AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN AS ADOPTED UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 372
• Sections: 5

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 all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and

pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General

Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby decree the

following as part of the law of the land:

Section 1

SECTION 1. Paragraphs 8, 10 and 11, Article III, Chapter 1,

Part VI of the Integrated Reorganization Plan as adopted under

Presidential Decree No. 1, are hereby amended to read as follows:

"8. There shall be a Director-General with a Cabinet rank, and

two Deputy Directors-General with the rank of Undersecretaries, who

shall serve as the executive and assistant executive officers of the

NEDA, respectively. The Director-General shall hold office at the

pleasure of the President, while the Deputy Directors-General shall be

career officials.

"Whenever the Director-General is unable to perform his duties

owing to illness, absence or other cause, or in case of vacancy in the

office, the Deputy Director-General designated by the President shall

temporarily perform the functions of said office."

"10. The Director-General and the Deputy Directors-General shall

be required to work full time in the NEDA and shall not be extended any

other appointment to public office in a concurrent capacity except as

ex officio member of government bodies as specifically provided

for by law or a part-time member thereat as may be designated by the

President.

"11. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the

budget of NEDA shall be in the form of lump-sum appropriations with the

Director-General having sole authority to determine the details of

expenditures: Provided, That the Director-General may use any

savings from any item in the said appropriation for strengthening the

NEDA offices."

Section 2

SEC. 2. A new paragraph designated as paragraph 16 is

hereby added to Article III, Part VI of the Integrated Reorganization

Plan to read as follows:

"16. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the

Director-General may authorize the assignment of government motor

vehicles under the custody of NEDA for use of its officers from the rank

of Director or higher: Provided, That those officers with

assigned vehicles shall not any more be entitled to transportation

allowances."

Section 3

SEC. 3. Paragraph 2, Article V, Chapter I, Part VI of the

Integrated Reorganization Plan is hereby amended to read as follows:

"2. The Committee shall be composed of the Director-General of

the Authority, as Chairman; the Chairman of the Board of Investments, as

Vice-Chairman; and the following as members: the Secretary of Finance,

the Governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines, the Chairman of the

Development Bank of the Philippines, the President of the Philippine

National Bank, the General Manager of the Government Service Insurance

System, the Administrator of the Social Security System, the President

of the Land Bank and the President of the Amanah Bank: Provided,

That the head of any other financial institution that may hereafter be

created may also be designated by the President of the Philippines as

member upon the recommendation of the Authority."

Section 4

SEC. 4. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 9th day of January, in the year of Our

Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President

Republic of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR

Executive Secretary