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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 421 November 26, 1973

AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 129 DATED MAY 6, 1968, ENTITLED "PROVIDING RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING OFFICIAL TRAVEL ABROAD OF OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT BOTH NATIONAL AND LOCAL, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS AND PRESCRIBING RATES OF ALLOWANCES AND OTHER EXPRESS THEREFOR"

Section 16 of Executive Order No. 129 dated May 6, 1968 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 16. Clothing allowance and per diem. Officials and employees authorized to travel abroad under this title shall be granted clothing allowance and per diem as follows:

Clothing		Per diem		Allowance
(a) The Department Secretaries;
	the Executive Secretary;
	the Commissioner on Audit;
	the Commissioner of the Budget;
	the Commissioner of Civil Service;
	the Director-General, National Economic and Development Authority;
	the Social Welfare Administrator;
	the Chairman, Commission on Elections;
	the Chairman, Civil Service Board of Appeals;
	the Chairman, National Science Development Board;
	the Chairman, Population Commission;
	the Chairman, National Police Commission;
	the Department Undersecretaries, ambassadors, ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary;
	the Assistant Executive Secretaries;
	the Legal Adviser to the President;
	the Deputy Commissioner of the Budget,
	the Deputy Commissioner on Audit;
	the Deputy Director-General and Assistant Director-Generals, National Economic and Development Authority;
	the Solicitor General;
	the Members, Commission on Elections;
	the Members, Civil Service Board of Appeals;
	the Deputy Commissioner of Civil Service;
	the Government Corporate Counsel;
	the Legislative Secretary;
	the Governor, Land Authority;
	the Vice-Chairman, National Science Development Board;
	the Managing Director, National Computer Center,
	the Managing Director, Development Management Staff;
	the Executive Director, Population Commission;
	the Chief of the Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines;
	the President, University of the Philippines;
	and the presidents of other state universities;
	the chairman of governing boards and
	the general managers or other managing heads of government-owned or controlled corporations; heads of delegations with full powers; and other officials of similar or equivalent rank	P300.00	P50.00
(b) The vice-chairman and members of governing boards and councils and the assistant general managers or other assistant managing heads of government-owned or controlled corporations;
	career ministers;
	directors and assistant directors and chiefs of bureaus and offices;
	general officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines;
	vice-presidents of state universities;
	and other officials of similar or equivalent rank	P250.00	P40.00
(c) The heads of primary units and officials of equivalent rank in the Executive Department, the Commission on Audit, and government-owned or controlled corporations; field grade officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines; foreign affairs officers; heads of state colleges and deans of colleges of the University of the Philippines; and other officials of similar or equivalent rank		P225.00	P35.00
(d) All other employees		P200.00	P30.00

The per diem herein provided for shall be granted only for the duration of the official trip, including travel time as defined in Section 20 hereof."

Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.

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