Section 1.
Appropriation of funds. � The following sums, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, are appropriated out of any funds in the Philippine
Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the operation of the Government
of the Republic of the Philippines during the period from July first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-five to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
fifty-six, except where otherwise specifically provided:
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 2. Authority to pay salaries not in
conformity with the prescribed grades or rates of compensation. �
Payment to incumbent employees of salaries the rates of which are not
in conformity with the schedule of grades or rates of compensation
provided in section three of Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and
two, as amended, is hereby authorized: PROVIDED, That new appointments,
whether original or promotional, to positions not carrying the salary
rates prescribed in Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and two, as
amended, shall be made only at rates authorized in the said Act.
Sec. 3. Personnel in the classified Civil Service
under Performance Budget. � The adoption of the budgetary system based
on functions, activities and projects in terms of expected results in
the Bureau of Civil Service, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Land
Registration Commission, Bureau of Lands, Bureau of Telecommunications,
Bureau of Public Libraries, Bureau of Labor, Wage Administration
Service, Industrial Safety Division, Armed Forces of the Philippines,
Bureau of Health and Bureau of Commerce, shall neither result in any
manner in the laying off of personnel in the classified Civil Service
except for cause as provided by law nor in the reduction of actual
salaries of incumbent.
Sec. 4. Appendix covering Plantillas of Personnel.
� The appendix containing the plantillas of personnel in the different
bureaus and offices whose budgets are presented pursuant to the
provisions of Republic Act No. 992, is hereby made part of this
Act.
Sec. 5. Authority to use savings in appropriations
for "personal services," for "maintenance and other operating
expenses," and for "furniture and equipment" to cover deficits. �
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, any savings in the regular
appropriations authorized in this Act for the Executive Departments for
personal services, for maintenance and other operating expenses, and
for furniture and equipment of the bureaus and offices under any
Department, may, with the approval of the President, be used to cover a
deficit in any other item of the regular appropriations, except for
personal services, under the same Department. Likewise, any savings in
the appropriations for personal services, for maintenance and other
operating expenses, and for furniture and equipment of any item under
"special purposes," may with the approval of the President, be used to
cover a deficit in any other item of appropriation, except for personal
services, . . . : PROVIDED, That, whenever authorized positions are
transferred from one program or project to another program or project
under the performance budgets, the corresponding amounts appropriated
for personal services are also deemed transferred, without increasing
the total outlay for personal services of the office concerned. In no
case, however, shall any item in the regular appropriations and
appropriations for "special purposes" be augmented, pursuant to the
authority granted in this section, by more than forty per centum of the
original appropriation provided in this Act for such item.
Sec. 6. Quarterly report to Congress on transfers
of appropriations and accomplishments of bureaus and offices whose
appropriations are based on Performance Budget. � The Auditor General
and the Commissioner of the Budget shall submit separately to the
Congress a quarterly report of any transfer of appropriation made to
cover a deficit, the report to specify the items and the amounts
involved and shall furnish copies to each member of Congress in his
office: PROVIDED, That the heads of bureaus or offices whose
appropriations provided for in this Act are based on the Performance
Budget shall likewise submit separately to the Congress a quarterly
report of their accomplishments in the various projects as set forth in
their respective performance budget.
