Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 4007)
Act No. 4007 shall be known as "The Reorganization Law of 1932."
There shall be six executive departments: Department of Finance, Department of Public Instruction, Department of Justice, Department of Agriculture and Commerce, Department of Public Works and Communications, and Department of the Interior and Labor.
The Governor-General exercises general supervision and control over the executive departments.
The Department of Finance supervises the Bureau of Customs, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Bureau of the Treasury, Bureau of Banking, Bureau of Printing, Division of Purchase and Supply, Manila Harbor Board, and the Tobacco Board.
The Department of Public Instruction has executive supervision over the Bureau of Education, Bureau of Health, Bureau of Public Welfare, Philippine General Hospital, Bureau of Quarantine Service, and the Office of the National Physical Director.
The candidate must be at least 23 years old, a citizen of the Philippine Islands or the United States, of good moral character with no felony conviction, and admitted by the Supreme Court to practice law if available or meet other legal education or examination criteria.
The National Library is transferred from the Department of Justice to the Philippine Legislature and is under the general supervision of the Presiding Officers of both Houses. The Director and Assistant Director are appointed by the Governor-General with Senate consent.
The Secretary of Justice serves as the attorney-general and legal adviser of the Government and ex-officio legal adviser of all government-owned and controlled business enterprises, issuing written legal opinions upon request.
The Director of Civil Service is the executive officer of all boards of examiners, conducting examinations and keeping records, with the authority to designate subordinates as secretaries of the boards.
Judges are commissioned for each judicial district with specific numbers of judges and permanent stations established for courts, and provisions for temporary detailing of judges to other districts for expediency of justice.