REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1190 - AN
ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CIVIL DEFENSE IN TIME OF WAR AND OTHER NATIONAL
EMERGENCY, CREATING A NATIONAL CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES |
Section 1.
National Civil Defense Administration. – (a) There is hereby
established under the Office of the President a National Civil Defense
Administration (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the
"Administration"). The Administration shall be composed of a National
Civil Defense Administration, a Deputy Administrator, and Executive
Director, a military Liaison Officer from the Armed Forces of the
Philippines, and such other subordinate officers and employees as may
be detailed thereto by the President from other offices, agencies or
branches of the Government or who have been appointed by the
Administrator. The Administrator, Deputy Administrator and Executive
Director shall be appointed from among persons not in the active
military service who are not holding any office or employment in the
Government or in any of its branches, agencies or instrumentalities.cralaw (b) The National Civil Defense Administrator and the Deputy Administrator shall be appointed by the President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments, and they shall receive salary at the rate of twelve thousand pesos and nine thousand pesos a year, respectively. The Executive Director shall be appointed by the President upon the recommendation of the Administrator, and he shall receive salary at the rate of seven thousand two hundred pesos a year.cralaw (c) It shall be the function of the Administration, under the direction and control of the Administrator, to – (1) establish and administer a comprehensive national civil defense program; (2) formulate and prepare at all times plans and policies for the protection and welfare of the civilian population in time of war directly involving the Philippines or other national emergency of equally grave character; (3) estimate the total material, manpower and fiscal requirements for carrying out the national civil defense program, and allocate to the provinces and cities suchd in facilities, materials, and funds as may be made available from the National Government or as may be authorized by Congress; (4) coordinate on the national level the activities and functions of the several executive departments, agencies and instrumentalities of the National Government, and of private institutions and civic organizations devoted to public or social welfare, so that the facilities and resources of the entire nation may be utilized to the maximum extent for civil defense purposes; (5) develop and coordinate a program for informing, educating and training the general public and volunteer workers on civil defense measures and activities; (6) furnishing guidance to the various provinces, cities and municipalities in the planning, organization and operation of their civil defense organizations; (7) advising the President on matters concerning civil defense, and make such recommendation from time to time as it deems appropriate or as the President may require.cralaw (d) In the event of war directly involving the Philippines or other national emergency of equally grave character proclaimed by the President with the concurrence of two-thirds of the members of each House of Congress, the Administration shall, under the direction and control of the Administrator – (1) Execute plans and policies relating to civil defense as provided for in section four of this Act; (2) Coordinate and supervise the operations and activities of national, provincial, city and municipal civil defense organizations.cralaw (e) In performing its functions, the Administration shall utilize to the maximum extent the existing personnel, facilities and resources of the several executive departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the National Government, except those needed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines for the national defense, as determined by the President; (f) The President, upon recommendation of the Administrator, shall be and is hereby authorized to prescribe the detailed organization, functions and duties and the different offices and agencies of the Administration.cralaw Sec. 2. National Civil Defense Council. – (a)
There is hereby established a National Civil Defense Council
(hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Council") to be composed
of National Civil Defense Administrator, as Chairman, the Chairmen of
the Committees on National Defense and Security of both Houses of
Congress, the Economic Coordinator, the Chief of the Philippine
Constabulary, the Commissioner of Social Welfare, the Manager of the
Philippine National Red Cross, the Manager of the National Development
Company, the Manager of the Price Stabilization Corporation, and such
other members as may be designated by the President from time to time.cralaw Sec. 4. Civil Defense Operating Services. – The Administrator shall be and is hereby authorized to prescribe the organization of, the functions, duties and responsibilities of national, provincial, city and municipal civil defense authorities in connection with the following operating services for civil defense, subject to the approval of the President: the Warden Service, Police Service, Fire Service, Health Service, Rescue and Engineering Service, Emergency Welfare Service, Transportation Service, Communication Service, Evacuation Service andr-raid Warning Service, and the Auxiliary Service. Units of each of these civil defense operating services shall be established in the national, and in each provincial, city and municipal defense organization. Such units shall operate under the direction and supervision of the head of the civil defense organization to which they appertain.cralaw Sec. 5. Civil Defense Measures. – (a) In time of
war directly involving the Philippines or other national emergency of
equally grave character proclaimed as above stated with the concurrence
of two thirds of the members of each House of Congress, the President
shall be and is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations
in order to carry out the civil defense program as prepared and
established by the National Civil Defense Administration.cralaw Sec. 6. The sum of five hundred thousand pesos is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the purposes of this Act. Not more than twenty per cent of this appropriation shall be expended for overhead and salaries. Appropriations for the operation of the Administration shall hereafter be included in the annual general appropriation for the office of the President.cralaw Sec. 7. No provision of this Act shall be interpreted as conferring upon the President or the National Civil Defense Administration authority to exercise any of the powers exclusively vested in Congress by the Constitution.cralaw Sec. 8. All laws and executive orders or portions thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.cralaw Sec. 9. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.cralaw Approved: August 18, 1954 |