RA 10070 – Establishing Institutional
Mechanism To Ensure The
Implementation Of Programs And
Services For Persons With Disabilities In
Every Province, City and Municipality,
Amending Republic Act No. 7277,
Otherwise Known As The Magna Carta
For Disabled Persons, As Amended, And
For Other Purposes
S. No. 3560
H. No. 1387
Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Fourteenth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand
and nine.
[ Republic Act No. 10070]
ESTABLISHING INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISM TO ENSURE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN EVERY PROVINCE,
CITY AND MUNICIPALITY, AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7277, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
THE MAGNA CARTA FOR DISABLED PERSONS•, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:
Section 1. Section 40 of Republic Act No. 7277, as amended, is hereby further amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 40. Role of National Agencies and Local Government Units. (a) Local government
units shall promote the establishment of organizations of persons with disabilities
(PWDs) in their respective territorial jurisdictions. National agencies and local
government units may enter into joint ventures with organizations or associations of
PWDs to explore livelihood opportunities and other undertakings that shall enhance the
health, physical fitness and the economic and social well-being of PWDs.
(b) Local government units shall organize and establish the following:
(1) Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO)