QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 400)
The text discusses Executive Order No. 400, dated January 1, 1942.
It creates the City of Greater Manila.
It includes the present City of Manila, Quezon City, and all territory comprised in the municipalities of Caloocan, San Juan, Mandaluyong, Makati, Pasay, and Parañaque.
The executive order incorporates the City of Manila, Quezon City, and the municipalities of Caloocan, San Juan, Mandaluyong, Makati, Pasay, and Parañaque.
Except where otherwise directed by the Mayor of Greater Manila or other competent authority, the laws applicable to the present City of Manila shall govern in the territory of Greater Manila.
The laws applicable to the present City of Manila shall govern, unless otherwise directed by the Mayor of Greater Manila or other competent authority.
The present mayors of Manila and Quezon City, and the mayors of the municipalities incorporated, are designated as assistant Mayors of Greater Manila.
Their jurisdiction is limited within their respective existing city or municipal boundaries.
It implies continuity because the existing mayors become assistant mayors and retain limited jurisdiction within their former boundaries.
The Mayor of Greater Manila may direct otherwise regarding which laws govern, overriding the default rule that Manila’s laws apply.
No. It allows exceptions where otherwise directed by the Mayor of Greater Manila or other competent authority.
It states it is “Pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the Philippines.”
It was signed by Manuel L. Quezon as President of the Philippines, and by Jorge B. Vargas as Secretary to the President.
It states it is the seventh year of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
It creates a consolidated city government (Greater Manila) with sub-local authority retained through assistant mayors operating within former boundaries.