Presidential Decree No. 902 (PD 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.
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;
WHEREAS, there are now three bureaus under the Department,
in addition to the existing twelve regional offices and districts and
cities under them;
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 under
it;
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;
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:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of Presidential Decree No. 458, as
amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 2. Organization of the Department of Public
Highways.—The Department of Public Highways, hereinafter called the
Department, shall 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."
SEC. 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.
SEC. 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 in 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.
SEC. 4. All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and
regulations inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed and/or
modified accordingly.
SEC. 5. This Decree shall take effect upon its approval.
Done in the City of Manila, this 5th day of March, in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant
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