[ LETTER OF IMPLEMENTATION NO. 49, August 31, 1976 ]

IMPLEMENTING THE SALARY ADJUSTMENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE INTEGRATED NATIONAL POLICE EFFECTIVE AUGUST 8, 1976 AS PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 1 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 973

TO : The Secretary of National Defense
   
  The Commissioner of the Budget
   
  The Director General of the Integrated National Police

Pursuant to Section 2 of Presidential Decree No. 973, salary adjustments of the members of the Integrated National Police shall be fully implemented as authorized under Section 1 of the same Decree effective August 8, 1976, in accordance with the following guidelines:
  1. Thirty per centum of the salary adjustments shall be paid initially chargeable against the Salary Adjustment Fund as appropriated under Presidential Decree No. 733 and reappropriated under Presidential Decree No. 904, subject to reimbursement from the local government contributions as provided for under Presidential Decree No, 632.

  2. The balance of seventy per centum of the salary adjustments shall be paid subject to availability of funds„

  3. Any member of the INP who is retired from the service on or after August 8, 1976 shall be considered as having attained the salary rates as provided for a Section 1, Presidential Decree No. 973.

  4. New recruits shall be hired at rates not exceeding the lowest salary actually being received by the lowest ranking member of the INP.

  5. Funds for the thirty percent salary adjustment shall be integrated in the Budget of the Integrated National Police effective, January 1, 1977 and included in subsequent Annual Appropriations Decrees.
Done in the City of Manila, this 31st day of August in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Six-

(Sgd.) FERDINANDE E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines