Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session 
 House Bill No. ____ 
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Introduced by  
HON. RODOLFO “OMPONG” M. ORDANES 
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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Currently, Senior Citizens have crossed the threshold of being twelve million in 
population and are on the road to comprising over 16% of the Philippine Population by 2025. 
However, while senior citizens continue to be poised into becoming of the major demographics 
in the Philippines, they remain to be one of the most underrepresented demographics in 
government, especially in the field of local governance. 
This underrepresentation and lack of participation in governance and nation-building 
have led to a significant gap in policies, programs, and projects that are needed by our senior 
citizens to preserve and promote their social and economic needs. This trend of 
underrepresentation and lack of participation is especially worrying considering that senior 
citizens remain to be the most socially and economically vulnerable demographic in our 
country. 
In fact, the Philippine Constitution itself mandated not just the care of senior citizens 
but their prioritization as well. Thus, the failure of our nation to create enabling mechanisms 
and platforms to bridge the gap in underrepresentation and lack of participation in governance 
and nation-building for senior citizens is not just contrary to our laws, but to the very essence 
of what makes us Filipino. 
The proposed measure seeks to bridge the gap in underrepresentation and lack of 
participation in governance and nation-building for senior citizens by creating mechanisms 
and platforms for them to participate and be represented in governance and nation-building 
within their respective localities through the creation of the Katipunan ng Senior Citizens, 
Pederasyon ng Sangguniang Senior Citizens, and the Sangguniang Senior Citizens, among 
others. Through this measure, political establishments catering exclusively to senior citizens 
will be created whose main focus will be their preservation and upliftment through meaningful 
policies, programs, and projects within their respective localities. 
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In view of this, the passage of this bill is sought. 
Adopted,  
HON. RODOLFO “OMPONG” M. ORDANES 


Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session 
House Bill No. ____ 
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Introduced by 
HON. RODOLFO “OMPONG” M. ORDANES 
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AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE SANGGUNIANG SENIOR CITIZENS TO PROVIDE A 
PLATFORM FOR SENIOR CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN NATION-BUILDING AND 
PROMOTE THEIR WELFARE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
CHAPTER 1 
INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS 
SECTION 1. Title. – This Act shall be known as the “Sangguniang Senior Citizens Act of 2022”. 
SEC. 2. Declaration of State Policies and Objectives. – The State recognizes the vital role of 
senior citizens in nation-building and must include them in the process of governance to 
ensure that we maximize their contribution to nation-building and promote social justice to 
them. 
Towards this end, the State shall establish enabling structures and mechanisms to allow senior 
citizens to meaningfully participate in nation-building and local governance. 
SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. – For purposes of this Act, the following terms are hereby defined: 
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(a) Commission shall refer to the National Commission of Senior Citizens created under
Republic Act No. 11350;
(b) Local Chief Executive shall refer to the provincial governor, city and municipal mayor, as
the case may be;
(c) Local Government Operations Officer shall refer to the duly designated head of the office
of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) stationed in the
concerned local government unit;
(d) Local Sanggunian shall refer to the sangguniang panlalawigan, sangguniang panlungsod
and sangguniang bayan;
(e) Office of Senior Citizen Affairs shall refer to the duly appointed office of senior citizens
which assists and handles the concerns of senior citizens within their respective locality;
(f) Senior citizen or elderly refers to any resident citizen of the Philippines at least sixty (60)
years old;
(g) Senior Citizen Organizations shall refer to those organizations whose membership/
composition are the Senior Citizens; and
(h) Senior Citizen-Serving Organizations shall refer to those registered organizations whose
principal programs, projects, and activities are for senior citizens or are senior citizens-
related.
CHAPTER II 
THE KATIPUNAN NG SENIOR CITIZENS AND THE SANGGUNIANG SENIOR CITIZENS 
SEC. 4. Katipunan ng Senior Citizens. – There shall be in every barangay a Katipunan ng 
Senior Citizens to be composed of all citizens of the Philippines residing in the barangay for at 
least six (6) months, who are at least sixty (60) years of age, and who are duly registered in 
the list of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and/or the records of the Sangguniang 
Senior Citizens secretary. 
SEC. 5. Powers and Functions of the Katipunan ng Senior Citizens. – The Katipunan ng Senior 
Citizens shall: 
(a) Elect the Sangguniang Senior Citizens chairperson and members; and
(b) Serve as the highest policy-making body to decide on matters affecting the Senior Citizens
in the barangay. As such, the Sangguniang Senior Citizens shall consult and secure the
concurrence of the Katipunan ng Senior Citizens in the formulation of all its, programs,
plans, and activities.


SEC. 6. Meetings of the Katipunan ng Senior Citizens. – The Katipunan ng Senior Citizens shall 
meet at least once every four (4) months, or at the call of the chairperson of the Sangguniang 
Senior Citizens or upon written petition of at least one-twentieth (1/20) of its members, to 
decide on important issues affecting the Senior Citizens of the barangay. 
 
SEC. 7. Creation and Election of the Sangguniang Senior Citizens. – There shall be in every 
barangay a Sangguniang Senior Citizens to be composed of a chairperson and nine (9) 
members who shall be elected by the registered voters of the Katipunan ng Senior Citizens. 
The Sangguniang Senior Citizens chairperson/shall, with the concurrence of the majority of 
the Sangguniang Senior Citizens members, appoint from among the members of the 
Katipunan ng Senior Citizens, a secretary, and a treasurer. 
 
SEC. 8. Powers and Functions of the Sangguniang Senior Citizens. – The Sangguniang Senior 
Citizens shall: 
(a) In consultation and with the concurrence of the Katipunan ng Senior Citizens, and within 
three (3) months from assumption to office, formulate a three (3)-year rolling plan, which 
shall be known as the Barangay Senior Citizens Development Plan, which shall serve as 
basis in the preparation of the Annual Barangay Senior Citizens Appropriation Act. This 
plan shall be aligned with the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) and the Local Senior 
Citizens Development Plans in every level, municipal, city, and provincial as is relevant; 
(b) Approve the annual budget which is the annual slice of the Annual Barangay Senior 
Citizens Appropriation Act before the start of the succeeding fiscal year and, if the 
Sangguniang Senior Citizens funds allow, a supplemental budget. Any changes in the 
annual budget shall be in accordance with existing applicable budget rules and 
procedures; 
(c) Promulgate resolutions necessary to carry out the objectives of the Senior Citizens in the 
barangay in accordance with the Barangay Senior Citizens Development Plan and the 
applicable provisions of this Act; 
(d) Initiate and implement, in coordination with any national government agency and/or any 
private or nongovernment institution, programs, and projects designed to promote the 
general welfare, development, and empowerment of the Senior Citizens; 
(e) Hold fund-raising activities which are in line with the Barangay Senior Citizens 
Development Plan, the proceeds of which shall be tax-exempt and shall accrue to the 
general fund of the Sangguniang Senior Citizens: Provided, however, That in the 
appropriation thereof, the specific purpose for which such activity has been held shall be 


first satisfied: Provided, further, That any appropriation thereof shall be in accordance 
with existing applicable budget, accounting, and auditing rules and regulations; 
(f) Create regular and special committees and such other bodies whose chairpersons and 
members of which shall come from among the members of the Sangguniang Senior 
Citizens or from among the members of the Katipunan ng Senior Citizens, as it may deem 
necessary to effectively carry out its programs and activities; 
(g) Submit the annual and end-of-term program accomplishments and financial reports to 
the Sangguniang Barangay and present the same during the Katipunan ng Senior Citizens 
assembly, copy furnished by the Office of the Local Government Operations Officer and 
the Office of Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA), all in accordance with the prescribed form by 
the DILG and the Commission; 
(h) Partner with the OSCA in planning and executing projects and programs of specific 
advocacies like good governance, climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and 
resiliency, Senior Citizens employment and livelihood, health and anti-drug abuse, gender 
sensitivity, and sports development; 
(i) Adopt and implement a policy on full public disclosure of all its transactions and 
documents involving public interest; and 
(j) Exercise such other powers and perform such other functions as may be prescribed by 
law or ordinance, or delegated by the Sangguniang Barangay or the Commission. 
SEC. 9. Meetings of the Sangguniang Senior Citizens. –  
(a) The Sangguniang Senior Citizens shall meet regularly once a month on the date, time and 
place to be fixed by the said sanggunian. Special meetings may be called by the 
chairperson or any four (4) of its members by giving written notice of the date, time, 
place, and agenda of the meeting, which can be sent either through personal delivery, 
registered mail, fax, or email, to all members, and must be received at least one (1) day 
in advance. The Sangguniang Barangay, the National Commission of Senior Citizens 
(NCSC), and the local OSCA shall be furnished with notices of regular and special meetings 
and the minutes of the meetings thereafter. 
(b) A majority of the members including the chairperson shall constitute a quorum. 
SEC. 10. Qualifications. – An official of the Sangguniang Senior Citizens, either elective or 
appointee, must be a citizen of the Philippines, a qualified voter of the Katipunan ng Senior 
Citizens, a resident of the barangay for not less than one (1) year immediately preceding the 
day of the elections, at least sixty (60) years of age on the day of the elections, able to read 
and write Filipino, English, or the local dialect, must not be related within the second civil 