Sec. 7. Authority to use savings for other
purposes. � The President of the Philippines is authorized to use any
savings in the appropriations provided in this Act for the Executive
Departments for the settlement of the following obligations incurred
during the current fiscal year and/or previous fiscal years, the
limitation in section 7-I (27) of Commonwealth Act Numbered Two hundred
forty-six, as amended, notwithstanding: (1) claims under section 699 of
the Revised Administrative Code and the Workmen's Compensation Act,
whichever is applicable, of officers, employees and laborers who died
or were injured in line of duty; (2) commutation of the money value of
the additional leave extended leave and accrued leave earned by
American and deceased Filipino officers and employees, or by Filipino
officers and employees separated from the service except for cause, for
service rendered prior to November twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and
twenty-six; (3) purchase of furniture and equipment to replace those
that may be lost through accident, fire or other calamity, or may have
been damaged through the same cause, the disposal of which is deemed
reasonable and necessary, if it would be more expensive to have them
repaired, and purchase with the approval of the President of furniture
and equipment to replace unserviceable ones condemned by the Auditor
General; (4) payment of salaries of suspended employees who have
subsequently been exonerated; (5) payment of the share of the National
Government in the salaries of national officials in newly created
cities and provinces where no appropriation has been provided therefor;
(6) three per cent contribution of the Government to the Government
Service Insurance System for the employee's insurance premiums
corresponding to the period from December thirty-first, nineteen
hundred and forty-one to February twenty-eight, nineteen hundred and
forty-five, pursuant to section four of Republic Act Numbered One
hundred thirty-two, the provisions of section 7 (c) of Commonwealth Act
Numbered One hundred eighty-six, as amended, to the contrary
notwithstanding; (7) commutation of sick and vacation leaves of
employees who may be retired under existing laws; (8) additional
compensation to government nurses assigned to public health nursing at
P50 a month in lieu of quarters, subsistence and laundry allowances as
provided under section three of Republic Act Numbered Six hundred
forty-nine; (9) purchase or rental of accounting machines to carry out
the plan of mechanizing the accounting system in the Government; (10)
obligation of the National Government under the provisions of
subsection (a) of section 2553 of the Revised Administrative Code; (11)
cash commutation of the accumulated vacation and sick leave of
employees who voluntarily resign or are separated from the service thru
no fault of their own, in accordance with the provisions of Republic
Act Numbered Six hundred eleven; (12) printing of briefs in cases
appealed by the Government; (13) gratuity of employees whose positions
are abolished or who are retired; (14) improvement of food rations in
government hospitals and leprosaria; (15) rural improvement; and (16)
payment of salary differentials to officials and employees whose salary
items have been reduced in the 1956 Budget to the amounts they were
actually receiving at the time of the preparation of the said Budget
but who before June 30, 1955 were promoted to higher rates provided for
their respective salary items.
Sec. 8. Suspension of expenditure of
appropriations. � Except as otherwise provided in this Act and whenever
in his judgment the public interest so requires, the President is
authorized to suspend or otherwise stop the expenditure of any amount
herein appropriated in any item or items for the Executive Departments
for any purpose, except those for salaries of positions with
incumbents, and thereupon the funds affected by such action shall
become available for any other expenditures authorized in this Act for
the Executive Departments as the President may determine, except for
personal services: PROVIDED, That, whenever authorized positions are
transferred from one program or project to another program or project
under the performance budgets, the corresponding amounts appropriated
for personal services are also deemed transferred, without increasing
the total outlay for personal services of the office concerned. In no
case, however, shall any item of appropriation be augmented, pursuant
to the authority granted in this section, by more than forty per centum
of the original appropriation provided in this Act for such item. The
Auditor General and the Commissioner of the Budget shall report
separately to the Congress within a period of thirty days any
suspension or transfer of funds made by the President during the
previous quarter and shall furnish copies to each member of Congress in
his office.
Sec. 9. Provision for "excess of actual salary."
� Appropriations provided in this Act may be used for payment of
excess of actual salaries to the incumbent of a position to which said
"excess" pertains who is actually receiving the same "excess" as part
of the salary granted to him upon his appointment to the said position
before the reduction of the basic pay thereof to the amount provided:
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That if the position be vacated and the successor to
its previous incumbent shall have previously received an equal salary
plus the "excess of actual salary" in the same or any other branch of
the government service, such excess shall be allowable to him.
Section 10. Allotment of Appropriations. � To prevent
the incurrence of deficits, authorized appropriations shall be allotted
in accordance with the procedure outlined hereunder:
a. No appropriation authorized for any department or
agency shall be available for expenditure until the head of such
department or agency shall have submitted to the Commissioner of the
Budget a request for allotment of funds, showing the estimated amounts
needed for each function, activity or purpose for which the funds are
to be expended during the applicable allotment period and until the
request shall have been approved by the Commissioner of the Budget as
hereinafter provided. The form of the request for allotment shall be
prescribed by the Commissioner of the Budget and shall be submitted to
him at least twenty-five days prior to the beginning of the fiscal year
showing the proposed quarterly allotments of the whole authorized
appropriation for the department or agency.
