# 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.
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