Administrative Order No. 61, s. 1999

May 27, 1999 REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 40-99 SUBJECT : Administrative Order No. 61 Dated 23 March 1999 Entitled: "Reiterating the Provisions of Administrative Order No. 1-A Dated January 6, 1954, and Administrative Order No. 1 Dated December 30, 1965, Prohibiting Public Officers and Employees From Entering Into Certain Kinds of Official Transactions with Real or Imagined Relatives of the President" TO : All Revenue Officials and Others Concerned For the information and guidance of all revenue officials and employees, quoted hereunder is Administrative Order No. 61 dated 23 March 1999 of the Office of the President: "REITERATING THE PROVISIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 1-A DATED JANUARY 6, 1954 AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 1 DATED DECEMBER 30, 1965, PROHIBITING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES FROM ENTERING INTO CERTAIN KINDS OF OFFICIAL TRANSACTIONS WITH REAL OR IMAGINED RELATIVES OF THE PRESIDENT I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby reiterate the provisions of Administrative Order No. 1-A dated January 6, 1954, and Administrative Order No. 1 dated December 30, 1965, both prohibiting public officers and employees from dealing directly or indirectly or entering into certain kinds of official transactions with real or imagined relatives of the President. Therefore, all officers and employees of the government who are holding positions of trust and responsibility are hereby prohibited from dealing directly or indirectly with any of my relatives or the relatives of the First Lady, within the third civil degree of consanguinity or affinity, whether real or imagined, in matters relating to procurement or purchase of supplies and materials, appointment of government personnel, recommendations for positions, or any other matter calling for action or decision, in which the interested party invokes or makes use of my name or that of any member of my family, or of such relationship in order to obtain any favor, concession or privilege either for him or for any other person. LLphil Any officer or employee of the Government, including those in government-owned and controlled corporations, violating this Order shall be dealt with administratively. DONE in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of March in the Year of Our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine. (SGD.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA President By the President: (SGD.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA Executive Secretary" All revenue officials and employees are enjoined to give this circular as wide a publicity as possible. (SGD.) BEETHOVEN L. RUALO Commissioner of Internal Revenue