b. For purposes of the administration of the
allotment system herein provided, each fiscal year shall be divided
into four quarterly allotment periods beginning, respectively, on the
first day of July, October, January and April: PROVIDED, That in any
case where the quarterly allotment period is found to be impracticable,
the Commissioner of the Budget may prescribe a different period suited
to the circumstances but not extending beyond the end of the fiscal
year.
c. Each request for allotment shall be reviewed by
the Commissioner of the Budget and the respective amounts therein shall
be allotted for expenditures, provided the estimate therein is within
the terms of the appropriations as to amount and purpose, having due
regard for the probable future needs of the bureau, office or agency
for the remainder of the fiscal year or other term for which the
appropriation was made, and provided the bureau, office or agency
contemplates expenditure of the allotment during the period. Otherwise,
the said Commissioner of the Budget shall modify the estimate so as to
conform with the terms of the appropriation and the prospective needs
of the bureau, office or agency, and shall reduce the amount to be
allotted accordingly. The Commissioner of the Budget shall act promptly
upon all requests for allotment and shall notify every bureau, office
or agency of its allotments at least five days before the beginning of
each allotment period. The total amount allotted to any bureau, office
or agency for the fiscal year or other term for which the appropriation
was made shall not exceed the amount appropriated for said year or
term. The notification which will be sufficient authority for the
Accounting Officer to enter the allotment in the books, shall include
an explanation for any decrease or increase in the request of the head
of the department or agency.
d. At the end of each quarter, each department or
agency must report to the Commissioner the current status of its
appropriations, the cumulative allotments, obligations, expenditures,
and unliquidated obligations and unobligated and unexpended balances,
and the results of expended appropriations. Such department or agency
may, at any time, initiate or request for a change in allotments in
order to adapt its functions or activities to altered conditions.
e. The Commissioner of the Budget shall have
authority also at any time to modify or amend any allotment previously
made by him. In case he shall find at any time that the probable
receipts from taxes or other sources for any fund will be less than
were anticipated and that as a consequence the amount available for the
remainder of the term of the appropriation, or for any allotment period
will be less than the amount estimated or allotted therefor, he shall,
with the approval of the President, and after notice to the department
or agency concerned, reduce the amount or amounts to be allotted, so as
to prevent deficits.
f. The Commissioner of the Budget shall promptly
transmit records of all allotments and modifications thereof to the
Auditor General, the Chairman of the Committee on Finance of the
Senate, the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and the
Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives, and the Secretary of Finance.
g. The Commissioner of the Budget shall maintain
control records showing quarterly by funds, accounts, and other
pertinent classifications, the amounts appropriated, the estimated
revenues, the actual revenues or receipts, the amounts allotted and
available for expenditures, the unliquidated obligations, actual
balances on hand, and the unencumbered balances of the allotments for
each agency of the Government.
h. No funds shall be disbursed and no expenditures or
obligation chargeable against any authorized allotments shall be
incurred or authorized by any head of department or agency, without
first securing the certification of the corresponding accounting
officers of the Budget Commission as to the availability of funds and
allotment or appropriation against which the expenditure or obligation
may properly be charged, after taking into consideration all previous
expenditures and outstanding obligations.
i. Every expenditure or obligation authorized or
incurred in violation of the provisions of this Act shall be void.
Every payment made in violation of said provisions shall be illegal,
and every officer of employee authorizing or making such payment, or
taking part therein, and every person receiving such payment, or any
part thereof, shall be jointly and severally liable to the Government
for the full amounts so paid or received. If any officer or employee of
the Government shall knowingly incur any obligation or shall authorize
or make any expenditure in violation of the provisions of this Act, or
take part therein, it shall be ground for his removal by the officer
appointing him, and if the appointing officer be other than the
President and shall fail to remove such officer or employee, the
President shall exercise such power of removal after giving notice of
the charges and opportunity for hearing thereon to the accused officer
or employee and to the officer appointing him.
j. Since the effective operation of the allotment
system with respect to the appropriations authorized in this Act is
affected by the appropriations authorized in other Acts, the provisions
of this section relating to the allotment system are hereby made
expressly applicable to other appropriations and funds of all kinds,
including standing or continuing appropriations, and special, trust and
other funds; but the provisions hereof relating to the allotment system
shall not apply to appropriations for the Congress of the Philippines,
Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Courts of First Instance and Justice
of the Peace Courts nor to appropriations or any other monies made
available for the General Auditing Office and the Commission on
Elections.
