REPUBLIC
ACT NO. 763
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH
THE MINDANAO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Approved by President Elpidio Quirino on June 20, 1952
Section 1. There is hereby established in the
municipal district of Kabacan, Province of Cotabato, Island of Mindanao, a
vocational college to be known as the Mindanao Institute of Technology which
will offer not only elementary, secondary general, secondary vocational and
normal courses of instruction but also collegiate agricultural and industrial
courses leading to bachelors' degrees. It shall also offer opportunities for
manual labor as assistance to self-supporting students.
Section 2. The head of the Institute shall be known as
the President of the Mindanao Institute of Technology. He shall be appointed by
the President of the Philippines upon the recommendation of the Board of
Trustees of the Institute. The powers and duties of the President of the
Institute, in addition to those specifically provided in this Act, shall be
those usually pertaining to the office of the president of a college or university.
Section 3. The governing body of the Institute shall
be the Board of Trustees of the Mindanao Institute of Technology. The said
Board shall be composed of the Secretary of Education, who shall be the
chairman, the Chairman of the Committee on Education of the Senate, the
Chairman of the Committee on Education of the House of Representatives, the
Director of Public Schools, the President of the College, and a prominent
non-Christian resident of Cotabato to be designated by the President of the
Philippines.
The trustees of the Institute shall serve
without compensation other than actual and necessary expenses incurred either
in attendance upon meetings of the Board or upon other official business
authorized by resolution thereof.
Section 4. The Board of Trustees shall have the
following powers and duties, in addition to its general powers of
administration:
(a)
To receive and appropriate to the ends specified by law such sums as may
be provided by law for the support of the Institutes;
(b)
To confer certificates, diplomas or degrees upon successful candidates
for graduation;
(c)
To appoint, on the recommendation of the President of the Institute,
teachers, principals, supervisors, instructors, professors, lectures, and other
employees of the Institute, to fix their compensation, hours of service and
such other duties and conditions as it may deem proper; to grant to them, in
its discretion, leave of absence under such regulations as it may promulgate,
any other provisions of law notwithstanding and to remove them for cause after
an investigation and hearing shall have been had;
(d)
To approve the curricula and rules of discipline drawn up by the
Institute Council as hereinafter provided;
(e)
To fix the tuition fees required of students, as well as matriculation
fees, graduation fees and fees for laboratory courses, and special fees, and to
remit the same in special cases;
(f)
To provide fellowships for faculty members and scholarships to students
showing special evidence of merit;
(g)
To provide rules for its own government, and to enact for the government
of the Institute such general ordinances and regulations, not contrary to law,
as are necessary;
(h)
To receive in trust legacies, gifts, and donations of real personal property
of all kinds and to administer the same and other properties of the Institute
for the benefit of the Institute or ford to any student, in accordance with the
directions and instructions of the donor, and, in default thereof, in such
manner as the Board of Trustees may in its discretion determine.
(i)
To mortgage, lease, pledge, or otherwise encumber the whole or any
portion of the real or personal properties of the Institute.
Section 5. A quorum of the Board of Trustees shall
consist of a majority of all members. All process against the Board of Trustees
shall be served on the President or secretary thereof.
Section 6. On or before the fifteenth of June of each
year, the Board of Trustees shall file with the President of the Philippines a detailed
report, setting forth the progress, conditions, and needs of the Institute.
Section 7. There shall be an Institute Council
consisting of the President of the Institute and of all instructors and
professors of the Institute. The Council shall have the power to prescribe the
curricula and rules and discipline, subject to the approval of the Board of
Trustees. It shall fix the requirements for admission to the Institute, as well
as for graduation and the receiving of a degree. The Council alone shall have
the power to recommend students or others to be recipients of degrees. Through
its President or committee, it shall have disciplinary power over the students
within the limits prescribed by the rules of discipline approved by the Board
of Trustees.
Section 8. The body of teachers, principals,
supervisors, instructors and professors of the Institute shall constitute the
faculty of the Institute, with the President of the Institute as the presiding
officer. In the appointment of professors or instructors of the Institute, no
religious test shall be applied, nor shall the religious opinions or
affiliations of the faculty of the Institute be made a matter of examination or
inquiry: Provided, however, That no instructor or professor in the Institute shall
inculcate sectarian tenets in any of the teachings, nor attempt either directly
or indirectly, under penalty of dismissal by the Board of Trustees, to
influence students or attendants at the Institute for or against any particular
church or religious sect.
Section 9. Professors and other regular instructors in
the Institute shall be exempt as such from any civil service examinations or
regulations as a requisite to appointment.
Section 10. There shall be a secretary of the
Institute, appointed by the Board of Trustees. He shall be the secretary of
such Board and also of the Institute, and shall keep such records of the
Institute as may be designated by the Board.
Section 11. The following property and all its
improvements are hereby transferred to the Mindanao Institute of Technology for
the use of the Institute in carrying out the purposes on this Act:
C. T. Nos. 5 and 8, Lots Nos. 650-M and
649, PID-B.L. Survey 5 C-338-A, with sales Applications Nos. 338-A (E-29) of
the Rio Grande Rubber Estate Company, situated in the municipal district of
Kabacan, Province of Cotabato, Mindanao; containing an area of 1023.0025
hectares more or less (EPC Acct. No. 946).
The produce and income of the foregoing
property and its improvements shall be expended by the Institute as hereinabove
stated.
Section 12. The sum of fifty thousand pesos is hereby
authorized to be appropriated from the National Treasury to carry the purposes
of this Act.
Section 13. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
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