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Long Title
AN ACT EXTENDING THE PRESCRIPTIVE PERIOD FOR RECTIFICATION OF SIMULATED BIRTHS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8552, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE DOMESTIC ADOPTION ACT OF 1998
Date filed
May 22, 2002
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 4826, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT EXTENDING THE PRESCRIPTIVE PERIOD FOR RECTIFICATION OF SIMULATED BIRTHS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8552, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE DOMESTIC ADOPTION ACT OF 1998 | |
| SHORT TITLE : Extending the Prescriptive Period of Simulated Births, Amending for the Purpose RA 8552, Domestic Adoption Act | |
| ABSTRACT : Rationale: It is the fact that most "adoptions" in the Philippines have been and continue to be handled trough "simulation of birth". It is estimated that there are several hundred thousand Filipinos who have been "informally: adopted in this manner. In these cases, because the assumed filiation under simulated births has no legal basis, the child, though no fault of its own, is deprived of the benefits and legal protection afforded by law to legally adopted children.> For this reason, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : TAGANAS LAYUS, CELIA | |
| DATE FILED : 2002-05-22 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Umali (094 ) | 2. Ylagan (094 ) |
| 3. Chatto (006 ) | 4. Chipeco (017 ) |
| 5. Syjuco (052 ) | |
| COUNTERPART HOUSE BILL/CONCURRENT RESOLUTION: SB02406 | |
| URGENT SENATE BILL? Yes | |
| DATE CERTIFIED AS URGENT HOUSE BILL: 2003-01-31 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITTEE ACTION: chnge of cttee. ref'l from Revision of Laws as per J.7;p.19 | |
| COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 00910 | |
| SUBMITTED ON 2002-10-14 | |
| SUBMITTED BY: SOCIAL SERVICES | |
| RECOMMENDATIONS: approval | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SERVICES ON 2002-05-23 | |
| DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2002-10-21 | |
| DATE CALENDARED : 2002-11-12 | |
| SECOND READING INFORMATION | |
| PERIOD OF SPONSORSHIP : 2002-11-26 | |
| DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2002-11-26 | |
| REMARKS : The Body approved to consider the Explanatory Note of the Bill as the sponsorship remarks. | |
| THIRD READING INFORMATION | |
| DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2002-12-10 | |
| DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2002-12-17 | |
| HOUSE VOTES: YEAS:146 NAYS:0 ABSTAIN:.0 | |
| DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE: 2002-12-18 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE | |
| DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE: 2003-01-06 |
Abstract
Rationale: It is the fact that most "adoptions" in the Philippines have been and continue to be handled trough "simulation of birth". It is estimated that there are several hundred thousand Filipinos who have been "informally: adopted in this manner. In these cases, because the assumed filiation under simulated births has no legal basis, the child, though no fault of its own, is deprived of the benefits and legal protection afforded by law to legally adopted children.> For this reason, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought.
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