degree of consanguinity or affinity to any incumbent elected national official or to any 
incumbent elected regional, provincial, city, municipal, or barangay official, in the locality 
where he or she seeks to be elected, and must not have been convicted by final judgment of 
any crime involving moral turpitude. 
 
SEC. 11. Term of Office. –  
(a) The chairperson and members of the Sangguniang Senior Citizens shall hold office for a 
fixed term of three (3) years unless sooner removed for cause or by a majority vote of all 
members of the Katipunan ng Senior Citizens in a regular or special assembly called for 
the purpose, permanently incapacitated, have died or resigned from office. 
(b) The Sangguniang Senior Citizens secretary and treasurer shall be coterminous with the 
appointing authority unless sooner removed for cause, found to have failed from the 
discharge of his or her duties, or has committed an abuse of authority as stipulated in 
existing laws pertaining to the conduct of public officials, through a majority vote of all 
the members of the Katipunan ng Senior Citizens in a regular or special assembly called 
for the purpose. 
SEC. 12. Sangguniang Senior Citizens Chairperson. – The chairperson of the Sangguniang 
Senior Citizens shall automatically serve as an ex officio member of the Sangguniang Barangay 
upon assumption to office. As such, he or she shall exercise the same powers, discharge the 
same duties and functions, and enjoy the same privileges as the regular Sangguniang 
Barangay members; and shall be the chairperson of the Committee on Senior Citizens and 
Sports Development. He or she shall be entitled to a pro-rata honoraria for every session of 
the Sangguniang Barangay he or she has attended. 
 
SEC. 13. Powers and Functions of the Sangguniang Senior Citizens Chairperson. – The 
Sangguniang Senior Citizens chairperson shall exercise such powers and discharge such duties 
as follows: 
(a) Call and preside over all meetings of the Sangguniang Senior Citizens, and vote in case 
of a tie, and assemblies of the Katipunan ng Senior Citizens except when one. (1) of the 
agenda to be discussed in such assembly involves the disciplinary action against the 
Sangguniang Senior Citizens chairperson, in which case, the highest-ranking Sangguniang 
Senior Citizens member shall preside; 


(b) Take the lead in the formulation of the Barangay Senior Citizens Development Plan and 
the preparation and implementation of the Annual Barangay Senior Citizens Appropriation 
Act; 
(c) Ensure the implementation of policies, programs, and projects as contained in the Annual 
Barangay Senior Citizens Appropriation Act, in coordination with the Sangguniang 
Barangay, the NCSC, and the local OSCA; 
(d) Sign all required documents and warrants drawn from the Sangguniang Senior Citizens 
funds for all expenditures in the implementation of the Barangay Senior Citizens 
Development Plan and Annual Barangay Senior Citizens Appropriation Act; 
(e) Exercise general supervision over the affairs and activities of the Sangguniang Senior 
Citizens and the Katipunan ng Senior Citizens as well as the official conduct of its 
members; 
(f) With the concurrence of the Sangguniang Senior Citizens, appoint from among the 
members of the Katipunan ng Senior Citizens a secretary and a treasurer; 
(g) Coordinate with the Sangguniang Barangay and other Senior Citizens organizations within 
his or her barangay on Senior Citizens-related programs and projects that they wish to 
initiate and implement; and 
(h) Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and functions as may be 
prescribed by law or ordinance. 
SEC. 14. Sangguniang Senior Citizens Secretary. – The Sangguniang Senior Citizens secretary 
shall: 
(a) Keep all the records of the Katipunan ng Senior Citizens, including the list of its qualified 
members, Senior Citizens policies, studies, research, and registry of Senior Citizens and 
Senior Citizens-serving organizations in the barangay, if any; 
(b) Prepare and keep all the minutes of all assemblies of the Katipunan ng Senior Citizens 
and all the meetings of the Sangguniang Senior Citizens; 
(c) Cause the posting, in the barangay bulletin board and at least three (3) conspicuous 
places within the jurisdiction of the barangay, and if possible including the use of 
traditional and nontraditional media, and make available for any person with legal 
purpose, all resolutions approved by the Sangguniang Senior Citizens, the annual and 
end-of-term reports of the programs and projects implemented by the Sangguniang 
Senior Citizens, the Barangay Senior Citizens Development Plan and Annual Barangay 
Senior Citizens Appropriation Act and the dissemination of the same to concerned offices, 
institutions and individuals; and 