Section 11. Creation of appropriation reserves. � The
chiefs of bureaus and offices shall establish reserves of not less than
five per centum of the total appropriations of their respective bureaus
and offices to provide for contingencies and emergencies which would
otherwise require a deficiency appropriation. All or a portion of an
appropriation may be reserved when it is determined that the amounts
involved may not be needed. Should conditions change during the fiscal
year which would justify the use of the reserve, the necessary
adjustment may be made by the Commissioner of the Budget when requested
by the bureau or office affected.
Section 12. Purchase of locally manufactured
furniture, equipment, parts, accessories, supplies and materials. � All
appropriations for the purchase of furniture, equipment, supplies and
materials authorized in this Act shall be available only for locally
manufactured furniture, equipment, parts, accessories, supplies and
materials, except when none is available in the market, or when the
prices of the locally manufactured article exceed those determined by
the Flag Law by ten per cent.
Section 13. Renting of automobiles, jitneys or trucks
for a continuous period exceeding fifteen days prohibited. � No
appropriation provided in this Act for the Executive Departments shall
be used for renting automobiles, jitneys or trucks on the monthly basis
nor on the daily basis for a continuous period exceeding fifteen days.
Section 14. Authority to purchase motor vehicles. �
No appropriation authorized in this Act shall be used for the purchase
of automobiles, jitneys, jeeps, station wagons, motorcycles and other
motor vehicles unless otherwise specifically provided in this Act.
Section 15. Officials entitled to government motor
transportation. � The following officials are entitled to use
government motor transportation chargeable against the appropriations
authorized in this Act:
(1) The President of the Philippines,
(2) The Vice-President of the Philippines,
(3) The President of the Senate,
(4) The Speaker of the House of Representatives,
(5) The President Pro-Tempore of the Senate,
(6) The Majority Floor Leader of the Senate,
(7) The Chairman, Committee on Finance of the Senate,
(8) The Chairman, Committee on Accounts of the
Senate,
(9) The Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations of
the Senate,
(10) The Chairman, Committee on Public Works of the
Senate,
(11) The Minority Floor Leader of the Senate,
(12) The Secretary of the Senate,
(13) The Speaker Pro-Tempore of the House of
Representatives,
(14) The Majority Floor Leader of the House of
Representatives,
(15) The Chairman, Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives,
(16) The Chairman, Committee on Accounts of the House
of Representatives,
(17) The Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs of
the House of Representatives,
(18) The Chairman, Committee on Public Works of the
House of Representatives,
(19) The Minority Floor Leader of the House of
Representatives,
(20) The Secretary of the House of Representatives,
(21) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
(22) The Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals,
(23) The Auditor General,
(24) The Ambassadors, Ministers Plenipotentiary and
Consuls in charge of consulates while in their respective stations
abroad, and
(25) The Chief of Staff and the Vice-Chief of Staff
and the Commanding Officers of the other Major Services of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines.
