FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 1269 
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INTRODUCED BY HON. MANNY VILLAR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Ther!3 is no law which prohibits government surveys from obtaining incriminatory 
information from minors on matters concerning the minor's family. 
This bill protects family privacy on matters such as political affiliations or beliefs, 
psychological 
problems, 
sexual 
behavior, 
religious 
beliefs 
and 
privileged 
communications. However, it does not prevent investigations pursuant to law or 
applications for membership or eligibility in organizations or programs. 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Re!;!u'lar Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 1269 
INTRODUCED BY HON. MANNY VILLAR 
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR PROTECTION OF FAMILY PRIVACY 
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 the "Family Privacy 
Protection Act." 
SEC. 2. Definition of Minor - A child less than eighteen (8) years of age. 
SEC, 3. Family Privacy Protection. - (a) Restriction on Seeking Information from 
Minors, -
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law subject to Section 6, in 
conducting a program or activity funded by the government, a person may not, without 
the prior written consent of at least one parent or guardian of a minor or, in the case of 
an emancipated minor, the prior consent of the minor, require or otherwise seek the 
response of the minor to a surveyor questionnaire which is intended to elicit, or has the 
effect of eliciting, information about the minor's family concerning any of the following: 
(1) Parental political affiliations or beliefs; 
(2) Mental or psychological problems; 
(3) Sexual behavior or attitudes; 
(4) Illegal, antisocial, or self-incriminating behavior; 
(5) Appraisals of other individuals with whom the minor has a familial 
relationship; 
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(6) Relationships that are legally recognized as privileged, including 
those with lawyers, physicians and members of the clergy; and 
(7) Religious affiliations or beliefs. 
(b) 
General Exceptions - Subsection (1) shall not apply to any of the 
following: 
(1) information for the purpose of a criminal investigation or 
adjudication; 
(2) inquiry made pursuant to a good faith concern for the health, 
safety, or welfare of an individual minor; 
(3) administration of the immigration, internal revenue or customs laws 
of the Philippines; 
(4) information required by law to determine eligibility for participation 
in an organization, program or for receiving financial assistance; 
and 
(5) academic performance tests except to the extent that questions in 
such tests would require a minor to reveal information listed under 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 4. Notification Procedures. - The head of any department or agency of the 
government which provides funds for any program or activity involving the gathering of 
information from a minor 0 any surveyor questionnaire shall establish procedures by 
which the department or agency shall notify minors and their parents of protections 
provided under this Act. The procedures shall also provide for advance public 
availability of each questionnaire or survey to which a response from a minor is sought. 
SEC. 5. Compliance. - The head of each government department or agency 
shall establish such procedures necessary to ensure compliance with this Act. Nothing 
in this Act shall be construed to foreclose any individual from obtaining judicial relief. 
SEC. 6. Separability Clause. -
If any provision, or part hereof, is invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall 
remain valiq and subSisting. 
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SEC. 7. Repealing Clause. -
Any law, presidential decree, or issuance, 
executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule and regulation contrary to 
or inconsistent with, the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended 
accordingly. 
SEC. 8. Effectivity Clause. -
This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after 
its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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