An Act to Further Amend Republic Act Numbered Six Hundred Twenty-One, Entitled "An Act Creating United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization National Commission of the Philippines," as Amended

REPUBLIC ACT No. 3849

An Act to Further Amend Republic Act Numbered Six Hundred Twenty-One, Entitled "An Act Creating United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization National Commission of the Philippines," as Amended

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

Section 1. Section two of Republic Act Numbered Six hundred Twenty-one, as amended by Republic Act Numbered Eight hundred ninety-two, is further amended to read as follows:

Section 2. Section three of the same Act, as amended by Republic Act Numbered Eight hundred ninety-two, is further amended to read as follows:

Section 3. Section four of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 4. Section five of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 5. Section six of the same Act, as amended by Republic Act Numbered Eight hundred ninety-two, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

Section 6. A new section is hereby inserted between Section six and Section seven of the same Act, as amended, to be known as Section six-A, to read as follows:

Section 7. Section seven of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 8. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: April 13, 1964.

"Sec. 2. The Commission shall be composed of appointive and ex officio members. The following shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines with the consent of the Commission on Appointments:

"The Chairman of the Committee on Education, Senate, and the Chairman, Committee on Education, House of Representatives, shall serve as ex officio members with the same rights and privileges as those enjoyed by appointive members.

"A Chairman and a Vice-Chairman shall be elected by the Commission to serve for a term of three years without the right to hold over and may be elected for a second term only. The Chairman shall be the presiding officer of the Commission and shall be the Head ex officio of the Executive Committee herein provided."

"Sec. 3. The Commission shall create an executive committee and such other committees or subcommittees as maybe necessary for the effective and efficient performance of its powers and duties as the public interest may require and shall establish regional offices to further promote the cause of UNESCO.

"There shall also be a Secretariat to be headed by an executive secretary who shall act as the Secretary of the Commission, its committees or sub-committees and shall attend to all administrative matters of the Commission."

"Sec. 4. The members of the Commission shall serve in honorary capacity and shall receive no compensation or remuneration except travelling expenses and per diems of twenty pesos for each day of actual attendance in the sessions of the Commission, its committees, or sub-committees."

"Sec. 5. The members of the Commission shall serve for a term of three years: Provided, However, That one-third of the members appointed under this Act shall serve for one year, one-third for two years and one-third for three years which shall be indicated in their appointments."

"Sec. 6. The Commission shall have the following powers and duties:

"Sec. 6-A. The Chairman with the approval of the Commission is authorized to receive gifts, donations, bequest, and subventions directly from governments, public and private institutions, associations and private persons."

"Sec. 7. The amount of five hundred thousand pesos or so much thereof as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act is hereby appropriated from the funds of the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Thereafter, this amount shall be included in the yearly appropriations for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization National Commission of the Philippines."