Section 29
SEC. 29. Section forty-nine of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 49. Changes in par value; deviations therefrom. — The par value of the peso shall not be altered except when such action is made necessary by the following circumstances: "(a) When the existing par value would make impossible the achievement and maintenance of a balanced and sustainable growth of the economy without: "(1) The depiction of the international reserve of the Central Bank; or "(2) The chronic use of restrictions on the convertibility of the peso into foreign currencies or on the transferability abroad of funds from the Philippines; or "(3) Undue Government intervention in, or restriction of, the international flow of goods and services; or "(b) When uniform proportionate changes in par value are made by the countries which are members of the International Monetary Fund; or "(c) When the operation of any executive or international agreement to which the Republic of the Philippines is a party requires an alteration in the gold value of the peso. "Any modification in the gold or dollar value of the peso must be in conformity with the provisions of all executive and international agreements subscribed to and ratified by the Republic of the Philippines, and such modification shall be made only by the President of the Republic upon the proposal of the Monetary Board and with the approval of Congress. The proposal of the Monetary Board shall require the concurrence of at least five of the members of the Board. "Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph with respect to the approval of Congress, if there should be an emergency which, in the opinion of the President, is so grave and so urgent as to require immediate action, the President may modify the par value of the peso without the prior approval of Congress: Provided, however, That he shall report to the Congress on his action at the earliest opportunity. "In order to permit the exchange rate system to be more responsive to domestic and external developments, whenever indicated and not necessarily under emergency conditions alone, the Monetary Board, with the concurrence of at least five of its members, and with the approval of the President of the Philippines, is authorized to set or change the exchange rate or rates for the peso, which may differ from its par value."