AMENDING SEC. 7 OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBER SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR AS AMENDED

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1945
• Sections: 4

Preamble

WHEREAS, pursuant to Letter of Instructions No. 1393, the

Deputy Minister of Public Works and Highways exercises control and supervision

over the administration, management and operations of the Metropolitan

Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) in order to effectively implement the

infrastructure projects of the MWSS;

WHEREAS, the set-up envisioned under Letter of Instructions

No. 1393 has been successful, efficient and cost-saving, such that there is a

need to adopt it as an integral part of the Government's organizational

structure;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the

Constitution and by law, particularly Presidential Decree No. 1416, as amended

by Presidential Decree No. 1772, do hereby order:

Section 1

SECTION 1. Sec. 7 of Republic Act No. 6234, as amended, is

hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 7. Other Officers and Employees; their appointment

and qualifications.—The Deputy Minister of Public Works and Highways shall

be the ex-officio General Manager of the System. He shall be assisted by four

Assistant General Managers — one for Engineering, one for Operations, one for

Finance and Administration, one for Commercial and Customers Services — and

heads of departments all of whom shall perform managerial, highly technical

and/or primarily confidential functions, and such additional officers and

employees as the Board may provide. The Assistant General Managers shall be

appointed by the Board and each shall receive a compensation of forty eight

thousand pesos per annum unless the Board shall fix a higher amount

therefor.

"The Assistant General Managers shall be persons of integrity, competence,

and experience in technical and executive fields related to the purpose of this

Act. Their other qualifications as well as powers and duties shall be determined

by the Board.

"In case of temporary disability or absence of the General Manager, the

Chairman of the Board shall designate any Assistant General Manager, to act as

General Manager; in case of temporary disability or absence of any Assistant

General Manager, the General Manager may designate any department head in the

group to act as Assistant General Manager.''

Section 2

SEC. 2. All laws, executive or administrative orders,

letters of instructions, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, inconsistent

with this Presidential Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified

accordingly.

Section 3

SEC. 3. This Presidential Decree shall take effect

immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 29th day of June in the year of Our Lord,

nineteen hundred and eighty-four.