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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 914
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 914 -
CREATING THE LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND
FUNCTIONS AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
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WHEREAS, it
is the Government's policy to encourage agricultural production in
order to achieve food self-sufficiency; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, without a unifying authority, the activities of several
government agencies with interrelated functions have sometimes led to
duplication and unintegrated measures which frustrate government and
private efforts toward the attainment of self-sufficiency in food of
animal origin;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the organization of the National Food and Agriculture Council
has made substantial gains in the administration and implementation of
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WHEREAS, there is an urgent need for a coordinating agency similar to
the National Food and Agriculture Council that shall oversee, unify,
and integrate the administration and implementation of the livestock
industries and allied industries' development and rationalization.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. Declaration of Policy. — It is the
declared policy of the State to promote the development of the
livestock industry in order to increase the supply of livestock and
livestock products and to attain self-sufficiency in food commodities
of animal origin. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. Creation of the Livestock Development
Council. — There is hereby created a body called the Livestock
Development Council, hereinafter referred to as the "Council" which
shall be under the administrative supervision of the Department of
Agriculture.
Section 3. Powers and Functions. — The Council shall
have the following powers and functions:cralaw:red
a. To formulate and establish comprehensive policy
guidelines for the development of the livestock industry in all its
aspects.
b. To formulate the long and short range programs
calculated to achieve major self-sufficiency, efficiency, and stability
in food commodities of animal origin.
c. To coordinate, integrate, and supervise all
policies and programs of all government agencies charged with the
implementation thereof.
d. To evaluate the activities and accomplishments of
all agencies of the government charged with the implementation of the
different aspects of the livestock development programs.
e. To assist, coordinate, and integrate private
sector activities with that of the government sector with the purpose
of involving the private sector in the food development programs of
animal origin and allied industries.
f. To call on any department, bureau, office, agency,
and other instrumentalities of the government in the form of personnel,
facilities, and other resources as the need arises in the performance
of its functions.
g. To perform such other functions as may be
necessary to attain the objectives of the livestock development
programs.
Section 4. Composition of the Council. — The members
of the Council shall be composed of the following: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
A. From the Government Sector
1. Secretary, Department of Agriculture
2. Secretary, Department of Agrarian Reform
3. Secretary, Department of Industry
4. Secretary, Department of Local Governments and
Community Development
5. Secretary, Department of Natural Resources
6. Director-General, National Economic Development
Authority
7. Secretary, Department of Trade
8. Director, Bureau of Animal Industry
9. Chairman, Board of Investments
10. Director, Central Bank, Department of Rural Banks
and
Savings and Loan Associations
11. Administrator, National Grains Authority
12. President, Food Terminal, Inc.
13. Director-General, Philippine Council for
Agriculture and
Resources Research
14. President, Land Bank of the Philippines
15. President, Philippine National Bank
16. Governor, Development Bank of the Philippines
17. Executive Director, Livestock Development Council
18. Chief, Philippine Constabulary
The Heads of Offices from the government sector may appoint his
representative to the Council from among his senior officials. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
B. From the Private Sector
1. President, Federation of Cattle Raisers
Association of the
Philippines
2. President, Philippine Poultry Industry Association
3. President, Philippine Association of Hog Raisers,
Inc.
4. President, Contract Growers Association of the
Philippines
5. President, Food Processors Association
6. President, Philippine Association of Meat Importers
7. President, Philippine Association of Feedmillers,
Inc.
8. Representative of Small Poultry Raisers
9. Representative of Small Hog Raisers
10. Representative of Small Cattle Raisers
The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture or his duly designated
representative shall be the Chairman of the Council. Representative of
small poultry, hog and cattle raisers, shall be appointed by the
Chairman upon recommendation of the Council. Other government agencies,
associations, organizations or institutions not otherwise included in
this Decree shall be given representation in the Council upon approval
of the Council.
Section 5. Executive Staff— The Council shall have
an Executive Staff which shall function under the supervision and
control of an Executive Director. The Council shall organize the
Executive Staff in accordance with the approved staffing pattern and
shall fix their salaries and remunerations including per diems and
allowances of personnel, subject to existing provisions of the law.
However, technical positions shall be exempt from WAPCO. The Chairman
shall appoint all personnel of the Executive Staff.
Section 6. Livestock Development Fund. — The amount
of three pesos (P300) shall be collected as fees for the registration
of large cattle. Of the fee collected, one peso (P1.00) shall go to the
municipality where the registration takes place and two pesos (P2.00)
shall go to a Livestock Development Fund. Of the two pesos (P2.00) for
the Livestock Development Fund, one peso (P1.00) shall be used to carry
out the functions of the Council and the other one peso (P1.00) shall
be used to assist accredited private organizations or associations in
their development work on the livestock industry.
Section 7. Appropriation of Funds. — The Department
of Agriculture is hereby directed to appropriate and release sufficient
funds for the organization of the Council and for its initial
operations. Henceforth, funds sufficient to fully carry out the
functions and objectives of the Council shall be appropriated every
fiscal year in the General Appropriations Act.
Section 8. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees,
executive orders, administrative orders, rules and regulations, or
parts thereof, which are inconsistent with any provision of this Decree
are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 9. Separability Clause. — If any provision of
this Decree shall be invalid, the remainder shall continue to be
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Section 10. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 29th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-six.
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