Section 5
SEC. 5. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c),and (e) of Section five of the same Act, as amended, are hereby further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 5. The implementing machinery.— (a) 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 four other members, at least one of whom shall belong to the minority party whose presidential candidate obtained the second largest number of votes in the presidential election immediately preceding his appointment, to be appointed by the President of the Philippines, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments, who shall serve until removed for cause or by reason of 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. All decisions of the Commission shall be by majority vote. "(b) Subject to the provisions of the Reparations Agreement, there is hereby also created a Mission in Japan, hereinafter referred to as 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. The Chief of the Legal Section of the Mission shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines with the consent of the Commission on Appointments, and his compensation shall be fixed by the President of the Philippines, but he shall not be accorded any diplomatic rank or status. "(c) All subordinate officials and employees of the Commission shall be appointed, and their compensations fixed, by the Commission. All subordinate officials and employees of the Mission shall be appointed by the Chief of Mission and their compensations 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: Provided, That their compensations and positions shall be exempt from standardization and classification by the Wage and Position Classification Office (WAPCO). "(e) The officials and employees of the Mission shall be granted allowances and benefits .similar to those granted members of the foreign service of equal or similar rank, pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign Service Act, with the Chief of the Philippine Reparations Mission enjoying allowances and benefits equal to that of Chief of Mission. The Chief and the two senior officials shall be entitled to commutable transportation allowance of two hundred pesos a month and representation allowance in an amount not exceeding two hundred pesos a month."