Charter of the Knights of Rizal Corporation

Section 2 requires the corporation to study the teachings of Dr. Jose Rizal.
Section 2 requires the corporation to inculcate and propagate those teachings among all classes of the Filipino people.
Section 2 mandates the corporation to exhort citizens by words and deeds to emulate and practice the examples and teachings of the national hero.
Section 2 requires the corporation to promote among associated knights the spirit of patriotism and Rizalian chivalry.
Section 2 requires the corporation to develop a perfect union among Filipinos in revering the memory of Dr. Jose Rizal.
Section 2 authorizes the corporation to organize and hold programs commemorative of Rizal’s nativity and martyrdom.

Section 3 grants the corporation perpetual succession.
Section 3 grants the corporation power to sue and be sued.
Section 3 authorizes the corporation to hold real and personal property necessary for corporate purposes.
Section 3 authorizes the corporation to solicit and receive public contributions.
Section 3 authorizes the corporation to receive real and personal property by gift, devise, or bequest.
Section 3 allows the corporation to adopt a seal and alter the same at pleasure.
Section 3 authorizes the corporation to have offices and conduct business and affairs in the City of Manila and elsewhere.
Section 3 allows the corporation to make and adopt by-laws, rules, and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of the Philippines, including regulations for the election of associates and successors, and to generally do acts necessary to carry out the Act and promote corporate purposes.
The existing By-Laws of the “Orden de Caballeros de Rizal” remain in force under Section 3 insofar as they are not inconsistent with the Act, until repealed or amended.

Section 4 requires that active membership be open to persons of legal age who are of good moral character and reputation.
Section 4 requires that applicants be in sympathy with the purposes of the corporation.
Section 4 requires unanimous approval of the corporation’s Supreme Council in banc for admission.
Section 4 requires a written application endorsed by at least two active members.

Section 5 places the general administration and direction of corporate affairs in a Supreme Council (Board of Directors).
Section 5 fixes the Supreme Council at nine members.
Section 5 vests in the Supreme Council full powers and authority to act and perform all functions that the corporation itself may do and perform.

Section 6 allows a group of five or more persons of legal age residing in any locality outside of Manila to associate and form a chapter.
Section 6 requires chapter founders to be of good moral character and reputation.
Section 6 requires a written petition for chapter formation, which must be approved by the Supreme Council.
Section 6 makes it the duty of each chapter to promote and carry out the corporation’s purposes in the locality where organized.

Section 7 requires that any donation or contribution made to the corporation by the Government or any of its subdivisions, branches, offices, agencies, or instrumentalities must be used in a particular manner.
Section 7 requires the same use restriction for donations or contributions made by any other person or entity.
Section 7 mandates that all such donations or contributions be expended by the Supreme Council solely to promote the purposes for which the corporation is organized.

Section 8 makes it unlawful for any person to falsely and fraudulently call himself as, or represent himself to be, a member or an agent of the Knights of Rizal.
Section 8 provides criminal punishment for violations of the Act.

Section 8 imposes on violators an imprisonment of not to exceed six months.
Section 8 imposes a fine not exceeding five hundred pesos.
Section 8 provides that punishment is imprisonment, fine, or both, in the discretion of the court.