FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The 1987 Constitution, Article 3, Section 7 states that: 
“Section 7. The right of the people to information on matters of 
public concern shall be recognized. Access to official records, and to 
documents and papers pertaining to official acts, transactions, or decisions, 
as well as to government research data used as basis for policy 
development, shall be afforded the citizen, subject to such limitations as 
may be provided by law.” 
The government should be accessible to the public. To ensure that the public gets 
the right information in getting in touch with any government agency, disclosure of their 
contact details should be included first and foremost in their official stationeries. I 
This bill was originally filed in the Thirteenth Congress, Third Regular Session. 
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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
7 JUI. -3 
n, 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
AN ACT 
TO REQUIRE GOVERNMENT OFFICES, BUREAUS, AGENCIES, 
INSTRUMENTALITIES AND AFFILIATES, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT-OWNED 
AND CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS, TO DISCLOSE CONTACT 
INFORMATION 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. -This Act shall be known as the “Government Contact 
Act of 2007.” 
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the 
State to be accessible to the public in order to better administer its duties and 
responsibilities. 
SECTION 3. Definition of Terms. - The term “government offices, bureaus, 
agencies, instrumentalities, affiliates, including government-owned and controlled 
corporations” refer to an administrative unit of the government, including all the agencies 
of the government. 
SECTION 4. Requirement for Government Offices, Bureaus, Agencies, 
Instrumentalities, AfJiliates, Including Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations 
to Include Addresses, Phone Numbers and Mobile Phone Numbers, on their Stationeries, 
- Each government offices, bureaus, agencies, instrumentalities, affiliates, including 
government-owned and controlled corporations shall include its addresses, website 
addresses, phone numbers and mobile phone numbers, on their official stationeries. In the 
case of correspondence originating from a regional or local office of a government 
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agency, the agency shall include the address and phone number of the regional or local 
office on the stationery. 
SECTION 5. Exception. This shall not apply in any case in which compliance 
with Section 4 would not be in the national security interests of the Republic of the 
Philippines, as determined by the head of the agency. 
SECTION 6. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof, is held invalid 
or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall 
remain valid and subsisting. 
SECTION 7. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, 
executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to, 
or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended 
accordingly. 
SECTION 8. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after its pubkcation in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
SPSC/~-28-07 
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