Memorandum Order No. 26 (1986)
Modifying Executive Order No. 6 providing procedures relative to requests of government officials and employees for authority to travel abroad.
MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Memorandum Order No. 26, July 31, 1986 ]
MODIFYING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 6 PROVIDING PROCEDURES RELATIVE TO REQUESTS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES FOR AUTHORITY TO TRAVEL ABROAD.
Executive Order No. 6 is hereby modified to the extent that the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court are hereby exempted from the provisions thereof requiring them to secure the prior approval of the Office of the President in connection with their travel abroad.
The Supreme Court may promulgate guidelines on travels abroad for its members and that of the lower courts and their respective employees.
Requests for permission to travel abroad from members and employees of the judiciary shall henceforth be obtained from the Supreme Court.
Done in the City of Manila, this 31st day of July in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-six.
(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO
President of the Philippines