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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 362
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 362 -
AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 203 ENTITLED "TRANSFERRING CERTAIN
ITEMS, PERSONNEL, RECORDS, FUNDS, APPROPRIATIONS, EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES
AND OTHER PROPERTIES OF THE PRESIDENTIAL, SENATE AND HOUSE ELECTORAL
TRIBUNALS TO THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS," IN ORDER TO AUTHORIZE THE
SUPREME COURT TO RETAIN CERTAIN ITEMS, PERSONNEL, APPROPRIATIONS,
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL, SENATE, AND HOUSE
ELECTORAL TRIBUNALS
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WHEREAS,
under Presidential Decree No. 203 dated May 1, 1973, all the personnel
as well as funds, appropriations, equipment, facilities, records and
other properties of the presidential, Senate and House Electoral
Tribunals were ordered and decreed to be transferred to the Commission
on Elections pursuant to Section 14, Article XVII of the Constitution;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, even before the ratification of the Constitution certain
officials and employees of the Presidential, Senate, and House
Electoral Tribunals had been working in the various staffs and units of
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WHEREAS, there is need to retain said official and employees as well as
certain equipment and facilities of the Electoral Tribunals in the
Supreme Court in view of its expanded functions and responsibilities
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant
to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, and General Order
No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, do hereby order and decree the
transfer to the Commission on Elections, effective May 1, 1973, of all
the personnel except those incumbents whose services have heretofore
already been terminated, as well as the funds, appropriations,
equipment, facilities, records and other properties, of the
Presidential, Senate and House Electoral Tribunals: Provided, That the
personnel occupying the positions contained in annex "A" (which is
hereby made an integral part of this Decree) and the corresponding
appropriations thereof are hereby transferred to the Supreme Court;
Provided, further, That the chairman of the Commission on Elections or
the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, as the case may be, shall
further screen and select the personnel of the aforesaid electoral
tribunals to be retained: Provided, further, That equipment,
facilities, records and other properties listed in annex "B" (hereby
made an integral part hereof) shall be transferred to the Supreme
Court; Provided, finally, That all personnel not so retained shall, if
entitled under the laws then in force, receive the retirement and other
benefits accruing thereunder in accordance with the provisions of
Section 13, Article XVII of the Constitution.
This Decree shall take effect immediately. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Done in the City of Manila,
this 1st day of January in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-four.
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