Magna Carta for Public School Teachers

I. Declaration of Policy
Coverage
 Sec. 1. Declaration of Policy
It is hereby declared to be policy of this act to promote and improve the social
and economic status of public school teachers.

 Sec. 2. Title Definition

This act shall be known as the “Magna Carta for Public School teachers” and
shall apply to all public school teachers except those in the professional staff of
state colleges and universities.
 II. Recruitment and
Career
 Sec. 3. Recruitment and Qualification
Recruitment policy with respect to the selection and appointment of teacher
shall be clearly defined by the department of education.

 Sec. 4. Probationary Period

When Recruitment takes place after adequate training and professional
preparation in any school recognized by the government, no probationary period
preceding regular appointment shall be imposed if the teacher possesses the appropriate
civil service eligibility.
 Sec. 5. Tenure of Office
Stability on employment and security of tenure shall
be assured the teachers as provided under existing laws.

 Sec. 6. Consent for Transfer Transportation Expenses

Except for cause and as herein otherwise provided, no
teacher shall be transferred without his consent from one
station to another.

 Sec. 7. Code of Professional Conduct for Teachers

Within 6 months from the approval of this act, the
secretary of education shall formulate and prepare a code of
professional conduct for public school teachers.
 Sec. 8. Safeguards in Disciplinary Procedure
Every teacher shall enjoy equitable safeguards at each
stage of any disciplinary procedure and shall have:

A. The right to be informed, in writing, of the charges;

B. The right to full access to the evidence in the case;
C. The right to defend himself and to be defended by a
representative of his choice and/or by his organization,
adequate time being given to the teacher for the
preparation of his defense; and
D. The right to appeal to clearly designated authorities. No
publicity shall be given to any disciplinary action being
taken against a teacher during the pendency of his case.
 Sec. 9. Administrative Charges
Administrative charges against a teacher shall
be heard initially by a committee composed of the
corresponding school superintendent of the division or
a duly authorized representative who should at least
have the rank of a division supervisor.

 Sec. 10. No Discrimination

There shall be no discrimination whatsoever in
entrance to the teaching profession, or during its
exercise, or in the termination of services, based on
other than professional consideration
 Sec. 11. Married Teachers
Whenever possible, the proper authorities
shall take all steps to enable married couples, both
of whom are public school teachers, to be employed
in the same locality.

 Sec. 12. Academic Freedom

Teachers shall enjoy academic freedom in
the discharge of their professional duties
particularly with regard to teaching and classroom
methods.
 III. Hours of Work and
Remuneration
 Sec. 13. Teaching Hours
Any teacher engaged in actual classroom instruction shall not be required to
render more than 6 hours of actual classroom teaching a day.

 Sec. 14. Additional Compensation

Notwithstanding any provision of existing law to the contrary, co-curricula and
out of school activities and any other activities outside of what is defined as normal
duties of any teacher shall be paid an additional compensation of at least 25%of his
regular remuneration after the teacher has completed at least 6 hours of actual
classroom teaching a day.
 Sec. 15. Criteria for Salaries
Teacher’s salaries shall correspond to the following criteria:
(a) They shall compare favorably with those paid in other occupations
requiring equivalent or similar qualifications, training and abilities;
(b) They shall be such as to insure teachers a reasonable standard of
life for themselves and their families; and
(c) They shall be properly graded so as to recognize the fact that certain
positions require higher qualifications and greater responsibility
than others.

 Sec. 16. Salary Scale

Salary scales of teachers shall provide for a gradual progression
from a minimum to a maximum salary by means of regular increments,
granted automatically after 3 years.
 Sec. 17. Equality in Salary Scales
The salary scale of teachers whose salaries are appropriated by a
city, municipality, municipal district, or provincial government, shall
not be less than those provided for teachers of the national
government.

 Sec. 18. Cost of Living Allowance

Teacher’s salaries shall, at the very least, keep pace with the rise in
the cost of living by the payment of a cost-of-living allowance which
shall automatically follow changes in a cost-of-living index.

 Sec. 19. Special Hardship Allowances

Teachers exposed to hardship such as difficulty in commuting to
the place of work shall be compensated special hardship allowances
equivalent to at least 25% of their monthly salary.
 Sec. 20. Salaries to be Paid in legal Tender
Salaries of teachers shall be paid in legal tender of
the Philippines or its equivalent in checks or treasury
warrants.

 Sec. 21. Deductions Prohibited

No person shall make any deduction whatsoever
from the salaries of teachers except under specific
authority of law authorizing such deductions.
 IV. Health Measures and
Injury Benefits
 Sec. 22. Medical Examination and Treatment
Compulsory medical examination shall be provided free of charge for all
teachers before they take up teaching, and shall be repeated not less than once a year
during the teacher’s professional life.

 Sec. 23. Compensation for Injuries

Teachers shall be against the consequences of employment injuries in
accordance with the existing laws.
 V. Leave and Retirement
Benefits
 Sec. 24. Study Leave
Teachers shall be entitled to study leave not exceeding 1 school year after 7 years of
service. It shall be granted in accordance with a schedule set by the DepEd.
 Sec. 25. Indefinite Leave
It shall be granted to teachers when the nature of illness demands a long treatment
that will exceed 1 year at the least.
 Sec. 26. Salary Increase upon Retirement
Public school teachers having fulfilled the age and service requirements for the
applicable retirement laws shall be given 1 range salary raise upon retirement.
 VI. Teacher’s Organization
 Sec. 27. Freedom to Organize
Public school teachers shall have the right to freely and without previous
authorization both to establish and to join organizations of their choosing, whether local
or national to further and defend their interests.
 Sec. 28. Discrimination against Teachers Prohibited
The rights to established in the immediately preceding section shall be exercised
without any interference or coercion.
 Sec. 29. National Teacher’s Organization
This organizations shall be consulted in the formulation of national education policies
and professional standards.
 VII. Administration and
Enforcement
 Sec. 30. Rules and Regulations
The secretary of education shall formulate and prepare the necessary rules and
regulations to implement the provisions of this act.

