i     I       I     1
A,,,
`~.      g¢-`<'      .`+
Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session
HouseBfllNo.    9980
'v-.-,
b;    Ff\pr3?,=_  r=:i  : -='--
`11
TJ:i           i     L'._-.tky-'L_Tre8'J    UIr,2..`-`
-;''   Et¢`ti.€ EEE±±.2L¥l I,
`.i;:`LiT     0.                ;^`
Introduced by Rep. ANGEL0 MARCOS BARRA
2nd District, IIocos Norte
E3mlAN:iu:IORy NOTE
The Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) is a community-based
capability-building    program    for    poor,    vulnerable,    and    marginalized
households and communities to help improve their socioeconomic conditions
through accessing and acquiring necessary assets to engage in and maintain
thriving  livelihoods.  This  livelihood  support  measure  would  ensure  that
current and exiting 4Ps households, L{.sfahanan-I.denfiJied poor households,
and  other  vulnerable,   marginalized,  and  disadvantaged  individuals  and
sectors  are  able  to  access  resources  and  establish  micro  and  small  scale
enterprises that could help support basic subsistence of the household (food,
shelter, education, and utilities) or secure a source of income through basic
employment. Through the DSWD-SLP, the Program empower and harness the
inherent entrepreneurial skills and potential of SLP participants, so that they
may be able to  sustainably provide for themselves  and to  overcome their
present conditions.
The   SLP   of   the   DSWD   is   a   progenitor   program   of   the
Self-Employment Assistance  Kaunlaran  (SEA-K)  Program.  In  1996,  DSWD
implemented the SEA-K Program for skills development, technical assistance,
and  seed  capital  provision  to  enable  the  poor to  have  access  to  financial
services. The Program also seeks to establish community-based, self-managed,
and sustainable credit facilities to enable the poor, vulnerable, and informal
sectors to engage in income-generating activities. The SEA-K remained the
core financial assistance program of the DSWD until the early to mid-2ooos.
However, due to the increasing demand for labor force and employment, the
need for a  sustainable  livelihood assistance  was  the  prime  concern  of the
Department. Hence, the Administrative Order No. 11 series of 2oll was issued
to   formally   introduce   SLP   with   an   expanded   platform   of   livelihood
interventions.
As the Sustainable Livelihood Program progresses to be the core
program of DSWD for livelihood support interventions, the enhancement of
SLP   Program   design   and   guidelines   was   deemed   necessary   for   the
implementers   and  stakeholders   to   adapt  to  the   growing   demand   for
substantial and innovative interventious to better contribute to the attainment
of  the  DSWD's  strategic  goal  of  transitioning  the  poor,  vulnerable  and
marginalized   from   survival   to   self-sufficiency.   The   Department   issued
Memorandum   Circular   No.   22   series   of   2olg   which   laid   down   the


2
Comprehensive   Guidelines   on   the   lmplementation   Of  the   Sustainable
Livelihood Program to strengthen and uphold the value of inclusivity of the
poor,  marginalized,  vulnerable  and/or  disadvantaged  households  to  fuly
participate in the country's gro"th and development.
Further, as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department
issued Memorandum Circular No. 19 series of 2o2o to enrich the livelihood
assistance of the ljocal Government Unit (LGU) to those that were affected by
the  series  of  lackdowns,  closures,  disaster,  and  calamities  by  providing
emergency  subsidies  and  recovery  interventious  such  as  the  provision  of
hivelihood Assistance  Grant  (IAG)  to low-income  families  in  the informal
sector  whose  livelihoods  or jobs  were  affected.  Currently,  the  SLP  has  a
Success  Rate  of  65.150/o  based  on  monitored  SLP  tracks  -  Employment
Facilitation and Microentexprise Development Track - and 95.44% Success
Rate   for   RAG   on  both   Employment   Facilitation   and   Microenterprise
Development Track as of May 2o23. Lastly, the Program issued Memorandum
Circular  No.  2  or  the  Special  Guidelines  on  the  Provision  of  Livelihood
Assistance  to   Families   Affected   by   Disasters   Through   the   Sustainable
Livelihood  Program,  this  is  to  ensure  that  the  Program   covers  those
households affected by natural and/or human-induced disasters.
