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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 294
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 294
- ORGANIZING THE NATIONAL SOCIAL ACTION COUNCIL (NASAC) CREATED UNDER
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 182-A, AS AMENDED, AS A BODY CORPORATE, DEFINING
ITS FUNCTIONS AND PROVIDING GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE THERETO
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WHEREAS, in
an ever increasing awareness of their responsibilities in social and
economic development and in response to the challenge of buildings a
New Society, the economical faiths and the private sector are sharing
more fully their goodwill, their efforts, and their resources with the
Government of the Philippines;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in the pursuit of their respective development programs, the
Government, the ecumenical faiths, and the private sector realize the
need of collaboration and cooperation, while maintaining and respecting
their respective roles and responsibilities;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, one effective means of involving and of making the citizenry
co-responsible in the task of nation-building is through continuing and
effective public consultations in the formulation of Government
development plans and policies;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is now essential that the National Social Action Council
(NASAC) as the body originally created to make such consultations with
the Government possible, should acquire the juridical personality and
the powers necessary for it to become fully operative in the cause of
national development;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant
to Proclamation No. 1081 dated 21 September 1972, do hereby decree
that:cralaw:red
Section 1. Executive Order No. 182-A is hereby
amended by making it a body corporate, with the following major
functions and powers:cralaw:red
1) To effect and implement the articulation,
cultivation, development, and dissemination of common national goals
and strategies in social and economic development among the Government,
the ecumenical faiths, and the private sector;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
2) To act as a national and local advisory and
consultative council to Government, church and private sectors in their
various programs and projects; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
3) To organize national trisectoral bodies for
socio-economic development, so as to effect implementation, integration
and coordination of projects and activities among the Government, the
ecumenical faiths and the private sector in the national and local
levels;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
4) To implement and coordinate the undertaking of
selected projects and activities in social and economic development, to
achieve optimum results out of the concerted efforts and resources of
the three sectors;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
5) To create a common fund out of such resources as
can be made available from the Government, the church and private
sectors to attain the goals of this decree. For this purpose, NASAC is
hereby authorized to initiate fund campaigns and conduct benefit shows
or programs and other fund raising activities in order to maintain this
common fund, which shall be utilized to finance socio-economic programs
of the above-named three sectors; and chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
6) To enlist the support and cooperation of any
government department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality, and
to perform such other duties as may be necessary for the success of its
undertakings.
Section 2. The members of the Council shall be those
enumerated under Executive Order No. 182-A, as amended, and the heads
of such other church and private organizations or government Agencies
as the Council may deem fit to elect. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. The National Social Action Council (NASAC)
shall have perpetual succession and shall have all legal powers to sue
and be sued: to contract and be contracted with; to hold real and
personal property as may be necessary for corporate purposes; to accept
and receive real and personal property by gift, device or bequest; to
levy and collect membership dues and special assessments from its
members; to adopt a seal and alter the same at pleasure; to have
offices and conduct its affairs in the Greater Manila Area and
elsewhere; and generally to do all such acts and things as may be
necessary or proper to carry into effect and promote the purposes for
which it was organized.
Section 4. As a civic organization created by law,
all donations or contributions which may be made by private entities or
persons to the National Social Action (NASAC) shall be exempt from
income and gift taxes, and the same shall further be deductible in full
and shall not be included for purposes of computing the maximum amount
deductible under Section 30, paragraph (h), of the National Internal
Revenue Code, as amended.
Section 5. There is hereby appropriated annually the
sum of two hundred fifty thousand pesos (P250,000) of the Government in
the total fund requirements of the NASAC projects. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 6. The Council shall adopt its own rules and
regulations to govern its organization in accordance with the purpose
of this Decree.
Section 7. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 18th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-three.
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