(d) Manage and respond to Freedom for Information requests by their respective 
constituents; 
(e) Perform such other duties and discharge such other functions as the Sangguniang Senior 
Citizens chairperson may prescribe or direct. 
SEC. 15. Sangguniang Senior Citizens Treasurer. – The Sangguniang Senior Citizens treasurer 
shall: 
(a) Take custody of all Sangguniang Senior Citizens property and funds; 
(b) Collect and receive contributions, monies, materials, and all other resources intended for 
the Sangguniang Senior Citizens and the Katipunan ng Senior Citizens; 
(c) Serve as cosignatory in all withdrawals from the Sangguniang Senior Citizens funds and 
disburse funds in accordance with the approved annual budget and supplemental budget, 
as the case may be, of the Sangguniang Senior Citizens, 
(d) Certify to the availability of the Sangguniang Senior Citizens funds whenever necessary; 
(e) Submit to the Sangguniang Senior Citizens and the Sangguniang Barangay certified and 
detailed statements of actual income and expenditures at the end of every quarter and 
the posting of the same in the barangay bulletin board and at least three (3) conspicuous 
places within the jurisdiction of the barangay, its website, and its social media pages, and 
if possible including the use of other traditional and nontraditional media; 
(f) Render report during the regular Katipunan ng Senior Citizens assembly on the financial 
status of the Sangguniang Senior Citizens; and 
(g) Perform such other duties and discharge such other functions as the Sangguniang Senior 
Citizens chairperson may prescribe or direct. 
SEC. 16. Privileges of Sangguniang Senior Citizens Officials. – (a) All Sangguniang Senior 
Citizens officials in good standing, whether elected or appointed, shall, during their 
incumbency: 
(1) Be entitled to receive actual traveling reimbursements as may be authorized by law, and 
subject to the availability of funds: Provided, That, such travel is directly related to the 
performance of their functions as Sangguniang Senior Citizens officials and is supported 
by duly approved travel order by the Punong Barangay in the case of the Sangguniang 
Senior Citizens chairperson, or by the Sangguniang Senior Citizens chairperson in the case 
of the other Sangguniang Senior Citizens officials. 
(2) The Sangguniang Senior Citizens Chairperson shall have the same privileges enjoyed by 
other Sangguniang Barangay officials under this Act subject to such requirements and 
limitations provided herein. 


 
SEC. 17. Persons in Authority – For purposes of the Revised Penal Code, the Sangguniang 
Senior Citizens chairperson and members in each barangay shall be deemed as persons in 
authority in their jurisdictions. 
 
SEC. 18. Suspension and Removal from Office. – Any elected official of the Sangguniang 
Senior Citizens may, after due process, be suspended for not more than six (6) months or 
removed from office by a majority vote of all members of the Sangguniang Bayan or 
Sangguniang Panlungsod which has jurisdiction in the barangay of the concerned 
Sangguniang Senior Citizens official or by a majority vote of all members of the Katipunan ng 
Senior Citizens in the barangay of the concerned Sangguniang Senior Citizens official, the said 
decision shall be final and executory, on any of the following grounds: 
(a) Absence from the regular meeting of the Sangguniang Senior Citizens without valid cause 
for two (2) consecutive times or accumulated absences of four (4) within a period of 
twelve (12) months; 
(b) Failure to convene the regular assembly of the Katipunan ng Senior Citizens for two (2) 
consecutive times; 
(c) Failure to convene the regular Sangguniang Senior Citizens meetings for three (3) 
consecutive months in the case of the Sangguniang Senior Citizens chairperson; 
(d) Failure to formulate the Barangay Senior Citizens Development Plan and the Annual 
Barangay Senior Citizens Appropriation Act, or approve the annual budget within the 
prescribed period of time without justifiable reason; 
(e) Failure to implement programs and projects outlined in the Annual Barangay Senior 
Citizens Appropriation Act without justifiable reason; 
(f) Four (4) consecutive absences during the regular Sangguniang Barangay sessions without 
valid cause in the case of the Sangguniang Senior Citizens chairperson; 
(g) Conviction by final judgment of a crime involving moral turpitude; and violation of existing 
laws against graft and corruption and other civil service laws, rules, and regulations; and 
(h) Failure in the discharge of his or her duty or has committed an abuse of authority. 
SEC. 19. Succession and Filling up of Vacancies. –  
(a) In case a Sangguniang Senior Citizens chairperson refuses to assume office, fails to 
qualify, voluntarily resigns, dies, is permanently incapacitated, is removed from office, the 
Sangguniang Senior Citizens member who obtained the highest number of votes in the 
election immediately preceding shall assume the office of the chairperson for the 


