RA 708 (Foreign Service Act of the Philippines) Section 1

Civil attachés.

Section 1

SECTION 1. Civil attachés.—Under such regulations as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs may prescribe with the approval of the President, agricultural, commercial, financial, cultural, labor and other civil attachés may be designated to serve in diplomatic missions or consular offices abroad. When serving abroad, such attachés shall receive their basic salaries and other emoluments from their respective Departments, which shall also defray the cost of their transportation and that of their immediate families, should any accompany them to their post.

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