AMENDING PARAGRAPH 4, ARTICLE II, CHAPTER I, PART XIII OF THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN, AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING FOR A FULL-TIME VICE-CHAIRMAN AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR T…

WHEREAS, the department model of organization under the
Integrated Reorganization Plan, to which the National Science
Development Board conforms, provides for an Undersecretary to assist the
Department Secretary, and to perform temporarily the functions of
Secretary in case of inability of the latter to perform his duties owing
to illness, absence, or other cause, or in case of vacancy in that
office;

WHEREAS, in the interest of better science administration,
coordination and supervision, it is necessary and desirable to restore
and reestablish the position of Vice-Chairman and Executive Director in
the National Science Development Board.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,
do hereby amend Paragraph 4, Article II, Chapter I, Part XIII of the
Integrated Reorganization Plan, as amended, to read as follows:

“4. The Governing Board is renamed Board of Governors and
reorganized to be composed of seven members: a full-time Chairman who
shall have a term of six years; a Vice-Chairman, who shall concurrently
be the Executive Director of the National Science Development Board; the
Secretary of Education and Culture, the President of the University of
the Philippines, and a representative from the National Economic and
Development Authority, as ex-officio members; and two members from the
private sector who have demonstrated competence in scientific and
technological research and development in the fields of agriculture,
industry, technology, education, and community development, who shall
serve part-time, provided that in no case shall a member of the Board of
Governors be the head of any of the implementing agencies of the NSDB.”

Letter of Implementation No. 14, dated November 27, 1972 is
accordingly modified.

Done in the City of Manila, this 24th day of July, in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.