Supreme Court E-Library
Information At Your Fingertips


  View printer friendly version

(NAR) VOL. 18 NO. 1/JANUARY - MARCH 2007

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 531-B, December 13, 2006 ]

FURTHER AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 531, SERIES OF 2006, TO CLARIFY THE INVESTIGATIVE JURISDICTION OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ANTI-GRAFT COMMISSION



WHEREAS, improving the moral standards in government is a major thrust of this administration;

WHEREAS, there is a need to cloth the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission with investigative authority over some members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police on a case to case basis.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1.  Executive Order No. 531, series of 2006, is hereby amended by inserting a sentence after Section 2, paragraph (a), as follows:

“In addition, the President, may order the Commission to investigate presidential appointees in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) on a case to case basis.”

SECTION 2. All orders, rules and regulations, and issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SECTION 3. This Executive Order shall immediately take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

Adopted: 13 Dec. 2006

(SGD.) GLORIA M. ARROYO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA
Executive Secretary
© Supreme Court E-Library 2019
This website was designed and developed, and is maintained, by the E-Library Technical Staff in collaboration with the Management Information Systems Office.