Presidential Decree No. 632 (PD 632) — Providing for the Budgetary Administration of the Integrated Police Forces
WHEREAS, pursuant to Presidential Decrees No. 421, dated
March 21, 1974; No. 482, dated June 13, .1974; No. 531, dated August 8,
1974; and No. 585, dated November 18, 1974, administrative control and
supervision over the city and municipal police and fire departments and
jails therein covered, including their personnel, funds, property,
equipment, and other resources, shall be transferred to the Philippine
Constabulary after one year, but not later than two years, from the
promulgation of the aforesaid Decrees;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the aforementioned Presidential
Decrees, operational control over the Metropolitan Police Force and the
Provincial integrated Police Forces therein established has been
transferred to the Philippine Constabulary from the promulgation
thereof;
WHEREAS, among the objectives of police integration are to
provide for an adequate scale of compensation for the members of the
Integrated Police Forces and to upgrade their equipage, their training
and overall capabilities and thereby improve their efficiency;
WHEREAS, in order that the Integrated Police Forces
established pursuant to Presidential Decrees No. 421, dated March 21,
1974; No. 482, dated June 13, 1974; No. 531, dated August 8, 1974; and
No. 585, dated November 18, 1974, and such other decrees as may
hereafter be promulgated, can be cohesively organized, better
coordinated, effectively directed, and systematically managed, there is a
need for an appropriate enabling measure in addition to the
aforementioned decrees;
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 to be part of the law of the land the
following:
Funding of Integrated Police Forces.
SECTION 1. Funding of Integrated Police Forces. —
Effective upon the transfer to the Philippine Constabulary of the power
of administrative control and supervision over the Metropolitan Police
Force and the Provincial Integrated Police Forces as prescribed in
Presidential Decrees No. 421, dated March 21, 1974; No. 482, dated June
13, 1974; No. 531, dated August 8, 1974; and No. 585, dated November 18,
1974, and other police forces to be integrated into the Integrated
Police Force in succeeding or subsequent decrees, each of the cities and
municipalities therein covered shall include every fiscal year in their
respective general fund annual budget an appropriation in an amount
equivalent to not less than eighteen per centum (18%) of the annual
regular income accruing to the general fund of each of said cities or
municipalities actually realized during the next preceding fiscal year
as their respective contributions to the National Government for the
maintenance and operation of the Metropolitan Police Force and the
Provincial Integrated Police Forces therein established: Provided,
That no city or municipality shall divert for other purposes any fund,
property, equipment, facilities and other resources being used by or
intended for the police and fire departments and jails included in said
Presidential Decrees. For purposes of this Decree, the annual regular
income herein referred to shall include all revenues and receipts
accruing to the general fund of the city or municipality concerned, but
excluding budgetary aids, subsidies or other financial assistance or
contribution from the National Government, proceeds from bond issues,
proceeds from or repayment of loans, private contributions or donations,
return or advances to economic enterprises, sales of fixed assets,
income from sale of real property, prior year's adjustments, and other
receipts not regularly recurring each fiscal year.
Failure on the part of the local legislative body to provide the
full appropriation for the city/municipal contribution fixed in this
Section shall constitute sufficient ground for the Secretary of Finance
or the Provincial Treasurer, as the case may be, to declare inoperative
the annual/ supplemental budgets of the city or municipality of the
corresponding fiscal year in accordance with the pertinent provisions of
Presidential Decree No. 477, dated June 3, 1974. In such cases and
city/municipality concerned shall be required to set aside the necessary
appropriation in a general fund supplemental budget for the said fiscal
year and upon the continued failure of the city/municipality to provide
for such appropriation, the Secretary of Finance may order the
withholding of the amount involved from the internal revenue allotments
accruing to the city/municipality and/or take such other measures as he
may deem appropriate.
Remittance of Contribution.
SEC. 2. Remittance of Contribution. — Within ten
(10) days following the end of each month, the city or municipal
treasurer shall remit to the credit of the Treasurer of the Philippines,
one twelfth (1/12) of the annual contribution of the city or
municipality referred to in Section 1 hereof to the branch of the
Philippine National Bank or Philippine Veterans Bank nearest the city or
municipality concerned. The Treasurer of the Philippines shall account
for the contribution herein referred to as income of the General Fund.
Absence of Approved Annual Budget.
SEC. 3. Absence of Approved Annual Budget. — In the
absence of an approved budget for any fiscal year, the city or municipal
treasurer concerned shall nevertheless make the remittance herein
prescribed in an amount equal to the contribution of such city or
municipality for the immediately preceding fiscal year until such time
as the appropriation required for the new fiscal year shall have been
determined in accordance with Section 1 of this Decree and the necessary
appropriation set aside in a supplemental budget of the city or
municipality whereupon remittances shall be made on the basis thereof as
provided for in Section 2 of this Decree.
National Annual Budget.
SEC. 4. National Annual Budget. — The National
Government shall include in its annual appropriations such sums as may
be necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Metropolitan
Police Force and the Provincial Integrated Police Forces established
pursuant to Presidential Decrees No. 421, No. 482, No. 531, No. 585 and
such subsequent decrees on Police Integration as may be promulgated,
including amounts necessary to cover any deficiency in the local
contributions, subsidies and other types of fund support.
Appropriation.
SEC. 5. Appropriation. — Such additional sum is
hereby respectively appropriated out of any funds in the National
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, as may be necessary, for the
implementation of Presidential Decrees No. 421, No. 482, No. 531 and No.
585, and such subsequent decrees on Police Integration as may be
promulgated for personnel services, maintenance and other operating
expenses, including transportation allowances at rates to be prescribed
by the Chief of Constabulary, purchase of motor vehicles, equipment
outlay, and capital outlay. Thereafter, such amount as is necessary
shall be included in the Annual General Appropriation Act as provided in
the preceding Section.
Book of Accounts.
SEC. 6. Book of Accounts. — With the approval of
the Secretary of National Defense, the Chief of Constabulary is
authorized to maintain and administer, a separate book of accounts
solely for the Metropolitan Police Force and the Provincial Integrated
Police Forces.
Annual Report.
SEC. 7. Annual Report. — Within thirty (30) days
after the end of each calendar year, the Chief of Constabulary shall
submit to the President, through the Secretary of National Defense, an
annual report on the activities and accomplishments of the Metropolitan
Police Force and the Provincial Integrated Police Forces.
Penalty Clause.
SEC. 8. Penalty Clause. — Failure on the part of
any city or municipal council to provide in the city/municipal budget
the appropriation prescribed in Section 1 of this Decree or on the part
of the city/municipal treasurer to make the remittance required in
Rules and Regulations.
SEC. 9. Rules and Regulations. — With the approval
of the Secretary of National Defense, the Chief of Constabulary may
promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the
effective implementation of this Decree.
The Secretary of Finance shall likewise promulgate such rules
and regulations as may be necessary of the proper implementation of
Effectivity.
SEC. 11. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take
effect upon approval.
Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of January, in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
Section 1, 2 and 3 of this Decree furnishing the Secretary of National
Defense and the Chief of Constabulary with copies thereof.
SEC.
10. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees, orders and
instructions inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.
Section 2 or 3 hereof, and any other violation of the provisions of this
Decree shall be punished in accordance with the said Presidential
Decrees No. 421, No. 482, No. 531, No. 585, and such subsequent decrees
on Police Integration as may be promulgated.
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