By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a Presidential Investigating Committee composed of the following:

Hon. Gaudencio C. Garcia	.....................................................................	Chairman
Hon. Edilberto Barot	.....................................................................	Member
Prof. Enrique M. Fernando	.....................................................................	Member

The committee shall investigate any and all cases that may be assigned to it by the President from time to time. For such purpose, it is hereby granted all the powers of an investigating body under Sections 71 and 580 of the Revised Administrative Code, including the power to summon witnesses, administer oaths, and take testimony or evidence relevant to the investigation.

The committee shall be empowered to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government for such assistance as it may need in the accomplishment of its task.

Done in the City of Manila, this 18th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-seven.


By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary