ORGANIZING THE NATIONAL SOCIAL ACTION COUNCIL (NASAC) CREATED UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 182-A, AS AMENDED, AS A BODY CORPORATE, DEFINING ITS FUNCTIONS AND PROVIDING GOVERNMENT A…

WHEREAS, in an ever increasing awareness of their
responsibilities in social and economic development and in response to the
challenge of building a New Society, the ecumenical faiths and the private
sector are sharing more fully their goodwill, their efforts, and their resources
with the Government of the Philippines;

WHEREAS, in the pursuit of their respective developmental
programs, the Government, the ecumenical faiths, and the private sector realize
the need of collaboration and cooperation, while maintaining and respecting
their respective roles and responsibilities;

WHEREAS, one effective means of involving and of making the
citizenry co-responsible in the task of nation-building is through continuing
and effective public consultations in the formulation of government development
plans and policies; and

WHEREAS, it is now essential that the National Social Action
Council (NASAC) as the body originally created to make such consultations with
the Government possible, should acquire the juridical personality and the powers
necessary for it to become fully operative in the cause of national
development;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to
Proclamation No, 1081, dated 21 September 1972, do hereby decree that:

SECTION 1. Executive Order No. 182-A is hereby amended by
making it a body corporate, with the following major functions and powers:

1. To effect and implement the articulation, cultivation, development, and
   dissemination of common national goals and strategies in social and economic
   development among the Government, the ecumenical faiths, and the private sector;

2. To act as a national and local advisory and consultative council to
   Government, church and private sectors in their various programs and projects;
3. To organize national trisectoral bodies for socio-economic development so as
   to effect implementation, integration and coordination of projects and
   activities among the Government, the ecumenical faiths and the private sector in
   the national and local levels;
4. To implement and coordinate the undertaking of selected projects and
   activities in social and economic development, to achieve optimum results out of
   the concerted efforts and resources of the three sectors;
5. To create a common fund out of such resources as can be made available from
   the Government, the church and private sectors to attain the goals of this
   Decree. For this purpose, NASAC is hereby authorized to initiate fund campaigns
   and conduct benefit shows or programs and other fund raising activities in order
   to maintain this common fund, which shall be utilized to finance socio-economic
   programs of the above-named three sectors; and
6. To enlist the support and cooperation of any government department, bureau,
   office, agency or instrumentality, and to perform such other duties as may be
   necessary for the success of its undertakings.

SEC. 2. The members of the Council shall be those enumerated
under Executive Order No. 182-A, as amended, and the heads of such other church
and private organizations or government agencies as the Council may deem fit to
elect.

SEC. 3. The National Social Action Council (NASAC) shall
have perpetual succession and shall have all legal powers appertaining to a
juridical person, particularly the power to sue and be sued; to contract and be
contracted with; to hold real and personal property as may be necessary for
corporate purposes; to accept and receive real and personal property by gift,
device or bequest; to levy and collect membership dues and special assessments
from its members; to adopt a seal and alter the same at pleasure; to have
offices and conduct its affairs in the Greater Manila Area and elsewhere; and
generally to do all such acts and things as may be necessary or proper to carry
into effect and promote the purposes for which it was organized.

SEC. 4. As a civic organization created by law, all
donations or contributions which may be made by private entities or persons to
the National Social Action Council (NASAC) shall be exempt from income and gift
taxes, and the same shall further be deductible in full and shall not be
included for purposes of computing the maximum amount deductible under Section
30, paragraph (h), of the National Internal Revenue Code, as amended.

SEC. 5. There is hereby appropriated annually the sum of two
hundred fifty thousand pesos (P250,000) out of the funds of the National
Treasury as the share of the Government in the total fund requirements of the
NASAC projects.

SEC. 6. The Council shall adopt its own rules and
regulations to govern its organization in accordance with the purpose of this
Decree.

SEC. 7. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 18th day of September, in the year of Our
Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.

			(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President Republic of the Philippines
	By the President:
	(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
		Assistant Executive Secretary