AN ACT DECLARING NOVEMBER OF EVERY YEAR AS NATIONAL CHILDREN’S MONTH
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AN ACT DECLARING NOVEMBER OF EVERY YEAR AS NATIONAL CHILDREN’S MONTH
Republic Act No. 10661
May 29, 2015
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Summary of Republic Act No. 10661 (National Children's Month Act)Title: An Act Declaring November of Every Year as National Children's Month
- Declares the month of November of every year as "National Children's Month" (Section 2)
• This commemorates the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the United Nations General Assembly on November 20, 1989.
• It seeks to instill the significance of the Convention in the Filipino consciousness.
- Mandates an annual program of activities for the observance of National Children's Month (Section 3)
• The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the National Youth Commission (NYC), and the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) are designated as lead agencies.
• They are authorized to call upon any government agency or instrumentality for assistance in implementing the activities.
- Requires the Department of Education (DepED) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to facilitate and encourage the commemoration in all schools, public and private, nationwide (Section 4)
- Mandates the Philippine Information Agency, in coordination with DSWD, DepED, CHED, NYC, and CWC, to ensure effective information dissemination of the Act (Section 4)
- Encourages all local government units, private organizations, civil society, private enterprises, and non-government, civic, and people's organizations to observe National Children's Month and participate in the activities (Section 4)
- Repeals Proclamation No. 74 (s. 1992) and Proclamation No. 267 (s. 1993), and any other inconsistent laws, decrees, orders, rules, or regulations (Section 5)
- Provides for the effectivity of the Act fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation (Section 6)
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AN ACT DECLARING NOVEMBER OF EVERY YEAR AS NATIONAL CHILDREN’S MONTH
Republic Act No. 10661
•May 29, 2015
Republic of the PhilippinesCONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINESMetro Manila
Sixteenth CongressSecond Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-eighth day of July, two thousand fourteen.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10661
AN ACT DECLARING NOVEMBER OF EVERY YEAR AS NATIONAL CHILDREN’S MONTH
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. This Act shall be known as the "National Children’s Month Act".
Section 2. The month of November of every year is hereby declared as "National Children’s Month". This declaration commemorates the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 November 1989, and seeks to instill its significance in the Filipino consciousness.
Section 3. Pursuant to the observance of National Children’s Month, an annual program of activities shall be prepared and implemented, with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the National Youth Commission (NYC), and the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) as lead agencies. They are authorized to call upon any...
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