Article 121p. 121

ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND LAW OF PUBLIC OFFICERS TEXT AND RULES

representation expenses in any form, or of receiving per

diems , allowances, honoraria , subsistence, quarters in

cash or in kind, payable from government funds: Provided,

That the application of this provisions may be waived to

authorize voluntary service in the Armed Forces of the

Philippines or in connection with relief operations.

SECTION 66. Additional Compensation for School

Faculty Members . — Professors, instructors, teachers, or

members of the faculty of government schools, colleges

and universities, when required to teach more than their

regular

teaching

loads

may

be

paid

additional

compensation not exceeding seventy-five percentum of

their basic salary.

SECTION 67. Laundry . — At the discretion of the

department head concerned, any official or employee of

the national government serving in any hospital, penal

institution, or other similar institution, who is required to

wear a uniform during the performance of his duties, may

be granted laundry allowance in kind, or which may be

commuted at such rates as may be authorized by the

Department of Budget.

SECTION 68. Hazard Pay . — Upon recommendation

of the department head concerned and approval of the

Secretary, hazard pay may be allowed to employees who

are

actually

assigned to danger or strife-torn areas,

disease-infested

places,

or

in

distressed

or

isolated

stations and camps, which expose them to great danger

of contagion or peril to life. Such hazard pay shall be paid

from savings of the department concerned at such rates,

terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe.

SECTION 69. Subsistence . — No official or employee of

the national government shall be given subsistence, the

cost of which is payable from any fund, except the

following and only when an appropriation therefor is

specifically provided:

(1) Marine officers, engineers and crew of government

vessels, launches, and motorboats, who shall take their

meals

on

the

mess

when

aboard the said vessels,

launches, or motorboats;

(2) Lightkeepers and other employees in light stations

duly authorized by the head of the department to receive

subsistence,

who shall be furnished raw canned, or

preserved food supplies;

(3) Officials and employees who are required to render

service

within

the

premises

of

hospitals,

penal

institutions, leper institutions, military installations, and

other similar institutions, for a continuous period that

includes meal time, may be allowed full subsistence

when required to live in said premises to make their

services available at any and all times;

(4)

Laborers

temporarily

fielded

to

isolated

or

unsettled districts shall be furnished the usual rations or

the equivalent in cash, at the expense of the government.

In hospitals and leper institutions where there are no

mess halls or whenever these are inadequate, personnel

entitled to subsistence allowance in kind may commute

such

subsistence

upon

request

of

the

personnel

concerned subject to the approval of the department

head

at

authorized

rates

chargeable

against

the

appropriation for supplies and materials authorized in the

General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 70. Subsistence of Crew of Government

Vessels . — The subsistence allowance for the officers and

crew

of

the

coast

guard

and

revenue

cutters

and

lighthouse tenders and other large vessels operated by

the Government shall be spent for conducting a mess

under the charge and administration of one or more

members

of

the complement in each vessel to be

designated by the corresponding head of department,

and in accordance with regulations to be issued by him.

The person or persons so designated shall keep an

account

of

the

advances

of

funds

received

and

expenditures made therefrom for the operation of the

mess and shall render such report to the corresponding

Accounting Officer promptly at the end of each month.

SECTION

71.

Furnished

Quarters .

—

When

the

position of any official or employee is provided with

"furnished quarters", such official or employee shall be

entitled to the use of such government-owned furniture

and equipment as are necessary for his board and

lodging and those for his family including children below

twenty-one years of age.

SECTION 72. Per Diems of Government Officials and

Employees . — When a government official or employee is

authorized to travel on official business outside of his

permanent station, he shall be entitled to per diems to

cover his board and lodging in accordance with his

schedule: Provided , That in addition to per diems , the

official or employee may be entitled to transportation

expenses in going to and coming from his destination

and to a daily allowance while in the field: Provided,

further , That officials and employees on travel status

whose expenses for board and lodging are paid directly or

indirectly by government may not be entitled to receive

the per diems and allowances corresponding to such

payments.

Department

secretaries,

heads

of

Constitutional

bodies,

undersecretaries

and

all

other

positions

of

equivalent rank are authorized the reimbursement of

actual expenses supported by receipts, within such limits

as may be imposed under the provisions of this section.

Officials and employees authorized to travel abroad

may be granted clothing allowance: Provided , That no

official

or

employee shall be granted such clothing

allowance

oftener

than

once

every

twenty-four

(24)

months.

The rates of per diems and other allowances as

authorized in this section shall be determined by the

President. The rates may be changed from time to time

upon recommendation of a Travel Rates Committee

which is hereby created, consisting of the Secretary of

Budget as Chairman and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs,

the Secretary of Tourism and the Chairman, Commission

on Audit, or their representatives, as members.

The Committee shall review travel rates and shall

recommend

to

the

President

for

consideration and

approval modification in rates and policy when found to

be warranted by actual domestic or foreign travel costs,

as the case may be.

Government-owned or controlled corporations shall

observe

the

rates

established

under

this

section:

Provided, That profit-making corporations may adopt

their own scales as may be provided by law. The Travel

Rates Committee shall issue the necessary rules and

regulations to enforce the provisions of this section.

SECTION 73. Additional Conditions for Payment of

Travel Expenses . — When travel is done by water and

subsistence is not included in the transportation cost, the

amount actually and necessarily spent for subsistence

during such travel time shall be paid, and no per diems

shall be allowed in lieu thereof.

Per diems and travel allowances shall not be granted

to

members

of

field

parties

or

others

for

whom

subsistence and allowances in kind are supplied or other

special provision made to cover travel expenses.

The

travel

expenses

of

a

government

official

or

employee who is assigned to render a special service to

any private person or entity, the expenses for which are

payable by the latter, shall be paid from a deposit which

the private party shall be required to make before the

performance

of

the

special

service

is

commenced,

subject

to

the

limitations

and

requirements

herein

provided for travel expenses payable from government

funds.

No

official

or employee of the Government who

remains temporarily at one station for a period longer

than one (1) month shall be paid per diems in excess of

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