Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ____ 
Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR. 
AN ACT 
STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY, EXTENDING ITS 
CORPORATE TERM, AND AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL 
DECREE NO. 757 (P.D. 757), "CREATING THE NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY 
AND DISSOLVING THE EXISTING HOUSING AGENCIES, DEFINING ITS 
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER 
PURPOSES" 
The National Housing Authority (NHA) is a government-owned and controlled 
corporation (GOCC), duly organized and established by virtue of Presidential Decree 
No. 757 issued by President Ferdinand E. Marcos on 31 July 1975 that will expire fifty 
(50)  years thereafter, but may be extended, which was later amended by Executive 
Order No. 90 on 17 December 1986.
The NHA is the primary government agency in charge of providing housing 
assistance to the lowest 30% of urban population through slum upgrading, informal 
settler relocation, development of sites and services and construction of core housing 
units. The importance of housing cannot be overemphasized in reducing poverty in 
the country. As the country battles through the COVID-19 pandemic, are still losing 
their houses to typhoons, floods, earthquakes, landslides, and other calamities.  
This proposed measure seeks to extend for a period of Fifty (50) years, upon 
approval, the corporate term of the National Housing Authority (NHA) and provide for 
the continued existence of NHA to continue the pursuit of its objectives off providing 
affordable and decent housing for all. 
In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought. 
LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR. 
July 3, 2021
4:07 am
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ____ 
Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR. 
AN ACT 
STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY, EXTENDING ITS 
CORPORATE TERM, AND AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL 
DECREE NO. 757 (P.D. 757), "CREATING THE NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY 
AND DISSOLVING THE EXISTING HOUSING AGENCIES, DEFINING ITS 
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER 
PURPOSES" 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known as "National Housing Authority 
Act.” 
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is the policy of the State to ensure a continuing and 
sustainable program for urban land reform and housing which shall make available, 
affordable, and decent housing with basic services to underprivileged and homeless 
citizens, in order to guarantee freedom from poverty, rising standard of living, and 
improved quality of life for all. 
The State, in partnership with the private sector, and its stakeholders shall also: 
a) Expand people's access to affordable, adequate, safe, and secure shelter in 
well-planned communities;
b) Enable informal settler families to live in resilient, vibrant, and connected 
urban communities;
c) Promote inclusive and integrated housing that are culturally sensitive, 
responsive to local context and/or special needs, and in accordance with 
appropriate standards and designs;
d) Encourage and sustain investments in the housing and urban development 
sector by, among others, promoting partnerships, improving market linkages, 
simplifying government procedures and facilitating access to finance;
e) improve affordability of housing programs and projects;
f) Promote climate change, resilient housing, and basic infrastructure; and
g) Make land available and accessible for housing.
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SEC. 3. Statement of Objectives. – Towards this end, the State shall integrate all laws 
relating to the National Housing Authority to effectively achieve the following 
objectives: 
 
a) Develop integrated, sustainable, safe, affordable and resilient communities, 
particularly for the underprivileged and homeless, as well as low-income 
households; 
b) Implement innovative and alternative solutions in addressing the housing 
needs of informal settler families, the lower-income classes, and the vulnerable 
sector; 
c) As a government-owned and -controlled corporation, to generate income 
through the efficient utilization of existing and future assets to support the 
programs of the Authority; 
d) Adopt viable land acquisition and management approaches; and, 
e) Strengthen housing as a platform to reduce poverty, promote climate 
resilience, and improve social outcome. 
 
SEC. 4. Extension of Corporate Term. – The corporate term of the government 
corporation known as the “National Housing Authority (NHA),” hereinafter, the 
“Authority” created by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 757 (P.D. 757) shall be 
extended for a period of fifty (50) years, upon the approval of this Act. 
 
As such, the Authority shall continue to perform its mandates, exercise its powers and 
functions, and enjoy its incentives, as provided in P.D. 757, and subsequent laws and 
issuances, unless expressly repealed herein. Likewise, it shall continue to enjoy all 
rights and assume all of the liabilities that pertain thereto. 
 
