Authority, purpose, and policy
- Executive Order No. 482 reactivates the role of the Special Committee on Naturalization to deal with naturalization applications within the framework permitted by law.
- Executive Order No. 482 maintains the legislative delegation under Presidential Decree No. 1379 affecting pending naturalization applications.
- Executive Order No. 482 emphasizes that Executive Orders cannot amend a law in a manner that would authorize granting citizenship by decree where that legislative delegation is not properly maintained.
Covered jurisdiction: pending petitions only
- Section 1 amends the title of Executive Order No. 460 to cover “pending petitions for naturalization of deserving aliens.”
- Section 2 provides that the Special Committee on Naturalization is reactivated to consider, evaluate, and approve PENDING petitions for naturalization.
- Section 2 limits the Committee’s authority to the scope “as provided under Presidential Decree No. 1379.”
Powers and functions of the Committee
- Section 2 establishes that the Special Committee on Naturalization has jurisdiction and authority to consider, evaluate, and approve pending naturalization petitions.
- Section 2 confines the Committee’s action to the pending naturalization petitions covered under Presidential Decree No. 1379.
- Executive Order No. 482 treats Presidential Decree No. 1379 as the legal basis for the Committee’s remaining operational power over such pending matters.
Funds and expenses for implementation
- Section 3 amends Section 4 of Executive Order No. 460 to allow deductions from Committee-collected fees.
- The law authorizes that the funds necessary for payment of honoraria, allowances and other expenses related to implementation may be deducted from the fees collected by the Committee.
Repeal and modification of conflicting issuances
- Section 4 (as renumbered in Executive Order No. 482) provides that all executive orders, administrative orders, memoranda, rules and regulations, or parts thereof that conflict with Executive Order No. 482 are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
- Executive Order No. 482 functions as a controlling directive where it conflicts with earlier issuances governing the same subject matter.