article 5

• Within sixty (60) days after the effectivity of this Act, the Board, subject to the approval of the Commission and in coordination with the integrated and accredited professional organization, shall adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations, Code of Ethical Conduct and Standards of Professional Practice,

  Implementing Rules and Regulations.
• days after the effectivity of this

  Act, the Board, subject to the approval of the Commission and in coordination with the integrated

  and accredited professional organization,

  60 days
• The Chairperson of the Professional Regulation Commission shall

  immediately include in the Commission programs the implementation of this Act, the funding of

  which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

  Appropriations
• This Act shall not be construed to affect or

  prevent the practice of any other legally recognized profession.

  Act Not Affecting Other Professionals
• It shall be the primary duty of the Commission and the Board

  to effectively enforce the provision of this Act. All duly constituted law enforcement agencies and

  officers of national, provincial, city or municipal government or of any political subdivision thereof,

  shall, upon the call or request of the Commission or the Board, render assistance in enforcing the

  provisions of this Act and to prosecute any person violating the provisions of the same.

  Enforcement of the Act
• duly designated representative shall act as legal adviser to the

  Commission and the Board and shall render legal assistance as may be necessary in carrying out

  the provisions of this Act.

  Secretary of Justice
• If any clause, provision, paragraph or part hereof shall be

  declared unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, invalidate or impair any other

  part hereof, but such judgment shall be merely confined to the clause, provision, paragraph or

  part directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment has been rendered.

  Separability Clause
• Republic Act No. 545, as amended by Republic Act No. 1581 is

  hereby repealed and all other laws, orders, rules and regulations or resolutions or part/s thereof

  inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

  Repealing Clause
• This Act shall take effect after fifteen 15 (5) days following its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation

  Effectivity
• The Architecture profession shall be integrated into one (1) national organization which shall be accredited by the Board, subject to the approval by the Commission, as the integrated and accredited professional organization of

  architects:

  Integration of the Architecture Profession