Presidential Decree No. 803 (PD 803) — Further Amending Certain Sections of Presidential Decree No. 79 as Amended, Otherwise Known as Revised Population Act of the Philippines.
WHEREAS, private sector participation must be strengthened
to achieve a comprehensive and more effective national population
program;
WHEREAS, involvement of the private sector in the
development and formulation of policy and plans is essential to achieve
effective coordination in the execution of our national population
program;
WHEREAS, the Population Center Foundation, Inc. is the
primary grant-making institution for population programs of the private
sector in the Philippines and has developed the potential of becoming a
major source of population expertise in the Asian Region;
WHEREAS, effective coordination between the Population
Center Foundation, Inc. and the Commission on Population is necessary to
maximize the efforts and resources that are applied to our national
population program;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution
and in order to strengthen the population program of the Philippines, do
hereby decree and make part of the law of the land the following:
SECTION 1. Section 6 of Presidential Decree No. 79 as
amended is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"All functions and powers of the POPCOM shall be vested in and
exercised by a Board of Commissioners hereinafter referred to as the
Board, composed of: Secretary of Education and Culture/Secretary of
Health, Secretary of Social Welfare, Dean of the University of the
Philippines Population Institute, the Director-General of the National
Economic arid Development Authority, Executive Director of the
Population Center Foundation, Inc., and two other members from the
private sector who possess the necessary expertise in the field of
population and who are not recipients of Population Commission program
money, each to be appointed by the President of the Philippines for a
term of three years."
Repealing Clause.
SEC. 2. Repealing Clause.—All laws, acts, decrees,
executive orders and rules and regulations, or parts thereof
inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.
Effectivity.
SEC. 3. Effectivity.—This Decree shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila this 25th day of September in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
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