EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 460
REACTIVATING THE JURISDICTION AND AUTHORITY OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON NATURALIZATION TO CONSIDER AND EVALUATE PETITIONS FOR NATURALIZATION OF DESERVING ALIENS AND TO RECOMMEND ACTION THEREON TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
WHEREAS, Letter of Instructions No. 270, as amended by Letters of Instructions Nos. 278, 283, 292, and 491 and by Presidential Decrees Nos. 836 and 1379, the Special Committee on Naturalization was granted jurisdiction and authority to receive, consider and recommend actions on petitions for naturalization of deserving aliens;
WHEREAS, the Memorandum of March 27, 1987 issued by the President Corazon C. Aquino directed the Chairman and Members of the Special Committee on Naturalization "to cease and desist from undertaking any and all proceedings within your functional area of responsibility";
WHEREAS, to date, there are, more or less, 9,000 petitions for naturalization pending with the Special Committee on Naturalization;
WHEREAS, there is a growing clamor among resident-aliens who desire to become Filipinos to acquire Philippine citizenship through administrative proceedings, without going through the tedious and more expensive judicial process; and
WHEREAS, it becomes necessary to reactivate the Special Committee on Naturalization in order to address the need to consider and process petition for naturalization by the speedier and more practical method of administrative proceedings.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and ordain:
Section 1. The Special Committee on Naturalization is hereby reactivated with jurisdiction and authority to receive, consider, and evaluate petitions for naturalization of deserving aliens and, thereafter, to submit recommendation thereon to the President of the Philippines for approval or procedural, as provided for in Letter of Instructions No. 270 as amended by Letters of Instructions Nos. 278, 283, 292 and 491 as well as in Presidential Decrees Nos. 836 and 1379.
Section 2. The Solicitor General, as Chairman of the Special Committee on Naturalization, is hereby authorized to fix the amount of fees for the application form, the docketing thereof, the oathtaking and such other fees necessary for the processing of said application/petition.
Section 3. The Solicitor General, as Chairman of the Special Committee on Naturalization, shall likewise have the authority to fix the Honoraria, allowances, and other incidental expenses of the Chairman, Members, and Secretary of the Committee as well as of its staff members, which are necessary and appurtenant to the functions and duties of the Special Committee on Naturalization.
Section 4. All laws, decrees, executive orders, administrative orders, proclamations, rules and regulations, or parts thereof that are in conflict with the Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. lawphi1.net
Section 5. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 31st day of December, in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-seven.
By the President:
(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary
Footnote
* See Executive Order No. 482 amending this Executive Order, p. 331.
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