 Sec. 31. Budgetary Estimates

The secretary of education shall submit to congress annually the necessary
budgetary estimates to implement the provision of the act concerning the benefits
herein granted to public school teachers under the employ of the national government.
 Sec. 32. Penal Provision
A person who shall willfully interfere with, restrain or coerce any teacher in the
exercise of his rights guaranteed by this act or who shall in any other manner
commit any act to defeat any of the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction, be
punished by a fine of not less than 100 pesos nor more than 1000 pesos, or by
imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
 Sec. 33. Repealing Clause
All acts, executive orders and their implementing rules inconsistent with the
provision of this act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
 Sec. 34. Separability Clause
If any provision of this act is declared invalid, the remainder of this act or any
provision not affected thereby shall remain in force and in effect.
 Sec. 35. This act shall take effect upon its approval.
 TITLE V
The Family Code
 Chapter 1. The Family as
an Institution
 Art. 149. The family being the foundation of the nation, is a basic social institution
which public policy cherishes and protects.
 Art. 150. Family relations include those:
(1) between husband and wife;
(2) between parents and children;
(3) among other ascendants and descendants; and
(4) among brothers and sisters, whether of the full or half blood.
 Art. 151. No suit between members of the same family shall prosper unless it should
appear from the verified complaint or petition that earnest efforts towards a
compromise have been made, but that the same have failed.
 Chapter 2. The Family
Home
 Art. 152. The family home, constituted jointly by the husband and the wife or by an
unmarried head of a family, is the dwelling house where they and their family reside, and
the land on which it is situated.
 Art. 153. The family home is deemed constituted on a house and lot from the time it is
occupied as a family residence.
 Art. 154. The beneficiaries of a family are:
1.) The husband and wife, or an unmarried person who is the head of the family;
2.) Their parents, ascendants, descendants, brothers and sisters, whether the
relationship be legitimate or illegitimate, who are living in the family home and
who depend upon the head of the family for legal support.
 Art. 155. The family home shall be exempt from execution, forced sale or attachment
except: (1) for nonpayment taxes;
(2) for debts incurred prior to the constitution of the family home;
(3) for debts secured by mortgages on the premises before or after such
constitution; and
(4) for debts to laborers, mechanics, architects, builders, materialmen and others
who have rendered service or furnished material for the construction of the
building.

 Art. 156. The family home must be a part of the properties of the absolute community or
the conjugal partnership, or of the exclusive properties of either spouse with the latter’s
consent.

 Art. 157. The actual value of the family home shall not exceed, at the time of its
constitution, the amount of 300,000.00 pesos in urban areas, and 200,000.00 pesos in
rural areas, or such amounts as may hereafter be fixed by law.
 Art. 158. The family home may be sold, alienated, donated, assigned, or encumber
by the owner or owners thereof with the written consent of the person constituting
the same, the latter’s spouse, and a majority of the beneficiaries of legal age.

 Art. 159. The family home shall continue despite the death of one or both spouses
or of the unmarried head of the family for a period of 10 years of for as long as
there is a minor beneficiary, and their heirs cannot partition the same unless the
court finds compelling reasons therefor.

 Art. 160. When a creditor whose claim is not among those mentioned in article 155
obtains a judgement in his favor, and he has reasonable grounds to believe that
the family home is actually worth more than the maximum amount fixed in
article 157, he may apply to the court which rendered the judgement for an order
directing the sale of the property under execution.

Art. 161. For the purpose of availing of the
benefits of a family home as provided for in
this chapter, a person may constitute, or be the
beneficiary of, only one family home.

Art. 162. The provision in this chapter shall

also govern existing family residences
insofar as said provisions are applicable.
 TITLE VI
Paternity and Filiation
 Chapter 1. Legitimate
Children
 Art. 163. The filiation of children may be by nature or by adoption. Natural filiation may be legitimate or
illegitimate.
 Art. 164. Children conceived or born during the marriage of the parents are legitimate.
 Art. 165. Children conceived and born outside a valid marriage are illegitimate, unless otherwise provided in
this code.
 Art. 166. Legitimacy of a child may be impugned only on the following grounds:
(1) that it was physically impossible for the husband to have sexual intercourse with his wife within the
first 120 days of the 300 days.
(2) that it is provided that for biological or other scientific reasons, the child could not have been of the
husband, except in the instance provided in the 2nd paragraph of article 164.
(3) that incase of children conceived through artificial insemination, that written authorization or
ratification of either parents was obtained through mistake, fraud, violence, intimidation, or undue
influence.
 Art. 167. The child shall be considered legitimate although the mother may have
declared against its legitimacy or may have been sentenced as an adulteress.

 Art. 168. If the marriage is terminated and the mother contracted another marriage
within 300 days after such termination of the former marriage, these rules shall
govern in the absence of proof to the contrary:
(1) a child born before 180 days after solemnization of the subsequent marriage
is considered during the former marriage, provided it be born within 300 days
after the termination of the former marriage.
(2) a child born after 180 days following the celebration of the subsequent
marriage is considered to have been conceived during such marriage, even
though it be born within the 300 days after the termination of the former
marriage.
 Art. 169. The legitimacy of illegitimacy of a child born after 300 days following the
termination of the marriage shall be proved by whoever alleges such legitimacy or
illegitimacy.
 Art. 170. The action to impugn the legitimacy of the child shall be brought within 1
year from the knowledge of the birth or its recording in the civil register, if the
husband or, in a proper case, any of his heir, should reside in the city or municipality
where the birth took place or was recorded.
 Art. 171. The heir of the husband may impugn the filiation of the child within the
period prescribed in the preceding article only in the following cases:
(1) if the husband should die before the expiration of the period fixed for bringing
his action.
(2) if he should die after the filling of the complaint without having desisted
therefrom; or
(3) if the child was born after the death of the husband.
 Chapter 2. Proof of
Filiation
 Art. 172. The filiation of legitimate children is established by any of the following:
(1) the record of the birth appearing in the civil register or a final judgement; or
(2) an admission of legitimate affiliation in a public document or a private handwritten
instrument and assigned by the parent concerned.
In the absence of the foregoing evidence, the legitimate affiliation shall be proved by:
(1) the open and continuous possession of the status of a legitimate child; or
(2) any other means allowed by the rules of court and special laws.
 Art. 173. The action to claim legitimacy may be brought by the child during his or her
lifetime and shall be transmitted to the heirs should the child die during minority or in a
state of insanity. In these case, the heirs shall have a period of 5 years within which to
institute the action.
 Art. 174. Legitimate children shall have the right:
(1) to bear the surnames of the father and the mother,
in conformity with the provisions of the civil code
on surnames;
(2) to receive support from their parents, the
ascendants, and in proper cases, their brothers and
sisters, in conformity with the provisions of this
code on support; and
(3) to be entitled to the legitimate and other
successional rights granted to them by the civil
code.
 Chapter 3. Illegitimate
Children
 Art. 175. Illegitimate children may establish their illegitimate filiation in the same
way and on the same evidence as legitimate children.

