
functions and responsibilities
240 Creating and mandating the Office of the department 9/24/2003
of National Defense (DND) Undersecretary for
Internal Control to institutionalize reforms in the
Procurement and Funds Disbursement Systems
in the Department of National Defense (DND) and
the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)
248 Creating the Office of the Anti-Kidnapping 10/26/2003
Presidential Adviser
255 Creating the Office of a Presidential Adviser 12/5/2003
under the Office of the President to implement the
recommendations of the Feliciano Commission
257 Creating a Regional Development Committee 12/15/2003
(RDC) under the NEDA Board
258 Reconstituting the National Task Force 12/13/2003
Diwalwal
259 Creating the Department of Finance Revenue 12/17/2003
Integrity Protection Service, and for other
purposes
1313
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
269 Creating the Commission on Information and 1/12/2004
Communications Technology
December 11, 2002 to revise the composition of
the elements of the Anti-Smuggling Intelligence
and Investigation Center (ASIIC)
277 Approving and adopting the National Civil 1/30/2004
Aviation Security Programme, creating the office
for transportation security in the Department
of Transportation and Communications, and
reconstituting the National Council for Civil
Aviation Security as the National Civil Aviation
Security Committee
279 Instituting reforms in the financing policies 2/2/2004
for the water supply and sewerage sector and
water service providers and providing for
the rationalization of LWUA’s organizational
structure and operations in support thereof
279-A Amending Executive Order No. 279 [Re: 8/1/2008
Transferring the Local Water Utilities
Administration to the Department of Health]
283 Creating a Madrasah Development Coordinating 2/18/2004
Committee
285 Directing the rationalization of the operations 2/23/2004
of the Garments and Textiles Export Board
(GTEB)
October 2003 creating the Office of the Anti-
Kidnapping Presidential Adviser
for Constitutional Reform and defining its powers
and functions
297 Creating the Office of the Anti-Smuggling 3/10/2004
Presidential Adviser
1314
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
314 Creating the Presidential Commission on Values 4/30/2004
Formation (PCVF)
317 Amending Executive Order No. 314 [entitled 6/8/2004
creating the Presidential Commission on Values
Formation]
319 Amending Executive Order 202 s. 2000 entitled 6/22/2004
“Providing for the creation of a Philippine Task
Force on Hazardous Waste”
323 Reorganizing the Board of Directors of the Land 7/5/2004
Bank of the Philippines
325 Creating the Presidential Anti-Illegal recruitment 7/9/2004
Task Force
326 Reorganizing the Board of Directors of the 7/9/2004
Philippine International Trading Corporation
327 Amending Executive Order No. 12 dated 16 April 7/9/2004
2001 entitled “Creating the Presidential Anti-
Graft Commission and providing for powers,
duties, and functions and for other purposes
329 Transferring the Public Estates Authority 7/19/2004
(PEA) from the Department of Public Works and
Highways to the Department of Finance
330 Transferring the Philippine Amusement and 7/16/2004
Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) from the Office
of the President to the Department of Finance
330-A Amending Executive Order No. 330 by transferring 3/6/2006
the attachment of the Philippine Amusement and
Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) from the Office of
the President to the Department of Finance
331 Placing the Philippine National Construction 7/16/2004
Corporation (PNCC) under the Department of
Trade and Industry
332 Transferring the Cooperative Development 7/16/2004
Authority (CDA) from the office of the President
to the Department of Finance
1315
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
Jobs Generation, defining its mandate, powers
and functions, and for other purposes
334 Abolishing the Information Technology and 7/20/2004
Electronic Commerce Council and transferring
its budget, assets, personnel, programs and
projects to the Commission on Information and
Communications Technology
335 Creating the Office of the Cabinet Officer for 7/19/2004
Provincial Events
339 Mandating the rationalization of the operations 7/29/2004
and organization of the Sugar Regulatory
Administration
340 Reorganizing the Board of Directors of the 8/4/2004
Subic Metropolitan Authority (SMBA) and
defining the powers, functions and duties of the
Chairman of the Board of Directors and the SBMA
Administrator
341 Reorganizing the Manila International Airport 8/4/2004
Authority (MIAA), modifying its powers and
functions, and authorizing and directing the
MIAA to exercise administrative supervision
and control over all international airports in the
Philippines
343 Transferring the Commission on Filipinos 8/5/2004
Overseas from the Department of Foreign Affairs
to the Office of the President
344 Creating the Office of the Political Adviser in the 8/9/2004
Office of the President, defining its mandate and
responsibilities, and creating the Office of Political
Coalition Affairs and the Office for Constituency
Affairs
345 Transferring the Philippine International Trading 8/9/2004
Corporation from the Department of Trade and
Industry to the Office of the President
1316
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
346 Transferring the Intellectual Property Office 8/9/2004
(IPO) from the Office of the Executive Secretary
to the Department of Trade and Industry
347 Amending Executive Order No. 314 [Re: 8/11/2004
Transforming the Presidential Commission on
Values Formation into an Ad Hoc Council on
Values Formation (AHCVF)]
348 Creating the Office of the Communications 8/11/2004
Director to direct the operations of Offices in
the Public Sector Mass Media and the Public
Information System of the Government
350 Transferring the Board of Liquidators (BOL) from 7/30/2004
Finance
New Government Centers, defining its mandate,
353 Reorganizing the National Anti-Poverty 8/24/2004
Commission by increasing the composition
thereof, and for other purposes
354 Abolishing the Office of the Presidential Adviser 8/30/2004
for Regional Development, transferring its
functions, personnel, budget, and assets to the
Office for Constituency Affairs in the Office of
the President
355 Abolishing the Presidential Committee on effective 9/8/2004
Governance and transferring its functions to the
Department of Budget and Management
357 Pursuing the rationalization of the organization 9/14/2004
and supervision of agencies under / attached to
359 Creating the Bicol River Basin Project Management 9/17/2004
Office and defining its scope of authority
364 Transforming the Department of Agrarian Reform 9/27/2004
into the Department of Land Reform
1317
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
368 Abolishing the Madrassah Development 10/5/2004
Coordinating Committee and transferring its
functions to the Department of Education
372 Creating a Public-Private Sector Task Force 10/18/2004
for the Development of Globally Competitive
Philippine Service Industries
373 Reorganizing the composition of the Commission 10/18/2004
on Filipino Overseas under the Office of the
President
379 Amending Executive Order No. 364 entitled, 10/26/2004
“Transforming the Department of Agrarian
Reform into the Department of Land Reform”
380 Transforming the Public Estates Authority into the 10/26/2004
Philippine Reclamation Authority, transferring
its non-reclamation assets and liabilities to the
Department of Finance, and separating therefrom
the PEA-Tollway Corporation for purposes of
management
380-A Clarifying certain provisions of Executive 4/3/3006
Order NO. 380 dated October 26, 2004 [Re:
Renaming Public Estate Authority into Philippine
Reclamation Authority]
380-B Amending Section 2 of Executive Order No. 380-A 12/15/2006
dated April 3, 2006 [Re: Public Estates Authority
Tollway Corporation]
381 Placing the Bataan Technology Park under 10/26/2004
the jurisdiction of the Subic Bay Metropolitan
Authority
383 Placing the Philippine Charity Sweepstake 11/18/2004
Office under the supervision and control of the
Department of Social Welfare and Development
385 Creating the Task Force on Anti-Smuggling 11/16/2004
386 Reviving the authority of the National Food 11/18/2004
Authority to intervene in the stabilization of the
price of sugar
1318
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
387 T r a n s f e r r i n g t h e L o c a l W a t e r U t i l i t i e s 11/18/2004
Administration from the Office of the President
to the Department of Public Works and Highways
(DPWH) and strengthening the supervision
by the DPWH Secretary over the Metropolitan
Waterworks and Sewerage System
393 Abolishing the Anti-Smuggling Intelligence and 12/28/2004
Investigation Center
402 Abolishing the Special Committee on Scholarship 1/24/2005
and transferring its scholarship functions to the
Department of Education for Basic Education, to
the Commission on Higher Education for degree
courses, and to the Technical Education for
Skills and Development Authority for non-decree
courses
404 Creating the Government of the Republic of the 1/24/2005
Philippines Monitoring Committee (GRP-MC) on
Human Rights and International Humanitarian
Law
406 Creating a Special Task Force to address 2/8/2005
the human trafficking problems specially
those involving Filipino entertainers in Japan
and vesting such powers and responsibilities
appurtenant thereto
408 Abolishing the Office of the Presidential Adviser 3/3/2005
for Jobs Generation and transferring the oversight
functions to the Presidential Management Staff
409 Reorganizing the Governing Board of the Natural 3/7/2005
Resources Development Corporation
415 Providing for the abolition of the National 3/22/2005
Amnesty Commission
426 Transferring the supervision of the Manila 5/16/2005
Economic and Cultural Office in the Field of
Trade, Investment and other Economic Matters
from the Office of the President to the Department
of Trade and Industry
1319
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
433 Amending executive Order No. 81 dated March 5/31/2005
5, 1999 and transferring the management of the
Palarong Pambansa from the Philippine Sports
Commission to the Department of Education
436 Transferring the management, administration 6/12/2005
and maintenance of the Hundred Islands National
Park (HINP) from the Philippine Tourism
Authority to the City Government of Alaminos,
Pangasinan
439 Abolishing the National Council on Food Security 6/27/2005
and Job Creation
453 Creating a Consultative Commission to propose the 8/19/2005
revision of the 1987 Constitution in consultation
with various sectors of society
August 2005 to increase the number of the
members to be invited to the Consultative
Commission to propose the revision of the 1987
Constitution
454 T r a n s f e r r i n g b a c k t h e N a t i o n a l 8/16/2005
Telecommunications Commission (NTC) under
the supervision and control of the Department of
Transportation and Communications (DOTC)
455 Transferring the supervision and control of 8/22/2005
the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes from the
to the Department of Health, and for other
purposes
456 Renaming the Department of Land Reform back 8/23/2005
to Department of Agrarian Reform
463 Creating a National Anti-Crime Task Force 9/23/2005
under the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime
Commission (PAOCC), amending Section 2 of
Executive Order No. 295 (s. 2000) and for other
purposes
1320
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
466 Transferring the administration of the Economic 10/5/2005
Support Fund from the Department of Finance to
the Office of External Affairs
469 Creating the Minerals Development Council, 10/11/2005
defining its powers and functions
October 2005 entitled “Creating the Minerals
Development Council, defining its powers and
functions,” to include the representation and
participation of the local government units through
the league of Municipalities of the Philippines,
League of Provinces of the Philippines, League
of Cities of the Philippines and Liga ng mga
Barangay sa Pilipinas
470 Enhancing and amending Executive Order No. 11/15/2005
485, s. 1998 entitled “Establishing the Youth
entrepreneurship Program and creating the
National Cooperators Council, providing for its
functions and for other purposes
471 Directing the merger of the Board of Liquidators 11/17/2005
(BOL) and the Privatization Management Office
(PMO)
472 Transferring the National Nutrition Council from 11/30/2005
the Department of Agriculture to the Department
of Health
474 Creation of the Philippine strategic Oil, Gas, 11/30/2005
Energy Resources and Power Infrastructure
Office (PSOGERPIO) and defining the functions
thereof
Job Creation, defining its mandate, powers and
functions, and for other purposes
478 Placing the Bases Conversion and Development 12/19/2005
Authority, its subsidiaries and attached agencies,
under the policy supervision of the Department
of Trade and Industry
1321
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
(S. 2000) creating a Presidential Anti-Organized
Crime Commission and for other purposes
482 Creating the National Single Window Task Force 12/27/2005
for Cargo Clearance
493 Providing for the creation of the Inter-Agency 1/17/2006
Legal Action Group (IALAG) for the coordination
of national security cases
495 Creating a Charter Change Advocacy Commission 1/23/2006
and defining its powers and functions
496 Placing the Mindanao Economic Development 1/23/2006
Council. ARMM Social Fund for Peace and
Development Fund and Office of Muslim Affairs
under the Oversight of the Office of the Presidential
Adviser on the Peace Process
498 Creating the Office if the Senior Presidential 1/26/2006
Adviser on Electoral Reforms
504 Creating a Subic-Clark Area Development 2/1/2006
Council, repealing Executive Order NO. 365 (s.
2004) and Executive Order No. 478 (s. 2005), and
for other purposes
505 Reorganizing the Office of External Affairs 2/7/2006
508 Abolishing the Office of the Cabinet Officer for 3/1/2006
the Presidential Engagement
509 Reorganizing the Task Force on Anti-Smuggling 3/15/2006
510 Creating the River Basing Control Office 3/5/2006
515 Creating the National Anti-Environment Crime 3/15/2006
Task Force to investigate and prosecute violations
against environmental laws
516 Returning the Bases Conversion Development 3/24/2006
Authority to the Office of the President
January 2006 [Re: Placing the Office on Muslim
Affairs under the oversight of the office of the
President]
1322
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
520 Transferring the supervision and control of the 3/27/2006
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office from
the Department of Health to the Office of the
President
521 Abolishing the National Health Planning 3/22/2006
Committee
522 Abolishing the National Anti-Crime Task Force 3/31/2006
for other purposes
525 Creating a Special Task Force to investigate 4/10/2006
irregularities committed in relation to the
payment of taxes in transfers of titles of real
properties, and for other purposes
536 Creating the Cebu Railway Project Office 5/25/2006
and the Mindanao Railway Project Office
in the Department of Transportation and
Communications and for other purposes
548 Creating a Task Force against illegal recruitment 8/1/2006
under the Commission on Filipino Overseas
548-A Amending Executive Order NO. 548 and involving 2/9/2007
the Commission on Filipinos Overseas in the
campaign against human trafficking
550 Creating a Presidential Task Force to address 7/31/2006
concerns arising from the conduct of the National
Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) for
Nurses in the Philippines
551 Creating a Task Force on the Repatriation 7/26/2006
of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from
Lebanon
552 Transfer of the administration and responsibilities 8/1/2006
over the Mt. Pinatubo Lowland Communities
from the Housing and Urban Development
Coordinating Council (HUDCC) to the National
Housing Authority (NHA)
557 Establishing an Anti-Red Tape Task Force 8/8/2006
1323
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
559 Creating the Metro Iloilo-Guimaras Economic 8/28/2006
Development Council (MIGEDC)
560 R e a c t i v a t i n g t h e S o u t h e r n P h i l i p p i n e s 8/29/2006
Development Authority
565 Attaching the Professional Regulation Commission 9/11/2006
to the Department of Labor and Employment for
general direction and coordination
565-A Amending Executive Order No.565, series of 10/9/2006
2006, by defining the administrative relationship
between the Department of Labor and Employment
and the Professional Regulation Commission
(PRC) and delegating the Presidential power of
control over the PRC to the Secretary of Labor
and Employment
571 Creating the Public-Private Sector Task Force on 10/5/2006
Philippine Competitiveness
573 Directing the Department of Justice to create an 10/25/2006
Anti-Fraud Task Force in order to strengthen
the drive against credit card frauds and other
fraudulent practices
576 Abolishing the Government Mass Media Group 11/7/2006
577 Placing the Urban Asset Reform Project 11/17/2006
Management Office under the Housing and
Urban Development Coordinating Council, and
for other purposes
586 Transferring the Philippine Reclamation Authority 12/8/2006
(PRA) from the Department of Finance to the
Department of Public Works and Highways
590 Deactivating the Armed Forces of the Philippines 12/15/2006
Retirement and Separation Benefits System by 31
December 2006, directing the transfer of its assets
in trust to a government financial institution, and
for other purposes
1324
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
596 D i r e c t i n g a n d i n c l u d i n g “ g o v e r n m e n t 12/29/2006
instrumentality vested with corporate powers”
or “government corporate entities” under the
jurisdiction of the Office of the Government
Corporate Counsel (OGCC) as principal law office
of Government-Owned or Controlled Corporation
(GOCCs) and for other purposes
602 Creating and establishing the Lanao Advisory 2/9/2007
Council for other purposes
603 Transferring the Telecommunications Office 2/13/2007
(TELOF) and all other operating units directly
supporting communications from the Commission
on Information and Communications Technology
(CICT) to the direct supervision and control
of the Department of Transportation and
Communications (DOTC)
604 Creating The Presidential Coordinating Council 2/16/2007
On Research And Development
607 Creating an inter-agency Task Force for the 3/5/2007
Millennium Challenge Account
607-A Amending E.O. 607 [Re: Transfer of Task 5/25/2009
Force Millennium Challenge Account from
the Department of Finance to the Office of the
President]
612 Reorganizing the Department of Foreign Affairs- 3/27/2007
Maritime and Ocean Affairs Center into the
Commission on Maritime and Ocean Affairs under
614 Transferring the administrative supervision of the 3/29/2007
office of the President over the Technology and
Livelihood Center (TLRC), hereafter to be known
as the Technology Resource Center (TRC), to the
Department of Science and Technology
616 Creation of the Anti-Hunger Task Force 4/3/2007
1325
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
621 Placing the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes 5/8/2007
Office under the supervision and control of the
Department of Health
623 Affirming the continuing regulatory and 5/9/2007
supervisory authority of the National Electrification
Administration, under Republic Act No. 9136 and
Presidential Decree No. 269 (as amended by
Presidential Decree No. 1645), over all electric
cooperatives, registered or not registered with
the Cooperative Development Authority or the
Securities and Exchange Commission
624 Creating the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group 5/21/2007
to apprehend seize, investigate and prosecute
acts involving smuggling, unlawful importation
and other similar violations, and providing
measures to curtail smuggling and expedite
seizure proceedings
625 Amending BIR Executive Order NO. 175 4/4/2007
of President Joseph Estrada and for other
purposes
626 Strengthening the government’s interfaith 6/4/2007
program through the creation of a national
committee
628 Creating a Committee on Harmonization of 6/20/2007
Vehicle Standards and Regulations (CHVSR)
630 Transferring the Council for the Welfare of 6/28/2007
Children from the office of the President to the
631 Amending Executive Order No. 339, which 7/9/2007
mandated the rationalization of the operations
and organization of the Sugar Regulatory
Administration (SRA), by declaring that the
SRA is a government-owned and controlled
corporation
1326
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
634 Creating the Bicol calamity assistance and 7/3/2007
rehabilitation effort committee
636 Transferring the Philippine Mining Development 7/18/2007
Corporation from the Department of Environment
and Natural Resources to the office of the
President
643 Placing the Presidential Commission on Good 7/27/2007
Governance (PCGG) under the supervision of the
Department of Justice
644 Transferring the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) 7/30/2007
from the Department of Transportation and
Communication to the Department of Public
Works and Highways
648 Attaching the National Telecommunications 8/6/2007
from the Department of Transportation and
Communications (DOTC) to the Commission on
Information and Communications Technology
(CICT)
649 Transferring the Philippine International Trading 8/8/2007
Corporation from the office of the president to
the Department of Trade and Industry, and
designating the secretary of health as ex-officio
chairman of the board thereof
649-A Amending Executive Order No. 649 (s.2007) by 4/10/2008
designating the secretary of Trade and Industry
as ex-officio chairman of the Board, PITC and the
secretary of Health as ex-officio chairman of the
PITC-Pharma, Inc. among other purposes
652 Creating the presidential task force to assess, plan 8/21/2007
and monitor the entire educational system
652-A Amending Executive Or4der No. 652 (series 9/25/2007
of 2007) by including the chairman of the
Professional Regulation Commission as a member
of the Presidential Task Force to Assess, Plan and
Monitor the Entire Educational System
1327
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
652-B Amending further Executive Order NO. 652 1/18/2008
(series of 2007) by including the chairman of
the Coordinating Council of Private Educational
Associations (COCOPEA) as representative from
the private sector to the presidential task force to
assess, plan and monitor the entire educational
system
653 Amending Executive Order Nos. 380 and 380-A, 8/9/2007
series of 2004 and 2006 respectively
655 Creating the presidential task force on the 8/22/2007
security of energy facilities and enforcement of
energy laws and standards
656 Creating an International Media Office 8/24/2007
657 Amending section 1 of Executive Order NO. 480 8/28/2007
dated 27 December 2005
674 Creating the Philippine Film Export Services 10/30/2007
Office
674-A Amending Executive Order No. 674 creating the 6/15/2009
Philippine Film Export Services Offices
676 Transferring the National Council for the 10/25/2007
Welfare of Disabled Persons (NCWDP) from the
(DSWD) to the office of the president
681 Merging the Livelihood Corporation (LIVECOR) 11/22/2007
and the National Livelihood Support Fund
(NLSF)
686 Transferring back the Toll Regulatory Board from 12/19/2007
the Department of Public Works and Highways
to the Department of Transportation and
Communications and clarifying its mandate
687 Placing Task Force Subic under the Presidential 12/28/2007
Anti-Smuggling Group
1328
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
689 Transferring the Philippine Mining Development 12/27/2007
Corporation from the office of the president to
the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources
690 Transferring the Land Registration Authority 12/28/2007
(LRA) from the Department of Justice to the
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources
697 Placing the Office on the Muslim Affairs under the 1/18/2008
oversight of the Office of the Presidential Adviser
on the Peace Process and repealing Executive
Order No. 517 dated March 20, 2006
699 Amending the composition of the Presidential 1/18/2008
Anti-Graft Commission created under Executive
Order No. 12, series of 2001, as amended
709 Redefining the functions and organizational 2/26/2008
structure of the National Council for the Welfare
of Disabled Persons which is renamed as the
National Council on Disability Affairs and
attached to the Office if the President, and
amending for the purpose Executive Order No.
676 (2007) and Executive Order No. 232 (1987)
726 Transferring the National Commission on 5/23/2008
Indigenous Peoples from the Department
of Agrarian Reform to the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources
731 Activating and reorganizing the Energy Operations 6/7/2008
Board into the Energy Contingency Task Force
under the National Food and Energy Council
732 Creating the Presidential Task Force on the 6/9/2008
NInoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA)
International Passenger Terminal II, amending
Executive Order Nos. 778 and 341 and for other
purposes
1329
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
733 Reorganizing the Subic-Clark Alliance for 6/16/2008
Development Council (SCAD)
734 Transferring the Palawan Council for Sustainable 6/18/2008
Development (PCSD) from the Office of the
President to the Department of Environment and
Natural Resources
735 Placing the Philippine Center on Transnational 6/20/2008
Crime, created under Executive Order No. 62
dated January 15, 1999, under the Department
of the Interior and Local Government
Administration from the Department of Public
Works and Highways to the Department of
Health
739 Reorganizing the Peace and Order Council 8/19/2008
743 Creating a Task Force on Cotabato Flood 7/24/2008
Control
745 Amending Executive Order NO. 469-A dated 11 7/30/2008
October 2005 entitled “Creating the Minerals
Development Council, defining its powers and
functions,” to include the representation and
participation of the local government units through
the league of Municipalities of the Philippines,
League of Provinces of the Philippines, League
of Cities of the Philippines and Liga ng mga
Barangay sa Pilipinas
746 Temporarily transferring the National Commission 8/1/2008
on Indigenous Peoples from the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources to the Office
of the President of the Philippines
747 Creating the Cagayan River Basin Project 8/1/2008
Management Office and defining it’s scope of
authority
750 Creating the Sorsogon Bay Rehabilitation and 9/8/2008
Development Council
1330
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
753 Creating a Presidential Task Force for the 9/29/2008
Mindanao River Basin Rehabilitation and
Development
753-A Amending Executive Order No. 753, series of 1/5/2009
2008, which created the Presidential Task Force
on Mindanao River Basin Rehabilitation and
Development
757 Placing the Mindanao Economic Development 10/13/2008
Council (MEDCo) under the oversight of the
National Economic Development Authority
(NEDA)
759 Creating a task force against illegal recruitment 10/23/2008
760 Transferring The Council For The Welfare Of 10/23/2008
Children/ National Early Childhood Care And
Development Coordinating Council From The
Department Of Social Welfare And Development
to the Office Of The President
763 Placing the Office on Muslim Affairs under the 10/31/2008
oversight of the Office of the President
773 Further reorganizing the Peace and Order 1/5/2009
Council
774 Reorganizing the Presidential Task Force on 12/26/2008
climate change
777 Creating a National Preparatory Committee for 1/19/2009
the amendment of Republic Act No. 9054
778 Transforming the Council for the Welfare of 4/10/2009
Children into the Early Childhood Care and
Development Council
780 Transferring The Direct Supervision And 1/29/2009
Control Of The Telecommunications Office
(Telof) From The Department Of Transportation
And Communications To The Commission On
Information And Communications Technology
(CICT)
1331
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
791 Creating The Position Of A Representative Of 4/10/2009
The Office Of The President In The Bureau Of
Food And Drugs Secretariat To The Inter-Agency
Committee Created Under Executive Order No.
51, Series Of 1986
794 Creating a Presidential Task Force on emergency 4/10/2009
employment
795 An order attaching the National Youth Commission 5/7/2009
from the Office of the President to the Department
of Social Welfare and Development
798 Transferring the Philippine Reclamation 5/14/2009
Authority from the Department of Public Works
and Highways to the Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
800 An Order Transferring The Administrative 5/14/2009
Supervision Of The Securities And Exchange
Commission From The Department Of Finance
To The Department Of Trade And Industry
802 Strengthening and recognizing the Philippine 5/18/2009
Accreditation Office attached to the Department of
Trade and Industry as the National Accreditation
Body
803 Creating and directing the Metro Manila Inter- 5/21/2009
Agency Committee on informal settlers to plan,
coordinate and implement, in coordination with
concerned government agencies, a comprehensive
shelter program for informal settlers affected
by government priority infrastructure projects
and those living in danger areas within Metro
Manila
805 Creating two separate offices, the Intelligence 5/25/2009
Group and the Enforcement Group, from the
Intelligence Group in the Bureau of Customs
808 Revoking Executive Order No. 493 (S. 2006) 5/15/2009
Creating Inter-Agency Legal Action Group
1332
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
825 Creating the local anti-hunger task force 7/29/2009
827 Creating the Office of the senior deputy 8/14/2009
commissioner in the Bureau of Internal
Revenue
829 Forming a Task Force on the Manila Bay
Cleanup
832 Creating A Special National Public-Private 10/12/2009
Reconstruction Commission To Undertake A
Study Of The Causes, Costs And Actions To Be
Taken In The Wake Of Typhoons Ondoy, Pepeng
And Frank, And To Seek Fresh Aid To Fund
Reconstruction
833 Creating The Property Valuation Office (PVO) 10/13/2009
For Purposes Of Sustaining And Instituting Real
Property Valuation Reforms
836 Transforming The Risk Management Group Of 10/20/2009
The Bureau Of Customs Into Risk Management
Office
837 An order placing the Film Development Council 10/20/2009
Of The Philippines under the oversight of the
Department Of Education
838 Creating a special National Public Reconstruction 10/22/2009
Commission to undertake a study of the causes,
costs and actions to be taken in the wake of
typhoons Ondoy, Pepeng and Frank, to seek
fresh aids to fund reconstruction and to enter
into a partnership with the private sector for the
foregoing purposes
844 Placing the Council of Interfaith Initiative under 11/6/2009
the National Security Council
847 Creating the Church-Police-Military-Liaison 11/23/2009
Committee to formulate and implement a
comprehensive program to establish strong
partnership between the state and the church on
matters concerning peace and order and human
rights
1333
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
854 Revoking Proclamation No. 704, s. 1995 and 12/4/2009
Proclamation No. 1160, s. 2006, and establishing
a task force to formulate and implement a
comprehensive rehabilitation plan for the
Napindan Channel, Lupang Arenda and
Manggahan Floodway
859 Amending Executive Order (EO) no. 232 dated 2/8/2010
19 august 2003 and making the North Luzon
Railways Corporation (NORTHRAIL) an agency
attached to the Department Of Transportation
And Communications (DOTC)
860 Redefining the composition and powers of the 2/8/2010
National Water Resources Board
series of 2004 creating the Office Of Political
Coalition Affairs
865 Creation of a National Steering Committee 3/1/2010
On Women, Peace And Security (NSCWPS) to
implement UN Security Council Resolutions 1325
and 1820 and providing funds thereof
866 Placing the Presidential Legislative Liaison 3/9/2010
Office under the supervision of the Office Of The
Presidential Adviser For Special Concerns
869 Placing the National Printing Office and Asian 3/12/2010
Productivity Organization (APO) Production Unit
under the Philippine Information Agency
2005, by converting the UNESCO Lifelong Center
for Sustainable Development (UCLLSD) into the
Southeast Asian Center for Lifelong Sustainable
Development
876 Amending Executive Order NO. 733, s. 2008 [Re: 3/10/2010
Reorganization of the Subic-Clark Alliance for
Development Council]
1334
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
879 Creating the Philippine Bamboo Industry 5/14/2010
Development Council (PBIDC) to promote the
Bamboo Industry Development Project and
directing the use of bamboo for at least twenty
five (25%) percent of the desk and other furniture
requirements of public elementary and secondary
schools and prioritizing the use of bamboo
in furniture, fixtures and other construction
requirements of government facilities and
allocating funds therefore and other purposes.
887 Creating the Laguna Lake Rehabilitation Project 6/7/2010
Management Office under the River Basin Control
Office of the Department Of Environment And
Natural Resources and defining its scope and
responsibilities
907 Directing the reorganization of the Philippine 6/16/2010
Tourism Authority as the Tourism infrastructure
and enterprise zone authority and providing
incentives for its employees who may be affected
by the reorganization
908 Directing the reorganization of the Philippine 7/16/2010
convention and visitors Corporation to the
Philippine tourism promotions board and
providing incentives for its employees who may
be affected by the reorganization
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED BY BENIGNO AQUINO III ON

