Executive Order No. 1 (1942)

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.