SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
SENATE
S. B. No. 1 4 8 2
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Introduced by Senator Ana Theresia “ Risa” Hontiveros - Baraquel
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A NATIONAL POLICY IN PREVENTING TEENAGE 
PREGNANCIES, INSTITUTIONALIZING SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR 
TEENAGE PARENTS, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Constitution. Article II. Section 13 provides that:
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 include in the youth patriotism and nationalism and encourage their 
involvement in public and civic affairs.
In light of the said provision, it is disheartening to note that in the 
Philippines the incidence of teenage pregnancies is increasing. In 2014, data 
from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) revealed that every hour, 24 babies 
are delivered by teenage mothers. In fact, based on the Certificate of Live Births 
submitted by the Local Civil Registry Offices from 2011 to 2014, about one in 
every ten women of child-bearing age was a teenager. According to the 2014 
Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality (YAFS) study, around 14 percent of Filipino 
girls aged 15 to 19 are either pregnant for the first time or are already mothers 
more than twice the rate recorded in 2002. Among six major economies in the 
Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Philippines has the highest rate of 
teenage pregnancies and is the only country where the rate is increasing, per the 
United Nations Population Fund.
According to the University of the Philippines Population Institute, young 
Filipinos have limited access to sex education and adolescent Sexual and 
reproductive health Services, especially if they are underage and unmarried. The 
reasons for becoming pregnant among teenagers include unplanned sexual 
encounters and peer pressure, lack of information on safe sex, breakdown of 
family life and lack of good female role models in the family, and absence of 
accessible, adolescent-friendly institutions.
Teen pregnancy has serious consequences for young women, their 
children, and communities as a whole. Too-early childbearing increases the 
likelihood that a young Woman will drop out of school and is less likely to pursue 
further education or skills training. Thus, teenage pregnancy perpetuates the 
cycle of poverty and inequality because most pregnant teenagers have no source 
of income and face greater financial difficulties later in life. Moreover, teenage 
mothers face critical health risks, including inadequate nutrition during pregnancy 
due to poor eating habits, dangers associated with the reproductive organs not


ready for birth, and maternal death due to higher risk of eclampsia, among 
others.
The United Nations Population Fund, on the other hand, stressed that 
teenage pregnancy, among others, undermines girls' rights health, rights and 
opportunities. UNFPA's State of World Population 2016 report shows that 
empowering today's 10-year-old girls could yield huge demographic and 
economic dividends and build better societies. According to JNFPA, teenage 
pregnancy limits far too many girls' hopes, dreams and aspirations. It also costs 
the country around P33 billion each year in foregone earnings. According to the 
report, girls who reach adulthood with an education and their health and rights 
intact could triple their lifetime incomes, thereby fueling progress for generations 
and entire nations. By ensuring girls' right to education, including age appropriate 
comprehensive sexuality education and access to youth friendly sexual and 
reproductive health Services and advice, the country could improve the lives of 
hundreds of thousands, reap long term gains, and help ensure the success of 
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
In view of the foregoing circumstances, there is a need to establish a 
national policy in preventing teenage pregnancies and institutionalize social 
protection for teenage parents.
ANA THERESIA “ RISA” HONTIVEROS - BARAQUEL


SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
SENATE 
S. B. No. i  ^  ^
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Introduced by Senator Ana Theresia “ Risa” Hontiveros - Baraquel
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A NATIONAL POLICY IN PREVENTING TEENAGE 
PREGNANCIES, INSTITUTIONALIZING SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR 
TEENAGE PARENTS, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled
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Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Prevention of Adolescent 
Pregnancy Act of 2017."
