Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE 0F REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
SecondRIgular'Session
ilouseBi||No.    9376
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES RALPH WENDEL P. TULFO,
]OCELYN P. TULFO, and ERWIN T. TULFO
AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN
DEVELOPMENT (CDD) APPROACH AS A NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR
INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND SOCIAL PROTECTION, ESTABLISHING FOR
THE PURPOSE THE CDD KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCE INSTITUTE, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
According to the World Health Organization, community empowerment refers
to the process of enabling communities to increase control over their lives. More than
the involvement, participation, or engagement of communities, it implies community
ownership and action that explicitly aims at social and political change.
The promotion of active citizen participation and the inclusion of basic sectors
remain underlying cornerstones for deeper democratization and augmentation of an
inclusive and sustainable Philippine society. When citizens responsibly engage in
decision-making  processes  and  participate  in  the  crafting  of  social  protection
measures,  these  communities  build  partnerships  with  other  sectors  in  finding
solutions that address social, cultural, political, and economic issues.
We  recognize  that  the  vital  participation  of  communities  allows  for  the
formulation of genuine development catered to advance their respective conditions
and  recognizes  their  essential  function  in  contributing  to  national  ihitiatives,
programs, and policies for their collective demands and aspirations. In this regard,


their   empowerment   robustly   and   equitably   enables   them   to   become   active
participants rather than passive recipients of aid and development at large, which
foster  social  justice  and  strengthen  democratic  processes  and  institutions  in  the
country.
We aim to ignite a transformative movement, empowering every citizen and
community  to understand  the interplay  of forces  operating on their lives.  In the
relentless pursuit of inclusive progress, this bill pioneers the iustitutionalization of the
community-driven development (CDD) approach, paving the way for a revolutionary
era of grassroots empowerment.  At the heart of this visionary legislation lies the
establishment of the CDD Knowledge and Resource Institute which will facilitate the
capacity-building  of  community  members.  Through  unwavering  dedication,  we
champion  the  principles  of  meaningful  participation,  robust  governance,   and
unwavering democracy, forging a brighter future for the Philippines.
In view of the foregoing, the urgent passing of this bill is earnestly sought.
#EL
RALPH VI
P. TULFO
Rapresentatwe
2nd District of Quezon aty
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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Second Rlegular Session
House Bill No.  93 7 6
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES RALPH WENDEL P. TULFO,
|0CELYN P. TULFO, and ERWIN T. TULFO
1                     AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN
2            DEVELOPMENT (CDD) APPROACH AS A NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR
3          INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND SOCIAL PROTECTION, ESTABLISHING FOR
4       THE PURPOSE THE CDD KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCE INSTITUTE, AND
5                                            APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House Of Representative of the Philippines, in Congress
assembled:
6           SECTION  1.  Tc.fJe.   -  This  Act  shall  be  known  as  the  ``Community-Driven
7      Development (CDD) Approach Institutionalization Act''.
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9           SEC. 2. Dcchar¢fj.o" a/PoJi.c..cs. -It is the policy of the state to uplift the standard
10      of living and quality of life of the poor and provide them with sustained opportunities
11      for growth and development. The state also recognizes that the right of the people
12      and their organizations to effective and reasonable participation at all levels of social,
13      political, and economic decision-making shall not be abridged. The state shall, by law,
14      facilitate the establishment of adequate consultation mechanisms.
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16          Towards this end, and in pursuit of sustainable and inclusive growth and poverty
17      reduction, the state shall enact programs that provide opportunities for community
18      members,   particularly   the   poor,   vulnerable,   and   marginalized   to   effectively
19      participate  in  designing,  planning,  budgeting,  implementing,  monitoring,  and
20      evaluating community programs, activities, and projects.
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2          Further,   the   State   shall   provide   capacity-building   opportunities   for   local
3      government units qGUs), civil society organizations (CSOs), and communities to
4      ensure the proper use of the CDD approach in implementing local programs, projects,
5      and activities.
