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H.No. 5498S. No. 2501
-c-Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the
twenty-fourth
day of July, two thousand six.
[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9 22 ]ANACT TO STRENGTHEN THE REGULATORY
FUNCTIONS
OF THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENTADMINISTRATION (POEA),
AMENDING FOR THISPURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISEKNOWN AS
THE "MIGRANT WORKERS ANDOVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT O F 1995"
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
thePhilippines in Congress assembled:SECT~ON. Section 2 3 ,
paragraph (b.1) f Republic Act
No. 8042,otherwise known as the "Migrant Workers and
OverseasFilipinos Act of 1995"is hereby amended t o read as
follows:
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"(b.1)Philippine Overseas Employment Administration.The
Administration shall regulate private sector participationin the
recruitment and overseas placement of workers by settingup a
licensing and registration system. It shall also formulateand
implement, in coordination with appropriate entitiesconcerned, when
necessaty, a system for promoting and monitoringthe overseas
employment of Filipino workers taking intoconsideration their
welfare and the domestic manpowerrequirements.
"Inaddition to ts powers and functions, the administrationshall
inform migrant workers not only of their rights as workersbut also
of their rights as human beings, instruct and guide theworkers how
to assert their rights and provide the availablemechanism to
redress violation of their rights.
"In the recruitment and placement of workers to servicethe
requirements for trained and competent Filipino workers offoreign
governments and their instrumentalities, and such otheremployers as
public interests may require, the administrationshall deployonly to
countries where the Philippines has concludedbilateral labor
agreements or arrangements: Provided, That suchcountries shall
guarantee to protect the rights of Filipino migrantworkers; and
Prouided, urther, That such countries shall observeand/or comply
with the international laws and standards formigrant workers."
SEC. 2. Section 29 of the same law is hereby repealed.SEC. 3.
Section 30 of the same law is also hereby repealed.SEC. 4. All
laws, orders, issuances, rules or regulations or
parts thereof inconsistentwith the provisionsof thisAct are
herebyrepealed, amended or modified accordingly.
SEC. 5. If, for any reason, any portion or provision of thisAct
isdeclared unconstitutional or invalid, the other portions
orprovisions hereof shall not be affected thereby.
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SEC.6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after
itspublication in a t least tw o newspapers of general
circulation.
A w r 4 o j;aMA SE DE VENECI JR.President of the S ate Speaker
of the H seof Representatives
This Act which 1 a consolidation of House Bill No. 5498and
Senate Bill No. 2501 was finally passed by the House
ofRepresentatives and the Senate on January 31,2007.
0 P.NAZARENOSecretary of the Senate Se retaiy GeneralHous of
RepresentaiivesL lApproved APR 1 0 2007
