Memorandum Circular No. 146




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Memorandum Circular No. 146, February 19, 1992 ] DIRECTING THE CITY MAYORS OF HIGHLY URBANIZED CITIES AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS TO COURSE THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT THE ISSUANCES AND THE REPORTS WHICH THE PROVISIONS OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991 REQUIRE THEM TO SUBMIT TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT. Section 455 (b)(1)(xii), Article One, Chapter 3, Title Three, Book III of the Local Government Code of 1991 requires the City Mayors of highly urbanized cities to furnish the Office of the President with copies of the executive orders issued by them within seventy-two (72) hours after their issuance. Likewise, Section 465 (b)(1)(xii), Article One, Chapter 3, Title Four, Book III of the same Code requires the Provincial Governors to submit to the Office of the President copies of executive orders issued by them within seventy-two (72) hours after their issuance. In addition thereto, Section 465 (b)(1)(xx), Article One, Chapter 3, Title Four, Book III of the same Code requires the Provincial Governors to submit to the Office of the President the following reports: 1. An annual report containing a summary of all matters pertinent to the management, administration and development of the province and all information and data relative to its political, social and economic conditions; and 2. Supplemental reports when unexpected events and situations arise at anytime during the year, particularly when man-made or natural disasters or calamities affect the general welfare of the province, region or country.1aшphi1 In this relation, all City Mayors of highly urbanized cities and all Provincial Governors are hereby directed to course through the Secretary of the Interior and Local Government all the issuances and reports which the aforecited provisions require them to submit to the Office of the President. This Memorandum Circular shall take effect immediately. By authority of the President: (Sgd.) FRANKLIN M. DRILON Executive Secretary 19 February 1992 Manila, Philippines The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation