PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 622, December 26, 1974

[ PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 622, December 26, 1974 ]

FURTHER AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN ADOPTED UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1 AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 372.

I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS , President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree the following as part of the law of the land:

SECTION 1 . Paragraph 8, Article III, Chapter 1, Part VI of the Integrated Reorganization Plan as adopted under Presidential Decree No. 1 and as amended by Presidential Decree No. 372, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"8. There shall be a Director-General with Cabinet rank, and such number of Deputy Directors-General as the President may determine, with the rank of Undersecretary, who shall serve as the executive and assistant executive officers of the NEDA, respectively. The Director-General shall hold office at the pleasure of the President, while the Deputy Directors-General shall be career officials."

"Whenever the Director-General is unable to perform his duties owing to illness, absence or other cause, or in case of vacancy in the office, the Deputy Director-General designated by the President shall temporarily perform the functions of said office."

SEC. 2 . This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.

(Sgd.)

FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.)

ALEJANDRO MELCHOR

Executive Secretary