Section 16. Officials entitled to transportation
allowance. � The Department Heads, including the Administrator of
Economic Coordination, the Commissioner of the Budget, the Chairman of
the Commission on Elections, and the Social Welfare Administrator are
hereby granted a commutable transportation allowance of two hundred
fifty pesos each per month; the Undersecretaries of Departments and
officials with the same rank, the Public Service Commissioner, the
Legislative Secretary, the Legislative Liaison Officer, the Presiding
Judge of the Court of Industrial Relations, and the Presiding Judge of
the Court of Tax Appeals, two hundred pesos each per month, and the
following Directors or chiefs of bureaus and offices, and the Sergeant
At Arms of the House of Representatives, one hundred pesos each per
month, chargeable against the appropriations authorized in this Act for
their respective offices:
(1) The Director of Printing,
(2) The Commissioner of Civil Service,
(3) The Commissioner of Customs,
(4) The Collector of Internal Revenue,
(5) The Treasurer of the Philippines,
(6) The Purchasing Agent, Bureau of Supply,
(7) The Insurance Commissioner,
(8) The Commissioner, Land Registration Commission,
(9) The Director, National Bureau of Investigation,
(10) The Commissioner of Immigration,
(11) The Director of Prisons,
(12) The Chairman, Code Commission,
(13) The Director of Plant Industry,
(14) The Director of Animal Industry,
(15) The Director of Forestry,
(16) The Director of Lands,
(17) The Director of Mines,
(18) The Director of Fisheries,
(19) The Director of Soil Conservation,
(20) The Director of Agricultural Extension,
(21) The Manager, Fiber Inspection Service,
(22) The Director of Public Works,
(23) The Director of Posts,
(24) The Director of Telecommunications,
(25) The Chief, Motor Vehicles Office,
(26) The Commissioner of Public Highways,
(27) The Director of Public Schools,
(28) The Director of Public Libraries,
(29) The Director, Institute of National Language,
(30) The Director of National Museum,
(31) The Director of Private Schools,
(32) The Director of Labor,
(33) The Commissioner, Workmen's Compensation
Commission,
(34) The Chief Wage Administration Service,
(35) The Captain (Director), Bureau of Coast and
Geodetic Survey,
(36) The Chairman, Philippine Veterans Board,
(37) The Chairman, Board on Pensions for Veterans,
(38) The Director of Quarantine,
(39) The Director of Hospitals,
(40) The Director of Health,
(41) The Director of Commerce,
(42) The Administrator, Sugar Quota Administration,
(43) The Director, Patent Office,
(44) The Commissioner, Securities and Exchange
Commission,
(45) The Administrator, Civil Aeronautics
Administration,
(46) The Director, Weather Bureau,
(47) The Director of the Census and Statistics,
(48) The Administrator, Cooperatives Administration
Office,
(49) The Director, Institute of Science and
Technology,
(50) The Director, Philippine General Hospital,
(51) The Counselors in the Department of Foreign
Affairs, and
(52) The Chief, Irrigation Service Unit.
Section 17. Bureaus and offices entitled to use,
operate and maintain government motor vehicles and launches. � No
bureau or office shall use, operate or maintain from the appropriations
authorized in this Act government service cars, jeeps, station wagons,
vans, service trucks, pick-up trucks, launches, speedboats,
motorcycles, etc., except the following:
(1) The House of Representatives, for general service
purposes;
(2) The Senate, for general service purposes;
(3) Malacang, for general service purposes;
(4) The National Intelligence Coordinating Agency, in
the coordination of the national intelligence activities and in
carrying out its functions in the interest of national security;
(5) The Radio Station DZFM, for covering special
events for delayed broadcasts, servicing of sponsored programs,
contacting artists, fetching "sign on" personnel and conducting home
those "signing off;"
(6) The Social Welfare Administration, for
ministering relief, during military actions against dissidents, to
evacuees, the injured and incapacitated and to the victims of typhoons,
earthquakes, fires, floods, tidal waves and volcanic eruptions; and for
conducting the inmates of Welfareville to and from the Courts,
hospitals and other offices procuring materials and food supplies for
their subsistence, and delivering food to the various units within the
Welfareville compound, including collection and disposal of garbage;
(7) The Budget Commission, for the gathering from the
various government offices and instrumentalities of such data and
information as are essentially material or pertinent to the exercise of
authority over budget operations and control, for the performance of
duties connected with the preparation of the National Budget, and for
wage and position classification survey;
(8) The Bureau of Printing, for the delivery and/or
shipment of printed matters, books and/or forms to various offices;
(9) The Department of Foreign Affairs, for carrying
out protocol duties in connection with the arrival or visit in the
Philippines of high dignitaries and officials or accredited
representatives of foreign governments, and for the delivery of
diplomatic pouches to and from points of embarkation or shipment;
(10) The Bureau of Customs, for use of examiners of
the Appraisers Division in the inspection of bonded warehouses,
including embroidery factories, for hauling parcels from the Bureau of
Posts to the Customs Building for examination, and for carrying out the
so-called "immediate payment system" under which the Division will
