Guidelines Governing Implementation of P.D. No. 415 ( Letter of Instructions No. 219 )

October 14, 1974

October 14, 1974

LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 219

TO : The Secretary of Finance 
     
    The Director General 
    National Economic and Development Authority 
     
    The Governor, Central Bank 
     
    The Chairman 
    Development Bank of the Philippines 
     
    The Chairman 
    Philippine National Bank National Investment and Development
     Corporation 
     
    The General Manager 
    Government Service and Insurance System 
     
    The Administrator 
    Social Security System 

In order to achieve the objective of the state in establishing a self-reliant defense posture which requires the immediate prosecution of national defense projects for the acquisition or production of military material, the following guidelines shall be observed in the implementation of Presidential Decree No. 415 dated March 19, 1974:

1. The government banks and financial institutions enumerated above shall waive the payment of their normal banking and financial charges such as commissions, guaranty fees and other similar charges, but excluding actual expenses incurred, whenever these institutions participate in any loan, credit or indebtedness including suppliers' credit and deferred payment arrangements that may be entered into by the Republic of the Philippines pursuant to Section 3 of Presidential Decree No. 415.

2. The Secretary of Finance shall exempt from the payment of the required documentary and science stamps transactions between the Republic of the Philippines and these government banks and financial institutions involving any loan, credit or indebtedness including suppliers' credits and deferred payment arrangements pursuant to Section 3 of Presidential Decree No. 415. cd

DONE in the City of Manila, this 14th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Four. casia