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« JfDEPARTMENT CIRCULAR NO. M ̂00

Subject Delineation of Duties and Responsibilities

Date : FEBOa.2021

I. Delegation of Duties and Responsibilities. In the Interest of service and pursuantto existing laws, the following areas of duties and responsibilities are herebydelegated to the following Undersecretaries, Chief State Counsel, ProsecutorGeneral and Assistant Secretaries.

Undersecretaries shall have direct supervision and control over matters delegatedto the Assistant Secretaries which fall under the Special Assigninents or OtherMatters given them.

A. Law Enforcement Cluster

Undersecretary Adrian 8. Sugay

Core

1. Prosecution Staff

2. National Bureau of Investigation

Specialized Units, Programs, and Committees

1. Office of Cybercrime2. Office for Competition3. Anti-Money Laundering Council4. Dangerous Drugs Board5. Inter-Agency Committee on Illegal Drugs (ICAD)6. GRP Monitoring Committee7. Task Force Drug Courier8. TWG to Draft the Unified Manual for the filing of Drug Cases9. Computer Emergency Response Team10. Task Force Balik Loob

11. Intemational Narcotics Control Board

12. Cabinet Cluster on Security, Justice and Peace13. National Intelligence Coordinating Agency14. National Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee15. National Security Council- Strategic Trade Management Committee16. National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea

17. Task Force on Normalization

18. National Security Council19. Anti-Terrorism Council

20. Commission on Maritime and Ocean Affairs

21. National Coast Watch Council

22. National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict

23. AO 35 Task Force

24. AO 1 Task Force

25. Presidential Human Rights Committee26. Inter-Agency Committee on Passport Irregularities

Other Matters: Crisis Management, Recovery and RehabilitationAssistant Secretary Adonis P. Sulit

1. Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases2. High-level Sub-Committee of the National Crisis Management Committee3. Typhoon Yolanda Rehabilitation and Recovery Efforts4. Task Force Bangon Marawi

Special Assignments/Alternate Representative:

Assistant Secretary Nicholas L. Ty

1. Anti-Money Laundering Council

Assistant Secretary Neal M. Bainto

1. Office of Cybercrime2. Office for Competition

B. Legal Services and Liaison ClusterUndersecretary Emmeline Aglipay-Villar

Core

1. Legal Staff2. Office of the Government Corporate Counsel3. Land Registration Authority4. DOJ Legislative Liaison Office5. Communications Division

6. Official DOJ Spokesperson7. International Legal Cooperation

Specialized Units, Programs and Task Forces

1. Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking

2. Presidential Task Force Against Illegal Recruitment3. Philippine Board on Organ Donation and Transplantation4. Criminal Code Committee

5. Public Sector Labor Management Council6. Privatization Council

7. National Price Coordinating Council8. National Competitiveness Council9. Philippine Statistics Authority10. Philippine Development Forum11. US-Philippines Partnership for Growth12. Cabinet Cluster on Economic Development13. Philippine Committee Against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing14. Inter-Agency Team for Federalism Information and Advocacy Campaign15. DOJ Committee for Women and Children

16. PD 242 Proceedings17. Appeals on Municipal Tax Ordinances and Revenue Measures18. Committee on Decorum and Investigation of Sexual Harassment Cases19. DOJ-DOE Task Force Monitoring the Oil Deregulation Law Implementation20. Inter-Agency Energy Contingency Committee (Oil Contingency Task

Force)21. Freedom of Information Implementation22. National Justice Information System23. Intellectual Property Task Force24. Committee on Oil and Gas Exploration in the West Philippines Sea

Other Matters: Gender and Special ProtectionsQIC Assistant Secretary Ma. Nerissa Molina-Carpio

1. Juvenile Justice Welfare Council

2. Committee for the Special Protection of Children3. Council for the Welfare of Children

4. National Child Labor Committee

5. Committee on Gender and Development6. Inter-Agency Committee on Violence against Women and Children7. National Coordinating and Monitoring Board for Senior Citizens8. Governing Board of the National Council on Disability Affairs9. Indigenous Peoples Concerns10. Inter-Agency Committee on Children in Armed Conflict11. DOJ Committee for Women and Children

12. Inter-Agency Council Against Child Pornography



1. Legal Staff

2. Office of the Government Corporate Counsel3. DOJ Legislative Liaison Office4. Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking5. Presidential Task Force Against Illegal Recruitment6. Philippine Board on Organ Donation and Transplantation7. Inter-Agency Team for the Federalism Information and Advocacy

