EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 262

: The main purpose of Executive Order No. 262 is to amend Executive Order No. 253 dated June 27, 1957, by abolishing the Committee on the Restoration of the Rizal Home in Calamba and the Dapitan Park in Zamboanga and transferring its personnel, assets, and records to the Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission.
: The Committee on the Restoration of the Rizal Home in Calamba and the Dapitan Park in Zamboanga was abolished by Executive Order No. 262.
: They were transferred to the Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission.
: The assets and records of the Fort Santiago Shrine were also transferred to the Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission.
: The legal effect is that the committee ceases to exist as a government body and its responsibilities, personnel, and properties are assumed by the Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission.
: It was signed on August 15, 1957.
: The commission assumes the functions, personnel, property, assets, and records related to the restoration and maintenance of the Rizal Home in Calamba, Dapitan Park in Zamboanga, and Fort Santiago Shrine.
: Carlos P. Garcia was the President of the Philippines at that time.
: The transfer implies that the preservation efforts for these national historical and cultural sites would continue under the administration and supervision of the Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission.