Administrative Order No. 290, February 3, 1959

REQUIRING ALL CONTRACTS TO BE ENTERED INTO BY ALL BUREAUS AND OFFICES, AGENCIES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THOSE OF ALL GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS, TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE AUDITOR GENERAL FOR REVIEW.

In the interest of public service, and as a provisional measure pending enactment by the Congress of appropriate legislation on the matter, I, CARLOS P. GARCIA, President of the Philippines, pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, do hereby require that all contracts of; whatever nature involving ₱10,000 or more to be entered into by all bureaus and offices, agencies and instrumentalities of the National Government, and those of the government-owned and controlled corporations, including the Philippine National Bank, the Development. Bank of the Philippines, and the Central Bank, except with respect to contracts concerning industrial, commercial, and fiscal operations or transactions of these last three named corporations, shall be submitted to the Auditor General for examination and review before the same are perfected and/or consummated.

If the Auditor General interposes any objection to the proposed contract, the matter shall be submitted to the President for final decision.

Done in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the thirteenth.

(Sgd.) CARLOS P. GARCIA

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. PAJO

Executive Secretary