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[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 50, October 17, 1966 ]

REVOKING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 62 DATED JANUARY 15, 1964, WHICH CREATED THE RICE AND CORN AUTHORITY, AND VESTING THE RICE AND CORN PRODUCTION COORDINATING COUNCIL WITH THE SOLE POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING THE RICE AND CORN PRODUCTION PROGRAM OF THE COUNTRY



WHEREAS, by virtue of Executive Order No. 62 dated January 15, 1964, a Rice and Corn Authority was created to coordinate all agencies of the government which have something to do with rice production;

WHEREAS, the Rice and Corn Production Coordinating Council is likewise required by law to have direct control and management of the Rice and Corn Production Program as provided under Republic Act No. 2084 and the General Appropriation Acts for the Fiscal years from 1959 to 1966; and

WHEREAS, in order to avoid confusion among the implementing agencies, as well as the farmers, there must be only one body to implement the Rice and Corn Production Program;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby revoke Executive Order No. 62 dated January 15, 1964, creating the Rice and Corn Authority, and direct the Rice and Corn Production Coordinating Council to assume the sole power and responsibility of implementing the Rice and Corn Production Program. It is further directed that the Budget Commission, the National Irrigation Administration, the Irrigation Service Unit, the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, the Rice and Corn Board, and all other agencies which have something to do with rice and corn production actively participate and cooperate in the implementation of the Rice and Corn Production Program.

The Rice and Corn Production Coordinating Council shall submit to the President regularly a report on its activities and accomplishments.

Done in the City of Manila, this 17th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-six.

(SGD.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(SGD.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary
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