EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Second Regular Session
SENATE
TIME
S. B. No. 2125
BU.US
Introduced by Senator SONNY ANGARA
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR LIFETIME VALIDITY OF PERSON WITH DISABILITY
IDENTIFICATION CARDS FOR THOSE WITH PERMANENT DISABILITY OR
ELDERLY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7277,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE VMAGNA CARTA FOR PERSONS WITH
DISABILITY," AS AMENDED
Be it enacted by die Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:
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SECTION 1. Section 32 of Republic Act No. 7277, as amended, otherwise known
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as the "Magna Carta for Persons with Disability," is hereby further amended to read as
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follows:
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"Sec. 32. Persons with disability shall be entitled to the following:
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"x X X
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"The abovementioned privileges are available only to PWD who are
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Filipino citizens upon submission of any of the following as proof of
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his/her entitlement thereto:
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"(I) An identification card issued by the city or municipal mayor or the
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barangay captain of the place where the PWD resides;
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"(II) The passport of the PWD concerned; or
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"(III) Transportation discount fare Identification Card (ID) issued by
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the [Notional Council for the-Welfaro of Disabled Persons (NCWDF)]
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NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY AFFAIRS (NCDA).
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^PROVIDED, THAT IDENTIFICATION CARDS, AS MENTIONED
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IN (I) AND (III) OF THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH, ISSUED TO
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A
PWD
WHO
HAS
A
PERMANENT
DISABILITY,
AS