INCREASING THE CAPITAL OUTLAY FOR “PAKYAW” CONTRACTS BY AMENDING SECTION 1917 OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.

WHEREAS, Section 1917 of the Revised Administrative Code
provides for and recognizes “Pakyaw” contracts in the implementation of
certain public works projects;

WHEREAS, said “pakyaw” contracts partake of the nature of
undertaking public works projects under the Filipino bayanihan spirit
where the workers, moved by a sense of unity, put up a common capital
and render services on a cooperative basis;

WHEREAS, there is a need to promote the use of the “pakyaw”
system as an effective means undertaking public works projects by
labor-intensive methods and for this purpose it is deemed necessary that
the cost ceiling of “pakyaw” contracts be increased from the present
level of ten thousand pesos (P10,000.00) to fifty thousand pesos
(P50,000.00) per contract;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution, do hereby decree and order that the limit on the capital
outlay for “pakyaw” contracts for public works projects, authorized
under Section 1917 of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended, be
fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00) per contract, and the department
heads, bureau and agency heads, regional directors, and district and
city engineers of bureaus and agencies concerned are hereby authorized
to enter into negotiated “pakyaw” contracts.

All laws, rules and regulations inconsistent with the provisions of
this decree are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

This decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of June in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.