REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4196 - AN ACT
AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MANILA TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE THE UNIVERSITY
OF THE CITY OF MANILA AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Section 1. There is hereby authorized the establishment in
the City of Manila, within the powers and limitations hereinafter
specified, of a university which shall be known as the University of
the City of Manila (Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila), the same to be
organized as a corporation under the same name.
Sec. 2. The purposes of this university shall be:
(1) to advance human knowledge through basic study and research; (2) to
fully develop the Filipino intellect and promote Filipino culture; (3)
to give professional training in public affairs as well as in
scientific, cultural, technological, industrial and vocational fields;
(4) to introduce in its curricula studies which do not at present
receive sufficient emphasis in existing institutions of higher learning
in the country.
Sec. 3. No student shall be denied admission to
this university by reason of age, sex, nationality, religious belief,
or political affiliation. However, all students seeking admission must
be subject to the regulations for admission prescribed by the Board of
Regents.
Sec. 4. The government of the said university is
vested in a board of regents to be known as the Board of Regents of the
University of the City of Manila (Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila).
The Board of Regents shall be composed of the president of the
university and five members, all of whom shall be appointed by the
Mayor of the City of Manila, with the consent of the Municipal Board:
provided, that of the six members appointed by the Mayor, one shall
come from the faculty, another from the alumni of the said university
when such alumnus shall be available, and one of the others to be a
recognized educator or authority in the field of education. The
Superintendent of Schools for the City of Manila shall be ex-officio
member of the Board of Regents. The Board of Regents shall elect their
own chairman from among themselves.
Of the six members first appointed as above provided, the Mayor shall
designate one to serve for one year, one to serve for two years, one to
serve for three years, one to serve for four years, one to serve for
five years and one for six years. Thereafter, the successors of such
members shall hold office for a term of six years or until their
successors shall have been appointed and qualified. In case of vacancy
in the Board of Regents by reason of resignation, death or other
incapacity of one or more of its members, such vacancy shall be filled
by appointment by the Mayor of the City of Manila, with the consent of
the Municipal Board, and the appointee shall hold office for the
unexpired portion of the term. All members of the Board of Regents
shall be citizens of the Philippines. No person in the employ of or
with financial interest in any educational institution in any capacity
whatsoever, except those exercising purely professional functions,
shall be eligible for membership in the Board. The members shall serve
without compensation other than allowances for attendance at the
meetings of the Board or on other official business authorized by
resolution of the Board.
Sec. 5. The University of the City of Manila shall
have the general powers set out in Section thirteen of Act Numbered
Fourteen hundred and fifty-nine and such other functions as are
necessary to carry out the purposes of the corporation and
administration of the said university, and the exercise of its
corporate powers are hereby vested exclusively in the Board of Regents
and the president of the university insofar as authorized by the said
Board.
Sec. 6. Subject to existing laws, the Board of
Regents shall have the following powers and duties, in addition to its
general powers of administration and the exercise of the powers of the
corporation:
(a) To receive and appropriate to the ends specified
by ordinance of the City of Manila such sums as may be provided therein
for the support of the university;
(b) To provide for the establishment of the necessary
undergraduate and graduate colleges in the fields of education,
science, technology, in the priority of community needs;
(c) To confer honorary degrees upon persons in
recognition of learning, statesmanship, and service in the government
and eminence in philosophy, science, literature, and community service;
(d) To establish chairs in the colleges hereinbefore
mentioned, and to provide for the maintenance or endowment of such
chairs, as well as to provide for such other professors, associate
professors, assistant professors, instructors and lecturers as the
progress of instruction may make necessary and to fix the compensation
pertaining to such positions;
(e) To appoint, on the recommendation of the
president of the university, professors, instructors, lecturers and
other employees of the university; to fix their compensation, hours of
service, and such other duties and conditions as it may deem proper; to
grant to them in its discretion, leaves of absence under such
regulations as it may promulgate, any other provisions of law to the
contrary notwithstanding, and to remove them for cause after an
investigation and hearing shall have been had;
(f) To approve the courses of study and rules of
discipline drawn up by the university council as hereinafter provided;
to fix the tuition fees required of graduate students, as well as
matriculation fees, graduation fees and fees for laboratory courses,
and all special fees; and to remit the same in special cases;
(g) To provide fellowships, and scholarships, and to
award the same to students giving special evidence of merit;
(h) To prescribe rules for its own government, and to
enact for the government of the university such general ordinances and
regulations as are consistent with the purposes of the university as
defined in Section two of this Act; and
(i) To receive in trust, legacies, gifts, land grants
and donations of real and personal property of all kinds tax-free, and
to administer the same for the benefit of the University or of a
department thereof, or for aid to any student or students, in
accordance with the direction or instructions of the donor and, in
default thereof, in such manner as the Board of Regents may in its
discretion determine.
Sec. 7. A quorum of the Board of Regents shall
consist of a majority of all the members holding office at the time the
meeting of the Board is called. All processes against the Board of
Regents shall be served on the president or the secretary thereof.
Sec. 8. The Board of Regents shall file with the
Department of Education, the Mayor, and the Municipal Board an annual
detailed report, setting forth the progress, condition, and needs of
the University.
Sec. 9. There shall be a university council,
consisting of the president of the university and of all the members of
the faculty of the university holding the rank of professor, associate
professor, and assistant professor. Subject of existing laws, the
council shall have the power to prescribe the courses of study and
rules of discipline, provided these matters are first approved by the
Board of Regents. Subject to the same limitations, it shall fix the
requirements for admission to any college of the university as well as
for graduation and the conferment of degrees. The council alone shall
have the power to recommend students or others to be recipients of
degrees. Through its president or committees, it shall have
disciplinary powers over the students within the limits prescribed by
the rules of discipline approved by the Board of Regents. The powers
and duties of the president of the university, in addition to those
specifically provided for in this Act shall be those usually pertaining
to the office of the president of the university.
SECTION 10. The president shall be elected by the
Board of Regents with a salary of twenty-six thousand four hundred
pesos per annum for a term of six years renewable for another term of
six years unless sooner removed for incapacity, incompetence,
dishonesty and/or conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude.
SECTION 11. The body of professors and instructors of
each college shall constitute its faculty, and as presiding officer of
each faculty there shall be a dean elected by the Board of Regents on
nomination by the president of the university. In the appointment of
professors, instructors, and other personnel of the university, no
religious tests shall be required, nor shall their religious opinions
or affiliations be made a matter of examination or inquiry: provided,
however, that no professor or instructor or any other personnel in the
university shall inculcate sectarian tenets in any of the teachings,
nor attempt, either indirectly or directly, under penalty of dismissal
by the Board of Regents to influence students or attendants at the
university for or against any particular church or religious sect. The
university shall enjoy academic freedom.
SECTION 12. Professors, instructors and other
personnel of the university shall be exempt from any civil service
examination, regulation or requirement as a requisite to appointment.
SECTION 13. There shall be a secretary of the
university appointed by the Board of Regents. He shall be the secretary
of such Board and also of the university, and shall keep such records
of the university as may be designated by the Board of Regents.
SECTION 14. The Mayor, Vice-Mayor and the members of
the Municipal Board of Manila shall constitute a board of visitors of
the university, whose duty it shall be to attend commencement exercises
of the university, and to make visits at such other time as it may deem
proper, to examine the property, course of study, discipline, the state
of finances of the university, to inspect all books and accounts of the
institution, and to make reports to the Municipal Board upon the same,
with such recommendations as it may favor.
SECTION 15. The Municipal Board of the City of Manila
shall appropriate the funds for the operation of the university.
SECTION 16. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: June 19, 1965
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