Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 204)
Executive Order No. 204 is about increasing the monthly base pay of the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to one thousand eight hundred pesos.
It was promulgated pursuant to the authority vested in the President by Section 90 of the National Defense Act, as amended.
The position is the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
The increase took effect on October 1, 1965.
The new monthly base pay was set at one thousand eight hundred pesos.
Salvador L. Mariao, the Acting Executive Secretary, also signed the order.
Section 90 of the National Defense Act grants the President the authority to prescribe the pay of the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces.
The order was issued on November 20, 1965.
The order references the authority granted by an amended National Defense Act but does not specifically amend any previous law or order itself.