(2010 – 2011)
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
1 Creating The Philippine Truth Commission Of 7/30/2010
2010
1335
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
4 Reorganizing and renaming the office of the press 7/30/2010
secretary as the Presidential Communications
Operations Office; creating the Presidential
Communications Development and strategic
planning office; and for other purposes.
8 Reorganizing and renaming the Build-Operate 9/9/2010
And Transfer (BOT) center to the public-private
partnership (PPP) center of the Philippines and
transferring its attachment from the Department
Of Trade And Industry to the National Economic
And Development Authority and for other
purposes
reorganizing the Presidential Commission On
The Visiting Forces Agreement created under
Executive Order No. 199, dated January 17,
2000
11 Transferring the National Commission On 11/8/2010
Indigenous Peoples from the Department Of
Environment And Natural Resources to the office
of the president of the Philippines
13 Abolishing the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission 11/15/2010
and transferring its investigative, adjudicatory
and recommendatory functions to the office of the
Deputy Executive Secretary For Legal Affairs,
Office Of The President
14 Transferring the control and supervision of the 11/19/2010
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office from the
Department Of Health (DOH) to the office of the
president (OP)
18 Rationalizing the organization and supervision 12/9/2010
of certain agencies, offices and other similar
entities attached to or under the office of the
president (OP)
28 Reorganizing the Philippine Air Negotiating Panel 3/14/2011
and the Philippine Air Consultation Panel
1336
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
30 Transferring the Land Registration Authority 3/14/2011
(LRA) from the Department Of Environment And
Natural Resources (DENR) to the Department Of
Justice (DOJ), repealing for the purpose Executive
Order No. 690, series of 2007
33 Transferring the National Council On Disability 4/5/2011
Affairs (NCDA) from the office of the president
(OP) to the Department Of Social Welfare And
Development (DSWD)
34 Creating the Overseas Preparedness And 4/6/2011
Response Team and replacing the Presidential
Middle East Preparedness Committee
35 Transferring the control and supervision of the 4/11/2011
Philippine Center On Transnational Crime
from the Department Of The Interior And Local
Government to the office of the president
37 Returning the administrative supervision over 4/19/2011
the Securities And Exchange Commission from
the Department Of Trade And Industry To The
Department Of Finance
41 Reactivating the Presidential Task Force Against 4/29/2011
Illegal Recruitment created under Executive
Order No. 759 (s. 2008) and strengthening the
same
43 Pursuing our social contract with the Filipino 5/13/2011
people through the reorganization of the cabinet
clusters
44 Amending Executive Order No. 571 (s. 2006) 6/3/2011
renaming the Public-Private Sector Task Force
On Philippine Competitiveness as the National
Competitiveness Council (NCC) and expanding
its membership
46 Amending Executive Order No. 8 (s.1998), as 6/13/2011
amended to further strengthen and reorganize the
Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission
1337
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
47 Reorganizing, renaming and transferring the 6/23/2011
Commission On Information And Communications
Technology and its attached agencies to the
Department Of Science And Technology, directing
the implementation thereof and for other
purposes
48 Streamlining the composition of the board of 7/5/2011
trustees of the Millennium Challenge Account-
Philippines thereby amending sections 3 and
4 of Executive Order No. 849 (s 2009), entitled
“Authorizing the organization of the Millennium
Challenge Account-Philippines as a subsidiary
of the Development Bank Of The Philippines
Management Corporation to function as the
accountable entity or central point of contact
for the millennium challenge account compact
assistance to the Philippines and setting general
guidelines therefor”
50 Abolition of the Presidential Task Force On 7/28/2011
Mindanao River Basin Rehabilitation And
Development and transferring its functions to
regular government agencies
51 Creating a screening committee to screen and 7/28/2011
recommend to the president persons who will be
appointed as officers-in-charge for the office of
the regional governor, regional vice governor and
members of the regional legislative assembly in
the autonomous region in Muslim Mindanao
53 Strengthening the Committee For The Special 8/11/2011
Protection Of Children, amending for this purpose
executive Order No. 275 (s. 1995)
60 Amending Executive Order (EO) no. 254 (s. 1995) 9/30/2011
and reorganizing the Philippine Gas Project Task
Force to the Philippine Upstream Petroleum Task
Force
1338
DATE
E.O. No. TITLE
APPROVED
Administration (LWUA) from the Department
Of Health to the Department Of Public Works
And Highways (DPWH)
64 Transferring the Clark International Airport 12/21/2011
Corporation (CIAC) from the office of the
president to the Department Of Transportation
And Communications (DOTC), making CIAC
an agency attached to the DOTC, and further
transferring the shares of stock of CIAC
1339
APPENDIX: List of Law Amendments on Governance
LAW AMENDS AMENDED BY REPEALS REPEALED BY

ACT 1407 ACT 1609
ACT 1407 § 14 ACT 1568
ACT 1407 § 16 ACT 1568
ACT 1407 § 23 ACT 1541
(b)
ACT 1407 ACT 1972 ACT 2711
ACT 1473 ACT 2711 ACT 1590
ACT 1541 ACT 1407 § ACT 2711
23 (b)
ACT 1568 ACT 1407 § 14 ACT 1407 § 16 ACT 2308 § 8
ACT 1583 ACT 1321
ACT 1359
ACT 1590 ACT 1473 ACT 1701 § 6
ACT 1591 ACT 1507 ACT 2320
ACT 1527 (SUPERSEDED)
ACT 1609 ACT 1407 ACT 2711
ACT 1644 ACT 1375 ACT 1701 § 6
ACT 1675 ACT 136 ACT 2711
ACT 1699 ACT 83
ACT 496
ACT 787
ACT 926
ACT 1972 ACT 1407 § 29
ACT 2041 ACT 136 ACT 296
ACT 190 (SUPERSEDED)
ACT 1450
ACT 1627
ACT 2553 ACT 146 §1
ACT 2612 ACT 2747 SUPERSEDED BY
ACT 2938 RA 1300
ACT 2675 ACT 2347
ACT 2694 ACT 2307 ACT 3108 § 40
ACT 2705 ACT 2822
ACT 2728 § 3 ACT 3969 PD 721
(SUPERSEDED BY)
1340
EXECUTIVE ISSUANCES – APPENDIX

ACT 2738 RA 267
RA 4700
(SUPERSEDED BY)
ACT 2745 ACT 2510 ACT 2988
(SUPERSEDED)
ACT 2747 ACT 2612 RA 1300
ACT 2815 ACT 2617
ACT 2822 ACT 2705
ACT 2849 CA 182
ACT 2938 ACT 2612 RA 1300
(SUPERSEDED BY)
ACT 2988 ACT 2510 ACT 4007
(SUPERSEDED BY)
ACT 3002 ACT 3851 RA 1937
(SUPERSEDED BY)
ACT 3316 ACT 3108 CA 146 § 46
ACT 3402 ACT 2957 RA 139
ACT 3477 ACT 2711 §§ ACT 4007
1688, 1689, 1690, (ABOLISHED)
1691
ACT 3519 ACT 2711 §§ 83, ACT 265
1603 (SUPERSEDED)
ACT 3582 § 2 CA 167 RA 3060
ACT 3627 ACT 2711, as ACT 4060 RA 296
amended §§ 153, (SUPERSEDED BY)
154, 156, 161
ACT 2941 § 3
ACT 3107 § 3
ACT 3756 ACT 2711 § 1603 ACT 4014
ACT 3779 ACT 2711 §§155, ACT 4060 RA 291
161 (SUPERSEDED BY)
ACT 2941
ACT 2941 § 3
ACT 3107
ACT 3161
ACT 3191
ACT 3267
ACT 3320
ACT 3334
ACT 3564
ACT 3627
ACT 3728
1341

ACT 3844 ACT 3108 CA 146
ACT 3899 ACT 2711, as RA 2
amended, § 203 (SUPERSEDED BY)
ACT 3911 ACT 2711, as RA 296
amended, §§ 153, (SUPERSEDED BY)
156, 161
ACT 3993 ACT 2711 §§ RA 1937
1184, 1185, 1195 (SUPERSEDED BY)
ACT 4007 ACT 4060 PD 1
(SUPERSEDED BY)
ACT 4007 § 17 CA 180
PD 1
(SUPERSEDED BY)
ACT 4007 § 34 ACT 4121 PD 1
(a) (SUPERSEDED BY)
ACT 4007 § 35 CA 367 PD 1
(SUPERSEDED BY)
ACT 4014 ACT 2711 § 1673
ACT 4023 ACT 2711 § 1, RA 296
33, 138 (SUPERSEDED BY)
ACT 4033 ACT 3108 RA 296
(SUPERSEDED BY)
ACT 4060 ACT 2711 RA 296
ACT 2941 (SUPERSEDED BY)
ACT 3107
ACT 3161
ACT 3334
ACT 3627
ACT 3728
ACT 3779
ACT 3911
ACT 4007
ACT 4093 ACT 2711 §§
1987, 1989, 1990,
1992, 2002, 2029,
2031 Art. VIII
ACT 4121 ACT 2711 §§ 75,
76, 86
ACT 4007 § 34
(a)
1342

ACT 4251 ACT 4194 ¶(c), CA 1
§2 (SUPERSEDED BY)
BP 129 PD 537 RA 7902 RA 296
RA 9848
BP 129 ¶(m) RA 9423
BP 129 § 14 RA 9680
BP 129 § 14 ¶(h); RA 9375
§ 29
BP 129 § 14 ¶(l) RA 10123
BP 129 § 14, ¶(e); RA 9373
§ 29 RA 9377
BP 129 § 15 RA 8369
BP 129 § 27 RA 9374
RA 9376
BP 129 § 27, RA 9424
Ch. 3
BP 129 § 29 RA 9252
RA 9274
RA 9305
RA 9306
RA 9308
RA 9309
RA 9310
RA 9470
BP 129, as RA 8246
amended § 3 Ch.
1, §§ 4, 10
CA 75 ACT 2711, as RA 1888
amended, Ch. (SUPERSEDED BY)
28
CA 77 ACT 4166 §§ 6, 8,
15, 19
CA 88 CA 343
CA 146 ACT 3108
CA 146, as RA 178
amended, §§ 2, 3,
4, 6, 10, 38
CA 167 ACT 3582 § 2 RA 3060
1343

CA 180 ACT 2706 §§ 1, 2, ACT 4007 § 17
3, 5, 6 & 12
CA 182 PD 1648 ACT 2849 EO 399 s. 1951
ACT 2873 (SUPERSEDED BY)
CA 518 §§ 2, 5 RA 5 EO 372 s. 1950
(ABOLISHED BY)
CA 542 RA 4375
EO 94 s. 1947 ACT 2711, as
amended §§ 74,
75, 76, 77, 78
EO 31, s. 1931
EO 94 s. 1947, §§ RA 776
136-150
EO 392 s. 1951 ACT 2711, as
amended, §§ 74,
75, 81, 82, Par.13,
83, 84, 85
ACT 4121 § 4
EO 392 s. 1951 CA 430 § 2 CA 146 § 38
EO 94 s. 1947 §§ CA 413 § 16
28, 134 RA 80
EO 317 s. 1941 ¶2 RA 311 § 15
RA 367 RA 563 Item
–IV-9
PD 1 PD 1-A
PD 1-B
PD 186
PD 461
PD 466
PD 493
PD 1458
RA 10086
PD 1 Art. 5 Ch. 1 PD 1450
Part VI
PD 1 ¶1.a, ¶1.c PD 224
Art. I Ch. III of
Part III
PD 1, ¶8, 10, 11, PD 372
Art. III, Ch. 1, Pt.
VI; ¶2, Art. V, Ch.
1, Pt. VI
1344

PD 1 ¶14 Ch. I, PD 640
Art. 2 Part IV ¶2
(D) Art. 2 Ch. III
PD 1, Pt. IV, Ch. PD 1480

1, Art. VII
PD 1 Part X PD 458
PD 1, Pt. IX PD 488
PD 769
PD 1-A PD 1
PD 1-B PD 1
PD 36 PD 191
PD 56 PD 1
PD 60 PD 1 ¶4, Art. I,
Pt I
PD 66 RA 5490
PD 66 § 24 PD 403
PD 135, § 3, ¶5 PD 517 PD 1144
PD 186 PD 1 PD 89
PD 89 Memo.
Circular No.
620 s. 1973
PD 188 PD 487
PD 189 PD 1 PD 564
PD 1463
PD 191 PD 36 PD 596
PD 223 PD 657 RA 8981
PD 224 PD 1 ¶1.a, ¶1.c
Art. I Ch. III of
Part III
PD 232 RA 1145
RA 4059
EO 334 s. 1971
PD 243 PD 353
PD 918
PD 244 PD 1 ¶1, 1.c, Ch.
III of Pt. III
1345

PD 251 RA 3844 §§ 97,
98
PD 258 PD 487
PD 264 § 1, ¶3 PD 542
§ 15
PD 269 RA 6038
PD 272 PD 1 Par 8, 10 &
11, Art. III, Ch. 1,
Pt. VI
PD 289 RA 296 § 24
PD 346 PD 286 PD 696
PD 353 PD 243
PD 367 PD 1 Pt. III, Art.
IV, §§ 2, 3
PD 372 PD 1, ¶8, 10, 11,
Art. III, Ch. 1, Pt.
VI; ¶2, Art. V, Ch.
1, Pt. VI
PD 380 RA 6395, § 3 (g,
i, l, m, o); § 4,
¶4; § 5
PD 403 PD 66 § 24
PD 420 RA 309
PD 420 § 8 PD 1095
PD 421 RA 4864 PD 765
PD 442 RA 761
RA 7700
PD 458 PD 1 Part X
PD 107 § 1
PD 458 § 2 PD 548
PD 458 §§ 2, 10, PD 636
15
PD 461 PD 1 PD 1579 EO 292 s. 1987
PD 107 § 1 (SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 4864
PD 461 §§ 2, 5 PD 547 EO 292 s. 1987
(SUPERSEDED BY)
PD 462 PD 85
1346

PD 466 PD 1
PD 482 RA 4864 PD 765
PD 487 PD 188
PD 258
PD 488 PD 1 Part IX EO 292 s. 1987
(SUPERSEDED BY)
PD 488 § 2 PD 769 EO 292 s. 1987
(SUPERSEDED BY)
PD 488 § 6 PD 1520 EO 292 s. 1987
PD 769 (SUPERSEDED BY)
PD 492 PD 1680
PD 493 PD 1
PD 501 PD 175 RA 6938
(SUPERSEDED BY)
PD 506 RA 296 § 52 BP 129
(SUPERSEDED BY)
PD 509 PD 231 RA 7160
PD 514 RA 6260
PD 517 PD 135 § 3 ¶5 PD 1144
(SUPERSEDED BY)
PD 531 RA 4864 PD 765
PD 542 PD 264 § 1, ¶3 ;
§ 15
PD 547 PD 461 §§ 2, 5, 14 EO 292 s. 1987
(SUPERSEDED BY)
PD 548 PD 458 § 2 EO 292 s. 1987
(SUPERSEDED BY)
PD 550 PD 1080
(SUPERSEDED BY)
PD 552 RA 3601
PD 564 PD 189
PD 576 PD 1776 PD 191 PD 1784
LI 12 s.1972
PD 580 PD 12
PD 582 PD 232
PD 594 RA 3034 RA 334 §§ 8, PD 690
42 (SUPERSEDED BY)
1347

PD 597 PD 203 EO 292 s. 1987
(SUPERSEDED BY)
PD 604 RA 3135 RA 8044
RA 5078 EO 805 s.1982
(SUPERSEDED BY)
PD 636 PD 458 §§ 2, 10, EO 292 s. 1987
15 (SUPERSEDED BY)
PD 641 PD 421 RA 4864 RA 6975
PD 531
PD 585
PD 668 CA 182 ACT 311 PD 1169
EO 399 s. (SUPERSEDED BY)
1951
PD 690 PD 1703 PD 1703
(SUPERSEDED BY)
PD 702 PD 458
PD 485 § 2
PD 722 RA 296 Last ¶, BP 129
§ 49 (SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 296 Last ¶,
§ 50
RA 296 Last ¶,
§ 52
PD 741 RA 4156 §§ 1,
2, 15
PD 765 PD 531 RA 6975
(SUPERSEDED BY)
PD 769 PD 488 §§ 2, 6
PD 1, Pt. IX
PD 877 PD 824 BP 377
PD 899 PD 1 PD 1420 EO 292 s. 1987
(SUPERSEDED BY)
PD 974 RA 296 BP 129
(SUPERSEDED BY)
PD 994 RA 5416 EO 392 s. 1990
PD 1071 PD 252
PD 1080 PD 550 PD 1074
1348

PD 1095 PD 420 § 8
PD 1275 § 12, 13 PD 1513
PD 1281 CA 136
PD 1386 PD 941
PD 1396 PD 824
PD 933
PD 1402 PD 1616
PD 1420 PD 899
PD 1440 LOI 325
LOI 676
PD 1450 PD 1
PD 1 Art. 5 Ch. 1
Pt. VI
PD 1458 PD 1 EO 11 s. 1966
PD 1463 PD 189
PD 1465 PD 492
PD 1480 PD 1, Pt. IV,
Ch. 1, Art. VII
PD 1486 PD 1606 PD 1606
RA 7975
PD 1487 PD 1630
PD 1513 PD 1275 § 12, 13
PD 1520 PD 488 § 6 RA 165 § 33-A,
PD 1 B, C
RA 165
PD 1573 PD 1206
PD 1579 PD 461
PD 1588 PD 1178
PD 1606 PD 1486 RA 7975 PD 1486 RA 7975
PD 1607 RA 6028
PD 1611 PD 1402
PD 1618 BP 20
PD 1630 PD 1487 RA 6028
PD 1653 PD 902-A
PD 1680 PD 492
PD 1681 PD 1674
1349

PD 1703 PD 690 RA 6115
PD 1770 PD 699
PD 1485
PD 1784 Letter of
Instruction 587
s. 1977
PD 576
PD 1843-A PD 1843 § 1
PD 1844 PD 1843
PD 1897 RA 3591
RA 5 CA 518 §§ 2, 5 EO 372 s. 1950
(ABOLISHED BY)
RA 65 RA 307
RA 85 RA 2081
RA 3147
RA 123 ACT 2711 §§
1130 – 1136
RA 139 ACT 2957 § 2, 4 PD 687
(SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 165 RA 8293
RA 165 § 33-A, PD 1520
B, C
RA 178 CA 146 §§ 2, 3, 4,
6, 10, 38
RA 307 RA 65 §
RA 539 CA 605
RA 608 RA 509 §§ 13, 17
RA 621 RA 3849
RA 761 PD 442
RA 776 CA 97
CA 168
EO 94, s.1947,
§§ 135-150
EO 365, s.1950,
§§ 2, 3, 4, 6
RA 158
RA 997 RA 1241
1350

RA 997 § 1 RA 3699
RA 1135 § 1 RA 2233
RA 3514
RA 1135 § 15 RA 4114
RA 1151 § 2 RA 3807
RA 1241 RA 997
RA 1267 RA 1409 RA 3844
(SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 1345 RA 1601
RA 1791
RA 1345 § 6 (b) RA 3065
RA 1383 RA 3597 RA 6234
RA 1409 RA 1267 RA 3844
(SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 2628 RA 1826 §§ 3,
3-A, 4-A, 5, 7,
8, 9
RA 3065 RA 1345 § 6 (b)
RA 3069 RA 760 § 76
RA 3078 ACT 2711 PD 1587
(SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 3090 RA 296 §§ 42, 50
RA 3147 RA 85
RA 3325 ACT 2711 § 1674 PD 1587
(SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 3339 ACT 2711 PD 1587
(SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 3340 ACT 2711
RA 3342 ACT 2711 PD 1587
(SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 3344 ACT 2711 PD 1587
(SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 3514 RA 1135 § 1
RA 3591 RA 6037
1351

RA 3591, as RA 7400
amended, §2, §
9 s(b), (d), § 10.
(a.1), (c) (d), §
11. (d), § 16 (a),
(d), (f)
RA 3597 RA 1383
RA 3599 RA 296 §§ 49,
50, 52
RA 3601 PD 552
RA 3749 RA 296
RA 3874 ACT 2711 PD 1587
(SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 3931 RA 1378
RA 3983 CA 547
RA 4057 RA 296
RA 4156 §§ 1, PD 741
2, 15 RA 6366
RA 4229 ACT 2711 PD 1587
(SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 4237 RA 321
RA 4265 ACT 2711 PD 1587
(SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 4291 RA 170
RA 4310 ACT 2711 PD 1587
ACT 2711 § 1674 (SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 4334 ACT 2711 PD 1587
(SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 4383 ACT 2711 PD 1587
(SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 4587 RA 2668
RA 4594 AO 41 s. 1946 PD 1
as amended
RA 4926 ACT 2711 § 1674 PD 1587
(SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 4938 ACT 2711 § 1674 PD 1587
(SUPERSEDED BY)
1352

RA 5051 ACT 2711 § 1674 PD 1587
(SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 5052 RA 296 §§ 50, 52
RA 5058 ACT 2711 § 1674 PD 1275
(SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 5060 ACT 2711 § 1674 PD 1275
(SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 5064 RA 296 §§ 50,
52, 54
RA 5065 ACT 2711 § 1674 PD 1275
(SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 5067 RA 296 §§ 49,
50, 52
RA 5075 RA 296
RA 5084 RA 296 §§ 50, 52
RA 5103 RA 296
RA 5107 RA 296 §§ 50, 52
RA 5184 RA 296 § 50 RA 3783 § PD 1275
1,2,2-A, 2B (SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 4140, as
amended
RA 5237 RA 331 § 75
RA 5288 RA 537 § 30
RA 5296 RA 296 §§ 50, 52
RA 5316 ACT 2711 § 1674
RA 5318 ACT 2711 § 1674
RA 5328 RA 305 § 75
RA 5341 RA 296 §§ 50, 52
RA 5344 ACT 2711 § 1674
RA 5358 ACT 2711 § 1674
RA 5378 ACT 2711 § 1674
RA 5382 RA 296 § 49
RA 5389 RA 296 § 50
RA 5435 RA 6172
RA 5472 ACT 2711, as
amended
1353

RA 5475 ACT 2711, as
amended
RA 5481 RA 3811
RA 5482 ACT 2711, as
amended
RA 5483 ACT 2711, as
amended
RA 5485 ACT 2711, as
amended
RA 5491 ACT 2711, as
amended
RA 5493 ACT 2711, as
amended
RA 5508 ACT 2711, as
amended
RA 5512 ACT 2711, as
amended
RA 5535 RA 2561
RA 5536 ACT 2711, as
amended, § 1674
RA 5539 RA 2643
RA 5540 ACT 2711, as
amended
RA 5541 ACT 2711, as
amended, § 1674
RA 6028 PD1607
RA 6037 RA 3591
RA 6040 RA 2260 PD 807
(SUPERSEDED BY)
RA 6082 RA 1130 PD 1
RA 6172 RA 5435
RA 6173 RA 6124
RA 6260 PD 514
RA 6428 RA 4724
RA 6974 EO 128, s. 1987,
¶(a), § 33
1354

RA 6975 RA 8551
RA 7400 RA 3591, as
amended, §2, § 9
(b), (d), § 10 (a.1),
(c) (d), § 11 (d), §
16 (a), (d), (f)
RA 7661 RA 7181 RA 7886
RA 7688 RA 1161, as
amended § 3 (A)
RA 7700 PD 442
RA 7875 EO 119, s. 1987
PD 1519
RA 7924 EO 392, s. 1990
RA 7975 PD 1606 PD 1486
PD 1606
PD 1861
EO 101
EO 184
RA 8246 BP 129 § 3,
Chapter 1; §§
4, 10
RA 8293 RA 165
RA 166
ACT 3815 Art.
188 & Art. 189
PD 49
PD 285
RA 8369 BP 129
RA 8371 PD 410
EO 122-B s.
1987
EO 122-C s.
1987
RA 8551 RA 6975
1355

RA 8981 RA 546
PD 223
RA 5181
EO 266 s. 1995
RA 7836 § 23
(h)
RA 7920 § 4 (m
& s) and § 23
RA 8050 § 29
RA 9239 PD 1986
RA 9247 BP 129 sub¶8 ¶(E)
of § 14
RA 9252 BP 129 § 29
RA 9274 BP 129 § 29
RA 9306 BP 129 § 29
RA 9307 BP 129
RA 9308 BP 129 § 29
RA 9309 BP 129 § 29
RA 9310 BP 129 § 29
RA 9374 BP 129 § 27
RA 9375 BP 129 § 14 ¶(h)
; § 29
RA 9376 BP 129 § 27
RA 9377 BP 129 § 14, ¶(e)
; § 29
RA 9423 BP 129 ¶(m)
RA 9470 EO 290 s. 1958
EO 88 s. 1999
RA 9503 RA 1125
RA 9510 PD 1941
RA 9828
RA 9848 BP 129
RA 9993 RA 5173
RA 9996 EO 512 s. 1992
RA 10086 PD 1
RA 10087 RA 3873 § 1
RA 10123 BP 129 § 14 ¶(l)
1356
EXECUTIVE ISSUANCES – INDEX
INDEX
A Functions EO 94, s. 1947

pp. 1100-1136 v. 2; RA 8293
Abaca Corporation of the pp. 1170-1181 v. 1
Philippines Administrator of Economic
Creation RA 1295 pp. 525-528 Coordination
v. 1 Philippine Tobacco
Objectives RA 1295 pp. 525- Administrator (PTA) RA 1135
528 v. 1 pp. 492-501 v. 1
Powers and duties RA 1295 Adult Education, Division of
pp. 525-528 v. 1 Named EO 94, s. 1947
Abaca Industry Development pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Authority (AIDA) Adult Education, Office of
Creation PD 1208 pp. 777-783 Compositions CA 80 pp. 260-
v. 2 262 v. 1
Organization PD 1208 pp. 777- Creation CA 80 pp. 260-262 v. 1
783 v. 2 Objectives CA 80 pp. 260-262
Administration Board v. 1
Amendments RA 608 pp. 439- Powers and duties CA 80
440 v. 1 pp. 260-262 v. 1
Administrative agencies Renamed to EO 94, s. 1947
Reorganization Act 1407 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
pp. 3-28 v. 1; Act 2666 Agency Records Centers
pp. 95-98 v. 1; Act 4007 Creation RA 9470 pp. 1291-
pp. 205-217 v. 1; EO 94, 1300 v. 1
s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2; Functions RA 9470 pp. 1291-
EO 392, s. 1951 pp. 1137- 1300 v. 1
1152 v. 2; PD 1-B pp. 7-8 Agrarian Reform, Department of
v. 2; PD 1416 pp. 884-885 Farm Management, Bureau of
v. 2; RA 51 pp. 382-383 v. 1; Converted to PD 980 pp. 717-
RA 5435 pp. 830-834 v. 1 719 v. 2
Administrative, Financial and Agrarian Reform Fund
Human Resource Development Commission
Service, Bureau of RA 8293 Assets and liabilities PD 462
pp. 1170-1181 v. 1 pp. 316-317 v. 2
Administrative Service Agricultural and Industrial Bank
Creation EO 94, s. 1947 pp. Abolition RA 85 p. 393 v.1
1100-1136 v. 2; RA 8293 Compositions CA 459 pp. 312-
pp. 1170-1181 v. 1 320 v. 1
1357
Creation CA 459 pp. 312-320 Powers and duties RA 4148

v. 1 pp. 738-740 v. 1
Functions CA 459 pp. 312-320 Agriculture, Bureau of
v. 1 Compositions Act 1407
Powers and duties CA 459 pp. 3-28 v. 1
pp. 312-320 v. 1 Divisions, Services and
Agricultural Code Commission Sections
Creation RA 3148 pp. 604-605 Animal Industry, Division of
v. 1 Creation Act 1407 pp. 3-28
Composition RA 3148 pp. 604- v. 1
605 v. 1 Veterinary division
Power and duties RA 3148 Transfer to Act 1407 pp. 3-28
pp. 604-605 v. 1 v. 1; Act 1972 p. 68 v. 1
Agricultural Economics, Bureau Agriculture, Department of
of Boards, Committees and
Agricultural Marketing News Council RA 7884 pp. 1131-
Service 1140 v. 1
Creation RA 4148 pp. 738- Dairy Industry Board
740 v. 1 Creation RA 7884
Creation RA 3627 pp. 647-652 pp. 1131-1140 v. 1
v. 1 Livestock Development
Functions RA 3627 pp. 647-652 Council
v. 1 Creation PD 914 pp. 647-
Objectives RA 3627 pp. 647- 651 v. 2
652 v. 1 Bureaus and offices
Policy RA 3627 pp. 647-652 v. 1 Abacca Industry Development
Powers and duties RA 3627 Authority (AIDA)
pp. 647-652 v. 1 Creation PD 1208 pp. 777-
Agricultural Extension, Bureau 783 v. 2
of Agricultural Economics,
Compositions RA 680 pp. 452- Bureau of
455 v. 1 Creation PD 461 pp. 307-
Creation RA 680 pp. 452-455 315 v. 2
v. 1 Agricultural Extension,
Agricultural Extension Division Bureau of
Abolition RA 680 p. 453 v.1 Creation PD 461 pp. 307-
Agricultural Marketing News 315 v. 2
Service Animal Industry, Bureau of
Creation RA 4148 pp. 738-740 Creation PD 461 pp. 307-
v. 1 315 v. 2
1358
National Dairy Authority Mines, Bureau of

(NDA) Creation CA 136 pp. 269-273
Creation RA 7884 v. 1
pp.1131-1140 v. 1 National History Museum
Plant Industry , Bureau of Division
Creation PD 461 pp. 307- Merged to EO 94, s. 1947
315 v. 2 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Divisions, Services and Renamed to EO 94, s. 1947
Sections PD 461 pp. 307- pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
315 v. 2 Agriculture and Natural
Functions PD 461 Resources, Department of
pp. 307- 315 v. 2 Bureaus and offices Act 2666
Soils, Bureau of pp. 95-98 v. 1; EO 94, s. 1947
Creation PD 461 pp. 307- pp. 1100-1136 v. 2; EO 392, s.
315 v. 2 1951 p. 1143-1144 v.2
Divisions, Services and Agricultural Extension
Sections PD 461 pp. 307- Creation RA 680 pp. 452-455
315 v. 2 v.1
Functions PD 461 Forest Development, Bureau of
pp. 307-315 v. 2 Mergers and Acquisitions
Compositions PD 461 pp. 307- PD 389 pp. 247-250 v. 2;
315 v. 2 RA 7722 pp. 1075-1084 v. 1
Creation PD 461 pp. 307-315 Bureaus and offices merged
v. 2 Forestry, Bureau of
Department-wide Regional Mergers and acquisitions
Offices PD 389 pp. 247-250 v. 2
Implementation Suspended Parks and Wildlife Office
PD 461 pp. 307-315 v. 2 Mergers and acquisitions
Regional offices, Department of PD 389 pp. 247-250 v. 2
Amendments PD 547 Reforestation Administration
pp. 409-411 v. 2 Mergers and acquisitions
Organizations PD 547 PD 389 pp. 247-250 v. 2
pp. 409-411 v. 2 Soil Conservation, Bureau of
Agriculture, Ministry of Creation RA 622 pp. 444-
Organization PD 1579 pp. 973- 448 v. 1
975 v. 2 Animal Industry, Bureau of
Agriculture and Commerce, Agricultural Extension
Department of Division
Fisheries, Bureau of Abolition RA 680 p. 453 v.1
Creation RA 177 pp. 418-421
v. 1
1359
Plant Industry, Bureau of Animal Industry, Bureau of

