THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC ) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.B. No. 
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Introduced by Senator Franklin M. Drilon 
EXPLANATORYNOTE 
Article I1 Section 13 of ‘the 1987 Constitution provides: “The State 
recognizes the vital role of the youth in nation-building and shall promote and 
protect their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual and social well-being. It shall 
inculcate in the youth patriotism and nationalism, and encourage their 
involvement in public and civic affairs.” 
The Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP) is one of the existing 
organizations in the Philippines today that effectively promotes the objectives 
embodied in this Constitutional policy. The GSP aims to help girls and young 
women realize the ideals of womanhood and prepare them for their roles and 
responsibilities in the home and in nation-building. 
As one of the 144 countries affiliated with the World Association of Girl 
Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), the GSP also helps promote and strengthen 
global unity and cooperation by participating in activities undertaken by 
WAGGGS and the United Nations. Further, it establishes open communications 
among girls and young women all over the world through correspondence and 
cultural exchanges and visits. 
The GSP has made its mark not only in the Philippines but also in the 
international circle. Last June 18-25, 2002, GSP successfully played host to the 
31~t World Conference of WAGGGS and the Asia Pacific Committee Meeting 
bringing together 419 delegates from 118 member countries. In fact GSP 
Officers have gained such prominence to be elected to the World Board and that 
of the Asia-Pacific. This registered leadership has shown the identity of GSP in 
the world of girls and young women. 
This bill aims to strengthen this organization which has existed for more 
than 60 years for all girls of the Philippines. 
Moreover, this measure will 
reaffirm the significant role played by the GSP in the country. This is a re-filed 
version of Senate Bill No. 532 filed by Senator Raul S. Roc0 in the 1 1 t h  
Congress. 
In view of the foregoing, passage of this bill is earnestly recommended. 


THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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First Regular Session 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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SENATE 
S.B. No. 
Introduced by Senator Franklin M. Drilon 
AN ACT 
FURTHER AMENDING COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 542, 
AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “AN ACT TO 
CREATE A CORPORATION TO BE KNOWN AS THE GIRL 
SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND TO DEFINE ITS 
POWERS AND PURPOSES” 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Section 5 of Commonwealth Act No. 542, as 
amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: 
“SECTION 5. (a) The governing body of the Corporation 
shall be vested in a Central Board composed of thirty-seven 
(37) members, as prescribed in the By-Laws, as follows: 
(1) The Charter/Life members; 
(2) The Regional Chairman of the Girl Scout Regions of 
the Philippines who shall be elected by their 
respective Regions; 
(3) The President of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines; 
(4) The Immediate Past National President of the Girl 
Scouts of the Philippines; 
(5) One Senior Girl Scout/Cadet OR YOUNG ADULT 
from each Girl Scout Region to represent the Girl 
membership, who shall be elected by the Girl 
Scouts of each region; 
(6) The remaining members shall be the members-at- 
large, who shall be elected by the National Council 
from a list submitted by the Nominating Committee 
from nominees from Provincial/ City Councils, 
REGIONAL 
COMMITTEES 
and 
National 
Committees. 
The Central Board shall have the power to make and 
to amend the Constitution and By-Laws of the Girl Scouts of 
the Philippines subject to 
Council, create standing and 
ratification by the National 
special committees and provide 


policies and procedures as may be necessary to carry out the 
business of the Corporation. 
It shall meet regularly at least twice a year. The 
number necessary to constitute a quorum, which number 
may be less than a majority of the whole number of the 
Board shall be fixed by the By-Laws. 
The members of the Central Board shall serve for a 
term of three (3) years or until their successors shall have 
been elected or qualified. In case of inability of a member to 
assume office or when any vacancy occurs by reason of 
death, resignation, or incapacity, the position shall be filled 
by the candidate who received the next highest number of 
votes in the preceding election. 
The Central Board shall elect from among themselves 
the NATIONAL officers of the Corporation, to wit: the 
National President, the First National Vice-president, the 
Second National Vice-president, the National Secretary, the 
Assistant National Secretary, the National Treasurer, and the 
Assistant National Treasurer. 
(b) A woman President of the Philippines or the First 
Lady of the Philippines shall be the Chief Girl Scout of the 
Girl Scouts of the Philippines.” 