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7           SEC. 3. De/..7.I.fz.o» a/Tc7rms. -As used in this Act:
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9                 a)   B¢sI.c  sccfors  refer  to  the  disadvantaged  sectors  of  Philippine  society,
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including farmer-peasants, fisherfolk, workers in the formal sector including
migrant workers, workers in the informal sector, indigenous peoples and
cultural  communities,  women,  persons  with  disability,  senior  citizens,
victims of calamities  and disasters, youth and students, children, urban
poor, and members Of cooperatives;
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16                  b)   Go7"rm#7ti.fy-based progr#ms refer to programs, activities, or projects that are
17                      designed,  planned,  organized,  and  implemented  locally  by  community
18                      members or groups to address community-identified plans and needs;
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20                   c)   Co"m#7".fry-dr.zJc7i czez7cfop77zc7if refers to an approach that gives control over
21                      the development processes, decision-making, and resources to community
22                      members  or  groups  and  treats  people  as  assets  and  partners  in  the
23                      development process while building on their institutions and resources; and
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control over the factors and decisions that shape their lives, including their
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1          SEC. 4. £Ze"e#ts o/CDD. -The CDD approach has the following elements:
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3                 a)   Gommtt„jfty /octts wherein programs or projects put primacy on a group of
4                      people living in a particular locality or geographical area such as a barangay,
5                      ancestral  domain,  or  specific  subsets  thereof,  where  interventions  are
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8                  b)   P#rfr.ct.p¢fony pJ¢777t!.7ig wherein the process directly involves the community
9                      members, leaders, and other stakeholders in diagnosing local problems and
10                      designing  a  course  of  action  to  resolve  those  problems,  and  aims  to
11                      harmonize views among all its participants and provide opportunities for
12                      the engagement, especially of the marginalized groups;
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14                  c)   Comm"7tz.fry co7€froJ a/ resowrces wherein the utilization and management of
15                      the  resources  by  the  community  members  or  groups  are  based  on
16                      community-identified plans and needs;
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contract management of community-identified projects are performed by
community members or groups, with assistance from the LGUs and other
local partners; and
Participatory monitoring and evaluation wherein the process through which
members are various levels of the community engage in monitoring and
evaluating a program or policy, share control over the content, the process,
and the results of the monitoring and evaluation activity, and participate in
identifying and making corrective actions.
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30      agencies (NGAs) and departments, including their attached agencies, offices, bureaus,
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community-based programs to promote participation and empowerment of poor,
vulnerable, disadvantaged, and marginalized groups within communities.
SEC.  6.  Operationaitzation  Of  the  CDD  Approach.  -  NGAs  e[md  TJGHs  in
community-based programs shall be responsible for:
a)  Developing  policies  for  enhancing  participatory  governance  practices,
tapping  community  organizations,  particularly  the  basic  sectors,  and
responding to community needs;
b)  Providing information on  government  intervention,  technical  assistance,
and support to partner communities for more effective community-driven
planning and implementation;
c)   Enabling community members  to meaningfully  participate  in the whole
process;
d)  Ensuring that community members are prioritized, to the extent possible, in
receiving    employment    opportunities    brought    about    by     project
implementation at the communities;
e)   Ensuring that identified community priorities are sufficiently funded; and
D   Accrediting and ensuring participation of CSOs as partners in organizing
and  strengthening  communities,  and  implementing  community-based
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1          SEC. 7. Role of civil society organizations and the Academe. -Auccredited cs0s
2      and  academic  institutions  are  encouraged  to  participate  in community  activities,
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7                b)  Providing continuous capacity-building and technology transfer to LGUs
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14                      implement capacity-building and empowerment of LGUs and communities.
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16           For purposes of this section, the CDD corm"#!.fy a/prtzcffce refers to a community
17      of CDD practitioners comprised of agencies, non-government organizations (NGOs),
18      academic and research institutions, and individuals, that share the commitment and
19      passion for CDD, and together strive to advance its practice through regular and
20      purposive interaction.
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22           SEC. 8. J#ce#tr.z7es. -The exemplary use of the CDD approach by NGAs and LGUs
23       shall be considered as a significant criterion for the recognition given to LGUs, such
24       as the seal of Good Local Governance by the Department of the Interior and Local
25       Government (DILG) and other recognition awarded by NGAs.
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27           SEC.  9.  Joint  Congressional  Oversight  Committee.  -  A  Joint  Congressto:r\a.i
28      Civersight  Committee,  hereafter  referred  to  as  the  Oucrs{.gJi£  Cbm7"..ffec,  is  hereby
29      constituted. The oversight committee shall set the overall framework to review the
30      implementation of this Act. It shall also determine the inherent weaknesses in the law
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2          The  Oversight  Committee  is  composed  of  fourteen  (14)  members,  with  the
3      chairpersons of the committee on poverty Alleviation of the House of Representatives
4     and the committee on social Justice, Welfare, and Rural Development of the senate
5      as co{hairpersons; and six (6) members from each House to be designated by the
6      Speaker of the House of Representatives and the senate president, respectively.
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8          The review of the implementation of this Act must include a systematic evaluation
9      of its impact, accomplishments of the program, and performance of its inplementing
10      agencies.  The  Oversight Committee  shall  conduct a  review every  three  (3)  years
11      reckoned from the effectivity of this Act, or whenever deemed necessary by a majority
12      of the members of the oversight committee.
