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Batas Pambansa Bilang 72
AN
ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TAKING OF AN INTEGRATED CENSUS EVERY TEN YEARS
BEGINNING
IN THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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BATAS
PAMBANSA BILANG 72AN
ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TAKING OF AN INTEGRATED CENSUS EVERY TEN YEARS
BEGINNING
IN THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.chan
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1. A national census of
population and other related data shall be taken every decade beginning
in 1980, in accordance with plans prepared by the National Census and
Statistics
Office, without prejudice to the undertaking of special censuses on
agriculture,
industry, commerce, housing and other sectors as may be approved by the
National Economic and Development Authority.
Sec.
2. There is hereby created
the National Census Coordinating Board to be composed of the Minister
of
Economic Planning, as Chairman, the Minister of Human Settlements, the
Minister of the Budget, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of
National
Defense, the Minister of Labor, the Minister of Finance, the Minister
of
Education and Culture, the Minister of Public Works, the Minister of
Transportation
and Communications, the Minister of Public Highways, the Minister of
Agriculture,
the Minister of Natural Resources, the Minister of Public Information,
and the Minister of Local Government and Community Development, as
members,
with the Executive Director of the National Census and Statistics
Office
as Executive Officer of the Board.chanrobles virtual law library
The
censuses shall be under the supervision and coordination of the
National
Census Coordinating Board which shall issue such rules and regulations
as may be necessary for the successful undertaking and completion of
the
census provided in this Act.
Sec.
3. There shall be established
a provincial, city and municipal census board in each province, city
and
municipality, as the case may be which, shall provide such facilities
and
assistance as may be required by the National Census Coordinating
Board.
The boards shall be under the supervision and control of the National
Census
Coordinating Board.chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
4. The Provincial Census
Board shall be composed of the Provincial Governor, as Chairman, and
the
Division Superintendent of Schools, or in the case of province with
more
than one school division, the Division Superintendent designated by the
National Census Coordinating Board , as Vice Chairman, the District
Highway
Engineer, or in the case of provinces which have two or more highway
engineering
districts, the one that may be designated by the National Census
Coordinating
Board, the Provincial Commander of the Philippine Constabulary, the
Provincial
Development Officer, the Provincial Assessor, and the Provincial
Agriculturist,
as members, with the Provincial Census Officer as the Executive Officer.chanrobles virtual law library
The
City Census Board shall be composed of the City Mayor, as Chairman, and
the City Superintendent of Schools, as Vice Chairman, the City
Engineer,
the City Development Officer, and the City Assessor, as members, with
the
City Census Officer as the Executive Officer.
The
Municipal Census Board shall be composed of the Municipal Mayor, as
Chairman,
and the District Supervisor, the Municipal Agriculturist, the Station
Commander,
the Municipal Treasurer, and the Municipal Development Officer, as
members,
with the Municipal Census Officer/Census Supervisor as the Executive
Officer.chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
5. The National Census
Coordinating Board and the local census board may call upon any
ministry,
bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the Government for any
assistance
in the performance of their duties.chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
6. The first day of May
of every regular census year is hereby designated as the reference date
for the census. The collection of data will be by enumeration and the
respondent
shall be the head or any responsible member of the household.chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
7. Public school teachers
shall be employed for enumeration work and for such service shall be
paid
an honorarium as may be determined by the National Census Coordinating
Board but in not case not less than two hundred-fifty pesos and shall
receive
service credits equivalent to the number of days rendered in census
work.
Other government employees whose services are engaged for census work
shall
be entitled to such allowances as shall be prescribed by the National
Census
Coordinating Board payable from census funds. The census herein taken
at
the barangay level shall be certified to by the corresponding barangay
captain.chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
8. Before the end of the
year 1980 and of every census year thereafter, a count of the
population
by province, city, municipality and barangay shall be published by the
National Census and Statistics Office. The final population count as
determined
from the processed census returns shall be considered official for all
purposes upon proclamation by the President (Prime Minister).
Sec.
9. Data gathered pursuant
to this Act shall not be used as evidence in any court or public office
for or against any person, except in a criminal case for violation of
Section
10 of this Act, nor shall such data be divulged to any person except to
authorized employees of the National Census and Statistic Office,
acting
in the performance of their duties; nor shall such data be published
except
in the form of summaries or statistical tables in which no reference to
an individual shall appear. Any person violating any provision of this
Section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred pesos
or by imprisonment of not more than six months, or both.
Sec.
10. Any respondent as provided
for in Section 6 who unjustifiably refuses to furnish the information
called
for in the census questionnaire, or knowingly certifies or gives data
or
information which shall prove to be materially untrue in any
particular,
shall be guilty of an offense under this Act and shall, upon
conviction,
be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred pesos or by
imprisonment
of not more than three months, or both.chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
11. The amount necessary
for the holding of censuses shall be charged to the appropriations
available
for the purpose in the corresponding Appropriations Acts.chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
12. This Act shall take
effect upon its approval.chanrobles virtual law library
Approved:
June 11, 1980
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