AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1458 CREATING THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT INTELLIGENCE AND INVESTIGATION BUREAU.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1458-A
• Sections: 11

Preamble

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

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"

Section 2

SEC. 2. ARTICLE II of Presidential Decree No. 1458 is hereby

amended to read as follows:

"ARTICLE II—The Finance Department Intelligence Bureau

(FDIB)"

Section 3

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."

Section 4

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."

Section 5

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."

Section 6

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."

Section 7

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."

Section 8

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."

Section 9

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.

Section 10

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