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Administrative Order No. 285
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 285 DESIGNATING THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON NATURALIZATION CREATED UNDER LETTER OF INSTRUCTION NO. 270 DATED APRIL 11, 1975, AS AMENDED BY LETTER OF INSTRUCTION NO. 491 DATED DECEMBER 29, 1976 AS THE BODY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF R. A. NO. 8171
SECTION 1. Composition. - The composition of the Special Committee on Naturalization, with the Solicitor General as Chairman, the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency, as members, shall remain as constituted.
SEC. 2. Procedure. - Any person desirous of repatriating or reacquiring Filipino citizenship pursuant to R. A. No. 8171 shall file a petition with the Special Committee on Naturalization which shall process the same. If their applications are approved they shall take the necessary oath of allegiance to the Republic of the Philippines, after which they shall be deemed to have reacquired Philippine citizenship. The Commission on Immigration and Deportation shall thereupon cancel their certificate of registration.
SEC. 3. Implementing Rules. - The Special Committee is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations and prescribe the appropriate forms and the required fees for the processing of petitions.
SEC. 4. Effectivity. - This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately. Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of August, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six. (Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES Executive Secretary