WHEREAS,
pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 421, dated March 21, 1974; No. 482,
dated June 13, 1974; No. 531, dated August 8, 1974; and No. 585, dated
November 18, 1974, administrative control and supervision over the city
and municipal police and fire departments and jails therein covered,
including their personnel, funds, property, equipment, and other
resources, shall be transferred to the Philippine Constabulary after
one year, but not later than two years, from the promulgation of the
aforesaid Decrees; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, pursuant to the aforementioned Presidential Decrees,
operational control over the Metropolitan Police Force and the
Provincial Integrated Police Forces therein established has been
transferred to the Philippine Constabulary from the promulgation
thereof;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, among the objectives of police integration are to provide for
an adequate scale of compensation for the members of the Integrated
Police Forces and to upgrade their equipage, their training and overall
capabilities and thereby improve their efficiency;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in order that the Integrated Police Forces established
pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 421, dated March 21, 1974; No. 482,
dated June 13, 1974; No. 531, dated August 8, 1974; and No. 585, dated
November 18, 1974, and such other decrees as may hereafter be
promulgated, can be cohesively organized, better coordinated,
effectively directed, and systematically managed, there is a need for
an appropriate enabling measure in addition to the aforementioned
decrees;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
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 to be part of the law of the land the following: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. Funding of Integrated Police Forces. —
Effective upon the transfer to the Philippine Constabulary of the power
of administrative control and supervision over the Metropolitan Police
Force and the Provincial Integrated Police Forces as prescribed in
Presidential Decrees No. 421, dated March 21, 1974; No. 482, dated June
13, 1974; No. 531, dated August 8, 1974; and No. 585, dated November
18, 1974, and other police forces to be integrated into the Integrated
Police Forces in succeeding or subsequent decrees, each of the cities
and municipalities therein covered shall include every fiscal year in
their respective general fund annual budget an appropriation in an
amount equivalent to not less than eighteen per centum (18%) of the
annual regular income accruing to the general fund of each of said
cities or municipalities actually realized during the next preceding
fiscal year as their respective contributions to the National
Government for the maintenance and operation of the Metropolitan Police
Force and the Provincial Integrated Police Forces therein established;
Provided, That no city or municipality shall divert for other purposes
any fund, property, equipment, facilities and other resources being
used by or intended for the police and fire departments and jails
included in said Presidential Decrees. For purposes of this Decree, the
annual regular income herein referred to shall include all revenues and
receipts accruing to the general fund of the city or municipality
concerned, but excluding budgetaryds, subsidies or other financial
assistance or contribution from the National Government, proceeds from
bond issues, proceeds from or repayment of loans, private contributions
or donations, return of advances to economic enterprises, sales of
fixed assets, income from sale of real property, prior year's
adjustments, and other receipts not regularly recurring each fiscal
year.
Failure on the part of the local legislative body to provide the full
appropriation for the city/municipal contribution fixed in this Section
shall constitute sufficient ground for the Secretary of Finance or the
Provincial Treasurer, as the case may be, to declare inoperative the
annual/supplemental budgets of the city or municipality of the
corresponding fiscal year in accordance with the pertinent provisions
of Presidential Decree No. 477, dated June 3, 1974. In such cases the
city/municipality concerned shall be required to set aside the
necessary appropriation in a general fund supplemental budget for the
said fiscal year and upon the continued failure of the
city/municipality to provide for such appropriation, the Secretary of
Finance may order the withholding of the amount involved from the
internal revenue allotments accruing to the city/municipality and/or
take such other measures as he may deem appropriate. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. Remittance of Contribution. — Within ten
(10) days following the end of each month, the city or municipal
treasurer shall remit to the credit of the Treasurer of the
Philippines, one twelfth (1/12) of the annual contribution of the City
or municipality referred to in Section 1 hereof to the branch of the
Philippine National Bank or Philippine Veterans Bank nearest the city
or municipality concerned. The Treasurer of the Philippines shall
account for the contribution herein referred to as income of the
General Fund.
Section 3. Absence of Approved Annual Budget. — In
the absence of an approved budget for a new fiscal year, the city or
municipal treasurer concerned shall nevertheless make the remittance
herein prescribed in an amount equal to the contribution of such city
or municipality for the immediately preceding fiscal year until such
time as the appropriation required for the new fiscal year shall have
been determined in accordance with Section 1 of this Decree and the
necessary appropriation set aside in a supplemental budget of the city
or municipality whereupon remittances shall be made on the basis
thereof as provided for in Section 2 of this Decree.
Section 4. National Annual Budget. — The National
Government shall include in its annual appropriations such sums as may
be necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Metropolitan
Police Force and the Provincial Integrated Police Forces established
pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 421, No. 482, No. 531, No. 585 and
such subsequent decrees on Police Integration as may be promulgated,
including amounts necessary to cover any deficiency in the local
contributions, subsidies and other types of fund support. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 5. Appropriation. — Such additional sum is
hereby respectively appropriated out of any funds in the National
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, as may be necessary for the
implementation of Presidential Decree No. 421, No. 482, No. 531 and No.
585, and such subsequent decrees on Police Integration as may be
promulgated for personnel services, maintenance and other operating
expenses, including transportation allowances at rates to be prescribed
by the Chief of Constabulary, purchase of motor vehicles, equipment
outlay, and capital outlay. Thereafter, such amount as is necessary
shall be included in the Annual General Appropriation Act as provided
in the preceding Section.
Section 6. Book of Accounts. — With the approval of
the Secretary of National Defense, the Chief of Constabulary is
authorized to maintain and administer a separate book of accounts
solely for the Metropolitan Police Force and the Provincial Integrated
Police Forces.
Section 7. Annual Report. — Within thirty (30) days
after the end of each calendar year, the Chief of Constabulary shall
submit to the President, through the Secretary of National Defense, an
annual report on the activities and accomplishments of the Metropolitan
Police Force and the Provincial Integrated Police Forces.
Section 8. Penalty Clause. — Failure on the part of
any city or municipal council to provide in the city/municipal budget
the appropriation prescribed in Section 1 of this Decree or on the part
of the city/municipality treasurer to make the remittance required in
Section 2 or 3 hereof, and any other violation of the provisions of
this Decree shall be punished in accordance with the said Presidential
Decree No. 421, No. 482, No. 531, No. 585, and such subsequent decrees
on Police Integration as may be promulgated.
Section 9. Rules and Regulations. — With the
approval of the Secretary of National Defense, the Chief of
Constabulary may promulgate such rules and regulations as may be
necessary for the effective implementation of this Decree.
The Secretary of Finance shall likewise promulgate such rules and
regulations as may be necessary for the proper implementation of
Sections 1, 2 and 3 of this Decree furnishing the Secretary of National
Defense and the Chief of Constabulary with copies thereof. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 10. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees,
orders and instructions inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or
modified accordingly.
Section 11. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take
effect upon approval.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 6th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-five.
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