Article 116Labor and Agrarian Laws and Social Legislation, p. 116

LABOR LAWS AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION SPECIAL LAWS AND IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS

under the leasehold system or the system of agricultural

land ownership-transfer direct to the tiller.

All personnel of the Bureaus shall be appointed by the

Secretary,

upon

recommendation

of

their respective

Director, in accordance with applicable civil service law

and rules.

Section

50-H.

Functions

of

Directors

and

Assistant

Director . — The Director or in his absence, the Assistant

Director, shall exercise such powers and perform such

functions and duties as are provided for under existing

laws, in addition to the powers and functions provided for

in this Code.

Section

50-I.

Regional

and

Field

Offices .

—

The

Department may have regional and other field offices,

the number, location and organization of which shall be

determined by the Department in conformity with the

area pattern prescribed hereunder:

(1) The Department, in the establishment of regional and

other field offices, shall follow the field service area

pattern

authorized

below. There are established ten

regions, each with definite regional centers within the

region as follows:

a. Region No. 1 is called the Ilocos Region, and comprises

the provinces of Batanes, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra, La

Union, Benguet, and Mountain Province and the cities of

Baguio, and Laoag, with the regional center at San

Fernando, La Union;

b. Region No. 2 is called the Cagayan Valley Region, and

comprises

the

provinces

of Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva

Vizcaya,

Quirino

(Sub-province),

Ifugao,

and

Kalinga-Apayao, with the regional center at Tuguegarao,

Cagayan;

c. Region No. 3 is called the Central Luzon Region, and

comprises the provinces of Pangasinan, Tarlac, Nueva

Ecija, Pampanga, Zambales, Bulacan, Bataan, and the

cities

of

Angeles,

Cabanatuan,

Dagupan,

Olongapo,

Palayan, San Carlos (Pangasinan) and San Jose (Nueva

Ecija),

with

the

regional

center

at

San

Fernando,

Pampanga;

d. Region No. 4 is called the Southern Tagalog Region,

and comprises the provinces of Rizal, Cavite, Laguna,

Batangas,

Quezon,

Marinduque,

Oriental

Mindoro,

Occidental Mindoro, Romblon, Aurora (Sub-province), and

Palawan, and the cities of Batangas, Caloocan, Cavite,

Lipa, Lucena, Manila, Pasay, Puerto Princesa, Quezon, San

Pablo, Tagaytay, and Trece Martires with the regional

center at greater Manila;

e. Region No. 5 is called the Bicol Region, and comprises

the provinces of Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Albay,

Catanduanes, Masbate, and Sorsogon, and the cities of

Iriga, Legazpi and Naga, with the regional center at

Legazpi City;

f. Region No. 6 is called the Western Visayas Region, and

comprises the provinces of Negros Occidental, Iloilo,

Guimaras (Sub-province), Antique, Aklan and Capiz, and

the cities of Bacolod, Bago, Cadiz, Iloilo, La Carlota, Roxas,

San Carlos (Negros Occidental) and Silay, with regional

center at Iloilo City;

g. Region No. 7 is called the Central and Eastern Visayas

Region, and comprises the provinces of Negros Oriental,

Siquijor (Sub-province), Cebu, Bohol, Northern Samar,

Eastern Samar, Western Samar, Leyte, Southern Leyte,

and Biliran (Sub-province) and the cities of Bais, Calbayog,

Canlaon,

Catbalogan,

Cebu,

Danao,

Dumaguete,

Lapu-Lapu, Ormoc, Mandawe, Tacloban, Tagbilaran, and

Toledo, with the regional center at Cebu City;

h. Region No. 8 is called the Western Mindanao Region,

and comprises the provinces of Misamis Occidental,

Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte,

Zamboanga del Sur, and Sulu, and the cities of Basilan,

Dapitan,

Dipolog,

Iligan,

Marawi,

Oroquieta,

Ozamis,

Pagadian, Tangub, and Zamboanga with the regional

center at Zamboanga City;

i. Region No. 9 is called the Central Mindanao Region, and

comprises the provinces of Camiguin, Misamis Oriental,

Bukidnon, Cotabato, and South Cotabato, and the cities of

Cagayan de Oro, Cotabato, General Santos, and Gingoog,

with the regional center at Cagayan de Oro City;

j. Region No. 10 is called the Eastern Mindanao Region,

and comprises the provinces of Surigao del Norte, Surigao

del Sur, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Davao del

Norte, Davao Oriental, and Davao del Sur, and the cities of

Butuan, Davao, and Surigao, with the regional center at

Davao City;

(2) The Department shall organize an integrated and

department-wide field services as the exigencies of the

Agrarian Reform Program may require: Provided , That the

Department shall establish in every regional or other field

office organized, a consultative and coordinating body

which shall include in its membership a tiller-lessee

representing the agricultural lessees and a representative

from the local governments of the area where said office

is operating.

(3) The regional office shall be headed by a Regional

Director who may be assisted, whenever necessary, by an

Assistant Regional Director. The Regional Director and

Assistant Director, if any, shall be appointed by the

Secretary in accordance with applicable civil service law

and rules; Provided, however , That the Regional Director

and Assistant Regional Director shall have the same

qualifications as Bureau Director and Assistant Director,

respectively.

All personnel of the Regional and other offices shall be

appointed by the Secretary upon recommendation of

their respective regional director, in accordance with

applicable civil service law and rules: Provided , That

applicants from the region, who possess the required

qualifications, shall be appointed to vacant positions in

the said region, unless nobody among the said applicants

is qualified; in which case, applicants from other regions

may be considered.

(4) The Regional Director shall be responsible in carrying

out

the

policies

and

implementing

the

plans

and

programs of the Department in the regional area under

his

jurisdiction:

Provided,

however ,

That

when

the

department's function or activity transcends regional

boundaries and requires central and/or inter-regional

action, said functions may be performed under the direct

supervision and control of the department.

(5) The Regional offices shall have units on agricultural

extension,

credit

and

legal

assistance,

as

well

as

cooperative development; or personnel in which the

functional areas of the department may be represented.

There

shall

be

in

these

regional

units

as

much

combination of related functions as possible.

(6) The functions of a regional office shall be as follows:

a. Implement laws, policies, plans, programs, rules and

regulations of the Department in the regional areas;

b. Provide economical, efficient, and effective service to

the people in the area;

c. Coordinate with regional offices of other departments,

bureaus, agencies in the area;

d. Coordinate with local government units in the area;

and

e. Perform such related functions as may be provided by

other

existing

laws.

( Amendments

to

RA

No.

3844

(Agricultural Land Reform Code), Republic Act No. 6389,

[September 10, 1971])

Section 51. Powers and Functions - It shall be the

responsibility of the Department:

(1) to initiate and prosecute expropriation proceedings for

the acquisition of private agricultural lands as defined in

Section one hundred sixty-six of Chapter XI of this Code

for the purpose of subdivision into economic family-size

farm units and resale of said farm units to bona fide

tenants, occupants and qualified farmers: Provided , That

the powers herein granted shall apply only to private

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