Livestock Extension Divisions, Services and
Division Sections
Abolition RA 680 pp. 453 v.1 Livestock Extension Division
Creation PD 389 pp. 247-250 Abolition RA 680 p. 453 v.1
v. 2 Animal Industry, Division of
Functions EO 94, s. 1947 Creation Act 1407 pp. 3-28
p. 1116 v.2; PD 461 pp. 307- v. 1
315 v. 2 Anti-Dummy Board
Named EO 94, s. 1947 Amendments RA 6082 pp. 901-
p. 1116 v.2 906 v.1
Reorganization EO 94, s. 1947 Creation RA 1130 pp. 488-491
p. 1116 v.2; EO 392, s. 1951 v. 1
pp. 1137-1152 v. 2 Functions RA 1130 pp. 488-491
Reorganization (Divided into) v. 1; RA 6082 pp. 901-906 v.1
Agriculture, Department of Objectives RA 1130 pp. 488-
PD 461 pp. 307-315 v. 2 491 v. 1
Natural Resources, Powers and duties RA 1130
Department of PD 461 pp. 488-491 v. 1; RA 6082
pp. 307-315 v. 2 pp. 901-906 v.1
Revision of laws PD 389 Anti-Smuggling Action Center
pp. 247-250 v. 2 (ASAC)
AIDA SEE Abacca Industry Abolition PD 1458 p. 899 v.2
Development Authority Anti-Usury Board
Alabang Vaccine and Serum Abolition EO 94, s. 1947
Laboratories EO 94, s. 1947 p. 1115 v.2
p. 1124 v.2 Apprenticeship, Office of
Alternative Dispute Resolution Creation RA 2628 pp. 562-574
Act of 2004 RA 9285 pp. 1252- v. 1
1254 v. 1 Powers and duties RA 2628
American Circulating Library pp. 562-574 v. 1
Association of Manila Division Architecture and Construction of
of Public Building, Bureau of
Creation Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1 Abolition Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1
American Circulating Library of Transferred to Act 1407
Manila pp. 3-28 v. 1
Abolition Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1 Armed Forces of the Philippines
Transferred to Act 1407 Military tribunals
pp. 3-28 v. 1 Creation PD 39 pp. 29-30 v. 2
1360
Regular Force EO 94, s. 1947 B

p. 1121 v.2
Philippine Air Force EO 94, Banking, Bureau of
s. 1947 p. 1121 v.2 Amendments Act 3519 pp. 162-
Philippine Ground Force 163 v. 1
EO 94, s. 1947 p. 1121 v.2 Renamed RA 275 pp. 427-428
Philippine Naval Patrol v. 1
EO 94, s. 1947 p. 1121 v.2 Barangay Day Care Center Law
Women’s Auxiliary Corps of 1978 PD 1567 pp. 960-961
RA 3835 pp. 676-678 v. 1 v. 2
Creation RA 3835 pp. 676- BFDIS SEE Fiber Development
678 v. 1 and Inspection Service, Bureau
Asset Privatization Trust of
RA 7886 pp. 1141-1143 v. 1 BIMP-EAGA Advisory Board
Atmospheric Geophysical and Compositions RA 9996
Astronomical Science Act of pp. 1325-1337 v. 1
1972 PD 78 pp. 63-71 v. 2 Creation RA 9996 pp. 1325-
Audit, Commission on 1337 v. 1
Implementation PD 111 Organization RA 9996
pp. 78-79 v. 2 pp. 1325-1337 v. 1
Audits, Bureau of Board on Races
Compositions Act 1407 Renamed EO 94, s. 1947
pp. 3-28 v. 1 p. 1100 v. 2
Autonomous Region Broadcast Media PD 576
Regional Commissioner, Office pp. 450-452 v. 2
of the Broadcast Media Council
Abolition PD 1618 p 1008 Abolition PD 1784 p. 1067 v. 2
v. 2 Brunei-Darussalam-Indonesia-
Southern Philippines Malaysia-the Philippines-East
Provisional Government Asia Growth Area (BIMP-
Abolition PD 1618 p. 1008 EAGA) RA 9996 pp. 1325-
v. 2 1337 v. 1
Aviation Unit Budget Commission
Amendments Act 4251 pp. 247- Converted to
248 v. 1 Budget, Ministry of the PD
Creation Act 4194 pp. 243-246 1405 pp. 879-880 v. 2
v. 1 Organization
Amendments PD 1420
pp. 886-887 v. 2
Reorganization PD 899
pp. 635-639 v. 2
1361
Budget, Ministry of the Divisions, Services and

Named PD 1405 pp. 879-880 Sections
v.2 Cash Division
National Science Development Creation PD 599 pp. 475-
Board 477 v. 2
Absorbed from PD 1405 Liquidation Division
pp. 879-880 v.2 Creation PD 599 pp. 475-
Budget Commission 477 v. 2
Converted to Reorganization PD 599
Budget, Ministry of the PD pp. 475-477 v. 2
1405 pp. 879-880 v.2 Catanduanes Development
Organization Authority
Amendments PD 1420 Creation RA 4412 pp. 763-769
pp. 886-887 v.2 v. 1
Reorganization PD 899 Objectives RA 4412 pp. 763-
pp. 635-639 v.2 769 v. 1
Powers and duties RA 4412
C pp. 763-769 v. 1
Cebu Fire Damage Commission
CAAP SEE Civil Aviation Compositions RA 1851 pp. 560-
Authority of the Philippines 561 v. 1
CLAO SEE Citizen’s Legal Creation RA 1851 pp. 560-561
Assistance Office v. 1
Cabinet Coordination on Powers and duties RA 1851
Integrated Rural Development pp. 560-561 v. 1
Projects Cement Industry Authority
Abolition D 1378 p. 846 v. 2 Compositions PD 94 pp. 72-75
Capitalization, Special Fund of v. 2
the Commission, Development Creation PD 94 pp. 72-75 v. 2
and Stabilization Fund Functions PD 94 pp. 72-75 v. 2
Creation PD 388 pp. 241-246 Cement Industry Authority,
v. 2 Board of
Career Executive Service Board Amendments PD 912 pp. 645-
(CESB) 646 v. 2
Compositions PD 367 pp. 230- Compositions PD 912 pp. 645-
231 v. 2 646 v. 2
Creation PD 367 pp. 230-231 Censors for Motion Pictures,
v. 2 Board of
Cash Sections and Liquidation Compositions RA 3060 pp. 586-
Section 588 v. 1
1362
Creation RA 3060 pp. 586-588 Charter of the Export Credit

v. 1 Corporation PD 1785
Power and duties RA 3060 pp. 1069-1075 v. 2
pp. 586-588 v. 1 Charter of the National Coal
Censorship for Moving Pictures, Authority PD 1722 pp. 1044-
Board of 1049 v. 2
Amendments CA 167 pp. 289- Charter of the National
290 v. 1 Fertilizer of the Philippines
Powers and duties CA 167 (FERTIPHIL) PD 992 pp.
pp. 289-290 v. 1 720-726 v. 2
Census and Statistics, Bureau of Charter of the National Power
the Corporation
Compositions CA 591 pp. 336- Amendments PD 380 pp. 234-
340 v. 1 240 v. 2
Creation CA 591 pp. 336-340 Charter of the Philippine Deposit
v. 1 Insurance Corporation
Functions CA 591 pp. 336-340 Amendments RA 7400
v. 1 pp. 1038-1049 v. 1
Powers and duties CA 591 Charter of the Philippine
pp. 336-340 v. 1 National Iron and Steel
Central Luzon Cagayan Valley Corporation PD 1402 pp. 868-
Authority (CLCVA) 878 v. 2
Creation RA 3054 pp. 581-585 Charter of the Philippine
v. 1 National Oil Company PD 334
Powers and duties RA 3054 pp. 209-214 v. 2
pp. 581-585 v. 1 Amendments PD 346 pp. 215-
Charter of Ozamiz City 217 v. 2
Amendments RA 4237 p. 754 Charter of the Public Estates
v. 1 Authority
Charter of the City of Dagupan Functions PD 1084 pp. 760-764
Amendments RA 4291 p. 756 v. 2
v. 1 Objectives PD 1084 pp. 760-
Charter of the City of Gingoog 764 v. 2
Amendments RA 4587 p. 772 Powers and duties PD 1084
v. 1 pp. 760-764 v. 2
Charter of the City of Naga Child and Youth Welfare Code
Amendments RA 5328 p. 815 PD 603 pp. 478-482 v. 2
v. 1 Citizen Armed Force
Charter of the City of Ozamis Organization RA 7077
Amendments RA 5237 p. 809 pp. 1013-1014 v. 1
v. 1
1363
Citizen Armed Force or Armed Powers and duties EO 94,

Forces of the Philippines s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Reservist Act RA 7077 Reorganization RA 776
pp. 1013-1014 v. 1 pp. 471-476 v. 1
Citizen’s Counselor, Office of the Civil Aeronautics Board
Creation RA 6028 pp. 873-875 PD 1463 pp. 901-906 v. 2
v. 1 Compositions EO 94, s. 1947
Citizen’s Counselor Act of 1969 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2; RA 776
Objectives RA 6028 pp. 873- pp. 471-476 v. 1
875 v. 1 Creation EO 94, s. 1947
City Attorneys pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Ozamiz City RA 4237 p. 754 Objectives EO 94, s. 1947
v. 1 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
City courts Powers and duties EO 94,
Additional salas PD 723 s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
pp. 570-571 v. 2 Reorganization RA 776
Cagayan de Oro pp. 471-476 v. 1
Third sala RA 6413 pp. 936- Civil Aeronautics Commission
937 v. 1 Abolition EO 94, s. 1947
City of Naga RA 5328 p. 815 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
v. 1 Civil Registrar-General
Ozamis, City of Powers and duties Act 3753
v. 1 Civil Register
Quezon City RA 5288 p. 810 Creation Act 3753 pp. 176-178
v. 1 v. 1
City Fiscals Powers and duties Act 3753
Dagupan, City of RA 4291 pp. 176-178 v. 1
p. 756 v. 1 Civil Sanitarium
Civil Aeronautics Act of the Abolition Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Philippines RA 776 pp. 471- Transferred to Act 1407
476 v. 1 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Civil Aeronautics Administration Civil Service Act of 1959
Compositions EO 94, s. 1947 Amendments RA 6040 pp. 883-
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2; RA 776 886 v. 1
pp. 471-476 v. 1 Civil Service, Bureau of
Creation EO 94, s. 1947 Compositions Act 1407
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Objectives EO 94, s. 1947 Civil Service Commission
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 Creation RA 6040 pp. 883-886
v. 1
1364
Functions RA 6040 pp. 883-886 Creation CA 518 pp. 323 -325

v. 1; PD 807 pp. 596-602 v. 2 v. 1
Implementation PD 110 Coconut Investment Act
pp. 76-77 v. 2 RA 6260 pp. 928-931 v. 1
Organization PD 807 pp. 596- Coconut Investment Company
602 v. 2 Amendments PD 514 p. 387 v. 2
Powers and duties PD 807 Creation RA 6260 pp. 928-931
pp. 596-602 v. 2 v. 1
Professional Regulation Objectives RA 6260 pp. 928-
Commission PD 839 p. 616 931 v. 1
v. 2 Powers and duties RA 6260
Transferred to PD 839 p. 616 pp. 928-931 v. 1
v. 2 Coconut Investment Fund
Civil Service Decree of the Amendments PD 514 p. 387
Philippines PD 807 pp. 596- v. 2
602 v. 2 Coconut Oil Excise Fund
CLCVA SEE Central Luzon CA 519 pp. 326-329 v. 1
Cagayan Code Committee
Valley Authority RA 3054 Abolition CA 430 pp. 303-304
pp. 581-585 v. 1 v. 1
Coast and Geodetic Survey, Code of Agrarian Reform in the
Bureau of Philippines
Compositions EO 94, s. 1947 Amendments PD 251 pp. 141-
pp. 1121 v. 2 145 v. 2
Philippine Veterans Board Repealed PD 251 pp. 141-145
EO 94, s. 1947 pp. 1123 v. 2 v. 2
Coconut Consumers Stabilization Cold Storage, Bureau of
Fund Abolition Act 1609 pp. 45-46
Creation PD 276 pp. 184-187 v. 1
v. 2 Compositions Act 1407
Coconut Coordinating Council pp. 3-28 v. 1
(CCC) Cold Storage, Division of
Abolition PD 232 pp. 125-130 Creation Act 1609 pp. 45-46
v. 2 v. 1
Coconut Industry Development Commerce, Bureau of
Fund Divisions, Services and
Creation PD 582 pp. 455-457 Sections
v. 2 Standards, Division of
Coconut Industry Promotion Converted to RA 4109
Fund (Special Fund) pp. 717-723 v. 1
1365
Commerce and Communications, s. 1947 pp. 1127-1130 v.2

Department of Civil Aeronautics Commission
Bureaus and offices Act Abolition EO 94, s. 1947
2666 pp. 95-98 v. 1; EO 94, p. 1133 v.2
s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2; Commerce, Bureau of
RA 624 pp. 449-451 v. 1 Creation Act 4007 pp. 205-
Commerce and Industry, 217 v. 1
Bureau of Reorganization EO 94,
Abolition Act 4007 pp. 205- s. 1947 p. 1134 v.2
217 v. 1 Standards, Division of
Amendments EO 94, Creation EO 94, s. 1947
s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 p. 1134 v.2
Creation Act 2728 pp. 105- Powers and duties EO 94,
110 v. 1 s. 1947 p. 1134 v.2
Standards, Division of Fiber Inspection Service
EO 94, s. 1947 pp. 1100- RA 3099 pp. 595-597 v. 1
1136 v. 2 National Cottage Industries
Powers and duties Act 2728 Development Authority
pp. 105-110 v. 1; EO 94, (NACIDA)
s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 Creation RA 3470 pp. 617-
Commerce and Industry, 623 v. 1
Department of EO 392, Power and duties RA 3470
s. 1951 p. 1151 v.2 pp. 617-623 v. 1
Aeronautics, Bureau of Philippine Tourist Bureau
Abolition EO 94, s. 1947 Creation RA 624 pp. 449-451
p. 1133 v.2 v. 1
Civil Aeronautics Radio Control Board
Administration Compositions EO 94, s. 1947
Compositions EO 94, s. 1947 p. 1134 v.2
pp. 1127-1130 v.2 Creation EO 94, s. 1947
Creation EO 94, s. 1947 p. 1134 v.2
pp. 1127-1130 v.2 Reorganization EO 392,
Powers and duties EO 94, s. 1951 p. 1144 v.2
s. 1947 pp. 1127-1130 v.2 Transferred to EO 392,
Civil Aeronautics Board s. 1951 p. 1145 v.2
Compositions EO 94, s. 1947 Radio Control Division
pp. 1127-1130 v.2 Absorbed from EO 94,
Creation EO 94, s. 1947 s. 1947 p. 1134 v.2
pp. 1127-1130 v.2 Transferred to EO 392,
Powers and duties EO 94, s. 1951 p. 1145 v.2
1366
Standards, Division of Commission on the Filipino

Converted RA 4109 pp. 717- Language RA 7104 pp. 1015-
723 v. 1 1019 v.1
Creation EO 94, s. 1947 Compositions RA 7104 p. 1016
p. 1135 v.2 v.1
Sugar Quota Office Creation RA 7104 pp. 1015-
Named EO 94, s. 1947 1019 v.1
p. 1125 v.2 Powers and duties RA 7104
Divisions, Services and pp. 1017-1019 v.1
Sections Commission on the Filipino
Reorganization EO 94, s. 1947 Language Act RA 7104
pp. 1125-1134 v.2; EO 392, pp. 1015-1019 v. 1
s. 1951 pp. 1137-1152 v. 2 Commission to Conduct a Fact-
Commerce and Police, Finding Investigation of the
Department of failed Coup D’etat of December
Bureaus and offices Act 1407 1989
Creation Act 1868 pp. 65-67 v. 1
v. 1 Objectives RA 6832 pp. 990-
Reorganization Act 1407 991 v. 1
pp. 3-28 v. 1 Powers and duties RA 6832
Commission on Reorganization pp. 990-991 v. 1
Amendments RA 6172 pp. 915- Committee on Privatization and
916 v. 1 Asset Privatization Trust
Commissioner of Health and Amendments RA 7661
Welfare, Office of pp. 1050-1054 v. 1
Abolition CA 430 pp. 303-304 Extension RA 7661 pp. 1050-
v. 1 1054 v. 1
Commissioner of Private Committee to Expropriate the
Education, Office of the Dagat-dagatan Lagooon
Abolition Act 4007 pp. 205-217 Compositions PD 569 pp. 442-
v. 1 444 v. 2
Repealed CA 180 pp. 291-296 Creation PD 569 pp. 442-444
v. 1 v. 2
Commission on Population Functions PD 569 pp. 442-444
Creation RA 6365 pp. 932-935 v. 2
v. 1 Complaints and Investigation
Functions RA 6365 pp. 932-933 Office
v. 1 Recreation agencies PD 1501
pp. 933-934 v. 1
1367
Congressional Oversight Creation PD 1746 pp. 1050-

Committee 1055 v. 2
Creation RA 9510 pp. 1304- Functions PD 1746 pp. 1050-
1309 v. 1 1055 v. 2
Compositions RA 9510 Objectives PD 1746 pp. 1050-
pp. 1304-1309 v. 1 1055 v. 2
Constabulary, Bureau of Powers and duties PD 1746
Compositions Act 1407 pp. 1050-1055 v. 2
pp. 3-28 v. 1 Contractors License Law
Construction Industry Authority RA 4566 pp. 770-771 v. 1
of the Philippines Cordillera Autonomous Region
Boards, Committees and Creation RA 6766 pp. 985-986
Council PD 1746 pp. 1050- v. 1
1055 v. 2 Cordillera Regional Consultative
Philippine Contractors Commission
Accreditation Board Creation RA 6658 pp. 979-984
Creation PD 1746 v. 1
pp. 1050-1055 v. 2 Compositions RA 6658 pp. 979-
Functions PD 1746 984 v. 1
pp. 1050-1055 v. 2 Functions RA 6658 pp. 979-984
Philippine Overseas v. 1
Construction Board Cordillera Regional Consultative
Creation PD 1746 Commission Act of 1988
pp. 1050-1055 v. 2 RA 6658 pp. 979-984 v. 1
Functions PD 1746 Cotabato
pp. 1050-1055 v. 2 Agusan River Basin
Philippine Domestic Development Program
Construction Board Implementation PD 1556
Creation PD 1746 pp. 957-959 v. 2
pp. 1050-1055 v. 2 Agusan River Basin Program
Functions PD 1746 Office
pp. 1050-1055 v. 2 Creation PD 1556 pp. 957-959
Construction Manpower v. 2
Development Foundation Cottage industries RA 3470
Creation PD 1746 pp. 1050- pp. 617-623 v. 1
1055 v. 2 Council for the Protection of
Functions PD 1746 pp. 1050- Children
1055 v. 2 Creation RA 4881 pp. 778-779
Compositions PD 1746 v. 1
pp. 1050-1055 v. 2
1368
Council of Personnel Angeles, City of RA 5067

Administration pp. 791-792 v. 1
Creation EO 94, s. 1947 Bulacan, Province of
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 RA 5052 pp. 783-784 v. 1
Functions EO 94, s. 1947 Bukidnon, Province of
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 RA 5064 pp. 787-789 v. 1
Court of Agrarian Relations Camarines Norte, Province of
Amendments RA 1409 pp. 546- RA 5103 p. 796 v. 1
550 v. 1 Davao, Province of RA 5107
Compositions RA 1267 pp. 516- pp. 797-798 v. 1
524 v. 1; RA 1409 pp. 546-550 Iligan, City of RA 5064
v. 1 pp. 787-789 v. 1
Creation RA 1267 pp. 516-524 Lanao del Norte RA 5064
v. 1 pp. 787-789 v. 1
Powers and duties RA 1267 Mountain Province RA 5084
pp. 517 v. 1; RA 1409 pp. 546- pp. 794-795 v. 1
550 v. 1; PD 94 pp. 72-756 Quezon, Province of RA 5075
v. 2 p. 793 v. 1
Reorganization PD 94 pp. 72- South Cotabato, Province of
756 v. 2 RA 5382 pp. 821-822 v. 1
Court of Appeals Judges, Provincial
Amendments PD 289 pp. 204- Bohol Act 3345 pp. 155-156
205 v. 2; RA 8246 pp. 1160- v. 1
1162 v. 1 Judicial districts PD 722
Bureaus and offices RA 8246 pp. 566-569 v. 2
pp. 1160-1162 v. 1 Amendments Act 4060
Functions RA 8246 pp. 1160- pp. 228-233 v. 1; RA 3090
1162 v. 1 pp. 593-594 v. 1
Powers and duties RA 8246 Creation Act 3627 pp. 166-
pp. 1160-1162 v. 1 172 v. 1; Act 4007 pp. 205-
Court of First Instance 217 v. 1
Amendments Act 2041 pp. 69- Reorganization Act 3911
75 v. 1; Act 2675 pp. 99-100 pp. 191-201 v. 1
v. 1 Twenty-Ninth Judicial
Ilocos Sur PD 506 p. 383 v. 2 Districts
Judges Act 3779 pp. 187-188 Creation Act 3627 pp. 166-
v. 1; Act 4042 p. 227 v. 1; 172 v. 1
CA 504 pp. 321-322 v. 1; Reorganization Act 2675
RA 3599 pp. 638-639 v. 1 pp. 99-100 v. 1
1369
Sixteenth Judicial district Cultural Center of the

PD 722 pp. 566-569 v. 2 Philippines
Court of Industrial Relations Creation PD 15 pp. 11-16 v. 2
Abolition PD 442 pp. 285-294 Objectives PD 15 pp. 11-16 v. 2
v. 2 Powers and duties PD 15 pp.
Tenancy Division 11-16 v. 2
Abolition RA 1267 pp. 516- Cultural Committee
524 v. 1; RA 1409 pp. 546- Functions RA 176 pp. 414-417
550 v. 1 v. 1
Transferred to EO 392, s. 1951 Custody and Disposal
pp. 1137-1152 v. 2 Administration
Court of Land Registration Abolition PD 60 pp. 52-53 v. 2
Amendments Act 2675 pp. 99- Customs, Bureau of
100 v. 1 Amendments PD 599 pp. 475-
Reorganization Act 2675 477 v. 2
pp. 99-100 v. 1 Bureaus and offices
Court of Tax Appeals Commissioner of Customs
Amendments RA 9503 Named EO 94, s. 1947
pp. 1301-1303 v. 1 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Organization RA 9503 Insular Collection of Customs
pp. 1301-1303 v. 1 Renamed EO 94, s. 1947
Courts of Justices of the Peace pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Amendments Act 2041 pp. 69- Light house Service and the
75 v. 1; Act 3899 pp. 189-190 Revenue Cutter Service
v. 1 Act 4007pp. 205-217 v. 1
Baguio City Act 3899 pp. 189- Marine Examiners, Office of
190 v. 1 Act 3993 pp. 202-204 v. 1
Craft and Labor Service Compositions Act 1407
Creation EO 94, s. 1947 pp. 3-28 v. 1
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 Customs Patrol
Functions EO 94, s. 1947 Divisions, Services and
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 Sections Act 4007 pp. 205-
Credit Information Corporation 217 v. 1
Creation RA 9510 pp. 1304- Secret Service Division
1309 v. 1 Act 4007 pp. 205-217 v. 1
Objectives RA 9510 pp. 1304- Harbor Police Division
1309 v. 1 Act 4007 pp. 205-217 v. 1
Credit Information System Act Organizations Act 4007
RA 9510 pp. 1304-1309 v. 1 pp. 205-217 v. 1
1370
D Functions Act 2815 pp. 128-

130 v. 1
Dairy Development Fund Mergers and acquisitions
Creation RA 7884 pp. 1131- Act 2815 pp. 128-130 v. 1
1140 v. 1 Powers and duties Act 2815
National Dairy Authority pp. 128-130 v. 1
RA 7884 pp. 1131-1140 v. 1 Reorganization Act 2815
Dairy Industry Board pp. 128-130 v. 1
Corporations RA 7884 Transferred to Act 2988
pp. 1131-1140 v. 1 pp. 141-143 v. 1
Creation RA 7884 pp. 1131- Design Center Philippines
1140 v. 1 Creation PD 279 pp. 191-195
Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972 v. 2
RA 6425 pp. 942-946 v. 1 Functions PD 279 pp. 191-195
Dangerous Drugs Board v. 2
Compositions RA 6425 pp. 942- Powers and duties PD 279
946 v. 1 pp. 191-195 v. 2
Creation RA 6425 pp. 942-946 DILG SEE Interior and Local
v. 1 Government, Department of
Powers and duties RA 6425 Disbursements, Division of
pp. 942-946 v. 1 Creation Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Day Care Center (Barangay) Dispute Resolution, office for
Creation PD 1567 pp. 960-961 Compositions RA 9285
v. 2 pp. 1252-1254 v. 1
Dental Health Services, Bureau Creations RA 9285 pp. 1252-
of 1254 v. 1
Creation RA 3814 pp. 672-674 Objectives RA 9285 pp. 1252-
v. 1 1254 v. 1
Divisions, Services and District attorneys
Sections RA 3814 pp. 673 v. 1 Powers and duties CA 544
Departments pp. 334-335 v. 1
Converted to Ministries DND SEE National Defense,
PD 1397 pp. 866-867 v. 2 Department of
Department of the Interior and Documentation Information and
Local Government Act of 1990 Technology Transfer Bureau
RA 6975 pp. 1002-1012 v. 1 Creation RA 8293 pp. 1170-
Dependent Children, Bureau of 1181 v. 1
Creation Act 2815 pp. 128-130 Functions RA 8293 pp. 1170-
v. 1 1181 v. 1
1371
Documents, Board of Divisions , Services and

Abolition EO 94, s. 1947 Sections
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 American Circulating Library
DOTC SEE Transportation and Association of Manila
Communication, Department of Creation Act 1407 pp. 3-28
DPWTC SEE Public Works, v. 1
Transportation and Ethnology, Division of
Communications, Department Creation Act 1407 pp. 3-28
of v. 1
DSWD SEE Social Welfare and Transferred to Act 1541
Development, Department of p. 33 v. 1
Dual Training System Education, Culture and Sports,
Utilization RA 7686 pp. 1062- Department of
1071 v. 1 Child and Youth Research
Dual Training System Act of Center
1994 RA 7686 pp. 1062-1071 Abolition PD 604 pp. 483-494
v. 1 v. 2
Objectives RA 7686 pp. 1062- Legal Education Board
1071 v. 1 Creation RA 7662 pp. 1055-
DYSD SEE Youth and Sports 1061 v. 1
Development, Department of Renamed to RA 9155 pp. 1233-
(DYSD) 1236 v. 1
Education, Department of
E Bureaus and offices EO 392,
s. 1951 pp. 1145 v. 2
Adult Education, Division of
Economic Coordination, Office of Named EO 94, s. 1947 pp.
Abaca Corporation of the 1119 v. 2
Philippines Adult Education, Office of
Creation RA 1295 pp. 525- Renamed EO 94, s. 1947
528 v. 1 pp. 1119 v. 2
Sulu Development Company Documents, Board of
Creation RA 6042 pp. 887- Abolition EO 94, s. 1947
892 v. 1 pp. 1120 v. 2
Economics Coordination, Office of Education, Bureau of
Philippine National Railways Renamed to EO 94, s. 1947
RA 4156 pp. 741-747 v. 1 pp. 1119 v. 2
Education, Bureau of Home Industries Program
Compositions Act 1407 RA 6059 pp. 893-894 v. 1
pp. 3-28 v. 1
1372
Named RA 9155 pp. 1233- Named EO 94, s. 1947

1236 v. 1 pp. 1119 v. 2
Powers and duties RA 2628 School Health for Medical and
pp. 562-574 v. 1 Dental Services, Committee on
Institute of National Language Transferred to EO 392,
Creation EO 94, s. 1947 s. 1951 pp. 1145 v. 2
pp. 1119 v. 2 Students’ Loan Fund
Instruction, Department of Authority
Renamed to- Education, Creation RA 6014 pp. 870-
Department of EO 94, s. 1947 872 v. 1
pp. 1119 v. 2 Powers and duties RA 6014
National Library pp. 870-872 v. 1
Renamed to EO 94, s. 1947 Textbooks, Board on
pp. 1119 v. 2 Creation EO 94, s. 1947
National Physical Director, pp. 1119 v. 2
Office of the Vocational Education,
Renamed to EO 94, s. 1947 Bureau of
pp. 1119 v. 2 Creation RA 3742 pp. 656-
Philippine Historical Committee 658 v. 1
Creation EO 94, s. 1947 Named EO 94, s. 1947
pp. 1119 v. 2 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Physical Education, Division of Reorganization EO 392, s.
Named EO 94, s. 1947 1951 pp. 1145 v. 2
pp. 1119 v. 2 Schools and Colleges
Private Education, Office of Central Luzon Agricultural
Renamed to EO 94, s. 1947 College EO 392, s. 1951
pp. 1119 v. 2 pp. 1137-1152 v. 2
Private Schools Bureau of Named EO 392, s. 1951
Named EO 94, s. 1947 p. 1146 v.2
pp. 1119 v. 2 Central Luzon Agricultural
Public Librariess, Bureau of School
Named EO 94, s. 1947 Renamed EO 392, s. 1951
pp. 1119 v. 2 p. 1146 v.2
Public Schools, Bureau of Philippine Nautical School
Divisions, Services and Absorbed EO 392, s. 1951
Sections p. 1146 v.2
Home Economics, Division of Educational Committee
Creation EO 392, s. 1951 Functions RA 176 pp. 414-417
p. 1146 v.2 v. 1
1373
Educational Service Boards, Committees and

Creation EO 94, s. 1947 Council
p. 1104 v.2 Energy, Board of
Functions EO 94, s. 1947 Creation PD 1573 pp. 962-
p. 1104 v.2 972 v. 2
Educational Survey, Board of Powers and duties PD 1573
Compositions Act 3162 pp. 962-972 v. 2
pp. 150-151 v. 1 Energy Development Board
Creation Act 3162 pp. 150-151 Creation PD 910 pp. 640-644
v. 1 v. 2
Powers and duties Act 3162 Functions PD 910 pp. 640-644
pp. 150-151 v. 1 v. 2
Eight Judicial Districts Powers and duties PD 910
Mindoro Oriental RA 4057 pp. 640-644 v. 2
pp. 702-703 v. 1 ESCAP SEE Economics and
Elections, Commission on Social Commission for Asia and
Objectives PD 597 pp. 471-474 the Pacific PD 721 pp. 559-
v. 2 565 v. 2
Reorganizations PD 597 ESCAP Unit
pp. 471-474 v. 2 Named PD 721 pp. 559-565 v. 2
Eleventh Judicial District Ethnology, Division of
Aklan, Province of RA 5389 Creation Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1
pp. 823-824 v. 1 Transferred to Act 1407
Emergency Currency Board pp. 3-28 v. 1; Act 1541 p. 33
Compositions RA 22 pp. 377- v. 1
381 v. 1 Ethnology Survey, Bureau of
Creation RA 22 pp. 377-381 v. 1 Abolition Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Emergency Currency Examiners, Board of
Registration and Deposit Act of Philippine Licensing Board for
1946 RA 22 pp. 377-381 v. 1 Contractors
Energy, Department of Creation RA 4566 pp. 770-
Amendments PD 1573 pp. 962- 771 v. 1
972 v. 2 Examiners for Physical
Bureaus and offices Therapists and Occupational
Energy Development, Bureau Therapists, Board of
of Compositions RA 5680
972 v. 2 Creation RA 5680 pp. 864-865
Powers and duties PD 1573 v. 1
pp. 962-972 v. 2
1374
Powers and duties RA 5680 pp. 240-242 v. 1; RA 5435

pp. 864-865 v. 1 pp. 830-834 v. 1
Executive Bureau Departments Act 4121 pp. 240-
Abolition Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v.1; 242 v. 1
Act 4007 pp. 205-217 v. 1 Fiber Standardization Board
Bureaus and offices Act 1407 Abolition Act 4007 pp. 205-
pp. 3-28 v. 1 217 v. 1
Archives, Bureau of Finance, Department of
Abolition Act 1407 p. 4 v.1 Bureaus and offices Act 2666
Archives, Patents, Copyright pp. 95-98 v.1; Act 4007
and Trademarks, Division pp. 205-217 v. 1
of Functions EO 94, s. 1947
Creation Act 1407 p. 4 v.1 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2; EO 392,
Patents, Copyrights and s. 1951 pp. 1137-1152 v. 2
Trademarks, Bureau of Interior and Labor, Department
Abolition Act 1407 p. 4 v.1 of
Compositions Act 1407 Bureaus and offices
pp. 3-28 v. 1 Executive Bureau
Powers and duties Act 1407 Abolition Act 4007
pp. 3-28 v. 1 pp. 205-217 v. 1
Executive departments Interior, Department of
Act 4121 pp. 240-242 v. 1; Bureaus and offices Act 2666
EO 392, s. 1951 pp. 1137-1152 pp. 95-98 v.1
v. 2 Justice, Department of
Agriculture and Commerce, Bureaus and offices Act 2666
Department of pp. 95-98 v.1; Act 4007 pp.
Bureaus and offices Act 4007 205-217 v. 1
pp. 205-217 v. 1 National History Museum of
Commerce, Bureau of the Philippine Islands
Creation Act 4007 Abolition Act 4007 pp. 205-
pp. 205-217 v. 1 217 v. 1
Commerce and Industry, Objectives EO 94, s. 1947
Bureau of pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Agriculture and Natural Powers and duties RA 5435
Resources, Department of pp. 830-834 v. 1
Bureaus and offices Public Instruction, Department
Act 2666 pp. 95-98 v.1 of
Renamed to Act 4007 Bureaus and offices Act 2666
pp. 205-217 v. 1 pp. 95-98 v.1; Act 4007
Compositions EO 392, s. 1951 pp. 205-217 v. 1
pp. 1137-1152 v. 2; Act 4121
1375
Public Works and Creation PD 1785 pp. 1069-