SECTION 2. Section 8 of Commonwealth Act No. 542 as 
amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: 
“SECTION 8. The Corporation [created by this Act] 
shall adopt distinctive badges, uniforms, insignia, and other 
[equipment(s)] EQUIPMENT [and] WHICH shall be made 
available to and used only by registered Girl Scouts or 
officials 
who 
have 
satisfactorily complied 
with 
the 
international requirements prescribed by the World Bureau 
of [this Movement] THE WORLD ASSOCIATION OF GIRL 
GUIDES AND GIRL SCOUTS (WAGGGS) and which the Girl 
Scouts of the Philippines shall use in carrying out its 
program in accordance with the purpose of this Act. The 
corporation shall cause the registration of said badges, 
uniforms, insignias, and other [equipments] EQUIPMENT in 
accordance with the provisions of Republic Act [Numbered 
One hundred sixty-six, and the Patent Office] NO. 8293, 
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
CODE 
OF THE 
PHILIPPINES”, AS 
AMENDED. 
THE 
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE is hereby directed to 
cause said registration free of charge.” 
SECTION 3. Section 9 of Commonwealth Act No. 542, as 
amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows : 
“SECTION 9. [Any donation or contribution which from 
time to time may be made to the Girl Scouts of the 
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Philippines by the Government or any of its subdivisions, 
branches, offices, agencies or instrumentalities shall be 
administered by the Central Board in pursuance of this Act.] 
[All donations made to the Girl Scouts of the 
Philippines shall be free from payment of taxes on donations, 
and the Corporation shall be exempt from the payment of all 
taxes, duties, imposts, and other charges] 
THE CORPORATION SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE 
FOLLOWING TAX AND DUTY PRIVILEGES: 
(a) EXEMPTION 
FROM 
INCOME 
TAX 
PURSUANT TO SECTION 30 (E), (G) AND 
(H) 
OF 
THE 
NATIONAL 
INTERNAL 
REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED; 
AND 
(b) TAX 
AND/OR 
DUTY 
EXEMPTION 
O F  
DONATIONS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES 
AS PROVIDED UNDER RELEVANT LAWS 
SUCH AS BUT NOT LIMITED TO SECTION 
105 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE 
OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED, AND 
SECTION 109 (Q) OF THE NATIONAL 
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS 
AMENDED. ” 
“LIKEWISE, ALL DONATIONS, LEGACIES, AND GIM‘S 
TO THE GIRL SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES TO SUPPORT 
ITS PURPOSES AND OBJECTIVES AS EMBODIED IN THIS 
ACT 
SHALL, 
SUBJECT TO 
THE 
LIMITATIONS AND 
CONDITIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE 
CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED, BE EXEMPT FROM THE 
DONOR’S TAX AND SHALL BE DEDUCTIBLE FROM THE 
GROSS INCOME OF THE DONOR FOR INCOME TAX 
PURPOSES, AND SUCH DONATIONS, LEGACIES, AND 
GIFTS SHALL BE EXPENDED BY THE CENTRAL BOARD IN 
PURSUANCE OF THIS ACT. 
“THE CORPORATION SHALL LIKEWISE BE EXEMPT 
FROM 
PAYMENT 
OF ALL 
OTHER 
TAXES, 
DUTIES, 
IMPOSTS, AND OTHER CHARGES.” 
SECTION 4. Section 10 of Commonwealth Act No. 542, as 
amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: 
“SECTION 10. [On or before the first day of May each 
year, the said] THE Corporation shall make and transmit to 
the [President] CHIEF GIRL SCOUT of the Philippines [a] AN 
ANNUAL report [of its proceedings for the year ending 
December thirty-first preceding, including] WHICH SHALL 
INCLUDE a full, complete, and itemized report of receipts 
and expenditures of whatever kind.” 
