The implementing machinery.
Section 5
SEC. 5. The implementing machinery.— For the purpose of implementing the provisions of this Act, the Reparations Agreement, and the exchange of notes on reparations loans, there is hereby created the Reparations Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission, which shall be composed of a Chairman and two other embers appointed by the President of the Philippines, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments, of shall serve until removed for cause or by reason death or disability. The Chairman shall receive a salary of eighteen thousand pesos per annum and the other members, fifteen thousand pesos per annum each. Subject to the provisions of the Reparations Agreement, there is hereby also created a Mission in Japan hereinafter referred to as the Mission, to be composed of a Chief of Mission and such senior officials as may be necessary to effectively undertake the work of the Mission. The Chief of Mission and the senior officials thereof shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines with the consent of the Commission on Appointments. The Chief of Mission shall receive a compensation of twelve thousand pesos per annum, and shall be a career Minister of the Philippine Foreign Service. The compensation and corresponding diplomatic ranks of the senior officials shall be determined and fixed by the President of the Philippines: Provided, That the Chief of the Legal Section of the Mission shall not be accorded any diplomatic rank or status. All subordinate officials and employees of the Commission shall be appointed, and their compensation fixed, by the Commission. All subordinate officials and employees of the Mission shall be appointed by the Chief of Mission, and their compensation fixed by the Commission upon recommendation of the Chief of Mission. All subordinate officials and employees of both the Commission and the Mission, except those whose positions are policy determining, primarily confidential or highly technical in nature, shall be subject to the Civil Service law. All officials and employees of both the Commission and the Mission shall be properly bonded in the amount to be determined by the Commission according to the rank and responsibilities of the position of each official and employee. They shall, before assuming their office and every six months thereafter, file with the office of the President a schedule under oath of their assets and liabilities. The officials and employees of the Mission shall be granted allowances similar to those granted members of the Foreign Service of equal or similar rank, pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign Service Act, except the Chief of Mission who shall enjoy allowances equal to that of an Ambassador. The Chairman and the other members of the Commission as well as the Chief and the senior officials of the Mission, shall devote their full time to their duties and shall not, during their continuance in office, nor after, separation therefrom, be interested, financially or otherwise directly or indirectly, in any business or transaction relating to the goods and services that may be received the Philippine Government as reparations from Japan nor in any loans that may be effectuated under the exchange of notes on reparations loans. The relatives of such officials within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity shall likewise be prohibited from having any interest, financial or otherwise, direct or indirect, in any business or transaction relating to such reparations goods or services.