Department of Justice(DOJ)

20 August 2020 Dear Kier De Torres, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 04 March 2020 at 01:34 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You requested for the definition of Implementing Rules and Regulations or IRR. Response to your request Your request is approved. An implementing rule or regulation is an executive issuance “adopted under legislative authority by a particular department, in harmony with the provisions of the law, and for the sole purpose of carrying into effect its general provisions (The United States vs. Frank Tupasi Molina, G.R. No. L-9878, 24 December 1914).” Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Hon. Menardo I. Guevarra, Secretary, Department of Justice, Padre Faura Street, Ermita, Manila. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date when you have received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of receipt of your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker FOI Receiving Officer