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PD 797 Section 2

Section 2

SEC. 2. Paragraph 3, Article II, Chapter I of Part VII is amended to read as follows: "3. The regional development council shall be composed of the governors of the provinces and mayors of chartered cities comprising the region; the regional directors, of the Bureau of Agricultural Extension and Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture; the regional director of the Bureau of Public Works of the Department of Public Works, Transportation and Communications; the regional director of the Department of Agrarian Reform, Public Highways, Labor, Education and Culture, Health, Social Welfare, and Local Government and Community Development; the general managers of the regional and sub-regional development authorities existing in the region, if any; and a representative of the National Economic and Development Authority; Provided, however, That the regional council may by appropriate resolution accept other regional directors as regular members of the council and the executive committee. Provided, further, That regional directors who are not members of the Council shall be authorized to attend the meetings of and participate in the deliberations of the council whenever matters involving their respective functional jurisdictions are included in the agenda of the council, in which case the council shall extend the necessary invitation for the regional directors concerned to attend."

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CitationPD 797 Section 2 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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