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# Administrative Code of 1987/Book IV/Title I/Chapter 13

Source: Supplement to the Official Gazette. Vol. 83, No. 38. Manila. National Printing Office. 1987. pp. 60–61.
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Chapter 13—Passport
Sec. 48. Definition.—A Philippine passport is an official document of identity of Philippine citizenship of the holder issued for travel purposes.
Sec. 49. Persons Entitled.—Only citizens of the Philippines may be issued passports. A minor may, upon his own application, be issued a passport, except when his natural or legal guardian requests that the application be denied.
Sec. 50. Authority to Issue, Restrict, Withdraw or Cancel.—The Secretary shall have authority to withhold the issuance or order the cancellation or restriction of passports upon lawful order of the court or when he deems it necessary in the interest of national security, public safety or public health, or in cases when a passport was secured through misrepresentation or fraud.
Sec. 51. Period of Validity, Extension and Renewal.—The original period of validity of a Philippine passport is two (2) years. It may be extended for another two (2) years provided that the application for extension is made before the expiration of four (4) years from the date of original issue of the passport. However, the validity of a passport may be limited for a certain period or for a definite purpose.
Sec. 52. Supplementary Regulation.—The Secretary may prescribe supplementary regulations for the issuance, extension or amendment of all kinds of passports.
Sec. 53. Amendments.—Upon application, an unexpired passport may be amended to reflect the new civil status or new name or surname or to add more pages, or to modify a condition or restriction therein.
Sec. 54. Fees.—The Secretary shall prescribe uniform fees for the issuance, extension and amendment of passports, and such other services that may be rendered by the Department relating to passports. However, no fee shall be collected for the issuance of passports to government officials proceeding abroad in the discharge of their official duties attested by regular travel orders or for those issued to immediate members of their families on official travel.
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# Administrative Code of 1987/Book IV/Title I/Chapter 14

Source: Supplement to the Official Gazette. Vol. 83, No. 38. Manila. National Printing Office. 1987. p. 61.
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Chapter 14—Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 55. Use of Savings.—The Secretary is authorized to use any savings in the appropriations for the Department for the payment of: (a) expenses for the evacuation or repatriation to the Philippines, when necessary due to an emergency, of members of the household of the personnel of any diplomatic or consular establishment as well as the transportation of their personal effects; (b) actual return passage by the most direct and economical means of transportation and the cost of shipment of the household effects to Manila of any officer or employee in the Foreign Service, including the immediate dependent members of his family, who resigns or is separated from the service for cause; (c) the cost of preparing and transporting remains of an Officer or employee who is a citizen of the Philippines and the immediate members of his family who may die abroad or while in travel status; or (d) contingent and unforeseen expenses that may arise in connection with the operation of the Foreign Service.
Sec. 56. Pool of Foreign Service Officers.—In all appropriation acts providing funds for the operation and maintenance of the Department, the positions of Foreign Service Officers, including those who may serve in the home office, shall be in a pool grouped according to their classes with their salaries and allowances indicated in one lump sum for each class, leaving to the head of office the discretion to assign or commission those officers whenever their services may be utilized to advantage, subject to the limitations provided by law.
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# Administrative Code of 1987/Book IV/Title I/Chapter 10

Source: Supplement to the Official Gazette. Vol. 83, No. 38. Manila. National Printing Office. 1987. pp. 57–58.
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Chapter 10—Appointments, Compensation and Benefits
Sec. 35. Foreign Service Officers.—(1) Foreign Service Officers shall be appointed by the President.
(2) No person shall be eligible for appointment as Foreign Service Officer unless he has passed the competitive examinations given by the Board of Foreign Service Examiners and successfully completed his probationary service.
(3) The Secretary shall, upon the recommendation of the Board of Foreign Service, submit to the President names of eligibles for appointment as Foreign Service Officers. The initial appointment of Foreign Service Officers shall only be to Foreign Service Officer Class IV minimum.
Sec. 36. Staff Officers and Employees.—The Secretary shall appoint, in accordance with the Civil Service Law, all Foreign Service Staff Officers and Foreign Service Staff Employees who must be in the Philippines at the time of their original or initial appointment.
Sec. 37. Alien Employees.—The Secretary shall, upon the recommendation of the head of diplomatic or consular establishment and as much as possible in accordance with the Civil Service Law, appoint alien employees who shall be recruited at the post to supplement the regular staff of a foreign service establishment.
Sec. 38. Compensation and Benefits.—The salaries, allowances, travel expenses, insurance and other benefits of Foreign Service Officers, and Employees shall be as provided by law and regulations.
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# Administrative Code of 1987/Book IV/Title I/Chapter 11

