Administrative Order No. 215




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 215, April 25, 1991 ] DIRECTING ALL GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND AGENCIES TO RECOGNIZE AND EXTEND ASSISTANCE TO TRIBAL COUNCILS/ORGANIZATIONS ACCREDITED BY THE OFFICE FOR NORTHERN CULTURAL COMMUNITIES (ONCC) OR THE OFFICE FOR SOUTHERN CULTURAL COMMUNITIES (OSCC) Pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order: Section 1. All government offices and agencies, including local government units and government owned or controlled corporations, are hereby directed to recognize Tribal Councils or Organizations, duly accredited by the Office for Northern Cultural Communities (ONCC) or the Office for Southern Cultural Communities (OSCC), and to extend to them technical and other assistance. Section 2. Both the Office for Northern Cultural Communities and the Office for Southern Cultural Communities shall coordinate and monitor the transactions entered into by the Tribal Councils or Organizations with government offices and agencies, including local government units and government owned or controlled corporations. Section 3. This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately. DONE in the City of Manila, this 25th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-one. (Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) HERMINIO B. COLOMA, JR. Acting Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation