EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 652 February 19, 1981

EXPANDING THE POWERS OF THE COMMITTEE CREATED UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 544 SERIES OF 1979 AND PROVIDING THE NECESSARY APPROPRIATIONS THEREFORE

By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, hereby amend Executive Order No. 544, as follows:

The Committee for the Conservation of the Tamaraw created under Executive Order No. 544, Series of 1979, is hereby granted the following powers and functions:

a. Supervise, manage and perform all things necessary and appropriate for the preservation, conservation and propagation of the wildlife presently located within Calauit, Island of Basuanga;

b. Call on any Government agency, office or instrumentality or local governments, including the Armed Forces of the Philippines, for such assistance as it may deem necessary in the performances of this additional function.

The Committee is hereby authorized to engaged the services of such technical personnel, in addition to its Technical Staff set up under Executive Order No. 544, as may be necessary to perform its function as provided herein.

All funds appropriated for the Calauit Game Preserve and Sanctuary Project which are presently with the Ministry of Natural Resources, including funds appropriated for the relocation of settlers in the area, are hereby transferred to the said Committee.

Henceforth, all future appropriations for the project shall be included in the regular appropriation act of the government.

Done in the City of Manila, this 19th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-one.


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