Summary of Philippine Legislations
SUMMARY OF PHILIPPINE LEGISLATIONS
REPUBLIC ACTS/LAWS
Legislation/Law / Description / DateREPUBLIC ACT
NO. 610 / An Act to Provide for Gratuities and Pensions for Officers and Enlisted Men Who Die or are Disabled as a Result of wounds or Injuries Received or Sickness or Disease Incurred in Line of Duty in the Active Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines or the Philippine Constabulary, Authorizing the Appropriations of Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes / May 4, 1951
REPUBLIC ACT
NO. 1161 / An Act to Create a Social Security System Providing Sickness, Unemployment, Retirement, Disability and Death Benefits for Employees / June 18, 1954
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1179 / An Act to Provide for the Promotion of Vocational Rehabilitation of the Blind and Other Handicapped Persons and Their Return to Civil Employment / June 19, 1954
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1373 / An Act Authorizing the Philippine Sportswriters Association to Hold One Benefit Boxing Show Every Year, the Net Proceeds of Which Shall Constitute a Trust Fund for the Benefit of Disabled Filipino Boxers / June 18, 1955
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2615 / An Act to amend certain sections of RA 1179, entitled “An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of the blind and other handicapped persons and their return to civil employment”, and to create a National Council on Rehabilitation. / August 1, 1959
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3562 / An Act to Promote the Education of the Blind in the Philippines / June 21, 1963
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4564 / An Act Authorizing the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office to Hold Annually One Special Sweepstakes Race for the Exclusive Use of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, Social Welfare Administration, in Its Development and Expansion Program for the Physically disabled Throughout the Philippines / June 19, 1965
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5250 / An Act Establishing a Ten-Year Training Program for Teachers of Special and Exceptional Children in the Philippines and Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds Therefor / June 15, 1968
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5416 / An Act Providing for comprehensive Social Services for Individuals and Groups in Need of Assistance, Creating for this Purpose a Department of Social Welfare / June 15, 1968
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6067 / An Act amending RA 5250, entitled “An Act establishing a training program for teachers of special and exceptional children in the Philippines and appropriating funds therefore.” / August 4, 1969
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6759 / An Act Declaring August One of Each Year as White Cane Safety Day in the Philippine and for Other Purposes / September 18, 1989
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7277
(Magna Carta for Disabled Persons and Its Implementing Rules and Regulations) / An Act providing for the Rehabilitation, Self-Development and Self-Reliance of Disabled Persons and their Integration into the Mainstream of Society and for Other Purposes / July 22, 1991
BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 344(Accessibility Law) / An Act to Enhance the Mobility of Disabled Persons by Requiring Certain Building, Institutions, Establishments, and Other Public Utilities to Install Facilities and Other Devices. / February 25, 1983
PRESIDENTIAL DECREES
Legislation/Law / Description / DatePRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 603 / The Child and Youth Welfare Code / December 10, 1974
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1044 / Increasing the Benefits of Military Personnel Who Become Physically Disabled or Die in Line of Duty Before Completing 20 Years of Active Service / October 28, 1976
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1509 / Creating the National Commission Concerning Disabled Persons and for Other Purposes / June 11, 1978
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1761 / Amending Presidential Decree No. 1509 Creating the National Commission Concerning Disabled Persons and for other Purposes. / January 4, 1981
PROCLAMATIONS
Legislation/Law / Description / DatePROCLAMATION NO. 1869 / Authorizing the Philippine Foundation for the Rehabilitation of Disabled, Inc. to Conduct a Nationwide Educational, membership and Fund Campaign During the Period from September 1, 1979 to August 31, 1980 / June 22, 1979
PROCLAMATION NO. 1870 / Declaring Third Week of July Every Year As The National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week / June 22, 1979
PROCLAMATION NO. 1996 / Proclaiming the Nationwide Observance of and Philippine Participation in the International Year of Disabled Persons in 1981 / August 21, 1980
PROCLAMATION NO. 125 / Proclaiming the Nationwide Observance in the Philippines of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons. 1993-2002 / January 15, 1993
PROCLAMATION NO. 933 / Authorizing the Task Force to Address the Concerns of Persons with Disabilities to Conduct a National Fund Campaign for a Period of One (1) Year / December 9, 1996
PROCLAMATION NO. 361 / Declaring the Third Week of July as the National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week which shall Culminate on the Birthdate of the Sublime Paralytic: Apolinario Mabini on July 23 each Year / August 19, 2000
PROCLAMATION NO. 240 / Declaring the Period from the Year 2003 to the Year 2012 as the Philippine Decade of Persons With Disabilities / August 21, 2002
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