 Art. 176. Illegitimate children shall use the surname and shall be under the
parental authority of their mother, and shall be entitled to support in conformity with
this code. The legitimate of each illegitimate child shall consist of one half of the
legitimate of a legitimate child.
 Chapter 4. Legitimate
Children
 Art. 177. Only children conceived and born outside of wedlock of parents who, at the time of the
conception of the former, were not disqualified by any impediment to marry each other may be
legitimated.
 Art. 178. Legitimation shall take place by a subsequent valid marriage between parents. The
annulment of a voidable marriage shall not affect the legitimation.
 Art. 179. Legitimated children shall enjoy the same rights as legitimate children.
 Art. 180. The effects of legitimation shall retroact to the time of the child’s birth.
 Art. 181. The legitimation of children who died before the celebration of the marriage shall benefit
their descendants.
 Art. 182. Legitimation may be impugned only by those who are prejudiced in their rights, within 5
years from the time their cause of action accrues.
TITLE VII
Adoption
 Art. 183. A person of age and in possession of full civil capacity and legal rights
may adopt, provided he is in a position to support and care for his children,
legitimate or illegitimate, in keeping with the means of the family.

 Art. 184. The following persons may not adopt :

1. The guardian with respect to the ward prior to the approval of the final
accounts rendered upon the termination of their guardianship relation;
2. Any person who has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude;
3. An alien, except;
a. A former Filipino citizen who seeks to adopt a relative by consanguinity;
b. One who seeks to adopt the legitimate child of his or her Filipino
spouse ; or
c. One who is married to a Filipino citizen and seeks to adopt jointly
with his or her spouse a relative by consanguinity of the latter.
 Art. 185. Husband and wife must jointly adopt , except in the following
cases:
1) When one spouse seeks to adopt his own illegitimate child; or
2) When one spouse seeks to adopt the legitimate child of the
other.
 Art. 186. In case husband and wife jointly adopt or one spouse adopts the
legitimate child of the other, joint parental authority shall be exercised by
the spouses in accordance with this code.

 Art. 187. The following may not be adopted:

1) A person of legal age, unless he or she is a child by nature of
the adopter or his or her spouse, or prior to the adoption.
2) An alien with whose government the Republic of the
Philippines has no diplomatic relations; and
3) A person who has already been adopted unless such adoption
has been previously revoked or rescinded.
 Art. 188. The written consent of the following to the adoption shall be
necessary:
1. The person to be adopted, if ten years of age or over;
2. The parents by nature of the child, the legal guardian, or the
proper government instrumentality;
3. The legitimate and adopted children, ten years of age or over,
of the adopting parent or parents;
4. The illegitimate children, ten years of age or over, of the
adopting parent, if living with said parent and the latter’s
spouse, if any; and
5. The spouse, if any, of the person adopting or to be adopted.
 Art. 189. Adoption shall have the following effects:
1. For civil purposes, the adopted shall be deemed to be
legitimate child of the adopters and both shall acquire the
reciprocal rights and obligations arising from the relationship
of parent and child.
 2. The parental authority of the parents by nature over the adopted shall terminate and be
vested in the adopters.
3. The adopted shall remain an intestate heir of his parents and other blood relatives.

 Art. 190. Legal or intestate succession to the estate of the adopted shall be governed by the
following rules:
1. Legitimate and illegitimate children and descendants and the
surviving spouse of the adopted shall inherit from the adopted,
in accordance with the ordinary rules of legal or intestate succession;
2. When the parents, legitimate or illegitimate, or the legitimate
ascendants of the adopted concur with the adopters, shall divide
the entire estate;
3. When the surviving spouse or the illegitimate children of the
adopted concur with the adopters, shall divide the entire estate in
equal shares;
 5. When only the adopters survive, they shall inherit the entire estate; and
6. When only collateral blood relatives of the adopted survive, then the
ordinary rules of legal or intestate succession shall apply.
 Art. 191. If the adopted is a minor or otherwise incapacitated, the adoption may
be judicially rescinded upon petition of any person authorized by the court or
proper government instrumentality acting on his behalf, on the same grounds
prescribed for loss of parental authority.
 Art. 192. The adopters may petition the court for the judicial rescission of the
adoption in any of the following cases:
1. if the adopted has committed any act constituting a ground for disinheriting
a descendant; or
2. when the adopted has abandoned the home of the adopters during minority
for at least one year, or, some other acts, has definitely repudiated the
adoption.
 Art. 193. If the adopted minor has not reached the age of majority at the time of
the judicial rescission of the adoption, the court in the same proceeding shall
reinstate the parental authority of the parents by nature, unless the latter are
disqualified or incapacitated.
TITLE VIII
Support
 Art. 194. Support comprises everything indispensable for sustenance, dwelling, clothing,
medical attendance, education and transportation, in keeping with the financial capacity of the
family.

 Art. 195. Subject to the provisions of the succeeding articles, the following are obliged to
support each other to the whole extent set forth in the preceding article:
(1) the spouses;
(2) legitimate ascendants and descendants;
(3) parents and their legitimate children and the legitimate and illegitimate
children of the latter;
(4) parents and their illegitimate children and the legitimate and
illegitimate children of the latter;
(5) legitimate brothers and sisters, whether of the full or half blood.