The  program  aims  to  enhance  the  capabilities  of poor  Filipino
households and Individuals by harnessing their skills, competencies, abilities,
and resources in accessing income-generating opportunities to help improve
their socioeeonomic well-being. Tidy, this program served as a safety net for
the   poor  households  against  the   devastating  impacts   Of  the   COVD-19
pandemic. It is reported that the number of poor Filipinos could increase by
5.5  million  if  there  weren't  any  social  protection  prograns  or  market
interventious   that   could    provide   livelihood   development   and   basic
entrepreneurship support. This scenario of sliding back to poverty is especially
true for those 4Ps households exiting the program through natural attrition.
Through jnstitutiona]izing the DSWD SIJP, the long term stabi}fty,
certainty, and availability of resources for the participants of SLP is assured,
thus increasing the opportunities for DSWD clients to avail of the livelihood
support and modalities provided by the Program as a means and strategy for
self-sufficieney  and  way  out  of  poverty  through  micrcentexpris
employment.
JENGE
and/or


3
Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session
House Bill No.  998 0
Introduced by Rep. ANGEL0 MARCOS BARBA
2nd District, Ilocos Norte
AN Aor
INsrITUTloNAI.IzlNG THE DEPARTMENT oF soclAL
W.EI.FARE AND DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE IZVEIAHOOD
PROGRAM (Dsl^7D-SLP)
Be it  enacted by  the  Senate  cmd the House  Of Rapresen:Ic[rfues  Of the
Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Short n.t[e.  - This Act shall be known as The Dsl^7D
Sustainable hivelihood
SECTION  2.  Decharah.on  a/ Po[ic!/.  -  The  State  shall  promote
livelihood   development   and   entrepreneurship   as   a   means   to   achieve
sustainable development.
Pursuant to this  poliey,  the  State  recognizes the  need to  alleviate  the
socio-economic  conditions  of  the  poor  and  vulnerable,  especially  those
households enrolled in the Pantawid Pamflyang Pflipino Program, individuals,
groups,  or  communities  who  are  classified  as  poor  under  the  National
Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) Listahanan,
the Magma Carta of the Poor (RA 11291).
It is likewise the poliey of the State to uplift the scoio-economic conditions
of the poor and vulnerable throuch the provision Of market intervention and
livelihood development through microenterprise development in facilitating
and suppordng basic employment.
Towards   this  end,   the   State   shall   respect   and  strengthen   Filipino
households, individuals, groups or communities by providing assistance that
may be utilized through such inherent skills to achieve positive livelihood
outcomes through community mobilization and community-driven enterprise
development.
SECIION  3.  Z}eJindn.on  oJ Terms.  -  For purpose  of this Act,  the
following terms are defined, as follows:
(a) Cash for Building hivelihood Assets Fund (CBIAF) shall refer
to an allowance or stipend provided to program participants who have
rendered  work  for  labor-intensive  projects  to  build,  re-build,  or


4
protect  natural  and  physical  assets  necessary for  more  profitable,
self-sustaining, and resilient micro-enterprises ;
®} Certificate of Accreditation (COA) shall refer to a cerdfication
issued by the  Standards  Unit  (SU)  Of the  Field Office  (FO)  to the
Sustainable  Livelihood  Program  Association        'SLPA)   after  the
issuance Of the Certificate of Eligibility (COE) by the SLP Regional
Program   Management   Office   (SLP   RPMO).   The   Certificate   of
Accreditation shall be a requisite prior to the release of funds to the
SLPAs under the Micro-Enterprise Development Track;
(c) Certificate of Eligibility (COB) shall refer to a certification signed
by  the  Regional  Program  Coordinator  of  SIP  Regional  Program
Management   Office   certifying   that   the   SLPA   or   Employment
Facilitation   program   participant/s   have   passed   the   eligibility
requirements and complied with the processes of SLP. The Certificate
of Eligibility is  a  requisite  for  the  approval  and  obligation  of the
Mungkahing Proyekto and shall be the basis Of the SU of the Field
Office  in  issuing the  Certificate  of Accreditation  to  the  SLpds,  EF
pardcipants and individual referrals;
(d} Department shall  refer to the  Department Of Social  Welfare and
Development (DSWD);
(e) Employment  Assistance  Fund  (EAF)  shall  refer  to  a  grant
provided  to  program  participants  that  will  support  a  guaranteed
employment  such  as:   1)  processing  of  employment  documentary
requirements;  2)  payment  of medical  tools  and  materials;  and  4)
transportation  anowance,  meal  allowance,  and  board  and  lodging
until the first 15 days of employment;
(D Employment  Facilitation  (EF)  shall  refer  to  a  track  of  the
Sustainab]e Livelihood Program that provides assistance to qualified
member/s of poor households who preferred employment rather than
engaging in micro-enterprise;
{O Implementing Project Development Officer {IPDO) shall refer
to   a   Sustainable   Livelihood   Program   staff  of  the   Field   Office
responsible for the organization and facilitation of opportunities of
program  participants  involving  stakeholders  within  or  outside  the
city/municipality;
th) Capacity Building Project Development Officer shall refer to
an   SLP   provincial   staff  responsible   for   ensuring   that   all   the
capacity-building activities for the program pardcipants are provided
accordingly. They are also responsible for monitoring and evaluating
the leaning progress as well as the competeney needs and gaps of the
SLP participants.
