Transitory provisions.
SEC. 125. Transitory provisions. —(1) Until such time as the Commission shall have been fully constituted, the incumbent Chairman or his successor shall continue to exercise all the powers and functions properly appertaining to the Commission.
(2) Pending implementation of the provisions of Section 24, paragraph 2 of this Code, the agencies concerned shall continue to provide the necessary amounts for the salaries, allowances and other benefits for the representative and staff of the Commission.
Duty to respect the Commission's independence.
SEC. 126. Duty to respect the Commission's independence. —It shall be the duty of every person to respect, protect and preserve the independence of the Commission.
Administrative disciplinary action.
SEC. 127. Administrative disciplinary action. —Subject to rules and regulations as may be approved by the President (Prime Minister), any unjustified failure by the public officer concerned to comply with any requirement imposed in this Code shall constitute neglect of duty and shall be a ground for administrative disciplinary action against the said public officer who, upon being found guilty thereof after hearing, shall be meted out such penalty as is commensurate with the degree of his guilt in accordance with the Civil Service Law. Repeated unjustified failure to comply with the requirements imposed in this Code shall be conclusive proof that the public officer concerned is notoriously undesirable.
Penal provision.
SEC. 128. Penal provision. —Any violation of the provisions of Sections 67, 68, 89, 106, and 108 of this Code or any regulation issued by the Commission implementing these sections, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand pesos or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
Separability clause.
SEC. 129. Separability clause. —Should any provision of this Code or any part thereof be declared invalid, the other provisions, so far as they are separable from the invalid one, shall remain in force and effect.
Repealing clause.
SEC. 130. Repealing clause. —Chapter 26 (Accounting-Law) of Act 2711 is hereby repealed. All other laws, executive orders, proclamations, decrees, instructions, rules and regulations, or parts thereof which are inconsistent or in conflict with any provision of this Code shall be deemed repealed or modified accordingly.
Effectivity clause.
SEC. 131. Effectivity clause. —This Code shall take effect three months after the completion of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Done in the City of Manila this 11th day of June in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.
(SGD.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).
