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Administrative Order No. 257
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 257 AUTHORIZING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP) TO CONTINUE COLLECTING FEES AND CHARGES THAT USED TO BE COLLECTED BY AGENCIES ABSORBED BY THE PNP, TREATING THE COLLECTION AS TRUST RECEIPTS AND GRANTING THE CHIEF, PNP, THE AUTHORITY IN THE USE THEREOF, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SECTION 1. Authority to Collect Fees . – Fees authorized to be collected by the Philippine Constabulary, the Integrated National Police and the AFP Units absorbed by the Philippine National Police in the implementation of its statutory functions and the direct cost of operations from the various government agencies requesting for the use of PNP equipment and facilities shall henceforth be collected by the Philippine National Police.
SEC. 2. Authority to Use Income . – Fees collected in Section 1 hereof shall be classified as trust receipts and shall be deposited in an authorized government depository bank or in the National Treasury. Increments or the whole amount thereof shall be made available to the Chief of the PNP to augment the PNP appropriations, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior and Local Government. Payments out of such fund shall be made in accordance with the purpose for which the fund is created and subject to accounting and auditing regulations.
SEC. 3. Rules and Regulations . – The Secretary of the Budget and Management and the Secretary of the Interior and Local Government shall issue such rules and regulations that will effectively carry out the provisions of this Administrative Order, subject to the concurrence of the Chairman, Commission on Audit.
SEC. 4. This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately. DONE in the City of Manila, this 27th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-one. (Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) FRANKLIN M. DRILON Executive Secretary