Suspension of expenditure of appropriations.
Section 7
SEC. 7. Suspension of expenditure of appropriations.—Except as otherwise provided in this Act and whenever in his judgment the public interest so requires, the President of the Philippines is authorized to suspend or otherwise stop the expenditure of any amount herein appropriated in any item or items for the Executive Departments for any purpose, except those for salaries of positions with incumbents, and thereupon the funds affected by such action shall become available for any other expenditures authorized in this Act for the Executive Departments, except for salaries and wages, as the President may determine. In no case, however, shall any item of appropriation be augmented, pursuant to the authority granted in this section, by more than thirty per centum of the original appropriation provided in this Act for .such item: PROVIDED, That the Commissioner of the Budget and the Auditor General shall report to the Congress within a period of thirty days any suspension or transfer of funds made by the President during the previous quarter.