(i) Micro-enterprise Development Track (MD Track} shall refer
to a track of the Sustainable Livelihood Program which focuses on the
establishment of micro-enterprise through the provision of financial


5
capital, enhancement of skills, and building/re-building physical and
natural assets;
G} Monitoring Project Development Officer (MPDO} shall refer
to a  Sustainable  I.ivelihcod  Program field staff responsible for the
monitoringoftheoperationalizationoftheenterprisesoremployment
and   progress   of  the   Sin  association   throughout  the   program
monitoring period;
{k) National Household Tangeting System for Pove]try Reduction
(NHTS-PR) shall refer to the information management system that
uses empirical methods to compile a database of who and where the
country's  poor  are.  The  NHTS-PR is  also  often  referred  to  as the
"Listahanan";
a) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) shall refer to the
national poverty reduction strategy and a human capital investment
program that provides conditional cash transfer to poor households
for a  maximum  period  of seven  (7)  years,  to  improve  the  health,
nutrition, and education aspect of their lives. The National Advisory
Council  (NAG)  may recommend a longer period under exceptional;
circumstances;
(in) Poor shall refer to individuals or families whose income falls below
the  poverty  threshold  as  defined  by  the  National  economic  and
Development  Authority  (NEDA)  and/or  who  cannot  afford  in  a
sustained  manner  to  provide  their  minimum  basic  needs  of food,
health,  education,  housing,  or other  essential amenities  of life,  as
defined under Republic Act No, 8425, otherwgise known as the "Sacial
Reform and Poverty jAIleviation Act";
(n)  Program Participants shall refer SLP assaciatious, EF participants,
individual referrals, or other recipients of the modalities of assistance
provided by the Program;
(o)   Seed Capital Fund (SCF) shall refer to a start-up grant for SLP
association or individual, used to purchase small tools, raw materials,
and  common  service  facilities such  as  machinery,  equipment,  and
plant needed in starting or expanding a micro-enterprise. The SCF is
only provided once per program pardcipant;
(p)  Sldlls  Training  Fund  for  Micro-Enterprise  Development
Thack  (STF-MD}  shall  refer  to  a  grant  that  is  used  for  the
acquisition of knowledge and skills needed in the management of the
micro-enterprise to be managed by the SLPA or its members;
{q)  Sldlls Training Fund for Employment Facilitation (STF-EF)
shall refer to a grant to be used for the acquisition of technical and
vocational knowledge and skills delivered in the form of orientations
and  lectures,  demonstrations,  and  other  sjmflar  ski]]s  acquisition
methodologies  for the  participants.  The  grant covers the  following
components:   a)  technical-vocational  skills  training  fee;  b)  meal,


6
lodging,   and  transportation  allowance;   c)  training  supplies  and
materials; and d) program pardcipants' assessment fee;
(r)   System for Tangeting of Beneficiaries shall refer to a system for
identifying  who  and  where  the  poor  households  are  through  the
generation of a socio-economic database of poor households that is
adopted by national government agencies  and implemented by the
Dsrm;
(s)   Sustainable  hivelihood  Thogram  Association  (SLPA)  shall
refer to an association with 5-3o members organized by the DSWD,
through the SLP, which is issued with a Certificate of Acereditation
making   them    eligible   recipients   Of   assistance   of   Sustainable
Livelihood Program under the Micro-Enterprise Development Track;
(t)   SLP-National  Thogram  Management  Office  (SIP-NPMO)
shall  refer to an  office of the  DSWD Central  Office responsible for
managing the implementation of SLP,  setting the overall direction,
and issuing policies and guidelines, among others;
{u)  SLP-Regional  Program  Management  Office  {SLP-RPMO)
shall refer to an office of the DSWD Field Office responsible for the
management   of  SLP   at   the   regional   level   providing   technical
assistance, supervision, and management of all SLP provincial offices.
