Dispensing with the Submission to the Office of the President for Review or Approval of Certain Contracts or Transactions
Executive Order No. 212-A, issued by President Ferdinand E. Marcos on March 1, 1970, streamlines the approval process for certain contracts and transactions in the Philippines. It states that contracts not involving disbursements of corporate or government funds do not need to be submitted to the Office of the President for review or approval. Instead, the governing boards of government-owned or controlled corporations and heads of departments can act according to their charters and relevant laws. This order modifies or repeals previous circulars and executive orders that conflict with its provisions.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Executive Order No. 212-A
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Executive Orders
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
March 1, 1970
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 212-A
DISPENSING WITH THE SUBMISSION TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT FOR REVIEW OR APPROVAL OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS OR TRANSACTIONS
In furtherance of the policy of decentralization and of streamlining the functions of the Office of the President, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby order that contracts or transactions, regardless of the amounts involved, which do not entail disbursements of corporate or government funds shall no longer be submitted to the Office of the President for review or approval, the action thereon of the governing boards of government-owned or controlled corporations and heads of departments of government offices in accordance with their respective charters and the laws pertinent thereto being sufficient, unless the law provides otherwise. HESIcT
The provisions of Memorandum Circular Nos. 149 and 150, s. 1965, as amended; Executive Order No. 65, s. 1967, as amended; and other orders or rules and regulations in conflict herewith are hereby modified or repealed accordingly.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 1st day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy.
Cite This Law
Dispensing with the Submission to the Office of the President for Review or Approval of Certain Contracts or Transactions, Executive Order No. 212-A, Mar 1, 1970 (Philippines)
Dispensing with the Submission to the Office of the President for Review or Approval of Certain Contracts or Transactions, Executive Order No. 212-A (Phil. 1970)
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