Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 646)
The purpose of Executive Order No. 646 is to amend paragraphs 17 and 18 of Executive Order No. 303 dated September 26, 1940, which governs the appointment and supervision of government pensionados.
Each pensionado is given a monthly pension of $175 during the period of scholarship for board, lodging, and incidentals.
The monthly pension begins on the date the pensionado leaves Manila and ends on the date the pensionado arrives back in Manila.
Monthly pensions are paid at the end of each month by the Philippine National Bank Agency in New York.
Government employees appointed pensionados with salaries exceeding P4,200 per annum shall receive the difference between their salaries and their scholarship allowance of P4,200, with the difference paid by the office under which they work.
With prior approval from the Office of the President, a substitute may be appointed chargeable to the salary of the pensionado, provided the substitute's salary does not exceed P4,200 per annum or the pensionado's actual salary if it is less than P4,200.
The temporary incumbent's salary shall not exceed P4,200 per annum and must not exceed the actual salary of the pensionado if the pensionado is receiving less than P4,200.
Government employees granted scholarships are considered on special duty in the United States or foreign countries during the scholarship period.
Yes, they are entitled to commutation of any accrued leave they earned prior to the enactment of Commonwealth Act No. 220.
Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, signed Executive Order No. 646.