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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 278
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 278 -
INSTITUTING A NATIONAL REFERENCE CARD SYSTEM AND CREATING THEREFOR THE
NATIONAL REGISTRATION COORDINATING COMMITTE
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WHEREAS,
there is a pressing need for the government to establish a system of
positive identification of all Filipino citizens and foreign nationals
in the Philippines, a system essential to insuring national security
and affording convenience in the transaction of official business with
government and private offices and agencies;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the various identification systems currently in existence are
generally agency-oriented, specific in purpose and non-
complementary: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, among the objectives of such a National Reference Card System
would be the replacement of all existing identification systems
currently prescribed by government agencies to afford convenience to
the general public.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines by
virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitutions as
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant
to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, Proclamation No.
1104 dated January 17, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September
22, 1972, in order to achieve the aforesaid objectives, do hereby
decree that:cralaw:red
1. All citizens of the Republic of the Philippines
shall be assigned a Reference Number and issued a National Reference
Card in a manner prescribed by the National Registration Coordinating
Committee;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
2. Citizens or nationals of foreign countries
resident in the Philippines shall likewise be assigned a Reference
Number and issued a National Reference Card in the manner prescribed by
the National Registration Coordinating Committee;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
3. The National Reference Card shall serve as the
official identification of the person to whom it is issued;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
4. The penalty of imprisonment from five to ten years
shall be imposed upon and offender found guilty of any of the following
acts or omissions: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
a. The willful submission of or causing to be
submitted a fictitious name and other false data in the application
form for a National Reference Card by any person; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
b. The unauthorized printing, preparation or issuance
of a National Reference Card by any person;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
c. Willful falsification, mutilation, alteration of
or tampering with a National Reference Card by any person;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
d. The use of unauthorized possession of a National
Reference Card by any person other than the one to whom it was issued
or the possession of a fake, falsified or altered National Reference
Card; and
e. Willful failure to apply for and secure National
Reference Card as prescribed by the National Registration Coordinating
Committee.
5. There is hereby created a National Registration
Coordinating Committee composed of the following or their respective
representatives;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
The Secretary
Department of Local Governments
and Community Development Chairman
The Secretary
Department of National Defense
Co-Chairman
The Secretary
Department of Education
and Culture Member
The Chairman
Commission on Election Member
The Director
Bureau of the Census
and Statistics Member
The Commissioner
Bureau of Internal Revenue Member
The Commissioner
Commission on Immigration
and Deportation Member
The Managing Director
National Computer Center Member
6. The National Registration Coordinating Committee
is hereby designed and authorized to prescribed rules and regulations
for the effective implementation of this Decree.
7. Repealing Clause. — All laws, executive orders,
rules or regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this
decree are hereby repealed and/or modified accordingly.
Done in the City of Manila this
24th day of August in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-three.
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