Agencies

The DOJ pursues its mandate through its agencies. These are the following:
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BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS
BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION
NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
PAROLE AND PROBATION ADMINISTRATION
PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
OFFICE FOR ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNMENT CORPORATE COUNSEL
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL
LAND REGISTRATION AUTHORITY

BUREAU

OF

CORRECTIONS

The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) is charged with custody and rehabilitation of

national offenders, that is, those sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment of more
than three (3) years.

BUREAU

OF

IMMIGRATION

In accordance with the Revised Administrative Code of 1987, the Commission on

Immigration and Deportation was renamed BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION as it is more
properly called today. Under this code the Bureau is composed of three (3) structural
units namely: the Office of the Commissioner, the Board of Commissioners, and the
Board of Special Inquiry. These groups act as collegial bodies and exercises quasijudicial powers affecting the entry and stay of foreign nationals in the country.

NATIONAL

BUREAU

OF

INVESTIGATION

The main objective of the National Bureau of Investigation is the establishment and
maintenance of a modern, effective and efficient investigative service and research
agency for the purpose of implementing fully principal functions provided under
Republic Act No. 157, as amended.

PAROLE

AND

PROBATION

ADMINISTRATION

The Parole and Probation Administration (PPA) provides a less costly alternative to
imprisonment of offenders who are likely to respond to individualized community
based
treatment
programs.

PRESIDENTIAL

COMMISSION

ON

GOOD

GOVERNMENT

The Presidential
Commission on Good Government shall be charged with the task of
assisting the
President in the recovery of ill-gotten wealth accumulated by former
President
Ferdinand E. Marcos, his immediate family, relatives, subordinates
and close
associates, whether located in the Philippines or abroad, including the
takeover or
sequestration of all business enterprises and entities owned or
controlled by them, during his administration, directly or through nominees, by taking undue
advantage of their public office and/or using their powers, authority, influence, connection or
relationship; the investigation of such cases of graft and corruption as the President may assign to the
Commission from time to time; and the adoption of safeguards to ensure that the above practices
shall not be repeated in any manner under the new government, and the institution of adequate
measures to prevent the occurrence of corruption.

PUBLIC

ATTORNEY'S

OFFICE

The Public Attorney's Office exists to provide the indigent litigants, the oppressed,
marginalized and underprivileged members of the society free access to courts,
judicial and quasi-judicial agencies, by rendering legal services, counseling and
assistance in consonance with the Constitutional mandate that free access to courts
shall not be denied to any person by reason of poverty in order to ensure the rule of
law, truth and social justice as components of the country's sustainable development.

OFFICE

FOR

ALTERNATIVE

DISPUTE

RESOLUTION

To promote, develop and expand the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in the private and
public sectors; and, to assist government to monitor, study and evaluate the sue by the public and the
private sector of ADR, and recommend to Congress needful statutory changes to develop, strengthen
and improve ADR practices in accordance with world standards.

OFFICE

OF

THE

GOVERNMENT

CORPORATE

COUNSEL

The Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) was founded on December
01, 1935 as a Government Counsel Division under the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Todate, it has emerged as the premier law office of government-owned and controlled
corporations (GOCCs), their subsidiaries, other corporate offsprings and government-acquired asset
corporations.

OFFICE

OF

THE

SOLICITOR

GENERAL

The Office of the Solicitor General which is an independent and autonomous office
attached to the Department of Justice for budgetary purposes is the legal
representative of the Government of the republic of the Philippines, its agencies and
instrumentalities and its officials and agents in any litigation, proceeding investigation
or matter requiring the services of a lawyer before the local court systems or
international fora.

LAND

REGISTRATION

AUTHORITY

The Land Registration Authority is mandated to issue decrees of registration and

certificates of titles and register documents, patents and other land transactions for
the benefit of landowners, Agrarian Reform-beneficiaries and the registering public in
general; to provide a secure, stable and trustworthy record of land ownership and
recorded interests therein so as to promote social and economic well-being and
contribute to national development.