Section 2. Declaration of Policy -  It shall be the policy of the State to:
(a) Recognize, promote, and strengthen the role of adolescents and young 
people in the overall human and socio-economic development of the 
country not only in the future but also in the present:
(b) Recognize and promote the responsibility of the State to create and 
sustain an enabling environment for adolescents to enable them to 
achieve their development aspirations and potentials as well as mobilize 
them to positively contribute to the development of the nation;
(c) Pursue sustainable and genuine human development that values the 
dignity of the total human person and affords full protection to people’s 
rights, especially of adolescent Women and men and their families;
(d) Promote and protect the human rights of all individuals including the 
adolescents particularly in their exercise of their rights to sexual and 
reproductive health, equality and equity before the law, the right to 
development, the right to education, freedom of expression, the right to 
participate in decision-making, and the right to choose and make 
responsible decisions for themselves
(e) Provide full and comprehensive information to adolescents that can 
help them prevent early and unintended pregnancies and their life-long 
consequences.
(f) Ensure corresponding interventions that could respond to the 
socioeconomic, health and emotional needs of adolescents and youth, 
especially young women, with due regard for their own creative 
capabilities, for social, family and community support, employment 
opportunities, participation in the political process, and access to 
education, health, counselling and high-quality reproductive health 
services:
(g) Encourage adolescent mothers and fathers to continue and finish their 
education in order to equip them for a better life, to increase their human 
potential, to help prevent early marriages, high-risk child-bearing and


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repealed pregnancy and to reduce associated mortality and morbidity 
through comprehensive social protection interventions;
(h) Recognize and promote the rights, duties and responsibilities of 
parents, teachers, and other persons legally responsible for the growth of 
adolescents to provide in a manner consistent with the evolving capacities 
of the adolescent, appropriate direction and guidance in sexual and 
reproductive matters.
Section 3. Definition of Terms. 
shall be defined as follows:
For purposes of this Act, the following terms
(a) Adolescents -  refers to the population aged 10 to 19 years.
(b) Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) Care -  refers to 
the access to a full range of methods, techniques and services that 
contribute to the reproductive health and well-being or young people by 
preventing and solving reproductive health-related problems.
(c) Adolescent Sexuality - refers to the reproductive system, gender 
identity, values or beliefs, emotions, relationships and sexual behavior of 
young people as social beings.
(d) Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) - refers to the process of 
acquiring complete, accurate, relevant and age-appropriate information 
and skills on all matters relating to the reproductive system, its functions 
and processes and human sexuality and forming attitudes and beliefs 
about sex, sexual identity, interpersonal relationship, affection, intimacy 
and gender roles. It has the purpose of developing the skills of young 
people for them to make informed decisions such as the capacity to 
distinguish between facts and myths on sex and sexuality, and critically 
evaluate and discuss the moral, religious, social and cultural dimensions 
of related sensitive issues such as contraception and abortion, and decide 
to prevent risky behaviors that can undermine the realization of their 
aspirations and potentials.
(e) Information and Service Delivery Network for Adolescent Health 
Development (ISDN) -  refers to the network of facilities, institutions, and 
providers within the province, district, municipality 'city-wide health and 
social system offering information, training, and core packages of health 
and social care services in an integrated and coordinated manner.
(f) Local Youth Development Council (LYDC) - refers to the local body to 
be created based on RA 10742 (SK Reform Law) which is composed of 
representatives of youth and youth-serving organizations in the provincial, 
city, and municipal level with the primary function of assisting in the 
planning and execution of projects and programs of the Sangguniang 
Kabataan, and the Pederasyons in all levels.
(g) Normal Schools or College Teachers -  refer to the learning institutions 
training or educating teachers.
(h) Public-Private Partnership (PPP) - is a cooperative arrangement 
between one or more public and private sectors, typically of a long term 
nature, for various development programs or projects.
(i) Reproductive Health - refers to state of complete physical, mental and 
social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity in all 
matters relating to the reproductive system and to its functions and 
processes.
