RA 7356: Law Creating the National Commission for Culture and the Arts

Section 13. Powers and Functions. —

To carry out its mandate, the Commission shall exercise the following powers and functions:

  1. encourage and facilitate the organization of a network of regional and local councils for culture and the arts, hereunder described, to ensure a broad nationwide, people-based participation in the formulation of plans, the enforcement of culture-related laws and regulations, the implementation of programs/projects and the review of funding requirements.

  2. establish a secretariat under an Executive Director for the administrative and day-to day operations of the Commission;

  3. set up a system of networking and coordination with and among all existing government cultural agencies for the effective implementation of programs and activities;

  4. create committees and other mechanisms to help expedite the implementation of plans and strategies;

  5. call upon and coordinate with other government and non-government art and cultural institutions and agencies for assistance in any form;

  6. generate resources, both from the government and private sectors, local, national and international, for its operation, as well as for the National Endowment Fund for Culture and Arts;

  7. receive and accept donations and other conveyances including funds, materials, and services, by gratuitous title;

  8. administer the National Endowment Fund for Culture and Arts and give grants for the development, protection, preservation and dissemination of Philippine culture and arts, and designate a comptroller;

  9. prepare an annual budget of the Commission and submit the same to the President for inclusion in the annual General Appropriations Act;

  10. advise the President on matters pertaining to culture and the arts, including the creation of a special decoration or award, for persons who have significantly contributed to the development and promotion of Philippine culture and arts;

  11. promulgate rules, regulations and undertake any and all measures as may be necessary to implement this Act;

  12. regulate activities inimical to preservation/conservation of national cultural heritage/properties.