Sec. 5. Office. – The Authority shall retain its principal office at the NHA Main Office, 
Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City 1101, but may have such regional and district 
offices, agencies, or subsidiaries in other areas all over the country, as it may deem 
proper and necessary. 
 
Sec. 6. Powers and Functions of the Authority. – The Authority, in line with its role as 
the sole government agency engaged in direct housing production, and in pursuit of 
the foregoing policies and objectives, shall also exercise the following powers and 
functions: 
 
I. Housing Operations and Support Services 
 
a) Develop and implement comprehensive and integrated housing and 
urban and rural development programs for citizens including, but not limited 
to: 
i.  programs for the improvement of urban areas; 
ii. direct shelter production and disposition primarily for informal settler 
families and the underprivileged and homeless; 
iii. relocation of families subject of court-ordered eviction; and 
iv. housing programs for government employees and uniformed 
personnel, such as: members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines 
(AFP),Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Jail Management 


 
 
and Penology (BJMP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), and Bureau of 
Corrections (BuCor). 
b) Prescribe guidelines and standards for the reservation, conservation, and 
utilization of public lands identified for housing and resettlement; 
c) Design and implement sustainable livelihood programs, fully funded by 
the national government, which are responsive to the needs of its housing 
community, in coordination with the concerned local and national 
government agencies and, whenever practicable, with participation of civil 
society organizations and the private sector; 
d) Develop and undertake other urban and rural development projects 
including basic community facilities, by itself or through joint ventures or 
other arrangements with public and private entities; 
e) Improve, redevelop, or revitalize completed but not yet turned-over NHA 
housing projects by constructing therein additional community structures, or 
whenever necessary, demolishing previously erected structures similar in 
nature, subject to existing laws and regulations; 
f) Provide technical and other forms of assistance to local government units 
in the implementation of their own housing programs, or private developers 
undertaking low-cost housing projects, subject to the policies of the 
Authority; 
g) Undertake financing of housing programs initiated by local government 
units or local communities; and 
h) Extend shelter services to victims of calamities, natural or man-made, as 
declared by the President. For this purpose, the Authority is given sufficient 
leeway by other government agencies to expedite said process. 
 
II. Asset Management and Business Development 
 
a) Exercise the right of eminent domain, purchase, sell, lease and/or 
exchange lands for purposes of housing development, resettlement and 
other related services and facilities; 
b) Issue bonds or contract loans, credits, or indebtedness, including , 
suppliers credit or any deferred payment arrangements with any person or 
entity, domestic or foreign, for the implementation of its housing programs; 
c) Invest its funds, as it may deem proper, in bonds and securities issued 
and guaranteed by the government or by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas 
(BSP), and to invest, own, or otherwise participate in equity in any 
establishment, firm or entity or to form, organize, invest in or establish and 
maintain a subsidiary or subsidiaries in relation to any of its purposes; 
d) Ensure the collection and recovery of all indebtedness, liabilities and/or 
accountabilities, due from all obligors, whether public or private, with the 
right to demand payment of the obligations referred to herein, and in the 
event of failure or refusal of the obligor or debtor to comply with the demand, 
to initiate and institute the necessary or proper actions or suits, criminal, civil 
administrative or otherwise, before the courts, tribunals, commissions, 
boards or bodies of proper jurisdiction. Provided that, the Authority may 
compromise or release, in whole or in part, any interest, penalty or civil 
liability to the Authority in c2onnection with the collection or amortizations, 
under such terms and conditions as prescribed by the Board of Directors: 
Provided further that, the Board may, upon recommendation of the General 


 
 
Manager, deputize any member of the Authority's legal staff to act as special 
sheriff in foreclosure cases, in the sale or attachment of the debtor's 
properties, and in the enforcement of court writs and processes in case 
involving the Authority; and 
e) Generate sources and formulate schemes for financing, with due 
delineation of government and private sector participation. 
 