(j) Risky Behaviors -  refer to ill-advised practices and actions that are 
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(k) Social Protection 
-  consists of policies and programs designed to 
reduce poverty and vulnerability by promoting efficient labor markets, 
diminishing people's exposure to risks, and enhancing their capacity to 
manage economic and social risks, such as unemployment, exclusion, 
sickness, disability and old age.
(l) Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Council -  hereafter referred to as the 
Council, is an inter-agency and inter-sectoral council that shall be formed 
through this Act and serve as its implementing body.
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Section 4. Development of National Program of Action and Investment Plan for 
the Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy. -  The Council, in collaboration with other 
relevant national agencies and civil society organizations, shall develop an 
evidence-based medium-term National Program of Action for the Prevention of 
Teenage Pregnancy. The program of action shall serve as the national 
framework for inter-agency and inter-sectoral collaboration at all levels to 
address 
the 
various 
health, 
cultural, 
socio-economic 
and 
institutional 
determinants of teenage pregnancy.
Based on the Program of Action, a National Program on the Prevention of 
Teenage Pregnancy (NPPTP) which shall form a priority program of the 
Philippine Population Management Program being spearheaded and coordinated 
by the Council shall be developed and funded at all levels. The NPPTP shall be 
based on the inter-agency program of action involving all relevant government 
agencies and shall be considered as a program that is eligible for multiyear 
funding and inter-agency obligational authority to ensure the allocation for the 
key strategies in all concerned government agencies.
The Council shall ensure that adolescent and adolescent-oriented groups 
shall be active participants in the formulation, implementation, operation, 
measurement, and evaluation of the Program of Action and the NPPTP.
Section 5. Organization and Mobilization of Regional and Local Information and 
Service Delivery Network for Adolescent Health and Development (ISDN for 
AHD). -  All provinces and chartered cities shall organize and operationalize an 
ISDN for AHD consisting of different government and non-government 
organizations, institutions, and facilities catering information and services to 
adolescents within their locality. The ISDN may be organized by district in each 
province or by municipality/city. An effective collaborative and referral system 
among the members of the ISDN shall be established and implemented within a 
catchment area.
The ISDN for AHD will provide health services that are sensitive to the 
particular needs and human rights of all adolescents, paying attention to the 
following characteristics;
(a) Availability -  Primary health care should include services sensitive to 
the needs of adolescents, with special attention given to sexual and 
reproductive health and mental health;
(b) Accessibility -  Health facilities, goods, and services should be known 
and easily accessible (economically, physically, and socially) to all 
adolescents, 
without 
discrimination. 
Confidentiality 
should 
be 
guaranteed and maintained at all times;
(c) Acceptability -  While fully respecting the provisions and principles of 
the Convention, all health facilities, goods, and services should 
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ethics, and be acceptable to both adolescents and the communities in 
which they live;
(d) Quality -  Health services and goods should be scientifically and 
medically appropriate, which requires personnel trained to care for 
adolescents, adequate facilities, and scientifically accepted methods.
The ISDN shall perform the following tasks and functions:
(a) Map and analyze the various factors contributing to pregnancies 
among adolescents at the regional and local levels;
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Identify, 
harmonize, 
coordinate, 
and 
implement 
inter-agency 
interventions to address the various issues related to teenage pregnancies 
in the region and at the local level;
(c) Capacitate ISDN agency-members in collaboration with relevant 
regional government agencies to ensure quality information and services 
to adolescents;
(d) Provide, in collaboration with concerned LCDs, needed information 
and services for adolescent development;
(e) Generate or share resources in the implementation of the joint 
strategic plan of the ISDN; and
(f) Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of coordinative and referral systems 
and other interagency interventions jointly implemented by the ISDN.
The local ISDN shall be coordinated by the Provincial City Population 
Office or in its absence, the Provincial City Health Office in collaboration with the 
Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation or Local Youth Development Council 
(LYDC) in the concerned localities with technical assistance from the Council and 
other relevant national government agencies.