Communications 1075 v. 2
Bureaus and offices Act 4007 Functions PD 1785 pp. 1069-
pp. 205-217 v. 1 1075 v. 2
Reorganization Act 2666 Objectives PD 1785 pp. 1069-
pp. 95-98 v. 1; EO 94, s.1947 1075 v. 2
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2; EO 392, Export Development Corporation
s. 1951 pp. 1137-1152 v.2; of the Philippines
PD 1 pp. 3-4 v. 2; PD 1397 Creation PD 1074 pp. 751-755
pp. 866-867 v. 2; RA 51 v. 2
pp. 382-383 v. 1; RA 5435 Functions PD 1074 pp. 751-755
pp. 830-834 v. 1 v. 2
Amendments PD 1-B pp. 7-8 Powers and duties PD 1074
v. 2 pp. 751-755 v. 2
Executive Office Export Industry Authorities
Bureaus and offices EO 94, Creation PD 160 pp. 85-88 v. 2
s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 Compositions PD 160 pp. 85-88
Institute of Nutrition v. 2
Compositions EO 94, Functions PD 160 pp. 85-88
s. 1947 pp. 1107-1108 v.2 v. 2
Functions EO 94, s. 1947 Powers and duties PD 160
pp. 1107-1108 v.2 pp. 85-88 v. 2
National Museum Export Processing Zone
Bureau and offices EO 94, Authority
s. 1947 p. 1107 v.2 Amendments PD 403 pp. 251-
Public Welfare Bureau of 252 v. 2
Abolition EO 94, s. 1947 Boards, Committees and
p. 1109 v.2 Council
Social Welfare Commission Commissioners, Board of
Compositions EO 94, Compositions PD 66
s. 1947 p. 1109 v.2 pp. 54-60 v. 2
Creation EO 94, s. 1947 Creation PD 66 pp. 54-60
p. 1109 v.2 v. 2
Compositions EO 94, s. 1947 Powers and duties PD 66
pp. 1100-1136 v.2 pp. 54-60 v. 2
Executive Reorganization SEE Creation PD 66 pp. 54-60 v. 2
Administrative agencies— Objectives PD 66 pp. 54-60 v. 2
Reorganization
Export Credit Corporation
1376
F Powers and duties PD 135

pp. 80-84 v. 2; PD 517
FAO SEE Food and Agriculture pp. 388-389 v. 2
Organization Fiber Development and
FERTIPHIL SEE National Inspection Service, Bureau of
Fertilizer Corporation of the PD 721 pp. 559-565 v. 2
Philippines PD 992 pp. 720- Fiber Inspection Service, Bureau
726 v. 2 of
Fact-Finding Board Creation RA 3099 pp. 595-597
Creation PD 1886 pp. 1091- v. 1
1093 v. 2 Functions RA 3099 pp. 595-597
Compositions PD 1886 v. 1
Family Court pp. 595-597 v. 1
Creation RA 8369 pp. 1182- Renamed PD 721 pp. 559-565
1188 v. 1 v. 2
Family Courts Act of 1997 Fiber Standardization Board
RA 8369 pp. 1182-1188 v. 1 Abolition Act 4007 pp. 205-217
Farm Systems Development v. 1
Corporation Fifteenth Judicial District
Creation PD 681 pp. 545-549 RA 3749 pp. 659-669 v. 1
v. 2 Amendments RA 3599 pp. 638-
Powers and duties PD 681 639 v. 1
pp. 545-549 v. 2 Bukidnon RA 5064 pp. 787-789
Farm Systems Development v. 1
Corporation Decree PD 681 Iligan, City of RA 5064
pp. 545-549 v. 2 pp. 787-789 v. 1
FDIIB SEE Finance Department Lanao del Norte RA 5064
Intelligence and Investigation pp. 787-789 v. 1
Bureau Fifth Judicial District
Fertilizer Industry Authority Angeles, City of RA 5067
Amendments PD 517 pp. 388- pp. 791-792 v. 1
389 v. 2 Bulacan, Province of RA 5052
Compositions PD 135 pp. 80-84 pp. 783-784 v. 1
v. 2 Filipino Language, Commission
Creation PD 135 pp. 80-84 v. 2 on the
Functions PD 135 pp. 80-84 Compositions RA 7104
v. 2 pp. 1015-1019 v. 1
Creation RA 7104 pp. 1015-
1019 v. 1
1377
Powers and duties RA 7104 Deputy Insular Collector of

pp. 1015-1019 v. 1 Customs
Finance, Department of Renamed EO 94, s. 1947
Bureaus and offices Act 2666 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
pp. 95-98 v.1; EO 94, s. 1947 Finance Department
p. 1111 v.2; EO 392, s. 1951 Intelligence and
p. 1140 v.2 Investigation Bureau
Anti-Smuggling Action (FDIIB)
Center (ASAC) Creation PD 1458 pp. 896-
Abolition PD 1458 pp. 899 900 v. 2
v.2 Divisions, Services and
Banking, Bureau of EO 94, Sections
s. 1947 p. 1111 v.2 Intelligence and
Amendments Act 3519 Investigation Division
pp. 162-163 v. 1 PD 1458 p. 899 v.2
Collector of Customs, for the
Named EO 94, s. 1947 Foreign Funds Control Office
p. 1112 v.2 Creation RA 7 pp. 375-376
Commissioner of Customs v.1; PD 60 pp. 52-53 v. 2
Named EO 94, s. 1947 Insular Collection of Customs
p. 1112 v.2 Renamed EO 94, s. 1947
Custody and Disposal pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Administration Internal Revenue, Bureau of
Abolition PD 60 pp. 52-53 Divisions, Services and
v. 2 Sections EO 94, s. 1947
Customs, Bureau of p. 1113 v.2
Amendments PD 599 Functions EO 94, s. 1947
pp. 475-477 v. 2 p. 1113v.2
Customs Patrol Service Light House Servicen
Divisions, Services and Act 4007 pp. 205-217 v. 1;
Sections EO 94, s. 1947 p. 1112 v.2
Harbor Police Division Transferred
Creation EO 94, s. 1947 Local Government Finance,
p. 1112 v.2 Office of PD 1266 pp. 789-
Secret Service Division 795 v. 2
Creation EO 94, s. 1947 Creation PD 1266 pp. 789-
p. 1112 v.2 795 v. 2
Organizations EO 94, s. 1947 Compositions PD 1266
p. 1112 v.2 pp. 789-795 v. 2
1378
Manila Harbor Board p. 1112 v.2

Creation EO 94, s. 1947 Treasury, Bureau of EO 94,
p. 1112 v.2 s. 1947 p. 1111 v.2
Marine Examiners, Office of Compositions Act 1407
Act 3993 pp. 202-204 v. 1 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Mint of the Philippine Reorganization EO 392,
Islands s. 1951 pp. 1137-1152 v. 2
Creation Act 2738 pp. 111- Finance and Justice, Department
113 v. 1 of
National Loan and Bureaus and offices Act 1407
Investment Board pp. 3-28 v. 1
Creation CA 7 pp. 251-254 Reorganization Act 1407
v. 1 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Philippine Purchasing Finance Department Intelligence
Agency in New York and Investigation Bureau
Abolition EO 94, s. 1947 (FDIIB)
p. 1111 v.2; EO 392, Compositions PD 1458 pp. 897-
s. 1951 p. 1140 v.2 898 v.2
Procurement Office Creation PD 1458 pp. 896-900
Renamed EO 94, s. 1947 v.2
p. 1111 v.2; EO 392, Functions PD 1458 pp. 898-899
s. 1951 p. 1140 v.2 v.2
Purchase and Supply , Organization PD 1458 pp. 897-
Division of 900 v.2
Renamed EO 94, s. 1947 Financial Service
p. 1111 v.2 Creation RA 8293 pp. 1170-
Regime offices PD 1266 1181 v. 1
pp. 789-795 v.2 Functions RA 8293 pp. 1170-
Foundation PD 1266 1181 v. 1
pp. 789-795 v. 2 Fire Protection, Bureau of
Organization PD 1266 Compositions RA 6975
pp. 789-795 v. 2 pp. 1002-1012 v. 1
Revenue Cutter Service Creation RA 6975 pp. 1002-
Transferred to EO 94, 1012 v. 1
s. 1947 p. 1112 v.2 Fire Station RA 6975 pp. 1002-
Supply, Bureau 1012 v. 1
Named EO 392, s. 1951 Organization RA 6975 pp.
p. 1140 v.2 1002-1012 v. 1
Tobacco Board Powers and duties RA 6975
Creation EO 94, s. 1947 pp. 1002-1012 v. 1
1379
Fiscal, Office of Cavite City RA 3983 p. 701 v. 1

Capiz Dapitan RA 5536 p. 860 v. 1
Abolition Act 1572 pp. 36-37 Gingoog, City of RA 4587
v. 1 p. 772 v. 1
La Union San Carlos RA 5539 p. 861 v. 1
Re-creation Act 1644 pp. 47- Fiscals, Provincial
48 v. 1 Agusan, Province of RA 5318
Misamis p. 814 v. 1
Abolition Act 1536 pp. 31-32 Aklan, Province of RA 4334
v. 1 p. 758 v. 1
Nueva Ecija Aklan, Province of RA 5541
Abolition Act 1590 pp. 40-41 p. 863 v. 1
v. 1 Albay, Province of RA 5058
Oriental Negros p. 785 v. 1
Re-creation Act 1583 pp. 38- Antique RA 5536 p. 860 v. 1
39 v. 1 Antique, Province of RA 3342
Repealed Act 1583 pp. 38-39 p. 611 v. 1
v. 1 Batangas RA 5472 p. 835 v. 1
Palawan Benguet RA 5508 p. 843 v. 1
Abolition Act 1572 pp. 36-37 Bulacan, Province of RA 3874
v. 1 p. 686 v. 1; RA 5051 p. 782
Pampanga v. 1
Abolition Act 1473 pp. 29-30 Cagayan, Province of RA 3344
v. 1; Act 1590 pp. 40-41 v. 1 p. 612 v. 1; RA 5060 p. 786
Re-creation Act 1590 pp. 40- v. 1
41 v. 1 Camarines Norte RA 5482
Romblon p. 838 v. 1
Abolition Act 1572 pp. 36-37 Capiz Act 1572 pp. 36-37 v. 1
v. 1 Catanduanes RA 5493 p. 842
Surigao v. 1
Abolition Act 1536 pp. 31-32 Cavite, Province of RA 3340
v. 1 p. 610 v. 1
Tarlac Cebu
Abolition Act 1473 pp. 29-30 Transferred to Act 1583
v. 1; Act 1590 pp. 40-41 v. 1 pp. 38-39 v. 1
Zambales Davao Oriental RA 5475 p. 836
Abolition Act 1644 pp. 47-48 v. 1
v. 1 Isabela RA 5491 p. 841 v. 1
Fiscals, City Isabela, Province of RA 3325
Baguio RA 5535 p. 859 v. 1 p. 608 v. 1
1380
La Union Act 1644 pp. 47-48 South Cotabato, Province of

v. 1 RA 5378 p. 820 v. 1
Marinduque, Province of Southern Leyte, Province of
RA 4229 p. 753 v. 1 RA 3078 p. 592 v. 1
Masbate, Province of RA 4926 Surigao Act 1536 pp. 31-32 v. 1
p. 780 v. 1 Surigao del Norte, Province of
Misamis Act 1536 pp. 31-32 RA 4938 p. 781 v. 1
v. 1 Tarlac
Misamis Oriental, Province of Amendments Act 1473
RA 5316 p. 813 v. 1 pp. 29-30 v. 1
Moro Province Repealed Act 1590 pp. 40-41
Powers and duties Act 1699 v. 1
pp. 52-64 v. 1 Zambales, Province of Act 1644
Mountain Province RA 4310 pp. 47-48 v. 1; RA 5344 p. 818
p. 757 v. 1 v. 1
Nueva Vizcaya, Province of Zamboanga, Province of
RA 5358 p. 819 v. 1 RA 4383 p. 762 v. 1
Palawan, Province of RA 3339 Fisheries, Bureau of
p. 609 v. 1 Abolition RA 3512 pp. 624-629
Amendments Act 1473 v. 1
pp. 29-30 v. 1 Compositions RA 177 p. 418
Repealed Act 1590 pp. 40-41 v.1
v. 1; Act 1644 pp. 47-48 v. 1 Creation RA 177 pp. 418-421
Pangasinan RA 5485 p. 840 v.1
Quirino, Subprovince of pp. 419-420 v.1
RA 5424 p. 829 v. 1 Fisheries, Division of
Romblon Act 1572 pp. 36-37 Abolition RA 177 p. 421 v.1
v. 1 Fishery Industry Development
Samar, Eastern RA 5483 Council
p. 839 v. 1 Compositions PD 43 pp. 31-43
Samar, Northern RA 5483 v. 2
p. 839 v. 1 Creation PD 43 pp. 31-43 v. 2
Samar, Province of RA 5065 Functions PD 43 pp. 31-43 v. 2
p. 790 v. 1 Power and duties PD 43
Samar, Western RA 5483 pp. 31-43 v. 2
p. 839 v. 1 Fishery Industry Development
Sorsogon, Province of RA 4265 Decree of 1972 PD 43 pp. 31-
p. 755 v. 1 43 v. 2
1381
Fishery Industry Development Objectives RA 708 pp. 456-457

Fund v. 1
Creation PD 43 pp. 31-43 v. 2 Foreign Service Institute Decree
Foreign Affairs, Department of of the Philippines PD 1060
Bureaus and offices EO 392, s. pp. 733-737 v. 2
1951 pp. 1137-1152 v. 2 Foreign Service Institute
Career Foreign Service Composition PD 1060 pp. 733-
Development Program 737 v. 2
Creation PD 1060 pp. 733- Creation PD 1060 pp. 733-737
737 v. 2 v. 2
Foreign Service Institute Foreign Service Institute, Board
Creation PD 1060 pp. 733- of
737 v. 2 Creation PD 1060 pp. 733-737
Foreign Service Institute, v. 2
Board of the Functions PD 1060 pp. 733-737
Creation PD 1060 pp. 733- v. 2
737 v. 2 Objectives PD 1060 pp. 733-
Islamic Affairs, Office of 737 v. 2
Creation PD 975 pp. 710- Foreign Service of the
712 v. 2 Philippines
Functions PD 975 pp. 710- Functions RA 708 p. 458 v.1
Functions EO 392, s. 1951 p. 458 v.1
Reorganization EO 392, pp. 456-461 v.1
s. 1951 pp. 1137-1152 v. 2 Foreign Trade Zone Authority
United Nations Educational Amendments PD 66 pp. 54-60
Scientific and Cultural v. 2
Organization National Forest Development, Bureau of
Commission of the PD 389 pp. 247-250 v. 2
Philippines Bureaus and offices PD 389
v. 1 Forestry, Bureau of PD 389
Foreign Funds Control Office pp. 247-250 v. 2
Creation RA 7 pp. 375-376 v.1; Mergers and acquisitions
PD 60 pp. 52-53 v. 2 PD 389 pp. 247-250 v. 2
Foreign Service Act of the Reforestation Administration
Philippines RA 708 pp. 456- PD 389 pp. 247-250 v. 2
461 v. 1 Mergers and acquisitions
PD 389 pp. 247-250 v. 2
1382
Parks and Wildlife Office Institute PD 607 pp. 500-504

PD 389 pp. 247-250 v. 2 v. 2
Mergers and acquisitions Foundation for Respiratory
PD 389 pp. 247-250 v. 2 Diseases of Children
Organizations PD 389 pp. 247- Compositions PD 1543 pp. 955-
250 v. 2 956 v. 2
Forest Products Research and Creation PD 1543 pp. 955-956
Industries Development Act of v. 2
1969 Fund transfer
Forest Products Research and Land Bank of the Philippines
Industries Development PD 462 pp. 316-317 v. 2
Commission (FORPRIDECOM)
Compositions RA 5526 pp. 845- G
858 v. 1
Creation RA 5526 pp. 845-858 Games and Amusements Board
v. 1 Compositions EO 392, s. 1951
Powers and duties RA 5526 p. 1140 v.2
pp. 845-858 v. 1 Boxing and Wrestling
Forest Products Research and Commission EO 392,
Industries Development s. 1951 p. 1140 v.2
Council Racing Commission EO 392,
Compositions RA 5526 pp. 845- s. 1951 p. 1140 v.2
858 v. 1 Creation EO 392, s. 1951
Creation RA 5526 pp. 845-858 p. 1140 v.2
v. 1 Powers and duties PD 871
pp. 845-858 v. 1 Garments and Textile Export
Forest Research Institute Board
Creation PD 607 pp. 500-504 Creation PD 1440 pp. 888-891
v. 2 v. 2
Forestry, Bureau of Compositions PD 1440 pp. 888-
Compositions Act 1407 891 v. 2
pp. 3-28 v. 1 Powers and duties PD 1440
Functions Act 1407 pp. 3-28 pp. 888-891 v. 2
v. 1 Garments and Textile Export
Forestry Reform Code of the Office
Philippines PD 389 pp. 247- Abolishment PD 1440 pp. 888-
250 v. 2 891 v. 2
FORI SEE Forest Research Transferred to PD 1440
pp. 888-891 v. 2
1383
General Auditing Office Controlled Corporations

Internal Auditing Coordinating Reorganization RA 51 pp. 382-
Staff 383 v. 1
Converted to RA 4115 Government Reorganization SEE
pp. 724-726 v. 1 Administrative agencies—
Reorganization RA 837 p. 477 Reorganization
v. 1 Government Service Insurance
Girl Scout Corporation System
Compositions CA 542 pp. 330- Functions PD 645 pp. 525-530
333 v. 1 v. 2
Creation CA 542 pp. 330-333 Powers and duties PD 645
v. 1 pp. 525-530 v. 2
Powers and duties CA 542 Government Survey and
pp. 330-333 v. 1 Reorganization Commission
Girl Scouts of the Philippines Compositions RA 997 pp. 481-
Creation CA 542 pp. 330-333 487 v. 1
v. 1 Creation RA 997 pp. 481-487
Objectives CA 542 pp. 330-333 v. 1; RA 1241 pp. 511-515 v. 1
v. 1 Objectives RA 997 pp. 481-487
Powers and duties CA 542 v. 1; RA 1241 pp. 511-515 v. 1
Governance of Basic Educating pp. 511-515 v. 1
Act of 2001 Governor-General
Objectives RA 9155 pp. 1233- Powers and duties Act 1674
1236 v. 1 p. 49 v. 1
Government Marine Railway and Greater Manila Metropolitan
Repair Shops Area and Drainage Fund
Bureaus and offices Account
Marine Railway and Repair Creation PD 18 pp. 17-18 v. 2
Shops Act 4111 pp. 236- GTEB SEE Garments and
237 v. 1 Textile Export Board PD 1440
Public Work Shops, Bureau pp. 888-891 v. 2
of Act 4111 pp. 236-237 v.
1 H
Creation Act 4111 pp. 236-237
v. 1 Health, Department of
Government Marine Railway and Bureaus and offices EO 94,
Repair Shop Fund Act 4111 s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v.2 ;
pp. 236-237 v. 1 EO 392, s. 1951 p. 1150 v.2
Government-owned and
1384
Dental Health Services, Indigent Children’s

Bureau of Hospital EO 94,
Creation RA 3814 pp. 672- s. 1947 pp. 1100-
674 1136 v. 2
Health, Bureau of EO 94, Transferred to
s. 1947 p. 1125 v.2 EO 94, s. 1947
Civil Sanitarium (Baguio, p. 1125 v.2
Benget) Hospitals, Division of
Abolition Act 1407 Abolition EO 94, s. 1947
pp. 3-28 v. 1 p. 1125 v.2
Creation Act 4007 Philippine Civil Hospital
pp. 205-217 v. 1 Abolition Act 1407
Compositions Act pp. 3-28 v. 1
1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1 Institute of Nutrition
Committee on Social Health Absorbed from EO 392,
for Medical and Dental s. 1951 pp. 1137-1152 v. 2
Service Divisions, Sections and
Absorbed from EO 392, Services
s. 1951 pp. 1137-1152 Biological Research,
v. 2 Division of
Health, Board of Absorbed from EO 392,
Abolition Act 1407 s. 1951 pp. 1137-1152
pp. 3-28 v. 1 v. 2
Hospital, Bureau of Food Technology,
Compositions EO 94, Division of
s. 1947 p. 1125 v.2; Absorbed from
EO 392, s. 1951 EO 392, s. 1951
pp. 1137-1152 v. 2 pp. 1137-1152 v. 2
Creation EO 392, s. 1951 Local Health Insurance
pp. 1137-1152 v. 2; Office
EO 94, s. 1947 p. 1125 Creation RA 7875
v.2 pp. 1109-1130 v. 1
Divisions, Services and National Health Insurance
Sections EO 392, Fund
s. 1951 pp. 1137-1152 Creation RA 7875
v. 2 pp. 1109-1130 v. 1
Child and Maternity Philippine Health Insurance
Health, Division of Corporation
Absorbed from Creation RA 7875
EO 94, s. 1947 pp. 1109-1130 v. 1
p. 1125 v.2
1385
Powers and duties Quarantine Service, Bureau of

RA 7875 pp. 1109-1130 v. 1 Renamed RA 123 p. 398 v. 1
Public Schools, Bureau of Reorganization RA 123
EO 392, s. 1951 pp. 1137- p. 398 v. 1
1152 v. 2 Creation CA 430 pp. 303-304
Quarantine Service , Bureau v. 1
of Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1 Powers and duties CA 430
Divisions, Services and pp. 303-304 v. 1
Sections Higher Education, Bureau of
Home Economics, Division of Transferred to
Transferred to EO 392, Commission on Higher
s. 1951 p. 1146 v.2 Education RA 7722 pp. 1075-
Tuberculosis, Division of 1084 v. 1
Creation EO 392, s. 1951 Higher Education, Commission
p. 1151 v.2 on
National Chest Center Boards, Committees and
Creation EO 392, Council
s. 1951 p. 1151 v.2 Advisers, Board of
Tuberculosis Control Compositions RA 7722
Creation EO 392, pp. 1075-1084 v. 1
s. 1951 p. 1151 v.2 Compositions RA 7722
Veterinary Division pp. 1075-1084 v. 1
Transferred to Creation RA 7722 pp. 1075-
Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1 1084 v. 1
Radiation Health Office Higher Education Act of 1994
Creation PD 480 pp. 333- RA 7722 pp. 1075-1084 v. 1
335 v. 2 Higher Education Department
Functions EO 94, s. 1947 Fund RA 7722 pp. 1075-1084
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 v. 1
Powers and duties EO 94, Home Industries Division
s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2; RA 6059 pp. 893-894 v. 1
RA 3814 pp. 672-674 v. 1 Hospitals, Bureau of
Reorganization EO 94, s. 1947 Compositions EO 94, s. 1947
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2; EO 392, p. 1125 v.2
s. 1951 pp. 1137-1152 v. 2 Hospitals, Division of
Health and Public Welfare, Abolition EO 94, s. 1947
Department of p. 1125 v.2
Bureaus and offices Human Resource Development
Quarantine, Bureau of Service
Named RA 123 p. 398 v. 1
1386
Creation RA 8293 pp. 1170- Creation PD 1616 pp. 997-

1181 v. 1 1002 v. 2
Functions RA 8293 pp. 1170- Human Settlements Regulatory
1181 v. 1 Commission
Human Settlements, Department Named PD 1396 p. 864 v.2
of Hundred Islands Conservation
Creation PD 1396 pp. 857-865 and Development Authority
v. 2 Compositions RA 3655 pp. 653-
Functions PD 1396 pp. 857-865 655 v. 1
v. 2 Creation RA 3655 pp. 653-655
pp. 857-865 v. 2 Objectives RA 3655 pp. 653-
Human Settlements and 655 v. 1
Planning Commission
Compositions PD 406 pp. 253- I
265 v. 2
Creation PD 406 pp. 253-265 ICCs/IPs SEE Indigenous
v. 2 Cultural Communities /
Functions PD 406 pp. 253-265 Indigenous Peoples
v. 2 Ilocos Sur Development
Power and duties PD 406 Authority
Human Settlements Commission v. 1
Compositions PD 933 pp. 660- Objectives RA 6070 pp. 895-
661 v.2 900 v. 1
Creation PD 933 pp. 657-669 Powers and duties RA 6070
v.2 pp. 895-900 v. 1
Functions PD 933 pp. 661-662 Immigration, Bureau of
v.2 Absorbed from EO 94, s. 1947
Renamed PD 1396 p. 864 v.2 p. 1125 v. 2
Human Settlements Indigenous Cultural
Development Corporation Communities/Indigenous
Creation PD 1396 pp. 857-865 Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of
v.2 1997 RA 8371 pp. 1189-1198
Objectives PD 1396 p. 861v.2 v. 1
Powers and duties PD 1396 Industrial Division Revolving
pp. 859-861 v.2 Fund (Bureau of Prisons)
Human Settlements, Ministry of Merged to EO 94, s. 1947
Intramuros Administration p. 1115 v. 2
1387
Industrial Safety, Bureau of Instruction, Department of

Creation RA 367 p. 432 v. 1 Renamed to- Education,
Functions RA 367 pp. 431-434 Department of EO 94, s. 1947
v. 1 pp. 1119 v. 2
Powers and duties RA 367 Insular Government
Industry, Department of Agriculture, Bureau of
Amendments PD 769 pp. 589- Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1
591 v. 2; PD 1520 pp. 942-946 Compositions Act 1407
v. 2 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Bureaus and offices Divisions, Services and
Industrial Coordination, Sections
Bureau of Animal Industry,
Creation PD 488 pp. 348- Division of
354 v. 2 Creation Act 1407
Powers and duties PD 488 pp. 3-28 v. 1
pp. 348-354 v. 2 Veterinary Division
Small and Medium Absorbed from Act
Industries Commission 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1
PD 488 pp. 348-354 v. 2; Architecture and
PD 769 pp. 589-591 v. 2 Construction of Public
Creation PD 488 pp. 348-354 Buildings, Bureau of
v. 2 Abolition Act 1407 pp. 3-28
Functions PD 488 pp. 348-354 v. 1
v. 2 Audits, Bureau of Act 1407
Objectives PD 488 pp. 348-354 pp. 3-28 v. 1
v. 2 Compositions
Organization PD 1520 pp. 942- Civil Service, Bureau of
946 v. 2 Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Powers and duties PD 488 Powers and duties
pp. 348-354 v. 2 Coast and Geodetic Survey,
Industry, Ministry of Bureau of Act 1407
Construction Industry pp. 3-28 v. 1
Authority of the Philippines Cold Storage , Bureau of
PD 1746 pp. 1050-1055 v. 2 Compositions Act 1407
1055 v. 2 Constabulary, Bureau of
Institute of Philippine Language Compositions Act 1407
Transferred to RA 7104 pp. 3-28 v. 1
pp. 1015-1019 v. 1
1388
Customs, Bureau o Act 1407 Civil Sanitarium

pp. 3-28 v. 1 Abolition Act 1407
Compositions pp. 3-28 v. 1
Education, Bureau of Transfered to Act 1407
Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Divisions, Services and Veterinary Division
Sections Transfered to Act 1407
American Circulating pp. 3-28 v. 1
Library Association of Internal Revenue, Bureau of
Manila,Division of Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Creation Act 1407 Compositions Act 1407
pp. 3-28 v. 1 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Ethnology, Division of Divisions, Services and
Creation Act 1407 Sections
pp. 3-28 v. 1 Assessments and
Ethnology Survey, Bureau of Collections, Division of
Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1 Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Abolition Justice, Bureau of Act 1407
Executive Bureau Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1
pp. 3-28 v. 1 Lands, Bureau Act 1407
Patents, Copyrights and pp. 3-28 v. 1
Trademarks of Bureau of Compositions
Abolition Act 1407 Mining, Bureau of Act 1407
pp. 3-28 v. 1 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Archives, Bureau of Abolition
Abolition Act 1407 Navigation, Bureau of
pp. 3-28 v. 1 Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Archives, Patents Port Works, Bureau of
Copyright and Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Trademarks, Division of Posts, Bureau of Act 1407
Creation pp. 3-28 v. 1
Forestry, Bureau of Act 1407 Compositions
pp. 3-28 v. 1 Divisions, Services and
Compositions Sections
Health, Bureau of Act 1407 Assessments and
pp. 3-28 v. 1 Collections, Division of
Compositions Printing, Bureau of Act 1407
Sections Compositions
1389
Prisons, Bureau of Act 1407 Commerce and Police,

pp. 3-28 v. 1 Department of
Compositions Bureaus and offices
Public Works, Bureau of Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1 Reorganization Act 1407
Architecture and pp. 3-28 v. 1
Construction of Public Finance and Justice,
Buildings, Bureau of Department of
Abolition Act 1407 Bureaus and offices
pp. 3-28 v. 1 Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Building Construction Reorganization Act 1407
and Repair, Division of pp. 3-28 v. 1
Creation Act 1407 Interior, Department of
Quarantine Service, Bureau Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1
of Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1 Reorganization Act 1407
Science, Bureau of pp. 3-28 v. 1
Compositions Act 1407 Public Instruction,
pp. 3-28 v. 1 Department of
Divisions, Services and Bureaus and offices
Sections Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Mines, Division of Reorganization Act 1407
Creation Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1
pp. 3-28 v. 1 Reorganization Act 1407
Supply, Bureau of pp. 3-28 v. 1
Compositions Act 1407 Insurance Commissioner, Office
pp. 3-28 v. 1 of the
Treasury, Bureau of Named RA 275 pp. 427-428 v. 1
Compositions Act 1407 Integrated Census of Population
pp. 3-28 v. 1 and Economic Activities
Divisions, Services and PD 650 pp. 531-535 v. 2
Sections Integrated National Police Force
Disbursements, Division of PD 585 pp. 458-465 v. 2
Creation Act 1407 Compositions PD 765 pp. 583-
pp. 3-28 v. 1 588 v. 2
Weather, Bureau of Creation PD 765 pp. 583-588
Compositions Act 1407 v. 2
pp. 3-28 v. 1 Organization PD 765 pp. 583-
Departments Attached 588 v. 2
1390
Powers and duties PD 482 Intellectual Property Office (IPO)