III. Management Services 
 
a) Formulate and enforce general and specific policies for housing and 
resettlement; 
b) Monitor and/or discharge of all responsibilities of the government as may 
arise from treaties, agreements, and other commitments on housing and 
resettlement to which it is a signatory, including the determination of forms of 
assistance for housing development to be extended through multilateral or 
bilateral assistance programs; 
c) Serve as central repository of database and census list of 
households/families 
along 
waterways, 
danger 
areas, 
government 
infrastructure project site and government owned lands in Metro Manila and 
all regions nationwide, which shall be used for subsequent government 
interventions with housing and resettlement component; and 
d) Approve restructuring proposal for the payment of unpaid amortizations 
under such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors may prescribe. 
 
IV. General Powers 
 
a) Have the power of succession, to sue and be sued, to adopt and use a 
seal which shall be judicially noticed; 
b) Enter into contracts whenever necessary under such terms and 
conditions as it may deem proper and reasonable; 
c) Acquire property rights and interests, and encumber or otherwise dispose 
the same, as it may deem appropriate; 
d) Borrow funds from any source, private or government, foreign or 
domestic; 
e) Receive donations, grants, bequests and fund transfers from other 
branches of the government, and utilize the same for the attainment of its 
objectives. Such donations, grants and bequests shall be exempt from the 
payment of transfer taxes and be fully deductible from the gross income of 
the donor or grantor for income tax purposes; 
f) Maintain a provident fund, which shall consist of contributions made by 
both the Authority and its officers and employees and their earning, for the 
payment of benefits to such officials and employees or their heirs under 
such terms and conditions as it may prescribe; and 
g) Perform such other acts not inconsistent with this Act, as may be 
necessary to effect the policies and objectives herein declared. 
 
SEC. 7. The Board of Directors; Its Composition. – The Board of Directors, 
hereinafter referred to as the "Board", is hereby reconstituted to have a maximum of 
thirteen (13) members, consisting of the following: 
 


 
 
a) Eleven (11) ex officio members, namely: 
1. Secretary of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban 
Development (DHSUD); 
2. Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH); 
3. Secretary of the Department of Finance (DOF); 
4. Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI); 
5. Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE); 
6. Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources 
(DENR); 
7. Secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government 
(DILG);  
8. Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM); 
9. Director-General of the National Economic and Development 
Authority (NEDA); 
10. Executive Secretary; and 
11. General Manager of the Authority. 
b) Two (2) expert panel members with expertise in housing, urban planning 
and development. 
 
The two (2) expert panel members must have the following qualifications: (i) Filipino 
citizens and of good moral character; (ii) be of recognized probity and independence, 
(iii) must have distinguished themselves professionally in public, civic, or academic 
service; (iv) in the active practice of their professions for at least seven (7) years; and 
(v) not appointed within one (1) year after losing in the immediately preceding 
elections, whether regular or special. 
 
The Secretary of the DHSUD shall be the ex officio Chairperson of the Board. 
Provided that, all appointive directors must have qualified under the Fit and Proper 
Rule, as defined by Republic Act 10149 or the Governance Commission for GOCCs 
(GCG) Law. An appointive director shall be for one (1) year, unless sooner removed 
for cause, however, the appointive director shall continue to hold office until the 
successor is appointed. 
 
The Board shall meet regularly at least once a month but special meetings may be 
called either by the Chairperson or by seven (7) members of the Board, as may be 
necessary. Provided that, seven (7) members of the Board shall constitute a quorum 
and all decisions of the Board shall require the concurrence of at least seven (7) 
members. 
 
