Administrative Order No. 246 — Creating a Committee to Investigate and Determine All the Facts and Circumstances Regarding the Alleged Illegal Act or Involvement of Certain Financial Institutions in a Fraudulent Transaction with Westinghouse There Is Hereby Created a Committee for the Purpose of Investigating and Determining All the Facts and Circumstances Regarding the Alleged Illegal Act or Involvement of Certain Financial Institutions in a Fraudulent Transaction with the Westinghouse. the Committee Shall Be Composed Of: Hon. Eduardo G. Montenegro Undersecretary of Justice

MALACAÑANG

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 246

CREATING A COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE AND DETERMINE ALL THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES REGARDING THE ALLEGED ILLEGAL ACT OR INVOLVEMENT OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN A FRAUDULENT TRANSACTION WITH WESTINGHOUSE

There is hereby created a Committee for the purpose of investigating and determining all the facts and circumstances regarding the alleged illegal act or involvement of certain financial institutions in a fraudulent transaction with the Westinghouse.

The Committee shall be composed of:

Hon. Eduardo G. Montenegro

Undersecretary of Justice - Chairman

Hon. Jaime L. Guerrero

Deputy Chairman

Presidential Committee on the Philippine Nuclear Power Plant (PC-PNPP) - Member

Hon. Adolfo S. Azcuna

Chairman, Philippine National Bank - Member

For the purpose of the investigation, the Committee is hereby granted all the powers of an investigating body under Sections 21 and 580 of the Revised Administrative Code, including the power to summon witnesses, administer oaths, take testimony or evidence relevant to the investigation, and to obtain compulsory processes to produce documents, books, records and such other matters in the performance of its functions.

The PC-PNPP shall establish a Secretariat for the technical and staff support of the Committee.

All the departments, bureaus, offices, agencies or instrumentalities, including government-owned or controlled corporations are hereby directed to extend such assistance and cooperation as the Committee may need in the discharge of its functions.

The Committee shall submit its findings and recommendations to the President of the Philippines within a period of thirty (30) days from the date hereof.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 25th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-one.

(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) FRANKLIN M. DRILON

Executive Secretary

Office of the President of the Philippines. (1991). [Administrative Order Nos. : 151 - 289]. Manila : Malacañang Records Office.

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[PDF] Administrative Order No. 246, October 25, 1991