Integrated Police Forces Administrative, Financial
Amendments PD 531 pp. 390- and Human Resource
396 v. 2 Development Service
Provinces PD 641 pp. 518-524 Bureau
v. 2 Creation RA 8293 p. 1177
Integrated Reorganization Plan v.1
Adoption PD 1 pp. 3-4 v. 2 Divisions, Services and
Amendments PD 1-A pp. 5-6 Sections
v. 2; PD 1-B pp. 7-8 v. 2; Administrative Service
PD 56 pp. 50-51 v. 2; PD 60 RA 8293 p. 1177 v.1
pp. 52-53 v. 2; PD 186 pp. 94- Functions
96 v. 2; PD 189 pp. 103-113 Financial Service
v. 2; PD 224 p. 124 v. 2; RA 8293 p. 1177 v.1
PD 232 pp. 125-130 v. 2; Functions
PD 367 pp. 230-231 v. 2; Human Resource
PD 372 pp. 232-233 v. 2; Development Service
PD 458 pp. 295-306 v. 2; RA 8293 pp. 1177-1178
PD 461 pp. 307-315 v. 2; v.1
PD 488 pp. 348-354 v. 2; Patent and Trademark
PD 493 pp. 366-368 v. 2; Administration
PD 599 pp. 475-477 v. 2; RA 8293 p. 1177 v.1
PD 721 pp. 559-565 v. 2; Services
PD 769 pp. 589-591 v. 2; Creation
PD 832 pp. 609-615 v. 2; Functions RA 8293
PD 899 pp. 635-639 v. 2; pp. 1170-1181 v.1
PD 1450 pp. 892-895 v. 2; Documentation, Information
PD 1458 pp. 896-900 v. 2; and Technology Transfer
PD 1520 pp. 942-946 v. 2 Bureau RA 8293 pp. 1170-
Implementation PD 186 1181 v.1
pp. 94-96 v. 2 Creation RA 8293
Modification PD 78 pp. 63-71 pp. 1170-1181 v.1
v. 2 Functions
Intellectual Property Code of Legal Affairs, Bureau of
the Philippines RA 8293 RA 8293 pp. 1173-1175 v.1
pp. 1170-1181 v. 1 Creation RA 8293
pp. 1173-1175 v.1
Functions
1391
Management Information Commission EO 94, s. 1947

Services and EDP Bureau pp. 1100-1111 v. 2
RA 8293 p. 1176 v.1 Dependent Children Bureau
Creation RA 8293 p. 1176 of
v.1 Creation Act 2815 pp. 128-
Functions 130 v. 1
Patents, Bureau of RA 8293 Health, Bureau of Act 1972
pp. 1172-1173 v.1 p. 68 v. 1
Creation RA 8293 Lands, Bureau of Act 1972
pp. 1172-1173 v.1 p. 68 v. 1
Functions RA 8293 Non-Christian Tribes
pp. 1170-1181 v. 1 Abolition CA 75 pp. 255-
Trademarks, Bureau of 256 v. 1
Creation RA 8293 pp. 1173 Philippine Constabulary
v.1 (Military Police Command,
Functions RA 8293 Armed Forces of the
pp. 1173 v.1 Philippines)
Creation RA 8293 pp. 1170- Compositions EO 94,
1181 v.1 s. 1947 pp. 1109-1110 v. 2
Functions RA 8293 pp. 1171 Powers and duties EO 94,
v.1 s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Organization RA 8293 Public Welfare Board
pp. 1172-1178 v.1 Creation Act 2745 pp. 114-
Inter-Department Committee on 116 v. 1
Children and Youth Public Welfare Commission,
Abolition PD 604 pp. 483-494 Office of the
v. 2 Creation Act 2988 pp. 141-
Interior, Department of the 143 v. 1
Bureaus and offices Act 1407 Racing Commission
pp. 3-28 v. 1; Act 2666 pp. 95- Named EO 94, s. 1947
98 v. 1; Act 4121 pp. 240-242 pp. 1110-1111 v.2
v. 1; EO 94, s. 1947 pp. 1100- Races, Board on
1136 v. 2 Renamed to EO 94,
Agriculture, Bureau of s. 1947 pp. 1110-1111 v.2
Compositions EO 94, Review for Moving Pictures,
s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 Board of EO 94, s. 1947
Transferred to Act 1972 pp. 1110-1111 v.2
p. 68 v. 1 Science, Bureau of Act 1972
Boxing and Wrestling p. 68 v. 1
1392
State Police CA 88 pp. 263- Reorganization BP 129

266 v. 1 pp. 341-345 v.1
Organizations CA 88 Internal Audit Coordinating
pp. 263-266 v. 1 Department
Weather Bureau Act 1972 Converted RA 4115 pp. 724-
p. 68 v. 1 726 v. 1
Compositions EO 94, s. 1947 Internal Auditing Coordinating
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 Staff
Reorganization Act 1407 Converted to RA 4115 pp. 724-
pp. 3-28 v. 1; Act 1972 p. 68 726 v. 1
v. 1 Internal Revenue, Bureau of
Interior and Local Government, Compositions Act 1407
Department of (DILG) pp. 3-28 v. 1; Act 4007
pp. 1002-1012 v. 1 Functions Act 4007 pp. 205-
Reorganization RA 6975 217 v. 1
pp. 1002-1012 v. 1 Intramuros Administration
Philippine National Police Creation PD 1616 pp. 997-1002
Reorganization RA 8551 v.2
pp. 1209-1218 v. 1 v.1 Functions PD 1616 pp. 998-999
People’s Law Enforcement v.2
Board (PLEB) Objectives PD 1616 pp. 997-
Creation RA 8551 998 v.2
pp. 1217 v.1 Powers and duties PD 1616
Functions RA 8551 pp. 997-1002 v.2
pp. 1217 v.1 Investments Coordination
Women’s Desk Committee
Creation RA 8551 Compositions PD 1450 pp. 892-
pp. 1216 v.1 893 v.2
Functions RA 8551 Reorganization PD 1450
pp. 1217 v. 1 pp. 892-895 v.2
Intermediate Appellate Court Investigation, Bureau of
Composition BP 129 pp. 341- Compositions RA 157 pp. 404
345 v.1 v.1
Creation BP 129 pp. 341-345 Creation RA 157 pp. 403 v.1
v.1 Functions RA 157 pp. 403 v.1
Functions BP 129 pp. 341-345 Powers and duties RA 157
v.1 pp. 404-405 v.1
Powers and duties BP 129 Investigation, Division of
pp. 341-345 v.1 Abolition RA 157 p. 405 v. 1
1393
Investigation and Recovery Office Joint Legislative–Executive Tax

Creation PD 478 pp. 328-332 Commission
v. 2 Converted to PD 74 pp. 61-62
Functions PD 478 pp. 328-332 pp. 61-62 v. 2
v. 2 Judges Act 3627 pp. 166-172
Powers and duties PD 478 v. 1; RA 4057 pp. 702-703 v. 1
pp. 328-332 v. 2 Judges, Provincial
IPO SEE Intellectual Property Misamis Occidental RA 5512
Office p. 844 v. 1
Iron and Steel Authority Judicial Districts
Creation PD 272 pp. 177-183 Amendments Act 4060 pp. 228-
v. 2 233 v. 1
Functions PD 272 pp. 177-183 Compositions Act 3627
v. 2 pp. 166-172 v. 1
Objectives PD 272 pp. 177-183 Creation Act 3627 pp. 166-172
v. 2 v. 1
Powers and duties PD 272 Fifteenth Judicial district
pp. 177-183 v. 2 RA 3749 pp. 659-669 v. 1
Irrigation Division Ninth Judicial District
Abolition RA 3601 pp. 640-646 Camarines Norte, Province of
v. 1 RA 5103 p. 796 v. 1
Compositions Act 2675
J pp. 99-100 v. 1
Named Act 2675 pp. 99-100
Jail Management and penology, v. 1
Bureau of Powers and duties Act 2675
Compositions RA 6975 pp. 99-100 v. 1
pp. 1002-1012 v. 1 Quezon, Province of RA 5075
Creation RA 6975 pp. 1002- p. 793 v. 1
1012 v. 1 Reorganization Act 3911
Functions RA 6975 pp. 1002- pp. 191-201 v. 1
1012 v. 1 Seventh Judicial district
Organization RA 6975 RA 3749 pp. 659-669 v. 1
pp. 1002-1012 v. 1 Thirtieth Judicial district
Powers and duties RA 6975 Creation Act 3911 pp. 191-
pp. 1002-1012 v. 1 201 v. 1
JJWC SEE Juvenile Justice and Thirty-first Judicial district
Welfare Council RA 9344 Creation Act 3911 pp. 191-
pp. 1272-1278 v. 1 201 v. 1
1394
Twelfth Judicial district RA 9307 pp. 1264-1265 v. 1;

RA 3749 pp. 659-669 v. 1 RA 9308 pp. 1266-1267 v. 1;
Twenty-eighth Judicial district RA 9309 pp. 1268-1269 v. 1;
Creation Act 3345 pp. 155- RA 9310 pp. 1270-1271 v. 1;
156 v. 1 RA 9374 pp. 1279-1280 v. 1;
Twenty-ninth Judicial district RA 9375 pp. 1281-1282 v. 1;
Creation Act 3627 pp. 166- RA 9376 pp. 1283-1284 v. 1;
172 v. 1 RA 9377 pp. 1285-1286 v. 1;
Judiciary RA 9424 pp. 1289-1290 v. 1;
Reorganization BP 129 RA 9424 pp. 1289-1290 v. 1;
pp. 341-372 v. 1 RA 9848 pp. 1313-1314 v. 1;
Judiciary Act of 1948 RA 5067 Justice, Department of
pp. 791-792 v. 1 Bureaus and offices Act 2666
Amendments PD 289 pp. 204- pp. 95-98 v. 1; EO 94, s. 1947
205 v. 2; PD 506 p. 383 v. 2; pp. 1100-1136 v. 2; EO 392,
PD 722 pp. 566-569 v. 2; s. 1951 p. 1142 v. 2
PD 974 pp. 708-709 v. 2; Alternative Dispute
RA 3090 pp. 593-594 v.1; Resolution, office of
RA 3599 pp. 638-639 v. 1; Creation RA 9285
RA 3749 pp. 659-669 v. 1; pp. 1252-1254 v. 1
RA 4057 pp. 702-703 v. 1; Anti-Dummy Board RA 1130
RA 5052 pp. 783-784 v. 1; pp. 488-491 v. 1
RA 5064 pp. 787-789 v. 1; Amendments RA 608
RA 5075 p. 793 v. 1; pp. 439-4402 v. 1
RA 5084 pp. 794-795 v. 1; Anti-Usury Board
RA 5103 p. 796 v. 1; Abolition EO 94, s. 1947
RA 5107 pp. 797-798 v. 1; pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
RA 5296 pp. 811-812 v. 1; City Fiscal, Office of
RA 5341 pp. 816-817 v. 1; Amendments PD 1513
RA 5382 pp. 821-822 v. 1; pp. 932-941 v. 2
RA 5389 pp. 823-824 v. 1; Court of Agrarian Relations
Judiciary Reorganization Act of Creation RA 1409 pp. 546-
1980 BP 129 pp. 341-372 v. 1 550 v. 1
Amendments RA 8246 Court of First Instance
pp. 1160-1162 v. 1; Creation EO 94, s. 1947
RA 8369 pp. 1182-1188 v. 1; pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
RA 9252 pp. 1248-1249 v. 1; Court of Industrial Relations
RA 9274 pp. 1250-1251 v. 1; Transferred to EO 392,
RA 9306 pp. 1262-1263 v. 1; s. 1951 p. 1143 v. 2
1395
Immigration, Bureau of Municipal Trial Court

Transferred to EO 94, Butuan, City of RA 9310
s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 pp. 1270-1271 v. 1
Indeterminate Sentence, Calamba, City of RA 9308
Board of pp. 1266-1267 v. 1
Abolition EO 94, s. 1947 Capiz, Province of RA 9274
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 pp. 1250-1251 v. 1
Investigation, Bureau of Cebu, Province of RA 9375
Compositions pp. 1281-1282 v. 1
Creation RA 157 pp. 403- Iloilo City RA 9306
405 v. 1 pp. 1262-1263 v. 1
Functions RA 157 pp. 403- San Pablo City RA 9252
405 v. 1 pp. 1248-1249 v. 1
Powers and duties RA 157 Tagbilaran, City of
pp. 403-405 v. 1 RA 9309 pp. 1268-1269 v. 1
Renamed to EO 94, s. 1947 National Bureau of
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 Investigation
Investigation, Division of Creation PD 1275 pp. 804-
Abolition RA 157 822 v. 2
pp. 403- 405 v. 1 Functions RA 157 pp. 403-
Justice, Bureau of 405 v. 1
Compositions Act 1407 Named EO 94, s. 1947
pp. 3-28 v. 1 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Renamed to EO 94, Pardons and Parole, Board of
s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 Creation EO 94, s. 1947
Juvenile Justice and pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Welfare Council Pardons, Board of
Creation RA 9344 Abolition EO 94, s. 1947
pp. 1272-1278 v. 1 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Legal Aid Office Patent Office
Abolition EO 392, s. 1951 Creation RA 165 pp. 406-
p. 1143 v. 2 412 v. 1
Metropolitan Trial Court People’s Counsel, Office of the
Caloocan City RA 9374 Abolition EO 392, s. 1951
pp. 1279-1280 v. 1 p. 1143 v. 2
Mandaluyong City RA 9848 Prosecution Division
Parañaque, City of pp. 805-808 v. 1
RA 9376 pp. 1283-1284 v. 1
1396
Prosecution Staff Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act

Compositions PD 1275 2006 RA 9344 pp. 1272-1278
pp. 804-822 v. 2 v. 1
Functions PD 1275 Juvenile Justice and Welfare
pp. 804-822 v. 2 Council (JJWC)
Reorganization PD 1275 Compositions RA 9344
pp. 804-822 v. 2; RA 5184 pp. 1272-1278 v. 1
pp. 805-808 v. 1 Creation RA 9344 pp. 1272-
Regional Trial Court 1278 v. 1
Cebu, Province of RA 9375 Powers and duties RA 9344
pp. 1281-1282 v. 1 pp. 1272-1278 v. 1
Eastern Samar, Province of
RA 9307 pp. 1264-1265 v. 1 K
Lanao del Sur, Province of
RA 9424 pp. 1289-1290 v. 1 Katipunan ng mga Sanggunian
Mandaluyong City Reorganization PD 877
RA 9848 pp. 1313-1314 v. 1 pp. 632-634 v. 2
Salvage Warehouse Revolving
Fund
Merged to EO 94, s. 1947 L
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Solicitor General, Office of the Labor Code of the Philippines
Named EO 94, s. 1947 PD 442 pp. 285-294 v. 2
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 Amendments RA 7700
Special Attorneys, Office of pp. 1073-1074 v. 1
Abolition EO 392, s. 1951 Labor, Department of
p. 1140 v. 2 Bureaus and offices Act 4121
State Attorneys, Office of pp. 240-242 v. 1; EO 94,
Creation RA 1198 pp. 508- s. 1947 p. 1120 v. 2; EO 392,
510 v. 1 s. 1951 p. 1147 v.2; RA 367
Tenancy Law Enforcement pp. 431-434 v. 1
Division Apprenticeship, Office of
Abolition EO 392, s. 1951 Creation RA 2628 pp. 562-
pp. 1137-1152 v. 2 574 v. 1
Reorganization EO 94, s. 1947 Court of Industrial Relations
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 Abolition PD 442 pp. 293-
EO 392, s. 1951 pp. 1137- 294 v. 2
1152 v. 2 Immigration, Bureau of
Absorbed from EO 94,
s. 1947 p. 1120 v. 2
1397
Industrial Safety, Bureau of Powers and duties PD 442

Abolition EO 392, s. 1951 pp. 285-294 v. 2
p. 1149 v. 2 National Manpower and
Compositions RA 367 Youth Council
p. 432 v. 1 Compositions PD 442
Creation RA 367 p. 431- pp. 285-294 v. 2
434 v. 1 National Manpower Skills
Functions RA 367 p. 431- Center
432 v. 1 Creation PD 442 pp. 285-
Labor, Bureau of 294 v. 2
Divisions, Services and National Seamen Board
Sections EO 392, s. 1951 Creation PD 442 pp. 285-
pp. 1137-1152 v. 2 294 v. 2
Labor Placement Functions PD 442 pp. 285-
Divisions 294 v. 2
Abolition EO 392, Overseas Employment
s. 1951 pp. 1144 v. 2 Development Board
Marine Overseas and Creation PD 442 pp. 285-
Private 294 v. 2
Employment Agencies Functions PD 442 pp. 285-
Division 294 v. 2
Abolition EO 392, Placement Bureau
s. 1951 pp. 1144 v. 2 Creation EO 392, s. 1951
National Employment Service pp. 1147-1148 v. 2
Creation RA 761 pp. 462- Functions EO 392, s. 1951
470 v. 1 pp. 1147-1148 v. 2
Reorganization RA 761 Population/Family Planning
pp. 462-470 v. 1 Office
National Labor Relations Creation PD 1410 pp. 881-
Commission 883 v. 2
Abolition PD 442 pp. 285- Functions PD 1410
294 v. 2 pp. 881-883 v. 2
Amendments RA 7700 Powers and duties PD 1410
pp. 1073-1074 v. 1 pp. 881-883 v. 2
Compositions PD 442 Workmen’s Compensation,
pp. 285-294 v. 2 Bureau of
Creation PD 21 pp. 19-21 Abolition PD 442 p. 293 v.2
v. 2: PD 442 pp. 285-294 Workmen’s Compensation
v. 2 Commission
Abolition PD 442 p. 293 v.2
1398
Workmen’s Compensation Functions PD 980 pp. 717-

Units 719 v. 2
Abolition PD 442 p. 293 v.2 Lands, Bureau of
Creation Act 4121 pp. 240-242 Compositions Act 1407
v. 1 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Land Bank of the Philippines LCPC SEE Local Councils for
Creation PD 251 pp. 141-145 the Protection of Children
v. 2 Legal Affairs, Bureau of
Powers and duties PD 251 Creation RA 8293 pp. 1170-
pp. 141-145 v. 2 1181 v. 1
Reorganization PD 251 Functions RA 8293 pp. 1170-
pp. 141-145 v. 2 1181 v. 1
Land Registration Commission Legal Aid Office
Creation RA 1151 pp. 502-504 Abolition EO 392, s. 1951
v. 1 pp. 1137-1152 v. 2
Functions RA 1151 p. 503 v. 1 Legal Education Board
Land Registration, Court of Compositions RA 7662
Manila pp. 1055 v. 1
Powers and duties Act 1699 Creation RA 7662 pp. 1055-
pp. 52-64 v. 1 1061 v. 1
Land Tenure Improvement Powers and duties RA 7662
Creation PD 980 pp. 717-719 pp. 1058-1059 v. 1
v. 2 Legal Education Fund
Functions PD 980 pp. 717-719 Creation RA 7662 pp. 1055-
v. 2 1060 v. 1
Divisions, Services and Legal Education Reform Act of
Sections PD 980 pp. 717-719 1993 RA 7662 pp. 1055-1061
v. 2 v. 1
Land Tenure Research and Legal Enforcement Division
Project Renamed to PD 721 pp. 559-
Division PD 980 pp. 717- 565 v. 2
719 v. 2 Legal Service Division
Creation PD 980 pp. 717- Creation PD 721 pp. 559-565
719 v. 2 v. 2
Functions PD 980 Legislative Service Office
pp. 717-719 v. 2 Compositions CA 451 pp. 310-
Land Transactions Division 311 v. 1
Creation PD 980 pp. 717- Creation Act 3690 pp. 173-175
719 v. 2 v. 1
1399
Functions Act 3690 pp. 173- Local Tax Ordinance Advisory

175 v. 1 Board
Leyte Sab-A Basin Development Compositions PD 509 pp. 384-
Authority 386 v. 2
Creation PD 625 pp. 505-512 Creation PD 509 pp. 384-386
v. 2 v. 2
Functions PD 625 pp. 505-512 Local Treasury and Assessment
v. 2 Districts
Objectives PD 625 pp. 505-512 Creation PD 921 pp. 654-656
v. 2 v. 2
Powers and duties PD 625 Lung Center of the Philippines
Liquidators, Board of 1077 v. 2
Powers and duties RA 1345 Lungsod ng Kabataan
p. 533 v. 1 Creation PD 1631 pp. 1014-
Livestock development Council 1018 v. 2
Compositions PD 914 pp. 647- Objectives PD 1631 pp. 1014-
651 v. 2 1018 v. 2
Creation PD 914 pp. 647-651 Lupong Tagapagpaganap ng
v. 2 Pook PD 1618 pp. 1005-1007
v. 2 Lupong Tagapagpaganap ng
Powers and duties PD 914 pp. Pook in Regions XI
647-651 v. 2 Abolition PD 1844 pp. 1089-
Local civil registrars 1090 v. 2
Powers and duties Act 3753 Lupong Tagapagpaganap ng
pp. 176-178 v. 1 Pook in Regions XII
Local Councils for the Protection Abolition PD 1844 pp. 1089-
of Children (LCPC) 1090 v. 2
Creation RA 9344 pp. 1272-
1278 v. 1 M
Local Government and
Community Development Management Information
Bureaus and offices Services and EDP Bureau
Cooperatives Development, Creation RA 8293 pp. 1170-
Bureau of PD 501 pp. 369- 1181 v. 1
372 v. 2 Functions RA 8293 pp. 1170-
pp. 369-372 v. 2 Manila Commission for Fire
Victims
1400
Creation RA 3819 p. 675 v. 2 Creation Act 3993 pp. 202-204

Functions RA 3819 p. 675 v. 2 v. 1
Manila Harbor Board Functions Act 3993 pp. 202-
Compositions Act 3002 204 v. 1
pp. 144-149 v. 1 Organizations Act 3993
Creation Act 3002 pp. 144-149 pp. 202-204 v. 1
v. 1 Powers and duties Act 3993
Functions Act 3002 pp. 144- pp. 202-204 v. 1
149 v. 1 Marine Examiners, Office of
Powers and duties Act 3002 Bureaus and offices Act 3993
pp. 144-149 v. 1 pp. 202-204 v. 1
Manila Hotel Marine Examiners for Deck
Creation PD 645 pp. 525-530 Officers, Board of
v. 2 Functions Act 3993
Manila Hotel Company pp. 202-204 v. 1
Abolition PD 645 pp. 525-530 Examiners for Engineer
v. 2 Officers, Board of
Manila Railroad Company Functions Act 3993
Transferred to Act 3376 p. 157 pp. 202-204 v. 1
v. 1 Marine Industry Decree of 1974
Manila Railroad Company of the PD 474 pp. 320-327 v. 2
Philippine Islands Marine Railway and Repair
Abolition RA 4156 pp. 741-747 Shops
v. 1 Merged to Act 4111 pp. 236-
Manila Railway and Repair 237 v. 1
Shops Maritime Industry Authority
Mergers and acquisitions Act Creation PD 474 pp. 320-327
4111 pp. 236-237 v. 1 v. 2
Manila Transit Corporation Organization PD 474 pp. 320-
Amendments PD 860 pp. 617- 327 v. 2
620 v. 2 Reorganization PD 474
v. 2 Maritime Industry Board
Powers and duties PD 492 Functions PD 474 pp. 320-327
pp. 360-365 v. 2 v. 2
Marine Examiners, Board of Powers and duties PD 474
Amendments Act 3993 pp. 202- pp. 320-327 v. 2
204 v. 1 Maritime Industry Development
Compositions Act 3993 Program PD 474 pp. 320-327
pp. 202-204 v. 1 v. 2
1401
Mass Media Council Metro Manila Council

Abolition PD 191 pp. 114-116 Compositions RA 7924
v. 2 pp. 1146-1147 v. 1
Creation PD 36 pp. 22-24 v. 2 Creation RA 7924 pp. 1146 v. 1
Meat Inspection Board Functions RA 7924 pp. 1148-
Creation RA 9296 pp. 1255- 1149 v. 1
1261 v. 1 Metro Manila Traffic
Compositions RA 9296 Management Authority
Meat Inspection Code of the v. 2
Philippines RA 9296 pp. Compositions PD 1265 pp. 784-
1255-1261 v. 1 788 v. 2
Media Advisory Council Functions PD 1265 pp. 784-788
Abolition PD 576 pp. 450-452 v. 2
v. 2 Power and duties PD 1265
v. 2 Metro Manila Transit
Compositions PD 191 pp. 114- Corporation
Functions PD 191 pp. 114-116 908 v. 2; PD 1680 pp. 1032-
v. 2 1034 v. 2
Metals Industry Development Creation PD 860 pp. 617-620
Center v. 2
Amendments RA 6428 pp. 947- Objectives PD 860 pp. 617-620
952 v. 1 v. 2
Reorganization RA 6428 Metropolitan Manila
Metals Industry Development v. 2
Fund Metropolitan Manila Commission
Creation RA 6428 pp. 947-952 Creation PD 824 pp. 603-608
v. 1 v. 2
Metals Industry Research and Functions PD 824 pp. 603-608
Development Center v. 2
Creation RA 6428 pp. 948 v. 1 Powers and duties PD 824 pp.
Functions RA 6428 pp. 948-951 603-608 v. 2
v. 1 Metropolitan Manila
Metro Manila Authority (MMA) Development Authority
Replacement RA 7924 p. 1144 (MMDA)
v. 1 Boards, Committees and
Councils
1402
Metro Manila Council Transferred to RA 1383

Creation RA 7924 pp. 1146 pp. 536-545 v. 1
v. 1 Metropolitan Waterworks and
Creation RA 7924 pp. 1144- Sewerage System
1153 v. 1 Creation RA 6234 pp. 921-927
Functions RA 7924 pp. 1144- v. 1
1148 v. 1 Functions RA 6234 pp. 921-927
Powers and duties RA 7924 v. 1
Replaced to RA 7924 pp. 1144 pp. 921-927 v. 1
v. 1 Military Service Board
Metropolitan Manila Flood Compositions RA 9828
Control and Drainage Council pp. 1310-1312 v. 1
Compositions PD 18 pp. 17-18 Creation RA 9828 pp. 1310-
v. 2 1312 v. 1
Creation PD 18 pp. 17-18 v. 2 Functions RA 9828 pp. 1310-
Metropolitan Police Force 1312 v. 1
Creation PD 421 pp. 275-279 Military Tribunals
v. 2 Compositions
Metropolitan Trial Court Military Commission
Caloocan City RA 9374 Compositions PD 39
pp. 1279-1280 v. 1 pp. 29-30 v. 2
Creation BP 129 pp. 361-363 Creation PD 39 pp. 29-30
v. 1 v. 2
Mandaluyong City RA 9848 Provost Court
pp. 1313-1314 v. 1 Compositions PD 39
Marikina, City of RA 9424 pp. 29-30 v. 2
Parañaque, City of RA 9376 v. 2
pp. 1283-1284 v. 1 Mindanao Development
Metropolitan Trial Court of Authority
Metro Manila RA 9374 Abolition PD 690 p. 554 v. 2
pp. 1279-1280 v. 1; RA 9376 Amendments PD 594 pp. 466-
pp. 1283-1284 v. 1; RA 9424 470 v. 2
pp. 1289-1290 v. 1 Objectives PD 594 pp. 466-470
Creation BP 129 pp. 361-363 v. 2
Metropolitan Water District pp. 466-470 v. 2
Abolition RA 1383 pp. 536-545
v. 1
1403
Mindanao Development MMA SEE Metro Manila

Authority (MinDA) Authority
Creation RA 9996 pp. 1325- MMDA SEE Metropolitan
1337 v. 1 Manila Development Authority
Functions RA 9996 pp. 1325- Monetary Board SEE Bangko
1337 v. 1 Sentral Monetary Board
Powers and duties RA 9996 Mountain Province Development
pp. 1325-1337 v. 1 Authority
Mindanao Development Creation RA 4071 pp. 704-713
Authority (MinDA) Act of 2010 v. 1
RA 9996 pp. 1325-1337 v. 1 Functions RA 4071 pp. 704-713
Mines, Bureau of v. 1
Compositions CA 136 pp. 269- Objectives RA 4071 pp. 704-
273 v. 1 713 v. 1
Creation CA 136 pp. 269-273 Powers and duties RA 4071
v. 1 pp. 704-713 v. 1
Functions PD 1281 pp. 823-830 Mountain Province Development
v. 2 Authority Act of 1964
Powers and duties CA 136 RA 4071 pp. 704-713 v. 1
pp. 269-273 v. 1; PD 1281 Municipal Circuit Courts
Revision PD 1281 pp. 823-830 v. 2
v. 2 Municipal Circuit Trial Court
Mines, Division of Creation BP 129 pp. 366-368
Creation Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1 v.1
Mining, Bureau of Municipal Court
Abolition Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1 Additional salas PD 723
Transferred to Act 1407 pp. 570-571 v. 2
pp. 3-28 v. 1 Tacloban, City of RA 3069
Ministries pp. 590-591 v. 1
Organization PD 1397 pp. 866- Municipal Circuit Courts
867 v. 2 Creation PD 537 pp. 397-399
Mint of the Philippine Islands v. 2
Compositions Act 2738 Municipal Trial Court
pp. 111-113 v. 1 Antipolo, City of RA 9377
Creation Act 2738 pp. 111-113 pp. 1285-1286 v.1
v. 1 Butuan, City of RA 9310
Powers and duties Act 2738 pp. 1270-1271 v.1
pp. 111-113 v. 1 Calamba, City of RA 9308
pp. 1266-1267 v. 1
1404
Capiz, Province of RA 9274 Creation RA 2628 pp. 562-574

pp. 1250-1251 v. 1 v. 1
Cebu, Province of RA 9375 Functions RA 2628 pp. 562-
pp. 1281-1282 v. 1 574 v. 1
Creation BP 129 pp. 364-366 Powers and duties RA 2628
v.1 pp. 562-574 v. 1
Iloilo City RA 9306 pp. 1262- National Archives of the
San Pablo City RA 9252 Bureaus and offices
pp. 1248-1249 v. 1 Agency Records Centers
Tagbilaran, City of RA 9309 Creation RA 9470
pp. 1268-1269 v. 1 pp. 1291-1300 v. 1
Museum of Philippine Costumes Records Centers
Functions PD 1349 p. 843 v. 2 Creation RA 9470
pp. 1291-1300 v. 1
N Records Management and
Archives Office
NACIDA SEE National Cottage Abolition RA 9470
Industries Development pp. 1291-1300 v. 1
Authority Regional Archives
NAMARCO SEE National Creation RA 9470
Marketing Corporation pp. 1291-1300 v. 1
NAPC SEE National Anti- Compositions RA 9470
Poverty Commission pp. 1291-1300 v. 1
NAPOCOR SEE National Power Creation RA 9470 pp. 1291-
Corporation 1300 v. 1
National Anti-Poverty Functions RA 9470 pp. 1291-
Commission (NAPC) 1300 v. 1
Compositions RA 8425 Reorganization RA 9470 pp.
pp. 1199-1208 v. 1 1291-1300 v. 1
Creation RA 8425 pp. 1199- National Archives of the
1208 v. 1 Philippines Act of 2007
Functions RA 8425 pp. 1199- Objectives RA 9470 pp. 1291-
1208 v. 1 1300 v. 1
Powers and duties RA 8425 National Assembly
pp. 1199-1208 v. 1 Creation CA 451 pp. 310-311
National Apprenticeship Council v. 1
Compositions RA 2628 pp. 562- National Bank SEE Philippine
574 v. 1 National Bank
1405
National Bureau of Investigation National Coal Company

