RATIONALIZING ALLOWANCES OF PERSONNEL IN THE JUDICIARY

WHEREAS, there are at present a number of administrative orders governing the payment of transportation and representation allowances to certain positions in the judiciary, among which are: Administrative Order No. 5, Administrative Order No. 51, and Administrative Order No. 62 of the Judiciary;

WHEREAS, there is a need for rationalizing the payment of transportation and representation allowances in the Judiciary;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue ox the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order and direct:

1. The Transportation and Representation allowances of Personnel in the Judiciary shall be in accordance with the following scale:
   

   		Transportation Allowance	Representation Allowance	Total
   Supreme Court
   Chief Justice		P2,000	P2,000	P4,000
   Associate Justices		1,500	1,500	3,000
   Court of Appeals
   Presiding Justice		1,900	1,900	3,800
   Associate Justice		1,300	1,300	2,600
   Court of Tax Appeals
   Presiding Judge		P250	P750	P1,000
   Associate Judge		250	750	1,000
   Court of Agrarian Relations
   Executive Judge		400	750	1,150
   Judges		400	600	1,000
   Circuit Criminal Courts
   Judges		400	600	1,000
   Court of First Instance
   Judges		400	600	1,000
   Juvenilla and Domestic Relations Courts
   Judges		400	600	1,000
   City Court
   Judge (1st class cities)		350	375	725
   All other city court		300	325	625
   Municipal Courts
   Judges
   	a. Metro Manila	300	130	430
   	b. Capitals	300	130	430
   Municipal Circuit Courts
   	a. Metro Manila	250	130	380
   	b. All other Circuit Courts	200	130	330
   Clerks of Courts
   	a. CFI, CCC, CAR, JDRC, Metro Manila	P300	P200	P500
   	b. Of other CFI’s, CCC’s CAR’s and JDRC	250	150	400
   	c. Of City Courts, Metro Manila Area	250	150	400
   	d. Of other City Courts	200	100	300

2. Officials who are assigned official vehicles shall not receive the Transportation Allowance herein indicated.
3. The  allowances provided in this Letter shall be borne exclusively by the National Government end City, Provincial and Municipal governments shall cease paying similar allowances to personnel of the Judiciary assigned in their respective areas.  Officials and employees covered by this Letter shall not receive emoluments or allowances from their respective city, province, or municipality of assignment.
4. Funds needed to implement this Letter shall be drawn from savings in the current appropriations of the Judiciary for current operating expenditures.
5. This Letter of Implementation takes effect on August 1, 1979.

Done in the City of Manila, this 9th day of August,1979.

				(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
				President
				Republic of the Philippines
	By the President:
	(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
		Presidential Assistant