SPOT:ON   _4_.   TTle   Sustainable   Liwetthood   Progrant.   -  The
Sustainable Livelihood Program  (SLP) of the  Department of Social Welfare
and Development (DSWD) is a livelihood capability-building program for the
identified poor, vulnerable, and marginalized households and communities
that provides  assistance in the form  of microngnterprise development and
employment facilitation to qualified SLP program participants. This livelihood
assistance is to ensure that program participants are continuously capacitated
towards entrepreneurship, employment and association's self-governance in
order to have access to external resources such as additional credit, insurance,
capacity building, and market linkages.
SECTION 5. Modazih.es oJ.Ass€strmce. - The SLP shall have two (2)
major Tracks mainly: (i) Micro-Enterprise Development Track that provides
support  for  the   establishment  of  microrentexprise  livelihoods;   and   (ii)
Employment   Facilitation  Track  that  provides  support  in   securing  and
maintalning gainful employment.
The following are the modalities under the Micro-Enterprise Development
(MD) Track:
a)   Seed capital Fund;
b)   Skills Training Fund; and
c)   Cash for Building Livelihood Assets Fund.


7
The  following  are the  modalities  under the  Employment  Facihation  (EF)
Track:
a)   Employment Assistance Fund; and
b)   Skflls Training Fund.
SEorl0N  6.  Ezigivz]£Hky  Requfreme7its.   -  Filipino  households,
individuals,  and  these  in  disadvanfaged  communities  or  groups  such  as
Indigenous People (IP), Persons with Disabilities (PWD), and Solo Parent are
qualified  program  participants   of  the   Sustainable   Livelihood   Program:
Provided, that the DSWD shall select qualified program participants of the
program   using  the   National   Household  Targeting   System   for  Poverty
Reduction (NHTS-PR) Listahanan: Provided further, that to be eligible to the
program, the qualifications Of program participants must be followed:
a)   Micro-Enterprise  Development Track must be at  least  sixteen  (16)
years  old,  with  written  legal  consent  from  the  parents  or  legal
guardians;
b)   Employment Facilitation Track must be at least eighteen (18) years
old upon employment, following legal employment standards;
c)   Filipino families classified as poor under Republic Act 11291 otherwise
known as the Magma Carta of the Poor;
d)   Classified as a poor household based on the system for targeting of
beneficiaries; and
e)   The target program participants must be willing to comply with the
conditions  stipulated  in  this  Act  and  its  Implementing  Rules  and
Regulations (IRR).
SEcrroRT 7. Iinelthood Sustatnattl±rty Mcitrix. - The SLP shall
utilize   as   its   main   key   result   areas,   the   developed   SLP   hivelihood
Sustainability  Matrix,  wherein  a graduated or tiered  manner  of providing
livelihood  assistance  grants,   capability  building  activities,   coaching  and
mentoring,   and   technical   assistance   for   livelihood   development   and
organizational building. The matrix includes a set of performance standard
indicators that pertains to the major aspect of livelihood development and
association  management,  mainly:   I.)  Technical  Operations;  2.)  Financial
Strength;   3.)   Organizational   Development   and   Management;   and   4.)
Community Impact. Served SLP participants shall be measured on the four
performance   standards   on   an    annual   basis   starting   with   Year   2
Implementation and shall be assessed through the use of annual assessment
toots, to establish viability of participants for additional grants and capacity
building through successive years.
