Section 2
SEC. 2. Section 2 is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. The following shall be exempted from the payment of the travel tax imposed under Section one of this Decree by securing a Travel Tax Exemption Certificate from the Philippine Tourism Authority: "a) Officials and employees of the Philippine Government or any of its departments, bureaus and instrumentalities travelling on official business; "b) Persons whose fares are paid out of Philippine Government funds; "c) Foreign diplomatic and consular officials and members of their staff who are duly accredited to the Republic of the Philippines including the immediate members of their families and household domestics whose entry as such has been authorized by the Philippine Government; "d) Officials, consultants, experts and employees of the United Nations organization and of its agencies, and those exempted under existing laws, treaties and international agreements; "e) Personnel of multi-national companies with regional headquarters at, but not engaged in business in the Philippines, and their dependents if joining them during the period of their assignment in the Philippines as certified to by the Department of Trade; "f) Crew members of ships and airplanes plying international routes who are leaving the country to join their vessels or airplane or to assume their positions therein; "g) Filipino citizens who are permanent residents of foreign countries who have stayed in the Philippines for a period of not more than one (1) year; "h) Bona-fide students whose studies have been approved by the NEDA Scholarship Committee and foreign students whose studios in the country is financed by their government or by an international organization. "i) Infants who are two years old or less; "j) Scientists and experts of any nationality invited by the Philippine Government in the interest of science and technology; "k) Destitutes certified to by the Department of Social Services & Development as such needing medical treatment not available in the Philippines as certified to by the Department of Health, and whose fares are paid for by private individuals, charitable institutions and organizations ; "l) Those authorized by the President of the Philippines for reasons of national interest."