NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
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23 HAR 21 P4 53
S.B. No.
RECEIVED BV;
Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT
EXTENDING THE LIFE OF THE PHILIPPINE AEROSPACE DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION (PADC) BY ANOTHER FIFTY (50) YEARS, AMENDING FOR 
THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 286, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED
"AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF A PHILIPPINE AEROSPACE 
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"
EXPLANATORY NOTE
In 1973, President Ferdinand E. Marcos signed Presidential Decree No. 286, 
authorizing the creation of a Philippine Aerospace Development Corporation (PADC) 
as the premier service organization of the aerospace and aviation industry in the 
country. It was established for self-reliance, national security and technology 
transfer.
In 1975, PD 286 was restructured and amended by Presidential Decree No. 
696 for the purposes of undertaking all manner of activity, business, or development 
projects to establish a reliable aviation and aerospace industry. It was further 
amended by PD 841 on 11 December 1975 and by Executive Order (EO) 904 on 28 
July 1983 by modifying the composition of the Board of Directors and the powers to 
designate alternates and representatives. On 15 March 2019, President Rodrigo 
Roa Duterte signed EO 78 by virtue of which the administrative supervision of PADC 
was transferred from the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to the Department 
of National Defense (DND).
PADC has envisioned their organization to be capable of efficiently performing 
functions that will yield towards the alignment of the corporation per its mandate, 
provision of a more competitive and viable Philippine aviation and aerospace 
industry to both the public and private sectors, promotion of growth and 
development for the Philippine aviation and aerospace industry, proper regulation 
of aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, avionics, major flight-vehicle subsystems and 
importation of aircraft parts, among others. To date, among its achievements are 
as follows: the development of a single prototype light aircraft named as PADC 
Defiant 300, a prototype helicopter labelled as PADC Hummingbird, and the 
assembly of forty-four (44) BO-105 helicopters, sixty-seven (67) BN Islander


aircrafts, eighteen (18) SF 260 TP single-engine turbo prop trainer, six (6) Lancaster 
ES, and two (2) Lancaster IV. A maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility 
for various aircraft engines used by the Philippine Air Force has also been created 
by PADC. However, PADC's corporate life is set to expire on 5 September 2023.
In order to maximize the national unity of aviation and aerospace industry 
and address the Impending expiration of PADCs corporate life, this measure seeks 
to amend Section 1 of Presidential Decree No. 286 to give the Philippine Aerospace 
Development Corporation an additional fifty (50) years of corporate life.
In view of the foregoing reasons, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
lErR. MARCOS


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Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT
EXTENDING THE LIFE OF THE PHILIPPINE AEROSPACE DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION (PADC) BY ANOTHER FIFTY (50) YEARS, AMENDING FOR 
THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 286, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED 
"AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF A PHILIPPINE AEROSPACE 
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Phiiippines 
in Congress assembied:
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Section 1. Section 1 of Presidential Decree No. 286, as amended, is hereby
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further amended to read as follows:
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"Section 1. Creation of the Corporation. - There is hereby created a
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body corporate and politic under the Office of the President of the Philippines
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to be known as the Philippine Aerospace Development Corporation,
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hereinafter referred to as the Corporation, which shall be governed by this
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Decree and its by-laws as authorized hereunder, [and shall have gucccgsiob]
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THE CORPORATION SHALL EXIST for a period of fifty (50) years from
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[and after] the date of approval of this Decree AND SHALL BE EXTENDED
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FOR ANOTHER FIFTY (50) YEARS FROM THE EXPIRATION OF ITS
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ORIGINAL TERM ON 05 SEPTEMBER 2023. The principal office of the
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Corporation shall be located in a place to be determined by the Board of
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Directors.
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Sec. 2. Effectivity Cause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days
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following its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general
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circulation.
Approved,