MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Memorandum Order No. 92, February 15, 1993 ]
DESIGNATING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP) AS THE INTERNATIONAL POLICE (INTERPOL) NATIONAL CENTRAL BUREAU (NCB) FOR THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
WHEREAS, Section 6, Article XVI, of the Constitution provides for the creation of a National Police Civilian in character and national in scope;
WHEREAS, this mandate is expressly declared in Section 2 of Republic Act No. 6975, which created the Philippine National Police and establishes its function pursuant to Section 24 thereof;
WHEREAS, the present Interpol National Central Bureau is the NBI, which is not a part of the PNP
WHEREAS, the NBI is a constituent and adjunct of the Department of Justice in the exercise of the latter’s functions under Section 3, Chapter 1, Title IV, of the Administrative Code of 1987;
WHEREAS, the policy of the National Central Bureau (NCB) of the Interpol is that “in countries with a fully or partially centralized (police) structures, the role of the NCB will be assumed by the controlling body or headquarters of the criminal Police” and every effort should be made to make the appointment of a National Central Bureau at government level to avoid any subsequent conflict over functions and competence and to enable the NCB to do its work with authority;
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. The Philippine National Police is hereby designated as the Interpol National Central Bureau (“NCB”) for the Philippines with the following members:
| (a) |
Director-General, Philippine National Police |
Chairman |
| (b) |
Director, National Bureau of Investigation |
Member |
| (c) |
Commissioner of Customs | ᇈWᑭHIL
Member |
| (d) |
Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Member |
| (e) |
Heads of other agencies as additional members to be determined by the National Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee. |
Section 2. The NCB shall be a sub-committee under the National Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee (NALECC)
Section 3. All orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof that are inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this Memorandum Order are hereby repealed.
Section 4. This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately.ℒαwρhi৷
DONE in the City of Manila, this 15th day of February in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Three.
(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
By the President:
(Sgd.) ANTONIO T. CARPIO
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel
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