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SEqTION 5. Section 11 of Commonwealth Act No. 542, as 
amended,/ is hereby further amended to read as follows: 
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“SECTION 11. From and after passage of this Act, it 
sh ‘I1 be unlawful for any person within the jurisdiction of 
the’ Philippines to faIsely and fraudulently call herself as or 
rep esent herself to be a member of, or an agent for, the Girl 
Scouts of the Philippines; and any person who violates any of 
the/ provisions 
of 
this 
Act 
shall be punished 
by 
[‘ im F risonment of not to exceed six (6) months or a fine not 
excpeding 
five 
hundred 
pesos 
(500.00.),] 
PRISION 
CORRECCIONAL IN ITS MINIMUM PERIOD OR A FINE NOT 
both, at the discretion of the court.” 
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EX~EEDING TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS (~20,000.00) or 
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“IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO 
MANUFACTURE, 
SELL, 
DISTRIBUTE, 
USE, 
APPLY, 
FEATURE, 
PORTRAY OR CAUSE TO BE MANUFACTURED, 
SOLD, 
DISTRIBUTED, 
APPLIED, 
FEATURED 
OR 
PORTRAYED FRAUDULENTLY OR WITHOUT THE OFFICIAL 
KNOWLEDGE AND WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE CENTRAL 
BOARD OF THE GIRL SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES 
BADGES, 
UNIFORMS, 
INSIGNIA, 
OR 
SCOUTING 
PARAPHERNALIA OR THE PHOTOS OR VISUALS OF A GIRL 
SCOUT OR GIRL SCOUTS IN UNIFORM, OR THE LOGO, 
SEAL OR CORPORATE NAME OF THE GIRL SCOUTS OF 
THE PHILIPPINES IN ANY PRINT AD, RADIO OR TELEVSION 
COMMERCIAL, BI LLB 0 ARD , C 0 LLATERAL MATERIAL 0 R 
ANY FORM OF ADVERTISEMENT; OR TO USE THE NAME 
OF THE GIRL SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES IN ANY 
ILLEGAL PURPOSE OR PERSONAL GAIN. ANY VIOLATION 
OF THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 8 AND THIS SECTION 
SHALL BE PUNISHED BY PRISION CORRECCIONAL IN ITS 
MEDIUM PERIOD TO PRISION MAYOR IN ITS MINIMUM 
PERIOD OR A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FIFTY THOUSAND 
PESOS (P50,OOO.OO) NOR MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED 
THOUSAND PESOS (P500,000.00), OR BOTH, AT THE 
DISCRETION OF THE COURT: PROVIDED, THAT IN CASE 
OF 
CORPORATIONS, 
PARTNERSHIPS, 
ASSOCIATIONS, 
SOCIETIES 
OR 
COMPANIES, 
THE 
MANAGER, 
ADMINISTRATOR OR THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE 
MANAGEMENT OR ADMINISTRATION OF THE BUSINESS 
SHALL BE CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY SUCH 
VIOLATION. THESE PENALTIES SHALL BE WITHOUT 
PREJUDICE 
TO 
THE 
PROPER 
CIVIL 
ACTION 
FOR 
RECOVERY OF CIVIL 
DAMAGES, 
WHICH 
MAY 
BE 
INSTITUTED TOGETHER WITH OR INDEPENDENTLY OF 
THE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.” 
SECTION 6. Commonwealth Act No. 542, as amended, is hereby 
further amended by adding a new section, Section 14, to read as follows: 
“Section 14. DISSOLUTION -IN THE EVENT THAT THE 
GIRL SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES IS DISSOLVED BY 
LAW, THE PROPERTIES AND ASSETS THEREOF SHALL BE 
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CONVEYED AND TRANSFERED TO A GSP FOUNDATION, IF 
THERE BE ANY, ORGANIZED FOR THE PURPOSE, OR TO 
BE FORMED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL BOARD 
INCUMBENT AT THE TIME OF DISSOLUTION. “ 
SECTION 7. Section 2 (c), Section 6 (c), and Annex “C” of 
Executive Order No. 495 [series of 19911 insofar as they apply to the 
Girl Scouts of the Philippines are hereby repealed. All other laws, 
decrees, orders, proclamations, rules and regulations or parts thereof 
inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, 
amended, or modified accordingly. 
SECTION 8. If for any reason, any provision of this Act, or the 
application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the 
remaining provisions not affected hereby shall continue to be in full force 
and effect. 
SECTION 9. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following 
the completion of its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two 
(2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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