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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 599
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 599 -
AMENDING THE APPROVED STAFFING PATTERN OF THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS BY
CREATING NEW DIVISIONS/UNITS THEREIN, INCLUDING THE INCREASE OF
POSITIONS IN THE OPERATION AND ENFORCEMENT, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE
NATIONAL POLICE GROUPS
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WHEREAS,
under Presidential Decree No. 1 dated September 24, 1972, the
Integrated Reorganization Plan was adopted and made part of the law of
the land; and
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to create new divisions/units in the
Bureau of Customs such as the economic intelligence and research
division; increase the number of positions in the communications,
export coordination, port operations coordination, customs laboratory
and customs police groups in order to effectively carry out the desired
objectives of reorganization as envisioned in the Integrated
Reorganization Plan; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all 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, in order to effect the desired
changes and reforms in the Bureau of Customs, do hereby order and
decree the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. An Economic Intelligence and Research
Division is hereby created under the Operation and Enforcement Service
which shall handle matters pertaining to economic intelligence and
research, the specialized staff study of the actual application of the
tariff and commodity classifications, the international commitments and
agreements involving Customs operations and the impact of various
incentives and concessions given to industries. It shall have the
following sections: National Tariff and Customs Research Section and
International Tariff and Trade Research Section.
Section 2. A Port Operations Coordination Division is
hereby created under the Operation and Enforcement Service which shall
serve as the central evaluation and coordinating unit on ports,
arrastre, pilotage, cargo, disposal, storage and bonded warehousing
operations. It shall have the following sections: Port Operations
Section and Bonded Warehousing and Cargo Disposal Section.
Section 3. A Central Radio Communication Division is
hereby created under the Administrative Service which shall take charge
of all types of radio communications between the central office and
field offices including those involving ship to shore and ship to ship
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Section 4. A Customs Laboratory Division is hereby
created under the Operation and Enforcement Service to render
laboratory examination and analysis of samples of imported commodities
to establish proper classification.
Section 5. The Cash Section and Liquidation Section
of the Assessment Branch of the Port of Manila are hereby made into
divisions to be known as Cash Division and Liquidation Division,
respectively. The Collection Division is hereby abolished.
Section 6. One hundred forty-five (145) positions are
hereby created and apportioned as follows: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
A. OPERATION AND ENFORCEMENT GROUP
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1. Economic Intelligence and
Research
Division 10
2. Port Operation Coordination
Division 10
3. Export Coordination
Division 15
4. Customs
Laboratory 10
B. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS GROUP 30
C. NATIONAL CUSTOMS POLICE GROUP 70
The amount of EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P800,000) is hereby
appropriated out of the funds of the National Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the aforementioned positions; Provided, That the same
positions shall be subject to final WAPCO classification action and
approval by the Commissioner of the Budget. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P200,000) is hereby appropriated for
equipment, supplies and materials of the Customs laboratory unit and
the radio communications unit.
Section 7. All laws, decrees, rules and regulations
or parts thereof, inconsistent with any of the provisions of this
Decree are repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 8. This Decree shall take effect immediately
along with Presidential Decree No. 1 insofar as it affects the Bureau
of Customs.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 4th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-four.
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