QuestionsQuestions (MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 372)
Republic Act No. 7924.
Section 6 of RA 7924, which requires the Metro Manila Council to adopt rules and regulations to implement the law.
It is the governing board and policy-making body of the MMDA, and it adopted the implementing rules through Resolution No. 10 dated 9 May 1996.
By virtue of powers vested in him by law, the President approved the Rules and Regulations implementing RA 7924 as adopted by the Metro Manila Council.
Resolution No. 10 dated 9 May 1996.
It states that Congress declared Metropolitan Manila as a special development and administrative region under the direct supervision of the President.
Fidel V. Ramos, the President of the Philippines, approved the rules; Ruben D. Torres, the Executive Secretary, signed “By the President.”
It refers to the attached copy of the rules and regulations implementing RA 7924 adopted by the Metro Manila Council (Resolution No. 10).
To clarify RA 7924’s provisions and to harmonize it with other existing laws, rules, and regulations.
The Metro Manila Council adopts the rules, but the President approves them under powers vested by law.
It notes that the text of Annex material is available at the Office of the National Administrative Register, U.P. Law Center, Quezon City.
It states “Adopted: 16 May 1996,” corresponding to the memorandum order issuance date.
That implementing rules under RA 7924 were adopted by the competent policy-making body (Metro Manila Council) and then approved by the President, reflecting a two-step rule-making/approval mechanism.