Section 35
Section 35 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 35. Creation and Composition of the Board.—There is hereby created a Dangerous Drugs Board which shall be composed of six ex officio members, as follows: (a) the Secretary of Health or his representative; (b) the Secretary of Justice or his representative; (c) the Secretary of National Defense or his representative; (d) the Secretary of Education or his representative; (e) the Secretary of Finance or his representative; and (f) the Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare or his representative. "The Secretary of Health shall be the Chairman of the Board. "The Director of the National Bureau of Investigation shall be the permanent consultant of the Board. "The Chairman and all members of the Board and the Director of the National Bureau of Investigation shall each receive a per diem of fifty-pesos for their attendance at every meeting of the Board: Provided, that where the representative of an ex officio member attends a meeting in behalf of the latter such representative shall be entitled to receive the per diem. "The Board shall meet at the call of the chairman or of any two other members. The presence of four members shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of the chairman, a temporary presiding officer may be designated by the majority of the quorum. "The Board may constitute an executive committee, to be composed of any three members or their representatives or of any three ranking personnel of the Board, which shall have the duty of carrying into effect the policies and decisions of the Board and shall meet as often as necessary, at the discretion of its chairman to be designated by the Board. "When public interest so requires, the executive committee may act for and in behalf of the Board, and its decision if approved by the Secretary of Health, shall be valid, unless revoked by the Board at its next regular or special meeting. "The Board shall appoint an executive director who shall be the administrative officer of the Board and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by it. The executive director shall possess adequate training and experience in the field of dangerous drugs, or in law, medicine, criminology, psychology or social work. He shall receive a compensation of twenty thousand pesos per annum."