An Act to Amend Section Six of Act Numbered One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy, as Amended, by Inserting Therein Subsection (k), Providing for the Power of the Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines to Fix the Tenure of its Faculty Members Under Specified Conditions

REPUBLIC ACT No. 3963

An Act to Amend Section Six of Act Numbered One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy, as Amended, by Inserting Therein Subsection (k), Providing for the Power of the Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines to Fix the Tenure of its Faculty Members Under Specified Conditions

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1. Section six of Act Numbered One thousand eight hundred and seventy, as amended, otherwise known as the Charter of the University of the Philippines is hereby amended by adding to and inserting therein subsection (k) as follows:

Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 18, 1964.

"(k) Subject to the approval of the President of the Philippines in the case of the President of the University to extend, with their consent, the tenure of faculty members of the university beyond the age of sixty-five, any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, on recommendation of the President of the University; whenever in his opinion their services are specially needed: Provided, However, That no extension of service shall be made beyond the age of seventy."