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14           SEC.10. AdtJ!.sory coci#c..i -An Advisory council on CDD lustitutionalization is
15       created to develop policies relative to the implementation of this Act. The Advisory
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c)   Representatives  from  the  National  Anti-Poverty  Commission  (NAPC),
National Economic and Development Authority  (NEDA), Department of
Budget   and   Management   (DBM),   Department   of   Agriculture   (DA),
Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Department of Environment and
Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Health (DOH), Department of
Education  (DepEd),  and  Department of Human Settlements  and  Urban
Development (DHSUD).
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2      designated  permanent  members  and   designated  undersecretaries  as  alternate
3      representatives.
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6      accredited NGOs, which shall constitute not less than one-fourth (1/4) of the members
7      of the Advisory council and shall be appointed to serve for three (3) years from the
8      date of their appointment. Thereafter, the representatives shall be selected from and
9      appointed by the CDD community of practice.
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11           Advisory  councils  at  the  regional  level  are  also  established  with the  regional
12      directors of the Department of social welfare and Development (DSWD) and DILG,
13      as chairperson and co{hairperson, respectively, and representatives from the regional
14      offices of NAPC, NEDA, DBM, DA, DAR, DENR, DOH, DepEd, DHSUD, and from
15      accredited NGOs, as members.
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21                      promote the use of the CDD approach;
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24                      CDD approach by NGAs and LGUs;
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26                c)   Implement  a  grievance  redress  mechanism  that  accepts  and  resolves
27                      complaints pertaining to the implementation of this Act;
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30                      Act, post the same on the DSWD website, and submit an annual report to
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2                e)  Recommend to the president of the philippines measures and policies for
3                      the responsive delivery of commitments under this Act and integration into
4                      the general poverty reduction strategy of the National Government.
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6          SEC.12. Establishment of the CDD Knowledge and Resource Institute. -The CDD
7       Knowledge  and  Resource  Institute,  hereinafter  referred  to  as  the  JHsfetwfe,  is
8       established as a non-stock, non-profit government-owned and controlled corporation
9       with its own charter, attached to the DSWD. The Institute is a policy, research, and
10       training arm of the Advisory council, which shall provide support for continuing
11       research and technology development, partnership development, policy advocacy,
12       resource mobilization, capacity-building of communities, monitoring, and evaluation
13       to ensure effective institutionalization and operationalization of the CDD framework.
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1.   Policy advocacy;
2.   Learning and development;
Development of CDD resource pool, a group of experts on CDD
principles and implementation who possess expertise in CDD to
co-develop the certification and accreditation programs and other
learning and development requirements of the staff, partners, and
other stakeholders;
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Certification of CDD organizations, institutions, and individual
practitioners who shall either be partners of the program or be
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iii.       Continuing professional development through partner academic
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3.   Knowledge management and technology development;
4.   Regular monitoring and evaluation, including:
i.          Resource mobilization: partnership and linkages; and
ii.        Convergence; and
5.   Secretariat support services to the Advisory Council.
b)  The Institute shall exercise the following powers:
1.    Collect,  receive,  and  maintain funds,  donations,  and  other forms  of
assistance, and apply the income and principal thereof to the promotion
of its aims and purposes;
2.    Contract  any  obligation  or  enter  into  any  agreement  necessary  or
incidental to the proper management of its powers; and
3.    Carry on any activity and exercise all the powers conferred by laws upon
private or government-owned or controlled corporations, and do all the
acts and things prescribed under this Act.
c)   The Institute may charge socialized fees, as determined by the Board, on all
applications for certifications, training, and other services rendered by the
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1           SEC.14. Boflrd a/D.+ecfors. -The Institute shall be under the direct supervision of
2      a Board of Directors, hereinafter referred to as the Bored, composed of the secretary of
3      Social welfare and Development as chairperson and at least four (4) other members
4     from csos and the academe, to be appointed by the president of the philippines, upon
5      the recommendation of the secretary of social welfare and Development.
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7          The appointive members of the Board shall serve for a term of four (4) years. Of
8      those first appointed, one shall serve for four (4) years, one for three (3) years, one for
9      two (2) years, and one for one (1) year, respectively. Appointment to any vacancy shall
10      be only for the unexpired term of the predecessor. No appointive member of the Board
11      shall serve for more than two (2) consecutive terms.
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a)  Formulate  and  adopt  policies  and  measures  for  the  management  and
operation of the Institute;
b)  Appoint the president of the Institute who shall come from among the
appointive members of the Board;
c)   Approve the staffing pattern of the Institute;
d)  Promulgate  rules  and  regulations  for  the  discharge  of  its  powers  and
functions and the internal operations of the Institute. The chairperson of the
Board shall exercise the power to appoint, promote, discipline, or remove
the personnel of the Institute;
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e)   Manage the financial affairs of the Institute and approve an annual budget
of the Institute according to its requirements; and
fy   Monitor and review the programs and projects of the Institute.
