Administrative Order No. 9




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 9, August 07, 1946 ] CREATING A COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS AGAINST DIRECTOR PABLO LUCAS OF THE BUREAU OF PRINTING AND TO STUDY THE ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF THE BUREAU OF PRINTING A Committee is hereby created to investigate complaints for favoritism and vindictiveness filed against Director Pablo Lucas of the Bureau of Printing as well as to study the present organization and operation of the Bureau of Printing with a view to effecting its reorganization in a manner that would promote greater efficiency and economy in its operation and at the same time improve the lot of its employees. The Committee shall be composed of the following: 1. Hon. Crispin Llamado, Under-secretary of Finance, Chairman 2. Hon. Jose Ma. Paredes, Court of Industrial Relations, Member 3. Hon. Jose Gil, Commissioner of Civil Service, Member For the purpose of this investigation, the Committee is hereby granted all the powers of an investigating Committee under Sections 71 and 580 of the Revised Administrative Code, including the power to summon witnesses, administer oaths, and take testimony or evidence relevant to the investigation. The Committee is also empowered and authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the Government for such information as it may require in the performance of its work, and, for the purpose of securing such information, it shall have access to and the right to examine any books, documents, papers, or records of such departments, bureaus, offices, agencies and instrumentalities of the Government. The Committee shall submit its report and recommendation with respect to the complaint against Director Pablo Lucas, not later than August 20, 1946, and on the organization and operation of the Bureau of Printing not later than August 31, 1946.ᇈWᑭHIL Done at the City of Manila this 7th day of August, 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 The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation