SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the “Science Act of 1958.”
SEC. 2. In consonance with the provisions of section four, Article XIV of
the Constitution, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to
promote scientific and technological research and development, foster
invention, and utilize scientific knowledge as an effective instrument for the
promotion of national progress.
SEC. 3. In the implementation of the foregoing policy, the Government
shall in accordance with the provisions of this Act:
(1) Stimulate and guide scientific, engineering and technological efforts
towards filling the basic and immediate needs of the people;
(2) Survey the scientific, engineering and technological resources of the
country and formulate a comprehensive program for the development and
maximum utilization of such resources in the solution of the country's
problems;
(3) Strengthen the educational system of the country so that the same
will provide a steady source of competent scientific and technological
manpower;
(4) Furnish incentives to private and individual initiative in scientific
work, as a fundamental basis for the advancement of science;
(5) Promote and encourage the dissemination of the results of scientific
and technological research and the general application thereof;
(6) Encourage and facilitate the active participation of domestic and
foreign sectors in furnishing financial, technical and other forms of
assistance for scientific and technological activities;
(7) Promote coordination and cooperation in research in order to secure
concentration of effort, minimize duplication and thereby achieve maximum
progress;
(8) Initiate and bring about the establishment of standards, quality
control measures and documentation facilities; and
(9) Encourage studies in the pure and fundamental sciences.
SEC. 4. To carry out the provisions of the preceding section, there is
hereby created a National Science Development Board, hereinafter referred
to as the Board, with the following functions, powers and duties:
(1) To coordinate and promote cooperation In the scientific research and
development activities of government agencies and private enterprises;
(2) With the approval of the President of the Philippines, to formulate
consistent and specific national scientific policies and prepare
comprehensive scientific and technological programs which shall be
observed and implemented by the Government and all its subdivisions,
agencies and instrumentalities;
(3) To establish a system of priorities for scientific and technological
projects;
(4) To review and analyze scientific and technological projects, schedules
of activities, programs and project proposals, including the progress of
projects being undertaken, and to take such measures as may be necessary
to accomplish the objectives and policies involved in these activities;
(5) To develop a program for the effective training and utilization of
scientific and technological manpower;
(6) To initiate and facilitate arrangements for scientific and technological
aid from domestic private sectors and foreign sources and for the exchange
of information among local and foreign institutions and scientific
investigators;
(7) To offer to, and accept from, public and private sectors, specific
project proposals of scientific and/or technological research and
development in accordance with section ten hereof, and to provide
appropriate financial, technical and other support thereto;
(8) To establish and/or provide incentives, including financial and
technological support, for the establishment of scientific and technological
centers;
(9) To disseminate the results of scientific and technological research and
to encourage their practical application;
(10) To grant scholarships in mathematics, science, technology and
science teaching to deserving citizens;
(11) To grant financial or other awards, bonuses and/or prizes to
deserving scientific, engineering and technological researchers and
inventors;
(12) To pay additional compensation to scientific, engineering and
technological researchers and inventors employed in the Government or its
subdivisions and instrumentalities under such terms and conditions as may
be most conducive towards the attainment of maximum efficiency in
scientific research and studies;
(13) To extend travel grants for scientific and/or technological purposes;
to send delegates and/or observers to scientific and technological
conferences or conventions; and to promote and assist scientific and
technological conferences and conventions in the Philippines;
(14) With the approval of the President of the Philippines, to appoint not
more than five science attaches with the proper scientific background and,
whenever necessary, to send scientific and technological missions abroad;
(15) To undertake, in collaboration with the Department of Education, a
thorough survey of the educational system and to determine, as well as to
recommend to the corresponding authorities, the measures which may be
necessary to make it an effective instrument for scientific advancement;
(16) To Initiate and formulate measures designed to promote scientific
effort and science consciousness;
(17) To submit to the President of the Philippines and to both Houses of
Congress, not later than the opening of the regular session each year, an
annual report on the status of the national science effort, embodying such
recommendations as it may deem proper to make; and
(18) Generally, to do such other things and take such action as may be
directly or indirectly incidental or conducive to the attainment of the
objectives of this Act.