Section 6. Age and Development-Appropriate Comprehensive Sexuality 
Education. - All agencies under the education sector in collaboration with other 
relevant agencies shall develop and promote educational standards, modules, 
and materials to promote comprehensive responsible sexuality education in 
schools, communities, and other youth institutions. The comprehensive sexuality 
education (CSE) shall be integrated at all levels with the end goal of normalizing 
discussions about adolescent sexuality and reproductive health and to remove 
stigma from all levels. The Council shall ensure that the CSE is medically 
accurate and inclusive and non-discriminatory towards LGBT adolescents.
The CSE shall include age and development-appropriate topics such as, 
but not limited to: human sexuality, consent, adolescent reproductive health, 
effective contraceptive use, disease prevention, HIV/AIDS and the more common 
STIs, hygiene, health and nutrition, healthy lifestyles, gender-sensitivity, gender 
equality and equity, teen dating, prevention of gender and sexual violence, digital 
citizenship and issues like pornography, and life-skills. The purpose of which is to 
equip them with the knowledge, skills, and values to make informed and 
responsible choices about their sexual and social relationships.
Comprehensive sexuality education shall be integrated in the school 
curriculum, building on international standards. The Council shall undertake 
annual reviews to determine the effectiveness of the curriculum and to make 
revisions as necessary to enhance implementation of the program.
Section 7. Training of Teachers, Guidance Counselors, and School Supervisors 
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instructors, and other school officials entrusted with the duty to educate 
adolescents on CSE shall be properly trained on adolescent health and 
development to effectively educate or guide adolescents in dealing with their 
sexuality-related concerns. The training shall include the legal and human rights 
instruments applicable to the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents, 
especially in cases of unintended pregnancies as a result of sexual violence. The 
training shall be in collaboration with the Council for technical assistance. 
Funding for the training shall be allotted in the concerned government agencies’ 
annual allocation to be approved by Congress.
As a result of the training, schools shall institute policies to support 
teenage mothers in ensuring that they stay in school and complete their 
education.
The CHED shall ensure that CSE standards are integrated in the 
curriculum and across specializations in the professional preparation and training 
for would-be teachers in normal schools or teacher education institutions in the 
country.
Section 8. CSE for Out-of-School Adolescents and those with Special Concerns. 
-  The Council and the Local Government Units (LGUs) shall collaborate to 
intensify and institutionalize interactive learning methodologies for CSE among 
out-of-school adolescents in the communities and workplaces. Provided, that the 
needs of indigenous, working persons-with-disabilities, and adolescents in social 
institutions are considered in the design and promotion of sexuality education 
among adolescents.
Section 9. Promoting the CSE using the Social Media and other Digital or Online 
Communication Platforms. -  The Council shall optimize the social media and 
other online platforms to reach adolescent netizens with accurate information and 
messages on adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) concerns. A 
web portal for the NPPTP shall be developed and promoted by the council to 
harmonize and link various government websites and online services for ASRH 
including the networked operationalization of ISDN for AHD.
Section 10. Participation of the Private Sector in the Promotion of CSE. -  The 
government may enter into public-private partnership agreement in mobilizing 
private communication networks and companies in promoting CSE through text 
or short message service (SMS) or media messages. An incentive mechanism 
for telecommunication companies shall be developed and implemented by 
concerned agencies to recognize private participation in promoting CSEs and 
adolescent youth health-seeking behavior, positive attitude towards sex, sexual 
relations and sexuality, etc.
The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) shall 
review their existing guidelines to ensure that no movie and television programs 
portray, depict, promote, and encourage unsafe sexual activities among 
adolescents as a normative behavior in the society. An incentive scheme for 
adolescent-friendly television programs shall likewise be developed and 
implemented to encourage movie and television networks to produce materials 
and programs that promote responsible sexuality among adolescents.
Other private companies may be engaged to partner with the government 
agencies in designing and implementing innovative programs to prevent 
adolescent pregnancy.
