WHEREAS,
there are priority projects that need to be undertaken in order to
accelerate national economic development;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the National Development Company is a major corporate vehicle
of the Government empowered to engage or invest in commercial,
industrial, agricultural, mining and other enterprises where government
investment is necessary to foster economic development;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in the pursuit of these objectives, it is necessary that the
National Development Company act expeditiously and with the highest
degree of efficiency and competence.
NOW, THEREFORE I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,
do hereby decree and make part of the law of the land, the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section Six of Presidential Decree No.
Sixteen Hundred Forty Eight is hereby amended to read as follows: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"Sec. 6. Governing Body. — The Company shall be
governed by a Board of Directors, hereinafter referred to as the
"Board", which shall be composed of the Minister of Industry, as
Chairman, and of the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Energy, the
Chairman of the Development Bank of the Philippines, the General
Manager of the Company, and two (2) representatives of the private
sector appointed by the President, as members.
The Board shall have the following powers:cralaw:red
(a) to formulate policies, rules and regulations to
carry out effectively the functions and purposes of the Company;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(b) To direct the management, operations, and
administration of the Company;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(c) To authorize such expenditures by the Company as
are in the interest of the effective administration and operation of
the Company;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(d) To appoint, fix the remuneration and other
emoluments, and remove personnel and consultants of the Company;
Provided, That the Board shall have exclusive and final authority to
promote, transfer, assigns or reassign personnel of the Company and
these personnel actions are deemed made in the interest of the service
and not disciplinary, any provisions of existing law to the contrary
notwithstanding;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(e) To exercise such other powers as may be necessary
to accomplish the purposes for which the Company was organized."
Section 2. Section Eleven of Presidential Decree No.
Sixteen Hundred Forty Eight is hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 11. Compensation Law. — For the purpose of
determining the compensation of its officers and employees, and for the
purposes of Presidential Decree No. 985 and Civil Service requirements,
the Company shall be considered as a government financial institution,
such as the Central Bank and the Development Bank of the Philippines;
Provided, That the appointment and compensation of personnel and
consultants whose positions are policy determining, primarily
confidential, or considered by the Board as highly technical in nature,
as recommended by the Chairman of the Company, shall be decided by the
Board, any provision of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding."
Section 3. All laws, decrees, proclamations,
executive orders, instructions, rules or regulations, or parts thereof,
which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree are hereby
repealed and/or modified accordingly.
Section 4. This Decree shall take effect
immediately. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Done in the City of Manila,
this 15th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-one.
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