RA 6759 – An Act Declaring August One
Of Each Year As White Cane Safety Day
In The Philippines And For Other
Purposes
Republic of the Philippines
CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES
Metro Manila
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday
the twenty-fourth Day of July, nineteen hundred and eighty-nine.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6759
AN ACT DECLARING AUGUST ONE OF EACH YEAR AS WHITE CANE SAFETY
DAY IN THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Short Title. – This act shall be known as the “White Cane Act”.
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is declared to be the policy of the State to
promote and protect the physical, moral, and social well-being of all handicapped
persons, such as the blind, and to undertake studies on specific causes of high
percentage of blind people in the Philippines.
SECTION 3. White Cane Safety Day. – August One of each year is hereby declared
as White Cane Safety Day for the purposes of instilling public awareness of the plight of
the blind, promoting recognition and acceptance of the “white cane” as a symbol of the
need of the blind for specific assistance and as a reminder of the individual’s duty to
care for and accord due respect to his unfortunate brethren.
SECTION 4. Observation; Education and Information. – The White Cane Safety Day
shall be appropriately observed, Towards this end, the Department of Education,
Culture and Sports, the Department of Health and the Philippine Information Agency
shall conduct a continuing education and information campaign to achieve the purposes
as stated in Section Three of this Act.
SECTION 5. Government Agencies; Rules and Regulations – The Department of
Education, Culture and Sports shall, in consultation with the Department of Health and
the Department of Social Welfare and Development, issue rules and regulations to
effectively implement the provisions of this Act.
SECTION 6. Effectivity – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete
publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved:
(SGD.) RAMON V. MITRA
Speaker of the House of Representatives
(SGD.) JOVITO R. SALONGA
President of the Senate
This Act which originated in the Senate was finally passed by the senate and the House
of Representatives on August 29, 1989 and August 17, 1989, respectively
(SGD.) QUIRINO D. ABAD SANTOS, JR.
Secretary of the House of Representatives
(SGD.) EDWIN P. ACOBA
Secretary of the Senate
Approved: September 18, 1989
(SGD.) CORAZON C. AQUINO
President of the Philippines
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