Campaign8. Criminal Code Committee

9. National Price Coordinating Council10. National Competitiveness Council11. Philippine Statistics Authority12. Philippine Development Forum13. US-Philippine Partnership for Growth14. Appeals on Municipal Tax Ordinances and Revenue Measures15. National Justice Information System

Assistant Secretary Margaret C. Padllla

1. Philippine Committee Against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing2. Privatization Council

3. Public Sector Labor-Management Council

0. Immigration, Priority Initiatives and Special Concerns ClusterUndersecretary Jon Paulo V. Salvahan

Core

1. Bureau of Immigration2. Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution3. Office of the Solicitor General

4. Public Attorney's Office5. Presidential Commission on Good Government

SpeciaUzed Units and Programs

1. National Privacy Commission2. Justice Sector Coordinating Council3. EU-Philippine Justice Support Program and Governance in Justice Sector

Program4. Evidence Management Project5. Inter-Agency Committee on Good Governance6. Inter-Agency Anti-Graft Coordinating Council7. Inter-Agency Committee to Oversee the Review, Implementation and

Monitoring of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption8. Participatory Governance Cluster9. Commission on Filipino Overseas10. Inter-Agency Freedom of Information Exceptions Policy Committee

11. TWG on Programs and Projects of the Justice Sector Coordinating Council12. Inter-Agency Task Force on the Employment of Foreign Nationals13. Mining Industry Coordinating Council

Other Matters: Aviation and Ports


1. Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines2. Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA)3. Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA)


Assistant Secretary Margaret C. Padilla

1. Inter-Agency Freedom of Information Exceptions Policy Committee2. National Privacy Commission Data Protection Officer

Assistant Secretary Neal M. Bainto

1. Justice Sector Coordinating Council2. EU-Philippine Justice Support Program and Governance in Justice Sector

Program

D. Corrections and Internal Affairs Cluster

Undersecretary Deo L. Marco

Core

1. Bureau of Corrections

2. Board of Pardons and Parole

3. Parole and Probation Administration

4. Internal Affairs Unit

Specialized Units and Programs

1. Board of Claims

2. Committee on Bail, Recognizance and Pardon3. Inter-Agency Executive Committee on Persons Deprived of Liberty4. Regional Prisons Project5. Presidential Agrarian Reform Council Executive Committee6. International Committee of the Red Cross

7. Intramuros Administration Board

8. National Water Resources Board

Other Matters: Health and Environment


1. Philippine National AIDS Council2. Inter-Agency Committee on Tobacco3. Smoke-free Environment in Public and Enclosed Places Implementation4. Task Force Boracay5. Manila Bay Task Force



1. Power Sector Assets And Liabilities Management Corporation2. Presidential Agrarian Reform Council Executive Committee

Assistant Secretary Neal M. Balnto

1. Internal Affairs Unit


1. International Committee of the Red Cross

2. Intramuros Administration Board

3. National Water Resources Board

E. Administration, Finance and Personnel Services ClusterUndersecretary Juliana G. Sunga

Core

1. General Administration and Support (GAS), and Support to Operations(STO)

2. Planning and Management Service3. Financial Service

4. Administrative Service

5. Human Resource Merit Promotion and Selection Board

Speciaiized Units and Programs

1. Bids and Awards Committee

2. Integrity Management System3. Performance Management Team4. Management Review and Improvement Committee5. National Scholarship for Development Program6. Personnel Selection and Promotions

7. DOJ Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence (PRAISE)Committee

8. DOJ Provident Fund

9. Public Financial Management Core Team

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10. Inter-Agency Task Force on Ease of Doing Business11. Records Management Improvement Committee12. Internal Audit Service

13. DOJ Action Center

14. DOJ Assets Committee

15. Justice System Infrastructure Program

Other Matters: Housing, Urban Development, and Public AssistanceAssistant Secretary Margaret 0. Padiiia

1. National Drive Against Professional Squatters and Squatting Syndicates2. Inter-Agency Committee on Institutional Arrangements for Land

Management and Rural Development3. 8888 Citizen's Complaint Center Focal Person4. DOJ Action Center

QIC Assistant Secretary Nerissa Carpio

5. Katarungan Village Committee on Housing

Other Matters: Department Performance, Assets Management and ClaimsAssistant Secretary Adonis P. Suiit

