Preamble
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1, dated September 24, 1972, the Integrated Reorganization Plan was adopted and made part of the law of the land; WHEREAS, pursuant to the Integrated Reorganization Plan, a staffing pattern was prepared for the Bureau of Internal Revenue which was subsequently approved by the Reorganization Commission through the Budget Commission; and WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to create new divisions/units in the Bureau of Internal Revenue including the increase of positions in the examination and clerical groups therein and to amend Part IV; Chapter I, Article II, paragraphs 10 and 11, of the Integrated Reorganization Plan in order to effectively carry out the desired reorganization as envisioned in the Integrated Reorganization Plan; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, in order to effect the desired changes and reforms in the Bureau of Internal Revenue, do hereby order and decree the following: