ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 45, July 13, 1954

CREATING A COMMITTEE TO HANDLE THE REHABILITATION OF PARDONED AND PAROLED PRISONERS

By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, RAMON MAGSAYSAY, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a Committee composed of the following:

Mr. Eligio Tavanlar ................................................................................................		Chairman
Hon. Jesus Barrera, Undersecretary of Justice .....................................................		Member
Hon. Jaime Ferrer, Undersecretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources ............		Member
Mr. Alfredo Bunye, Director of Prisons ...................................................................		Member
Col. Ciriaco Mirasol ................................................................................................		Member

to investigate the conditions of prisoners released under parole or conditional pardon with a view to extending them assistance in rehabilitating themselves economically, socially and morally to be able to reassume their place in society and become once more useful and law-abiding citizens.

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. It is also authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the Government for such assistance or information as it may require in the performance of its functions and for this purpose, it shall have access to, and the right to examine, any books, documents, papers or records thereof.

This Committee shall submit its report and recommendations within the shortest time possible.

Done in the City of Manila, this 13th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four and of the Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) FRED RUIZ CASTRO

Executive Secretary