Executive Order No. 1 (1942)

by Jorge Bartolome Vargas

BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMISSION

OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMISSION
MALACAÑAN PALACE

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 1

SUMMARY OF ORGANIZATION OF THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANS AND JUDICIAL COURTS

⁠In accordance with Administrative Order No. 1 of the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Forces in the Philippines dated January 30, 1942, and pursuant to the authority conferred upon me as head of the Central Administrative Organization by Order No. 1 of the said Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Forces, it is hereby ordered that—

ARTICLE I

⁠The Central Administrative Organs and Judicial Courts are hereby reconstituted and shall function in accordance with the following summary of organization:

1. CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANS

Chairman of the Executive Commission

Budget and Auditing Office

Bureau of Civil Service

All Examining Boards

Office of Executive Secretary to the Commission

(Official Gazette)

Bureau of Purchase and Supply

Bureau of Printing

Government-owned or Controlled Corporations

Department of the Interior

Bureau of Local Governments

(Provincial, City, Municipal and Specially Organized Local Governments including Greater Manila)

Bureau of Constabulary and Police

Bureau of Religious Affairs

Bureau of the Census and Statistics

Department of Finance

Bureau of the Treasury

Bureau of Customs and Internal Revenue

Bureau of Financing (including Banking, Insurance, etc.)

Government Service Insurance System

Philippine Charity Sweepstakes

Department of Justice

Bureau of Justice

Bureau of Prisons

Court of Appeals

Courts of First Instance

Provincial and City Fiscals and Sheriffs

Justice of the Peace Courts and Municipal Courts

Code Committee

Department of Agriculture and Commerce

Bureau of Agricultural Administration (including National Land Settlement Administration and Rural Progress Administration)

Bureau of Plant and Animal Industry

Bureau of Lands

Bureau of Forestry and Fishery

Bureau of Science

Bureau of Commerce and Industries

Bureau of Mines

Weather Bureau

Department of Education, Health, and Public Welfare

Bureau of Public Instruction

Bureau of Private Education

Bureau of Physical Education

Bureau of Health (including Quarantine Service)

Bureau of Public Welfare (including matters pertaining to Labor)

University of the Philippines

National Library

Institute of National Language

Philippine General Hospital

Department of Public Works and Communications

Bureau of Public Works

Bureau of Communications

Bureau of Transportation

Bureau of Public Utilities

Metropolitan Waterworks Office

2. SUPERIOR COURT

Supreme Court

ARTICLE II

⁠The specific duties, functions and activities to be performed by the administrative departments, bureaus and offices as herein reconstituted, will be determined and defined in subsequent executive orders.

⁠Done in the City of Greater Manila, Philippines, this 30th day of January, 1942.

JORGE B. VARGAS
Chairman of the Executive Commission

Source: Official Gazette. Manila, Philippines. Vol. 1. Bureau of Printing. 1942. pp.12–13.