Section 7. Implementation. —
The Board shall take charge of the implementation of this Act, promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the effective use of the metric system including rules of usage, metric conversion tables and factors, metrication programs and weights and measures.
In order to enhance nationwide awareness of metric conversion by the people and all sectors of society and facilitate the necessary adjustments to the exclusive use of the metric system, National Metrication Month shall be observed in November of each year until Nineteen hundred and eighty-three. The Board shall manage appropriate activities, including the preparation, production and nationwide dissemination of informative materials about the metric system and conversion.
The Board shall continue in existence and exercise its powers and functions under Presidential Decree Numbered One hundred eighty-seven, as amended by Presidential Decree Numbered Seven hundred forty-eight, until the end of Nineteen hundred and eighty-four. Positions in the technical staff and secretariat of the Board shall be considered highly technical or confidential and the Board shall provide appropriate incentives for the recruitment, maintenance and high-level performance of highly qualified personnel, subject to the provisions of the Presidential Decree No. 985.