MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 117, January 26, 1968 ]
AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 73 DATED JULY 13, 1967, ENTITLED, “CREATING A SMALL SETTLERS’ PROTECTION COMMITTEE”
The membership of the Committee created under Executive Order No. 73 dated July 13, 1967, is hereby amended to read as follows:
| “The Governor, Land Authority |
Chairman |
| Undersecretary of Natural Resources or his representative |
Member |
| Associate Commissioner of the Commission on National Integration or his representative |
Member |
| The Chief of Constabulary or his representative |
Member |
| The Director of Forestry or his representative |
Member |
| The Director of Lands or his representative |
Member |
| Agrarian Counsel or his representative |
Member |
| The sixth paragraph of the same order is hereby amended to read as follows: |
“A provincial Committee composed of the following:
| PC Provincial Commander |
Chairman |
| District Land Officer concerned or his representative |
Member |
| District Forester or his representative |
Member |
| The Provincial Representative concerned, Land Authority |
Member |
| The Area Representative concerned, Commission on National Integration |
Member |
is created in each province to assist the committee in determining actual occupancy of small settlers. Its findings shall have persuasive effect.1a⍵⍴h!1 The Land Administration Division of the Land Authority shall be the Secretariat of the Committee through which all communications involving conflicting claims between settlers and other claimants shall be coursed for processing.”
Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.
(SGD.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary
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