RECONSTITUTING THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AS A NEW AGENCY UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL CENSUS AND STATISTICS OFFICE

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 418
• Sections: 8

Preamble

WHEREAS, it is necessary to link directly the functions of

the Bureau of the Census and Statistics with the requirements of

national social and economic development planning;

WHEREAS, the National Economic and Development Authority,

being the highest development planning body, is the logical focal point

for securing the desired linkage that will give more development

orientation in the operations of the Bureau of the Census and Statistics

and make it serve move efficiently the requirements of development

planning; and

WHEREAS, to attain this objective, the organizational status

and form of the Bureau of the Census and Statistics should be redefined

and reconstituted under the administrative supervision of the National

Economic and Development Authority;

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

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

do hereby order and decree:

Section 1

SECTION 1. The Bureau of the Census and Statistics of the

Department of Trade is hereby reconstituted as a new agency to be known

as the National Census and Statistics Office. The Office shall be

transferred from the Department of Trade and placed under the

administrative supervision of the National Economic and Development

Authority.

Section 2

SEC. 2. The Office shall be headed by an Executive Director

and shall have the same organizational structure and functions

prescribed for the Bureau of the Census and Statistics under the

Integrated Reorganization Plan, as amended: Provided, however,

That the Director-General of the National Economic and Development

Authority may make modifications thereon as may be necessary: Provided,

further, That except for the Executive Director and Assistant

Executive Director who shall be appointed by the President, upon

recommendation of the Director-General of the National Economic and

Development Authority, all other personnel of the Office shall be

appointed by the Executive Director and shall be under his control and

supervision: Provided, furthermore. That the staffing pattern for

high-level professional and technical personnel of the Office which

shall be prepared for purposes of implementing the reorganization

prescribed for the Bureau of the Census and Statistics under the Plan

shall be reviewed and recommended for approval by the Director-General

of the National Economic and Development Authority: Provided, finally,

That the regular professional and technical personnel of the Office

shall be exempt from the coverage of the classification and compensation

plans of the Wage and Position Classification Office, and Civil Service

rules and regulations.

Section 3

SEC. 3. The present personnel complement of the Bureau of

the Census and Statistics, together with its applicable appropriations,

records, equipment and property shall be transferred to the Office

herein created.

Section 4

SEC. 4. The National Economic and Development Authority

shall: (a) provide general policies and priorities which shall serve as

the general framework for the statistical operations of the Office; (b)

review and recommend for approval statistical programs and budgets for

such programs, as recommended by the Office.

Section 5

SEC. 5. The Office shall assist the Statistical Advisory

Board and the National Economic and Development Authority in the

formulation of a continuing comprehensive statistical program for the

Government and shall provide technical assistance and support to

projects of other statistical agencies and institutions particularly

those concerned with the improvement of economic statistics.

Section 6

SEC. 6. This Decree shall take effect and shall be

implemented immediately.

Section 7

SEC. 7. All laws, executive orders, decrees, rules and

regulations, or parts thereof, contrary to or inconsistent with the

provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified

accordingly.

Done in the City of Manila, this 20th day of March, in the year of

Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E.

MARCOS

President

Republic of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO

MELCHOR

Executive Secretary