SECTION 1. RULE IV, PARAGRAPH F, SUBPARAGRAPH 4, OF ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 16 IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

 

"The preventive suspension order, when proper, shall be approved in accordance with the immediately preceding section; Provided, however, that the Tanodbayan, in his discretion, may motu propio issue a preventive suspension order on the basis of the complaint filed and its supporting evidence. Unless otherwise provided for in the order of preventive suspension, all preventive suspension orders issued pursuant to these provisions shall be immediately executory."

Section 2. Rule IV, paragraph L, subparagraph 2, Administrative Order No. 16 is hereby amended to read as follows:

 

"Resolutions and decisions on cases where the respondent or highest ranking respondent occupies a position with Salary Grade 25 or above shall be submitted by the IAB en banc to the Ombudsman for final action."

Section 3. Effectivity. - This Order shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following the completion of its publication in the Official Gazette, and upon the filing with the University of the Philippines Law Center of three (3) certified copies thereof.

Adopted: 8 April 2005.

(SGD.) SIMEON V. MARCELO
Tanodbayan