1. Government Quality Management System2. Drug-Free workplace Committee or Assessment Committee at the DOJ

Proper3. Committee on the Disposal of Unserviceable Equipment /Furniture and

Fixtures

4. Audit Management and Investigation Committee5. Public Financial Management Core Team6. Retirement Claims

7. Sickness and Death Benefits

8. Performance Management Team


Assistant Secretary Adonis P. Suiit

1. Public Private Partnership Board2. Government Procurement Policy Board3. Inter-Agency Task Force on Ease of Doing Business4. Technical Working Group on Regulatory Review

F. National Prosecution Service

The Prosecutor General

1. National Prosecution Service

2. National Prosecutors Promotions and Selection Board

G. Office of the Chief State Counsel

The Chief State Counsel

1. Legal Staff2. Free Trade Agreements and Bilateral Investment Treaties3. Refugees and Stateless Persons4. Inter-Agency Committee on Milk Ads

All other duties and responsibilities not otherwise delegated remain with the Officeof the Secretary Proper, including:

1. Technical Staff

2. Witness Protection, Security and Benefit Program3. Judicial and Bar Council

4. Cabinet Assistance System

Assistant Secretary Neal M. Bainto and Head Executive Assistant Atty. MajkenAnika Gran shall assist the Office of the Secretary Proper on matters related to theWitness Protection, Security and Benefit Program and the Technical Staff.

Assistant Secretary Neal M. Bainto shall be the Department's representative to theCabinet Assistance System.

Head Executive Assistant Atty. Majken Anika Gran shall act as the Chief of Staffat the Office of the Secretary Proper.

II. General Provisions. In the implementation of the foregoing delineation of areas ofduties and responsibilities, the following shall be observed:

1. The foregoing delineation of functional areas of duties and responsibility is forthe purpose of assisting the Secretary of Justice in overseeing the operationalactivities of the Department in relation to the areas listed above. Nothingprecludes the Secretary of Justice from exercising his discretion to directly acton matters falling under the areas that have thus been delineated.

2. All matters that require policy-making decisions, and other decisions that arenot merely administrative in nature, including but not limited to, commitmentsand undertakings for and in behalf of the Department, non-routine and/or nonrecurring financial matters, and the hiring of consultants and the number

thereof, shall be made in consultation with, and with the prior clearance of, theSecretary of Justice.

In such matters, the primary duty of the concerned official/s is to advise andassist the Secretary of Justice.

Nonetheless, in case the exigencies of the service in light of attendantcircumstances necessitate prompt action on the part of the Department, theconcerned officials, after attempting and failing to timely obtain prior clearancefrom the Secretary of Justice, may provisionally act on matters within theirrespective areas of responsibility, subject to the obligation of forthwithinforming the Secretary of Justice of such action, in case the latter may deemit best to give further or contrary instructions.

3. Unless otherwise provided by law, executive issuance, or otherwise directedherein or by the Secretary:

a. the Undersecretaries, Chief State Counsel and Prosecutor General shallhave authority to sign all communications and action documents pertainingto their area of responsibility under this Department Order.

b. Assistant Secretaries shall have the authority to sign all communicationsand action documents pertaining to the units and programs falling undertheir respective subclusters and special assignments, subject further to thesupervision of the Undersecretary in-charge. The assistance of theAssistant Secretaries may be required by the Secretary or any of theUndersecretaries as the exigencies of the service may require.

4. All officials are enjoined to:

a. Keep the Secretary of Justice advised of developments falling under theareas assigned to them, such as through the submission of reports (e.g..Monthly Accomplishment Reports, Post-Event Reports, periodicbudgetary/financial reports of offices/committees/councils that have theirown separate funding, etc.) or memoranda on particular issues or matters;

b. Coordinate and consult with other officials/offices/agencies, and be mindfulof the primary functions and authority of other officials/offices/agencies inthe Department, keeping in mind that actions/decisions/policy directionspertaining to one area or office may have an effect on others.

The Department must have a unified, coordinated and consistent view andposition on legal issues and matters of policies.

Department officials who are in charge of offices/committees/councils, etc.that are made up, in full or in part, by personnel assigned from other officeswithin the Department (e.g. Legal Staff, National Prosecution Service, etc.)shall coordinate with the heads of the concerned mother unit/office with

regard to decisions that would affect the assigned personnel's ability todischarge their duties or obligations to the mother unit/office (e.g., loadassignments, local or foreign travels, etc.). This is to ensure efficientmanagement of resources, including available manpower, of such motherunit or office.

All Department orders, circulars, and issuances inconsistent herewith arehereby revoked. This Order takes effect immediately and shall remain inforce until further orders.

MENARDO I. GUEVARRA

Secretary

Department of Justice

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