WHEREAS,
the Government has set among its goals the self-sufficiency of the
country in its food requirements and the full development of its
scientific resources; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, through research in agriculture, natural resources, industry,
science and technology, the means to achieve these goals could be best
identified;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is necessary that research in agriculture, natural
resources, industry, science and technology, be afforded utmost
encouragement and divorced from restraints; and
WHEREAS, the more of scientific and technological research underscore
the urgent need for administrative reforms and a system of incentives
that will stimulate the country's scientists and technologists towards
more creative, fruitful and satisfying research activities and thereby
accelerate the attainment of self-sufficiency of the country's food
requirements and the full development of its industrial potential.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. Hiring of retired scientists and technical
personnel. — An employee retired under any existing law who, in the
judgment of either the governing board of a research agency or the
research agency head, possesses technical qualifications and the
capability to undertake specific scientific research activities, may be
hired on contract basis without funding the unexpired portion of the
gratuity and accumulated leave benefits received by him from the
government.
Section 2. Hiring through contract of other research
project personnel. — For purposes of undertaking scientific and
technological research activities that are by nature highly technical
and essentially temporary, other qualified persons may be hired on
contract basis for assignment in research projects.
Section 3. Exemption from Civil Service rule on
nepotism. — The appointment of research personnel to positions of
research assistant and upwards shall not be covered by the civil
service rule on nepotism in consideration of the highly technical
nature of these positions.
Section 4. Sabbatical leave privilege of scientists.
— Any scientists, who in the judgment of governing board of a research
agency is entitled to sabbatical leave, may be granted such leave upon
application under the terms and conditions that may be promulgated by
the governing board. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 5. Honoraria of researchers, technical and
support personnel. — Honoraria or researchers, technical, and support
personnel whose assistance may be sought by the Philippine Council for
Agriculture and Resources Research (PCARR) or whose services are
engaged in research projects monitored and or supervised by the PCARR
or the National Science Development Board, shall not be pegged to the
basic salary that they receive from their respective agency. The amount
of honoraria that may be paid to them directly shall conform with the
schedule formulated by the PCARR on the basis of research out put and
in consultation with the National Science Development Board and related
research and educational institutions and approved by the Governing
Council.
Section 6. Payment of hardship and or hazard
allowance. — Hardship and or hazard allowance may be paid to research,
technical and supportive personnel who are engaged in research that
cause hardship and or hazard to the health and life, in amounts
pre-determined by the research agency concerned.
Section 7. Travel expenses of research agency teams
and other authorized personnel. — Duly receipted actual expenses for
lodging of researchers, research team members, and other authorized
personnel doing or evaluating research projects outside their official
stations may be reimbursed to them upon application subject, however,
to the availability of funds. Expenses for subsistence incurred by them
shall be reimbursed at rates prevailing in the particular locality as
may be certified by the Commission on Audit.
Section 8. Travel insurance of researchers and
technical personnel. — Premiums for the individual accident insurance
of researchers and technical personnel of research agencies traveling
byr, water, and land transportation, may be paid at government expense;
Provided, That the amount of the individual accident insurance does not
exceed P100,000 and the purpose and duration of the trip has the prior
approval of the research agency head or his duly authorized
representative. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 9. Purchase of locally produced or
manufactured articles. — When the price of locally produced or
manufactured articles is from 10% to 20% lower than that listed in the
NACIDA price lists, purchase of these articles may be made from the
sources offering the lower prices.
Section 10. Exemption from ban on the purchase of
equipment. — Procurement of scientific equipment and necessary
accessories needed for research in science and technology, in
agriculture, forestry, fisheries, mineral resources, in industry and
engineering and other related fields, except petroleum and other
mineral oils, may be exempted from any ban, provided that the need for
the equipment and accessories to be purchased has been evaluated and
certified by either the PCARR or the NSDB.
Section 11. Procurement of supplies, materials, and
equipment without the benefit of public bidding. — Supplies, materials,
and equipment in amounts not exceeding P5,000, in each case, may be
purchased without the benefit of public bidding, when these are
urgently in the priority listing of the national agricultural research
program established by PCARR pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 48, as
amended, or by NSDB for use in industrial research and other research
areas not covered by PCARR. When purchases of similar urgency and
falling within the same priorities are made from reputable and duly
licensed manufacturers, in the case of supplies, materials, and
equipment of Philippine-make or origin or from exclusive distributors
or agents in the Philippines, in the case of imported supplies,
materials, and equipment, the requirement of public bidding may be
waived where the amount of the purchase is more than P5,000.
Section 12. Deposit of government funds for research
activities. — Grants of financial assistance made by PCARR for
researches in agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and mineral resources,
except petroleum and other mineral oils, pursuant to Presidential
Decree No. 48, as amended, or NSDB for industrial and other research
areas, may be released to the researchers and deposited with the
Philippine National Bank or its branches or with rural banks or other
private commercial banks where there are no branches of the Philippine
National Bank or rural banks nearest the locale of the research
projects. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 13. Purchase of Large Cattle. — Large cattle,
including carabaos, horses, mules, asses and other members of the
bovine family to be used in research work may be procured without the
intervention of the Bureau of Animal Industry, provided that the agency
engaged in the research is properly authorized to conduct said research
by reason of its acknowledged capability.
Section 14. Construction and or repair of
infrastructures and other facilities for research. — Infrastructures
and other facilities for research in agriculture, forestry, fisheries
and mineral resources, except petroleum and other mineral oils, to be
constructed or repaired in research centers included in the PCARR
research network in the country or by the NSDB, irrespective of the
source of funds, shall be carried out by or under the control and
supervision of the PCARR, or the NSDB; in particular Sections 1901 and
1917 of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended, shall not apply to
any such construction and or repairs.
Section 15. All acts, parts of acts, executive
orders, rules and regulations which are inconsistent with the
provisions of this Presidential Decree are hereby deemed repealed,
amended, or modified accordingly.
Section 16. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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