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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 547
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 547 -
AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 461 TO CREATE DEPARTMENT-WIDE REGIONAL
OFFICES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TO INTEGRATE AGRICULTURAL
EXTENSION SERVICES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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WHEREAS,
the functions, responsibilities and coverage of the Department of
Agriculture as created under Presidential Decree No. 461 are
concentrated on agriculture and food production;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the general organizational pattern for executive departments
in the Integrated Reorganization Plan, which involves integrated
implementation of related field programs through department-wide
regional directors, would be more effective and economical for the
Department considering the closely related functions of its bureaus;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, such an organizational pattern will allow the effective
decentralization of functions to field offices, establish direct
communications between the department head and implementors of food
crop production programs in the field, and thus effect faster and more
direct services to the people;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
amend Presidential Decree No. 461, as follows:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section 2 shall read:cralaw:red
"Sec. 2. The Department of Agriculture shall be
composed of the Department Proper which shall include the Office of the
Secretary, the Planning Service, the Financial and Management Service,
the Administrative Service, the Computer Service Center, and the
Agrarian Reform Unit. The bureaus under the supervision and control of
the department of Agriculture are the (1) Bureau of Soils, (2) Bureau
of Plant Industry, (3) Bureau of Animal Industry, (4) Bureau of
Agricultural Extension, and (5) Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
They shall be staff bureaus and primarily responsible for giving advice
to the Office of the Secretary; the development of plans and programs;
the formulation of policies and standards; providing technical
supervision to the regional offices; and such other functions as may be
provided by law. The following government-owned or controlled
corporations are attached to the Department: (a) National Grains
Authority, (b) Philippine Tobacco Administration, (c) Philippine
Virginia Tobacco Administration, (d) Philippine Coconut Authority, (e)
Coconut Investment Company, and (f) Philippine Cotton Corporation. The
National Food and Agriculture Council, the Fertilizer Industry
Authority and the National Meat Inspection Commission are placed under
the administrative supervision of the Department. The Philippine
Council for Agricultural Research shall be attached to the
Department of Agriculture.
Section 2. Section 5 shall read:cralaw:red
"Sec. 5. The Agrarian Reform Unit of the Department
of Agriculture shall be responsible for providing advice and
assistance to the Office of the Secretary in coordinating the work of
the Department on extension service and soil surveys and classification
with that of the Department of Agrarian Reform.
The Bureau of Farm Management of the Department of Agrarian Reform is
abolished and all current personnel, appropriations, records,
equipment and property which correspond to agricultural extension
activities are transferred to the Department of Agriculture, provided
that the latter Department shall allocate such personnel,
appropriations, records, equipment and property to the same priority
areas set by the Department of Agrarian Reform."
Section 3. Section 14 shall read:cralaw:red
"Sec. 14. The Department of Agriculture shall
have regional offices organized on a Department-wide basis. The
regional offices of the Bureau of Forest Development, the Bureau of
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and the Bureau of Lands shall be
established in accordance with Article I, Chapter III, Part II of the
Integrated Reorganization Plan, as amended, and with Letter of
Implementation No. 9. The Bureau of Mines shall establish its regional
offices in accordance with its requirements, subject to the approval of
the President upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Natural
Resources."
Section 4. The Secretary of Natural Resources shall
be ex-officio member of the National Food and Agriculture
Council. The Secretary of Agriculture shall be ex-officio member of the
Natural Resources Development and Management Council and the Fisheries
Industry Development Council.
Section 5. All laws, decrees and orders, or parts
thereof, which are inconsistent with the preceding are hereby repealed
or amended accordingly.
Section 6. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 5th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-four.
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