SEC. 5. The Board shall be composed of a Chairman; a Vice-Chairman,
who shall concurrently be the Executive Director of the Board; and the
following members: the Chairman of the National Research Council of the
Philippines, the Commissioner of the National Institute of Science and
Technology, the Commissioner of the Philippine Atomic Energy Commission,
the Director of the Office of National Planning of the National Economic
Council, a representative from the University of the Philippines to be
designated by the President of the University, one member representing
industry, one member representing scientific and/or technological
associations or societies, one member representing agriculture, and one
member representing education.
The members representing industry, scientific and/or technological
associations or societies, agriculture and education shall be appointed by
the President of the Philippines from among those who shall be
recommended by representative groups, subject to the confirmation of the
Commission on Appointments, and shall hold office each for a period of
three years.
SEC. 6. The Chairman of the Board, who shall have cabinet rank, shall
be appointed by the President of the Philippines, subject to the confirmation
of the Commission on Appointments. He shall be a citizen of the Philippines
with proven executive ability who shall have distinguished himself in
science, technology and/or his chosen profession or field of activity. He shall
hold office for six years and shall not be removed therefrom except for cause.
He shall receive an annual compensation of twenty-four thousand pesos.
The Vice-Chairman shall be appointed by the President of the
Philippines, subject to the confirmation of the Commission on
Appointments. He shall be a citizen of the Philippines with proven executive
ability who shall have achieved distinction in science and/or technology.. He
shall receive an annual compensation of eighteen thousand pesos.
Both the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman shall pass the necessary
security clearance.
SEC. 7. The members of the Board, except the Commissioner of the
National Institute of Science and Technology and the Commissioner of the
Philippine Atomic Energy Commission who shall serve as ex officio members
without extra compensation, shall receive a per diem of fifty pesos each per
session of the Board: Provided, That the monthly total of such per diems for
each member shall not exceed two hundred pesos.
SEC. 8. The Board shall have the following divisions: the Division of
Programming and Evaluation, the Division of Development and Assistance,
the Administrative Division, the Legal Division and such other divisions
which the Board may deem necessary to create.
SEC. 9. The Board shall have, for all legal purposes, all the duties,
powers and prerogatives of a Board of Directors and shall function as such,
unless otherwise provided for in this Act. The Board shall promulgate such
rules and regulations as may be necessary for the conduct and exercise of
its functions, duties, and powers under this Act: Provided, That the
concurrence of at least six members is required for the approval of any
resolution: And provided, further, That only the members of the Board who
have passed the necessary security clearance shall deliberate and act on
classified matters relating to atomic energy and/or nuclear science.
The Board shall exercise its powers in such manner as to insure the
continuity of research and development activities in the fields specified in
this Act by the Government and private enterprise and to assist in
increasing theoretical and practical knowledge In such fields.
SEC. 10. Notwithstanding the provisions of Commonwealth Act
Numbered One hundred and thirty-eight and the requirements of public
bidding, the Chairman shall, subject to the approval of the Board enter into
contracts, or otherwise make arrangements, for the conduct of the following
activities and their development:
(a) Industrial research
(b) Agricultural research
(c) Medical and pharmaceutical research
(d) Biological research
(e) Atomic energy research
(f) Food and nutrition research
(g) Engineering research
(h) Research on social science and the humanities, and
(i) Pure and fundamental science studies.
In implementation of such contracts or arrangements the Chairman may,
subject to the approval of the Board, make partial or advance payments and
make available such equipment and facilities of the Board and its agencies
as he may deem necessary.
The Chairman shall, with the approval of the Board, appoint such
technical and administrative personnel as may be necessary to carry out the
assigned functions of the Board.
SEC. 1O-a. The National Science Development Board shall have final
authority to program and utilize exclusively for the support of the activities
mentioned in the preceding section, all income, grants, bequests, donations
and unexpended balances, which shall compose a Fiduciary Fund to be
known as the Science, Engineering and Technology Research Fund. [As
amended by Sec. 1, Rep. Act No. 3589.]
SEC. 11. The Vice-Chairman and Executive Director shall exercise
immediate control and supervision over the divisions and offices of the
Board.
