Presidential Decree No. 1232 (PD 1232) — Recognizing the Barangay Community Brigades in Metropolitan Manila and Granting Them Certain Privileges.
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. 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.
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."
SEC. 3. The Secretary of Finance shall issue the rules and
regulations necessary for the proper implementation of this Decree.
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.
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
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