An Act Providing for Three Pesos and Fifty Centavos Per Day Subsistence Allowance for Officers and Enlisted Men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in the Active Status
Year:
1968
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 15, 1968
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This Act provides for a daily subsistence allowance of three pesos and fifty centavos for officers and enlisted men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines who are in active status. It also authorizes the appropriation of necessary funds from the National Treasury to implement this provision.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 5254
An Act Providing for Three Pesos and Fifty Centavos Per Day Subsistence Allowance for Officers and Enlisted Men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in the Active Status
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. Any provision of law, executive order, or parts thereof to the contrary notwithstanding, all officers and enlisted men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in the active status, shall each be entitled to a basic allowance for subsistence, the value of which shall not be less than three pesos and fifty centavos per day irrespective of their rank or grade.
Section 2. The sum of thirty-two million pesos or such other sum as may be necessary is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the purposes of this Act, and thereafter, such sums as may be necessary to effect the provisions of this Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Section 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 15, 1968.
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