Section 5
SEC. 5. A second paragraph is hereby added to Section 45 of P.D. No. 1177, as follows: "Except as otherwise provided by law, the maximum number of permanent positions in a bureau, office or agency shall not exceed the number of permanent positions included in the approved staffing pattern and in the approved special budgets for the said bureau, office or agency: Provided, That savings from personal services may be used to create additional positions to implement the regionalization of agencies under the integrated reorganization plan or for expansion of essential services, subject to prior approval of the Commissioner of the Budget and to the provisions of Section 40 hereof."