October 26, 2004

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 379

AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 364 ENTITLED TRANSFORMING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND REFORM

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 8371 created the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples;   CTcSIA

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Administrative Code of 1987, the President has the continuing authority to reorganize the administrative structure of the National Government.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and existing laws, do hereby order:

SECTION 1.            Amending Section 3 of Executive Order No. 364. — Section 3 of Executive Order No. 364, dated September 27, 2004 shall now read as follows:

"Section 3.     The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) shall be an attached agency of the Department of Land Reform."   DECSIT

SECTION 2.            Compensation. — The Chairperson shall suffer no diminution in rank and salary.

SECTION 3.            Repealing Clause. — All executive issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby revoked, amended or modified accordingly.

SECTION 4.            Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

City of Manila, October 26, 2004.