 Art. 196. Brothers and sisters not legitimately related, whether of the full or
half blood, are likewise bound to support each other to the full extent set forth
in article 194, except only when the need for support of the brother or sister,
being of age, is due to a cause imputable to the claimant’s fault or negligence.
 Art. 197. In case of legitimate ascendants; descendants, whether legitimate or
illegitimate, and brothers and sisters, whether legitimately or illegitimately related,
only the separate property of the person obliged to give support shall be
answerable provided that in case the obligor has no separate property, the absolute
community , if financially capable, shall advance the support, which shall be
deducted from the share of the spouse obliged upon the liquidation of the
conjugal partnership.
 Art. 198. During the proceedings for legal separation and for declaration of nullity
of marriage, the spouses and their children shall be supported from the properties
of the absolute community.
 Art. 199. Whenever two or more persons are obliged to give support, the liability
shall devolve upon the following persons in the order herein provided:
(1) the spouse;
(2) the descendants in the nearest degree;
(3) the ascendants in the nearest degree; and
(4) the brothers and sisters.
 Art. 200. When the obligation to give support falls upon two or more persons, the
payment of the same shall be divided between them in proportion to the resources
of each.
 Art. 201. The amount of support, in the cases referred to in articles 195 and 196,
shall be in proportion to the resources or means of the giver ad to the necessities of
the recipient.
 Art. 202. Support in the cases referred to in the preceding article shall be reduced
or increased proportionately, according to the reduction or increase of the
necessities of the recipient and the resources or means of the person obliged to
furnish the same.
 Art. 203. The obligation to give support shall be demandable from the time the person who has
right to receive the same needs it for maintenance, but it shall not be paid except from the date of
judicial or extrajudicial demand.

 Art. 204. The person obliged to give support shall have the option to fulfill the obligation either
by paying the allowance fixed, or by receiving and maintaining in the family dwelling the person
who has a right to receive support.

 Art. 205. The right to receive support under this title as well as any money or property obtained as
such support shall not be levied upon on attachment or execution.

 Art. 206. When, without the knowledge of the person obliged to give support,
it is given by a stranger, the latter shall have a right to claim the same from the
former, unless it appears that he gave it without any intention of being
reimbursed.
 Art. 207. When the person obliged to support another unjustly refuses or fails to give support
when urgently needed by the latter, any third person may furnish support to the needy individual,
with a right of reimbursement from the person obliged to give support.

 Art. 208. In case of contractual support or that given by will, the excess in amount beyond that
required for legal support shall be subject to levy on attachment or execution.
TITLE IX
Parental
Authority
 Chapter 1. General
Provision
 Art. 209. pursuant to the natural right and duty of parents over the person and property of their
unemancipated children, parental authority and responsibility shall include the caring for and
rearing them to civic consciousness and efficiency and the development of their moral, mental and
physical character and well being.
 Art. 210. Parental authority and responsibility may not be renounced except in the cases authorized
by the law.
 Art. 211. The father and mother shall jointly exercise parental authority over the persons of their
common children.
 Art. 212. In case of absence or death of either parent, the parent present shall continue exercising
parental authority.
Art. 213. In case of separation of the parents, parental authority
shall be exercised by the parent designated by the court.

Art. 214. In case of death, absence of the parents, substitute parental

authority shall be exercised by the surviving grandparent.
Art. 215. No descendant shall be compelled, in a criminal case, to
testify against his parents and grandparents, except when
such testimony is indispensable in a crime against the
descendant or by one parent against the other.
 Chapter 2. Substitute And
Special Parental Authority
 Art. 216. In default of parents or a judicially appointed guardian, the following persons shall exercise
substitute parental authority over the child in the order indicated:
(1) the surviving grandparent, as provided in Art. 214.
(2) the oldest brother or sister, over twenty one years of age, unless unfit; and
(3) the child’s actual custodian, over twenty one years of age, unless unfit.
 Art. 217. In case of foundlings, abandoned, neglected or abused children, parental authority shall be
entrusted in summary judicial proceedings to heads of children’s homes, orphanages and similar
institutions duly accredited by the proper government agency.
 Art. 218. The school, its administrators and teachers, or individual, engaged in child care shall have
special parental authority and responsibility.
 Art. 219. Those given authority and responsibility shall be principally and solidarity liable for
damages caused by the acts of unemancipated minor.
 Chapter 3. Effects Of Parental
Authority Upon The Persons Of
The Children
 Art. 220. The parents and those exercising parental authority shall have with respect to their
unemancipated children or wards the following rights and duties:
(1) to keep them in their company, to support, educate and instruct them by right precept and
good example and provide for their upbringing in keeping with their means;
(2) to give them love, affection, advice and counsel, companionship and understanding;
(3) to provide them with moral and spiritual guidance, inculcate them honesty, integrity, self
discipline, industry and thrift, stimulate their interest in civic affairs and inspire
compliance with the duties of citizenship;
(4) to enhance, protect, preserve and maintain their physical and mental health at all times;
(5) to furnish them with good and wholesome educational materials, supervise their activities,
association with others and prevent them from acquiring habit detrimental;
 (6) to represent them in all matters affecting their interests;
(7) to demand them from respect and obedience;
(8) to impose discipline on them as may be required under the circumstances; and
(9) to perform such other duties as are imposed by law upon parents and guardians.

 Art. 221. Parents and other persons exercising parental authority shall be civilly liable for the
injuries and damages caused by the acts of their unemancipated children living in their company
and under parental authority subject to the appropriate defences provided by law.

 Art. 222. The courts may appoint a guardian of the child’s property, when the best interests of
the child so require.

 Art. 223. The parents, in their absence, the individual, entity exercising parental authority, may
petition the proper court of the place where the child resides, for an order providing for
disciplinary measures over the child.

 Art. 224. The measures referred in the preceding article may include the commitment of the
child not more than thirty days in entities or institution engaged in child care.
 Chapter 4. Effect Of Parental
Authority Upon The Property Of
The Children
 Art. 225. The father and mother shall jointly exercise legal guardianship over the
property of their unemancipated common child without the necessity of a court
appointment.

 Art. 226. The property of the unemancipated child earned with his work shall
belong to the child in ownership and shall be devoted exclusively to the latter’s
support and education, unless the title provides otherwise.

 Art. 227. If the parents entrust the management of any of their properties to an
unemancipated child, the net proceeds of such property shall belong to the owner.
 Chapter 5. Suspension Or
Termination Of Parental Authority
 Art. 228. Parental authority terminates permanently:
(1) upon the death of the parents;
(2) upon the death of the child;
(3) upon the emancipation of the child.
 Art. 229. Unless subsequently revived by a final judgement, parental authority also terminates:
(1) upon adoption of the child;
(2) upon appointment of a general guardian;
(3) upon judicial declaration of abandonment of the child in a case filed for the
purpose;
(4) upon final judgement of a competent court divesting the party concerned of
parental authority; and
(5) upon judicial declaration of absence of the person exercising parental authority.
 Art. 230. Parental authority is suspended upon conviction of the parent exercising the
same of a crime which carries with it the penalty of civil interdiction.