Source: Supplement to the Official Gazette. Vol. 83, No. 38. Manila. National Printing Office. 1987. pp. 58–59.
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Chapter 11—Promotions
Sec. 39. Merit Promotion System.—The Board of the Foreign Service shall establish a merit promotion system for all officers and employees of the Department.
Sec. 40. Requirements for Promotion in the Career Service.—(1) For promotion to Chief of Mission Class I, the candidate must have served as a Chief of Mission Class II and rendered continuous service as Foreign Service Officer for at least twelve (12) years;
(2) For promotion to Chief of Mission Class II, the candidate must have served as a Foreign Service Officer Class I and rendered continuous service as Foreign Service Officer for at least ten years;
(3) For promotion to Foreign Service Officer Class I, the candidate must have served as a Foreign Service Officer Class II, and rendered continuous service as Foreign Service Officer for at least eight years;
(4) For promotion to Foreign Service Officer Class II, the candidate must have served as a Foreign Service Officer Class III, and rendered continuous service as Foreign Service Officer for at least six years;
(5) For promotion to Foreign Service Officer Class III, the candidate must have rendered continuous service as a Foreign Service Officer Class IV for at least two years.
Sec. 41. Promotion of Foreign Service Officers.—(1) Promotions of Foreign Service Officers from one class to the next higher class shall be made by the President upon the recommendation of the Secretary. All promotions shall be to the lowest grade of the class.
(2) Promotion in grade within the class shall be made by the Secretary upon the recommendation of the Board of Foreign Service Administration.
Sec. 42. Promotion of Foreign Service Staff Officers, Foreign Service Staff Employees and Alien Employees.—Promotions of foreign service staff officers and employees and alien employees shall be made by the Secretary, upon recommendation of the Board of the Foreign Service Administration in accordance with the promotion system.
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# Administrative Code of 1987/Book IV/Title I/Chapter 12

Source: Supplement to the Official Gazette. Vol. 83, No. 38. Manila. National Printing Office. 1987. pp. 59–60.
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Chapter 12—Assignments and Transfers
Sec. 43. Rotation Plan.—The Secretary shall establish a system of assignments and transfers to ensure that all qualified officers and employees, except the employees in the non-career service, shall serve in diplomatic and consular establishments in different regions of the world. The assignment and transfer of personnel shall follow a regular rotation plan. For purposes of assignments, the home office shall be considered a post. All personnel shall be available for assignment to any post.
Sec. 44. Initial Home Office Requirement.—No Foreign Service Officer, Staff Officer or Employee shall be assigned to any foreign service establishment unless he has rendered continuous and satisfactory service in the home office for at least three (3) years.
Sec. 45. Tour of Duty.—(1) The tour of duty of a Foreign Service Officer at any post shall be four (4) years commencing on the date of his arrival at the post, after which he shall be transferred to another post;
(2) The tour of duty of a Foreign Service Staff Officer or Employee at any post shall be for a period of six (6) years commencing on the date of his arrival at the post, after which he shall be transferred to another post;
(3) No Foreign Service Officer, Staff Officer or Employee shall serve more than two (2) consecutive tours of duty abroad;
(4) No Foreign Service Officer may serve more than four (4) consecutive years in the home office, except when designated as Secretary or Undersecretary.
Sec. 46. Retirement.—(1) Any Foreign Service Officer, Staff Officer or Employee who has reached the age of sixty-five (65) shall be compulsorily retired from the service unless his service is extended by the President in the interest of the service. Alien employees shall be allowed to retire from the service at the same age as that provided for employees of the governments of their respective countries, provided that retirement age shall not be beyond sixty-five (65) years.
(2) Foreign Service Officers reinstated to the service after retirement and who are assigned abroad as ambassadors or chiefs of mission, and persons who are appointed as ambassadors without previously serving as Career Foreign Service Officers shall be considered automatically separated from the Foreign Service upon termination of their assignment abroad as ambassadors or chief of missions.
Sec. 47. Resignation.—The Secretary shall have authority to accept the resignation of any Foreign Service Officer, Staff Employee, Honorary Consul and Alien Employee.
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# Administrative Code of 1987/Book IV/Chapter 8

