[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 822, August 08, 1982 ]

GRANTING ALL THE UNIFORMED MEMBERS OF THE INTEGRATED NATIONAL POLICE QUARTERS ALLOWANCE



WHEREAS, Section 6 of Presidential Decree No. 855 dated December 22, 1975, authorizes the Director General, Integrated National Police subject to approval of the Minister of National Defense, to prescribe reasonable allowances for the police and fire service personnel, such as, but not limited to, subsistence, cost of living and clothing allowances, in order to compensate for the difference in the cost of living in the different regions or areas of the country, and for the effective maintenance of a well-disciplined law enforcement force;

WHEREAS, the present allowances prescribed and authorized to the uniformed members of the Integrated National Police are no longer responsive to their needs due to economic recession and inflation;

WHEREAS, there is a need to augment their present prescribed allowances to improve the economic well-being of the INP;

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:

1. The grant of monthly quarters allowance to all uniformed members of the Integrated National Police at the rate prescribed opposite each grade as follows:

Grade

Rate Per Month

Police/Fire Brigadier General

P280

Police/Fire Colonel

240

Police/Fire Lt. Colonel

210

Police/Fire Major

180

Police/Fire Captain

160

Police/Fire Lieutenant

140

Police/Fire Sergeant

100

Police/Fire Corporal

90

Patrolman/Fireman First Class

80

Patrolman/Fireman

80

2. Funds needed to implement this Order shall be drawn from salary savings of the Integrated National Police Appropriation for CY 1982. Any further augmentation shall come from the budgetary reserves of CY 1982 General Appropriation Act. Funds intended to carry out this Order for the succeeding years shall be incorporated in the annual appropriation of the INP.

3. The rules and regulations needed to comply with this Order shall be formulated by the Ministry of National Defense.

4. This Executive Order shall take effect on August 8, 1982.

DONE IN THE CITY OF MANILA, this 8th day of AUGUST in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Two.

(SGD.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Executive Assistant