Section 3. Creation of the National Water and Air Pollution Control Commission; Members; Compensation; Advisory Council. —

There is hereby created and established in the Office of the President of the Philippines, the National Water and Air Pollution Control Commission, with permanent office in the City of Manila. The Commission shall be composed of the Chairman of the National Science Development Board, as chairman, and, as members, four part-time commissioners, one of whom shall be an officer of the Department of Health who shall be designated by the Secretary of Health; another shall be an officer of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, who shall be designated by the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources; and the remaining two shall be representatives of the private sector who shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines with the consent of the Commission on Appointments, one upon recommendation of the Philippine Council of Science and Technology, and the other upon the recommendation of the Chamber of Industries of the Philippines; and two full-time commissioners who shall likewise be appointed by the President of the Philippines, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments. One of the full-time commissioners shall be a sanitary engineer; and the other a lawyer. Both shall be at least thirty-five years of age and shall each have had at least ten years experience in the practice of his profession.

The two part-time commissioners representing the private sector and the two full-time commissioners shall serve for four years and until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. They may not be removed except for cause. Upon the death, resignation or removal of any of them, the President shall appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy for his unexpired term.

The chairman and members of the Commission, except the full-time commissioners, shall receive no compensation for their services, but they shall receive per diems of fifty pesos each per meeting plus the necessary traveling expenses incurred in the discharged of their duties as members of the Commission. The two full-time members shall each receive a yearly compensation of eighteen thousand pesos. They shall also receive traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties as commissioners.