Presidential Decree No.
1833
AMENDING
SECTION 9 OF
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1206, DEFINING
THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
BOARD
OF ENERGY
WHEREAS,
there is a need for extending the privileges of retirement granted by law to
members of the judiciary to other officials of the government who are given, by
statute, the status and authority of justices or judges as in the case of the
Commissioner of the defunct Public Service Commission who as given, under
Section 2 of CA 146, “the rank and privilege of retirement of a judge of the
Court of First Instance; and the Chairman of the
Board of Energy who was given the formal
statutory status and qualifications of a justice of the
Supreme Court under Section 4 of
RA
6173.
NOW,
THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
“SEC. 9.
Board of Energy.
– The is hereby created a
Board of Energy, hereafter referred to in
this Section as the
Board, which shall be
under the supervision and control of the Office of the President, and shall be
composed of a Chairman and two (2) members to be appointed by the President. It shall be assisted by such technical and
supportive staffs as it may appoint for the effective, efficient and economical
discharge of its powers and functions.
“The Chairman and members of the
Board shall be natural-born citizens and
residents of the
“No person who has worked with three
(3) years immediately prior to his appointment or is working in any private
firm engaged in the petroleum or electric industry or any other entity whose
main business is directly related to or connected with any such firm shall be
appointed to the Board.
“The term of office of the Chairman
and members shall be four (4) years, but the first Chairman appointed shall
hold office for four (4) years and of the first two (2) members, one (1) shall
hold office for a term of three (3) years, and the other for a term of two (2)
years. Unless the President decides
otherwise, no person shall be appointed to serve more than two (2) successive
terms in the
Board.
“The Chairman of the
Board shall receive a compensation of
fifty-four thousand pesos annually, while the members shall each receive an
annual compensation of forty-eight thousand pesos, together with such
allowances as are presently enjoyed by the Chairman and members of the
abolished
Oil Industry Commission. The Chairman shall have the rank and
privileges of retirement of a justice of the
Court of Appeals.”
The
funds needed to implement this Decree shall be drawn from available unexpended
balances and saving and from the funds which the
Board of Energy is authorized to collect and
disburse under Section 16 of
Presidential Decree No. 1128.
This
Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done
in the City of
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