REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1888 - AN
ACT TO EFFECTUATE IN A MORE RAPID AND COMPLETE MANNER THE ECONOMIC,
SOCIAL, MORAL AND POLITICAL AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE NON-CHRISTIAN
FILIPINOS OR NATIONAL CULTURAL MINORITIES AND TO RENDER REAL, COMPLETE
AND PERMANENT THE INTEGRATION OF ALL SAID NATIONAL CULTURAL MINORITIES
INTO THE BODY POLITIC, CREATING THE COMMISSION ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION
CHARGED WITH SAID FUNCTIONS |
Section
1. It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress
to foster, accelerate and accomplish by all adequate means and in a
systematic, rapid and complete manner the moral, material, economic,
social and political advancement of the Non-Christian Filipinos,
hereinafter called National Cultural Minorities, and to render real,
complete and permanent the integration of all the said National
Cultural Minorities into the body politic. Sec. 2. To effectuate the said policy and to achieve thems and objectives of this Act, there is created a commission to be known as the Commission on National Integration, hereinafter called the Commission, which shall be composed of a Chairman and two other members. The Chairman of the Commission who shall also be known as the Commission on National Integration and the two other members who shall be known as the Associate Commissioners on National Integration or Associate Commissioners shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines with the consent of the Commission on Appointments and each of them shall be selected solely upon the basis of expert knowledge of the customs and social organizations of the said National Cultural Minorities and their economic, educational, religious, and political problems.cralaw Whenever the word "Commission" is used in any part of this Act, it shall be held to mean also the Commissioner or Chairman of the Commission on National Integration.cralaw The Commissioner on National Integration shall have the rank and pay of a Secretary of Department and shall be a member of the Cabinet. Each of the Associate Commissioners shall receive an annual compensation of seven thousand two hundred pesos.cralaw There shall be in the Commission such employees as may be necessary who shall be appointed by the Chairman in accordance with the Civil Service Law and Rules.cralaw Sec. 3. The Chairman of the Commission shall be
the chief executive officer thereof and shall have the powers conferred
generally on heads of Bureaus and Offices. He shall equitably
distribute the work of the Commission among the Associate Commissioners
and the other employees thereof and see that these perform their duties
to the best of their abilities: Provided, however, That the Commission
shall meet as a body for consultation in matters of special importance
connected with its work, functions andms. In such meetings, a majority
of the members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business.cralaw Sec. 4. The Commission shall have the following
powers, functions, and duties: Sec. 5. The Commission shall be the custodian and administrator and in charge of the disposition of public lands in the provinces and regions inhabited by the National Cultural Minorities reserved or which they hereafter be reserved by the President of the Philippines for settlement, townsites, roads, and the agricultural lands in said provinces and regions, which have been or may be surveyed and subdivided under Commonwealth Act Numbered Six hundred and ninety-one, as amended.cralaw Sec. 6. With the approval of the proper Head of Department, the Commission may request the assistance of any officer or employee of any executive department, political subdivision, agency or corporation owned or controlled by the Government to enable the Commission the better to carry out its functions. If, in his opinion, the public interest or service so requires the President may detail any such officer or employee for duty with the said Commission and any individual so detailed shall be thereafter subject to the orders, rules, and regulations of the Commission.cralaw Sec. 7. There is hereby appropriated, out of any
funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of
five million pesos for the following purposes: Sec. 8. No officer or employee of the Commission shall be permitted in any manner to acquire, directly or indirectly, any land within the land settlement projects of the Commission. Any such officer or employee who violates the provisions of this section shall immediately be removed by competent authority and said officer or employee shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand pesos. Should a dummy be used to violate the provisions of this section, the same penalty shall be applied to the dummy.cralaw Sec. 9. No officer or employee of the Commission shall directly or indirectly be financially interested in any contract with the Commission. Any violation of this prohibition shall be punished by dismissal from office and by a fine of not more than five thousand pesos.cralaw Section 10. No officer or employee of the Commission shall become a guarantor, indorser, or surety for loans from the said Commission under Republic Acts Numbered Eight hundred and twenty-one and Eleven hundred and sixty. Any such officer or employee who violates the provisions of this section shall be immediately removed by competent authority and said officer or employee shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand pesos.cralaw Section 11. No fee, commission, gift, or charge of
any kind shall be exacted, demanded, or paid, for obtaining loans from
the Commission under Republic Acts Numbered Eight hundred and
twenty-one and Eleven hundred and sixty, and any officer or employee of
the Commission exacting, demanding, or receiving any fee for service in
obtaining a loan, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five
hundred nor more than three thousand pesos. Section 13. Any register of deeds shall accept for registration, free of charge, any instrument relative to a loan made under said Republic Act Numbered Eight hundred and twenty-one and which does not exceed five hundred pesos.cralaw Section 14. Any justice of the peace or register of deeds who shall demand or accept directly or indirectly any gift, fee, commission or other form of compensation in connection with the service required to be a performed by the said justice of the peace as provided in section thirteen and by the said registry official as provided in section fourteen of this Act, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand pesos.cralaw Section 15. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.cralaw Approved: June 22, 1957 |