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

Persons entitled to per diems.

Section 1

SECTION 1. Persons entitled to per diems.—All officers and employees of the service on travel status or on assignment outside their regular posts shall be entitled to per diems at such amounts as the Secretary, with the approval of the President, may prescribe by regulation: Provided, however, That no per diem shall exceed sixty pesos in any case without the specific authorization of the President.

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