Full Title
CREATING A TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP TO STUDY AND CONSOLIDATE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9165, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “COMPREHENSIVE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT”
Executive Issuance Type
Memorandum Order
President
Aquino, Benigno Simeon C., III
Date of Approval
January 6, 2011

Other Details

Issuance Category
Executive Issuance

Full Text of Issuance

Memorandum Order No. 18, s. 2011

Signed on June 1, 2011

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE PHILIPPINES
MALACAÑANG

MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 18

CREATING A TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP TO STUDY AND CONSOLIDATE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9165, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “COMPREHENSIVE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT”

Pursuant to the Government’s campaign against illegal drugs and as directed by the President, there is hereby created a Technical Working Group (TWG) to study and consolidate all possible amendments to the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act.

The TWG shall be composed of a representative from the Department of Justice (DOJ) as Chairperson; and representatives from the Philippine National Police (PNP), Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB), and such other agencies involved in the campaign against illegal drugs.

The TWG is hereby directed to submit its report and recommendations to the President, through the Office of the Executive Secretary, within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Memorandum Order.

This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately.

Done, in the City ofManila, this 01st day of June in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Eleven

By authority of the President:

(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.
Executive Secretary

 

Source: Official Gazette