included in the
Act shall be
General Appropriations Act.
agencies yearly budgets
under the
shall prioritize allocation of all available resources to
under this Act. The
effectively fulfill its obligations specified
State agencies' GAD budgets, which shall be at least five
shall also be
percent (5%) of their total budgetary allocation,
utilized for the programs and activities to implement this Act.
The State
SEC. 44. Implementing Rules and Regulations. -
As
the lead agency, the PCW shall, in coordination with the
Commission on Human Rights and all concerned government
departments and agencies including, as observers, both Houses
of Congress through the Committee on Youth, Women and
Family Relations (Senate) and the Committee on Women and
Gender Equality (House of Representatives) and with the
participation
of representatives
from
nongovernment
organizations (NGOS) and civil society groups with proven
track record of involvement and promotion of the rights and
welfare of Filipino women and girls identified by the PCW,
formulate the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of this
Act within one hundred eighty (180)
days after its effectivity.
SEC. 45. Separability Clause.
If any provision
part hereof is held invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder
-
or
of
the law or the provisions not otherwise affected shall remain
valid and subsisting.
SEC. 46.
decree
or
Repealing Clause.
issuance,
Any law, presidential
executive order, letter of instruction,
auinistrative order, or regulation contrary to, or inconsistent
with, the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified, or
amended accordingly.
SEC. 47. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take ettet
nteen (15) days after its publication in at least two
newspapers of general circulation
Approved,
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