Section4. The center shall be headed by an executive director
who shall be appointed for a term of five (5)years by the President, with
the consent of the Commission on Appointments, from among the.
members of the faculty of the University of the Philippines and other
state colleges and universities.
The faculty member appointed as
executive director shall, during his service as such, be deemed as on
leave from his position as faculty member.
Section 5. The
center
shall organize annually
a national
conference on indigenous cultural communities and of officers,
organizations and
academic institutions with functions, activities
and/or programs related to these communities.
The agenda of the conference shall be the studies of these
communities. In addition to recommendations on further studies, the
conference shall also make recommendations for policies and programs
for indigenous cultural communities.
Section 6 . To carry out the purpose of this Act, the sum of Ten
Million Pesos (P10,000,000.00) is hereby authorized to be appropriated
out of the funds of the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated for
the fiscal year two thousand four (2004).
Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary shall be included. in.
the Annual General Appropriations Act as approved by Congress.
Section 7.
Should any part, section or provision of this Act be
held invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the
provision not otherwise affected shall remain valid and subsisting.