Presidential Census Coordinating Board and Provincial City and Municipal Census Boards.
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SECTION 1. Presidential Census Coordinating Board and Provincial City and Municipal Census Boards. — For the systematic coordination of government agencies and instrumentalities involved in the conduct of the 1975 Integrated Census of Population and Economic Activities, a Presidential Census Coordinating Board to be composed of the following, is hereby created: The Executive Secretary Chairman The Director General of the National Economic and Development Authority Vice-Chairman The Secretary of National Defense Member The Secretary of Labor Member The Secretary of Education and Culture Member The Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications Member The Secretary of Department of Public Highways Member The Secretary of Agriculture Member The Secretary of Natural Resources Member The Secretary of Local Government and Community Development Member The Board shall issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to successfully carry out this national undertaking. As a counterpart of the Presidential Census Coordinating Board at the local government level, there shall be established a Provincial, City or Municipal Census Board in each province, city and municipality, as the case may be, which shall provide such facilities and assistance as shall be required by the National Census and Statistics Office. The Provincial Census Board shall be composed of the Provincial Governor, as Chairman, and the Division Superintendent of Schools, Senior District Highway Engineer, PC Provincial Commander, Provincial Development Officer and the Provincial Agriculturist, as members. The City Census Board shall be composed of the City Mayor, as Chairman, and the City Superintendent of Schools, City Engineer and the City Development Officer, as members. The Municipal Census Board shall be composed of the Municipal Mayor, as Chairman, and the Supervisor/Principal Teacher, Municipal Agriculturist, and the Municipal Development Officer, as members. The Executive Officer of the Presidential Census Coordinating Board shall be the Executive Director of the National Census and Statistics Office while that of the local boards shall be the Provincial Census Officer for provinces and the Municipal Census Officer/Census Assistant or the City/Municipal Census Supervisor for cities and Municipalities. The Board may call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government for any assistance in the performance of their functions. SEC. 2. Census Day. — The first day of May, 1975 is hereby designated as Census Day from which date the census field enumeration shall commence and continue until every individual in the country shall have been enumerated. The collection of data will be by enumeration and the respondent shall be the head or any responsible member of the household.