[ LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS No. 435, July 20, 1976 ]

TO:
The Secretary of Local Government and
    Community Development
  The Secretary of Finance
The Commissioner of the Budget
The Chairman, Commission on Audit
  The Chairman of the Sangguniang Pambansa, Panlalawigan,
    Panlungsod, Bayan at Barangay

Pursuant to General Order No. 1 and in order to achieve the objective of the Philippine Population and Family Planning Program, you are hereby directed to facilitate the implementation of the programs of the Commission on Population (POPCOM), Office of the President, by authorizing Provincial Governors and City Mayors to gradually and progressively assume the responsibility of funding the costs of all population and family planning related activities and projects agreed upon by the POPCOM and the Provincial Governors and  City  Mayors for their respective jurisdictions.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines