MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 6, July 29, 1946 ]
CREATING A COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE EVIDENCE ON, INVESTIGATE, DETERMINE AND RECOMMEND WAYS AND MEANS TO SETTLE MONEY CLAIMS AGAINST THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, ITS BRANCHES, SUBDIVISIONS, AGENCIES, AND INSTRUMENTALITIES, OUTSTANDING AND UNPAID IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM ENEMY OCCUPATION
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, including its branches, subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities determine its outstanding obligations prior to liberation from enemy occupation, and provide for their settlement at the earliest possible date;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MANUEL ROXAS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create and constitute a Committee on Claims which shall be composed of the following:
| The Undersecretary of Finance |
Chairman |
| Representative of the Department of Justice |
Member |
| Representative of the General Auditing Office |
Member |
This Committee shall receive evidence on, investigate, determine and recommend ways and means to settle all money claims against the National Government, its branches, subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities, outstanding and unpaid immediately prior to liberation of the Philippines from enemy occupation.ᇈWᑭHIL
In the performance of its work, the Committee may create subcommittees on claims, and call upon any department, bureau, office, subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of the Government for such information as it may require. The Committee, or its duly authorized representatives, shall, for the purpose of securing such information, have access to and have the right to examine any books, documents, papers or records of such departments, bureaus, offices, subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities of the Government which may be necessary to aid in its work. For the purposes of this Order, the said Committee, or its duly authorized representatives, shall have the powers of an investigating committee as provided in Sections 71 and 580 of the Revised Administrative Code.
The Committee on Claims shall submit its report to the President of the Philippines not later than September 30, 1946.
Done in the City of Manila, this 29th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-six, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the first.
(Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO
Chief of the Executive Office
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