Memorandum Circular No. 679




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Memorandum Circular No. 679, November 19, 1973 ] DIRECTING ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE ARMED FORCES TO SUBMIT THROUGH THEIR OFFICE/UNIT HEADS LAND OWNERSHIP DECLARATION In view of the declared policy of the state to emancipate rice and corn tenant farmers and the reports received which tend to show that tenanted rice and/or corn land are owned by employees of the National Government and/or by officers and/or men of the Armed Forces, it is necessary that an accurate information in this regard be obtained. All employees of the National Government and all the officers and men of the Armed Forces, therefore, are hereby directed to submit through their respective heads of offices/units two copies of their land ownership declaration in accordance with the attached form prescribed for this purpose, not later than 24 November 1973. All office heads and commanding officers of the major services of the Armed Forces shall transmit all properly accomplished forms to the National Computer Center, at Camp Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City for computer processing of the information not later than noon on 24 November 1973. This Circular shall take effect immediately.1âшphi1 By Authority of the President: (SGD.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR Executive Secretary Manila, 19 November 1973 The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation