WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8 of Presidential Decree No. 1630, the Complaints and Investigation Office was constituted as the administrative arm of the Tanodbayan until such time as the Administrative Office thereof is actually organized;

WHEREAS, beginning Fiscal Year 1980, the Tanodbayan was already organized to operate with its full complement, including the creation of the Administrative Office thereof; and

WHEREAS, there is no more need for the Complaints and Investigation Office to serve as the administrative arm of the Tanodbayan.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by law, do hereby relieve the Complaints and Investigation Office of its function as the administrative arm of the Tanodbayan.

This Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 8th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-two.


By the President:

(SGD.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Executive Assistant