By virtue of the powers vested in me by section 90 of the National Defense Act, as amended, I, Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines, do hereby prescribe that officers of the Philippine Navy who are engaged in regular and frequent aerial flights pursuant to orders by competent authority and whose duties are inherent in the operation of aircraft while in flight shall receive additional compensation or flying pay equivalent to one-half of their base pay. Entitlement to flying pay shall be subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of National Defense with the approval of the Office of the President.

Done in the City of Manila, this 4th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the sixteenth.


By the President:
(SGD.) EDILBERTO B. GALLARES
Assistant Executive Secretary