Administrative Order No. 252, September 18, 1957

CREATING A COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGED ANOMALIES IN ALL SETTLEMENTS OF THE NATIONAL RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION

A committee is hereby created to investigate alleged anomalies in all settlements of the National Resettlement and Rehabilitation Administration, composed of the following:

A representative of the Solicitor General	Chairman
A representative of the Judge Advocate General, Armed Forces of the Philippines	Member
A representative of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources	Member
A representative of the Auditor General	Member
A representative of the Director, National Bureau of Investigation	Member

For the purpose of the investigation, the committee is hereby granted all the powers of an investigating committee under Sections 71 and 580 of the Revised Administrative Code, including the power to summon witnesses, administer oaths, and take testimony or evidence relevant to the investigation. The committee is also empowered and authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the Government for such information as it may require in the performance of its work, and, for the purpose of securing such information, it shall have access to, and the right to examine, any books, documents, papers, or records thereof.

The committee shall submit its report and recommendations to the President of the Philippines as soon as possible.

Done in the City of Manila, this 18th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the twelfth.

(Sgd.) CARLOS P. GARCIA

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) FORTUNATO DE LEON

Executive Secretary