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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 138
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 138 -
GRANTING RECALLED PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ARMED
FORCES ATTACHES AND MILITARY PERSONNEL, AND SUCH OTHER GOVERNMENT
ATTACHES AND PERSONNEL AS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED WITH PHILIPPINE MISSIONS
ABROAD BY THEIR RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS, EXEMPTION FROM THE PAYMENT OF
CUSTOMS DUTIES AND TAXES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution
as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, and General
Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby order and
decree to be part of the laws of the land, the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. The provision of Section 105 of
Presidential Decree No. 34 dated October 27, 1972, to the contrary
notwithstanding, the personnel of the Department of Foreign Affairs,
Armed Forces Attaches and military personnel, and such other government
attaches and personnel as have been attached with our missions abroad
by their respective departments, who are or have been recalled not
later than June 30, 1973 due to Government reorganization shall enjoy
the exemption from the payment of customs duties and taxes on their
personal and household effects, including one motor car, allowed under
the laws and regulations in effect prior to the effectivity of said
Decree: Provided, That such exemption is enjoyed only once by each such
returning official or employee, and only upon certification by the
Secretary of Foreign Affairs that the personal and household effects
and motor car brought in by a returning officer or employee fall within
the regulations prescribed by the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Section 2. The Secretary of Foreign Affairs shall
promulgate the requisite rules and Regulations for the effective
implementation of this Decree. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. The decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 2nd day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-three.
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