QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 1130)
Republic Act No. 1130, approved on June 16, 1954.
It is created in the Department of Justice.
It is composed of the Secretary of Justice as ex officio Chairman, plus four other members appointed by the President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments.
He must be a natural-born citizen of the Philippines, must have continuously resided in the Philippines for at least ten (10) years before appointment, and must be a citizen of good standing.
Their tenure and grounds of separation are the same as those provided for Judges of Courts of First Instance.
To insure implementation of constitutional and nationalization laws requiring Philippine citizenship (or citizenship of a specific country) for rights, franchises, privileges, property, or business; and to coordinate enforcement agencies to prevent evasion/circumvention, particularly under the Anti-Dummy Law (Commonwealth Act No. 108 as amended).
To identify those that hold or control rights, franchises, privileges, property, or business reserved by the Constitution or laws to Philippine citizens (or US citizens) or to corporations at least 51% Filipino/US-owned, with a view to eliminating or preventing evasion or circumvention.
To investigate violations and prosecute all violators of the laws mentioned in Section 2, which are referred to as “dummies.”
The Board must furnish professional services to informers who wish to avail themselves of Section 3-A of Commonwealth Act No. 108, as inserted by RA No. 134.
To enter as amicus curiae in all court cases that may have arisen from dummy cases.
Examples: (1) devise educational propaganda against dummies; (2) devise ways and means for carrying out nationalization legislation; (3) organize local subcommittees/chapter structures to help campaigns against dummies; (4) issue rules and regulations for the Board and the subcommittees/chapters.
It may issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum, designate officers/investigators to administer oaths, and examine the books and accounts of any person, association, or corporation involved in dummy cases.
The presence of three (3) members of the Board constitutes a quorum.
The Board distributes its work among its members by lot, with the Chairman exercising supervision over the other members.
Except the Chairman, each member receives a salary of ₱4,800 per annum. If a member is a government official, he shall not receive extra compensation as such member.
He is a member of the Philippine Bar appointed by the Board. Duties include keeping full and correct minutes; paying approved accounts from Board funds; managing funds; and performing other duties assigned by the Board.
Investigators must be lawyers and/or certified public accountants. Each investigator receives a salary of at least ₱3,600 per annum.
Permanent officials/employees and those detailed on special duty, including PC members, city/municipal police, agents of BIR, agents of BI, and other designated government officers/employees. They have full authority to enforce Sections 3 and 4 of the Act and nationalization laws, and to arrest offenders against the same.
It appropriates ₱200,000 (or so much as may be necessary) from the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for placing funds at the Board’s disposal for fiscal year 1954-1955 to cover salaries, equipment, supplies, and sundry expenses; thereafter, the necessary sum is included in the General Appropriations Act.
On July 1, 1954.