?_EET\ON  .8.   SIP __Implementation   Stages   I   Operational
Guidelines. - The SLP shall operate in a five (5) year cycle, mainly:


8
a)  Year 1 ninza - the first round Of implementation of the Program
and  shall  consist  of the  Pro-Implementation,  Social  Preparation,
Resource Mobilization, and Project lmplementation;
b)  Year 2 tJshong -shall consist of the monitoring activities, coaching
and   mentoring,   second   round   Of  capability  building   activities/
training.    Under    this    Year,    the    SLP    shall    provide    Product
Diversification and Development Grant.
c)   Year 3 Sfbof -  shall consist of continuing monitoring activities,
capacity  building,  technical  assistance,   coaching  and  mentoring.
During this implementation year, the SLP shall provide Formalization
Support Grant to SLP associations and pardcipants able and willing to
undergo formal government licensing and accreditation.
d)  Year 4 yaborig ~ shall consist of continuing monitoring activities
capability building, coaching and mentoring, partnership budding and
external linkages of SLP to regular markets and institutional partners.
e)  Year  5  Ant.  -  shall  consist  of  the  official  graduation  Of  SLP
associations   that    have    achieved    all   the   technical,    financial,
organizational, and community impact indicators, from the Program.
Graduating  SLP  aLssociations  who  have  managed  to  sustain  their
livelihood and association can be eligible for a SLP Graduation Grants,
subject to assessment and evaluation.
SEorl0N 9. Jrzsn.fun.o7mz A7.rm7igeme7'zts. - The DSWD shall serve
as the lead ageney for Central Coordinating, Planning, Implementing, - and
Monitoring body on the program's overall management. The SIP National
Program Management Office NPMO) shall have the steering and oversicht
functions  and  tasks  while  the  SLP  Regional  Program  Management  Office
(RPMO) shall take charge in the implementation Of the program stages.
The  Program  shall  assign  Imp]ementing  Project  Development  Officers
that shall serve as the community facilitator who is responsible for identifying,
organizing, capachating the new program participants and sha]] validate the
utilization  of  grants  to  ensure  that  the  approved  project  has  been  duly
implemented. Provided that the field monitoring shall be conducted through
the  Monitoring  Project  Development  Officers  that  shall  ensure  that  the
modalities of assistance are sustained by the participants through the conduct
of regular monitoring visits and assessments.
S;ECITOIN   lp:   Functions   Of  the   SLP   Nutional   ltogra:in
Management Qgrce (h7PMOJ. - The DSWD SLP NPMO shall perform and
implement the following:
a) Enhancement  and  development  of  Program  policies,  tools,   and
guidelines;
b) Setting of performance standards and compliance monitoring;
c) National program planning and coordination;


9
d)Humanresourcemanagementandcapacitybuildingfornationaland
regional program personnel;
e) National program budget management;
0 National program monitoring and evaluation such as program
milestones, accomplishments, results monitoring, and evaluation Of
program outcomes ; and
g)Otherrelatedtasksasrequiredandnecessaryforthemanagement.
?EgFF:_0.¥_1`1.Fu_ne€er=_o¢_tpe_Feoforq:!Prog..amManagenen±
Office(:R"OJ.-TheDSWDSLPRPMOshallperformandimplementthe
following:
a)Fullimp]ementationoftheProgramStagesbasedontheapproved
process, timeline, and program implementation parameters :
b) Compliance to imp]ementation standards and policies;
c) Beneficiary level monitoring and evaluation for technical assistance
and reporting;
d)ParEcipationtohumanresourcedevelopmentandcapacity-building
sessions;
e) Obligation and disbursement of funds; and
I)  Regional, provincial, and city/municipality level coordination.
Smcrmo"  t2.  R_egu±_r_ _Pho_gra:in Mond±o_ring,  Raporting,  and
Trariaparencgr.  -  The  DSWD  SLP  NPMO  and  REMO.  shall  regularly
monitor the implementation of the program in order to ensure the attainment
of the goals enumerated in this Act. The Program shall annually publish a full
report of the SLP covering the imp]ementation and accomplishments of the
previous  fiscal  year.  The  said  report  shall  include  the  total  number  of
households    served,    physical    ana   financial    accomplishments,    notable
achievements,  success stories,  note-worthy capacity-building activities,  and
list of recommendations on how to further enhance the implementation of the
SLP    The report shall be published in the DSWD official website.
