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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 460
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 460 -
AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 111, OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL CHARTER OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES
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WHEREAS,
Commonwealth Act Number One Hundred Eleven, dated October 31, 1936, was
enacted to create the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, a public
corporation and to provide guidelines for its operation;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, recent events have shown that it has become necessary to
effect reforms in the organization's structure in order to revitalize
and strengthen its operational capabilities, enhance its effectiveness
as an instrument to promote the youth development program of the
nation, and insure the full and active cooperation, involvement and
support of all sectors of the community, public and private;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the tremendous increase in the membership of the Boy Scouts of
the Philippines and the support generated from the private and public
sectors during the period of the Golden Jubilee celebrations amply
attests the degree of acceptance by the youth and the community of the
Scouting program and the Scout Movement;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the scouts through their recent involvement in civic and
community development projects, undertaken on their own initiative and
with extraordinary enthusiasm and zeal have demonstrated that, given
the opportunity and properly motivated leadership, they can become the
new nation builders and contribute effectively to the improvement of
our Society and the development of our nation;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, in order to
effect the desired changes and reforms in the social, economic, and
political structure of our society, do hereby decree and order the
amendments to Commonwealth Act No. 111 as follows:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section I of Commonwealth Act No. 111 is
amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"J.E.H. Stevenot, A.N. Luz, C.P. Romulo, Vicente Lim, Manuel Camus,
Jorge B. Vargas, and G.A. Daza; all of Manila, Philippines, their
associates and successors, are hereby created a body corporate and
politic in deed and in law, by the name, style and title of Boy Scouts
of the Philippines' (hereinafter called the corporation). The principal
office of the corporation shall be in Metropolitan Manila,
Philippines". chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. Section 5 of the said Act is also amended
to read as follows:cralaw:red
"The governing body of the said corporation shall consist of a National
Executive Board composed of (a) the President of the Philippines or his
representative; (b) the charter and life members of the Boy Scouts of
the Philippines; (c) the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the
Philippine Scouting Foundation; (d) the Regional Chairman of the Scout
Regions of the Philippines; (e) the Secretary of Education and Culture,
the Secretary of Social Welfare, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary
of Finance, the Secretary of Youth and Sports, and the Secretary of
Local Government and Community Development; (f) an equal number of
individuals from the private sector; (g) the National President of the
Girl Scouts of the Philippines; (h) one Scout of Senior age from each
Scout Region to represent the boy membership; and (i) three
representatives of the cultural minorities. Except for the Regional
Chairman who shall be elected by the Regional Scout Councils during
their annual meetings, and the Scouts of their respective regions, all
members of the National Executive Board shall be either by appointment
or cooption, subject to ratification and confirmation by the Chief
Scout, who shall be the Head of the State. Vacancies in the Executive
Board shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining members,
subject to ratification and confirmation by the Chief Scout. The
by-laws may prescribe the number of members of the National Executive
Board necessary to constitute a quorum of the board, which number may
be less than a majority of the whole number of the board. The National
Executive Board shall have power to make and to amend the by-laws, and,
by a two-thirds vote of the whole board at a meeting called for this
purpose, may authorize and cause to be executed mortgages and liens
upon the property of the corporation.
The National Executive Board shall, by resolution passed by a majority
of the whole board, designate three or more of their number to
constitute an executive or governing committee, of which a majority
shall constitute a quorum, which Committee, to the extent provided in
said resolution or in by-laws of the corporation, shall have and
exercise the powers of the executive board in the management of the
business affairs of the corporation, and may have power to authorize
the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may
require it. The National Executive Board, by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the whole board, may appoint any other standing committees,
and such standing committees shall have and may exercise such powers as
shall be conferred or authorized by the by-laws. With the consent in
writing and pursuant to an affirmative vote of a majority of the
members of said corporation, the national Executive Board shall have
authority to dispose in any manner of the whole property of the
corporation"
Section 3. Section 6 of this Act shall be amended to
read as follows:cralaw:red
"The National Executive Board shall meet once every three months at a
time and place to be designated in the by-laws.
The annual meeting of the incorporators, their associates and
successors, shall be held once in every year after the year of
incorporation at such time and place as shall be like-wise prescribed
in the by-laws, when the annual reports of the officers and executive
board shall be presented. Special meetings of the corporation may be
called upon such notice as may be prescribed in the by-laws. The number
of members which shall constitute a quorum at any annual or special
meeting shall be prescribed in the by-laws. The members and executive
board shall have power to hold their meetings and keep the seal, books,
documents, and papers of the corporation within or without the
Metropolitan Manila." chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 4. Section 7 of the same Act shall be amended
to read as follows:cralaw:red
"The corporation created by this Act shall adopt distinctive badges,
uniforms, and insignia for the Scouts of the Philippines and once
adopted shall have the sole and exclusive right to use the titles,
emblems, uniforms, badges, descriptive or designating marks, words and
phrases used by the Scouts of the Philippines in carrying out its
program in accordance with the purposes of this Act".
Section 5. The same Act is further amended by adding
the following section immediately after Section 10:cralaw:red
"Until such time as the reorganization and restructuring of the
Executive Board, in accordance with Section 5 as amended is effected,
the Honorable Carlos P. Romulo, Chairman of the Golden Jubilee Board
and one of the founders of the Organization and a charter member
thereof, is hereby appointed Interim Chairman of the Board and
President of the Organization and authorized to organize an interim
body to conduct the affairs of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines and to
take the necessary steps to effect such reorganization within six (6)
months from date of this decree." chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 6. This decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 17th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-four.
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