2015, December 1. Office of the Government Corporate Counsel, 80th Anniversary
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Office of the Government Corporate Counsel - 80th Anniversary
The Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) is the principal and statutory law office of government-owned-and-controlled corporations (OGCC’s), their subsidiaries, government financial institutions, government corporate offspring, government instrumentalities with corporate powers and government acquired asset corporations. Founded in 1935, it continues to celebrate its Diamond Years of Service and Upholding Justice.
The OGCC first began as a small corporate counsel division under the Department of Justice (DOJ) on 1 December 1935. Former Senator and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Ramon Diokno served as head of the corporate counsel division.
When World War II broke out in 1941, the corporate counsel division was “abolished” to pave the way for creation of the Office of the Legal Adviser of GOCCs, under the Chairmanship of the Executive Commission. Shortly after the war, the corporate counsel division was re-organized, re-established and finally became the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) under Executive Order No. 94.
However, it was not until 1950 that the corporate counsel division formally came to be known and referred to as the OGCC, pursuant to Executive Order No. 392. Then, on 5 January 1951, Executive Order 400 transferred the undersized but promising unit under the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG). But not long after, or on 19 June 1959, Republic Act (RA) 2327, generally referred to as the Charter of OGCC, was signed into law. Under this charter, the OGCC became a separate and distinct office from the OSG.The Supreme Court held that the primary function of the OGCC is to serve as the principal law office of all GOCCs, their subsidiaries, other corporate offspring, government financial institutions and government acquired asset corporations.
Presently, the OGCC caters to the legal needs of about six hundred (600) Government Corporations classified into the following sectors: (1) Gaming; (2) Economic Zones; (3) Information and Energy; (4) Environment and Water; (5) Banking; (6) Infrastructure and Transportation; (7) Agriculture and Trade; and (8) Housing.
The lawyers of the OGCC: (1) represent Government Corporations before the courts and quasi-judicial bodies; (2) render legal opinions; (3) review contracts; (4) investigate administrative cases against officials of Government Corporations; and (5) act as hearing officers in disputes among Government Corporations. The OGCC has control and supervision over the legal departments of Government Corporations and has the authority to allow the hiring of private lawyers by the Government Corporations.
http://www.ogcc.gov.ph/about_us.php
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