WHEREAS,
the Budget Commission was reorganized by P.D. No. 899;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the additional responsibilities of the Budget Commission
require that its organization be further strengthened.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section 2 of P.D. No. 899 is hereby
amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 2. The Commission shall be headed by the
Commissioner of the Budget, who shall serve at the pleasure of the
President. He shall be assisted by two Deputy Commissioners who shall
be career administrator.
The Commissioner of the Budget shall exercise general supervision over
the Offices and Services of the Budget Commission and may, in addition
and with the approval of the President, render advice and consultancy
services to agencies of government and government owned or controlled
corporations, and to receive such allowances for such services as may
be duly authorized, any provision of law to the contrary
notwithstanding." chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. Sec. 3 of P.D. No. 899 is hereby amended
to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 3. The Commission shall carry out its functions
through the following Offices, Services and Staff: (a) National
Government Budget Operations Office, (b) Local Governments and
Government Corporations Budget Office, (c) National Accounting Office,
(d) Management Office, (e) Office of Compensation and Position
Classification, (f) Fiscal Planning Service, (g) Financial and
Administrative Service, (h) Training and Information Service, (i)
Budget Technical Service, (j) Data Processing Service, (k) Legislative
Service and (l) Regional Offices.
Section 3. Sec. 14 of P.D. No. 899 is hereby to read
as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 14. The Legislative Service shall be
responsible for providing assistance in the preparation of the national
budget proposals during the budget authorization process and generally
for legal services in the operations of the Commission."
This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 9th day of June 1978 in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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