MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Administrative Order No. 287, January 23, 1959 ]

CREATING A COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES AGAINST THE DIRECTOR OF PRISONS ALFREDO M. BUNYE AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ERIBERTO MISA AND TO RECOMMEND MEASURES TO IMPROVE PRISON ADMINISTRATION

A committee is hereby created to investigate the administrative charges against Director of Prisons Alfredo M. Bunye and Assistant Director Eriberto Misa and to study and recommend measures to improve prison administration. The committee shall be composed of the following:

Hon. Alfonso Felix Chairman
Hon. Pompeyo Diaz Member
Hon. Edilberto Barot Member

The committee is granted all the powers of an investigating committee under Sections 71 and 580 of the Revised Administrative Code, including the power to summon witnesses, administer oaths, and take testimony or evidence relevant to the investigation. It is authorized to call upon any department, bureau, agency, or instrumentality of the Government for such information as it may require in the performance of its work and for the purpose of securing such information, it shall have access to and the right to examine any books, documents, papers, or records thereof.1aшphi1

The committee shall submit its report and recommendations to the President of the Philippines as soon as possible.

Done in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the thirteenth.

(Sgd.) CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. PAJO
Executive Secretary


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