Source: Supplement to the Official Gazette. Vol. 83, No. 38. Manila. National Printing Office. 1987. pp. 38–39.
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Chapter 8—Supervision And Control
Sec. 39. Secretary’s Authority.—(1) The Secretary shall have supervision and control over the bureaus, offices, and agencies under him, subject to the following guidelines:
    (a) Initiative and freedom of action on the part of subordinate units shall be encouraged and promoted, rather than curtailed, and reasonable opportunity to act shall be afforded those units before control is exercised;
    (b) With respect to functions involving discretion, experienced judgment or expertise vested by law upon a subordinate agency, control shall be exercised in accordance with said law; and
    (c) With respect to any regulatory function of an agency subject to department control, the authority of the department shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter 9 of this book.
(2) This Chapter shall not apply to chartered institutions or government-owned or controlled corporations attached to the department.
Sec. 40. Delegation of Authority.—The Secretary or the head of an agency shall have authority over and responsibility for its operation. He shall delegate such authority to the bureau and regional directors as may be necessary for them to implement plans and programs adequately. Delegated authority shall be to the extent necessary for economical, efficient and effective implementation of national and local programs in accordance with policies and standards developed by each department or agency with the participation of the regional directors. The delegation shall be in writing; shall indicate to which officer or class of officers or employees the delegation is made; and shall vest sufficient authority to enable the delegate to discharge his assigned responsibility.
Sec. 41. Line Bureau Authority.—(1) Line bureaus of a department shall exercise supervision and control over their regional and other field offices. They shall be directly responsible for the development and implementation of plans and programs within their respective functional specializations; and
(2) The regional and other field offices shall constitute the operating arms of the bureau concerned for the direct implementation of the plans and programs drawn up in accordance with approved policies and standards. As counterparts of the bureau in the region, they shall undertake bureau operations within their respective jurisdictions, and be directly responsible to their bureau director.
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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Rooke, Frederick William

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​ROOKE. (Retired Captain, 1845. f-p., 15; h-p., 36.)
Frederick William Rooke entered the Royal Naval Academy in May, 1796; and embarked, 1 March, 1797, as Midshipman, on board the Cumberland 74, Capt. Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, lying at Portsmouth. In the following July he removed to the Sirius 36, Capt. Rich. King, stationed in the North Sea; from Feb. 1798 to March, 1799, he cruized with Capt. Rowley, in the Channel and off the coast of Ireland, in the Ramillies 74; and he was then again, for two years, employed under Capt. King in the Sirius. He was in consequence, in company with L’Oiseau 36 and Amethyst 36, at the capture, 28 Jan. 1801, after a chase of two days, of the French 36-gun frigate La Dédaigneuse. After serving for about 14 months in the Boadicea 38, Capt. Chas. Rowley, stationed, as had latterly been the Sirius, in the Bay of Biscay, he was appointed, in July, 1802, Admiralty-Midshipman of the Clyde 38, Capt. John Larmour. In that ship he served in the North Sea and Baltic until Dec. 1803. He then became Acting-Lieutenant of the Ariadne 24, commanded, off Havre-de-Grace, by the late Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming; and, on 12 Jan 1805, after he had afresh served as Midshipman in the Veteran 64, Capts. Rich. King and Jas. Newman Newman, and had taken part in the boats of that ship in an attack on the Boulogne flotilla, he was nominated Sub-Lieutenant, in the West Indies, of the Attentive gun-brig, commanded at first by Lieut. John Harris and next by himself as Acting-Lieutenant; in which capacity he returned, in the ensuing summer, to England in the Proselyte 24, Capt. John Chas. Woolcombe. He was confirmed a Lieutenant 15 Nov. 1805; and was subsequently appointed – 12 Dec. 1805, to the Achille 74, Capt. Sir Rich. King, attached to the Channel fleet – 10 Oct. 1806, to the charge, which he retained for six months, of the Signal-station at Swanage – 14 July, 1807, again to the Achille, employed in the Channel, off the coast of Spain, and at the siege of Flushing, where he served on shore – and, 3 Aug. 1810, after 10 months of half-pay, occasioned by a severe attack of Walcheren fever, to the San Juan 74, bearing the broad pendant at Gibraltar of Commodore Chas. Vinicombe Penrose. While on the books of the ship last mentioned he served in the flotilla, and was in constant action with the enemy, during the siege of Cadiz. He commanded a division of gun-boats, too, at the defence of Tarifa; and for his services at both places was advanced to the rank of Commander 21 March, 1812. He accepted his present rank 25 March, 1845.
Capt. Rooke is a Magistrate for co. Wilts, and served as High-Sheriff in 1842. His eldest son is a Captain in the 47th Regt. of the line; and his fourth, Francis, a Lieutenant R.N.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Rolleston, James

