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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1232
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1232 -
RECOGNIZING THE BARANGAY COMMUNITY BRIGADES IN METROPOLITAN MANILA AND
GRANTING THEM CERTAIN PRIVILEGES
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WHEREAS,
the Governor of Metropolitan Manila has organized the Barangay
Community Brigade which have proven to be effective auxiliary groups
for beautification, health, sanitation, peace and order, rescue and
relief operations, traffic management, and other civic development
programs which require barangay participation with the end in view of
maintaining continued and effective partnership and rapport between
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WHEREAS, towards this end, it is imperative to mobilize the massive
productive manpower resources at the local level for national progress;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Barangay Community Brigades have been conceived as the
means for tapping the potential manpower of the country and involving
them in Barangay affairs; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of the active participation, fruitful
contribution and constructive role played by the Barangay Community
Brigades, it is deemed necessary to raise their legal status and vest
them with additional privileges as added incentives to the faithful
performance and discharge of their functions and duties;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree:cralaw:red
Section 1. The Barangay Community Brigades consisting
of the Barangay Volunteer Brigade, Barangay Ladies Auxiliary Brigade,
Barangay Disaster Brigade, Barangay Traffic Auxiliary Brigade, Barangay
Tanod Brigade and such other Brigades as may be organized by the
Governor of Metropolitan Manila are hereby extended official
recognition as such.
Section 2. Article One hundred and fifty-two of Act
Numbered Thirty eight hundred and fifteen, as amended, is
hereby further amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Art. 152. Person in Authority and Agents of Persons
in Authority — Who shall be deemed as such. — In applying the
provisions of the preceding and other articles of this Code, any person
directly vested with jurisdiction whether as an individual or as a
member of some court of government-owned or controlled corporation,
board, or commission, shall be deemed a person in authority. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"Any person who, by direct provision of law or by election or by
appointment by competent authority, is charged with the maintenance of
public order and the protection and security of life and property, such
as a barangay councilman, barangay policeman, barangay leader, officers
and members of the Barangay Community Brigades, and any person who
comes to thed of person in authority, shall be deemed an agent of a
person in authority. A barangay captain and/or barangay chairman shall
also be deemed a person in authority.
"In applying the provisions of Articles 148 and 151 of this Code,
teachers, professors, and person charged with the supervision of public
or duly recognized private schools, colleges and universities, shall be
deemed persons in authority."
Section 3. The Officers and members of the Barangay
Community Brigades referred to in Section 1 hereof shall be extended
insurance coverage in the form and extent to be determined jointly by
the Secretary of Local Government and Community development, Secretary
of National Defense, Secretary of Finance, Governor of Metropolitan
Manila and the General Manager of the Government Service and Insurance
System who shall promulgate rules and regulations on the matter.
Section 4. All laws, decree, rules and regulations
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, amended of modified
accordingly.
Section 5. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 7th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-seven.
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