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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 29, May 03, 1954 ]

DIRECTING THAT NO OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS BE ALLOWED PER DIEMS OF MORE THAN P50.00 WHEN TRAVELING ABROAD.

WHEREAS, it has been brought to my attention that some officers of government corporations under the past administration were given per diems of more than P50.00 when traveling abroad; and

WHEREAS, Section 19 of Republic Act No. 906 (General Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1954) provides that no per diems in excess of P50.00 shall be paid to any official or employee traveling outside of the Philippines;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RAMON MAGSAYSAY, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order that no officer or employee of corporations owned or controlled by the Government shall be allowed per diems in excess of P50.00 when traveling abroad.

Done in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eighth.1a⍵⍴h!1

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary

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