Administrative Order No. 79, October 15, 1963

REQUIRING ALL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS, AND OFFICES TO RENDER FULL ASSISTANCE TO THE LAND REFORM AGENCIES UNDERTAKING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL LAND REFORM CODE.

WHEREAS, the reforms contemplated by the Agricultural Land Reform Code are important and extensive;

WHEREAS, the organization established by the Code to undertake these reforms may be hampered by a lack of complement and resources sufficiently oriented to agriculture and the requirements of such reforms;

WHEREAS, such complement and resources may be made available from other executive agencies of the Government without unduly impairing the public service; and

WHEREAS, it is also essential to achieve economy and avoid duplication of efforts in the implementation of the intended reforms;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby require and authorize all Executive Departments, Bureaus, and Offices to:

1. Render full and adequate assistance to the National Land Reform Council in the implementation and execution of any land reform project instituted by the Council;

2. Provide the aforementioned assistance upon request of the Land Reform Council, in the form of personnel and other resources available from the Department, Bureau, or Office concerned, and in the terms of the manpower, resource, and other requirements of the project;

3. Give full priority and immediate attention to any such request of the Land Reform Council made in proper form and by its authority; and

4. Charge such assistance to the account of the Department, Bureau, or Office providing the same, or to the benefiting land reform agency, or to both, in accordance with special arrangements made under existing laws or rules and regulations.

Done in the City of Manila, this 15th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-three.

(Sgd.) DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUFINO G. HECHANOVA

Executive Secretary