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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 279
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 279 -
CREATING THE "DESIGN CENTER PHILIPPINES" TO DEVELOP, PROMOTE AND
ENHANCE THE PRODUCT DESIGN OF ALL PHILIPPINE PRODUCTS AND HANDICRAFT
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WHEREAS, it
is the avowed policy of the Government to promote and increase export
trade, particularly of products which are made out of indigenous raw
material and are of high labor content, in order to increase the
foreign exchange earnings of the country and broaden the base of
entrepreneurship and employment;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, Philippine-manufactured products, including cottage, small
scale, and medium size industries products from indigenous raw
materials, are mostly labor intensive;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, exports of Philippine products have manifested a high market
potential, particularly cottage industry products, as shown in 1971
when cottage industry exports gained the sixth position among the
Philippines' ten top exports, from its tenth position in 1967, and
small scale and medium size industries now have high priority in the
development of industries with high export potentials;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in the export of Philippine-manufactured products, including
cottage, small scale and medium size industries products, the area of
product design poses a problem, among others, due to its limited
adaptability or lack of it, to meet the practical and aesthetic taste
of the foreign market, even as it should be expressive of Philippine
culture; and chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the development, promotion and enhancement of the product
design of Philippine manufactured products, including cottage, small
scale and medium size industries products, could be best achieved
through a directed, specific and organized effort for the purpose,
under circumstances most conducive to art and creativity;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated
September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972,
in order to effect the desired reforms in the social, economic and
political structure of the country, do hereby order and decree:cralaw:red
Section 1. To promote the policy enunciated in this
Decree, there is hereby created under the Department of Trade a
government entity to be known as "Design Center Philippines"
hereinafter referred to as the "Center," with offices in the City of
Manila.
Section 2. The Center shall have the following
functions:cralaw:red
a) To create, develop, promote and enhance the
product design of all Philippine-manufactured products, including
cottage, small scale and medium size industries products;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
b) To develop, promote and enhance product
adaptability of all Philippine-manufactured products, particularly
cottage, small scale and medium size industries products;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
c) To develop and maintain a creative research and
development program on product design and product adaptability of
Philippine- manufactured products, including cottage, small scale and
medium size industries products;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
d) To develop and promote the minor and applied arts,
the traditional and contemporary crafts, the appreciation for beauty
and skill and the training of artisans and craftsmen and producers in
cottage, small scale and medium size industries;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
e) To coordinate all functions related to product
design and product adaptability that are undertaken by all other
agencies both government and private;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
f) To specify, approve or otherwise regulate the
product design of all Philippine-manufactured products, particularly
cottage, small scale and medium size industries products, intended for
export; and
g) To promulgate such rules and regulations as are
necessary to carry out the provisions of this decree.
Section 3. The powers and functions of the Center
shall be vested in a Board which shall be composed of nine members, as
follows: the Secretary of Trade, as Chairman; the Chairman of the Board
of Investments, as Vice-Chairman; the Secretary of Tourism, the
Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, the Administrator of the National
Cottage Industries Development Authority, the Director General of the
National Manpower and Youth Council, the Executive Director of the
Center, as ex officio members thereof; and two members from the private
sector who shall be citizens of the Philippines, of good moral
character and of recognized competence in any of the fields of
economics, trade, or the arts, to be appointed by the President of the
Philippines, upon recommendation of the Chairman of the Board.
The presence of five members shall constitute a quorum and all
decisions of the Board shall require the concurrence of the majority of
such quorum. The representatives of the private sector shall receive a
per diem of fifty pesos for every meeting attended, but the total
thereof shall not exceed one thousand pesos a month. The ex officio
members shall receive commutable representation and travelling
allowances not to exceed one thousand pesos a month.
Section 4. The Center shall have an Executive
Director, who shall be appointed by the President. He shall execute,
administer and implement the policies, plans and measures approved by
the Board and perform such functions as may be necessary to carry out
specific responsibilities in connection with said plans and measures.
A quarterly report of the accomplishments of the Center shall be
submitted by the Executive Director to the Board. The Board shall
submit an annual report to the President of the Philippines on the
fiscal year basis, not later than one month after the end of each
fiscal year.
Section 5. To carry out the provision of this Decree,
the Center shall be initially funded, for the Fiscal Year ending June
30, 1974, with the sum of one million two hundred fifty thousand pesos,
contributed as follows: the sum of five hundred thousand pesos from the
unprogrammed appropriation of the Department of Trade; four hundred
thousand pesos from the unprogrammed appropriation of the National
Cottage Industries Development Authority (NACIDA); two hundred fifty
thousand pesos from the unprogrammed appropriation of the National
Manpower and Youth Council; and one hundred thousand pesos from the
unprogrammed appropriation of the Department of Tourism; and such sums
as may be thereafter appropriated out of the funds of the National
Treasury not otherwise appropriated. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 6. The Center shall be staffed by
administrative personnel to be appointed by the Executive Director
subject to the approval of the Board and in accordance with the Civil
Service Law, and the Rules and Regulations of the Wage and Position
Classification Office. The services of technical personnel, including
consultants, shall be contracted for by the Executive Director subject
to the approval of the Board, on the basis of competence, integrity and
honesty.
The Center may call upon any official, agent, employee, agency or
instrumentality of the Government for staff or any other assistance
that may be deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this Decree
and said agency or instrumentality of the Government shall, with the
approval of the Office of the President, assign the official, agent or
employee to the Center or provide the assistance requested by it.
Section 7. Any person violating any provisions of
this Decree or of the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder
shall, upon conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction, suffer the
penalty of imprisonment of not less than six months nor more than five
years or a fine of not less than two thousand pesos nor more than
twenty thousand pesos, or both, at the discretion of the court:
Provided, That if the offender is a corporation, firm, partnership or
association, the penalty shall be imposed upon the guilty officer or
officers, as the case may be, of the corporation, firm or association,
and if such guilty officer or officers are aliens, in addition to the
penalties herein prescribed, be or they shall be deported without
further proceedings on the part of the Commission of Immigration and
Deportation.
Section 8. This Decree shall take effect immediately
after publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general
circulation in the country. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
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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