Named EO 94, s. 1947 Amendments Act 2822 pp. 131-
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 132 v. 1
Functions EO 94, s. 1947 Creation Act 2705 pp. 103-104
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 v. 1
National Carabao Center SEE National Coconut Corporation
Philippine Carabao Center Amendments RA 5 pp. 373-374
National Cartography, v. 1
Photogrammetry and Remote- Creation CA 518 pp. 323 -325
Sensing Center v. 1
Creation PD 1588 pp. 976-984 Objectives RA 5 p. 373 v. 1
v. 2 National Commission for Culture
Expansion RA 2678 pp. 579- and the Arts (NCCA) RA 9155
580 v. 1 pp. 1233-1236 v. 1
Functions PD 1588 pp. 976- Cultural Agencies transferred
984 v. 2 to
Powers and duties PD 1588 Komisyon ng Wikang Pilipino
pp. 976-984 v. 2 RA 9155 pp. 1233-1236 v. 1
Reorganization RA 2678 National Historical Institute
pp. 579-580 v. 1 RA 9155 pp. 1233-1236 v. 1
National Census and Statistics National Library RA 9155
Office pp. 1233-1236 v. 1
City Census Board Record Management and
Creation PD 650 pp. 531-535 Archives Office RA 9155
v. 2 pp. 1233-1236 v. 1
Municipal Census Board National Archives of the
Creation PD 650 pp. 531-535 Philippines
v. 2 Creation RA 9470 pp. 1291-
Provincial Census Board 1300 v. 1
Creation PD 650 pp. 531-535 National Commission on Culture
v. 2 Creation RA 4156 pp. 741-747
National Coal Authority v. 1
Creation PD 1722 pp. 1044- Functions RA 4156 pp. 741-747
1049 v. 2 v. 1
Functions PD 1722 pp. 1044- Powers and duties RA 4156
1049 v. 2 pp. 741-747 v. 1
Powers and duties PD 1722 National Commission on
pp. 1044-1049 v. 2 Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Matters
1406
Creation RA 176 pp. 414-417 Powers and duties RA 8371

v. 1 pp. 1189-1198 v. 1
Executive Committees National Commission on the Role
RA 176 pp. 414-417 v. 1 of Filipino Women
Cultural Committee Creation PD 633 pp. 513-515
Functions RA 176 p. 417 v. 2
v. 1 Functions PD 633 pp. 513-515
Educational Committee v. 2
Functions RA 176 National Committee SEE
pp. 415-416 v. 1 United Nations Children’s
Scientific Committee Fund National Committee
Functions RA 176 National Computer Center
pp. 416-417 v. 1 Functions PD 1480 pp. 909-
Powers and duties RA 176 913 v. 2
National Commission on pp. 909-913 v. 2
Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) Reorganization PD 1480
Bureaus and offices pp. 909-913 v. 2
Northern Cultural National Coordinating Center for
Communities, Office for the Study and Development of
(ONCC) Filipino Children and Youth
Mergers and acquisitions Creation RA 3458 pp. 615-616
RA 8371 pp. 1189-1198 v. 1 v. 1
Placement Committee National Cottage Industries
Creation RA 8371 Bank
Compositions RA 8371 v. 1
pp. 1189-1198 v. 1 Power and duties RA 3756
Southern Cultural pp. 670-671 v. 1
Communities, Office for National Cottage Industries
(ONCC) Development Authority
Mergers and acquisitions (NACIDA)
RA 8371 pp. 1189-1198 Creation RA 3470 pp. 617-623
v. 1 v. 1
Compositions RA 8371 Power and duties RA 3470
pp. 1189-1198 v. 1 pp. 617-623 v. 1
Creation RA 8371 pp. 1189- National Council of Education
1198 v. 1 Abolition EO 94, s. 1947 pp.
Functions RA 8371 pp. 1189- 1100-1136 v. 2
1198 v. 1
1407
National Council on Integrated Philippine Naval Patrol

Area Development EO 94, s. 1947
Creation PD 1378 pp. 844-847 p. 1121 v.2
v. 2 Reserve Force EO 94,
Functions PD 1378 pp. 844- s. 1947 p. 1121 v.2
847 v. 2 Coast and Geodetic Survey,
Powers and duties PD 1378 Bureau of
pp. 844-847 v. 2 Compositions EO 94,
National Crop Protection Center s. 1947 p. 1121 v.2
Creation PD 936 pp. 670-674 Military Service Board
v. 2 Creation RA 9828
v. 2 National Defence, Bureau
National Dairy Authority (NDA) of Radio Broadcasting
Creation RA 7884 pp. 1131- Committee
1140 v. 1 Abolition EO 94, s. 1947
Objectives RA 7884 pp. 1132 p. 1123 v.2
v. 1 Radio Control Division
Powers and duties RA 7884 Transferred to EO 94,
pp. 1134-1135 v. 1 s. 1947 p. 1123 v.2
National Dairy Development Act National Police Commission
of 1995 Transferred to PD 765
Objectives RA 7884 pp. 1131- pp. 583-588 v. 2
1140 v. 1 Offshore Patrol
National Defense, Department of Renamed EO 94, s. 1947
(DND) RA 8551 pp. 1209-1218 p. 1122 v.2
v. 1 Philippine Air Force
Bureau and offices EO 94, s. Named EO 94, s. 1947
1947 p. 1121 v. 2; EO 392, s. p. 1122 v.2
1951 pp. 1149 v. 2 Philippine Army Air Force
Armed Forces of the Renamed EO 94,
Philippines s. 1947 p. 1122 v.2
Compositions Philippine Atmospheric
Regular Force Geophysical and
Philippine Air Force Astronomical Services
EO 94, s. 1947 Administration (PAGASA)
p. 1121 v.2 Creation PD 78 pp. 63-71
Philippine Ground v. 2
Force EO 94, s. 1947 Functions PD 78 pp. 63-71
p. 1121 v.2 v. 2
1408
Powers and duties PD 78 Repealed CA 182 pp. 297-299

pp. 63-71 v. 2 v. 1
Philippine Coast Guard National Economic and
RA 9993 pp. 1315-1324 v. 1 Development Authority
Philippine National Police (NEDA)
RA 8551 pp. 1209-1218 v. 1 Reorganization PD 1450
Philippine Veterans Board pp. 892-895 v. 2
EO 94, s. 1947 pp. 1100- Foreign Assisted Projects,
1136 v. 2 Committee on
Amendments RA 307 Abolition PD 1450 pp. 892-
pp. 429-430 v. 1 895 v. 2
Creation RA 65 pp. 384- Transferred to PD 1450
387 v. 1 pp. 892-895 v. 2
Radio Broadcasting Export Industry Authorities
Committee PD 160 pp. 85-88 v. 2
Abolition EO 94, s. 1947 Creation PD 160 pp. 85-88
p. 1123 v.2 v. 2
Radio Control Division Joint Legislative-Executive Tax
Transferred to EO 94, Commission
s. 1947 p. 1123 v.2 Converted to PD 74 pp. 61-62
Creation CA 430 pp. 303-304 v. 2
v. 1 Membership PD 1-A pp. 5-6
Powers and duties CA 430 pp. v. 2
303-304 v. 1 Oil Industry Commission
National Development Company Transferred to PD 56
PD 474 pp. 320-327 v. 2 pp. 50-51 v. 2
Compositions CA 182 pp. 297- National Census and
299 v. 1 Statistics OfficePD 418
Creation Act 2849 pp. 133-136 pp. 266-268 v. 2
v. 1 National Tax Research
Extension of contracts PD 668 Center
pp. 536-538 v. 2 Named PD 74 pp. 61-62
Functions CA 182 pp. 297-299 v. 2
v. 1; PD 1648 pp. 1022-1026 Price Control Council
v. 2 Transferred to PD 56
Powers and duties CA 182 pp. pp. 50-51 v. 2
297-299 v. 1; PD 1648 pp. Wage Commission
1022-1026 v. 2 Transferred to PD 56
Reorganization PD 1648 pp. pp. 50-51 v. 2
1022-1026 v. 2
1409
National Economic Council National Fertilizer Corporation

Compositions CA 2 pp. 249-250 of the Philippines
v. 1 (FERTIPHIL)
Creation CA 2 pp. 249-250 v. 1 Creation PD 992 pp. 720-726
Powers and duties CA 2 v. 2
pp. 249-250 v. 1 Functions PD 992 pp. 720-726
National Economic Development v. 2
Authority Powers and duties PD 992
National Census and Statistics pp. 720-726 v. 2
Office (NCSO) National Food Authority
Absorbed PD 418 pp. 266- Creation PD 1770 pp. 1056-
268 v. 2 1062 v. 2
Philippine Institute for Functions PD 1770 pp. 1056-
Development Studies 1062 v. 2
Creation PD 1201 pp. 771- Powers and duties PD 1770
776 v. 2 pp. 1056-1062 v. 2
National Electrification National Food Authority Act PD
Administration (NEA) 1770 pp. 1056-1062 v. 2
Creation PD 269 pp. 167-176 National Food Authority Council
v. 2 Creation PD 1770 pp. 1056-
pp. 167-176 v. 2 Compositions PD 1770
National Electrification pp. 1056-1062 v. 2
Administration Decree PD 269 Functions PD 1770 pp. 1056-
pp. 167-176 v. 2 1062 v. 2
National Employment Advisory National Gaming Commission
Council Creation PD 956 pp. 701-707
Creation RA 761 p. 463 v. 1 v. 2
National Employment Service Functions PD 956 pp. 701-707
Creation RA 761 p. 463 v. 1 v. 2
Compositions RA 761 pp. 462- Powers and duties PD 956
470 v. 1 pp. 701-707 v. 2
Creation RA 761 p. 464 v. 1 National government—
National Engineering Center Reorganization SEE
Creation PD 1295 pp. 834-8360 Administrative agencies—
v. 2 Reorganization
Objectives PD 1295 pp. 834- National Grains Authority
8360 v. 2 Creation PD 4 pp. 9-10 v. 2
Powers and duties PD 1295 Reorganization PD 1770
pp. 834-8360 v. 2 pp. 1056-1062 v. 2
1410
National Health Insurance Act of Transferred to CA 459 pp. 312-

1995 RA 7875 pp. 1109-1130 320 v. 1
v. 1 National Iron Company
National Historical Commission Creation Act 2862 pp. 137-138
of the Philippines (NHCP) v. 1
Compositions RA 10086 National Irrigation
pp. 1383-1395 v. 1 Administration (NIA)
Functions RA 10086 pp. 1383- Amendments PD 552 pp. 419-
1395 v. 1 424 v. 2
Named RA 10086 pp. 1383- Creation Act 2862 pp. 137-138
1395 v. 1 v. 1
Powers and duties RA 10086 Objectives CA 441 pp. 305-309
pp. 1383-1395 v. 1 v. 1; PD 552 pp. 419-424 v. 2
National Historical Institute Powers and duties CA 441
(NHI) pp. 305-309 v. 1; PD 552
Renamed RA 10086 pp. 1383- pp. 419-424 v. 2
1395 v. 1 National Kidney Foundation of
National Home Mortgage the Philippines
Finance Corporation Creation PD 1832 pp. 1078-
Creation PD 1267 pp. 796-803 1087 v. 2
v. 2 Functions PD 1832 pp. 1078-
Functions PD 1267 pp. 796- 1087 v. 2
Objectives PD 1267 pp. 796- 1087 v. 2
803 v. 2 Powers and duties PD 1832
pp. 796-803 v. 2 National Labor Relations
National Housing Authority Commission
Creation PD 757 pp. 576-582 Abolition PD 442 pp. 285-294
v. 2 v. 2
Objectives PD 757 pp. 576-582 Compositions PD 442 pp. 285-
v. 2 294 v. 2; RA 7700 pp. 1073-
pp. 576-582 v. 2 Creation PD 21 pp. 19-21 v. 2;
National Integration, PD 442 pp. 285-294 v. 2
Commission on Powers and duties PD 21
Abolition PD 690 p. 554 v.2 pp. 19-21 v. 2; PD 442
National Investment Board pp. 285-294 v. 2
Abolition CA 459 pp. 312-320
v. 1
1411
National Land Settlement Boards, Committees and

Administration Council PD 442 pp. 285-294
Compositions CA 441 pp. 305- v. 2
309 v. 1 Industry Boards
Creation CA 441 pp. 305-309 Creation PD 442 pp. 285-
v. 1 294 v. 2
Objectives CA 441 pp. 305-309 National Manpower Skills
v. 1 Center
Powers and duties CA 441 Creation PD 442 pp. 285-
pp. 305-309 v. 1 294 v. 2
National Language Institute Regional Manpower
Compositions CA 184 pp. 300- Development Center
302 v. 1 Creation PD 442 pp. 285-
Creation CA 184 pp. 300-302 294 v. 2
v. 1 Technical Education and
Functions CA 184 pp. 300-302 Skills Development
v. 1 Authority RA 7796
Powers and duties CA 184 pp. 1092-1104 v. 1
pp. 300-302 v. 1 Compositions PD 442 pp. 285-
National Library 294 v. 2
Amendments RA 10087 Creation PD 442 pp. 285-294
pp. 1396-1397 v. 1 v. 2
Gallery of Art and History Replaced and absorbed
Division RA 7796 pp. 1092-1104 v. 1
Merged to EO 94, s. 1947 National Manpower Development
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 Program PD 442 pp. 285-294
Named Act 3477 pp. 159-161 v. 2
v. 1; RA 3873 p. 685 v. 1 National Marketing Corporation
Transferred to RA 167 p. 413 (NAMARCO)
v. 1 Amendments RA 3065 p. 589
National Loan and Investment v. 1
Board Creation RA 1345 pp. 529-535
Compositions CA 7 pp. 251-254 v. 1
v. 1 Liquidators, Board of
Creation CA 7 pp. 251-254 v. 1 RA 1345 pp. 533 v. 1
Powers and duties CA 7 Powers and duties RA 1345
pp. 251-254 v. 1 pp. 529-535 v. 1
National Manpower and Youth National Meat Inspection
Council (NMYC) Commission (NMIC)
1412
Renamed to RA 9296 National Police Commission

pp. 1255-1261 v. 1 Adjudication Boards
National Meat Inspection Service Functions PD 580 pp. 453-
(NMIS) 454 v. 2
Compositions RA 9296 Compositions PD 466 pp. 318-
pp. 1255-1261 v. 1 319 v. 2; RA 6975 pp. 1002-
Functions RA 9296 pp. 1255- 1012 v. 1; RA 8551 pp. 1209-
1261 v. 1 1218 v. 1
Named RA 9296 pp. 1255-1261 Converted from PD 466
v. 1 pp. 318-319 v. 2
Powers and duties RA 9296 Creation RA 6975 pp. 1002-
pp. 1255-1261 v. 1 1012 v. 1; RA 8551 pp. 1209-
National Museum 1218 v. 1
Bureau and offices EO 94, Functions RA 8551 pp. 1209-
s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 1218 v. 1
Compositions EO 94, s. 1947 National Post-Harvest Institute
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 for Research and Extension
National Museum of the (NAPHIRE)
Philippine Islands Composition PD 1380 pp. 848-
Abolition Act 4007 pp. 205-217 850 v. 2
v. 1 Creation PD 1380 pp. 848-850
Compositions Act 3477 v. 2
pp. 159-161 v. 1 Objectives PD 1380 pp. 848-
Creation Act 3477 pp. 159-161 850 v. 2
v. 1 National Power Corporation PD
Powers and duties Act 3477 380 pp. 234-240 v. 2
pp. 159-161 v. 1 National Prosecution Service
National Nutrition Council Bureaus and offices
Compositions PD 491 pp. 355- Prosecution Staff
359 v. 2 Compositions RA 10071
v. 2 Functions RA 10071
v. 2 Provincial Prosecutor or City
Powers and duties PD 491 Prosecutor
pp. 355-359 v. 2 Compositions RA 10071
National Physical Director, Office pp. 1356-1382 v. 1
of the Functions RA 10071
Renamed to EO 94, s. 1947 pp. 1356-1382 v. 1
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
1413
Regional Prosecution Staff Mines, Bureau of PD 1281

Compositions RA 10071 pp. 823-830 v.2
pp. 1356-1382 v. 1 Revision PD 1281 pp. 823-830
Functions RA 10071 v.2
pp. 1356-1382 v. 1 National Seaman Board
Powers and duties Creation PD 442 pp. 285-294
RA 10071 pp. 1356-1382 v. 2
v. 1 National Schistosomiasis Control
Compositions PD 1275 Commission
pp. 804-822 v. 2; Compositions RA 4359 pp. 759-
RA 10071 pp. 1356-1382 761 v. 1
v. 1 Creation RA 4359 pp. 759-761
Creations PD 1275 pp. 804- v. 1
822 v. 2; RA 10071 Powers and duties RA 4359
pp. 1356-1382 v. 1 pp. 759-761 v. 1
National Reference Card System National Science Development
PD 278 pp. 188-190 v. 2 Board (NSDB)
National Registration Converted to PD 1405 pp. 879-
Coordinating Committee 880 v. 2
Composition PD 278 pp. 188- Forest Products Research
190 v. 2 and Industries
Creation PD 278 pp. 188-190 Development Commission
v. 2 (FORPRIDECOM)
National Research Council of the Creation RA 5526 pp. 845-
Philippines 858 v. 1
Named EO 94, s. 1947 pp. 100- Philippine Atomic Energy
1136 v. 2 Commission
National Research Council of the Transferred to PD 606
Philippine Islands pp. 495-499 v. 2
Creation Act 4120 pp. 238-239 Philippine Investors
v. 1 Commission
Objectives Act 4120 pp. 238- Creation RA 3850 pp. 679-
239 v. 1 684 v. 1
Powers and duties Act 4120 Restoration RA 6974 p. 1001
pp. 238-239 v. 1 v. 1
Renamed to EO 94, s. 1947 National Social Action Council
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 (NASAC)
National Resources, Department Amendments PD 294 pp. 206-
of 208 v. 2
1414
Functions PD 294 pp. 206-208 Creation RA 1383 pp. 536-545

v. 2 v. 1
Organization PD 294 pp. 206- Functions RA 1383 pp. 536-
208 v. 2 545 v. 1
Powers and duties PD 294 Objectives RA 1383 pp. 536-
pp. 206-208 v. 2 545 v. 1
National Tax Research Center Powers and duties RA 1383
Named PD 74 pp. 61-62 v. 2 pp. 536-545 v. 1
National Tobacco Corporation National Youth and Sports
Compositions CA 519 pp. 326- Development Foundation of the
Creation CA 519 pp. 326-329 Creation PD 1289 pp. 831-833
v. 1 v. 2
Objectives CA 519 pp. 326-329 Functions PD 1289 pp. 831-
v. 1 833 v. 2
Powers and duties CA 519 Objectives PD 1289 pp. 831-
pp. 326-329 v. 1 833 v. 2
National Water and Air Pollution Natural Resources, Department
Control Commission of
Compositions RA 3931 pp. 687- Bureaus and offices PD 461
698 v. 1 pp. 307-315 v. 2
Creation RA 3931 p. 689 v. 1 Fisheries, Bureau of
Powers and duties RA 3931 Creation PD 461 pp. 307-
pp. 687-698 v. 1 315 v. 2
National Water Resources Forest Development, Bureau
Council of
Creation PD 424 pp. 280-284 Creation PD 461 pp. 307-
v. 2 315 v. 2
Compositions PD 424 pp. 280- Lands, Bureau of
284 v. 2 Creation PD 461 pp. 307-
pp. 280-284 v. 2 Mines, Bureau of
National Waterworks and Creation PD 461 pp. 307-
Sewerage Authority 315 v. 2
Abolition RA 6234 pp. 921-927 Compositions PD 461 pp. 307-
v. 1 315 v. 2
Amendments RA 3597 pp. 636- Forest Research Institute
637 v. 1 Creation PD 607 pp. 500-
Compositions RA 1383 pp. 536- 504 v. 2
545 v. 1
1415
Natural Resources NCCA SEE National

Management Center Commission for Culture and
Creation PD 1041 pp. 729- the Arts
732 v. 2 NCIP SEE National
Reorganization PD 1531 Commission on Indigenous
pp. 947-954 v. 2 Peoples
Natural Resources Management NCSO SEE National Census and
Center Statistics Office
Capital Investments Fund of NDA SEE National Dairy
the NRMC Authority
Creation PD 1531 pp. 947- NDC SEE National
954 v. 2 Development Company
Creation PD 1041 pp. 729-732 NEA SEE National
v. 2 Electrification Administration
Functions PD 1041 pp. 729- NEC SEE National Engineering
732 v. 2; PD 1531 pp. 947- Center
954 v. 2 NEDA SEE National Economic
Objectives PD 1531 pp. 947- Development Authority
954 v. 2 NHC SEE National Historical
Reorganization PD 1531 Commission of the Philippines
pp. 947-954 v. 2 NHI SEE National Historical
Navigation, Bureau of Institute
Creation EO 94, s. 1947 NIA SEE National Irrigation
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 Administration
Compositions Act 1407 Ninth Judicial District
pp. 3-28 v. 1 Camarines Norte, Province of
Divisions, Services and RA 5103 p. 796 v. 1
Sections Compositions Act 2675 pp. 99-
Public Works, Division of 100 v. 1
Creation Act 1568 pp. 34- Named Act 2675 pp. 99-100 v. 1
35 v. 1 Powers and duties Act 2675
Functions EO 94, s. 1947 pp. 99-100 v. 1
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 Quezon, Province of RA 5075
Powers and duties Act 1407 p. 793 v. 1
pp. 3-28 v. 1 NIPAS SEE National Integrated
Nayong Pilipino Foundation Protected Areas System
Creation PD 37 pp. 25-30 NMIS SEE National Meat
v. 2 Inspection Service (NMIS)
Objectives PD 37 pp. 25-30 Non-Christian Tribes, Bureau of
v. 2 Abolition CA 75 pp. 255-256
v. 1
1416
Transferred to CA 75 pp. 255- Transferred to EO 392,

256 v. 1 s. 1951 pp. 1137-1152 v. 2
Northern Cultural Communities, Complaints and Investigation
Office for (ONCC) Office
Mergers and acquisitions RA Absorbed office PD 1501
8371 pp. 1189-1198 v. 1 pp. 930-931 v. 2
Northern Samar Development Recreation agencies Garments
Authority and Textile Export Board
Creation RA 4132 pp. 727-737 Creation PD 1440
v. 1 pp. 888-891 v. 2
Functions RA 4132 pp. 727- Higher Education,
737 v. 1 Commission on
Objectives RA 4132 pp. 727- Creation RA 7722
737 v. 1 pp. 1075-1084 v. 1
Power and duties RA 4132 Human Settlement and
pp. 727-737 v. 1 Planning Commission
NPC SEE National Police PD 406 pp. 253-265 v. 2
Commission Human Settlements
NSDB SEE National Science Commission
Development Board Creation PD 933 pp. 657-
NWSA SEE National 669 v. 2
Waterworks and Sewerage Institute of Science
Authority RA 6234 pp. 921- Named EO 94, s. 1947
927 v. 1 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Manila Commission for Fire
O Victims
Creation RA 3819 p. 675
Office of the President v. 1
Bureaus and offices Maritime Industry Authority
Budget, Ministry of the Creation PD 474 pp. 320-
PD 1405 pp. 879-880 v. 2 327 v. 2
Named PD 1405 pp. 879- National Anti-Poverty
880 v.2 Commission (NAPC)
National Science Creation RA 8425 pp. 199-
Development Board 1208 v. 1
Absorbed from PD 1405 National Cartography,
pp. 879-880 v.2 Photogrammetry and
Committee on School Health Remote-Sensing Center
for Medical and Dental Creation PD 1588 pp. 976-
Services 984 v. 2
1417
National Commission on Creation PD 1832

Educational, Scientific and pp. 1078-1087 v. 2
Cultural Matters National Research Council of
Abolition EO 392, s. 1951 the Philippines
pp. 1137-1152 v. 2 Named EO 94, s. 1947
Creation RA 176 pp. 414- pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
417 v. 1 National Research Council of
Executive Committees the Philippine Islands
RA 176 pp. 414-417 v. 1 Creation Act 4120 pp. 238-
Cultural Committee 239 v. 1
Functions RA 176 pp. 417 Objectives Act 4120
v. 1 pp. 238-239 v. 1
Educational Committee Powers and duties
Functions RA 176 pp. 415- Act 4120 pp. 238-239 v. 1
416 v. 1 Renamed to EO 94,
Scientific Committee s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Functions RA 176 pp. 416- National Water and
417 v. 1 Air Pollution Control
Powers and duties RA 176 Commission
National Commission on the pp. 687-698 v. 1
Role of Filipino Women Creation RA 3931 pp. 687-
Creation PD 633 pp. 513- 698 v. 1
515 v. 2 Optical Media Board
Objectives PD 633 pp. 513- Named RA 9239 pp. 1237-
515 v. 2 1244 v. 1
National Computer Center Reorganization RA 9239
Absorbed from PD 1-A pp. 1237-1244 v. 1
pp. 5-6 v. 2 Pension Commission
Restructured PD 1480 Creation RA 532 pp. 435-
pp. 909-913 v. 2 436 v. 1
National Development Philippine Atomic Energy
Company Commission PD 606
Extension of contracts pp. 495-499 v. 2
PD 668 pp. 536-538 v. 2 Philippine Export Council
National Food Authority Creation PD 94 pp. 72-751
Reorganization PD 1770 v. 2
pp. 1056-1062 v. 2 Revision PD 1386 pp. 851-
National Kidney Foundation 856 v. 2
of the Philippines
1418
Philippine National FAO Radio Board

(Food and Agriculture Abolition EO 94, s. 1947
Organization) Committee pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Creation RA 4594 pp. 773- Radio Permit Committee
777 v. 1 Abolition EO 94, s. 1947
Philippine Pilgrimage pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Authority School Health for Medical
Creation PD 1302 pp. 837- and Dental Services,
842 v. 2 Committee on
Philippine Racing Transferred to EO 392,
Commission s. 1951 pp. 1137-1152 v. 2
Creation PD 420 pp. 269- Science, Bureau of
274 v. 2 Compositions Act 1407
Philippine Sugar pp. 3-28 v. 1
Administration Divisions, Services and
Renamed EO 94, s. 1947 pp. Sections
1100-1136 v. 2 Ethnology, Division of
Transferred to EO 94, s. Creation Act 1541 p. 33
1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 v. 1
Population, Commission on Renamed EO 94, s. 1947
Creation RA 6365 pp. 932- pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
935 v. 1 Welfare of Children and
Presidential Committee Youth, Council for the
on Wood Industries Creation PD 603 pp. 478-
Development (PCWID) 482 v. 2
Reconstitution PD 267 Reorganization PD 955
pp. 163-166 v. 2 pp. 696-700 v. 2
Professional Regulation Offshore Patrol
Commission Converted to EO 94, s. 1947
Absorbed from PD 839 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
p. 616 v.2 Oil Industry Commission
Creation PD 223 pp. 117- Compositions RA 6173 pp. 917-
123 v. 2 920 v. 1
Public Information, Creation RA 6173 pp. 917-920
Department of v. 1
Creation PD 1 pp. 3-4 v.2 Ombudsman Act of 1989
Public Information Office RA 6770 pp. 987-989 v. 1
Abolition PD 1 pp. 3-4 v.2 Ombudsman, Office of the
Functions RA 6770 pp. 987-
989 v. 1
1419
Organization RA 6770 pp. 987- National Tariff and

989 v. 1 Customs Research
Powers and duties RA 6770 Section
pp. 987-989 v. 1 Creation PD 599
Tanodbayan pp. 475-477 v. 2
Creation PD 1487 pp. 922- Liquidation Division
929 v. 2; PD 1607 pp. 989- Creation PD 599
994 v. 2 pp. 475-477 v. 2
ONCC SEE Northern Cultural Port Operations
Communities, Office of Coordination Division
Operation and Enforcement Creation PD 599
Service pp. 475-477 v. 2
Divisions, Services and Functions PD 599
Sections pp. 475-477 v. 2
Cash Division Sections and Groups
Creation PD 599 pp. 475- Bonded Warehousing
477 v. 2 and cargo Disposal
Central Radio Section
Communication Division Creation PD 599
477 v. 2 Port Operation Section
Functions PD 599 pp. 475- Creation PD 599
477 v. 2 pp. 475-477 v. 2
Collection Division OPM SEE Optical Media Board
Abolition PD 599 pp. 475- Optical Media Act of 2003
477 v. 2 RA 9239 pp. 1237-1244 v. 1
Customs Laboratory Division Optical Media Board RA 9239
477 v. 2 Functions RA 9239 pp. 1237-
Functions PD 599 pp. 475- 1244 v. 1
477 v. 2 Named RA 9239 pp. 1237-1244
Economic Intelligence and v. 1
Research Division Powers and duties RA 9239
477 v. 2 Reorganization RA 9239
Sections and Groups pp. 1237-1244 v. 1
International Tariff and OSCC SEE Southern Cultural
Trade Research Section Communities, Office of
Creation PD 599
pp. 475-477 v. 2
1420
P Powers and duties absorbed

from RA 167 p. 413 v. 1
PACLAP SEE Presidential Patents, Copyrights and
Action Committee on Land Trademarks, Bureau of
Problems Abolition Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1
PAGASA SEE Philippine Patents, Bureau of
Atmospheric Geophysical Creation RA 8293 pp. 1170-
and Astronomical Services 1181 v. 1
Administration Functions RA 8293 pp. 1170-
PAGCOR SEE Philippine 1181 v. 1
Amusements and Gaming PCAC SEE Presidential
Corporations Committee on Agricultural
PAO SEE Public Attorney’s Credit
Office PCAR SEE Philippine Council
Pardons and Parole, Board of for Agricultural Research
Creation EO 94, s. 1947 PCARR SEE Philippine Council
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 for Agriculture and Resources
Abolition EO 94, s. 1947 Research
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 PCCD SEE Presidential Council
Partido Development for Countryside Development
Administration PCFP SEE Presidential
Creation RA 7820 pp. 1105- Commission to Fight Poverty
1108 v. 1 Pension Commission
Functions RA 7820 pp. 1105- Creation RA 532 pp. 435-436
1108 v. 1 v. 1
Powers and duties RA 7820 Functions RA 532 pp. 435-436
pp. 1105-1108 v. 1 v. 1
Partido Development Powers and duties RA 532
Administration Act of 1994 pp. 435-436 v. 1
RA 7820 pp. 1105-1108 v. 1 Pensions for Veterans, Board on
Pasig River Development Council Creation RA 539 pp. 437-438
Compositions PD 281 pp. 196- v. 1
198 v. 2 Composition RA 539 pp. 437-
Creation PD 281 pp. 196-198 438 v. 1
v. 2 People’s Counsel, Office of the
Patent Office Abolition EO 392, s. 1951
v. 1 People’s Homesite and Housing
Organizations RA 167 p. 406 Corporation
v. 1 Extension RA 6091 p. 907 v. 1
1421
People’s Law Enforcement Board Philippine Amateur Athletic