dispatch in a motor vehicle import entries for examination to its
supervisors stationed at the piers for distribution to the examiners
detailed under them and have the examined entries and the examiner's
samples brought to the Customs Building, and for carrying out detective
and police duties of the Port Patrol Division in Manila and of the
patrol service in the Port of Cebu;
(11) The Bureau of Internal Revenue, for the strict
enforcement of the internal revenue laws and regulations and detection
of violations thereof;
(12) The Bureau of the Treasury, for transportation
of cash from the Central Bank of the Philippines to the Bureau of the
Treasury, and vice versa;
(13) The National Bureau of Investigation, for
detection and investigation of crimes and criminals and other law
violations;
(14) The Court of Tax Appeals, for transportation of
its personnel whenever the Court holds its hearing outside of the City
of Manila pursuant to Sec. 6 of Republic Act No. 1135;
(15) The Bureau of Prisons, for conducting prisoners
to and from the Bureau of Prisons, inspection of prison institutions
and stations, procuring food supplies and materials, and delivering
products and/or manufactures of the Prison Industries in Muntinlupa and
in the penal colonies;
(16) The Division of Agricultural Economics, Office
of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, for gathering
agricultural statistics for researches and analyses in agriculture;
(17) The Division of Agricultural Information, Office
of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, for distribution
of agricultural information materials for guidance of farmers in
improving their farming methods;
(18) The Agricultural Tenancy Commission, for
conducting education rallies, researches on tenancy practices observed
in the different regions of the country, and for inspection of farm
mechanization;
(19) The Bureau of Plant Industry, for the control of
abaca mosaic and other plant pests and diseases, including
demonstration and extension work;
(20) The Bureau of Animal Industry, for the
distribution of animal products and transportation of animals and
feeds, including insemination of work;
(21) The Bureau of Forestry, for the distribution of
seedlings and transportation of supplies and materials and cinchona
barks to ports of shipment;
(22) The Bureau of Lands, for the survey and
subdivision of public agricultural lands and land management;
(23) The Bureau of Mines, for the transportation of
mineral samples to and from the office for the geological,
mineralogical and mineral land survey parties operating in the
different parts of the Philippines;
(24) The Bureau of Fisheries, for the collection of
marine specimens, inspection of experimental fish farms and
distribution of seedlings;
(25) The Bureau of Soil Conservation, for carrying
out soil survey and conservation work in the different regions of the
country;
(26) The Bureau of Agricultural Extension, for
carrying out its extension work and diffusing among the people,
particularly those in rural areas, useful and practical information on
agriculture, soil conservation, livestock, fisheries, forest
conservation, public lands and natural resources laws, home economics
and rural life by means of field demonstrations, lectures, conferences,
publications and other means of disseminating information;
(27) The Fiber Inspection Service, for carrying out
its work of inspection and supervision of fiber grading-baling
establishments, fiber improvement and demonstration work;
(28) The Bureau of Public Works, for undertaking the
construction of public works projects, inspection and supervision
thereof, and for the procurement of construction supplies and
materials;
(29) The Bureau of Posts, for the transportation of
strictly mail matters;
(30) The Bureau of Telecommunications, for the
construction, repair, transfer and maintenance of telegraph, telephone
and radio stations and circuits and the delivery of telegrams and
radiograms;
(31) The Motor Vehicles Office, for the enforcement
of the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Law;
(32) The Wage Administration Service, for use by
regional wage inspection supervisors in supervising the enforcement of
the Minimum Wage Law, in the inspection of agricultural, industrial and
commercial establishments, especially in out-of-the-way locations, and
in making special investigations and economic surveys necessary for the
administration and enforcement of the law;
(33) The vocational schools, for instructional
purposes requiring the use, demonstration and/or operation of motor or
other powered vehicles;
(34) The Bureau of Private Schools, for the
inspection of private schools that are out-of-the-way places, and for
undertaking rush investigation of complaints from various sources;
(35) The Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, for
carrying out field reconnaissance, triangulations, precise leveling and
magnetic and gravity measurements and for ship servicing;
(36) The Armed Forces of the Philippines, when on
military operations or on active duty in the restoration and
maintenance of peace and order;
(37) The Department of Health, for the use of the
Division of Tuberculosis in BCG Vaccination and Traveling X-ray
Examination Units, the Division of Health Education and Information in
exhibiting health films and the Public Health Research Laboratories in
connection with health research, including the distribution of
vaccines, sera and other biological preparations;
(38) Government hospitals, for ambulance service and
procuring food supplies and materials for the subsistence of patients