 Art. 231. The court in an action field for the purpose may also suspend parental
authority if the parent exercising the same:
(1) treats the child with excessive harshness;
(2) gives the child corrupting orders, counsel or example;
(3) compels the child to beg;
(4) subjects the child to be subjected to acts of lasciviousness.

 Art. 232. If the person exercising parental authority has subjected the child
to be subjected to sexual abuse, shall be permanently deprived by the court.

 Art. 233. The person exercising substitute parental authority shall have the same
authority over the person of the child as the parents.
Education Act Of
1982
 I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter 1. Preliminary Matters

 Sec. 1. Title.
This act shall be known as the “ Education act of 1982.”

 Sec. 2. Coverage
This act shall apply to and govern both formal and non- formal system in
public and private schools in all levels of the entire educational system.
 Chapter 2. Declaration Of Basic
State Policy And Objectives
 Sec. 3. Declaration of Basic Policy
The policy of the State to established and maintain a complete, adequate and integrated
system of education relevant to the goals of national development.
 Sec. 4. Declaration of Objectives
The educational system aim to:
1. Provide for a broad general education that will assist each individuals in the peculiar
ecology of his own society.
2. Train the nation’s manpower in the middle-level skills for national development.
3. Develop the profession that will provide leadership for the advancement of
knowledge for improving the quality of human life.
4. Respond effectively to changing needs and conditions of the nation through a system
of educational planning and evaluation.
 II. THE EDUCATIONAL
COMMUNITY
Chapter 1. Preliminary Provisions
 Sec. 5. Declaration of Policy and Objectives
It is likewise declared government policy to foster; at all times a spirit of shared purposes and
cooperation among the members and elements of the educational community. Moreover, the state shall:
1. Aid and support the natural right and duty of parents in the rearing of the youth through
educational system.
2. Promote and safeguard the welfare and interest of the student by defining their rights and
obligations.
3. Promote the social economic status of all school personnel, uphold their rights, define their
obligations and improve their living and career prospects.
4. Extend support to promote the viability of those institutions through which parents, students and
school personnel seek to attain educational goals.
 Sec. 6. Definition and Coverage
“ Educational Community” refers to those persons or groups of person as
such or associated in institutions involved in organized teaching and learning
system.
The members and elements of the educational community are:
1. Parents or guardians
2. Students
3. School Personnel
4. Schools

 Sec. 7. Community Participation

Every educational institution shall provide for the
establishment of appropriate bodies through the members
of the educational community, may discuss relevant issues,
support the school and for the promotion of their common
interest.
 Chapter 2. Rights
 Sec. 8. Rights of Parents
All parents who have children enrolled in a school have the following rights:
1. The right to recognize by themselves and with teachers for the providing a forum for
the discussion of matters relating to the total school program.
2. The right to access to any official record directly relating to the children who are
under their responsibility.
 Sec. 9. Rights of Students in School
In addition to other rights, and subject to the limitation prescribed by law and regulations
and students and pupils in all schools shall enjoy the following rights:
1. The right to receive, primarily through competent instruction, relevant quality
education in line with national goals and conducive to their full development as
person with human dignity.
 2. The right to freely chose their field of study subject to existing
curricula and to continue their course therein up to graduation,
except in cases of academic deficiency.
3. The right to school guidance and counseling services for
decision and selecting in fields of work suited to his
potentialities.
4. The right to access to his own school records, the confidentiality
of which the school shall maintain and preserve.
5. The right to the issuance of official certificates, diplomas,
transcript of record, transfer of credentials and other similar
documents within thirty days from request.
6. The right to publish a student newspaper and similar
publications, as well as the right to invite resource persons
during assemblies, symposia and other activities of similar
nature.
7. The right to free expression of opinions and suggestion.
8. The right to form, establish, join, and participate in
organizations and societies reorganized by the school.
9. The right to be free from involuntary contributions.
 Sec. 10. Rights of all School Personnel
The following rights shall be enjoyed by all school personnel:
1. The right to free expression of opinion and suggestion.
2. The right to provided with legal services by the appropriate government office in the case
of public school personnel.
3. The right to establish, join and maintain labor organizations and self-regulating
organizations of their choice.
4. The right to be free from involuntary contributions except those imposed by their own
organizations.
 Sec. 11. Special Rights and/or Privileges of Teaching or Academic Staff
Every member of the teaching or academic staff shall enjoy the following rights or privileges.
1. The right to be free from compulsory assignments not related to their duties as defined in
their appointments, unless compensated therefor, conformably to existing law.
2. The right to intellectual property consistent with applicable laws.
3. Teachers shall be deemed persons in authority when in the discharge of lawful duties and
responsibilities.
4. Teachers shall be accorded the opportunity to choose alternative career lines either in
school administration for career advancement.
 Sec. 12. Special rights of School Administration.
School administration shall in accordance with existing laws, regulations
and policies of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports be
accorded sufficient administrative discretion necessary for the
efficient and effective performance of their functions.
 Sec. 13. Rights of School.
Schools shall enjoy the following:
1. The right of their governing boards or lawful authorities to provide
for the proper governance of the school and to adopt and enforce
administrative system.

