ARTICLE II—The Finance Department Intelligence and Investigation Bureau
Creation.
SECTION 1. Creation.—There is hereby created the
Finance Department Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, hereinafter referred
to as the FDIIB, under the administrative and operation control and direction of
the Secretary of Finance.
The FDIIB shall be headed by a Commissioner, to be assisted by a Deputy
Commissioner, both of whom shall be appointed by the President.
The Commissioner, and in his absence or incapacity the Deputy Commissioner
who shall act as Commissioner, shall have the following specific powers and
functions:
He shall be the principal adviser of the Secretary of Finance on
intelligence matters;
He shall be the technical adviser of the Director General of the NISA on
finance intelligence;
He shall exercise functional supervision over intelligence and investigation
matters in the other bureau/agencies under the Department of Finance and shall
make appropriate recommendations for the coordination and integration of such
activities therein;
He shall act as liaison/coordinating officer of the Secretary of Finance on
matters relating to economic subversion, insofar as they involve other
departments/agencies of the Government.
He shall be responsible for counter-intelligence in the Department of
Finance; and
He shall exercise such other powers and perform such other functions as may
be directed by competent authority.
Functions.
SECTION 2. Functions.—The FDIIB shall be the
intelligence and investigation 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. It shall cause
investigations of such cases to find out the guilty parties;
It shall monitor the finance and economic activities of persons or entities,
whether domestic or foreign, which may adversely affect national interest and
security;
It shall conduct counter-intelligence on smuggling, tax evasion and other
related illegal activities;
It shall coordinate with other Government agencies and low enforcement
functionaries for necessary assistance in carrying out any of its functions.
It shall render reports and submit intelligence assessments to the Secretary
of Finance, the Director General, NISA, and to such other officials as may be
directed;
It shall recommend steps or actions as may be appropriate to prevent or
suppress smuggling, tax evasion and other related illegal activities; and
It shall exercise such other functions and perform such other duties as may
be directed by competent authority.
Organization.
SECTION 3. Organization.—The FDIIB shall be
organized and composed of the Manpower Division; Intelligence Division;
Investigation 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.
Abolition of ASAC.
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 FDIIB. The Intelligence and Investigation Division in the
Department of Finance and other sections, units or personnel engaged in
intelligence and. investigation work in the bureaus and offices under the
Department of Finance shall as much as possible be integrated with the
Bureau.
Application of WAPCO and Civil Service Rules.
SECTION 5. Application of WAPCO and Civil Service
Rules.—Personnel of the FDIIB shall be exempt from 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.
Appropriation.
SECTION 6. Appropriation.—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 FDIIB shall be included in the annual appropriation
act.
Repealing Clause.
SECTION 7. Repealing Clause.—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 hereby rescinded or modified accordingly.
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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