QuestionsQuestions (BOC MEMORANDUM)
It prohibits any Customs personnel from entering the International Passenger Terminal of NAIA if they are not in Customs uniform, effective immediately.
Yes. The memorandum states that the prohibition applies in all cases whether or not the Customs officer is on duty.
Customs uniform shall be: (1) Customs Police Uniform; (2) CIIS; (3) White barong with Customs seal; and (4) Others: White barong with Customs seal or the new standard suit for Passenger Service Personnel.
Yes. Exemptions are: (1) when the Customs official is a departing or arriving passenger on the day he is at the terminal; and (2) for a Customs Intelligence operative on a specific mission for covert surveillance within the terminal, provided conditions are met.
The exemption applies only when the Customs official is a departing or arriving passenger on the day that he is at the terminal.
The covert surveillance operation within the terminal must be covered by a Mission Order duly signed by the Service Chief concerned, with a copy furnished the Commissioner of Customs.
Because mission orders must be for a very specific purpose; the memorandum expressly prohibits general or periodic mission orders.
A mission order must not be more than 72-hour duration.
No. The memorandum requires that the mission be covered by a specific Mission Order signed by the Service Chief and with a copy furnished to the Commissioner of Customs, and it prohibits general or periodic orders.
No. The memorandum requires that a mission order must be for a very specific purpose; it also prohibits general or periodic mission orders.
It must be duly signed by the Service Chief concerned, and a copy must be furnished to the Commissioner of Customs.
A Customs Intelligence operative on a specific mission to conduct covert surveillance operations within the terminal.
It states the prohibition applies in all cases whether or not the Customs officer is on duty.
Based on the memorandum, the authorized option is a “White Barong with Customs Seal,” so a white barong without the Customs seal would not clearly qualify as the recognized uniform.
It mentions “New Standard Suit for Passenger Service Personnel” as one of the uniform options for those categorized as “Others.”