Implementing the Abolition of the Office of the Agrarian Counsel, the Transfer of Applicable Appropriations, Records, Equipment Property and Necessary Personnel to the Bureau of Agrarian Legal Assistance under the Department of Agrarian Reform, and the Creation of the Citizens Legal Assistance Office under the Department of Justice
Letter of Implementation No. 4, issued on October 23, 1972, abolishes the Office of the Agrarian Counsel and transfers its functions to the Bureau of Agrarian Legal Assistance under the Department of Agrarian Reform. Personnel, including legal officers and stenographers, along with relevant appropriations and records, will be reassigned accordingly, with some remaining to form the Citizens Legal Assistance Office under the Department of Justice. The reorganization aligns with the Integrated Reorganization Plan, and details regarding the Citizens Legal Assistance Office's structure and duties will be developed by its Chief Officer and submitted for approval. This restructuring aims to streamline agrarian legal assistance and enhance service delivery within the Philippine government.
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- Letter of Implementation No. 4, issued on October 23, 1972, abolishes the Office of the Agrarian Counsel and transfers its functions to the Bureau of Agrarian Legal Assistance under the Department of Agrarian Reform. Personnel, including legal officers and stenographers, along with relevant appropriations and records, will be reassigned accordingly, with some remaining to form the Citizens Legal Assistance Office under the Department of Justice. The reorganization aligns with the Integrated Reorganization Plan, and details regarding the Citizens Legal Assistance Office's structure and duties will be developed by its Chief Officer and submitted for approval. This restructuring aims to streamline agrarian legal assistance and enhance service delivery within the Philippine government.
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- Implementing the Abolition of the Office of the Agrarian Counsel, the Transfer of Applicable Appropriations, Records, Equipment Property and Necessary Personnel to the Bureau of Agrarian Legal Assistance under the Department of Agrarian Reform, and the Creation of the Citizens Legal Assistance Office under the Department of Justice (Letter of Implementation No. 4) is a Philippine Presidential Issuances enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
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- Implementing the Abolition of the Office of the Agrarian Counsel, the Transfer of Applicable Appropriations, Records, Equipment Property and Necessary Personnel to the Bureau of Agrarian Legal Assistance under the Department of Agrarian Reform, and the Creation of the Citizens Legal Assistance Office under the Department of Justice (Letter of Implementation No. 4) was enacted on Oct 23, 1972.
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- Implementing the Abolition of the Office of the Agrarian Counsel, the Transfer of Applicable Appropriations, Records, Equipment Property and Necessary Personnel to the Bureau of Agrarian Legal Assistance under the Department of Agrarian Reform, and the Creation of the Citizens Legal Assistance Office under the Department of Justice, Letter of Implementation No. 4, Oct 23, 1972 (Philippines)
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- Letter of Implementation No. 4
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- Presidential Issuances
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- Letters of Implementation
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- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
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October 23, 1972
LETTER OF IMPLEMENTATION NO. 4
IMPLEMENTING THE ABOLITION OF THE OFFICE OF THE AGRARIAN COUNSEL, THE TRANSFER OF APPLICABLE APPROPRIATIONS, RECORDS, EQUIPMENT PROPERTY AND NECESSARY PERSONNEL TO THE BUREAU OF AGRARIAN LEGAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, AND THE CREATION OF THE CITIZENS LEGAL ASSISTANCE OFFICE UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1 dated September 24 1972, Reorganizing the Executive Branch of the National Government —
1. The Office of the Agrarian Counsel is hereby abolished and the services of the Agrarian Counsel and Deputy Agrarian Counsel are hereby terminated.
2. The functions of the Office of the Agrarian Counsel are transferred to the Bureau of Agrarian-Legal Assistance under the Department of Agrarian Reform as provided in Article IX, Chapter I, Part XXI-3 of the Integrated Reorganization Plan.
3. All Legal Officers I and II and Senior Legal Officers and half of the stenographers in the field offices of the abolished Office of the Agrarian Counsel, together with the corresponding appropriations, relevant records, and their office equipment shall be transferred to the Bureau of Agrarian Legal Assistance, the balance of appropriations, other records, equipment and properties and all other officers and personnel shall remain with the Department of Justice and the said officers and personnel shall constitute and be organized as the Citizens Legal Assistance Office.
4. The organization of the Citizens Legal Assistance Office under the Department of Justice shall be in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV, Chapter I, Part XXI, of the Integrated Reorganization Plan.
5. The details relating to the duties of functions, responsibilities and composition of the various operating units or divisions and regional offices of the Citizens Legal Assistance Office shall be prepared by the designated Chief Citizens Attorney or Officer-in-Charge in conformity with the provisions of Part II, Chapter III, of the Integrated Reorganization Plan, and shall be submitted to the Secretary of Justice for approval.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of October in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Two.
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Implementing the Abolition of the Office of the Agrarian Counsel, the Transfer of Applicable Appropriations, Records, Equipment Property and Necessary Personnel to the Bureau of Agrarian Legal Assistance under the Department of Agrarian Reform, and the Creation of the Citizens Legal Assistance Office under the Department of Justice, Letter of Implementation No. 4, Oct 23, 1972 (Philippines)
Implementing the Abolition of the Office of the Agrarian Counsel, the Transfer of Applicable Appropriations, Records, Equipment Property and Necessary Personnel to the Bureau of Agrarian Legal Assistance under the Department of Agrarian Reform, and the Creation of the Citizens Legal Assistance Office under the Department of Justice, Letter of Implementation No. 4 (Phil. 1972)
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- Relative to Chapter II, Part VIII on Department of Agrarian Reform and Other Pertinent Provisions of the Integrated Reorganization PlanLetter of Implementation No. 13 • Nov 1, 1972 • Presidential Issuances
- Reorganizing the Courts of Agrarian RelationsPresidential Decree No. 946 • Jun 17, 1976 • Presidential Issuances
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- Transforming the Department of Agrarian Reform into the Department of Land ReformExecutive Order No. 364 • Sep 27, 2004 • Presidential Issuances
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