WHEREAS,
Presidential Decree No. 397, dated February 23, 1974, prescribes the
amount of SIX PESOS (P6.00) as the basic daily subsistence allowance
for each officer and enlisted personnel of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines, including cadets of the Philippine Military Academy and
Philippiner Force Flying School, trainees undergoing military training
pursuant to Republic Act No. 4091, probationary second
lieutenants/ensigns, ROTC cadets on summer camp training and reserve
officers and enlisted reservists undergoing training or
assembly/mobilization tests;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 561, dated September 23, 1974,
prescribes TEN PESOS (P10.00) as daily subsistence allowance for each
cadet of the PMA and the PAFFS; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, par. 7, AFP Special Provisions of Presidential Decree No. 503,
General Appropriations for FY 1974-75, page 669 provides that officers,
enlisted personnel as defined in Armed Forces of the Philippines
regulations, indigent veterans as determined by the Secretary of
National Defense, and detainees, when confined in hospitals or
dispensaries of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, shall be entitled
to subsistence allowance of not more than SIX PESOS (P6.00) per day;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the present rate of subsistence allowance is not adequate to
meet the quality and quantity of food deemed appropriate for military
personnel hospitalized or confined in VMC and AFP hospitals; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution, do hereby authorize and prescribe a subsistence allowance
of not more than EIGHT PESOS (P8.00) per day for each military patient
to include direct dependents of officers and enlisted personnel as
defined in Armed Forces of the Philippines Regulations, indigent
veterans as determined by the Secretary of National Defense and
detainees when confined or hospitalized in AFP hospitals; provided,
however, that said amount shall not be granted as cash ration to
personnel concerned; PROVIDED, FURTHER, That, non-indigent civilian
emergency patients, non-indigent veterans, non-direct dependents of
officers and enlisted personnel, when treated or admitted in
dispensaries or hospitals of the Armed Forces of the Philippines shall
pay for the cost of their subsistence the amount not exceeding EIGHT
PESOS (P8.00) per day.
Effectivity: This Decree shall take effect January 1, 1976.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 23rd of January in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-six.
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