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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Memorandum Order No. 400, October 7, 1991 ]

CONSTITUTING A COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH A SIMPLIFIED PROCESS FOR THE AUTHENTICATION OF SIGNATURES OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS APPEARING ON DOCUMENTS INTENDED FOR USE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Section 1. In line with the provisions of Letter of Instructions No. 1320 dated 1 May 1983, a Committee is hereby created composed of the following:

Chairman	–	The Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment or his authorized representative
Members	–	The Secretaries of the –
		Department of Foreign Affairs
		Department of Justice
		Department of Health or their authorized representatives;
		The Head, Authentication Unit of the Legal Office, Office of the President; and
		The Administrator, National Statistics Office

Section 2. The Committee shall (1) prepare a complete inventory of documents with signatures required to be authenticated by the foreign embassies; (2) study the feasibility of requesting the foreign embassies to dispense with the authentication requirements; and (3) if the authentication of signatures cannot be completely dispensed with, formulate a simplified, convenient and effective procedure for the authentication of such signatures.

Section 3. The Committee shall submit its report and recommendations on or before 30 November 1991.1aшphi1

Section 4. The Committee may call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or any instrumentality of the Government, including government-owned and controlled corporations, for any assistance as it may deem necessary in the performance of its functions.

Section 5. This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately.

By authority of the President:

(Sgd.) FRANKLIN M. DRILON
Executive Secretary

Manila, 7 October 1991

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