SEC. 12. There is hereby created the National Institute of Science and
Technology, hereinafter referred to as the Institute, which shall be under the
supervision of the National Science Development Board, with the following
functions, powers, and duties:
(1) To implement and conduct programs of scientific and technological
research and development as may be directed by the Board;
(2) To cooperate with private enterprise in research activities relating to
scientific and technological problems of industry, agriculture, medicine,
engineering, mathematics and the natural, biological and social sciences;
(3) To conduct studies through its research centers on industrial,
agricultural, medical, biological and related fields, and to cooperate with
other government agencies along these lines;
(4) To perform analyses and tests for the purpose of establishing suitable
standards of products, to calibrate weights and measures, to determine the
quality and composition of materials, and to issue certifications in relation
thereto;
(5) To provide government entities and local industrial organizations with
data of scientific and/or technological nature, subject to established laws
and regulations on national security;
(6) To establish, expand, maintain and operate pilot plants, research
centers, test and standard laboratories, experimental stations and
documentation facilities;
(7) To study and evaluate project proposals for research and development
in the industrial, agricultural, medical, biological and related fields from
public and private sectors, and to recommend necessary financial, technical
and other appropriate assistance thereto;
(8} To receive assignments or patents, grant exclusive rights to their use,
charge and collect reasonable fees or charges for their use in accordance
with the policies of the Institute;
(9) To keep posted on research projects and activities financed or assisted
under this Act;
(10) To recommend deserving citizens for training, government and
private grants and scholarships in the Philippines and abroad in science,
other than nuclear science, technology, mathematics and science teaching;
and
(11) To render annual reports and such special reports as may be
requested by the Board.
SEC. 12-a. The National Institute of Science and Technology is
authorized and empowered to charge reasonable fees in connection with all
analyses and tests for purposes of establishing suitable standards,
calibration of weights and measures, determination of quality and
composition of materials and products, for services as referee or umpire in
cases of conflicts on scientific and technical determinations where
arbitration is sought, and for other analyses and tests. The Institute shall
issue rules and regulations establishing scale of fees for above analyses,
tests and services and such rules and regulations as the Institute may deem
desirable for the collection of such fees. [As amended by Sec. 2, Rep. Act
No. 3589.]
SEC. 12-b. All income, donations, grants, bequests and unexpended
balances of the National Institute of Science and Technology shall accrue to
a Fiduciary Fund, to be known as the Research Foundation Fund, which
shall be expended by the commissioner thereof solely for scientific
researches and investigations in the field of conventional science upon the
approval and final authority of the Board, the provisions of existing laws to
the contrary notwithstanding. [As amended by Sec. 2, Rep. Act No. 3589.]
SEC. 13. The Institute shall be under a Commissioner and a Deputy
Commissioner, both of whom shall be appointed by the President of the
Philippines upon the recommendation of the Chairman of the Board, subject
to the confirmation of the Commission on Appointments. Both officials shall
be citizens of the Philippines with distinguished accomplishments in
scientific and/or technological research and with broad administrative
experience. The Commissioner shall receive an annual compensation of
eighteen thousand pesos, and the Deputy Commissioner an annual
compensation of fifteen thousand pesos.
SEC. 14. The Institute shall have the following divisions: the
Administrative Division, the Division of Documentation, the Legal Division,
and such other divisions as the Board may, upon the recommendation of
the Commissioner of the Institute, deem necessary to create.
There shall also be under the control and supervision of the Institute the
following centers: the Industrial Research Center, the Agricultural Research
Center, the Medical Research Center, the Biological Research Center, and
such other centers as may be created by the Board. Each research center
shall be headed by a research director. The President of the Philippines is
hereby authorized to transfer to and place under the jurisdiction of the
Institute, upon recommendation of the Board, such existing government
research agencies and instrumentalities as may constitute the nucleus of
the respective centers herein provided. The President may likewise, upon
recommendation of the Board, reorganize and strengthen said government
agencies and instrumentalities so that they may adequately function as
research centers under the provisions of this Act.
The existing Institute of Nutrition under the Department of Health,
together with Its personnel, appropriation, supplies and equipment with all
its functions and powers, is hereby transferred to the National Institute of
Science and Technology, under which it shall become one of its research
centers and shall function as presently organized, Reorganization Plan No.
14-A under Republic Act Numbered Nine hundred ninety-seven, as
amended, notwithstanding, without prejudice to its reorganization by the
President as above provided. The said Institute of Nutrition is hereby
renamed Food and Nutrition Research Center.
