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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Board of Pardons and Parole releases prisoners on Tarole and recommends the 
grant of presidential pardons. The Parole and Probation Administration supervises the 
rehabilitation of parolees and pardonees as well as probationers. Based on the experience 
of the Department of Justice, the two offices perform complenentary or related functions. 
This bill seeks to merge the two offices by amending Book 4, title 3 of Executive 
Order 292 otherwise known as (the Administrative Code of 1987). 
This is consistent with the policy to streamline the existing bureaucracy in the 
Department of Justice, and to promote operational efficiency and economy. 
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MIRIAM DEPENS B R SANTIAGO 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
AN ACT 
TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF TITLE THREE, BOOK FOUR, 
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1987” 
OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBERED TWO “ D R E D  AND NINETY-TWO, 
Be it enacted by the S e n d  and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Section 4, Chapter I, Title Three, Book-Four, of Executive Order 
Numbered Two Hundred and Ninety-Two, otherwise known as “The Administrative 
Code of 1987” is hereby amended to read as follows: 
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“SEC. 4. 
Organizational Structure. -’ 
The Department shall -consist 
ofthe following constituent units: 
(1) 
Department Proper; 
(2) 
Ofice of the Government Corporate Counsel; 
(3) 
National Bureau of Investigation; 
(4) 
Public Attorney’s Office; 
[ (5) 
(5) 
Board of Pardons and Parole;] 
[ (6) ] Parole and Probation Administration; 
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(6) 
[ (7) ] Bureau of Corrections; 
(7) 
(8) 
(9) 
[ (8) ] Land Registration Authority; 
[ (9) ] Bureau of Immigration; and 
[ (10) ] Commission on the Settlement ofLand Problems.” 
“THE? BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLE CREATED UNDER ACT NO, 
4103, AS AMENDED, SHALL ‘BE PLACED UNDER THE PAROLE AND 
PROBATION ADMINISTRATION.” 


SEC. 2. 
Section 18, Chapter 6, Title 111, of the same Book of the said Code 
is hereby amended to read as follows: 
“SEC. 18. 
Board Composition, - The Board shall be composed of the 
Secretary OF JUSTICE as THE Chairman, THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE PAROLE 
AND PROBATION ADMINISTRATION AS THE VICE-CHAIRMAN and six (6) 
members consisting o f  THE DWCTOR OF THE BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS; a 
sociologists; A P$YCHOLOGIST; a clergyman; an educator; and a member of the 
PhilippineBar: 
Provided, That AT LEAST one of them is a woman. PROVIDED 
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THAT, AT THE ABSENCE OF THE CHAIRMAN, 
THE VICE- 
C H W A N  SHALL PRESIDE. The members of the board shall be appointed by the 
President upon the recommendation of the Secretary and shall hold office for a term of six 
(6) years, without prejudice to reappointment.” 
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“In case of vacancy by reason of death, incapacity, resignation or removal 
of any of the Board members, the Secretary shall have the authority to designate a 
tempofaq member possessing the qualifications of his predecessor and to serve out his 
unexpired term or until the President shall have appointed a regular member to fill the 
vacancy.” 
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1 SEC. 3. 
Section 19, Chapter 6, Title 111, of the same Book of the said Code 
is herdby amended to read as follows: 
“SEC. 19. 
[ Executive Director and ] Board Secretary; Support Staff. 
[ In the performance of his duties as Chairman of ] The Board [ of Pardons and Parole, the 
Secretary ] shall’ be assisted by a NEWLY ASSEMBLED SUPPORT STAFF WHO 
SHAZL PERFORM THE SAME DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS AS THE ONES 
ABOLISHED IT WlLL BE HEADED BY AN OFFICIAL WITH THE RANK OF 
DIRECTOR I WHO SHplLL BE DESIGNATED AS THE BOARD SECRETARY 
AND” 
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The Executive Director ] who shall the appointed by the President upon 
the recommendation of the Secretary. [ The Executive Director still receive a monthly 
salary of Thirteen thousand five hundred pesos (P13,500.00) 1. The Board Secretary 
shall prepare and keep the minutes of all the Board Sessions in a book of records kept for 


the purpose, as well as the resolutions and recommendations of the Board on all actions 
involving paroles. pardons and executive clemency to the President; authenticate and/or 
attest all minutes, resolutions and recommendations of the Board; prepare and serve all 
notices of Board meetings or sessions to the members of the Board prepare an annual 
report of all resolutions and recommendations for parole or executive clemency and other 
reports that the Department may require. He shall also perform such other functions as 
the Board may from time to time assign to him.” 
SEC. 4. 
Section 24, Chapter 27, Title 111, of the some Book of the said 
Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: 
“SEC. 24. 
Structural and Personnel Organization. - 
[ (1) ] The 
Administration shall be headed by an Administrator who shall be immediately assisted by 
TWO [an] Deputy Administrators, ONE FOR PROBATION AND ‘THE OTHER FOR 
PARDONS AND PAROLE, 
The Administrator and Deputy Administrator shall be 
appointed by the President upon the recommendation of the Secretary: 
THAT THE BOARD SECRETARY UPON THE EFFECTIVITY OF THIS ACT 
SHALL BE DESIGNATED BY THE SECRETARY AS DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR 
FOR PARDONS AND PAROLE. 
PROVIDED, 
The appointees to the position of Administrator and Deputy administrators 
must be holders of a doctoral/masteral degree in public administrator andlor lawyers at 
least one (1) year of supervisory experience in probation or parole work. 
THE PRESENT STAFF COMPLEMENT OF THE BOARD AND ITS 
CORRESPONDING FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATIONS, RECORDS, EQUIPMENT, 
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES SHALL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE 
ADMINISTRATION; 
PROVIDED, THAT SUCH NUMBER OF THE SAID 
STAFF COMPLEMENT AS 
MAY BE JOINTLY DETERMINED BY THE 
ADMINISTRATOR AND THE BOARD CHAIRMAN SHALL SERVE PROVIDED 
FURTHER, THAT, ALL PERSONNEL OF BOTH THE BOARD OF PARDONS AND 
PAROLE AND THE PAROLE AND PROBATION ADMINISTRATION DEEMED TO 
BE REDUNDANT, WILL HAVE THEIR POSITIONS ABOLISHED WITHOUT 
PREJUDICE TO PERTINENT CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS. 


[ (2) The Administration shall have a Technical Service under the Office of 
the Administrator which shall serve as the service arm of the Board of Pardons and Parole 
in the supervision of parolees and pardonees ] 
[ (3) ] The Administration shall likewise continue to operate and maintain 
a Regional Office in each of the Administrative or autonomous regions including the 
National Capital Region Office in every province and city of the country 
The Regional, Provincial and City Offices of the Administration shall each 
be headed by a Regional Probation and Parole Officer, ProviuciallCity Probation and 
Parole Officer, respectively, all of whom shall be appointed by the Secretary upon the 
recommendation of the Administrator. the Provincial or City Probation and Parole 
Officers shall be assisted by such field assistants and subordinate personnel as may be 
necessary to enable them to carry out their duties and functions. For this purpose, the 
Administrator may appoint citizens of good repute and probity to act as Probation and 
Parole Aides who shall not receive any regular compensation for their services except 
reasonable travel allowance.” 
SEC. 5. 
Any provisions of law inconsistent with the provisions of this Act 
are hereby repealed or amended accordingly. 
SEC. 6. 
This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following the 
completion of its publication in the Official Gazette. 
Approved.