and personnel entitled thereto;
(39) The Bureau of Health, for health, sanitation and
prevention and control of epidemics;
(40) The Bureau of Quarantine, whenever used by
quarantine officers exclusively for quarantine work;
(41) The Civil Aeronautics Administration, for the
operation and maintenance of its landing fields, including supervision
and reconstruction or repair of signaling equipment located thereat;
(42) The Weather Bureau, for the maintenance,
operation and inspection of its meteorological stations, including the
Manila Internationalrport Forecasting Center and the Diliman
Geophysical and Astronomical Station, and delivery of supplies thereto;
(43) The Office of Economic Coordination, for use in
inspecting projects being undertaken by government corporations,
including private industrial establishments applying for tax exemption
under Republic Act Numbered Thirty-five, and in gathering and
transmitting data and information necessary for the efficient
supervision and coordination of the activities of the said
corporations;
(44) The Institute of Science and Technology, for
visit and inspection of factories, for the collection of forest, plant,
animal and marine by-products and agricultural wastes for use in
research and laboratory investigations, including survey of sources of
raw materials in different regions;
(45) The General Auditing Office, for the inspection
of the delivery of equipment and supplies and materials to the various
bureaus and offices of the Government, as well as to sites of public
works construction, and for surprise examinations of disbursing
officers;
(46) The Commission on Volcanology, for inspecting
and observing volcanoes and warning people in danger areas; and
(47) The Philippine Council for United Statesd
(PHILCUSA), for use in inspecting projects being undertaken by the
Government jointly with the Foreign Operations Administration (FOA) and
in gathering and transmitting data and information necessary for the
efficient supervision and coordination of the activities of said
projects.
Section 18. Proper use of government motor vehicles.
� The use of government motor vehicles by bureaus and offices for the
purposes enumerated in section seventeen hereof shall be authorized
only through the issuance for each trip of a serially numbered ticket,
duly signed by the chief or the administrative officer of the bureau or
office concerned. These motor vehicles shall be used strictly for
official business, bear government plates only and after office hours
kept in the garage provided therefor by the bureau of office to which
they belong, except when in use for strictly official business outside
office hours.
Section 19. Use of more than one motor vehicle
prohibited. � With the exception of the President, no government
official or employee authorized to use any vehicle operated and
maintained from the funds appropriated in this Act shall be allowed to
use more than one such motor vehicle: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That the
Vice-President, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives may be allowed to use two motor vehicles each:
AND PROVIDED, FINALLY, That no official who has been furnished motor
transportation by any government corporation shall be allowed to use
motor vehicle transportation operated and maintained from funds
appropriated in this Act.
The Auditor General is hereby empowered to issue rules and regulations
for the proper implementation and enforcement of the provisions of this
section and sections 16, 17 and 18.
Sec. 20. Disposition of motor vehicles not used by
a bureau or office. � All motor vehicles owned by or assigned to the
different departments, bureaus, offices and branches of the National
Government not needed by the officials and for the purposes enumerated
in section fifteen and seventeen of this Act shall be disposed of to
the highest bidder at public auction sales announced in newspapers of
general circulation at least ten days before the sale: PROVIDED, That
the former user thereof shall be given preference if he offers and pays
a price equal to that of the highest bid by others.
Sec. 21. Prohibition against the use of
appropriations for the payment of salaries and wages of officers or
employees engaged in a strike against the Government. � Subject to
existing civil service rules and regulations and the proper
administrative proceedings, no part of the funds of, or available for
expenditure by, any agency included in this Act shall be used to pay
the salary or wages of any officer or employee who engages in a strike
against the Government of the Republic of the Philippines or who is a
member of an organization of government employees that in the opinion
of the Secretary of Justice asserts the right to strike against the
Government of the Republic of the Philippines, or who in the opinion of
said Secretary of Justice advocates, or is a member of an organization
that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the Republic of the
Philippines by force or violence; PROVIDED, That for the purposes
hereof an affidavit shall be considered sufficient evidence that the
person making the affidavit has not, contrary to the provisions of this
section, engaged in a strike against the Government of the Republic of
the Philippines, is not a member of any organization of government
employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of
the Republic of the Philippines, or that such person does not advocate,
and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of
the Government of the Republic of the Philippines by force or
violence.
