Social Security Commission.
Section 3
SEC. 3. Social Security Commission.— To carry out the purposes of this Act, a Social Security Commission is hereby created to be composed of the Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health, the Social Welfare Administrator, the General Manager of the Government Service Insurance System and three other members to be appointed by the President of the Philippines with the consent of the Commission on Appointments. The Chairman of the Commission shall be designated by the President of the Philippines. The term of the appointive members shall be three years: Provided, That the terms of the first three appointees shall be one, two and three years, respectively. All vacancies, except through expiration of the term, shall be filled for the unexpired term only. Members of the Commission who are public officers shall not receive any additional compensation, but members who are private citizens shall receive twenty pesos for each meeting actually attended by them: Provided, That no compensation shall be paid for more than one meeting a week. Commission shall have under its general supervision an Administrator who shall serve as the chief executive officer immediately responsible for carrying out the program of the Social Security System hereby created and the policies of the Commission. The Administrator shall be a person who has had previous experience in technical and administrative fields related to the purposes of this Act. He shall be appointed by the President of Philippines with the consent of the Commission on appointments, and shall receive a salary to be fixed by e Commission with the approval of the President, payable from the funds of the System. The Commission, upon the recommendation of the Administrator, shall appoint an actuary, medical director, d such other personnel as may be deemed necessary, shall fix their compensation, prescribe their duties and establish such methods and procedures as may insure the efficient, honest and economical administration of the provisions and purposes of this Act.