SEC. 15. Such technical and administrative personnel as may be
necessary to carry out the functions of the Institute shall be appointed by
the Chairman of the Board, upon recommendation of the Commissioner of
the Institute and subject to the approval of the Board.
SEC. 16. There is hereby created the Philippine Atomic Energy
Commission hereinafter referred to as the Commission, which shall be
under the supervision of the Board, with the following functions, powers and
duties:
(1) To establish or cause the establishment of laboratories for nuclear
research training;
(2) To conduct or cause the performance of research and development
relating to:
(a) nuclear processes and techniques,
(b) the theory of atomic energy,
(c) processes, materials and devices used in the production of atomic
energy,
(d) the utilization of special nuclear material and other radioactive
material for commercial, industrial, medical, biological, agricultural or
other peaceful purposes;
(3) To approve and facilitate the procurement of radioactive material and
instrument for use in nuclear laboratories;
(4) To study and evaluate project proposals on nuclear research from
public and private sectors, and to recommend necessary technical, financial
and other appropriate assistance thereto;
(5) To coordinate the work of research entities and government agencies
and instrumentalities on nuclear science;
(6) To keep posted on nuclear research projects and activities financed or
assisted under this Act;
(7) To represent the Philippines in conferences related to atomic energy
and its application;
(8) To recommend deserving citizens for training, government and private
grants and scholarships in the Philippines and abroad in nuclear science;
and
(9) To render annual reports and such special reports as may be
requested by the Board. [As amended by Sec. 3, Rep. Act No. 3589.]
SEC. 16-a. No person may manufacture, produce, transfer, acquire, own,
possess, import or export any radioactive material except in pursuance of a
license issued in accordance with this Act.
The Commission is hereby authorized to regulate and license the
acquisition, distribution, and use of radioactive material and for the purpose
issue and promulgate such rules, regulations or orders as may be necessary
depending upon the degree or importance to the health and safety of the
public or to the national defense and security, of the physical
characteristics, quantities and the intended use for the radioactive
materials.
The Commission shall likewise issue such rules and regulations
establishing such standards and instructions to govern the shipments,
possession, and use of radioactive materials, and such other rules and
regulations as the Commission may deem desirable, to protect health,
minimize danger to life and property promote the national defense and
security or otherwise protect the general public.
The Commission is authorized and empowered to charge reasonable fees
in connection with the issuance of licenses: Provided, however, That such
fees shall not exceed the reasonable cost of regulating and licensing the
activities as provided herein.
The rules and regulations of the Commission shall take effect upon the
publication thereof in the Official Gazette. [As amended by Sec. 4, Rep. Act.
No. 3589.]
SEC. 16-b. The Commission may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of such
radioactive material, as it owns or possesses, with or without charge:
Provided, however, That the Commission in fixing a charge for radioactive
material distributed by it shall establish such charge, on an equitable basis,
as in the opinion of the Commission will (a) provide reasonable
compensation to the Government for such material, and (b) will encourage
research and development: Provided, further, that the Commission may
waive any charge depending on whether the licensee is a non-profit or
eleemosynary institution and on the purposes for which the radioactive
material shall be used. [As amended by Sec. 4, Rep. Act No. 3589.]
SEC. 17. The Commission shall be under a Commissioner and a Deputy
Commissioner, both of whom shall be appointed by the President of the
Philippines upon recommendation of the Chairman of the Board, subject to
the confirmation of the Commission on Appointments. Both officials shall be
citizens of the Philippines with adequate administrative experience who shall
have won distinction in science and/or technology and who possess
sufficient background in nuclear science.
Both shall pass the necessary security clearance. The Commissioner
shall receive an annual compensation of eighteen thousand pesos, and the
Deputy Commissioner fifteen thousand pesos.
SEC. 18. The Commission shall have the following divisions: the
Administrative Division, the Division of Training, Plans and Policies, the
Research and Development Division, the Legal Division and such other
divisions as the Board may, upon recommendation of the Commissioner,
deem necessary to create.
The Commission shall exercise control and supervision over the activities
of the Atomic Energy Research Center which is hereby created, and such
other centers as may be created by the Board, upon recommendation of the
Commissioner.
SEC. 19. Such technical and administrative personnel as may be
necessary to carry out the functions of the Commission shall be appointed
by the Chairman of the Board, upon recommendation of the Commissioner
and subject to the approval of the Board.
