MALACAŅANG
M a n i l a

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 622 December 26, 1974

FURTHER AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN ADOPTED UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1 AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 372

I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree the following as part of the law of the land:

Section 1. Paragraph 8, Article III, Chapter 1, Part VI of the Integrated Reorganization Plan as adopted under Presidential Decree No. 1 and as amended by Presidential Decree No. 372, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"8. There shall be a Director-General with Cabinet rank, and such number of Deputy Directors-General as the President may determine, with the rank of Undersecretary, who shall serve as the executive and assistant executive officers of the NEDA, respectively. The Director-General shall hold office at the pleasure of the President, while the Deputy Directors-General shall be career officials.

Whenever the Director-General is unable to perform his duties owing to illness, absence or other cause, or in case of vacancy in the office, the Deputy Director-General designated by the President shall temporarily perform the functions of said office.

Section 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

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


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