QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 240)
EO No. 240 amends Executive Order No. 212 (dated February 17, 1970) by adding representatives from specified government agencies to the National Artificial Rain Stimulation Committee.
EO No. 240 amends Executive Order No. 212, dated February 17, 1970.
EO No. 212 created the National Artificial Rain Stimulation Committee.
The National Food and Agricultural Council (NFAC) and the Research and Development Center, Armed Forces of the Philippines were added as members through their representatives.
It expands the membership by adding representatives from NFAC and the Research and Development Center, Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Ferdinand E. Marcos, then President of the Philippines, signed EO No. 240.
Ponciano G. A. Mathay countersigned it as Acting Executive Secretary.
It was done in the City of Manila. This is relevant for identifying the place of issuance and formal validity under government issuances.
The later executive order modifies the earlier one’s provisions; in this case, it changes the committee’s membership by adding specified representatives.
It indicates the President acted under authority granted by existing law, establishing constitutional and statutory basis for the issuance.
It states that it is amending EO No. 212 “by adding the representatives of the following government agencies as members of the Committee namely, National Food and Agricultural Council (NFAC) and Research and Development Center, Armed Forces of the Philippines.”
The subject matter is the National Artificial Rain Stimulation Committee and the amendment to its membership.
Because the current legal rule is found by reading the amended version as modified by EO No. 240; failing to consult EO No. 212 would omit the original framework of the committee.
It is an Executive Order, an official issuance of the President that has the force of law within the authority delegated to the President by the Constitution and applicable statutes.