Sec. 22. Per diems outside of the Philippines. �
No per diems in excess of fifty pesos shall be paid to any official or
employee traveling outside of the Philippines.
Sec. 23. No transfer of salary savings to the
Government Service Insurance System. � The provisions of Republic Act
No. 660 to the contrary notwithstanding, no savings from personal
services under the general fund and the special, revolving, trust,
depository and other funds shall be transferred to the Government
Service Insurance System.
Sec. 24. Reinsurance of government buildings to be
equitably distributed among private insurance companies in the
Philippines. � In all cases where appropriations are provided in this
Act for payment of premiums covering the insurance of government
buildings with the Property Insurance Fund, reinsurance shall be
equitably distributed among private insurance companies doing business
in the Philippines on uniform terms, conditions and rates of premiums.
Sec. 25. Prohibition against the transfer of
appropriations of the Department of National Defense. � The provisions
of section eight of this Act to the contrary notwithstanding, no amount
appropriated for the Department of National Defense shall be
transferred to any other Executive Department.
Sec. 26. Limitation of special details of
officials and employees. � Any provision of existing law to the
contrary notwithstanding, no portion of any appropriation provided for
in this Act shall be made available for the payment of salaries of
officials or employees who are not actually performing the duties and
functions pertaining to their positions and assigned to the place of
employment as specified in this Act: PROVIDED, That this shall not
apply to special assignments for a period not exceeding one hundred
eighty days which shall not be renewed or extended. Any official who
shall allow the payment of salaries to officials or employees who are
not in their designated place of employment and performing their
assigned tasks shall be required to refund to the government such sums
as may have been paid to such officials or employees.
Sec. 27. Authority to harmonize the appropriation
structure with new terminology of classification of accounts. � The
Commissioner of the Budget is hereby authorized to harmonize the
appropriation structure with the new terminology of classification of
accounts that may be prescribed by law or regulations: PROVIDED, That
such reclassification shall not increase or decrease the aggregate sum
appropriated in this Act for the various objects affected under each
Department, bureau or office.
Sec. 28. The Committee on Finance of the Senate
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives to
look into all matters relating to public expenditures. � The Committee
on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives are hereby authorized to look at any time into
all matters relating to funds for the expenditures of the National
Government and for the payment of public indebtedness; auditing of
accounts and expenditures of the National Government; claims against
the Government; and in general all matters relating to public
expenditures.
Sec. 29. Expenditure and disbursement of special
funds. � No expenditure shall be incurred, nor any disbursement made,
out of the appropriations authorized in this Act from special,
revolving and trust funds and from receipts automatically appropriated
which will exceed at any one time either the fund itself or the cash in
the National Treasury pertaining to such fund, except when, in the
opinion of the President, such expenditure or disbursement is required
by the exigency of the service, and sufficient income or receipts are
expected to accrue to such funds to cover said expenditure or
disbursement, in which case the necessary amount may be advanced from
the general fund.
Sec. 30. Appropriations chargeable against the
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Fund. � The appropriations provided in
this Act for carrying out the activities heretofore financed from the
receipts of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Fund shall continue to
be charged against the said Fund, and the Board of Directors of the
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes shall allot the amounts thereof in the
distribution of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Fund.
Sec. 31. Immediate payment of accounts. � In order
to insure the immediate collection of income due any bureau or office
for services rendered or sale of any commodity or article produced or
manufactured by the same, no such service shall be rendered or sale
made except on the cash basis. Any official or employee who allows such
service to be rendered or sale to be made on account shall be held
personally liable therefor and such act shall be considered sufficient
ground for his removal from office; PROVIDED, That the provision of
this section shall apply only to transactions of the government with
private parties.
Sec. 32. Incumbents of positions whose
designations or titles were modified not to be laid off . � Incumbents
of positions whose designations or titles were modified or otherwise
changed in this Act shall not be laid off, nor the salaries authorized
in this Act for such positions increased by reason of such change in
designation or title the provision of existing law to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Sec. 33. Effective date. � This Act shall take
effect on July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, except where
otherwise stated.
Approved: June 16, 1955
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