unexpired portion of his or her term. In case said member refuses to assume the position 
or fails to qualify, the Sangguniang Senior Citizens member obtaining the next highest 
number of votes shall assume the position of the chairperson for the unexpired portion 
of the term. 
(b) After the vacancy shall have been filled, the Sangguniang Senior Citizens chairperson 
shall, within thirty (30) days, call for a special Katipunan ng Senior Citizens assembly to 
elect a Sangguniang Senior Citizens member to complete the membership of said 
sanggunian: Provided, That, such special assembly is coordinated with the Office of the 
Local Government Operations Officer and the COMELEC of the municipality or city where 
the concerned barangay belongs Such Sangguniang Senior Citizens member shall hold 
office for the unexpired portion of the term of the vacant seat. For this purpose, any 
citizen of the Philippines residing in the said barangay for at least six (6) months who 
attains the age of at least sixty (60) years old at the time of the special election and who 
registers as a member of the Katipunan ng Senior Citizens before the Sangguniang Senior 
Citizens secretary shall be entitled to vote in the said special election. 
(c) All other vacancies in the office of the Sangguniang Senior Citizens shall be filled in 
accordance with the immediately preceding provision. 
(d) In case of suspension of the Sangguniang Senior Citizens chairperson, the successor, as 
determined in subsection (a) of this section, shall assume the position during the period 
of such suspension. 
SEC. 20. Sangguniang Senior Citizens Funds. – The Sangguniang Senior Citizens funds shall 
be governed by the following provisions: 
(a) All the income of the barangay derived from whatever source shall accrue to its general 
fund and shall, at the option of the barangay concerned, be kept as a trust fund in the 
custody of the city or municipal treasurer or be deposited in a bank, preferably a 
government-owned bank, situated in or nearest to its area of jurisdiction. Such funds shall 
be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Ten percent (10%) of the 
general fund of the barangay shall be set aside for the Sangguniang Senior Citizens. The 
Sangguniang Barangay shall appropriate the Sangguniang Senior Citizens funds in lump-
sum which shall be disbursed exclusively for Senior Citizens development and 
empowerment purposes; 
(b) The Sangguniang Senior Citizens shall have financial independence in its operations, 
disbursements, and encashment of their fund, income, and expenditures. As such, the 
Sangguniang Senior Citizens funds shall be deposited in the name of the Sangguniang 


