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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 22 -
AMENDING ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 498
WHEREAS, foreign service personnel and
attaches or representatives abroad are often compelled to use their
personal vehicles, which vehicles usually exceed 1,800 cubic
centimeters engine displacement, in the performance of their official
duties;
WHEREAS, to give more meaning to the grant of tax exemption for motor
vehicles brought in by returning foreign service personnel and attaches
or representatives, the limit of the engine displacement and the
maximum kerb-weight of the motor vehicles that could be brought in by
them subject of the tax exemption should be increased;
WHEREAS, female foreign service personnel and attaches or
representatives have been prejudiced in exercising the tax exemption
privilege since there are countries which prohibit the registration of
motor vehicles in the name of a woman;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order the following:
(1)
"The Departments of Foreign Affairs and Finance shall limit the grant
of tax exemption for motor vehicles brought in by returning foreign
service personnel and attaches or representatives, irrespective of
rank, to vehicles with engine displacement not exceeding 2,800 cubic
centimeters or kerbweight not exceeding 1,500 kilograms, including
accessories, which must be registered in the name of the returning
officer or employee: Provided, That the registration must be made at
least two years prior to the last date of service abroad, and Provided,
Further, That where the laws of the country of assignment of a female
officer or employee prohibit the registration of a motor vehicle in the
name of a woman, the registration may be effected in her husband's name
or, if not married, in the name of the Embassy or Consulate under prior
approval of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs."
(2)
Done in the City of Manila,
this 15th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-seven.
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