Prohibition Against Granting Free Land, Sea or Air Transportation to Gov't. Officials and Employees

July 16, 1975

LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 296

 

In line with the objectives of the New Society and in order to instill the proper concept of morality in the government service, all government officials and employees, including officials and employees of government owned and controlled corporations and financial institutions and members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines are hereby prohibited from asking, demanding, or requesting in any way for free or discounted international or domestic transportation of passenger or property from any domestic or foreign airline, shipping company and land transportation company for any purpose except as hereinbelow provided. Such airlines, shipping and land transportation companies are likewise prohibited from granting or extending any free or discounted transportation as a result of such demand or request from any government official or employee above-mentioned, except in the following cases: acd

1. When free or discounted transportation is expressly allowed by a special law;

2. When there is prior written clearance or permission from me in the national interest; cd

3. When the trip by the government official or employee is covered by a proper travel order and is related to or connected with the regulation of the operations of the airline, shipping and land transportation company concerned; and

4. In case of emergency.

Any violation of this prohibition shall be a cause for the dismissal of the government official or employee involved from the service.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 16th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Five. cd i