AN ACT EXPANDING THE POSITIONS RESERVED FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7277, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MAGNA CARTA FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY
Magna Carta for Persons with Disability
Year:
2013
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
April 23, 2013
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This Act expands the positions reserved for persons with disabilities in government and private sectors, ensuring equal opportunities for employment. It amends Republic Act No. 7277 to mandate that at least one percent of all positions in government agencies be reserved for persons with disabilities.Full Text
Fifteenth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand twelve.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 10524
AN ACT EXPANDING THE POSITIONS RESERVED FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7277, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MAGNA CARTA FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. Equal Opportunity for Employment. – Section 5 of Republic Act No. 7277, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the Civil Service Commission (CSC), the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA), the Governance Commission for Government-Owned or -Controlled Corporations (GCG), the Department of Health (DOH), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), in consultation with the concerned Senate and House committees and other agencies, organizations and establishments shall formulate an implementing rules and regulations pertinent to the provisions of this Act within six (6) months after the effectivity of this Act.
Section 3. Separability Clause. – Should any provision of this Act be found unconstitutional by a court of law, such provision shall be severed from the remainder of this Act, and such action shall not affect the enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Act.
Section 4. Repealing Clause. – All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, and rides and regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 5. Effectivity Clause. – This Act shall lake effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in any two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,
This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 3371 and House Bill No. 5475 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on February 4, 2013 and February 5, 2013, respectively.
Approved: APR 23 2013
(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
President of the Philippines
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