SEC"ON 13. Azxp7toprian.arts. - The alnount necessary to carry out
the provisions Of this Act shall be charged against those authorized in the
current and subsequent General Appropriations Act.
SEcrloN 14. Oijersighr Commt.rtee. - Upon the effectivity or this
Act, a Congressional Committee, hereafter referred to as the SLP's Oversight
Committee  is  hereby  constituted.  The  Committee  shall  be  composed  of
members from the Committee on Poverty A]]eviation,  Committee on  Labor
and Employment, and Committee on Social Services The oversight committee
shall be chaired by the Chairperson of the Committee on Poverty AIleviation,
while  the  Chairperson  of the  Committee  on  Social  Services  shall serve  as


10
while the  Chairperson  of the  Committee  on  Social  Services  shall serve  as
co-chair of the committee. Additional composition Of the oversight committee
shallbewithinthepurviewofthelegislativebody.
The  Committee  shall  conduct  periodic  reviews  to  ensure  the  proper
implementation  of this Act as  regards  the  expenditures  Of the  earmarked
funds, cost parameters of the modalities, accomplishments of the program,
andtheperformanceofitsimplementingoffices.
SECITON  15.  totjerage.  -  Exiting  4Ps  beneficiaries,  individuals,
Filipinohouseholds,groupsorcommunitiesldentifiedaspcorbytheNational
Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR)  Listahanan
and Republic Act 11291, otherwise known as the Magma Carta of the Poor,
shall be covered as a program participant Of the DSWD SLP. Moreover, the
SLP pardcipants shall also cover households identified as poor based on the
systemfortangetingofbeneficiariesusedbytheDSWD.
SEonoN 16. compzinnce fo Rqubzfc Act .No. zo7z3. - The DSWD
SLP shall comply with the provisions of R.A. No.  Io713, otherwise known as
the Data Privaey Act Of 2ol2. Additionally, the Program shall further comply
with the organizational, physical, technical and security measures prescribed
in the SLP Data Privacy Poliey and Sharing Protocol Manual.
SECTION  17. Daftl Sham.ng.  -  Data  sharing between government
agencies for the purpose of public function or provision of a public service
shall be covered by a data sharing agreement; Provided, that the DSWD SLP
shall comply with the provisions of Republic Act No. Iol73 otherwise known
as the Data Privacy Act of 2ol2; Provided further, that all information filed
with  the  DSWD  SLP,  National  Household  Tangeting  System  for  Poverty
Reduction (NHTS-PR)  Listahanan,  and other database system used by the
DSWD   SLP   sham  be   made   available   to   the   stakeholders,   institution,
government agencies, departments and non-government agencies, including
obligations to protect personal data and information.
SECITON  18. Jmpzemertt£7tg Rules  arid Reguhan.ous.  -  Within
twelve (12) months from the effectivity of this Act, the DSWD Secretary shall,
in coordination with appropriate government departments and agencies with
the  participation Of the  local  government units,  promulgate the  necessary
rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
SEFT\!qN~  19.  ConT.T:.g.en€e  Of  Prqgranss  crnd  Services  for
ft.tjeJffloed Support. - Within the scope of social protection and national
poverty alleviation strategies, stakeholders such as other national government
agencies, the private sector, volunteer groups, and the academe, among others,
implementing  multi-stakeholder  programs  and  services  for  the  poor  and
unlnerable,  shall  converge  and  complement  the  modalities  offered  by  the
DSWD SLP, Such convergence shall focus on the enhancement Of operational
efficiency, provision of additional financing, access to resources, enhancement
of program modules and capability-building aedvities, and strengthening of
external partnerships and linkages.


11
SECI'I0N 2o. Squrabi.Zity CZouse. - If any provision of this Act is
dedared invalid or uncoustitutional, the remaining parts or provisions shall
not be affected and remain valid and subsisting.
SECTI0rv 21. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or
Issuance, executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or
regulationcontrarytoorincousistentwiththeprovisionsofthisActishereby
repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
SEcrloN 22. Ejrech.in.ty. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (i5) days
after its  publication  in the  Official  GaLzette  or  in  a  two  (2)  newspapers  of
general circulation.
Approved,