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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 623
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 623 -
FURTHER AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 232, AS AMENDED
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WHEREAS,
the recent international events which unleashed economic dislocations
on all sectors of the national economy including that of the coconut
industry indicate an imperative need for the Government to pursue
through a single agency definite development plans in the coconut
industrymed at improving the economic status of the coconut and other
palm oil farmers and assuring domestic consumers with a continuous
supply of coconut-based products at reasonable prices; and chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, to insure that the aforesaid objectives and purposes are
pursued there is need to re-organize the Governing Board of the
Philippine Coconut Authority by including in its composition the
required management and financial expertise and directing the
implementation of definite plans calculated to promote the growth and
development of the coconut industry:cralaw:red
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby
decree the further amendment of Presidential Decree No. 232, as follows:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section 4 of Presidential Decree No. 232,
as amended by Presidential Decree No. 271, is hereby amended and
changed to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 4. Governing Board. — The corporate powers and
duties of the Authority shall be vested in, and exercised by a Board,
to be composed of seven members, to wit: The Chairman, who shall act as
the Chairman of the Board, and the President, both of the Philippine
National Bank, who shall be ex-officio members, and the remaining five
members, to be appointed by the President, from the recommendations of
the following:cralaw:red
a) Three members recommended by the Philippine
Coconut Producers Federation;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
b) One member recommended by the United Coconut
Associations of the Philippines; and
c) One member recommended by the owner and operator
of the hybrid coconut seednut farm authorized to be established under
Section 3-B hereof.
"A representative of foreign organizations, associations or entities,
or a foreign expert, of reorganized competence and experience in the
development and production of hybrid coconut palm trees shall act as an
adviser and participate in the deliberations of the Board: Provided,
That said adviser shall not be entitled to vote on any matter taken by
the Board. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"The Board shall elect from among their members a Vice-Chairman who
shall assume the functions of the Chairman, whenever the latter is
absent or incapacitated.
"The Board shall meet at least once a month and the members shall each
receive, for each meeting actually attended, a per diem of two hundred
pesos: Provided, That such per diems shall not exceed one thousand
pesos during any month for each member.
"The Board shall have the following additional powers and duties:cralaw:red
a) To direct and manage the affairs of the Authority;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
b) To prepare and adopt an annual budget which,
notwithstanding any law or regulation to the contrary, shall not be
subject to approval by the Budget Commission; and
c) To establish the internal organization of the
Authority and fix the salaries and other compensation of its officers
and employees;"
Section 2. Section 5 of the same decree is hereby
amended and changed to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 5. Personnel. — The chief executive officer of
the Authority shall be the Administrator assisted by such Deputy
Administrators as the Board may prescribe, all of whom shall be
appointed, or removed, by the Board and delegated with such powers and
duties as it may prescribe. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"The Board may establish such departments as it may be convenient for
the discharge of its duties: Provided, That only one agronomical
research department shall be created with the following
responsibilities:cralaw:red
a) To operate and maintain one central research
station and such sub-stations as the Board may prescribe and, for that
purpose, all research stations and centers, facilities and equipment
operated by any governmental agency or instrumentality in the
researches on genetical, agronomical and disease control relating to
coconut culture are all hereby transferred to the Authority;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
b) In coordination and cooperation with the hybrid
coconut seed farm herein authorized to be established, to conduct
genetical and agricultural researches and investigations for the
improvement of the coconut palm productivity but in no case shall it
engage in the production of seednuts;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
c) To train people in the proper methods of planting
and caring of the hybrid coconut palm tree;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
d) To conduct scientific researches and
investigations in the control and elimination of "kadang-kadang" and
other diseases of coconut; and
e) To compile scientific information and disseminate
results of agronomical researches and investigations on coconut
productivity.
"All officers and employees of the Authority shall be selected and
appointed by the Board on the basis solely of merit and fitness and are
not subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Law and Rules as
well as the regulations of the Wage and Position Classification Office."
Section 3. Upon effectivity of this Decree, the Board
of the Authority as presently constituted shall cease to exist. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 4. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 26th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-four.
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