RECOGNIZING THE BARANGAY COMMUNITY BRIGADES IN METROPOLITAN MANILA AND GRANTING THEM CERTAIN PRIVILEGES.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1232
• Sections: 6

Preamble

WHEREAS, the Governor of Metropolitan Manila has organized

the Barangay Community Brigades 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 government and

people;

WHEREAS, towards this ends, it is imperative to mobilize the

massive productive manpower resources at the local level for national progress

;

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 legal status and vest them with

additional privileges be determined on the basis of Sections 1, 2 and 3 of

Presidential Decree No. 144, as amended by Presidential Decree Nos. 659 and

898.

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:

Section 1

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

SEC. 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:

"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 or

government-owned or controlled corporation, board, or commission, shall be

deemed a person in authority.

"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 the aid of persons in

authority, shall be deemed an agent or 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 persons charged with the supervision of public or duly

recognized private schools, colleges, and universities, shall be deemed persons

in authority."

Section 3

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Finance shall issue the rules and

regulations necessary for the proper implementation of this Decree.

Section 4

SEC. 4. All laws, decrees, orders, and rules and regulation

or parts thereof, which are contrary to or inconsistent with this Decree, are

hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

Section 5

SEC. 5. This Decree, except as otherwise provided for

herein, shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 4th day of November, in the year of Our

Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the

Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE

Presidential Executive

Assistant