ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 162, February 07, 1969

CREATING A SPECIAL INVESTIGATION TEAM FOR THE RICE AND CORN ADMINISTRATION

I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create and constitute a special investigating team for the Rice and Corn Administration, to be composed of the following:

Representative of the Department of Justice .....................................	Member
Representative of the National Bureau of Investigation .....................	Member
Two representatives of the Criminal Investigation Service, Philippine Constabulary ....................................................................	Members

The team shall be assigned to the Rice and Corn Administration and shall investigate any and/or all matters assigned to said team from time to time by the Chairman-General Manager of the Rice and Corn Administration.

The team shall have the power to issue subpoena and subpoena duces tecum, summon witnesses, administer oaths, take testimonies and otherwise exercise all the powers prescribed under Section 71 and 580 of the Revised Administrative Code.

The members of the team shall be entitled to such allowable allowances and per diems as an exception to Memorandum Circular No. 108, series of 1968, chargeable against the Rice and Corn Administration.

All departments, bureaus, offices and agencies of the government, including government-owned or controlled corporations and local government entities shall extend assistance to the team whenever such assistance is sought in the discharge of the team’s function.

Done in the City of Manila, this 7th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-nine.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS

Executive Secretary