Section 11. Access to Reproductive Health Services. 
-  Sexually active 
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allowed to access modern family planning methods with proper counseling by 
trained service providers in public and private facilities. For this purpose, all 
health service providers in health facilities including school clinics and school- 
linked health centers shall be trained on providing adolescent-friendly and 
responsive information and services. Provided, that all health facilities shall be 
enhanced to become an adolescent-friendly facility by ensuring confidentiality, 
exclusive schedule for adolescents, availability of services for adolescents, and 
non-judgmental health service providers.
Provision of reproductive health services to adolescents shall be based on the 
principles of non-discrimination, the rights of adolescents, their evolving 
capacities, and as a life-saving intervention.
Section 
12. Social Protection for Teenage Mothers or Parents. -  A 
comprehensive social protection service shall be provided to teenage in others or 
adolescents who are currently pregnant and their partners to prevent repeat 
pregnancies and to ensure the well-being of adolescents while assuming the 
responsibilities of being young parents. Such services shall include the following:
(a) Maternal health services including antenatal check-ups and facility- 
based delivery;
(b) Family planning counseling and services for either or both teenage 
parents;
(c) Home-based or in-school education for teenage mothers;
(d) Personal PhilHealth coverage, making mandatory enrollment and 
membership of indigent teenage mothers;
(e) Training and support to livelihood programs for the household of the 
teenage parents especially for the indigents; and
(f) Continuing CSE for teenage parents.
No female student shall be expelled, dismissed, suspended, refused or 
denied admission, of forced to take a leave of absence in any educational 
institution solely on grounds of pregnancy outside of marriage during her school 
term. When needed, students who are pregnant shall be accorded with a special 
leave of absence from school upon advice of the attending physician, and be 
given an opportunity to make up for missed classes and examinations.
The LGUs through the Local Social Welfare and Development (LSWD) 
and/or the Population Office shall implement a continuing CSE program for 
teenage mothers and fathers with technical assistance from the Council.
Section 13. Social Protection in Cases of Sexual Violence -  Strengthened social 
protection mechanisms against violence for adolescents, especially for girls, shall 
be provided. Expectant and current mothers whose pregnancies were the result 
of sexual violence shall be given access and support to legal, medical, and 
psycho-social services. Furthermore, the Council shall reinforce the capacities of 
health facilities in providing comprehensive care for adolescents in case of 
sexual violence.
Section 14. CSE for Parents and Guardians with Adolescent Children. 
-  A 
community-based program for education and awareness of parents and 
guardians about teen sexuality shall be developed and implemented with the 
main objective of capacitating them to effectively guide, counsel, and provide 
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sexual health. The CSE specifically designed for parents and guardians should 
include discussions on how to address the familial and societal norms that 
encourages risk behaviors and perpetuates ignorance of adolescent sexual and 
reproductive health. Furthermore, this parent and guardian oriented CSE shall 
capacitate and encourage them to continue their sexual education with their 
children and wards in their households.
The Council shall develop the modules for these classes and train 
Municipal/City Social Welfare and Development Officers to conduct these 
classes. The M/CSWDOs shall endeavor to reach out to parent organizations in 
schools and communities to promote such program.
Section 15. Designating February of Every Year as the Month for Raising Public 
Awareness on Preventing Teenage Pregnancy and Conduct of Nationwide 
Communication Campaign. - To raise public consciousness on the issues on 
teenage pregnancy and generate support from various stakeholders, the entire 
month of February shall be designated as Month for Public Awareness or 
Preventing Teenage Pregnancy which shall be observed nationwide. Schools 
and other stakeholders shall hold activities with the objective of raising 
awareness and generate critical actions to address the issues of increasing 
teenage pregnancy.
Further, the Council, in collaboration with relevant agencies including the 
CSOs and private sector shall develop, launch, and sustain a nationwide 
campaign for the prevention of teenage pregnancy.
