I,
FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the
powers vested in me 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 decree the following as part of the law of
the land:cralaw:red
Section 1. Paragraphs 8, 10 and 11, Article III,
Chapter 1, Part VI of the Integrated Reorganization Plan as adopted
under Presidential Decree No. 1, are hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"8. There shall be a Director-General with a Cabinet
rank, and two Deputy Directors-general with the rank of
Undersecretaries, who shall serve as the executive and assistant
executive officers of the NEDA, respectively. The Director-General
shall hold office at the pleasure of the President, while the Deputy
Director-General shall be career officials."
"Whenever the Director-General is unable to perform his duties owing to
illness, absence or other cause, or in case of vacancy in the office,
the Deputy Director-General designated by the President shall
temporarily perform the functions of said office. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"10. The Director-General and the Deputy
Directors-General shall be required to work full-time in the NEDA and
shall not be extended any other appointment to public office in a
concurrent capacity except as ex-officio member of government bodies as
specifically provided for by law or a part-time member thereat as may
be designated by the President."
"11. Any provision of law to the contrary
notwithstanding, the budget of NEDA shall be in the form of lump-sum
appropriations with the Director-General having sole authority to
determine the details of the expenditures: Provided, That, the
Director-General may use any savings from any item in the said
appropriation for strengthening the NEDA offices." chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. A new paragraph designated as paragraph 16
is hereby added to Article III, Part VI of the Integrated
Reorganization Plan to read as follows:cralaw:red
"16. Any provision of law to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Director-General may authorize the assignment of
government motor vehicles under the custody of NEDA for use of its
officers from the rank of Director or higher: Provided, That those
officers with assigned vehicles shall not any more be entitled to
transportation allowances."
Section 3. Paragraph 2, Article V, Chapter I, Part VI
of the Integrated Reorganization Plan is hereby amended to read as
follows:cralaw:red
"2. The Committee shall be composed of the
Director-General of the Authority, as Chairman; the Chairman of the
Board of Investments, as Vice-Chairman; and the following as members:
the Secretary of Finance, the Governor of the Central Bank of the
Philippines, the Chairman of the Development Bank of the Philippines,
the President of the Philippine National Bank, the General Manager of
the Government Service Insurance System, the Administrator of the
Social Security System, the President of the Land Bank and the
President of the Amanah Bank: Provided, That the head of any other
financial institution that may hereafter be created may also be
designated by the President of the Philippines as member upon the
recommendation of Authority.
Section 4. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 9th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-four.
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