Legislation/Law / Description / DateEXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 616 / Creating a National Steering Committee in Connection with the Nationwide Observance of the Philippine Participation in the International Year of Disabled persons in 1981 / August 21, 1980
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 123 / Reorganizing the Ministry of Social Services and Development, Now Referred to as Ministry of Social Welfare and Development / January 30, 1987
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 232 / Providing for the Structural and Functional Reorganization of the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons and for Other Purposes / July 22, 1987
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 261 / Creating an Inter-Agency Committees on Employment Promotion, Protection and Rehabilitation of Persons With Disabilities / July 17, 1995
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 385 / Creating a Task Force to Address the Concerns of Persons With Disabilities / January 4, 1996
LETTER OF INSTRUCTION
Legislation/Law / Description / DateLETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 856 / Establishing a Workers Rehabilitation Center Complex for Industrially Disabled Workers and Disabled Soldiers Under the New Employees Compensation Program / May 1, 1979
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 901 / …………….. Re: To ascertain the need of amending pertinent provisions of the Labor Code of the Philippines (P.D. 442, as amended) and the implementing rules and circulars to ensure the welfare of the disabled persons / July 26, 1979
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS, MEMORANDUM ORDERS,
RULES, CIRCULARS AND MEMORANDA
Legislation/Law / Description / DateBureau of Public School(BPS)MEMORANDUM / ………………. Re: Special Schools for handicapped children from where the candidates for scholarships may be drawn / September 25, 1972
Department of Social Welfare (DSW) ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 77 / Rehabilitation Grants-Aids Guidelines / 1974
Department of Education and Culture (DEC)
MEMORANDUM NO. 207 / Organizational and Annual Reports in Special Education Enrolment in Special Classes / August 13, 1976
DEC MEMORANDUM NO. 49 / Special Olympics for the Mentally Retarded / February 10, 1978
DEC MEMORANDUM NO. 50 / State Scholarship for the Physically Handicapped / February 13, 1978
DEC MEMORANDUM NO. 16 / National Seminar in Mental Retardation / February 16, 1978
Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC)
MEMORANDUM NO. 292 / Survey on Mental Retardation / October 20, 1978
MEC MEMORANDUM NO. 318 / National Handicapped Week / November 16, 1978
MEC MEMORANDUM NO. 91 / Nationwide Survey of Exceptional School Age Children / March 28, 1979
MEC MEMORANDUM NO. 32 / 1980 Retarded Children’s Week / February 6, 1980
MEC MEMORANDUM NO. 151 / Exemption of Physically Handicapped from Taking the NCEE / July 14, 1980
MEC MEMORANDUM NO. 16 / Reduction of Attitudinal Barriers Against the Disabled / January 26, 1981
MEC MEMORANDUM NO. 37 / Selection Test for Scholarship Grants for Physically Handicapped Students / February 12, 1981
MEC MEMORANDUM NO. 46 / Summer Scholarship Program on Special Education / March 4, 1981
Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) REVENUEREGULATIONS 8-93 / Section 3: Incentives for Employers and Private Entities (Tax Deduction for the Employment of a Disabled Persons) / January 29, 1993
Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) ORDER NO. 88 / Guidelines in the Utilization of the Ten Percent (10%) Allocation for the Purchase of Desks/ Armchairs / September 4, 1998
Department of Health (DOH) ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 16-A / Guidelines on the Issuance of Certification of Disability to Persons with Disabilities / May 13, 1999
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 101
(From the Office of the President) / Directing the Department of Public Works and Highways, the Department of Education, Culture and Sports, and the Commission on Higher Education to Provide for Architectural Facilities or Structural Features for Disabled Persons in all State Colleges, Universities and Other Public Buildings / November 29, 1999
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 35
(From the Office of the President) / Directing all Departments, Bureau, Government-owned and/or Controlled Corporations, Government Financial Institutions, Local Government Units, State Universities/Colleges and Schools, and other Government Agencies/ Instrumentalities to Promote and Conduct Relevant Activities during the Annual Observance of the National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week / May 3, 2003
DSWD ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 59 / Guidelines for the Implementation of the Auxiliary Social Services for Persons With Disabilities / May 13, 2003
DBM-DSWD JOINT CIRCULAR NO. 2003-01 / Implementing Guidelines for Section 29 of the General Appropriations Act for FY 2003 Entitled “Setting Aside One Percent of Government Agency Budget for Programs/Projects Related to Senior Citizens and the Disabled” / April 28, 2003
RESOLUTIONS
Legislation/Law / Description / DateRESOLUTION
NO. 3447
/ Resolution Concerning Rights of the Disabled / December 9, 1975RESOLUTION
NO. 34/154
/ International Year of Disabled Persons / January 30, 1980DPI/DESI NOTE IYDP/4 / Declaration on the Rights of Deaf-Blind Persons / July 23, 1980
DPI/DESI / Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons
RESOLUTION NO. 98 / Resolution Concurring in the Ratification of ILO Convention No. 159 Concerning Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) / April 5, 1990
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