SEC. 8. Powers and Functions of the Board. – The Board shall have the powers and 
functions specified in this Act, as well as the usual corporate powers: 
 
a) Formulate, prescribe, and promulgate the implementing rules and 
regulations required under this Act; 
b) Promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary or proper for 
the effective exercise of the powers and functions, as well as the discharge 
of the duties and responsibilities of the Board, its officers' and employees; 
c) Act upon the annual budget and such supplemental budgets of the 
Authority submitted by the General Manager. Provided that, the Board may 
reduce but may not increase any item proposed by the General Manager; 


 
 
d) Approve the Authority's organizational and administrative structures and 
staffing pattern, and to establish, fix, review, revise and adjust the 
appropriate compensation package of its officers and employees as 
submitted by the General Manager; 
e) Design, formulate, negotiate, and implement financial or investment 
schemes; 
f) Enter into such contract or agreement, as may be necessary, for the 
attainment of the purposes and objectives of this Act; 
g) Enter into and execute memoranda of agreements, joint ventures, 
long-term leases and management contracts with the private sector, which 
may include real estate developers or construction companies with 
dependable reputation and proven track record in developing and managing 
real estate ventures; 
h) Condone or compromise, in whole or in part, penalties, interests or civil 
liabilities imposed on beneficiaries with delinquent accounts who, for 
justifiable reasons prescribed by the Board, failed to pay on time any 
obligation due to the Authority; 
i) Render annual reports to the President and such special reports, as may 
be requested; and 
j) Exercise such other powers necessary for the attainment of the purposes 
of this Act. 
 
SEC. 9. Responsibilities of the General Manager. – The General Manager shall have 
the following responsibilities; 
 
a) Execute and administer the policies and resolutions approved by the 
Board of Directors and prepare its agenda; 
b) Direct and supervise the operations, management, and internal affairs of 
the Authority. The General Manager may delegate certain of his 
administrative responsibilities to other officers of the Authority, subject to the 
rules and regulations promulgated by the Board; 
c) Subject to the approval of the Board, to fix the number and salaries of and 
appoint, the subordinate officers and personnel of the Authority and to 
remove, or otherwise sanction, for cause, any such officer or employee 
pursuant to the Civil Service Commission; 
d) Represent the Authority in all dealings with other officers, agencies, and 
instrumentalities of the Government and with all persons and entities, public 
or private, domestic or foreign; 
e) Act, in the conduct of the business, on all matters that are not by this Act 
specifically reserved to the Board; 
f) Solely confer lot awards to the eligible beneficiaries; 
g) Decide, to the exclusion of courts and any other government agencies, 
cases filed questioning the propriety of lot awards granted to the Authority's 
beneficiaries; for this purpose, the General Manager may create a body for 
the investigation and adjudication of such cases;  
h) Report and submit to the Board within thirty (30) days after the close of 
each fiscal year, if applicable, a comprehensive report of the operations of 
the Authority for the preceding year, and the state of its affairs; and 
i) Exercise such other powers and duties as may be vested by the Board. 
 


 
 
SEC. 10. Assistant General Managers. – The General Manager shall be assisted by 
three (3) Assistant General Managers, who shall be appointed by the President, upon 
the recommendation of the General Manager. Provided, That at least one (1) 
Assistant General Manager shall be a career officer. The General Manager is further 
authorized to delineate and assign other functional areas or responsibilities of the 
Assistant General Managers. 
 
SEC. 11. Qualifications and Appointment. – No person shall be appointed General 
Manager and Assistant General Manager of the Authority unless he or she is a citizen 
and resident of the Philippines, of good moral character, of proven integrity, probity, 
competence and has expertise in housing, urban planning and development. 
 
SEC. 12. Organizational Structure and Staffing Pattern. – Subject to the approval of 
the Governance Commission for GOCCs (GCG), the Board shall determine the 
Authority's organizational structure, and create new divisions or units, as it may deem 
necessary in accordance with civil service laws, rules and regulations. 
 
