SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session
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SENATE
S.B. No.--.fL69
Introduced by Senator LOREN LEGARDA
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Our indigenous peoples have suffered historical. injustices in, the form of
discr:tmination, deprivation of their ancestral domains and lands, among many other
human rights violations. To add salt to their wounds, there have been many
reported incidences wherein their indigenous knowledge, dances, designs are being
stolen by local and foreign entities, further marginalizing our indigenous
communities and depriving them of their cultural property, their identity which has
been passed on from their ancestors.'
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The law protecting indigenous peoples' rights, namely the Indigenous Peoples
Rights' Act (RA 9371) does not provide for specific provisions for the protection of
their cultural properties, both intangible and tangible. It is with the passage of this
bill that this void is sought to be filled .
. ' With the help of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, National
Museum, National Commission on Indigenous·Peoples and local government units,
this bill shall create a comprehensive cultural' archive which shall organize and make
an inventory of all cultural properties of the different ethnci-linguistic groups of the
Philippines. This inventory of cultural properties shall then be submitted to the
Commission tlu'u :the National Museum who shall ensure the registration of the
ownership to the proper ethno-linguistic group for protection of their intellectual
property. This bill also mandates the payment of royaities for the use of the cultural
'property of indigenousgr~:lUps.
In view of the foregoing considerations, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.
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