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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 285 -
DESIGNATING THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON NATURALIZATION CREATED UNDER
LETTER OF INSTRUCTION NO. 270 DATED APRIL 11, 1975, AS AMENDED BY
LETTER OF INSTRUCTION NO. 491 DATED DECEMBER 29, 1976 AS THE BODY TO
IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF R.A. NO. 8171
WHEREAS, the Congress of the Philippines
passed Republic Act No. 8171 entitled "An Act Providing For The
Repatriation Of Filipino Women Who Have Lost Their Philippine
Citizenship By Marriage To Aliens And Of Natural-Born Filipinos";
WHEREAS, under Sec. 1 of R.A.
No. 8171, Filipino women who have lost their Philippine citizenship by
marriage to aliens and natural-born Filipinos who have lost their
Philippine citizenship, including their minor children, on account of
political or economic necessity, may reacquire Philippine citizenship
through repatriation provided that the applicant does not belong to any
of the disqualified class of persons as enumerated therein;
WHEREAS, R.A. No. 8171 did not
designate which agency, body or committee shall determine who are
qualified to avail of the benefits of repatriation and who are
disqualified therefrom;
WHEREAS, the Special Committee
on Naturalization, created under Letter of Instruction No. 270 dated
April 11, 1975, as amended by Letter of Instruction No. 491 dated
December 29 1976, was designated by Presidential Decree No. 725 dated
June 5, 1975 to receive and act on application for repatriation under
said decree.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V.
RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue the power vested in me
by law, do hereby designate the Special Committee on Naturalization as
the implementing agency of R.A. No. 8171.
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
Sec. 3.
Sec. 4.
Done in the
City of Manila, this 22nd day of August in the year of Our Lord,
Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six.
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