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ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND LAW OF PUBLIC OFFICERS TEXT AND RULES

CHAPTER 8 Bureau of Corrections

SECTION 26. Bureau of Corrections . — The Bureau of

Corrections shall have its principal task the rehabilitation

of prisoners. The Bureau of Corrections shall exercise such

powers and functions as are now provided for the Bureau

of Prisons or may hereafter be provided by law.

SECTION 27. Structural and Personnel Organization .

— The Bureau of Corrections shall be headed by a

Director

who

shall be assisted by two (2) Assistant

Directors, one for Administration and Rehabilitation and

one for Prisons and Security. The Director and Assistant

Directors

of

the

Bureau

shall be appointed by the

President upon recommendation of the Secretary.

The Bureau shall carry out its functions through its

divisions and its seven (7) Penal institutions namely —

New Bilibid Prisons, Correctional Institution for Women,

Iwahig, Davao, San Ramon and Sablayan Prisons and

Penal Farms and the Leyte Regional Prisons.

CHAPTER 9 Land Registration Authority

SECTION 28. The Land Registration Authority . — The

Land Registration Authority, hereinafter referred to as the

Authority

shall

continue

to

exercise its powers and

functions under existing law on the Land Titles and

Deeds

Registration

Authority

and

those which may

hereafter be provided by law.

SECTION

29.

Organizational

Structure .

—

The

Authority shall be headed by an Administrator who shall

be assisted by two (2) Deputy Administrators, all of whom

shall

be

appointed

by

the

President

upon

the

recommendation of the Secretary.

SECTION 30. Reorganization of Registry Offices in

the National Capital Region . — The Registries of Deeds

in the National Capital Region is hereby reorganized as

follows:

(1) The Registries of Deeds in the cities of Manila,

Quezon, Pasay and Caloocan shall be maintained;

(2) There is hereby created Registries of Deeds in the

Municipalities

of

Navotas,

Malabon,

Valenzuela,

Mandaluyong,

San

Juan,

Marikina,

Las

Piñas

and

Parañaque

with

jurisdiction

over

their

respective

municipalities;

(3) The Registry of Deeds of Pasig shall be maintained

with jurisdiction over the Municipalities of Pasig, Taguig

and Pateros; and

(4)

The

Registry

of

Deeds

of

Makati

shall

have

jurisdiction

over

the

municipalities

of

Makati

and

Muntinlupa.

CHAPTER 10 Bureau of Immigration

SECTION 31. Bureau of Immigration . — The Bureau of

Immigration

is

principally

responsible

for

the

administration

and

enforcement

of

immigration,

citizenship and alien admission and registration laws in

accordance

with

the

provisions

of

the

Philippine

Immigration Act of 1940, as amended (C.A. No. 613, as

amended).

The

following

units

shall

comprise

the

structural organization of the Bureau:

(1)

Office

of

the

Commissioner

and

Associate

Commissioners;

(2)

Board

of Commissioners — composed of the

Commissioner

as

Chairman

and

two

(2)

Associate

Commissioners as members; and

(3) Boards of Special Inquiry which are authorized to

be

organized

in

the

Commission

pursuant

to

the

provisions of the Immigration Act of 1940, as amended.

Subject to the provisions of existing law, the Secretary

is hereby authorized to review, revise and/or promulgate

new rules and regulations to govern the conduct of

proceedings in the Board of Commissioners and the

Boards of Special Inquiry, including the determination of

the size and number of the support staff to be assigned

thereat.

The

Bureau

shall be headed by a Commissioner

assisted by two Associate Commissioners, all of whom

shall

be

appointed

by

the

President

upon

the

recommendation of the Secretary.

The

Commissioner

and

the

two

Associate

Commissioners

shall

compose

the

Board

of

Commissioners, a collegial body hereby granted exclusive

jurisdiction over all deportation cases. The Board shall

also have appellate jurisdiction over decisions of the

Boards of Special Inquiry and shall perform such other

functions as may be provided by law.

Each Board of Special Inquiry shall be composed of a

Chairman and two members who shall be appointed by

the

Secretary

upon

the

recommendation

of

the

Commissioner.

Likewise, the appointment of all the other personnel of

the

Bureau

including

the

designation

of

Acting

Immigration Officers shall be vested in the Secretary

upon the recommendation of the Commissioner.

CHAPTER 11 Commission on the Settlement of Land

Problems

SECTION 32. Commission on the Settlement of Land

Problems . — The Commission on the Settlement of Land

Problems shall be responsible for the settlement of land

problems involving small landowners and members of

cultural

minorities.

It

shall

also perform such other

functions, as are now or may hereafter be provided by

law.

SECTION 33. Structure and Personnel Organization .

—

The

Commission,

as

a

collegial

body,

shall

be

composed

of

the

Commissioner

and

two

Associate

Commissioners.

For

administrative

purposes,

the

Commissioner shall be the head of the Commission and

the two Associate Commissioners shall be his immediate

assistants.

The

Commissioner

and

the

two

Associate

Commissioners shall be appointed by the President upon

the recommendation of the Secretary. They shall have the

same qualifications for appointment and receive a salary,

retirement benefits, longevity pay and other privileges

equivalent to that of an Associate Justice of the Court of

Appeals

and

a

Judge

of

the

Regional

Trial

Court,

respectively, as provided in E.O. No. 561.

The Commission shall have a technical staff which

shall be headed by an Executive Director and assisted by

a Deputy Executive Director who shall both be appointed

by

the President upon the recommendation of the

Secretary. All the other members of the technical staff

shall

be

appointed

by

the

Secretary

upon

the

recommendation of the Commissioner.

When conditions in any province so warrant, the

Commission

may,

subject

to

the

approval

of

the

Secretary,

establish

a

regional and provincial offices

thereat which shall exercise such powers and perform

such

functions

as

may

be

assigned

to

it

by

the

Commission.

CHAPTER 12 Office of the Solicitor General

SECTION 34. Organizational Structure . — The Office

of the Solicitor General shall be an independent and

autonomous

office

attached

to

the

Department

of

Justice.

The Office of the Solicitor General shall be headed by

the Solicitor General, who is the principal law officer and

legal defender of the Government. He shall have the

authority and responsibility for the exercise of the Office's

mandate

and

for

the

discharge

of

its

duties

and

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