before the first day of March of each year. The contents of the annual reports shall be prescribed by law or, in the absence thereof, by executive order. SEC. 30. Depository of Reports. - Official copies of annual reports shall be deposited with the Regional Library and shall be accessible to the public. Chapter 9 Public Contracts and Conveyances SEC. 31. Contracts and Conveyances. - Contracts or conveyances may be executed for and in behalf of the Government or of any of its branches, subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities, including government-owned or controlled corporations, whenever demanded by the exigency or exigencies of the service and as long as the same are not contrary to law. SEC. 32. Officials Authorized to Convey Real Property. - Whenever real property of the Government is authorized by law to be conveyed, the deed of conveyance shall be executed in behalf of the government by the following: (1) For property belonging to and titled in the name of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, by the Regional Governor, unless the authority therefor is expressly vested by law in another officer. In either case, the authority of the Regional Assembly shall be required for this purpose. (2) For property belonging to the Republic of the Philippines in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao but titled in the name of any political subdivision or of any corporate agency or instrumentality, by the executive head of the agency or instrumentality named therein. SEC. 33. Authority to Convey Other Property. - Whenever a property other than real is authorized to be conveyed, the contract or deed shall be executed in accordance with law by the head of the agency. Where the operations of the agency regularly involve the sale or other disposition of personal properties, the deed shall be executed by any officer or employee expressly authorized for that purpose. SEC. 34. Execution of Contracts. - (1) Contracts in behalf of the Regional Government shall be executed by the Regional Governor unless authority therefor is expressly vested by law or by him in any other public officer. (2) Contracts in behalf of the political subdivisions and corporate agencies or instrumentalities shall be approved by their respective governing boards or councils and executed by their respective executive heads; and (3) Contracts for purposes of generating block grants, domestic and foreign loans shall be entered into by the Regional Governor as may be authorized by the Regional Assembly. 9

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