(PLEB) Federation
Compositions RA 6975 Abolition PD 604 pp. 483-494
pp. 1002-1012 v. 1 v. 2
Creation RA 6975 pp. 1002- Philippine Amusements
1012 v. 1; RA 8551 pp. 1209- and Gaming Corporations
1218 v. 1 (PAGCOR)
Functions RA 6975 pp. 1002- Creation PD 1067-A pp. 738-
1012 v. 1; RA 8551 pp. 1209- 741 v. 2
1218 v. 1 Power and duties PD 1067-A
Petroleum Board pp. 738-741 v. 2
Abolition PD 910 pp. 640-644 Philippine Army Air Force
v. 2 Converted to EO 94, s. 1947
PHILCORIN SEE Philippine pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Coconut Research Institute Philippine Atmospheric
Philippine Aerospace Geophysical and Astronomical
Development Corporation Services Administration
(PADC) (PAGASA)
Amendments PD 346 pp. 215- Compositions PD 78 pp. 63-71
217 v. 2 v. 2
Creation PD 286 pp. 199-203 Creation PD 78 pp. 63-71 v. 2
Objectives PD 346 pp. 215-217 v. 2
v. 2 Organizations
Powers and duties PD 286 National Atmospheric
pp. 199-203 v. 2 Geophysical and
PD 346 pp. 215-217 v. 2 Astronomical Data Service
Philippine Air Force Functions PD 78 pp. 63-71
Converted name EO 94, v. 2
s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 National Geophysical and
Philippine Amanah Bank Astronomical Service
Amendments PD 542 pp. 407- Functions PD 78 pp. 63-71
408 v. 2 v. 2
Creation PD 264 pp. 159-162 National Institute of
v. 2 Atmospheric, Geophysical
Objectives PD 264 pp. 159-162 and Astronomical Services
pp. 159-162 v. 2 National Weather Service
Functions PD 78 pp. 63-71
v. 2
1422
Philippine Atomic Energy Philippine Merchant Marine

Commission Academy
Functions PD 606 pp. 495-499 Functions RA 5173
v. 2 pp. 799-804 v. 1; RA 9993
pp. 495-499 v. 2 Powers and duties
Transferred to PD 606 pp. 495- RA 9993 pp. 1315-1324
499 v. 2 v. 1
Philippine Center in New York Philippine Coast Guard Law of
Creation PD 188 pp. 97-102 2009 RA 9993 pp. 1315-1324
v. 2 v. 1
Philippine Center in San Philippine Coconut
Francisco, California Administration (PHILCOA)
Creation PD 258 pp. 155-158 Abolition PD 232 pp. 125-130
v. 2 v. 2
Philippine Center Management Philippine Coconut Authority
Board Amendments PD 582 pp. 455-
Compositions PD 188 pp. 97- 457 v. 2
102 v. 2; PD 258 pp. 155-158 Compositions PD 232 pp. 125-
v. 2; PD 487 pp. 342-347 v. 2 130 v. 2
Creation PD 188 pp. 97-102 v. Creation PD 232 pp. 125-130
2; PD 258 pp. 155-158 v. 2; v. 2
PD 487 pp. 342-347 v. 2 Functions PD 232 pp. 125-130
Functions PD 188 pp. 97-102 v. 2; PD 276 pp. 184-187 v. 2
v. 2; PD 258 pp. 155-158 v. 2; Powers and duties PD 232 pp.
PD 487 pp. 342-347 v. 2 125-130 v. 2; PD 276 pp.
Philippine Civil Hospital 184-187 v. 2; PD 1644 pp.
Abolition Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1 1019-1021 v. 2
Philippine Coast Guard Philippine Coconut Research
Amendments RA 9993 Institute (PHILCORIN)
pp. 1315-1324 v. 1 Abolition PD 232 pp. 125-130
pp. 1315-1324 v. 1 Philippine Committee on Food
Creation RA 5173 pp. 799- and Agriculture
804 v. 1; RA 9993 pp. 1315- Abolition RA 4594 pp. 773-777
1324 v. 1 v. 1
Objectives RA 5173 pp. 799- Philippine Constabulary
804 v. 1 Bureaus and offices
Organization RA 9993 Aviation Unit
pp. 1315-1324 v. 1 Amendments Act 4251
pp. 247-248 v. 1
1423
Creation Act 4194 pp. 243- Philippine Council for

246 v. 1 Agriculture and Resources
Integrated National Police Research (PCARR)
Force PD 482 pp. 336-341 Compositions PD 864 pp. 621-
v. 2 623 v. 2
Compositions EO 94, Functions PD 864 pp. 621-623
s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 v. 2
Powers and duties EO 94, Named PD 864 pp. 621-623 v. 2
s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 Philippine Craftsmen, schools for
Philippine Constabulary RA 6059 pp. 893-894 v. 1
Metropolitan Command (PC Philippine Dairy Corporation
METROCOM) PD 421 pp. 275- Abolition RA 7884 pp. 1131-
279 v. 2 1140 v. 1
Philippine Consumers Philippine Deposit Insurance
Stabilization Committee Corporation (PDIC)
Compositions PD 276 pp. 184- Amendments PD 1897
187 v. 2 pp. 1097-1099 v. 2; RA 6037
v. 2 Creation RA 3591 pp. 634-635
v. 2 Powers and functions RA 6037
pp. 184-187 v. 2 Philippine Export and Foreign
Philippine Convention Board Loan Guarantee Corporation
PD 1463 pp. 901-906 v. 2 Creation PD 1080 pp. 756-759
Philippine Convention Bureau v. 2
Creation PD 867 pp. 624-627 Functions PD 1080 pp. 756-
v. 2 759 v. 2
Objectives PD 867 pp. 624-627 Philippine Export Council
v. 2 Boards, Committees and
Philippine Cotton Corporation Council
Creation PD 350 pp. 218-222 Export Advisory Board
v. 2 PD 1386 pp. 851-856 v. 2
Powers and duties PD 350 Creation PD 94 pp. 72-751 v. 2
Philippine Council for v. 2; PD 1386 pp. 851-856
Agricultural Research (PCAR) v. 2
PD 48 pp. 44-49 v. 2 Objectives PD 94 pp. 72-751
Renamed PD 864 pp. 621-623 v. 2
v. 2
1424
Powers and duties PD 94 Renamed PD 1080 pp. 756-759

pp. 72-751 v. 2; PD 1386 v. 2
pp. 851-856 v. 2 Philippine General Hospital
Revision PD 1386 pp. 851-856 Separated from Act 2563
v. 2 pp. 78-79 v. 1
Philippine Export Credit Philippine Health Insurance
Insurance and Guarantee Corporation
Corporation Creation RA 7875 pp. 1109-
Creation RA 6424 pp. 938-941 1130 v. 1
v. 1 Functions RA 7875 pp. 1109-
Functions RA 6424 pp. 938- 1130 v. 1
pp. 938-941 v. 1 Philippine Health Service
Philippine Export Credit Abolition Act 4007 pp. 205-217
Insurance and Guarantee v. 1
Corporation Act RA 6424 Separated from Act 2563 pp. 78-
pp. 938-941 v. 1 79 v. 1
Philippine Fisheries Commission Philippine Information Council
Amendments EO 392, s. 1951
Compositions RA 3512 pp. 1137-1152 v. 2
pp. 624-629 v. 1 Philippine Institute for
Creation RA 3512 pp. 624-629 Development Studies
v. 1 Creation PD 1201 pp. 771-776
Functions RA 3512 pp. 624- v. 2
Powers and duties RA 3512 776 v. 2
Philippine Foreign Guarantee pp. 771-776 v. 2
Corporation Research Advisory Committee
Creation PD 550 pp. 414-418 v. Creation PD 1201 pp. 771-
2 776 v. 2
Functions PD 550 pp. 414-418 Philippine International Trading
v. 2 Corporation
Objectives PD 550 pp. 414-418 Creation PD 252 pp. 146-154
v. 2 v. 2; PD 1071 pp. 742-750 v. 2
Powers and duties PD 550 Objectives PD 252 pp. 146-154
pp. 414-418 v. 2 v. 2; PD 1071 pp. 742-750 v. 2
Philippine Foreign Loan Powers and duties PD 252
Guarantee Corporation pp. 146-154 v. 2
1425
PD 1071 pp. 742-750 v. 2 Compositions RA 4566 pp. 770-

Philippine International Trading 771 v. 1
Corporation Law PD 252 Creation RA 4566 pp. 770-771
pp. 146-154 v. 2 v. 1
Philippine Investors Commission Powers and duties RA 4566
Boards, Committees and pp. 770-771 v. 1
Councils RA 3850 pp. 679- Philippine Medical Care Act of
684 v. 1 1969 RA 6111 pp. 908-914 v. 1
Creation RA 3850 pp. 679-684 Philippine Medical Care
v. 1 Commission (PMCC)
Functions RA 3850 pp. 679- Boards, Committees and
684 v. 1 Councils RA 6111 pp. 908-
Power and duties RA 3850 914 v. 1
pp. 679-684 v. 1 City Medical Care Council
Philippine Investors Incentives Compositions RA 6111
Act RA 3850 pp. 679-684 v. 1 pp. 908-914 v. 1
Philippine Islamic Center Board Municipal Medical Care
Creation PD 1782 pp. 1063- Council
1066 v. 2 Compositions RA 6111
Philippine Islamic Center in pp. 908-914 v. 1
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Provincial Medical Care
Boards, Committees and Council
Councils PD 1782 pp. 1063- Compositions RA 6111
1066 v. 2 pp. 908-914 v. 1
Philippine Islamic Center Compositions RA 6111
Board pp. 908-914 v. 1
Creation PD 1782 Creation RA 6111 pp. 908-914
pp. 1063-1066 v. 2 v. 1
Functions PD 1782 Functions RA 6111 pp. 908-
pp. 1063-1066 v. 2 914 v. 1
Creation PD 1782 pp. 1063- Mergers and acquisitions RA
1066 v. 2 7875 pp. 1109-1130 v. 1
Functions PD 1782 pp. 1063- Powers and duties RA 6111
1066 v. 2 pp. 908-914 v. 1
Philippine Library and Museum Philippine National Bank
Renamed to Act 3477 pp. 159- Amendments Act 2747
161 v. 1 pp. 117-127 v. 1; Act 2938
Philippine Licensing Board for pp. 139-140 v. 1
Contractors Creation Act 2612 pp. 80-92
v. 1
1426
Functions Act 2612 pp. 80-92 Creation RA 6975 pp. 1002-

v. 1; Act 2747 pp. 117-127 1012 v. 1
v. 1 Organization RA 6975
Powers and duties Act 2612 pp. 1002-1012 v. 1
pp. 80-92 v. 1; Act 2747 pp. Powers and duties RA 6975
117-127 v. 1 pp. 1002-1012 v. 1
Philippine National FAO (Food Reorganization RA 8551
and Agriculture Organization) pp. 1209-1218 v. 1
Committee People’s Law Enforcement
Compositions RA 4594 pp. 773 Board (PLEB)
v. 1 Creation RA 8551
Creation RA 4594 pp. 773-777 pp. 1217 v. 1
v. 1 Functions RA 8551
Functions RA 4594 pp. 774- pp. 1217 v. 1
776 v. 1 Women’s Desk
Powers and duties RA 4594 Creation RA 8551 pp. 1216
pp. 775-776 v. 1 v. 1
Philippine National Iron and Functions RA 8551
Steel Corporation pp. 1217 v. 1
Creation PD 1402 pp. 868-878 Philippine National Police
v. 2 Reform and Reorganization Act
Objectives PD 1402 pp. 868- of 1998 RA 8551 pp. 1209-
878 v. 2 1218 v. 1
Powers and duties PD 1402 Philippine National Railways
pp. 868-878 v. 2 Amendments PD 741 pp. 572-
Repealed PD 1611 pp. 995-996 575 v. 2
v. 2 Creation PD 741 pp. 572-575
Philippine National Oil Company v. 2; RA 4156 pp. 741-747 v. 1
Creation PD 334 pp. 209-214 Objectives PD 741 pp. 572-
v. 2 575 v. 2; RA 4156 pp. 741-747
Objectives PD 334 pp. 209-214 pp. 572-575 v. 2; RA 4156
v. 2 pp. 741-747 v. 1
Powers and duties PD 334 Philippine National Red Cross
pp. 209-214 v. 2 Objectives RA 95 pp. 395 v. 1
Philippine National Police (PNP) Powers and duties RA 95
Compositions RA 6975 pp. 396 v. 1
pp. 1002-1012 v. 1
1427
Philippine National Science Philippine Physical and

Society SEE National Occupational Therapy Law
Research Council of the RA 5680 pp. 864-865 v. 1
Philippines Philippine Pilgrimage Authority
Philippine Naval Patrol Creation PD 1302 pp. 837-842
Bureaus and offices Act 4007 v. 2
Lighthouse Service Act 4007 842 v. 2
Absorbed from EO 94, pp. 837-842 v. 2
s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 Philippine Population Project
Philippine Nautical School PD 568 pp. 439-441 v. 2
EO 94, s. 1947 pp. 1100- Philippine Port Authority
1136 v. 2 Creation PD 505 pp. 373-382
Transferred to EO 392, v. 2
s. 1951 pp. 1137-1152 v. 2 Objectives PD 505 pp. 373-382
Revenue Cutter Service v. 2
Absorbed from EO 94, Organization PD 505 pp. 373-
s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 382 v. 2
Converted name EO 94, Philippine Port Authority
s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 Council
Philippine Navy Creation PD 505 pp. 373-382
Philippine Coast Guard v. 2
Creation RA 5173 pp. 799- Functions PD 505 pp. 373-382
804 v. 1 v. 2
Philippine Nuclear Energy Act of Powers and duties PD 505
1957 RA 1815 pp. 554-559 v. 1 pp. 373-382 v. 2
Philippine Nuclear Energy Philippine Port Authority Decree
Commission of 1974 PD 505 pp. 373-382
pp. 554-559 v. 1 Philippine Postal Corporation
Creation RA 1815 pp. 554-559 Functions RA 7354 pp. 1022-
v. 1 1031 v. 1
Functions RA 1815 pp. 554- Powers and duties RA 7354
559 v. 1 pp. 1022-1031 v. 1
Objectives RA 1815 pp. 554- Philippine Public Safety College
559 v. 1 (PPSC)
Powers and duties RA 1815 Creation RA 6975 pp. 1002-
pp. 554-559 v. 1 1012 v. 1
1428
Philippine Purchasing Agency in Functions RA 10089 pp. 1398-

New York 1404 v. 1
Abolition EO 392, s. 1951 Powers and duties RA 10089
pp. 1137-1152 v. 2 pp. 1398-1404 v. 1
Philippine Psychology Act of Philippine Shippers Council
2009 RA 10029 pp. 1338-1355 Compositions PD 165 pp. 89-93
v. 1 v. 2
Philippine Racing Commission Creation PD 165 pp. 89-93 v. 2
Amendments PD 1095 pp. 765- Objectives PD 165 pp. 89-93
766 v. 2 v. 2
Creation PD 420 pp. 269-274 Powers and duties PD 165
v. 2 pp. 89-93 v. 2
Functions PD 420 pp. 269-274 Philippine Shippers Council
v. 2 Decree of 1973 PD 165
v. 2 Philippine Sports Commission
Powers and duties PD 420 Creation RA 6847 pp. 992-995
pp. 269-274 v. 2 v. 1
Philippine Red Cross Functions RA 6847 pp. 992-
Creation Act 2628 pp. 93-94 995 v. 1; RA 9155 pp. 1233-
v. 1 1236 v. 1
Objectives Act 2628 pp. 93-94 Objectives RA 6847 pp. 992-
v. 1 995 v. 1
Philippine Rubber Research Philippine Sports Commission
Institute Act RA 6847 pp. 992-995 v. 1
Creation RA 10089 pp. 1398- Philippine Sugar Commission
1404 v. 1 Compositions PD 388 pp. 241-
Functions RA 10089 pp. 1398- 246 v. 2
1404 v. 1 Creation PD 388 pp. 241-246
Philippine Rubber Research v. 2
Institute Act of 2010 Powers and duties PD 388
RA 10089 pp. 1398-1404 v. 1 pp. 241-246 v. 2
Philippine Rubber Research Philippine Sugar Commission
Institute Advisory Council Decree PD 388 pp. 241-246 v. 2
Compositions RA 10089 Philippine Sugar Corporation
Creation RA 10089 pp. 1398- 1096 v. 2
1404 v. 1
1429
Functions PD 1890 pp. 1094- Compositions PD 244 pp. 135-

1096 v. 2 140 v. 2
Powers and duties PD 1890 Creation PD 244 pp. 135-140
pp. 1094-1096 v. 2 v. 2
Philippine Sugar Institute Powers and duties PD 244
Abolition PD 388 pp. 241-246 pp. 135-140 v. 2
v. 2 Philippine Veterans Bank
Philippine Tobacco Creation RA 3518 pp. 631-633
Administration (PTA) v. 1
Amendments RA 3514 p. 630 Powers and duties RA 3518
v. 1 pp. 631-633 v. 1
Creation RA 1135 pp. 492-501 Philippine Veterans Board
v. 1 Amendments RA 307 pp. 429-
Composition RA 1135 pp. 492- 430 v. 1
501 v. 1 Compositions RA 65 pp. 384-
Objectives RA 1135 pp. 492- 387 v. 1
493 v.1 Creation RA 65 pp. 384-387
pp. 493-494 v.1 Powers and duties RA 65
Philippine Tourism Authority pp. 384-387 v. 1
PD 189 pp.103-113 v.2; Philippine Veterans Investment
PD 1463 pp. 901-906 v. 2 Development Company
Reorganization PD 564 Creation PD 165 pp. 89-93 v. 2
pp. 425-437 v. 2 Objectives PD 165 pp. 89-93
Philippine Tourist and Travel v. 2
Associations, Inc. RA 1478 Philippine Veterans Investment
pp. 551-553 v. 1 Development Corporation
Philippine Tourist Bureau (PHILVIDEC) PD 538 pp. 400-
Compositions RA 624 pp. 449- 406 v. 2
Creation RA 624 pp. 449-451 229 v. 2; PD 918 pp. 652-653
v. 1 v. 2
Objectives RA 624 pp. 449-451 Compositions PD 353 pp. 223-
v. 1 229 v. 2
Power and duties RA 624 Objectives PD 353 pp. 223-229
pp. 449-451 v. 1 v. 2
Philippine Tourist Commission Powers and duties PD 353
PD 189 pp. 103-113 v. 2 pp. 223-229 v. 2
Philippine Veterans Assistance Philippines Bureau of Products
Commission Standards
1430
Functions PD 721 pp. 559-565 Police Commission

v. 2 Converted to PD 466 pp. 318-
Named PD 721 pp. 559-565 319 v. 2
v. 2 Population Act of the Philippines
PHILVIDEC SEE Philippine RA 6365 pp. 932-935 v. 1
Veterans Investment Port of Manila
Development Corporation Manila Harbor Board
PD 538 pp. 400-406 v. 2 Creation Act 3002 pp. 144-
PHILVIDEC Industrial 149 v. 1
Authority Port Works, Bureau of
Creation PD 538 pp. 400-406 Abolition Act 1568 pp. 34-35
v. 2 v. 1
Objectives PD 538 pp. 400-406 Compositions Act 1407
v. 2 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Power and duties PD 538 Ports and Habors, Bureau of
Physical Education and School v. 2
Sports, Bureau of Divisions, Services and
Abolition RA 9155 pp. 1233- Sections
1236 v. 1 Administrative Division
Physical Education and Sports Functions PD 458
Center Development pp. 295-306 v. 2
Abolition PD 604 pp. 483-494 Construction Division
v. 2 Functions PD 458
Sections Financial and Management
Agricultural Extension Division
Division Functions PD 458
Abolition RA 680 pp. 452- pp. 295-306 v. 2
455 v. 1 Harbor Dredging and
Plant Industry, Bureau of Reclamation Division
Regional Crop Protection Functions PD 458
Center pp. 295-306 v. 2
Creation PD 936 pp. 670-674 Maintenance Division
v. 2 PD 458 pp. 295-306 v. 2
PLEB SEE People’s Law Planning Divisions
Enforcement Board Functions PD 458
PMCC SEE Philippine Medical pp. 295-306 v. 2
Care Commission (PMCC) Soil and Material Division
PNP SEE Philippine National PD 458 pp. 295-306 v. 2
Police
1431
Functions PD 458 pp. 295-306 Powers and duties PD 832

v. 2 pp. 609-615 v. 2
Postal Savings Bank Reorganization PD 832 pp. 609-
Amendments Act 4093 pp. 234- 615 v. 2
235 v. 1 Provincial PACLAP Committee
Postal Savings Bank Board Creation PD 832 pp. 609-615
Compositions Act 4093 pp. 234- v. 2
235 v. 1 Special Action Group
Powers and duties Act 4093 Creation PD 832 pp. 609-615
pp. 234-235 v. 1 v. 2
Postal Service Act of 1992 Presidential Census Coordinating
RA 7354 pp. 1022-1031 v. 1 Board
Posts, Bureau of Compositions PD 650 pp. 531-
Compositions Act 1407 pp. 3-28 535 v. 2
v. 1 Presidential Commission to Fight
Divisions, Services and Poverty (PCFP)
Sections EO 94, s. 1947 Abolition RA 8425 pp. 1199-
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 1208 v. 1
Powers and duties Act 1407 Presidential Committee on
pp. 3-28 v. 1 Agricultural Credit (PCAC)
Power Development Council Compositions PD 792 pp. 592-
Compositions PD 269 pp. 167- 595 v. 2
176 v. 2 Creation PD 792 pp. 592-595
v. 2 Presidential Committee on
Powers and duties PD 94 Wood Industries Development
pp. 72-758 v. 2 (PCWID)
Reconstitution PD 94 pp. 72- Compositions PD 267 pp. 163-
758 v. 2 166 v. 2
PRC SEE Professional Reconstitution PD 267 pp. 163-
Regulation Commission 166 v. 2
PRC Modernization Act of 2000 Presidential Council for
RA 8981 pp. 1219-1232 v. 1 Countryside Development
Presidential Action Committee (PCCD)
on Land Problems (PACLAP) Abolition RA 8425 pp. 1199-
Functions PD 832 pp. 609-615 1208 v. 1
v. 2
1432
Presidential Review Commission PRISCO SEE Price

on Reorganization PD 267 pp. Stabilization Corporation
163-166 v. 2 Compositions Act 1407
Presidential Task Force for pp. 3-28 v. 1
the Reconstruction and Private Education, Office of
Development of Mindanao Functions CA 180 pp. 291-296
Abolition PD 690 pp. 550-555 v. 1
v.2 Named CA 180 pp. 291-296 v. 1
Price Administration Board Private Schools and Colleges
City Price Administration Renamed to CA 180 pp. 291-
Committee 296 v. 1
Creation RA 608 pp. 439- Private Schools, Bureau of
440 v. 1 Named EO 94, s. 1947
Provincial Price Administration pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Committee Privatization and the Asset
Creation RA 608 pp. 439-440 Privatization Trust, Committee
v. 1 on
Price Control Council Extension RA 7886 pp. 1141-
Renamed PD 721 pp. 559-565 1143 v. 1
v. 2 Procurement Office
Price Stabilization Corporation Named EO 94, s. 1947
Abolition RA 1345 pp. 529-535 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
v. 1 Renamed EO 392, s. 1951
v. 1 Productivity Incentive Act of
Transferred to RA 1345 1992 RA 6971 pp. 996-1000
pp. 529-535 v. 1 v. 1
Price Stabilization Council Professional and Scientific
Compositions PD 1681 p. 1035 Service
v. 2 Creation EO 94, s. 1947
Creation PD 1681 p. 1035 v. 2 pp. 1103 v. 2
Print Media PD 576 pp. 450-452 Functions EO 94, s. 1947
v. 2 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Print Media Council Professional Regulation
Abolition PD 1784 pp. 1067- Commission (PRC)
1068 v. 2 Modernization RA 8981
Printing, Bureau of pp. 1219-1232 v. 1
Compositions Act 1407 Compositions PD 223 pp. 117
pp. 3-28 v. 1 v. 2; RA 8981 pp. 1219-1220
v. 1
1433
Creation PD 223 pp. 117-123 PRISCO SEE Price

v. 2 Stabilization Corporation
Functions PD 223 pp. 118-124 PRRI SEE Philippine Rubber
v.2 Research Institute
Powers and duties PD 223 PSC SEE Philippine Sports
pp. 118-121 v.2; RA 8981 Commission
pp. 1221-1227 PTA SEE Philippine Tobacco
Transferred to PD 839 p. 616 Administration
v.2 Public Estates Authority
Professional Regulatory Board Creation PD 1084 pp. 760-764
pp. 1227-1229 Public Highways, Bureau of
Professional Regulatory Board Composition RA 1192 pp. 505-
of Psychology 507 v. 1
Creation RA 10029 pp. 1338- Creation RA 1192 pp. 505-507
1355 v. 1 v. 1
Professional Regulatory Board of Powers and duties RA 1192
Psychology pp. 505-507 v. 1
Compositions RA 10029 Separated from
pp. 1338-1355 v. 1 Public Highways, Department of
Creation RA 10029 pp. 1338- Amendments PD 548 pp. 412-
1355 v. 1 413 v. 2; PD 702 pp. 556-558
Power and duties RA 10029 v. 2; PD 636 pp. 516-517 v. 2
pp. 1338-1355 v. 1 Bureau and offices
Project Execution Service Barangay Roads, Bureau of
Abolition PD 458 p. 302 v.2 Creation PD 702 p. 557
Project Management Staff v.2
Creation PD 568 pp. 439-441 Functions PD 702 p. 557
v. 2 v.2
Organization PD 568 pp. 439- Construction and Equipment,
441 v. 2 Bureau of PD 458 pp. 295-
Provincial Fiscals, Office of 306 v.2; PD 636 pp. 516-
Amendments Act 3756 pp. 185- 517 v.2; PD 702 pp. 556-
186 v. 1; Act 4014 pp. 218- 558 v.2
219 v. 1 Functions PD 458 pp. 295-
Provincial PACLAP Committee 306 v.2
Compositions PD 832 pp. 609- Equipment , Bureau of
615 v. 2 PD 458 pp. 295-306 v.2;
Creation PD 832 pp. 609-615 PD 636 pp. 516-517 v.2;
v. 2 PD 702 pp. 556-558 v.2
1434
Functions PD 458 pp. 295- National Language Institute

306 v.2 Creation CA 184 pp. 300-
Highway Regional offices 302 v. 1
Region 4-A Printing, Bureau of Act 1972
Compositions PD 493 p. 68 v. 1
pp. 366-368 v. 2 Prisons, Bureau of Act 1972
Region 4-B p. 68 v. 1
Compositions PD 493 Supply, Bureau of Act 1972
pp. 366-368 v. 2 p. 68 v. 1
Compositions PD 458 pp. 295- Creation PD 1 pp. 3-4 v. 2
306 v. 2 Functions CA 180 pp. 291-296
v. 2 Reorganization Act 1407
Organizations PD 458 pp. 295- pp. 3-28 v. 1; Act 1972 p. 68
306 v. 2; PD 548 p. 412 v. 2; v. 1
PD 636 pp. 516-517 v. 2; Public Libraries, Bureau of
PD 702 pp. 556-558 v. 2 Named EO 94, s. 1947
Public Information, Department pp. 1119 v. 2
of Renamed RA 3873 p. 685 v. 1
Creation PD 1 pp. 3-4 v. 2 Amendments RA 10087
Public Information Office pp. 1396-1397 v. 1
Abolition PD 1 pp. 3-4 v. 2 Public Schools, Bureau of
Public Instruction, Department Home Economics Division
of Retained RA 3742 pp. 656-
Adult Education, Office of 658 v. 1
Creation CA 80 pp. 260-262 Home Industries Division
v. 1 Returned to RA 6059
Bureaus and offices Act 1407 pp. 893-894 v. 1
pp. 3-28 v. 1; Act 1972 p. 68 Named EO 94, s. 1947
v. 1; Act 2666 pp. 95-98 v. 1 pp. 1119 v. 2
Agriculture, Bureau of Public Service Act
Transferred Act 1972 p. 68 Amendments RA 178 pp. 422-
v. 1 426
Education, Bureau of Act Public Service Commission
1972 p. 68 v. 1 Amendments Act 3844
National Council of pp. 180-184 v. 1; RA 178
Education pp. 422-426 v. 1
Abolition EO 94, s. 1947 Bureaus and offices
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 Manila Railroad Company
1435
Transferred to Act 3376 Creation Act 4007 pp. 205-

p. 157 v. 1 217 v. 1
Peoples Counsel, Office of the Public Welfare Board
Compositions RA 178 Abolition Act 2988 pp. 141-143
pp. 422-426 v. 1 v. 1
Creation RA 178 pp. 422- Creation Act 2745 pp. 114-
426 v. 1 116 v. 1
Powers and duties RA 178 Objectives Act 2745 pp. 114-
pp. 422-426 v. 1 116 v. 1
Compositions Act 3316 Powers and duties Act 2745
pp. 152-154 v. 1; CA 146 pp. 114-116 v. 1
pp. 274-288 v. 1; RA 178 Transferred to Act 2988
pp. 422-426 v. 1 pp. 141-143 v. 1
Creation Act 3316 pp. 152- Public Welfare Commissioner,
154 v. 1 Office of the
Powers and duties Act 3844 Abolition Act 4007 pp. 205-
pp. 180-184 v. 1; CA 146 217 v. 1
pp. 274-288 v. 1 Merged to Act 2988 pp. 141-
Reorganization CA 146 143 v. 1
pp. 274-288 v. 1 Public Works and
Substituted Act 3316 pp. 152- Communications, Department
154 v. 1 of
Public Utility Commission Bureaus and offices EO 94,
Amendments Act 3316 s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2;
pp. 152-154 v. 1; Act 4033 EO 392, s. 1951 pp. 1143-
pp. 224-226 v. 1 1144 v. 2
Powers and duties Act 4033 National Waterworks and
pp. 224-226 v. 1 Sewerage Authority
Replaced Act 3316 pp. 152- Creation RA 1383
154 v. 1 pp. 536-545 v.1
Public Utility Commissioner, Functions RA 1383
Office of pp. 536-545 v.1
Creation Act 2694 pp. 101- Posts, Bureau of
102 v. 1 Creation EO 94, s. 1947
Public Utility Commissioner, p. 1117 v.2
Board of Divisions, Services and
Abolition Act 2694 pp. 101- Sections Stamp and
102 v. 1 Philatelic Division
Public Welfare Creation EO 94,
s. 1947 p. 1117 v.2
1436
Public Highways, Bureau of Highways, Division of

