Functions.
Section 3
SEC. 3. Functions. — The Department shall be responsible for the following functions: Conduct basic and applied research on youth development; Encourage, initiate, and establish youth organizations to promote and develop youth activities open to persons eleven years and above, and administer where necessary such newly established organizations, subject to requirements of national security; Coordinate with the Department of Education and Culture, the Department of National Defense, the Department of Labor, the National Manpower and Youth Council, and the Department of Social Welfare various allied youth activities as mentioned in Section 2; Establish, by mutual agreement and in continuing consultation with the Department of National Defense, such guidelines as may permit community service as an acceptable substitute for compulsory military service; Establish, whenever necessary, summer camps and centers for youth leadership and other youth activities; Conduct promotion and fund raising campaigns, in accordance with existing law, to achieve the purposes of the Department; Plan and implement an integrated program of physical fitness and amateur sports development for the country; Adopt and enforce a uniform set of rules to determine and govern amateur athletes and sports in the Philippines and for the accreditation or recognition (or its withdrawal) and supervision of national sports associations; and consistent with administrative due process, to govern the procedure to be observed by the national sports associations in hearing and deciding cases before them either on initial hearings or on appeal; Develop and/or maintain recreational facilities, playgrounds, and sports centers in strategic places in the country, and a modern sports complex adequate for major international sports competitions; Assist the proper government department or agency in the formulation of an industry incentives program for the local manufacture of sporting goods and equipment; Administer the existing National College of Physical Education in accordance with the regulations of the Department of Education and Culture; Provide such incentives to deserving associations or athletes as may be permissable under the rules or amateurism; Issue rules and adopt measures as may be necessary for the attainment of its objectives; Delegate authority for the performance of any function of officers and employees under its direction; and Perform such other functions as may be directed by the President or provided by law. The Department may import sports equipment and materials as may be required for the attainment of its objectives from its appropriations, contributions, or other sources. Such importation may be partially or fully exempt from customs duties, subject to conditions as may be imposed by the Secretary of Finance.