SEC. 20. The National Research Council of the Philippines shall act as
the official adviser on scientific matters to the Government of the
Philippines.
The Science Foundation of the Philippines shall act as the official adviser
on scientific matters to the Board.
SEC. 21. The Board and its agencies are hereby authorized to call upon
other government agencies and instrumentalities for assistance and
cooperation in the formulation and implementation of its policies, plans and
programs.
SEC. 22. The Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Board, the
Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners of both the National Institute of
Science and Technology and the Philippine Atomic Energy Commission shall
not, during their continuance in office, engage in the practice of any
profession, or intervene, directly or indirectly, in the management or control
of any private enterprise which in any way may be affected by the functions
of their office, nor shall they directly or indirectly be financially interested in
any contract with the Government or any subdivision or instrumentality
thereof.
SEC. 23. The Board and its agencies as well as the University of the
Philippines are hereby authorized and empowered to receive grants,
bequests, and donations made or given for the purpose of aiding scientific
and technological investigations or establishing scholarship or professorial
chairs in the fields of science, engineering and technology. Such grants,
bequests and donations as well as those received by public or recognized
private educational institutions, shall be tax exempt and deductible from the
income tax returns of the donor upon certification of the Board, or the
University of the Philippines in case it is the donee, that said grants,
bequests and donations are dedicated to the purpose above-mentioned, any
provision of law, rule or regulation to contrary notwithstanding. [As
amended by Sec; 5, Rep. Act No. 3589.]
SEC. 24. The Board shall promote and, in its discretion, assist in the
establishment of private foundations for scientific advancement as well as
specific research and development projects by private individuals, firms and
institutions. All funds contributed to the support and maintenance of such
foundations and their projects as well as specific research and development
projects undertaken by private individuals and educational institutions,
shall be tax-exempt and deductible from the donor's income tax returns,
upon certification by the Board that such foundations and funds are
dedicated to scientific pursuits. All income of whatever kind and character
which such foundations may derive from any of their properties, real or
personal, or from their investments shall also be tax-exempt. [As amended
by Sec. 8, Rep. Act No. 3589.]
SEC. 24-a. Any provision of existing laws to the contrary
notwithstanding, apparatus, instruments, utensils, equipment, and
materials may be imported into the Philippines, whether or not foreign
exchange has been allocated by the Central Bank for the payment of such
importations, free from all taxes and duties, upon certification of the
National Science Development Board that such articles are imported solely
for scientific and technological research and development and not for barter,
sale or hire: Provided, however, That in case such articles are subsequently
conveyed or transferred to other parties for a pecuniary consideration, taxes
and duties shall be collected thereon at double the rate provided for under
existing laws, payable by the transferor: Provided, further, That the Board
shall promulgate the rules and regulations to implement this provision. [As
amended by Sec. 7, Rep. Act No. 3589.]
SEC. 25. Any person who evades or defeats or attempts to evade or
defeat, in any manner, any tax imposed by law by availing himself of the
provisions of Section twenty-three or twenty-four hereof through fraud or
misrepresentation or violates the rules and regulations promulgated by the
Board under this Act shall be punished by a fine of not more than four
thousand pesos or imprisonment for not more than one year or both, in the
discretion of the Court. In case the violator is a corporation or association
the penalty shall be a fine of not more than ten thousand pesos, without
prejudice to the criminal responsibility of the member, officer or employee
thereof committing such violation.
Any person who violates any provision of the rules, regulations or orders
of the Commission issued pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall be
punished by a fine of not more than one thousand pesos or imprisonment
for not more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.
In case the violator is a corporation or association the penalty shall be a
fine of not more than twenty thousand pesos, without prejudice to the
criminal responsibility of the officer, member, or employee thereof
committing such violation. [As amended by Sec. 8, Rep. Act No. 3589.]
SEC. 26. Provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, all officials
and employees appointed under this Act, except those who belong to the
clerical and janitorial classification, shall be exempt from the provisions of
laws, rules and regulations on wage and position classification.