Subject to the approval of the Board, the General Manager shall likewise determine 
the rates of allowances, honoraria and such other additional compensation which the 
Authority is hereby authorized to grant to its officers, technical staff and consultants, 
including the necessary detailed personnel. In no case shall the rates of allowances, 
honoraria and such other additional compensation shall exceed ten percent (10%) of 
the annual total savings prior to the grant thereof, subject to confirmation of such 
savings by the Department of Budget Management (DBM) and the Commission on 
Audit (COA).  
 
SEC. 13. Exemption from Taxes and Regulatory Fees. – All laws to the contrary not 
withstanding, the Authority, its assets and properties, and all accruals thereto and 
income or investment earnings therefrom, as well as supplies, equipment, papers or 
documents shall be exempt from any tax, assessment, fee, charge, or customs or 
import duty, of any kind, whether imposed by local or national entities. 
 
The exemption includes, but is not limited to the following: income tax, real property 
tax, capital gains tax, transfer tax, value added tax, donor's tax and similar taxes; and 
building permit fee, fire inspection permit fee, environmental compliance certificate 
(ECC) fees and other regulatory fees. Similarly, the Authority shall be exempt from 
the payment of documentary stamp tax and registration fees, including fees required 
for the issuance of transfer certificates of titles. 
 
Furthermore, to promote the policy of improving housing affordability, projects of the 
NHA, in cooperation with local government units, the private sector and other entities, 
shall also enjoy the exemptions enumerated above. 
 
SEC. 14. Lands for Authority Projects, Management, Conversion and Classification. – 
Lands identified and designated for Housing and Urban and Rural Development, 
pursuant to Section 24 of Republic Act No. 11201, shall be assessed by the Authority 
for program or project feasibility. Should the site evaluation be in the affirmative, said 
lots shall forthwith be transferred to the Authority. 
 
This shall not, however, preclude the Authority from pursuing its continuing mandate 


 
 
of identifying, acquiring and managing lands for the immediate and future needs of its 
beneficiaries. In pursuit thereof, the Authority must consider, among others, the 
degree of availability of basic services and utilities, access to modes of transport, 
proximity to economic opportunities and the preservation of the social capital of 
beneficiaries. 
 
Furthermore, all lands acquired by the Authority, for any of its programs and projects, 
shall be automatically converted and/or re-classified, in order to facilitate its 
immediate development. The Authority, in coordination with the DHSUD, the DILG, 
the DA and the DAR shall craft the rules and regulations necessary to implement this 
provision. 
 
The conversion and reclassification of lands for housing projects shall be without 
prejudice to the rights of the beneficiaries under Republic Act No. 6657, as amended. 
 
SEC. 15. Designation of the National Housing Authority (NHA) as Lead Agency in the 
Disposition Program. – The Authority, under the supervision of the DHSUD, shall take 
the lead in the disposition activities of the lands in the preceding section: Provided, 
that disposition activities shall include the preliminary stages of identification and 
evaluation of lands suitable for disposition under this Act. 
 
The DHSUD is hereby directed to submit immediately an updated list of 
government-owned lands suitable for socialized housing purposes. The DHSUD shall 
also make recommendations for the President relative to the disposition of the lands 
subject hereof. 
 
SEC. 16. Management or Disposition of Completed Project. – The Authority shall 
determine, establish and maintain the most feasible and effective program for the 
management or disposition of specific housing or resettlement projects. Unless 
otherwise decided by the Board, completed housing or resettlement projects shall be 
managed and administered by the Authority until it has been turned over to the 
concerned local government unit or other concerned public or private entity, as the 
case may be. 
 
SEC. 17. Issuance of Bonds. – Subject to the approval of the Secretary of Finance, 
after consultation with the Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the 
Authority is hereby authorized to issue bonds and other securities to finance the 
implementation of its housing programs. Provided, That only so much of such bonds 
or securities shall be issued and sold as the annual project implementation would 
require. Provided further. That no bonds or securities shall be issued unless eighty 
per cent (80%) of those already issued had been sold. Provided finally That, the total 
amount of the bonds or securities issued shall in no case exceed ten times its paid up 
capital and surplus. 
 
