REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4369 - AN ACT TO
FURTHER AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED
FIFTY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED (RE: COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF TEXTBOOKS)
Section 1. Section two of Act Numbered twenty-nine hundred
fifty-seven, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 2. The Board of Textbooks shall be composed of
seven members to be appointed by the President of the Philippines with
the consent of the Commission on Appointments: provided, that at least
one of the seven shall be from among the Muslims and other national
cultural minorities and the other two to be the Director of Public
Schools and the Director of Private Schools. The members of the Board
shall hold office for a period of six years and shall be entitled to a
per diem in an amount to be fixed by the board and approved by the
Secretary of Education, except those who are receiving a fixed salary
from the government or any of its subdivisions and instrumentalities.
In making the appointment of the first board, two members shall be
appointed for a period of two years, two members for a period of four
years, and one member for a period of six years. Every two years the
board shall select a chairman from among its members.
All members of said board shall be citizens of the Philippines.
It shall be unlawful for the board to consider for adoption or to adopt
any treatise, textbook, or manuscript in whose authorship, editorship,
or preparation a member of the Board may have direct or indirect
interest: provided, that this prohibition shall not apply to the
deliberation of the board to consider for adoption or to adopt any
treatise, textbook, or manuscript written by any member thereof during
the period of his incumbency who shall not participate in said
deliberation: provided, further, that said treatise, textbook, or
manuscript shall be turned over to the government which may undertake
the printing and distribution thereof. It shall likewise be unlawful
for any member of the board, during the period of his incumbency, to
own, directly or indirectly, any interest whatsoever in any firm,
partnership, or corporation publishing or dealing in school textbooks.
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: June 19, 1965.
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