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    H.No.

    5498
    S. 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 STRENGTHENTHE REGULATORYFUNCTIONS


    OF THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT
    ADMINISTRATION (POEA), AMENDING FOR THIS
    PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE
    KNOWN AS THE "MIGRANT WORKERS AND
    OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995"

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the


    Philippines in Congress assembled:

    SECT~ON 1. Section 23, paragraph (b.1)of Republic Act


    No. 8042, otherwise known as the "Migrant Workers and Overseas
    Filipinos Act of 1995" is hereby amended to read as follows:
    2

    "(b.1)Philippine Overseas Employment Administration


    .The Administration shall regulate private sector participation
    in the recruitment and overseas placement of workers by setting
    up a licensing and registration system. It shall also formulate
    and implement, in coordination with appropriate entities
    concerned, when necessaty, a system for promoting and monitoring
    the overseas employment of Filipino workers taking into
    consideration their welfare and the domestic manpower
    requirements.

    "In addition to its powers and functions, the administration


    shall inform migrant workers not only of their rights as workers
    but also of their rights as human beings, instruct and guide the
    workers how to assert their rights and provide the available
    mechanism to redress violation of their rights.

    "In the recruitment and placement of workers to service


    the requirements for trained and competent Filipino workers of
    foreign governments and their instrumentalities, and such other
    employers as public interests may require, the administration
    shall deploy only to countries where the Philippines has concluded
    bilateral labor agreements or arrangements: Provided, That such
    countries shall guarantee to protect the rights of Filipino migrant
    workers; a n d Prouided, further, That such countries shall observe
    and/or comply with the international laws and standards for
    migrant 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 Section 29 of the same law is hereby repealed.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 Section 30 of the same law is also hereby repealed.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 provisions of this Act are hereby
    repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

    SEC. 5. If, for any reason, any portion or provision of this


    Act isdeclared unconstitutional or invalid, the other portions or
    provisions hereof shall not be affected thereby.
    3

    MA
    r 4 o j;a
    SEC.6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
    publication in a t least two newspapers of general circulation.

    A w

    SE DE VENECI JR.
    President of the S ate Speaker of the H se
    of Representatives

    1
    This Act which s a consolidation of House Bill No. 5498
    and Senate Bill No. 2501 was finally passed by the House of
    Representatives and the Senate on January 31,2007.

    0 P. NAZARENO
    Secretary of the Senate Se retaiy General
    Hous of Representaiives

    Approved APR 1 0 2007


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