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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 902
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 902 -
FURTHER AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED FOUR
HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT, AS AMENDED, TO CREATE A LEGAL SERVICE IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
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WHEREAS,
the scope of responsibility and function of the Department of Public
Highways, as created under Presidential Decree No. 458, has been
enlarged with the creation of the Bureau of Barangay Roads; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there are now three bureaus under the Department, in addition
to the existing twelve regional offices and districts and cities under
them;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the magnitude of the work and responsibility of the
Department, as well as the wide scope of its operation, warrants the
existence of a Legal Service in the Department Proper to provide legal
service and support to all the bureaus, regions and field offices and
under it;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Commission on Reorganization recognized the need of a
legal service in the different departments whose scope of operation and
magnitude of work and responsibility are similar to those of the
Department of Public Highways;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby
decree and order;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. Section 2 of Presidential Decree No. 458,
as amended, is hereby further amended to reads as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 2. Organization of the Department of Public
Highways. — The Department of Public Highways, hereinafter called the
Department, shall be composed of a Department Proper made up of the
immediate Office of the Secretary, the Planning Service, the
Administrative Service, the Financial and Management Service, the
Project Execution Service, the Legal Service and the Special Projects
Service; three bureaus, namely: (a) the Bureau of Construction and
Maintenance, (b) the Bureau of Equipment, (c) the Bureau of Barangay
Roads; and the Regional and District Offices."
Section 2. The Legal Service shall be headed by a
Director for Legal Affairs and assisted by an Assistant Director for
Legal Affairs to be appointed by the President upon the recommendation
of the Secretary. It shall have under it two divisions, namely; (1) the
Complaints and Investigation Division and (2) the Law Division, each to
be headed by a Chief Legal Officer to be appointed in accordance with
the Civil Service Law. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. The Legal Service shall be directly under
the Office of the Secretary and shall be responsible for extending
legal advice, service and support to the Secretary and the
Undersecretary and all the bureaus, regions, district and city offices
of the Department; represent the Secretary and other officials of the
Department, in collaboration with the Office of the Solicitor General,
in all cases involving said officials and/or functions of the
Department; and the bureaus and offices under it; assist the Secretary
and the Undersecretary the formulation or preparation of proposed
presidential decrees affecting the functions and operations of the
Department; assist the Secretary in the formulation and preparation of
department policies, memoranda or circulars pertaining to the functions
and operations and area of responsibility of the Department, and
perform such other function as may be specially assigned to it by the
Secretary.
Section 4. All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules
and regulations inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed
and/or modified accordingly.
Section 5. This Decree shall take effect upon its
approval. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Done in the City of Manila,
this 5th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-six.
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