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​ROLLESTON. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p, 11; h-p., 32.)
James Rolleston, born 1 May, 1791, at Southampton, is son of Sam. Rolleston, Esq., a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Hants.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Dictator 64, Capts. Chas. Tinling and Rich. Hawkins; joined, in the following Sept., the Impétueux 74, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin; and in Nov. 1805 was received on board the Pompée 74. While in that ship, which bore the flags successively of Admirals Sir Wm. Sidney Smith and Henry Edwin Stanhope, he was present, in 1806, at the defence of Gaeta, the capture of Capri, and the battle of Maida; and, in 1807, at the passage of the Dardanells, the destruction of the Turkish squadron at Point Pesquies, and the taking of Copenhagen. On the surrender of the Danish fleet he assisted in fitting out the Christian VII. of 60 guns. After serving for two years and eight months in the Mediterranean on board the Hyperion 36, Capt. Thos. Chas. Brodie, and Centaur 74, bearing the flag of Sir Sam. Hood, he was there nominated, 29 Nov. 1810, Acting-Lieutenant lof the Hibernia 120, also the flag-ship of Sir S. Hood. His appointment to the Hibernia being -confirmed by a commission dated 8 June, 1811, he continued attached to that ship under the flag of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats until June, 1815. He then invalided. His next appointment was to the Perseus 22, Capt. Edw. Henry A’Court, in which vessel he served on the Mediterranean, Newfoundland, Halifax, and Home stations, from March, 1813, until Feb. 1816, the last five months of the time as Acting-Commander. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Rorie, George

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​RORIE. (Retired Commander, 1847. f-p., 14; h-p., 38.)
George Rorie died 8 Dec. 1847 at Plymouth, aged 60.
This officer entered the Navy 2 Nov. 1795, as A.B., on board the Standard 64, Capts. Joseph Ellison, Wm. Lukin, Geo. Burlton, and Thos. Parr on the books of which ship, employed on the coast of France, off St. Helena, and in the North Sea, he continued until Jan. 1797. In Jan. 1799 he joined, for nearly four months, the Europa, Lieut.-Commander John Gardiner, lying at Plymouth; he served next, between March, 1801, and July, 1802, as Midshipman, in the Zealous 74, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, in the Baltic, off Cadiz, and in the West Indies; and from April, 1803, until June, 1807, he was employed, chiefly on the Home Station, in the Salvador del Mundo, Capts. Henry Lane and John Dilkes, Fisgard and Alcmène frigates, Capts. Lord Mark Robt. Kerr, John Stiles, and Jas. Brisbane, Salvador del Mundo again, Capt. John Loring, and, as Master’s Mate (a rating he had held in the Alcmène), in the Alceste 38, Capt. Murray Maxwell. He was then nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Rebuff gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders John Whiston and Chas. J. Leaver, with whom he served on the coast of France until advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 25 March, 1809. His last appointments were – 25 May, 1809, to the Leyden 64, Capt. Thos. Usher, lying at Sheerness – 13 June following, to the Royalist sloop, Capts. John Maxwell and Geo. Downie, stationed in the Downs, where his health obliged him, in Oct. 1810, to invalid – 10 April, 1811, to .the Gibraltar 80, Capts. Robt. Plampin and Geo. Scott, attached to the Channel fleet – and, 3 Feb. 1812, to the Ocean 98, Capt. Robt. Plampin, with whom he served in the Mediterranean until July, 1814. He accepted the rank of Commander on the Retired List 9 April, 1847. Agent – J. Hinxman.