REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6537 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1971 TO ENABLE IT TO CONTINUE ITS WORK OF PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM JULY 1, 1972 TO JANUARY 31, 1973.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The sum of thirteen million five hundred thousand pesos is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the operating expenses of the Constitutional Convention of 1971 to enable it to continue its work of proposing amendments to the Constitution of the Philippines from July 1, 1972 to January 31, 1973, for the purposes and in the amounts following:

I. Personal Services:

1. Per diems P4,000,000.00

2. Personal services 4,960,000.00

Total per diems and personal services P8,960,000.00

II. Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses:

1.

Traveling Expenses

P1,010,000.00

2.

Supplies and materials

1,245,000.00

3. Communication and mailing services 405,000.00

4. Printing and binding of reports and documents 425,000.00

5. Maintenance and repairs of equipment 60,000.00

6. Council and committee conference expenses 200,000.00

7. Maintenance, repair and improvement of buildings 730,000.00

8. Miscellaneous expenses 365,000.00

Total for maintenance and other operating expenses

P 440,000.00

III. Equipment 100,000.00

To t a l P13,500,000.00

SEC. 2. Release of Funds .—The Budget Commissioner and the National Treasurer of the Philippines shall set aside from the national funds the appropriations herein authorized for the Constitutional Convention of 1971. Upon notice by the President of the Constitutional Convention of 1971, the Budget Commissioner and the National Treasurer, as well as their subordinate officers and employees, shall effect automatic equal monthly releases covering appropriations for the Constitutional Convention of 1971, the provisions of any other law, rule or regulation relating to the allotment system notwithstanding.

SEC. 3. Any unexpended amount of the sums herein appropriated after January 31, 1973, or on the date final adjournment of the Constitutional Convention if said adjournment be earlier than January 31, 1973 shall automatically revert to the general funds of the government.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, August 8, 1972.