2. The right for institutions of higher learning to determine on academic

grounds who shall be admitted to study, who may teach and what
shall be subjects of the study and research.
 Chapter 3. Duties and
Obligations
 Sec. 14. Duties of Parents
All parents shall have the following duties and obligations.
1. Parents, individually or collectively, through the school system, shall
help carry out the educational objectives in accordance with national
goals.
2. Parents shall be obliged to enable their children to obtain elementary
and shall strive to enable them to obtain secondary and higher education
in the pursuance of the right formation of the youth.
3. Parents shall cooperate with the school in the implementation of the
school program curricular and co- curricular.
 Sec. 15. Duties and Responsibilities of Students
Every student shall:
1. Exert his utmost to develop his potentialities for service, particularly
by undergoing an education suited to his abilities.
2. Uphold the academic integrity of the school, endeavour to achieve
academic excellence and abide the rules and regulations governing
his academic responsibilities and moral integrity.
3. Promote and maintain the peace and tranquillity of the school by
observing the rules and discipline to attain harmonious relationship
with fellow students, the teaching and academic staff and orderly
society.
4. Participate actively in civic affairs and in the promotion of the general
welfare, in social, economic and cultural development of his
community. 5. Exercise the rights responsibly in the knowledge that he is
answerable for any infringement and the rights of others.
 Sec. 16. Teacher’s Obligations.
Every teacher shall:
1. Perform his duties to the school by discharging his
responsibilities in accordance with the philosophy, goals, and
objective of the school.
2. Be accountable for the efficient and effective attainment of specified learning
objectives in pursuance of national development goals within the
limits of available school resources.
3. Render regular reports on performance of each student and to the
latter and guardians with specific suggestions for improvement.
4. Assume the responsibility to maintain and sustain his professional growth and
advancement and maintain professionalism in his behaviour at all times.
5. Refrain from making deductions in students scholastic rating for acts that are
clearly not manifestations of poor scholarship.
6. Participate as an agent of constructive social, economic, moral, intellectual,
cultural and political change in his school and the community within the context
of national policies.
 Sec. 17. School Administrators’ Obligations
Every school administrators shall:
1. Perform his duties to the school by discharging his responsibilities in accordance
with the philosophy, goals and objectives of the school.
2. Be accountable for the efficient and effective administration and management of
the school.
3. Develop and maintain a healthy school atmosphere conducive to the promotion
and preservation of academic freedom and effective teaching and learning.
4. Assume and maintain professional behavior in his work and in dealing with
students, teachers, academic non- teaching personnel, administrative staff and
parents.
5. Render adequate reports to teachers, academic non- teaching personnel and non
academic staff on their actual performance in relation to their expected
performance and counsel them on ways of improving the same.
6. Observe due process, fairness, promptness, privacy, constructiveness and
consistency in disciplining his teachers and other personnel.
7. Maintain adequate records and submit required reports to the Ministry of
Education, Culture and Sports.
Sec . 18. Obligations of Academic Non- Teaching Personnel

Academic non -teaching personnel shall:

1. Improve himself professionally be keeping abreast of the
latest trends and techniques in his profession.
2. Assume, promote and maintain an atmosphere conducive
to service and learning.
 III. THE EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEM
Chapter 1. Formal Education
 Sec. 19. Declaration of Policy
The State recognizes that formal education, in society’s primary learning
system, and therefore the main instrument for the achievement of the country’s
educational goals and objectives.

 Sec. 20. Definition.

“Formal Educational” refers to the hierarchically structured and
chronologically graded learning organized and provided by the formal system.
Formal education shall correspond to the following levels:
1. Elementary Education
The first stage of compulsory, formal education
primarily concerned with providing basic education and
usually corresponding to six or seven grades, including pre-
school programs.
2. Secondary Education
The state of formal education following the elementary
level concerned primarily with continuing basic education
and expanding it to include the learning of employable
gainful skills, usually corresponding to four years of high
school.
3. Tertiary Education
Post secondary schooling is higher education leading to a
degree in a specific profession.
 Sec. 21. Objectives of Elementary Education

The objectives elementary education are:

1. To provide the knowledge and develop the skills, attitudes and
values essential to personal development and necessary for living in and
contributing to a developing and changing social milieu;
2. To provide learning experiences which increase the child’s
awareness of and responsiveness to the changes in and just demands of
society.
3. To promote and intensify the child’s knowledge of identification
with love for the nation and the people to which he belongs;
and
4. To promote work experiences which develop the child’s
orientation to the world of work and creativity and prepare himself to
engaged in honest and gainful work.
Sec. 22. Objectives of Secondary Education

The objective of secondary education are:

1. To continue to promote the objectives of
elementary education; and

2. To discover and enhance the different

aptitudes and interests of the students so
as to equip him with skill for productive
endeavor and prepare him for tertiary
schooling.
 Sec. 23. Objective of Tertiary Education

1. To provide a general education program that will

promote national identity, cultural consciousness,
moral integrity and spiritual vigor;
2. To train the nations manpower in the skills
required for national development;
3. To develop the professionals that will provide
leadership for the nations; and
4. To advanced knowledge through research work
and apply new knowledge for improving the
quality of human life and responding effectively
to changing societal needs and conditions.
 Chapter 2. Non- Education and
Specialized Educational Services
 Sec. 24. Specialized Educational Services
The State further recognizes its responsibility to provide, within the context of the formal education
system, services to meet special needs of certain clientele. These specific types, which shall be guided by
the basic policies of the State embodied in the General Provisions of this Act, include:
1. “Work Education” as a program of basic education which aims to develop the right attitudes
towards work and “technical- vocational education,” post-secondary but non- degree programs leading
to one, two, or three year certificates in preparation for a group of middle- level occupations.
2. “Special Education” the education of persons who are physically, mentally, emotionally, socially
or culturally; and
3. “Non-formal Education”, any organized school-based educational activities undertaken by the
Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports and other agencies aimed at attaining specific learning
objectives for a particular clientele.
 Chapter 3. Establishment of
School
 Sec. 25. Establishment of Schools.
All schools shall be established in accordance with law.
 Sec. 26. Definition of Terms.
The terms used in this Chapter are defined as follows:
1. “Schools” are duly established institutions of learning.
2. “Public Schools” are educational institutions established and
administered by the government.
3. “Private Schools” are educational institutions maintained and
administered by private individuals or group.
 Sec. 27. Recognition of Schools.
The educational operations of school shall be subject to their prior authorization of the
government, and shall be affected by recognition.

 Sec. 28. Effects of Recognition; Punishable Violations

The issuance of a certificate of recognition to a school shall have the following effects:
1. It transforms the temporary permit to a permanent authority to operate;
2. It entitled the school to give students who have completed the course for which
recognition is granted, a certificate, title or diploma; and
3. It shall entitle the students who have graduated from said recognized course to all the
benefits and privileges enjoyed by graduates in similar courses of studies in all schools
recognized by the government.

 Sec. 29. Voluntary Accreditation.

