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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 456, November 11, 1997 ]

AMENDING FURTHER EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 167 DATED 25 MARCH 1994 AS AMENDED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 339 DATED 21 MAY 1997 CREATING THE IWAHIG PENAL COLONY INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE

WHEREAS, Executive Order (E.O.) No. 167 was issued on March 1994 creating the Iwahig Penal Colony Inter-Agency Committee (IPC-IASC) to submit recommendations to the President within one (1) year from its creation, comprehensive study and development plan for the area covered by the Iwahig Penal Colony (IPC) to include its forest and lowland areas, inland waters and coastal area;

WHEREAS, on 21 May 1996 the timeframe of submission of said plan and study was extended until 30 June 1997 for the Committee to complete the Master Plan and Feasibility Study for the area covered by the IPC;

WHEREAS, the said plan and study have not yet been completed and there are still remaining issues which need to be addressed by the IPC-IASC;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

Section 1. Amendatory Clause. The Amendatory Clause of E.O. No. 339 (s. 1996) is further amended as follows:

“Submit to the Office of the President on or before 31 March 1998 the final Master Plan and Feasibility Study for the area covered by the IPC to include the timetable of implementation of different development projects identified in the Master Plan and the implementing agencies that will be involved.”

Section 2. Saving Clause. All provisions of E.O. No. 167 (s. 1994) and E.O. No. 339 (s. 1996) not inconsistent herewith shall remain in effect.

Section 3. Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the city of Manila, this 11th day of November in the Year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven.1a⍵⍴h!1

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary

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