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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1557
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1557 -
AMENDING SectionS 5 AND 6 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1003-A CREATING
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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WHEREAS,
Presidential Decree No. 1003-A established the National Academy of
Science and Technology to be composed of outstanding scientists in the
country; and
WHEREAS, certain amendments are necessary in order to carry out more
effectively the objectives of the Decree. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
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:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section 5 of the Presidential Decree No.
1003-A is hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 5. A scientist who is a Filipino citizen and
who is in sympathy with the purposes of the Academy may become a member
therein when his nomination for membership, which shall be made by at
least three (3) members of the Academy who shall certify that the
nominee is qualified under the provisions of Section 2 of this Decree,
is formally approved by a majority of the full membership of the
Academy. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"Membership in the Academy shall carry with it the title of
"Academician", and shall be for life except when terminated for cause
or by voluntary resignation."
Section 2. Section 6 of the same Decree is hereby
amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 6. The Academy shall be initially composed of
scientists who shall be nominated by different national scientific
societies and recognized research and academic institutions of higher
learning and screened by a temporary Committee of ten (10) members to
be appointed by the President of the Philippines upon recommendation of
the Board of Governors of the National Science Development Board. This
Committee shall be representative of Five (5) major fields of sciences,
including basic and applied biological, physical, mathematical,
engineering and social sciences. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
The temporary Committee shall screen and evaluate the nominee pursuant
to the provisions of Section 2, and may confer membership by a
favorable vote of at least eight (8) members.
The temporary screening Committee shall exist for a period of not more
than twenty-four (24) months after promulgation of this Decree." chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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