The Ministry shall encourage programs of voluntary accreditation for institution
which desire to meet of quality over and above minimum required for State recognition.
 Chapter 4. Internal Organization
of Schools
 Sec. 30. Organization of Schools
Each school shall establish such internal organizations as well best enable it to
carry out its academic and administrative functions, subject to limitations
provided by law.
 Sec. 31. Governing Board
Every government college as a tertiary institutions and every private school shall
have a governing board pursuant to its charter or the Corporation Code of the
Philippines, as the case may be.
 Sec. 32. Personnel Transaction
The terms and conditions of employment of personnel in government schools
shall be governed by the Civil Service, budgetary and compensation laws and rules.
 Chapter 5. School Finance
and Assistance
 Sec. 33. Declaration of Policy
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State that the national government
shall contribute to the financial support of educational programs pursuant to goals
of education as declared in the Constitution. Towards this end, the government
shall:
1. adopt measures to broaden access to education through financial
assistance and other forms of incentives to schools, teachers, pupils and
students; and
2. Encourage and stimulate private support to education through, inter alia,
fiscal and other assistance measures.
 A. FUNDING OF
REPUBLIC SCHOOLS
 Sec. 34. National Funds.
Public school shall continue to be funded from national funds.
 Sec. 35. Financial Aid Assistance to Public Secondary Schools.
The national Government shall extend financial aid and assistance to public secondary
schools established and maintained by local governments, including barangay high schools.
 Sec. 36. Share of Local Government.
Provinces, cities, and municipalities and barangays shall appropriate funds in their annual
budgets for the operations and maintenance of public schools on the basis of national fund
participation.
 Sec. 37. Special Education Fund.
The Special Education Fund accruing to local governments shall be used exclusively for the
purposes enumerated in Section 1 of Republic Act no. 5447,and in accordance with rules and
regulations issued by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports and the Ministry of the Budget.
 Sec. 38. Tuition and other School Fees.
Secondary and post- secondary schools may charge
tuition and other school fees, in order to improved
facilities or to accommodate more students.
 Sec. 39. Income from other Sources.
Government- supported educational institution may
receive grants, legacies, donations and gifts for purposes
allowed
by existing laws.
 B. FUNDING OF PRIVATE
SCHOOL
 Sec. 40. Funding of Private School
Private school may be funded from their capital investment, tuition fees and other school
charges, passive investment income from other sources.
 Sec. 41. Government Assistance
The government, may provide aid to the programs of private school in the form of scholarships
or loans from government financial institution.
 Sec. 42. Tuition and Other Fees
Each private school shall determine its rate of tuition and other school fees.
 Sec. 43. Income from other Sources
Any private school duly recognized by the government, may receive any grants and legacy.
 Sec. 44. Institutional Funds
The proceeds from tuition fees and other income shall be treated as institutional funds.
 C. INCENTIVES TO
EDUCATION
 Sec. 45. Declaration of Policy
The policy of State in the pursuit of its national education development goal to provide an
incentive program to encourage the participation of community.
 Sec. 46. Relating to School Property
Real property, directly and exclusively used for educational purposes shall be subject to the real
property tax based on an assessment of fifteen per cent of the market value.
 Sec. 47. Relating to Gifts or Donation to Schools
Any gifts in favor of any schools, colleges recognized by the Government shall not be subject to
tax.
 Sec. 48. Relating to Earnings from Established Scholarship Funds
All earnings from the investment of any duly established scholarship fund of any schools
recognized by the government.
 Sec. 49. School Dispersal Program
All gains realized from the sale, transfer of property, real or personal, any
duly established private school, in pursuance of a school dispersal program of
the government as approved by the government, shall be considered exempt
from tax if the total proceeds of the sale are reinvested in a new established
school or colleges located in the dispersal site.
 Sec. 50. Conversion to Educational Foundations
An educational institution may convert itself into a non- stock, non-
profit educational foundations, with implementing rules to be issued by the
Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports and the Ministry of Finance.
 D. ASSISTANCE TO
STUDENTS
 Sec. 51. Government Assistance to Students
The government shall provide financial assistance to financially
disadvantaged and deserving students.
 Sec. 52. Grant of Scholarship Pursuant to Existing Laws
Educational institutions shall be encouraged to grant scholarships to students
pursuant to the provisions of existing laws and such scholarship measures as
may hereafter be provided fir by law.
 Sec. 53. Assistance from the Private Sector
Private sector, shall be encouraged to grant financial assistance to students,
especially those undertaking in the fields of science and technology.
 IV. THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION,
CULTURE AND SPORTS

Chapter 1. General Provisions

 Sec. 54. Declaration of Policy
The administration of the education system and pursuant to the provisions of the
Constitution, the supervision and regulation of educational institution are hereby vested in the
Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, without prejudice to the provisions of the charter of
any state college and university.
 Sec. 55. Organizations
The Ministry shall be headed by the Minister of Education, Culture and Sports who shall
be assisted by one or more Deputy Ministers.
 Sec. 56. The National Board of Education is hereby abolished, and its appropriations,
personnel, records and equipment are hereby transferred to the office of the Minister
of Education, Culture and Sports
 Sec. 57. Functions and Powers of the Ministry
The Ministry shall:
1. Formulate general education objectives and policies, and adopt long- range
educational plan;
2. Plan, develop and implement programs and project in education and cultures;
3. Promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the administration, supervision
and regulation of the educational system in accordance with declared policy;
4. Set up general objectives for the school system;
5. Coordinate the activities and functions of the school system and various cultural
agencies under it;
6. Coordinate and work with agencies concerned with the educational and cultural
development of the national cultural communities;
7. Recommend and study legislation proposed for adoption.
 Sec. 58. Reports to the Batasang
Pambansa
The Minister of Education, Culture
and Sports shall make an annual report to the
Batasang Pambansa on the implementation of
national basic plan, the current condition of
the education programs, the adequacy of the
appropriations and status of expenditures.
 Chapter 2. Board of Higher
Education
 Sec. 59. Declaration of Policy.
Higher education will be granted towards the provision of better quality education, the development
of middle and high level manpower, and the intensification of research and extension services.
 Sec. 60. Organization of the Board of Higher Education
The Board of Higher Education is reconstituted as an advisory body to the Minister of Education
Culture and Sports.
 Sec. 61. Function of the Board of Higher Education.- The Board shall:
1. Make policy recommendations regarding the planning and management of the integrated system of
higher education and continuing evaluation thereof.
2. Recommend the step to improve the governance of various components of higher educational
system.
3. Assist the Minister of Education, Culture and Sports in making recommendations relatives to the
generations of resources and their allocation of higher education.
 Chapter 3. The Bureau
 Sec. 62. Bureau of Elementary Education
The Bureau shall perform the following function:
1. Conduct studies and formulate, develop, and evaluate programs and educational standards
for elementary education;
2. Undertake studies necessary for the preparation of prototype curricular design, instructional
materials and teacher training programs for elementary education; and
3. Formulate guidelines to improve elementary school physical plants and equipment and
general management of these school.
 Sec. 63. Bureau of Secondary Education
The Bureau shall perform the following functions:
1. Conduct studies and formulate, develop and evaluate programs and educational standards
for secondary education;
 2. Develop curricular designs, prepare instructional materials and evaluate programs to
update the quality of teaching and non- teaching staff at the secondary level;
3. Formulate guidelines to improve secondary school physical plants and equipment and
general management of these school.
 Sec. 64. Bureau of Technical and Vocational Education
The Bureau shall perform the following:
1. Collaborate with other agencies in the formulation of manpower plants;
2. Conduct studies, formulate, develop and evaluate post- secondary vocational- technical
programs;
3. Develop curricular designs and prepare instructional materials, prepare and evaluate
programs to upgrade the quality of teaching and non- teaching staff.
 Sec. 65. Bureau of Higher Education
The Bureau of Higher Education shall perform the following functions:
1. Develop, formulate and evaluate programs, projects and educational standards for a higher
education;
2. Provide staff assistance to the Board of Higher Education in its policy of formulation and
advisory functions;
 3. Provide technical assistance to encourage institutional development
programs and projects;
4. Compile, analyze and evaluate data on higher education; and
5. Perform other functions provided for by law.
 Sec. 66. Bureau of Continuing Education.
1. Serve as a means of meeting the learning needs those unable to avail
themselves of the educational services and service of formal education;
2. Provide opportunities for the acquisition of skills necessary to enhance and
ensure continuing employability, efficiency, productivity, and
competitiveness in the labor market;
3. Serve as a means for expanding access to educational opportunities to
citizen of varied interest and socio- economic origins.
 Chapter 4. Regional Offices
 Sec. 67. Functions

