Staff Appointment.
Section 13
SEC. 13. Staff Appointment.—Any provision of existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the appointments of personnel of the Mindoro Office and the Secretariat of the Cabinet Committee may either be on full-time basis or part-time basis, and shall be exempt from requirements and restrictions of the Civil Service Law, rules and regulations, and position classification and salary standardization plan and Wage and Position Classification Office, as well as Section Two Hundred Fifty Nine of the Revised Administrative Code, Provided, that any government retiree employed in any of the said offices shall not be required to reimburse or refund any gratuity received from the Government nor shall any pension or annuity to which he is entitled to be suspended or reduced on account of his employment with any of the said offices; Provided, further that the personnel of the said offices shall be permanent and career in status without prejudice to transfer, detail, assignment, promotion, discipline and dismissal in accordance with the Personnel Management Program of the said offices and shall be entitled to benefits and privileges normally accorded to government agencies on detail with the said offices including adequate and reasonable honoraria or allowances.