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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 242 July 24, 1987

AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 133, SERIES OF 1987 ENTITLED "REORGANIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, ITS ATTACHED AGENCIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 133 entitled "Reorganizing the Department of Trade and Industry, its attached Agencies and for Other Purposes", was approved on 27 February 1987 pursuant to Section 16, Article XVIII of the 1987 Constitution;

WHEREAS, there are provisions in the said Executive Order which have to be clarified and revised to ensure the effective and efficient implementation of the provisions thereof, including provisions pertaining to the reorganization of the said Department;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order:

(SECTIONS 1 TO 6)

Sec. 7. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately upon approval.

Done in the City of Manila, Philippines, this 24th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.

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