Section 10
SEC. 10. Suspension of expenditure of appropriations.-Any provision of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding, the President of the Philippines is authorized to suspend or otherwise stop the expenditure of any amount herein appropriated for any purpose, or any portion thereof, whenever in his judgment the publicv interest so requires, and thereupon the funds affected by such action shall become available for expenditure in connection with the national defense of, and the protection of the civilization population in, the Philippines in case of any grave national emergency, including increases in the expenses of the Philippine Army and the Philippine Constabulary as well as expenses for the organization of volunteer or home guards, or for any other expenditures authorized in this Act as the President may determine. This provision shall not apply to the appropriations for the National Assembly, the Congress of the Philippines and the Judiciary.