Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 0046

Introduced by REP. Michael L. Romero and Enrico A. Pineda

EXPLANATORY NOTE

In the Republic of the Philippines, It shall be the policy of the State to effect the
necessary and proper changes in the organizational and functional structures of
the Philippine Statistical System (PSS), its agencies and instrumentalities, in order
to rationalize and promote efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of
statistical services, maintain an integrated statistical system characterized by
independence, objectivity and integrity so as to enhance responsiveness to the
requirements of equitable national development.

This House Bill seeks to promote the orderly development of a statistical system
capable of providing timely, accurate and useful data for the government and
the public, and support decentralization through the establishment of the
statistical infrastructure necessary to service the statistical needs of local
development planning, to implement stiffer penalties and sanctions and provide
additional operational and organizational funding for the Philippine Statistics
Authority (PSA).

Thus, the early passage of this bill is earnestly requested.

MICHAEL f. ROMERO Ph.D ENRICO A. PINEDA


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNO. £9046

Introduced by REP. Michael L. Romero and Enrico A. Pineda

AN ACT
AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO.10625 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “
The Philippine Statistical Act of 2013", TO FOSTER THE IMPOSITION OF
ALL EXISTING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES, INCREASING ITS PENALTIES
AND SANCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative of the
Philippines in congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy -
Section 27 of Republic Act No. 10625, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SECTION 27. Penalties- Respondents of primary data collection
activities such as censuses and sample surveys are obliged to give
truthful and complete answers to statistical inquiries. The gathering,
consolidation and analysis of such data shall ikewise be done in the

most truthful and credible manner.


To ensure compliance, any violation of this Act shall result in
the imposition of the penalty of Two (2) years imprisonment
and a fine of not less than Two hundred thousand pesos
(P200,000.00).

In cases where the respondent who fails to give a truthful and
complete answer to such statistical inquiries is a corporation,
the above penalty shall be imposed against the responsible
officer, director, manager and/or agent of said corporation.

In addition, such ering corporation or any other juridical
entity, depending on the category of the enterprise or
business concerned whether small, medium or large, shall be
imposed a fine of not less than Two hundred thousand pesos
(P200,000.00) to One million pesos (P1,000,000.00).

Any person, including parties within the PSA Board and the
PSA, who breach the confidentiality of information, whether
by carelessness, improper behavior, behavior with malicious
intent, and use of confidential information for profit, are
considered guilty of an offense and shall be liable to fines as
prescribed by the PSA Board which shall not be less than Fifty
thousand pesos (P50,000.00) but not more than One hundred
thousand pesos (P100,000.00) and/or imprisonment of not less
than six (6) months but not to exceed two (2) years, subject to
the degree of breach of information.

Failure to comply with the survey clearance provision shall be
Penalized by a fine of not less than One hundred thousand
Pesos (100,000.00) to Three hundred thousand pesos


(P300,000.00), depending on the gravity and seriousness of

such noncompliance.

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy -
Section 31 of Republic Act No. 10625, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SECTION 31. Funds for Reorganization - The amount necessary for
the effective implementation of the provisions of this Act shall be
taken from funds available to the agencies enumerated in Section
28 hereof (RA10625).

Additional requirements shall be charged to the appropriations
under the current General Appropriations Act (GAA).

Thereafter, such sum as may be needed for the continued
implementation of this Act shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act.

The amount of Two hundred million pesos (P200,000,000.00) shall
hereby be appropriated as additional operational and
organizational funding to cary-out the mandates of the Philippine
Statistics Authority (PSA).

SECTION 3. IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS. - The
departments and agencies charged with carrying out the provisions of
this Act shall, within sixty (60) days after the effectivity of this Act, formulate
the necessary rules and regulations for its effective implementation.


SECTION 4. REPEALING CLAUSE. - All laws, decrees, executive orders,
rules and regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this
Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 5. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. - If, for any reason, any section or
provision of this Act is held unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or

provisions hereof shall not be affected thereby.

SECTION 6. EFFECTIVITY CLAUSE. - This Act shall take effect after
fifteen (15) days from its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least
two (2) national newspapers of general circulation whichever comes

earlier.

Approved,