Implementing the Transfer to the Department of Justice of the Presidential Investigation and Recovery Commission
On October 11, 1972, Letter of Implementation No. 3 was issued to transfer the Presidential Investigation and Recovery Commission to the Department of Justice, following Presidential Decree No. 1. The Commission was renamed the Investigation and Recovery Office and attached to the Office of the Solicitor General. Its previous functions, budget, and resources were reallocated, with the existing board of Commissioners abolished and powers transferred to the Solicitor General. The new office is tasked with investigating government personnel involved in asset losses and recovering assets for government agencies as directed by the Solicitor General.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Letter of Implementation No. 3
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Letters of Implementation
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
October 11, 1972
LETTER OF IMPLEMENTATION NO. 3
IMPLEMENTING THE TRANSFER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL INVESTIGATION AND RECOVERY COMMISSION
Pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1 dated September 24, 1972, Reorganizing the Executive Branch of the National Government, the Presidential Investigation and Recovery Commission is hereby transferred to the Department of Justice in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Integrated Reorganization Plan and the following Instructions:
1. The Presidential Investigation and Recovery Commission is hereby renamed Investigation and Recovery Office and attached to the Office of the Solicitor General, Department of Justice. The functions of the Commission together with its appropriation for Fiscal Year 1972-1973, as provided in their Special Budget and with the National Grains Authority assuming the obligations of the defunct RCA in funding the Office, records, equipment, properties, and personnel, except the representatives of the General Auditing Office, are hereby transferred as herein provided.
2. The present board of Commissioners is abolished. All the powers and functions heretofore vested in the Commission shall hereafter be exercised by the Solicitor General.
3. The Investigation and Recovery Office shall continue to discharge the powers and functions provided for under Executive Order No. 341, series of 1971, including the power to investigate erring government personnel responsible for or implicated in any way in the loss of properties or any other assets of the government. It is further directed that it now attend to the investigation and recovery of assets, money claims, and properties of other offices and agencies and government owned and controlled corporations as the Solicitor General may direct.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 11th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Two.
Cite This Law
Implementing the Transfer to the Department of Justice of the Presidential Investigation and Recovery Commission, Letter of Implementation No. 3, Oct 11, 1972 (Philippines)
Implementing the Transfer to the Department of Justice of the Presidential Investigation and Recovery Commission, Letter of Implementation No. 3 (Phil. 1972)
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