Reduction of salaries, wages and allowances.
Section 15
SEC. 15. Reduction of salaries, wages and allowances.—The salaries, wages and allowances of all officers and employees payable from any lump sum appropriation authorized either in this Act or in any other special Act, including those payable from any special or trust fund created by an Act of the Legislature, shall be reduced according to the following schedule, the reduction to be based upon the rates of salaries, wages and allowances prior to the reduction prescribed in the Memorandum Order of the Governor-General, dated April 8, 1932: More than P1,200 a year, more than P100 a month, or more than P4 a day ................................................................................. 15% P1,200 a year, P100 a month, or P4 a day, or less, but more than P300 a year, P25 a month, or P1 a day ................................... 10% Allowances ................................................................................................................................................................................. 20% Provided, That the officer or employee whose fixed salary is P300 a year, P25 a month, or P1 a day or less shall suffer no reduction: Provided, further, That the officer or employee whose fixed salary has been reduced by 15% shall not receive less than P1,080 a year, P90 a month, or P3.60 a day, and the officer or employee whose fixed salary has been reduced by 10% shall not receive less than P300 a year, P25 a month, or P1 a day: And provided, further, That this provision shall not apply to the salaries of those officers whose compensations are fixed in Acts of the United States Congress and also to the salaries of insular teachers contracted prior to January 1, 1933, by virtue of the provisions of section 697 of the Revised Administrative Code, but the difference between the contract salary and the appropriation available shall be offset by corresponding savings in any item or items of the appropriation of the Bureau of Education for salaries and wages.