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Administrative Order No. 40

Administrative Order No. 40

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 40 CREATING SPECIAL TASK FORCE “PAGBABALIK TULONG” TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS POSED BY THE DEPORTATION OF PHILIPPINE CITIZENS FROM SABAH

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SECTION 1

Task Force Pagbabalik Tulong shall have the following primary functions

SECTION 1. Task Force Pagbabalik Tulong shall have the following primary functions. To ensure maximum coordination and cooperation between the concerned national government agencies and local government units to address the requirements of the deportees, and to show the concern of the national government for the well-being of our returning countrymen; To ensure adequate humanitarian facilities and social support services, to include the reception, classification, alternate livelihood, temporary shelter, including transportation of Philippine citizens from Sabah to their respective places of origin or domicile; To provide adequate health services to deportees as may be necessary upon their arrival in the Philippines; To facilitate the documentation of those who wish to return to Malaysia, upon compliance with the pertinent immigration laws, rules and regulations of that country; To arrange for adequate security while returning deportees are in transit, upon their arrival in the country, and during their reception and processing at designated government processing centers; To submit periodic reports and recommendations to the Office of the President; and To perform such other tasks as may be assigned by the President.

SECTION 2

Effectivity

SECTION 2. Effectivity. – This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately. DONE in the City of Manila, this 1st day of October in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Two. (Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO Executive Secretary