[ PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 278, August 24, 1973 ]
INSTITUTING A NATIONAL REFERENCE CARD SYSTEM AND CREATING THEREFOR THE NATIONAL REGISTRATION COORDINATING COMMITTEE.
WHEREAS, there is a pressing need for the Government to
establish a system of positive identification of all Filipino citizens and
foreign nationals in the Philippines, a system essential to insuring national
security and affording convenience in the transaction of official business with
Government and private offices and agencies;
WHEREAS, the various identification systems currently in
existence are generally agency-oriented, specific in purpose and
non-complementary; and
WHEREAS, among the objectives of such a National Reference
Card System would be the replacement of all existing identification systems
currently prescribed by government agencies to afford convenience to the general
public;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to
Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, Proclamation No. 1104, dated
January 1 7, 1973, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, in order
to achieve the aforestated objectives, do hereby decree that:
- All citizens of the Republic of the Philippines shall be assigned a
Reference Number and issued a National Reference Card in a manner prescribed by
the National Registration Coordinating Committee;
- Citizens or nationals of foreign countries resident in the Philippines shall
likewise be assigned a Reference Number and issued a National Reference Card in
the manner prescribed by the National Registration Coordinating Committee;
- The National Reference Card shall serve as the official identification of
the person to whom it is issued;
- The penalty of imprisonment from five to ten years shall be imposed upon any
offender found guilty of any of the following acts or omissions:
- The willful submission of or causing to be submitted a fictitious name and
other false data in the application form for a National Reference Card by any
person;
- The unauthorized printing, preparation or issuance of a National Reference
Card by any person;
- Willful falsification, mutilation, alteration of or tampering with a
National Reference Card by any person;
- The use or unauthorized possession of a National Reference Card by any
person other than the one to whom it was issued or the possession of a fake,
falsified or altered National Reference Card; and
- Willful failure to apply for and secure National Reference Card as
prescribed by the National Registration Coordinating
Committee.
- There is hereby created a National Registration Coordinating Committee
composed of the following or their respective representatives:
The Secretary Department of Local Governments and Community
Development |
Chairman |
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The Secretary Department of National Defense |
Co-Chairman |
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The Secretary Department of Education and Culture |
Member |
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The Chairman Commission on Elections |
Member |
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The Director Bureau of the Census and Statistics |
Member |
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The Commissioner Bureau of Internal Revenue |
Member |
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The Commissioner Commission on Immigration and
Deportation |
Member |
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The Managing Director National Computer Center |
Member |
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- The National Registration Coordinating Committee is hereby designated and
authorized to prescribe rules and regulations for the effective implementation
of this Decree.
- Repealing Clause. — All laws, executive orders, rules or regulations or
parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed and/or
modified accordingly.
Done in the City of Manila, this 24th day of August, in the year of Our Lord,
nineteen hundred and seventy-three.
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(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President
Republic of the Philippines |
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By the President: |
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(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES |
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Assistant Executive Secretary
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