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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 803
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 803
- FURTHER AMENDING CERTAIN SectionS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 79 AS
AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS REVISED POPULATION ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES
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WHEREAS,
private sector participation must be strengthened to achieve a
comprehensive and more effective national population program;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, involvement of the private sector in the development and
formulation of policy and plans is essential to the effective
coordination in the execution of our national population program;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Population Center Foundation, Inc. is the primary
grant-making institution for population programs of the private sector
in the Philippines and has developed the potential of becoming a major
source of population expertise in the Asian Region; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, effective coordination between the Population Center
Foundation, Inc. and the Commission on Population is necessary to
maximize the efforts and resources that are applies to our national
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and in order
to strengthen the population program of the Philippines, do hereby
decree and make part of the law of the land the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section 6 of Presidential Decree No. 79 as
amended is hereby to read as follows:cralaw:red
"All functions and powers of the POPCOM shall be vested in and
exercised by a Board of Commissioners hereinafter referred to as the
Board, composed of Secretary of Education and Culture, Secretary of
Health, Secretary of Social Welfare, Dean of the University of the
Philippines Population Institute, the Director-General of the National
Economic and Development Authority, Executive Director of the
Population Center Foundation, Inc., and two other members from the
private sector who possess the necessary expertise in the field of
population and who are not recipients of Population Commission program
money, each to be appointed by the President of the Philippines for a
term of three years." chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. Repealing Clause. — All laws, acts,
degrees, executive orders and rules and regulations, or parts thereof
inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.
Section 3. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila this
25th day of September in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-five.
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