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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1076
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1076 -
AMENDING PART XII ON EDUCATION AND PART XIX ON NATIONAL SECURITY OF THE
INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN, BY TRANSFERRING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE
DEFUNCT NATIONAL SHRINES COMMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL
DEFENSE
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WHEREAS,
the Integrated Reorganization Plan provides, among other things, that
the functions of the defunct National Shrines Commission be transferred
from the Department of National Defense to the Department of Education
and Culture, but to preclude interruption in the administration,
maintenance and development of national shrine pending the organization
of the Department of Education and Culture, said functions were
tentatively integrated into the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office,
Department of National Defense in July 1973; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the administration, maintenance and development of national
shrines consisting of military memorials or battle monuments can be
more effectively accomplished if they are removed from the Department
of Education and Culture and transferred to the Department of National
Defense by reason of the latter's greater capabilities and resources;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the functions of the Department of National Defense are more
closely related and relevant to the charter or significance of said
national shrines;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated
September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972,
as amended, do hereby decree, order and adopt as part of the law of the
land certain amendments to the Integrated Reorganization Plan, as
follows:cralaw:red
Section 1. Article IV, Chapter II of Part XIX on
National Security is hereby amended to read as follows: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"Article IV — Veterans Services
"1. The Veterans Memorial Hospital, the Veterans
Claims Settlement Staff, the National Shrines Commission, (all under
the Department of National Defense), and the Philippine Veterans
Administration (under the Office of the President) are consolidated and
integrated into only one agency in the department to be known as the
Philippine Veterans Affairs Office.
"2. The Philippine Veterans Affairs Office,
hereinafter referred to as the Office, shall administer all benefits
due to veterans, their heirs and beneficiaries; shall provide medical
care and treatment to veterans pursuant to existing laws, and shall
administer, maintain and develop military memorials and battle
monuments proclaimed as national shrines.
"a. A Veterans Memorial Hospital which shall be
essentially the existing Veterans Memorial Hospital; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"b. A claims and Pensions Branch which shall perform
the functions of the present Philippine Veterans Administration and the
Veterans Claims Settlement Staff. For this purpose, the latter agencies
are abolished and the applicable appropriations, records, equipment,
property and such personnel as may be necessary are transferred to the
Claims and Pensions Branch of the Office; and
"c. A Military Shrines Service which shall perform
the functions of the National Shrines Commission pertaining to military
memorials. For which purpose, the latter office is abolished and the
applicable office is abolished and the applicable appropriations,
records, equipment, property and such personnel as may be necessary are
transferred to the Military Shrines Service of the Philippine Veterans
Affairs Office."
Section 2. Section 7, Article XV, Chapter I, Part
XII on Education, providing for the abolition of the National Shrines
Commission and the transfer of its functions to the National historical
Institute of the Department of Education and Culture is hereby
repealed. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. The Secretary of National Defense shall
issue the necessary order and guidelines to implement this decree.
Section 4. This decree shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City, of Manila,
this 26th day of January, the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and
seventy-seven.
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