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MOP, Bk 6, v.5, 41
[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 60, June 19, 1948 ]
CREATING THE SUGAR REHABILITATION AND READJUSTMENT COMMISSION
For the purpose of advising the President on the problems affecting the rehabilitation of the sugar industry and readjusting it to the conditions vitally affecting its existence after the expiration of the duty-free period of eight years provided for in the Executive Agreement of July 4, 1946, between the Philippines and the United States, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create a Sugar Rehabilitation and Readjustment Commission composed of five members. The members of the Commission who are not officers or employees of the Government shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the President.
For the effective performance of its functions, the Commission is empowered to issue subpoena and subpoena duces tecum to compel the production of documents, to administer oaths and take testimony or evidence relative to any matter within its functions. It shall also be empowered and authorized to call upon any Department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the Government, including the corporations owned and controlled by the same, for such assistance as it may require in the performance of its work.
The Commission shall submit its report and recommendations to the President of the Philippines from time to time.
Done in the City of Manila, this 19th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the second.
By the President:
(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO
Executive Secretary
For the effective performance of its functions, the Commission is empowered to issue subpoena and subpoena duces tecum to compel the production of documents, to administer oaths and take testimony or evidence relative to any matter within its functions. It shall also be empowered and authorized to call upon any Department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the Government, including the corporations owned and controlled by the same, for such assistance as it may require in the performance of its work.
The Commission shall submit its report and recommendations to the President of the Philippines from time to time.
Done in the City of Manila, this 19th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the second.
(Sgd.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO
Executive Secretary