Divisions, Services and Abolition RA 1192
Sections pp. 505-507 v. 1
Highways, Division of Irrigation Division
Abolition RA 1192 Abolition RA 3601
p. 507 v. 1 pp. 640-646 v. 1
Creation RA 1192 p. 505 Ports, Harbours and
v. 1 Reclamation Division
Functions RA 1192 PD 458 pp. 295-306 v. 2
pp. 506-507 v. 1 Supervising Railway Expert,
Radio Control Board Office of the
Compositions EO 392, Creation Act 1591 pp. 42-
s. 1951 pp. 1137-1152 v. 2 44 v. 1
Reorganization EO 392, Waterworks and Wells and
s. 1951 pp. 1137-1152 v. 2 Drills Section RA 3597
Radio Control Divisions pp. 636-637 v. 1
Organization EO 392, Compositions Act 1407
s. 1951 pp. 1137-1152 v. 2 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Telecommunications, Bureau Public Works, Department of
of Bureaus and offices
Compositions EO 94, Public Highways, Bureau of
s. 1947 pp. 1118 v. 2 Creation RA 1192 pp. 505-
Creation EO 94, s. 1947 507 v. 1
pp. 1118 v. 2 Public Works, Division of
Reorganization EO 94, s. 1947 Creation Act 1568 pp. 34-35
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2; EO 392, v. 1
s. 1951 pp. 1137-1152 v. 2 Public Works Shops, Bureau of
Public Works, Bureau of Merged to Act 4111 pp. 236-
Bureaus and offices PD 458 237 v. 1
pp. 295-306 v. 2 Public Works, Transportation
Architecture and and Communications,
Construction of Public Department of (DPWTC)
Building, Bureau of Compositions PD 458 pp. 295-
Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1 306 v. 2
Building Construction and Cotabato
Repair Agusan River Basin
Creation Act 1407 Program Office
pp. 3-28 v. 1 Creation PD 1556
Divisions Services and pp. 957-959 v. 2
Sections
1437
National Water Resources Quarantine Service, Bureau of

Council PD 424 pp. 280- Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1
284 v. 2 Renamed RA 123 pp. 398-399
Post, Bureau of v. 1
Creation PD 458 pp. 295- Reorganization RA 123
306 v. 2 pp. 398-399 v. 1
Radio Control Office Quedan and Rural Credit
Renamed PD 458 pp. 295- Guarantee Corporation
306 v. 2 Named RA 7393 pp. 1032-
Telecommunication, Bureau 1037 v. 1
of Powers and duties RA 7393
306 v. 2 Quedan and Rural Credit
Telecommunication Control Guarantee Corporation Act
Bureau RA 7393 pp. 1032-1037 v. 1
Named PD 458 pp. 295- Quedan Guarantee Fund Board
306 v. 2 Renamed to RA 7393 pp. 1032-
Post, Bureau of 1037 v. 1
Creation PD 458 pp. 295- Reorganization RA 7393
306 v. 2 pp. 1032-1037 v. 1
Functions PD 458 pp. 295-
306 v. 2 R
Organization PD 458 pp. 295-
306 v. 2 Radiation Health Office
Purchase and Supply, Division of Creation PD 480 pp. 333-335
Rename to EO 94, s. 1947 v. 2
Purchasing Agent, Office of v. 2
Amendments Act 2553 pp. 76- Radio Board
77 v. 1 Compositions CA 88 pp. 263-
266 v. 1
Q Creation CA 88 pp. 263-266
v. 1
Quarantine, Bureau of Radio Board and the Radio
Functions RA 123 pp. 398-399 Permit Committee
v. 1 Abolition EO 94, s. 1947
Named RA 123 pp. 398-399 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
v. 1 Radio Broadcasting Board
Reorganization RA 123 Abolition EO 392, s. 1951
pp. 398-399 v. 1 pp. 1137-1152 v. 2
1438
Radio Broadcasting Committee Regional Consultative

Abolition EO 94, s. 1947 Commission Act of 1998 for the
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 Autonomous Region in Muslim
Radio Control Board Mindanao RA 6649 pp. 963-
Compositions EO 94, s. 1947 968 v. 1
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2; EO 392, Regional Consultation
s. 1951 pp. 1137-1152 v. 2 Commission for Muslim
Organization EO 392, s. 1951 Mindanao RA 6649 pp. 963-
pp. 1137-1152 v. 2 968 v. 1
Radio Control Division Compositions RA 6649
Transferred to EO 94, s. 1947 pp. 963-968 v. 1
Records Management and v. 1
Archives Office Functions RA 6649 pp. 963-
Abolition RA 9470 pp. 1291- 968 v. 1
1300 v. 1 Regional Trial Court
Region 1 (Ilocos Region) Antipolo, City of RA 9377
Amendments PD 224 p. 124 pp. 1285-1286 v.1
v. 2 Cebu, Province of RA 9375
Compositions PD 224 p. 124 pp. 1281-1282 v.1
v. 2 Creation BP 129 pp. 341-372
Region 3 (Central Luzon Region) v.1
Amendments PD 224 p. 124 Eastern Samar, Province of
v. 2 RA 9307 pp. 1264-1265 v. 1
Compositions PD 224 p. 124 Jurisdiction BP 129 pp. 341-
v. 2 372 v.1
Regional Anti-Smuggling Action Lanao del Sur, Province of
Center (RASAC) RA 9423 pp. 1287-1288 v. 1
Abolition PD 1458 pp. 896-900 Lucena City
v. 2 Quezon Province RA 9247
Regional Centers pp. 1245-1247 v. 1
Creation RA 9470 pp. 1291- Mandaluyong City RA 9848
1300 v. 1 pp. 1313-1314 v. 1
Functions RA 9470 pp. 1291- Reorganization BP 129
1300 v. 1 pp. 341-372 v.1
Regional Commissioner, Office of Rehabilitation Finance
the Corporation
Abolition PD 1618 pp. 1003- Compositions RA 85 pp. 388-
1009 v. 2 393 v. 1
1439
Creation RA 1851 pp. 560-561 Revised Administrative Code

v. 1 Amendments EO 94,
Powers and duties RA 1851 s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2;
pp. 560-561 v. 1 EO 392, s. 1951 pp. 1137-
Reorganization Act 1152 v. 2
Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1 Revised Charter of Quezon City
Amendments Act 1568 pp. 34- Amendments RA 5288 p. 810
35 v. 1; Act 1609 pp. 45-46 v. 1
v. 1; Act 1675 pp. 50-51 v. 1; Revised Charter of the
Act 1972 p. 68 v. 1 Department of Tourism
Repealed Act 1541 p. 33 v. 1; PD 1463 pp. 901-906 v. 2
Act 1568 pp. 34-35 v. 1; Revised Charter of the National
Act 1675 pp. 50-51 v. 1 Development Company
Reorganization Act of 1944 PD 1648 pp. 1022-1026 v. 2
RA 997 pp. 481-487 v. 1 Revised Charter of the Philippine
Reorganization Act of 1954 International Trading
Amendments RA 1241 Corporation PD 1071 pp. 742-
pp. 511-515 v. 1 750 v. 2
Reorganization Law of 1932 Revised Charter of the Southern
Amendments Act 4007 Philippine Development
pp. 205-217 v. 1; Act 4060 Authority PD 1703 pp. 1036-
pp. 228-233 v. 1; CA 180 1043 v. 2
pp. 291-296 v. 1; EO 94,
s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 S
Reorganizing the Lupong
Tagapagpaganap of Regions IX Salary Board
and XII Abolition EO 94, s. 1947
Amendments PD 1843-A pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
p. 1088 v. 2 San Juanico Strait Tourist
Reporter, Office of Development Authority
Creation Act 1675 pp. 50-51 Creation RA 3961 pp. 699-700
v. 1 v. 1
Research Advisory Committee Functions RA 3961 pp. 699-
Creation PD 1201 pp. 771-776 700 v. 1
Research and Information pp. 699-700 v. 1
Division Sandiganbayan
Creation PD 721 pp. 559-565 Amendments PD 1606
v. 2 pp. 985-988 v. 2; RA 7975
pp. 1154-1159 v. 1
1440
Compositions PD 1486 Quezon City RA 5296 pp. 811-

pp. 914-921 v. 2 812 v. 1
PD 1606 pp. 985-988 v. 2 Sewage Warehouse Revolving
Creation PD 1486 pp. 914-921 Fund
v. 2 Mergers EO 94, s. 1947
Reorganization RA 7975 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
pp. 1154-1159 v. 1 Shipping Administration
Sangguniang Bayan SEE Named EO 94, s. 1947
Katipunan ng mga Sanggunian pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Sangguniang Pampook Shipping Commission
Compositions PD 1618 Renamed to EO 94, s. 1947
pp. 1003-1009 v. 2 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Organization PD 1618 Sixteenth Judicial District
pp. 1003-1009 v. 2 Davao, Province of RA 5107
pp. 1003-1009 v. 2 South Cotabato, Province of
Scientific Committee RA 5382 pp. 821-822 v. 1
Functions RA 176 pp. 414-417 Small and Medium Industries,
v. 1 Commission on
Second Judicial District Creation PD 769 pp. 589-591
Mountain Province RA 5084 v. 2
pp. 794-795 v. 1 Small and Medium Industries,
Securities and Exchange Commission on
Commission Reorganization PD 1520
Amendments PD 1653 pp. 942-946 v. 2
pp. 1029-1031 v. 2 Social Reform Agenda (SRA)
Examiners and Exchange RA 8425 pp. 1199-1208 v. 1
Commission PD 721 pp. 559- Social Reform and Poverty
565 v. 2 Alleviation Act RA 8425
v. 2 Social Reform Council (SRC)
Stock Brokers and Exchange Abolition RA 8425 pp. 1199-
Commission 1208 v. 1
Functions PD 721 pp. 559-565 Social Security Commission
v. 2 Amendments RA 7688
Senior Administrative p. 1072 v. 1
Organization PD 1397 Powers and duties RA 8282
pp. 866-867 v.2 pp. 1163-1169 v. 1
Seventh Judicial District
RA 3749 pp. 659-669 v. 1
1441
Social Security Law Social Welfare, Bureau of

Amendments RA 8282 Creation EO 94, s. 1947
pp. 1163-1169 v. 1 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Social Security System (SSS) Functions EO 94, s. 1947
Amendments RA 8282 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
pp. 1163-1169 v. 1 Social Welfare, Department of
Creation RA 7688 p. 1072 v. 1 Renamed PD 994 pp. 727-728
pp. 1163-1169 v. 1 Soil Conservation, Bureau of
Powers and duties RA 8282 Compositions RA 622 pp. 444-
pp. 1163-1169 v. 1 448 v. 1
Social Services and Counseling Creation RA 622 pp. 444-448
Division (SSCD) v. 1
Compositions RA 8369 Functions RA 622 pp. 444-448
pp. 1182-1188 v. 1 v. 1
Creation RA 8369 pp. 1182- Powers and duties RA 622
1188 v. 1 pp. 444-448 v. 1
Social Services and Development Solicitor General, Office of the
Named PD 994 pp. 727-728 Functions PD 478 pp. 328-332
v. 2 v. 2
Social Welfare Act of 1968 Named EO 94, s. 1947
RA 5416 pp. 825-828 v. 1 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Social Welfare Administration Organization PD 478 pp. 328-
Abolition RA 5416 pp. 825-828 332 v. 2
Transferred to RA 5416 pp. 328-332 v. 2
pp. 825-828 v. 1 Southeastern Samar
Social Welfare and Development, Development Authority
Department of (DSWD) Creation RA 5920 pp. 866-869
Bureaus and offices RA 5416 v. 1
pp. 825-828 v. 1 Objectives RA 5920 pp. 866-
Social Services and 869 v. 1
Counseling Division Southeastern Samar
(SSCD) Development Authority Act of
Creation RA 8369 1966 RA 5920 pp. 866-869 v.
pp. 1182-1188 v. 1 1
Creation RA 5416 pp. 825-828 Southern Cultural Communities,
v. 1 Office for (OSCC)
Powers and duties RA 5416 Mergers and acquisitions
pp. 825-828 v. 1 RA 8371 pp. 1189-1198 v. 1
1442
Southern Philippines Stamp and Philatelic Division

Development Administration Creation EO 94, s. 1947
v.2 Functions EO 94, s. 1947
v.2 Powers and duties EO 94,
Powers and duties PD 690 s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
pp. 550-555 v.2 Standards, Bureau of
Southern Philippines Converted RA 4109 pp. 717-
Development Authority 723 v. 1
Amendments PD 1703 Renamed PD 721 pp. 559-565
pp. 1036-1043 v. 2 v. 2
Functions PD 1703 pp. 1036- Standards, Division of
1043 v. 2 Converted to RA 4109
Objectives PD 1703 pp. 1036- pp. 717-723 v. 1
1043 v. 2 Creation EO 94, s. 1947
Power and duties PD 1703 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
pp. 1036-1043 v. 2 Powers and duties EO 94,
Southern Philippines Provisional s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Government Standards for Mass Media,
Abolition PD 1618 pp. 1003- Bureau of
1009 v. 2 Abolition PD 576 pp. 450-452
Special Attorneys, Office of v. 2
Abolition EO 392, s. 1951 State Attorneys, Office of
Special Program of Assistance for pp. 508-510 v. 1
the Rehabilitation of Evacuees Creation RA 1198 pp. 508-510
(SPARB) v. 1
Abolition PD 690 pp. 550-555 State Police
v.2 Organization CA 88 pp. 263-
SRA SEE Social Reform Agenda 266 v. 1
Strengthening Peoples’
SRC SEE Social Reform Nationalism Through
Council Philippine History Act
SSCD SEE Social Services and RA 10086 pp. 1383-1395 v. 1
Counseling Division Strengthening the Cooperative
SSS SEE Social Security Movement
System Amendments PD 501 pp. 369-
372 v. 2
1443
Students’ Loan Fund Authority Cold Storage, Division of

Creation RA 6014 pp. 870-872 Creation Act 1609 pp. 45-46
v. 1 v. 1
Powers and duties RA 6014 Compositions Act 1407
pp. 870-872 v. 1 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Sub professional Service Named EO 392, s. 1951
Creation EO 94, s. 1947 pp. 1137-1152 v. 2
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 Supreme Court
Functions EO 94, s. 1947 Amendments Act 4023
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 pp. 220-223 v. 1
Sugar Quota Administration Compositions Act 4023
Abolition PD 388 pp. 241-246 pp. 220-223 v. 1
v. 2 Judges Act 4023 pp. 220-223
Named EO 392, s. 1951 v. 1
pp. 1137-1152 v. 2 Reporter, Office of
Sugar Quota Office Creation Act 1675 pp. 50-51
Named EO 94, s. 1947 v. 1
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2
Renamed EO 392, s. 1951 T
pp. 1137-1152 v. 2
Sugar Quota Administrator Tanodbayan
EO 94, s. 1947 pp. 1100-1136 Composition PD 1487 pp. 922-
v. 2 929 v. 2
Sulu Development Act of 1969 Creation PD 1487 pp. 922-929
RA 6042 pp. 887-892 v. 1 v. 2
Sulu Development Company Organization PD 1487
(SUDECO) pp. 922-929 v. 2
Creation RA 6042 pp. 887-892 Powers and duties PD 1487
v. 1 pp. 922-929 v. 2
Objectives RA 6042 pp. 887- Tanodbayan Decree PD 1607
892 v. 1 pp. 989-994 v. 2; PD 1630
pp. 887-892 v. 1 Tanodbayan Decree of 1977
Supervising Railway Expert, PD 1487 pp. 922-929 v. 2
Office of the Tanodbayan, Office of the
Creation Act 1591 pp. 42-44 Chief Special Prosecutor, office
v. 1 of the
Supply, Bureau of Compositions PD 1607 pp.
Abolition Act 4007 pp. 205- 989-994 v. 2
217 v. 1
1444
Creation PD 1607 pp. 989-994 Technical Board for Agricultural

v. 2 Credit (TBAC) PD 792
v. 2; PD 1630 pp. 1010-1013 Technical Education and Skills
v. 2 Development Act of 1994
Powers and duties PD 1607 RA 7796 pp. 1092-1104 v. 1
pp. 989-994 v. 2; PD 1630 Objectives RA 7796 pp. 1092-
pp. 1010-1013 v. 2 1104 v. 1
Tariff Commission Technical Education and Skills
Compositions RA 911 pp. 478- Development Authority
480 v. 1 (TESDA)
Creation RA 911 pp. 478-480 Compositions
v. 1 TESDA Board
Powers and duties RA 911 Compositions RA 7796
pp. 478-480 v. 1 pp. 1092-1104 v. 1
Teacher Education Center of Creation RA 7796
Excellence pp. 1092-1104 v. 1
Functions RA 7784 pp. 1085- Powers and duties
1091 v. 1 RA 7796 pp. 1092-1104
Objectives RA 7784 pp. 1085- v. 1
1091 v. 1 TESDA Secretariat RA 7796
Teacher Education Council pp. 1092-1104 v. 1
Composition RA 7784 Creation RA 7796 pp. 1092-
pp. 1085-1091 v. 1 1104 v. 1
Creation RA 7784 pp. 1085- National Manpower and Youth
1091 v. 1 Council (NMYC)
Functions RA 7784 pp. 1085- Replaced and absorbed by
1091 v. 1 RA 7796 pp. 1092-1104 v. 1
Powers and duties RA 7784 National Trade Skills
pp. 1085-1091 v. 1 Standards
Technical Advisory Committee Creation RA 7796 pp. 1092-
Compositions RA 1815 1104 v. 1
pp. 554-559 v. 1 Technical and Vocational
Creation RA 1815 pp. 554-559 Education, Bureau of (BTVE)
v. 1 Replaced and absorbed by
Powers and duties RA 1815 RA 7796 pp. 1092-1104 v. 1
pp. 554-559 v. 1 Technical Education and Skills
Technical and Vocational Development Committees
Education, Bureau of (BTVE) Creation RA 7796 pp. 1092-
Replaced and absorbed 1104 v. 1
RA 7796 pp. 1092-1104 v. 1
1445
TESDA Development Fund TESDA Board

Creation RA 7796 pp. 1092- Compositions RA 7796 pp.
1104 v. 1 1092-1104 v. 1
Technology Resource Center Functions RA 7796 pp. 1092-
Creation PD 1097 pp. 767-770 1104 v. 1
v. 2 Powers and duties RA 7796 pp.
Objectives PD 1097 pp. 767- 1092-1104 v. 1
770 v. 2 Textbooks, Board on
Powers and duties PD 1097 Amendments RA 139 pp. 400-
pp. 767-770 v. 2 402 v. 1
Telecommunications, Bureau of Compositions RA 139 pp. 400-
Compositions EO 94, s. 1947 402 v. 1
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 Creation Act 3402 p. 158 v. 1
Creation EO 94, s. 1947 Powers and duties RA 139
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 pp. 400-402 v. 1
Tenancy Division of the Court of Textile Export Board
Industrial Relations Abolition PD 1440 pp. 888-891
Abolition RA 1267 pp. 516-524 v. 2
v. 1; RA 1409 pp. 546-550 v. 1 Transferred to PD 1440 pp.
Amendments RA 1409 pp. 546- 888-891 v. 2
550 v. 1 Thirteenth Judicial District
Compositions RA 1267 pp. 516- Tacloban, City of RA 5341
524 v. 1; RA 1409 pp. 546-550 pp. 816-817 v. 1
v. 1 Tondo Foreshore Development
Creation RA 1267 pp. 516-524 Authority
pp. 516-524 v. 1; RA 1409 Functions PD 570 pp. 445-449
pp. 546-550 v. 1 v. 2
Transferred to RA 1409 Objectives PD 570 pp. 445-449
pp. 546-550 v. 1 v. 2
Tenancy Law Enforcement Powers and duties PD 570
Division pp. 445-449 v. 2
Abolition EO 392, s. 1951 Tourism, Department of
pp. 1137-1152 v. 2 Amendments PD 1463
TESDA SEE ALSO Technical pp. 901-906 v. 2
Education and Skills Bureaus and offices
Development Authority Philippine Convention
TESDA Act of 1994 RA 7796 Bureau PD 1463 pp. 901-
pp. 1092-1104 v. 1 906 v. 2
1446
Philippine Tourism Research and Statistics

Authority PD 1463 Division
pp. 901-906 v. 2 Functions PD 189
113 v. 2 Training and
Reorganization PD 564 Evaluation Division
Philippine Tourist Authority pp. 103-113 v. 2
Creation PD 189 pp. 103- Tourist Zones
113 v. 2 Composition PD 564
Special Services, Bureau of pp. 425-437 v. 2
Creation PD 189 pp. 103- Functions PD 1463
113 v. 2 pp. 901-906 v. 2
Divisions, Services and Creation PD 189 pp. 103-
Sections PD 189 113 v. 2
Licensing and 113 v. 2
Inspection Division Revision PD 1463 pp. 901-
Functions PD 189 906 v. 2
pp. 103-113 v. 2 Tourism Promotion, Bureau of
Tourist Reception Creation PD 1463 pp. 901-906
Division v. 2
Functions PD 189 Tourism Services, Bureau of
Tourism Promotion, Bureau v. 2
of Trade, Department of
Creation PD 1463 pp. 901- Bureaus and offices
906 v. 2 Census and Statistics,
Functions PD 1463 pp. Bureau of
901-906 v. 2 Reorganization PD 418
Tourism Services, Bureau of pp. 266-268 v. 2
Creation PD 1463 pp. 901- Design Center Philippines
906 v. 2 Creation RA 7722
Sections Domestic Trade, Bureau of
Press and Publication PD 721 pp. 559-565 v. 2
Division Divisions, Services and
Functions PD 189 Sections
pp. 103-113 v. 2 Brokers Divisions
1447

565 v. 2 Named
Functions PD 721 Fiber Inspection Service,
pp. 559-565 v. 2 Bureau of PD 721 pp. 559-
Consumer Protection 565 v. 2
Division Creation RA 3099 pp. 595-
Creation PD 721 pp. 559- 597 v. 1
565 v. 2 Functions RA 3099
Functions PD 721 pp. pp. 595-597 v. 1
559-565 v. 2 Powers and duties RA 3099
Domestic Trade Promotion pp. 595-597 v. 1
Divisions Renamed PD 721 pp. 559-
Creation PD 721 pp. 559- 565 v. 2
565 v. 2 Foreign Trade, Bureau of
Functions PD 721 Divisions, Services and
pp. 559-565 v. 2 Sections PD 721 pp. 559-
Field Operations Divisions 565 v. 2
Creation PD 721 pp. 559- Export Service
565 v. 2 Coordination Division
Functions PD 721 Creation PD 721
pp. 559-565 v. 2 pp. 559-565 v. 2
Trade Nationalization Functions PD 721
Division pp. 559-565 v. 2
Creation PD 721 pp. 559- Foreign Trade Promotion
565 v. 2 Division
Functions PD 721 Creation PD 721
pp. 559-565 v. 2 pp. 559-565 v. 2
ECAFE Unit Functions PD 721
Renamed PD 721 pp. 559- pp. 559-565 v. 2
565 v. 2 Foreign Trade Relation
ESCAP (Economic and Social Division
Commission for Asia and Creation PD 721
the Pacific) Unit pp. 559-565 v. 2
Named Functions PD 721
Fiber Development and pp. 559-565 v. 2
Inspection Service, Industrial Promotion, Bureau
Bureau of (BFDIS) of
PD 1208 pp. 777-783 v. 2 Abolition RA 7722
Functions PD 1208 pp. 1075-1084 v. 1
1448
National Census and UNCTAD Unit

Statistics Office (NCSO) Functions PD 721 pp. 559-
Transferred to PD 418 565 v. 2
Philippines Bureau of 565 v. 2
Products Standards Government-Owned or
Functions PD 721 pp. 559- Controlled PD 721 pp. 559-
565 v. 2 565 v. 2
Named PD 721 pp. 559- Corporations and Agencies
565 v. 2 attached
Philippines Patent Office Named PD 189 pp. 103-113
Divisions, Services and v. 2
Sections Organization PD 721 pp. 559-
Legal Services Division 565 v. 2
Creation PD 721 Trade and Industry, Department
pp. 559-565 v. 2 of
Research and Patents, Trademarks, and
Information Division Technology Transfer,
Creation PD 721 Bureau of
pp. 559-565 v. 2 Abolition RA 8293
Price Control Council pp. 1170-1181 v. 1
Renamed PD 721 pp. 559- Trade and Tourism, Department
565 v. 2 of
Price Stabilization Council Renamed to Trade,
PD 721 pp. 559-565 v. 2 Department of PD 189
Securities and Exchange pp. 103-113 v. 2
Commission Trade Commission in Europe,
Divisions, Services and Office of
Sections Creation Act 3754 p. 179 v. 1
Examiners and Powers and duties Act 3754
Appraisers Division p. 179 v. 1
Functions Trademarks, Bureau of
Shipping and Freight Study Creation RA 8293 pp. 1170-
Unit 1181 v. 1
Transferred to PD 474 Functions RA 8293 pp. 1170-
pp. 320-327 v. 2; PD 1440 1181 v. 1
pp. 888-891 v. 2 Transitory Body
Standards, Bureau of Creation RA 7722 pp. 1075-
Renamed PD 721 pp. 559- 1084 v. 1
565 v. 2
1449
Transportation and Twelfth Judicial Districts

Communication, Department RA 3749 pp. 659-669 v. 1
of (DOTC) RA 7354 pp. 1022-
1031 v. 1 U
Philippine Coast Guard
Creation RA 9993 pp. 1315- UNESCO SEE ALSO United
1324 v. 1 Nations Educational, Scientific
Transportation, Bureau of and Cultural Organization
Divisions, Services and UNESCO National
Sections PD 474 pp. 320-327 Commission of the Philippines
v. 2 Compositions RA 621 pp. 441-
Water Transportation 443 v. 1
Division Creation RA 621 pp. 441-443
Abolition PD 474 pp. 320- v. 1
Transferred to PD 474 pp. 320- pp. 441-443 v. 1
327 v. 2 United Nations Children’s Fund
Travel and Tourist Industry, National Committee
Board of Creation RA 4085 pp. 714-716
Compositions RA 1478 pp. 551- v. 1
553 v. 1 Duties, powers RA 4085 pp.
Creation RA 1478 pp. 551-553 714-716 v. 1
v. 1 United Nations Educational,
Objectives RA 1478 pp. 551- Scientific and Cultural
553 v. 1 Organization (UNESCO)
Powers and duties RA 1478 RA 621 pp. 441-443 v. 1
pp. 551-553 v. 1 United Nations Educational,
Treasury, Bureau of Scientific and Cultural
Compositions Act 1407 pp. 3-28 Organization National
v. 1 Commission of the Philippines
Divisions, Services and Creation RA 621 pp. 441-443
Sections Act 1407 pp. 3-28 v. 1
Disbursements, Division of pp. 441-443 v. 1
Creation Act 1407 United States Sugar Authority in
pp. 3-28 v. 1 the Philippine Islands
Powers and duties Act 1407 Amendments CA 77 pp. 257-
pp. 3-28 v. 1 259 v. 1
Tuberculosis Commission University of the Philippines (Los
Abolition Act 4007 pp. 205-217 Baños)
v. 1
1450
National Crop Protection Creation RA 8551 pp. 1209-

Center 1218 v. 1
Creation PD 936 pp. 670-674 Vocational Education, Bureau of
v. 2 Composition RA 3742 pp. 656-
658 v. 1
V Creation RA 3742 pp. 656-658
v. 1
Home Industries Division
Veterans Bank SEE Philippine RA 6059 pp. 893-894 v. 1
Veterans Bank VRB SEE Videogram
Veterans Federation of the Regulatory Board (VRB)
Philippines
Creation RA 2640 pp. 575-578
v. 1 W
Objectives RA 2640 pp. 575-
578 v. 1 Water Resources Committee
Powers and duties RA 2640 pp. Renamed to PD 424 pp. 280-
575-578 v. 1 284 v. 2
Veterinary Division Weather Bureau
Transferred to Act 1407 Abolition PD 78 pp. 63-71 v. 2
pp. 3-28 v. 1 Compositions Act 1407 pp. 3-28
Vice-Mayor v. 1
Metro Manila Welfare of Children and Youth,
Cities PD 1652 pp. 1027-1028 Council for the
Municipalities PD 1652 v. 2
Videogram Regulatory Board v. 2
(VRB) Powers and duties PD 603
Renamed RA 9239 pp. 1237- pp. 478-482 v. 2
1244 v. 1 Women’s Auxiliary Corps
Vigilance Service Creation RA 3835 pp. 676-678
Creation EO 94, s. 1947 v. 1
pp. 1100-1136 v. 2 Workmen’s Compensation,
Functions EO 94, s. 1947 Bureau of
Visitors, Board of v. 2
Abolition Workmen’s Compensation
Compositions RA 8551 Commission
v. 2
1451
Workmen’s Compensation Units Creation PD 1289 pp. 831-

Abolition PD 442 pp. 285-294 833 v. 2
v. 2 Physical Fitness and Sports,
Bureau of
Y Creation PD 604 pp. 483-
494 v. 2
Youth and Sports Development Divisions, Services and
(DYSD), Department of Sections
Boards, Committees and Amateur Sports
Councils Development
National Advisory Council on Divisions
Youth Development Creation PD 604
Compositions PD 604 pp. 483-494 v. 2
494 v. 2 Physical Fitness
National Olympic Committee Divisions
Compositions PD 604 Creation PD 604
pp. 483-494 v. 2 pp. 483-494 v. 2
Creation PD 604 pp. 483- Functions PD 604
494 v. 2 pp. 483-494 v. 2
Regional Advisory Council on Youth Development, Bureau
Youth Development of
Compositions PD 604 Compositions PD 604
pp. 483-494 v. 2 pp. 483-494 v. 2
Creation PD 604 pp. 483- Creation PD 604 pp. 483-
494 v. 2 494 v. 2
Bureaus and offices Creation PD 604 pp. 483-494
National Youth and Sports v. 2
Development Foundation of Functions PD 604 pp. 483-494
Philippines v. 2
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