RA BILL NO. 72
Republic of the Philippines
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
REGIONAL ASSEMBLY
Cotabato City
SIXTH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
(Third Regular Session)
[MUSLIM MINDANAO AUTONOMY ACT NO. 287]
Begun and held in Cotabato City, on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of October, Two
Thousand and Eight.
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE
AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO
Be it enacted by the Regional Assembly in session assembled:
INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
SECTION 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Administrative Code of the
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.”
SEC. 2. Purpose. – This Code is promulgated to prescribe the structural, functional and
procedural principles and rules of governance of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
SEC. 3. Declaration of Policy. – The ARMM Regional Government hereby declares the
following policies as the basic foundation of the Code:
(1)
The prime duty of the Autonomous Regional Government is to serve and protect the
people. It may call upon the people to defend the Region and, in the fulfillment
thereof, all citizens may be required, under conditions provided by law, to render
personal, military or civil service;
(2)
The maintenance of peace and order, the protection of life, liberty, and property,
and promotion of the general welfare are essential for the enjoyment of the
blessings of democracy by all the constituents;
(3)
The Autonomous Regional Government shall promote a just and dynamic social
order that shall ensure the prosperity and independence of the region, free the
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