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Section 7 of Republic Act No. 8439 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 7. Other Benefits. -Notwithstanding laws and issuances on Compensation and Position Classification System, and Salary Standardization in the Government, science and technology personnel defined under Section 5 of Republic Act No. 8439 shall receive the following:
"(a) Honorarium. S & T personnel who rendered services beyond the established regular workload of scientists, technologists, researchers and technicians whose broad and superior knowledge, expertise or professional standing in a specific field contributes to productivity and innovativeness shall be entitled to receive honorarium subject to rules to be set by the Department.
"The government shall not impose a limit on the amount of additional honoraria sourced from externally funded grants that may be received by S & T personnel.
"x x x."
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