WHEREAS, the subsistence allowance of prisoners and detainees under the custody of the Philippine Constabulary/Integrated National Police is only FOUR PESOS (P4.00) a day;

WHEREAS, the daily subsistence allowance of the prisoners and detainees at the National Penitentiary under the Bureau of Prisons has already been increased to SIX PESOS (P6.00); and

WHEREAS, there is a need to adjust the subsistence allowance of prisoners and detainees under the custody of the PC/INP to keep abreast with the increasing price level of foodstuff and other prime commodities, and to keep them at par with the other prisoners and detainees;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and direct the increase in subsistence allowance of prisoners and detainees under the custody of the PC/INP from FOUR PESOS (P4.00) to SIX PESOS (P6.00) a day.

This Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 18th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-one.


By the President:

(SGD.) JOAQUIN T. VENUS, JR.
Acting Presidential Executive Assistant