SEC. 26-a. The restrictive provisions of Section thirty of Republic Act
Numbered Two thousand two hundred and sixty and the law on automatic
compulsory retirement, as provided for in Section twelve (c) of
Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred eighty-six, as amended, shall
not apply to scientists and researchers appointed and working as such:
Provided, however, That the appointing authority concerned may terminate
the services of said scientists and researchers at any time after reaching the
compulsory retirement age. [As amended by Sec. 9, Rep. Act No. 3589.]
SEC. 27. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as
may be necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Act.
All sums heretofore appropriated or to be appropriated under section
three of Republic Act Numbered One thousand six hundred and six,
including the special fund known as the Scientific, Engineering and
Technological Research Fund, as well as other appropriations for the
National Science Board, the National Scientific and Industrial Research
Institute (the former Institute of Science and Technology), the Philippine
Nuclear Energy Commission, the Institute of Nutrition and such other
government agencies and instrumentalities as may be transferred to the
Board pursuant to section fourteen hereof, and all appropriations for the
foregoing agencies and instrumentalities under the Appropriation Act for the
fiscal year 1959 are hereby re-appropriated as funds of the Board to be used
in such manner as shall best insure the implementation of the objectives of
this Act, subject to the provisions of section twenty-five hereof.
[The sum of six hundred thousand pesos is hereby appropriated from any
available funds of the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated as
additional outlay for the activities of the Board for the fiscal year nineteen
hundred fifty nine.]
SEC. 27-a. There shall be under the administration and control of the
Commission a Fiduciary Fund to be known as the Atomic Energy Research
Fund which shall accrue and pertain all the fees and charges imposed and
collected by the Commission, all income, donations, bequests, grants, and
unexpended balance of the Commission, which shall not, any provisions of
law to the contrary notwithstanding, revert to the General Fund. The Atomic
Energy Research Fund shall be devoted to and disposed of exclusively for
the purpose of carrying out the research and development functions of the
Commission as provided in Section sixteen of this Act, upon the approval
and final authority of the Board. [As amended by Sec. 10, Rep. Act No.
3589.]
SEC. 28. Funds appropriated for the Board and its agencies shall remain
available for obligation, for expenditure, and for obligation and expenditure,
until expended. [As amended by Sec. 11, Rep. Act No.3589.]
SEC.. 29. All files, records, supplies, equipment, buildings, personnel,
funds and unexpended balance of appropriations of the National Science
Board, the National Scientific and Industrial Research Institute (the former
Institute of Science and Technology), and the Philippine Nuclear Energy
Commission, are hereby transferred respectively to each of the
corresponding agencies under this Act, subject to the provisions of sections
ten, fifteen and nineteen hereof.
SEC. 30. Projects already initiated under the National Science Board
shall be continued under the National Science Development Board.
The projects enumerated under Republic Act Numbered One thousand
six hundred and six, which have not yet been initiated shall be reviewed
and, if necessary, revised by the National Science Development Board which
shall provide for their continuance until the end of the fiscal year nineteen
hundred sixty-one.
SEC. 31. If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision
to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of this Act or
the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall
not be affected thereby.
SEC. 32. This Act repeals Republic Act Numbered One thousand six
hundred and six, except Section three thereof which shall continue in force
as amended by Section twenty-seven hereof, Republic Act Numbered One
thousand eight hundred and fifteen, except Section ten thereof which shall
continue in force as amended by Section twenty-seven hereof, and such
other Acts or parts of Acts which are inconsistent herewith. [As amended by
Sec. 12, Rep. Act. No.3589.]
SEC. 33. For purposes of this Act and unless otherwise indicated in the
committee terms herein enumerated shall have the following meanings:
Agencies - means the National Institute of Science and Technology and
the Philippine Atomic Energy Commission;
Radioactive material - means any material which spontaneously gives off
ionizing radiation;
Source material - means uranium, thorium or any other material which
is determined by the Commission to be source materials or ores containing
one or more of the foregoing materials in such concentration as the
Commission may by regulation determine from time to time;
Special nuclear materials - means plutonium, uranium, or any other
material in sufficient quantity which the Commission determines to be
capable of releasing substantial quantities of energy through nuclear chain
reaction of the materials. [As amended by Sec. 13, Rep. Act No. 3589.]
SEC. 34. This Act shall take effect upon the Constitution of the Board
but not later than thirty days after the approval hereof. [As amended by Sec.
14, Rep. Act No. 3589.]
Approved, June 13, 1958.