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6          SEC.16. President of the Institute, Powers, and Functions. -The president o£ +ha
7      Institute is the chief executive officer of the Institute and is entitled to receive such
8      salary and renumeration as may be determined by the Board in accordance with
9      existing laws and rules and regulations. The President shall exercise the following
10      powers and functions:
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a)  Subject to Board approval, prepare the staffing pattern of the Institute which
includes   the   determination   of   the   qualifications,   the   number   and
compensation of officials and other personnel as may be necessary for the
proper discharge of the functions of the Institute;
b)  Exercise control and supervision over the personnel, staff, operations, and
internal administration of the Institute in accordance with existing laws and
the rules and regulations promulgated by the Board;
c)   Recommend  to  the  Board  such policies and  measures  necessary for the
effective exercise and discharge of the powers and functions of the Institute;
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d)  Submit  an  annual  report  to  the  Board  on  the  operations,  status  of  the
programs funded by, and financial condition of the Institute, including a
recommendation for its budget for the ensuing year.
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30     which  shall  consist  of  voluntary  contributions,  donations,  grants,  or  loans  from
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SEE. T8. Implementing Agencies. -
a)  DSWD as lead agency. - As lead agency for the implementation of this Act,
the DSWD shall integrate in their regular operations the following functions:
1.    Facilitate support to empower community members to participate in the
local development prcx=esses and to strengthen community capabilities
to engage LGUs, NGAs, and other stakeholders to support community-
identified priorities;
2.    Institutionalize  capacity-building  and  learning  on  CDD  for  NGAs,
CSOs, private sector institutions, and other partners;
3.    Accredit csos to become partners in the use of CDD approach; and
4.    Provide technical  assistance and resource  augmentation by  ensuring
integration    of    municipal    development    plans    into    provincial
development plans.
b)  DILG as a key partner in capacity-building. - The DILG shall support the
CDD Knowledge and Resource Institute in the capacity-building of LGUs
and communities;
c)   NAPC as a key partner in mobilizing the basic sectors. - The NAPC shall
be a key partner agency in the development of policies and measures to
ensure  meaningful  representation  and  active  participation  of  the  basic
sectors in their local development; and
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1                d)  Support from relevant government agencies. -All relevant bureaus, offices,
2                      agencies, and iustrumentalities of the government shall render the necessary
3                      support to the implementation of this Act.
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6      LGUs  shall  implement this  Act using the whole-of-government approach,  which
7      provides  a  logical  and  systematic  convergence  of efforts  of NGAs  and  LGUs  to
8      respond to the identified community needs, issues, concerns, and priorities.
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11      the implementation of this Act and submit an annual report of its status to the office
12      of the president and to the oversight committee. The report must also be regularly
13      posted on the DSWD website and updated for the public's information. A process
14      assessment shall be conducted by DSWD once every three (3) years, the results of
15      which  shall  be  utilized  to  stimulate  more  program  lessons  exchange,  experience
16      sharing,  public  dialogues,  policy  discussions,  and  generating inputs for  program
17      design  works  on  CDD.  Mechanisms  for  promoting  third-party  monitoring  and
18     evaluation of this Act by NGOs and csos, together with community members and
19      LGUs, shall also be established.
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21          Emc. 2JO. Proferential option for Basic sectors in capacity-Building. -The CDD
22      Knowledge   and   Resource   Institute   shall   prioritize   the   capacity-building   of
23      communities with identified members of basic sectors.
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25           SEC. 21. Appraprl.¢fl.o#s. -The amount needed for the implementation of this Act
26      shall be charged to the current year's appropriations of the DSWD. Thereafter, such
27      amount as may be necessary for the continued implementation of this Act shall be
28      included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
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1          The CDD Knowledge and Resource Institute may accept donations and other forms
2      of assistance in accordance with applicable laws and issuances for purposes relevant
3      to the implementation of this Act.
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6      effectivity  of this  Act,  the Secretary of Social Welfare and  Development shall,  in
7     cooperation with NGA members of the Human Development and poverty Reduction
8      Cluster, with the participation of the league of barangays, cities, municipalities, and
9      provinces, and relevant stakeholders, promulgate the rules and regulations necessary
10      for the effective implementation of this Act.
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12           SEC. 23. Scp¢rflb..I..fry chausc. -If any provision of this Act is declared invalid or
13      unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid and
14      subsisting.
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16           SEC.  24.  RapcoJt.#g  Cha#sc.  -  All  laws,  decrees,  executive  orders,  rules  and
17      regulations, and other issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with or contrary to the
18      provisions of this Act are repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.
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20           SEC. 22. E#ecf..t7..fry. -This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication
21      in the official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
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