WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 602 dated July 10, 1980 transferred the MIRDC to the Ministry of Industry to reorient its program thrust from research and development to direct assistance to the metals industry;
WHEREAS, to achieve the above-cited purposes and the reorientation of its program thrust as enunciated in the above-mentioned Executive Order, there is a need to accelerate MIRDC’s facilities for testing and inspection to aid in the establishment, review and enforcement of quality standards;
WHEREAS, in order that the purposes and objectives of the MIRDC can fee effectively and satisfactorily attained, it is necessary to enlarge its purposes and powers and define its operation and structural organization:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree as part of the law of the land the following:
SECTION 1. The Center shall, thru the availment of its Existing personnel, expertise and facilities for testing and inspection assist the Ministry of Industry in the establishment, review and enforcement of quality/ standards provided in P.D. 1520, including safety and performance tests of the metals industry as defined in Section 2 of Republic Act No. 4724 as amended by Republic Act No. 6428.
SEC. 2. To enable the Center to effectively fulfill the above cited function and pursuant to other objectives express declared in its statutes, its shall:
SEC. 3. The Board of Trustees of the Center is hereby reconstituted and shall be composed of the Minister of Industry as Chairman, and a representative each from the Board of Investments the National Science Development Board, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the National Economic and Development Authority, the Metals Industry Research and Development Center and three representatives from the metals, engineering and allied industries, sub-sector to be appointed by the Minister of Industry as members.
The Chairman shall likewise appoint a Vice-Chairman from among the members. The appointive members from the private sector shall serve as follows or until their successors shall Eve been appointed and qualified: one shall serve for three 5) years, one for two (2) years and one for one-(l) year, respectively.
SEC. 4. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees shall appoint, with the approval of the Board, the Executive Directors of the Center.
SEC. 5. The Board is hereby authorized to reorganize the Eternal structure of the Center and to determine the compensation ad allowances of its officers and personnel, taking into account the need to attract highly technical men.
SEC. 6. For services rendered to its clients, the Cent or empowered to charge reasonable fees which together with any contributions received by it, shall be used for its operations.
SEC. 7. Any income, fees, donations or contributions received by the Center from the private sector shall form part of its Corporate Fund and the unexpended balance of such receipts the end of fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund.
SEC. 8. The Commission on Audit shall appoint the Auditor the Center. The Auditors of the subsidiaries of the Center d any foundation organized by it and under its supervision, shall be appointed by their respective Boards of Directors or Trustees.
SEC. 9. Pursuant to Section 2 hereof, the Center shall set a foundation, entitled MIRDC Testing Foundation of the Philippines which shall be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as non-stock, non-profit foundation and which shall have the following powers:
Any donations or contributions to the Foundation shall be considered as deduction deductible in full from the taxable income of the donor.
The Foundation, its assets, acquisitions, and its operations and transactions shall be exempted from any and all taxes, fees, charges, imposts, licenses and assessments, direct or indirect, imposed by the Republic of the Philippines, or any of its political subdivisions of taxing authority thereof.
SEC. 10. All laws, decrees, administrative orders, proclamations, rules and regulations or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with any of the provisions of the Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
SEC. 11. If any provision of this Decree shall be held valid, the remainder shall not be affected thereby.
SEC. 12. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of January, in e year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-one.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President: (Sgd.) JOAQUIN T. VENUS, JR. Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant
Vol. 25, Vital Documents, Presidential Decree 1980-1981