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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1664-A
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1664-A -
EMPOWERING THE MEMBERS OF THE BATASANG PAMBANSA AND MEMBERS OF THE
SANGGUNIANG PAMPOOK (REGIONAL ASSEMBLY) TO ADMINISTER OATHS OF OFFICE
TO ELECTIVE PUBLIC OFFICIALS
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WHEREAS,
the members of the defunct Congress of the Philippines were
specifically empowered by law to administer oaths of office to elective
public officials;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is no law similarly granting the authority to administer
oaths of office to members of the Batasang Pambansa;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in recognition of the importance of the position of the
members of the Batasang Pambansa as well as members of the Sangguniang
Pampook (Regional Assembly) in the parliamentary form of government
adopted in the new Constitution, it is deemed fitting and proper to
empower members of the two legislative bodies to administer oaths of
office to elective public officials.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree as follows:cralaw:red
Section 1. Members of the Batasang Pambansa and
members of the Sangguniang Pampook (Regional Assembly) are hereby
empowered to administer oaths of office to elective public
officials. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. This decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 21st day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty.
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