Section 16. Integration of Local Program for the Prevention of Teenage 
Pregnancy in SK Programs. 
-  Strategies and programs which aim to prevent 
incidence of teenage pregnancies shall be integrated in the SK programs at the 
local and community level using the 10% SK funds. The Council shall issue 
guidelines to ensure the implementation of this provision.
The SK shall likewise implement programs and activities that aim to 
develop the potentials and skills of adolescents to make them more productive 
members of the society. The topics of the said programs and activities is 
inclusive of, but is not limited to: leadership trainings and life skills seminars that 
can be done together by the teens and their families together. 
SK shall 
encourage youth participation in these activities as means of diverting the focus 
and potentials of adolescents into more meaningful and productive endeavors.
Section 17. Creation of a National Information System on the Prevention of 
Teenage Pregnancy -  The Council shall endeavor to create a system that will 
comprehensively assess and effectively monitor and evaluate the status, 
success, and efficacy of the National Program of Action for the Prevention of 
Teenage Pregnancy and the NPPTP. Research and data collected from the 
assessment and evaluation shall be stored in a public database.
Section 18. Implementation Structure -  The Department of Health, in partnership 
with the National Youth Commission, shall establish a Teenage Pregnancy 
Prevention Council’ composed of the following:
(a) 
The DOH Secretary as Council Chairperson;
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The NYC Chairperson as Council Co-Chairperson;
(c) 
Senior officials (at least Undersecretary level) of the DEPED, 
CHED, TESDA, DSWD, and DILG as ex-officio members;
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Five members appointed by the Chairperson who are persons with 
knowledge, expertise, accomplishment, and with no less than five- 
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social protection, education, psychology, and social welfare, 
provided that one qualified member is appointed in each field; 
Provided further that majority of these appointed members are 
female.
(e) 
Two representatives of children and youth appointed by the Council 
Chairperson 
from 
various 
nationally-represented 
youth 
organizations, provided that one is male and one is female.
The POPCOM shall serve as the secretariat of the Council, with the 
POPCOM Executive Director sitting as ex-officio member.
The appointment of members shall be in accordance with the rules and 
procedures as prescribed by the DOH, taking into account the approximate 
proportion between men and women.
The Council shall have the powers and duties as follows:
(a) 
To propose legislative and administrative policies on the prevention 
of adolescent pregnancy;
To develop operational guidelines for government agencies and 
private organizations in the development and implementation of 
comprehensive 
strategies 
and 
programs 
for 
prevention 
of 
adolescent pregnancy, including sexual violence;
To monitor implementation of the provision of the law;
To conduct research and generate evidence on the drivers of 
teenage pregnancy to inform programs and policies; and 
To provide relevant agencies and private organizations with 
recommendations and solutions to challenges and gaps in the 
course of implementing the program.
Section 19. Annual Allocations. All concerned government agencies including 
the LCDs shall include in their annual budget the necessary funds for strategies 
and activities within their mandates that are contributory to the implementation of 
this Act.
Section 20. Implementing Rules and Regulations. Within 120 days upon the 
effectivity of this Act, the Council shall be organized to formulate the 
Implementing Rules and Regulations of this Act.
Section 21. Reporting Requirements. Before the end of April each year, the 
Council shall submit to the President of the Philippines and Congress an annual 
consolidated report, which shall provide a definitive and comprehensive 
assessment of the implementation of its programs and those of other government 
agencies in relation to the implementation of this Act and recommend priorities 
for executive and legislative actions. The report shall be printed and distributed to 
all national agencies, the LGUs, NGOs and private Sector organizations involved 
in said programs.
Section 22. Separability Clause. If any part, section, or provisions of this Act is 
held invalid or unconstitutional, other provisions not affected thereby shall remain 
in full force and effect.
Section 23. Repealing Clause. All other statutes, executive orders, and 
administrative issuances or rules and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with 
the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
Section 24. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,