# Presidential Decree No. 1618 (Ferdinand Marcos)/Chapter VIII

Source: Official Gazette. Vol. 75, No. 34. Manila. Government Printing Office. 1979. pp. 6704–6705.
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Chapter VIII—Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 40. Abolished Offices and Positions.—(a) The Southern Philippines Provisional Government shall be deemed abolished upon the convening of the Sangguniang Pampook of Regions IX and XII, and its applicable powers and functions, appropriations, properties, and assets and liabilities are transferred in equal parts to the Sangguniang Pampook of said regions. Its records and contracts, together with such personnel as may be necessary, are likewise transferred to and shall be assumed by the region to which they may appropriately pertain.
(b) The Office of the Regional Commissioner in each of the Autonomous Regions is deemed abolished upon the organization of the Lupong Tagapagpaganap ng Pook and its applicable powers and functions, appropriations, properties, and assets and liabilities, and such personnel as may be necessary, are transferred to the Lupong Tagapagpaganap ng Pook.
(c) The abolition of the positions of Presidential Regional Officer for Development (PROD) and Presidential Regional Action Officer (PRAO) in each of the Autonomous Regions pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 955 shall be implemented and their applicable functions transferred to the Lupong Tagapagpaganap ng Pook.
(d) The personnel of the abolished offices and positions whose services are terminated as a result of this Decree shall be entitled to the benefits and privileges provided by existing laws.
Sec. 41. Foreign-Assisted Projects of National Government Agencies.—The various authorities of the Lupong Tagapagpaganap ng Pook provided for in this Decree shall not extend to foreign-assisted projects of national government agencies, except foreign-assisted projects of national government agencies, except foreign-assisted projects of the Autonomous Regions themselves.
Sec. 42. Establishment of Tanodbayan Regional Office in the Autonomous Region.—The Tanodbayan may create in each of the Autonomous Regions a regional office as soon as the Autonomous Regions shall have been formally organized.
Sec. 43. Separability Clause.—The provisions of this Decree are hereby declared to be separable, and in the event any one or more of such provisions are held unconstitutional, such shall not affect the validity of the other provisions.
Sec. 44. Repealing Clause.—All laws, acts, executive orders, proclamations and/or administrative regulations which are inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
Sec. 45. Effectivity.—This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 25th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine.
(Sgd.) Ferdinand E. Marcos President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) Jacobo C. Clave Presidential Executive Assistant
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