Senior Citizens of the concerned barangay in a government-owned bank situated in or 
nearest to its area of jurisdiction with the Sangguniang Senior Citizens chairperson and 
the Sangguniang Senior Citizens treasurer as the official signatories; 
(c) All Sangguniang Senior Citizens funds shall be allocated in an annual budget, and if the 
funds allow, in a supplemental budget in accordance with the adopted Annual Barangay 
Senior Citizens Appropriation Act. Both the Barangay Senior Citizens Development Plan 
and Annual Barangay Senior Citizens Appropriation Act shall give priority to programs, 
projects, and activities that will promote and ensure equitable access to quality training, 
environmental protection, climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and 
resiliency, Senior Citizens employment, and livelihood, health and anti-drug abuse, gender 
sensitivity, sports development, and capability building which emphasizes leadership 
training; and 
(d) The Sangguniang Bayan or Sangguniang Panlungsod shall, within sixty (60) days upon 
receipt hereof, review the annual and supplements budget of the Sangguniang Senior 
Citizens on their compliance in the immediately preceding provision and other existing 
laws, rules, and regulations. Noncompliance shall render said budgets inoperative either 
in whole or in part. Failure on the part of the sanggunian to complete the review within 
the prescribed period shall render the said annual budget deemed approved. If the annual 
and supplemental budget of the Sangguniang Senior Citizens is denied by the 
Sangguniang Bayan or Sangguniang Panlungsod, the Sangguniang Senior Citizens can 
override the denial provided the vote of the majority of all members of the Katipunan ng 
Barangay in their respective jurisdictions. 
(e) All Sangguniang Senior Citizens funds derived from any source shall be stated in its 
financial records which shall be kept by the Sangguniang Senior Citizens treasurer, be 
made publicly available, copy furnished the Sangguniang Barangay, in a simplified manner 
as may be prescribed by the Commission on Audit (COA). All Sangguniang Senior Citizens 
funds shall be subject to all existing accounting and auditing laws, rules and regulations. 
 
SEC. 21. Pederasyon ng Sangguniang Senior Citizens. –  
(a) There shall be an organization of the Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Senior Citizens to 
be known as follows: 
1. In municipalities, Pambayang Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Senior Citizens which 
shall be composed of the Sangguniang Senior Citizens chairpersons of barangays in 
the municipality; 


2. In cities, the Panlungsod na Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Senior Citizens which 
shall be composed of the Sangguniang Senior Citizens chairpersons of barangays in 
the city; and 
3. In provinces, Panlalawigang Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Senior Citizens which 
shall be composed of the convenors of the Pambayan and Panlungsod na Pederasyon 
ng mga Sangguniang Senior Citizens. 
(b) The Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Senior Citizens shall, at all levels, elect from among 
themselves a president, a vice president, a1 treasurer, a secretary, and such other officers 
as they may deem necessary. The concerned Local Government Operations Officer, in 
coordination with the election officer, shall facilitate the conduct of the elections which 
shall be held within fifteen (15) days from the Sangguniang Senior Citizens elections in 
case of the Pambayan and Panlungsod na Pederasyon, and within thirty (30) days in case 
of the Panlalawigang Pederasyon. 
(c)  The manner of election, suspension, and removal of the officers of the Pederasyon at all 
levels and the term of office of the other officers of the Pederasyon shall be governed by 
the guidelines to be jointly issued by the DILG, the COMELEC, and the Commission within 
sixty (60) days upon the effectivity of this Act. 
SEC. 22. Membership in the Sanggunian and Local Special Bodies. – (a) The duly elected 
president of the Pederasyon ng Sangguniang Senior Citizens, at all levels, shall serve as ex 
officio member of the Sangguniang Bayan, Sangguniang Panlungsod and Sangguniang 
Panlalawigan, respectively; 
(c) He or she shall be the chairperson of the Committee on Senior Citizens and Sports 
Development in the said Sanggunian, and a regular member of the Committees on 
Education, Environment, Employment and Livelihood, Health and Anti-Drug Abuse, and 
Gender and Development, 
(d) He or she shall convene the LSCDC every three (3) months to conduct consultations with 
Senior Citizens organizations. 
CHAPTER III 
THE LOCAL SENIOR CITIZENS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (LSCDC) 
 
SEC. 23. Creation. – To ensure wide and multi-sectoral Senior Citizens participation in local 
governance, there shall be in every province, city and municipality a Local Senior Citizens 
Development Council (LSCDC) “which shall be called, Provincial Senior Citizens Development 
Council, City Senior Citizens Development Council, and Municipal Senior Citizens Development 