A regional office shall:

1. Formulate the regional plan of education based on the national plan of the
Ministry.
2. Implement education law, policies ,plan, programs, rules and regulation of
the Ministry.
3. Provide economical, efficient and effective education to the people in the
area.
 V. MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Chapter 1. Penal/ Administrative Sanctions
 Sec. 68. Penalty Clause
Any person upon convection for an act in violation of Section 28, Chapter 3, shall be punished
with a fine of not less than two thousand pesos nor more than ten thousand pesos or imprisonment for
a maximum period of two years, in the discretion of the court.
 Sec. 69. Administrative Sanction.
The Minister of Education , Culture and Sports may prescribe and impose such administrative
sanction as he may deem reasonable and appropriate in the implementing rules and regulation
promulgated pursuant to this act.
 Chapter 2. Administrative
Provisions
 Sec. 70. Rule- making Authority
The Minister Education, Culture and Sports charged with the administration and enforcement of
this Act, shall promulgate the necessary implementing rules and regulation.
 Sec. 71. Separability Provision
Any part of this Act which may held invalid shall not affect its remaining parts of provision.
 Sec. 72. Repealing Clause
All laws thereof inconsistent with any provision of this Act shall be deemed repealed, as the case
may be.
 Sec. 73. Effectively.
This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
REPUBLIC ACT. NO 10627
An Act Requiring all
Elementary and
Secondary School to
Adopt Policies to Prevent
and Address the Acts of
Bullying in their
Institutions
 Sec. 1. Short Title.
This Act shall be known as the “ Anti –Bullying Act of 2013”.
 Sec. 2. Acts of Bullying
This Act shall refer to any severe use by one or more students of a written,
verbal, or physical act, directed at another students that has the effect of
causing fear and harm to his property.
 Sec. 3. Adoption of Anti- Bullying Policies
All elementary and secondary schools are hereby directed to adopt policies
to address the existence of bullying in their institution.
 Sec. 4. Mechanism to Address Bullying.
The school principal who holds comparable shall be responsible for
implementation and oversight of policies intended to address bullying.
 Sec. 5. Reporting Requirements
All schools shall inform their respective schools divisions superintendents in
writing about the anti- bullying policies formulated within six months from
the effectivity of this Act.
 Sec. 6. Sanction for Noncompliance
The Secretary of DepEd shall prescribe the appropriate administrative sanction on
school administrators who shall fail to comply with the requirements under this Act.
 Sec. 7. Implementing Rules and Regulation.
The DepEd shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulation to implement the
provision of this Act.
 Sec. 8. Separability Clause
Any provision of this Act is declared to be unconstitutional, the other section hereof
which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force.
 Sec. 9. Repealing Clause.
All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulation thereof which are inconsistent with the
provision of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
 Sec. 10. Effectivity
This Act shall take effect fifteen days after its publication in at least two national
newspaper of general circulation.
REPUBLIC ACT. NO. 7877

An Act Declaring Sexual

Harassment Unlawful In
The Employment,
Education or Training
Environment, And For
Other Purposes
 Sec.1. Title
This Act shall be known as the “ Anti- Sexual Harassment. Act of 1995”.
 Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy
The State shall value the dignity of every individual, enhance the
development of its human resources, guarantee full respect of human right
and uphold the dignity of workers.
 Sec. 3. Work, Education or Training- Related, Sexual Harassment Defined
Work, education or training related sexual harassment is committed by an
employer, employee, teacher or any other person who having authority.
 Sec. 4. Duty of the Employer or Head of Office in a Work- related, Education
or Training Environment
It shall be the duty of the employer or the head of the work- related,
educational , to prevent the commission of acts of sexual harassment.
 Sec. 5 Liability of the Employer, Head of Office, Educational or Training
Institution
It shall be solidarily liable for damages arising from the acts of sexual
harassment committed in the employment, training institution is informed of
such acts by offended party.
 Sec. 6. Independent Action for Damages
This Act shall preclude the victim of work, education or training- related sexual
harassment from instituting a separate and independent action for damages and other
affirmative relief.
 Sec. 7. Penalties
Any person who violates the provisions of this act, shall upon conviction, be
penalized by imprisonment or a fine not less than ten thousand pesos or both fine
and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.
 Sec. 8. Separability Clause
If any portion of this act is declared void , the remaining portion hereof shall not
be affected by such declaration.
 Sec. 9. Repealing Clause
All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulation thereof inconsistent with the
provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
 Sec. 10. Effectively Clause
This act shall take effect fifteen days after its complete publication in at least two
national newspaper of general circulation.
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