Presidential Decree No. 1458-A — Amending Certain Provisions of Presidential Decree No. 1458 Creating the Finance Department Intelligence and Investigation Bureau.
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 51 provides that the
National Intelligence and Security Authority (NISA) shall be the focal point of
direction, coordination and integration of government activities involving
national intelligence and security;
WHEREAS, PD 1468 was promulgated creating the Finance
Department Intelligence and Investigation Bureau (FDIIB) to provide efficient
implementation and enforcement of revenue laws; gathering, collating and
evaluating intelligence data relative to finance and economic functions and
basis for counter-action and remedial legislations on smuggling, tax evasion and
other related illegal activities, and cause the investigation of such cases;
WHEREAS, to maintain the FDIIB as a continuingly effective
intelligence arm, it should not be saddled with investigative functions;
WHEREAS, in order to maintain integrated economic plans and
programs, the NISA and the Finance Department Intelligence Bureau (FDIB) must be
fully coordinated and supportive with each other in the pursuance of their
objectives;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree the following:
SECTION 1. CHAPTER II of Presidential Decree No. 1458 is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"CHAPTER II.—ORGANIZATION OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT INTELLIGENCE
BUREAU"
SEC. 2. ARTICLE II of Presidential Decree No. 1458 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"ARTICLE II—The Finance Department Intelligence Bureau
(FDIB)"
SEC. 3. The first and second paragraph of Section 1, Article
II of Presidential Decree No. 1458 are hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 1. Creation. There is hereby created the
Finance Department Intelligence Bureau, hereinafter referred to as the FDIB,
under the administrative and operational control and direction of the Secretary
of Finance. The Director General of the National Intelligence and Security
Authority (NISA) shall have functional supervision over the FDIB as provided in
PD 51.
The FDIB shall be headed by a Commissioner, to be assisted by a Deputy
Commissioner both of whom shall be appointed by the President."
SEC. 4. The first paragraph and sub-paragraph (a) of Section
2, Article II of Presidential Decree No. 1458 are hereby amended to read as
follows:
"SECTION 2. Functions. The FDIB shall be the
intelligence arm of the Department of Finance and shall have the following
functions:
It shall receive, gather, collate and evaluate and disseminate intelligence
data and information primarily on the modes, methods, nature and extent of
smuggling, tax evasion and other related illegal
activities."
SEC. 5. Section 3, Article II of Presidential Decree No.
1458 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 3. Organization. The FDIB shall be
organized and composed of the Manpower Division; Intelligence Division; Liaison
and Monitoring Division; General Services Division; Field Inspection Division;
Legal Division; Comptrollership Division; Communications Division, and Regional
Offices, as may be provided and staffed according to the corresponding Letter of
Implementation and Staffing Pattern."
SEC. 6. Section 4, Article of Presidential Decree No. 1458
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 4. Abolition of ASAC. The Anti-Smuggling
Action Center (ASAC) and its regional offices (RASAC) created under Executive
Order No. 11, dated February 24, 1966, as amended, are hereby abolished and its
applicable appropriations, records, equipment, properties and such personnel as
may be necessary are correspondingly transferred to the appropriate divisions or
units of the FDIB."
SEC. 7. Section 5, Article II of Presidential Decree No.
1458 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 5. Application of WAPCO and Civil Service
Rules. Personnel of the FDIB shall be exempted from the WAPCO and Civil
Service Rules and Regulations relative to appointments and other personnel
actions: Provided, That they shall be entitled to the benefits and
privileges normally accorded to government employees: and Provided,
further, That the Secretary of Finance shall, after appropriate
consultations with the Director General, NISA, have final authority on matters
of appointments."
SEC. 8. Section 6, Article of Presidential Decree No. 1458
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 6. Appropriations. In addition to the
transferred appropriations, there is hereby appropriated out of the
unappropriated balance in the National Treasury so much amount as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions of this decree but subsequent
appropriations for the FDIB shall be included in the annual appropriation
act."
SEC. 9. Pertinent provisions of the Integrated
Reorganization Plan, Executive Orders, other decrees, and rules and regulations
which are in conflict with the provisions of this decree are rescinded or
modified accordingly.
SEC. 10. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
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
By the President:
(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive
Assistant
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