The Authority, in consultation with the Secretary of Finance and the Monetary Board, 
shall prescribe the form, the rate of interest, and denominations, maturities, 
negotiability, call or redemption features and all other terms and conditions of the 
bonds and securities to be issued. 
 
In the promotion of the sale bonds or securities, the Authority is authorized to adopt 


 
 
the lottery scheme enunciated under existing laws, rules and regulations.  
 
The bonds and securities issued under this Act including the income thereof shall be 
exempt from all kinds of taxes and from attachment, execution and seizure which 
facts shall be stated on the face thereof. 
 
A sinking fund shall be established by the Authority in such manner that the total 
annual contribution thereto, accrued at such rate of interest as may be determined by 
the Secretary of Finance in consultation with the Monetary Board, shall be sufficient 
to redeem at maturity the bonds or securities issued pursuant to this Act. The sinking 
fund shall be under the custody and administration of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas 
which may invest the same in Bangko Sentral Certificates of Indebtedness and 
similar financing schemes subject to the approval of the Authority in consultation with 
the Secretary of Finance: Provided, that the proceeds from such scheme shall accrue 
to the Authority. 
 
SEC. 18. Guarantee by the Government. – The Republic of the Philippines hereby 
guarantees the payment of both the principal and the interest of the bonds, 
debentures, collaterals, notes or such other obligations issued or incurred by the 
Authority by virtue of this Act, and shall pay such principal and interest in case the 
Authority fails to do so. In such event, the Republic of the Philippines shall succeed to 
all the rights of the holders of such bonds, debentures, collaterals, notes or other 
instruments to the extent of the payment made, unless the sum so paid by the 
Republic of the Philippines shall be refunded by the Authority within a reasonable 
time.  
 
SEC. 19. SSS and GSIS Participation. – Notwithstanding any provision of the 
respective charters to the contrary, the Social Security System (SSS) and the 
Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) shall absorb all or part of the bonds or 
securities issued by the Authority in such proportion, as may be determined by the 
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and approved by the 
President. 
 
SEC. 20. Reports. – The Authority shall submit an annual report to the Office of the 
President, copy furnished to the Department of Human Settlements and Urban 
Development, indicating, among others, the housing program being implemented, the 
stage of implementation, and the financial position of the Authority. It shall likewise 
submit such periodic or other reports as may be required from time to time.  
 
SEC. 21. Audit. – The Chairperson of the Commission on Audit (COA) shall act as the 
ex-officio auditor of the Authority, and accordingly, is empowered to appoint a 
representative and other subordinate personnel to perform and report on such audit 
duties, responsible to and removable only by the COA Chairperson, without prejudice, 
however, to the power of the Board of Directors to contract for another mode of 
independent audit service, in addition to that provided by COA as provided for under 
Presidential Decree No. 1445, otherwise known as the Government Auditing Code of 
the Philippines.  
 
SEC. 22. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – The implementing rules and 
regulations to effectively carry out the provisions of this Act shall be adopted by and 


 
 
promulgated by the Board of Directors of the Authority, not later than ninety (90) days 
after the approval of this Act.  
 
The Departments, charged with crafting the implementing rules and regulations to 
effectively carry out Section 14 hereof, are given thirty (30) days after the approval of 
the Act to enact the same.  
 
SEC. 23. Applicability of the Revised Corporation Law. – The provisions of the 
Revised Corporation Code, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions 
and policies provided in this Act, shall be applicable to the Authority. 
 
SEC. 24. Separability Clause. – If, for any reason or reasons, any part or provision of 
this Act shall be declared as unconstitutional or invalid, the other parts or provisions 
hereof which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect. 
 
SEC. 25. Repealing Clause. – All provisions of existing laws, orders, rules and 
regulations or parts thereof which are in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of 
this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.  
 
SEC. 26. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in the 
Philippines. 
 
Approved,