PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES
REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1130 - AN
ACT TO CREATE AN ANTI-DUMMY BOARD, TO PRESCRIBE ITS DUTIES AND
FUNCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES |
Section 1. There
is hereby created in the Department of Justice a board which shall be
designated and known as the Anti-Dummy Board and which shall be vested
with and shall exercise the powers and duties hereinafter specified.
The Anti-Dummy Board shall be composed of the Secretary of Justice who
shall be ex officio Chairman of the Board, and four other members to be
appointed by the President of the Philippines with the consent of the
Commission of Appointments. No person shall be appointed a member of the Anti- Dummy Board unless he is a natural born citizen of the Philippines who has continuously resided in the Philippines not less than ten years before his appointment and he must be a citizen of good standing. The tenure of office of members of the Board, with the exception of the Chairman, and the grounds of their separation shall be the same as these provided for in the case of Judges of Courts of First Instance. Sec. 2. The main purpose of the Anti-Dummy Board shall be so insure the implementation of all the provisions of the Constitution, nationalization laws, and other legal provisions which require Philippine citizenship or citizenship of any other specific country for the exercise or enjoyment of a right, franchise or private, property or business, and further, to coordinate, as far as practicable all government agencies charged with the enforcement of the said provisions of the Constitution and laws and, in particular, Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and eight, as amended, commonly known as the Anti-Dummy Law, and to make and publish a list of all associations and corporations having their names, or under their control a right, franchise, privilege, property or business, the exercise or enjoyment of which is expressly reserved by the said constitution or laws to citizens of the Philippines, or of the United States, or to corporations or associations at least fifty-one per cent of the capital of which is owned by such citizens, with a view to eliminating or preventing entirely, the evasion of circumvention of the said Constitutional provisions and laws.
Sec. 3. The Anti-Dummy Board shall have the
following duties:
Sec. 4. In order to carry out its duties
effectively, the Board shall be empowered to issue by itself or through
any of its authorized investigators, subpoenas and subpoenas duces
tecum, to designate any of its officers or investigators to administer
oaths in the investigation of dummy cases and to examine the books and
accounts of any person, association or corporation involved in said
cases.
Sec. 6. There shall be a secretary-treasurer of
the Anti- Dummy Board, who shall be a member of the Philippine Bar and
who shall be appointed by the Board. The said officer shall receive an
annual compensation of six thousand pesos. The duties of the
secretary-treasurer shall be to keep full and correct minutes of all
the proceedings of the Board: to pay out of the funds in his charge all
properly approved accounts and, in general, to manage the funds
entrusted to him by and in behalf of the board as authorized by law and
regulations; and to perform such other duties as may be assigned to him
by the Board.
Sec. 8. There is appropriated, out of any funds
in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two
thousand pesos or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be placed at
the disposal of the Board, subject to paragraph four, General
Provisions, section seven of Commonwealth Act Numbered Two hundred and
forty-six, as amended, for the payment of the salaries of the necessary
personnel, for the purchase of necessary equipment and supplies, and
for sundry expenses to be incurred to carry into effect the provisions
of this Act during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifty-five.
Thereafter, the necessary sum for the operation of the said Board shall
be included in the General Appropriation Act. Approved: June 16, 1954 |