Limitation on Purchase of Supplies, Materials and Equipment Spare Parts.
Section 28
SEC. 28. Limitation on Purchase of Supplies, Materials and Equipment Spare Parts.—The stock on hand of supplies, materials and equipment spare parts, to be acquired through ordinary purchase out of appropriations herein provided, shall at no time exceed normal three-month requirements, subject to pertinent rules and regulations issued by competent authority: Provided, That heads of Ministries, bureaus, offices or agencies or other instrumentalities of the government may approve the build-up of stocks on hand of critical supplies and materials in anticipation of cost increases, of requirements of a national emergency, or of an impending shortage in the items concerned, specifying maximum quantities of individual items, but in no case shall these stocks exceed more than one year's need, unless otherwise approved by the President (Prime Minister), upon the joint recommendation of the Minister concerned and the Chairman of the Commission on Audit.