SEC. 4. Proclamations. - Acts of the Regional Governor fixing a date or declaring a
status or condition of public moment or interest, upon the existence of which the operation of a
specific law or regulation is made to depend, shall be promulgated in proclamations which shall
have the force of an executive order.
SEC. 5. Memorandum Orders. - Acts of the Regional Governor on matters of
administrative details or of subordinate or temporary interest which only concern a particular
officer or office of the Government shall be embodied in memorandum orders.
SEC. 6. Memorandum Circulars. - Acts of the Regional Governor on matters relating
to internal administration, which the Regional Governor desires to bring the attention of all or
some of the departments, agencies, bureaus, or offices of the Regional Government, for
information or compliance, shall be embodied in memorandum circulars.
Chapter 3
Powers of Eminent Domain, Escheat,
Land Reservation and Recovery of Ill-Gotten Wealth
SEC. 7. Power of Eminent Domain. - The Regional Governor shall determine when it
is necessary or advantageous to exercise the power of eminent domain in behalf of the
Autonomous Regional Government, and direct the Regional Attorney General, whenever he
deems the action appropriate, to institute expropriation proceedings in the proper court.
SEC. 8. Power to Direct Escheat or Reversion Proceedings. - The Regional Governor
shall direct the Regional Attorney General to institute escheat or reversion proceedings over all
lands in the ARMM transferred or assigned to persons disqualified to acquire land in accordance
with law.
SEC. 9. Power to Reserve Lands of the Public Domain and Patrimonial Properties
belonging to the Regional Government. - (1) The Regional Governor shall have the power to
reserve for settlement or public use, and for specific public purposes, any of the lands of public
domain and patrimonial properties belonging to the Regional Government, the use of which is
not otherwise provided by law. The reserved land shall thereafter remain subject to the specific
public purpose indicated until otherwise provided by law or proclamation;
(2) He shall also have the power to reserve from sale or other disposition, for specific
public uses or purposes, any land belonging to the Autonomous Regional
Government, the use of which is not otherwise provided by law, and thereafter such
land shall be used for the purposes specified by such proclamation until otherwise
provided by law.
SEC. 10. Recovery of Ill-gotten Wealth. - The Regional Governor shall have the
authority to direct the Regional Attorney General to institute proceedings in accordance with
regional laws, against public officials or employees who have illegally acquired properties, to
recover said unlawfully acquired properties from them or from their nominees or transferees.
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