Prohibited entry into NAIA terminal
- The memorandum prohibits any Customs personnel from entering the International Passenger Terminal, Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) unless they are in Customs uniform.
- The prohibition applies in all cases, whether or not the Customs person is on duty.
Required Customs uniform types
- The memorandum establishes that Customs uniform includes:
- Customs Police (Customs Police Uniform).
- CIIS (White Barong with Customs Seal).
- Others (White Barong with Customs Seal or New Standard Suit for Passenger Service Personnel).
Coverage and conduct rules
- The prohibition applies to any Customs personnel attempting to enter the NAIA International Passenger Terminal.
- The uniform requirement applies regardless of the person’s duty status (on duty or not on duty).
Exemptions from the prohibition
- The prohibition does not apply when the Customs official is a departing or arriving passenger on the day that he is at the terminal.
- The prohibition also does not apply to a Customs Intelligence operative conducting a specific mission involving covert surveillance operations within the terminal.
- The covert surveillance mission exemption applies only when the operation within the terminal is covered by a Mission Order duly signed by the Service Chief concerned and copy furnished the Commissioner of Customs.
Mission order limits and restrictions
- The issuance of general or periodic mission orders is prohibited for purposes of entering the terminal under the intelligence exemption.
- A mission order must be for a very specific purpose.
- A mission order must not exceed 72-hour duration.