CHAPTER 1. — Creation and Composition
Creation of the Council for the Welfare of Children.
ART. 205. Creation of the Council for the Welfare
of Children. — A Council for the Welfare of Children is hereby
established under the Office of President, The Council shall be composed
of the Secretary of Social Welfare as Chairman, and seven members,
namely: The Secretary of Justice, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary
of Education and Culture, the Secretary of Health, the Presiding Judge
of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, City of Manila; and two
representatives of voluntary welfare associations to be appointed by the
President of the Philippines, each of whom shall hold office for a term
of two years. There shall be a permanent Secretariat for the Council
headed by an Executive Director, to be appointed by the Chairman and
approved by a majority of the members of the Council.
For actual attendance at regular meetings, the Chairman and each
member of the Council shall receive a per diem of one hundred pesos for
every meeting actually attended, but the total amount of per diem that
the Chairman and a member may receive in a month shall in no case exceed
five hundred pesos.
Appropriation.
ART. 206. Appropriation. — The sum of five
million pesos is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the National
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the operation and maintenance
of the Council for the Welfare of Children and Youth during the fiscal
year. Thereafter, sums as may be necessary for its operation and
maintenance shall be included in the General Appropriations Decree.
Powers and Functions.
ART. 207. Powers and Functions. — The Council for
the Welfare of Children and Youth shall have the following powers and
functions:
To coordinate the implementation and enforcement of all laws
relative to the promotion of child and youth welfare;
To prepare, submit to the President and circulate copies of
long-range programs and goals for the physical, intellectual, emotional,
moral, spiritual, and social development of children and youth, and to
submit to him an annual report of the progress thereof;
To formulate policies and devise, introduce, develop and
evaluate programs and services for the general welfare of children and
youth;
To call upon and utilized any department, bureau, office,
agency, or instrumentality, public private or voluntary, for such
assistance as it may require in the performance of its functions;
Perform such other functions as provided by law.
Offices to Coordinate with the Council for Welfare of Children.
ART. 208. Offices to Coordinate with the Council for
Welfare of Children. — The following offices and agencies shall
coordinate with the Council for the Welfare of Children and Youth in the
implementation of laws and programs on child and youth welfare:
CHAPTER 3. — Implementation of Code and
Implementation of this Code and Rule-Making Authority.
ART. 209. Implementation of this Code and
Rule-Making Authority. — The enforcement and implementation of this
Code shall be the primary responsibility of the Council for the Welfare
of Children. Said Council shall have authority to promulgate the
necessary rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying into effect
the provisions of this Code.
FINAL PROVISIONS
General Penalty.
ART. 210. General Penalty. — Violations
of any provisions of this Code for which no penalty is specifically
provided shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding one month or a
fine not exceeding two hundred pesos, or both such fine and imprisonment
at the discretion of the court, unless a higher penalty is provided for
in the Revised Penal Code or special laws.
Repealing Clause.
ART. 211. Repealing Clause. — All laws
or parts of any laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Code are
hereby repealed or modified accordingly: Provided, That the
provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972 and amendments thereto
shall continue to be in force and shall not be deemed modified or
repealed by any provision of this Code.
Separability Clause.
ART. 212. Separability Clause. — If any
provision of this Code is held invalid, the other provisions not
affected thereby shall continue in operation.
Effectivity Clause.
ART. 213. Effectivity Clause. — This
Code shall take effect six months after its approval.
Done in the City of Manila, this 10th day of
December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
Source: Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines — Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).
