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<SUP STYLE="COLOR: RGB(255, 0, 0);">[*]</SUP>

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 138
• Sections: 3

Preamble

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,

19 72, as amended, do hereby order and decree to be part of the laws of

the land, the following:

Section 1

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.

SEC.

2. The Secretary of Foreign Affairs shall promulgate the requisite

rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Decree.

Section 3

SEC. 3. This 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.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President

Republic of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR

Executive Secretary

[*] Amended by Presidential

Decree Nos. 172 and 178.