Council, respectively. The LSCDC shall be composed of representatives of Senior Citizens and 
Senior Citizens-serving organizations in the provincial, city, and municipal levels. The LSCDC 
shall assist the planning and execution of projects and programs of the Sangguniang Senior 
Citizens, and the Pederasyons at all levels. 
SEC. 24. Local Senior Citizens Development Council Funds. – The LSCDC shall be funded by 
their respective Sangguniang Bayan, Sangguniang Panlungsod and Sangguniang 
Panlalawigan. 
CHAPTER IV 
THE LOCAL OFFICE OF SENIOR CITIZENS AFFAIRS 
SEC. 25. Creation. – There shall be in every province, city and municipality an Office of Senior 
Citizens Affairs of which shall be headed by an Office of Senior Citizens Head with the rank 
and salary grade of at least division chief. Such will be under the Office of the Local Chief 
Executive. It shall be a separate department with divisions and units for policy and planning, 
administration and finance, and programs and operations.  
SEC. 26. Funding. – The local government unit shall incorporate in its annual budget such 
amount as may be necessary for the operation and effective functioning of the Office of Senior 
Citizens Affairs. 
CHAPTER V 
CAPABILITY-BUILDING AND ORIENTATION TOWARDS NATION-BUILDING AND 
EMPOWERMENT 
SEC. 27. Mandatory and Continuing Training Programs. – For the purpose of emphasizing the 
role of the Senior Citizens in nation-building and molding them to become better citizens with 
the values of patriotism, nationalism, and honor as a Filipino, any Sangguniang Senior Citizens 
official, whether elected or appointed, or any member of the LSCDC must undergo the 
mandatory training programs before he or she can assume office. During their incumbency, 
they must attend the continuing training programs to be undertaken by the Commission in 
coordination with the DILG. Deliberate failure to attend the said training programs shall 
constitute sufficient ground to disqualify said Sangguniang Senior Citizens official or LSCDC 
member or subject them to disciplinary actions. 


SEC. 28. Components of the Mandatory Training Programs. – The Commission and the DILG 
with the assistance of the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), the Local 
Government Academy (LGA), the University of the’ Philippines-National College of Public 
Administration and Governance (UP-NCPAG), the Commission, and in consultation with Senior 
Citizens stakeholders shall jointly design and implement the mandatory and continuing training 
programs. The mandatory training programs must include among others, the following 
components: (1) The Philippine .cultural history, political systems ethics, and ideologies; (2) 
The Filipino as a nation builder (3) The Filipino Senior Citizens and its role in nation-building; 
and (4) capability building on leadership, program and project development and sustainability, 
financial management, and accountability and transparency. 
SEC. 29. Training Fund – A training fund with an initial amount of fifty million pesos 
(P50,000,000.00) is hereby established and appropriated from any available source to be 
managed by the Department of Interior and Local Government and the Unit of Local 
Authorities of the Philippines. Thereafter, such amount needed for this purpose shall be 
included in the Annual General Appropriations Act. 
CHAPTER VI 
LINGGO NG SENIOR CITIZENS 
SEC. 30. Observance of Linggo ng Katandaang Pilipino or the Senior Citizens Week. – 
(a) Every barangay, municipality, city, and province shall conduct an annual activity on the
Senior Citizens Week under Proclamation Blg. 475, Series 1975 on the first week of
October every year. The Sangguniang Senior Citizens, in the case of barangay, and the
respective LSCDC in cooperation with the Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Senior
Citizens, in the case of municipality, city, and province, shall take the lead in this
observance.
CHAPTER VII 
REGISTRATION, ELECTION, AND ASSUMPTION OF OFFICE 
SEC. 31. Registration. – For purposes of the next regular Sangguniang Senior Citizens election 
under this Act, the COMELEC shall set a special registration of the Katipunan ng Senior Citizens 
which shall in no case be less than one (1) month and shall include Saturdays and Sundays. 


SEC. 32. Date of Election. – The Sangguniang Senior Citizens elections shall be synchronized 
with the barangay elections and subsequently every three (3) years thereafter. 
CHAPTER VIII 
FINAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 33. Appropriations. – The amount necessary to implement the provisions of this Act shall 
be included in the Annual General Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 34. Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). – The Commission, the DILG, the 
COMELEC, the Department of Budget and Management, the Department of Social Welfare and 
Development, the COA, and the Special Committee on Senior Citizens of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, in consultation with the local government leagues, and 
various Senior Citizens organizations and Senior Citizens-serving organizations shall be tasked 
to come up, within sixty (60) days upon approval of this Act, with the IRR needed for the 
implementation of this Act. 
SEC. 35. Separability Clause. – If, for any reason or reasons, any part or provision of this Act 
shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid, other parts or provisions not affected thereby 
shall continue to be in full force and effect. 
SEC. 36. Repealing Clause. –All other laws, presidential decrees, executive orders letters of 
instruction, rules, and regulations or portions thereof which are inconsistent with this Act are 
hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 37. Effectivity Clause. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after the completion 
of its publication in the Official Gazette or any two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved,