Legal basis and declared purpose
- Executive Order No. 471 is issued pursuant to the President’s powers “vested… by law.”
- Executive Order No. 471 directs the creation of a special committee specifically to look into certificates of titles of lands in Baguio City that have been voided by the Court.
- Executive Order No. 471 authorizes the committee to perform its task through assistance from government offices.
Committee creation and composition
- Executive Order No. 471 creates a “special committee” to examine certain certificates of titles of land in Baguio City declared void by the Court.
- The committee is chaired by the Solicitor-General.
- The committee includes the Director of Lands as a member.
- The committee includes Mr. Sinai Hamada, representing the landowners, as a member.
- The committee includes Mr. Bantas Suanding, representing the Integrated Bar of Baguio City, as a member.
Committee powers and assistance
- Executive Order No. 471 grants the committee authority to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality of the government for assistance.
- Executive Order No. 471 ties the assistance power to the committee’s performance of its task.
Submission of recommendations
- Executive Order No. 471 grants the committee one month to submit its recommendation to the President.
- Executive Order No. 471 requires the committee to complete and submit its recommendations within that one-month period.
Signing and attestation
- Executive Order No. 471 is signed by Ferdinand E. Marcos, President of the Philippines.
- Executive Order No. 471 is attested by Jacobo C. Clave, Presidential Executive Assistant.