RA 10928: Extending the Validity of Philippine Passports
Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fifth day of July, two thousand sixteen.
[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10928]
AN ACT EXTENDING THE VALIDITY OF PHILIPPINE PASSPORTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 10 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8239, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “PHILIPPINE PASSPORT ACT OF 1996”, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Approved,
(Sgd.) PANTALEON D. ALVAREZ Speaker of the House of Representatives |
(Sgd.) AQUILINO “KOKO” PIMENTEL, JR. President of the Senate |
This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 1365 and House Bill No. 4767 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on May 17, 2017 and May 16, 2017, respectively.
(Sgd.) CESAR STRAIT PAREJA Secretary General, House of Representatives |
(Sgd.) LUTGARDO B. BARBO Secretary of the Senate |
Approved: August 2, 2017
(Sgd.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines
RESOURCES:
• [PDF] Republic Act No. 10928, August 2, 2017
PRESS RELEASES/PRESS STATEMENTS:
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20 JUL 2017: Digong told: Make sure that 10-year passports aren’t twice as expensive
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17 JAN 2017: Duterte told: Certify bills extending passport validity to 10 years
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17 JUL 2016: Recto bills lengthen validity of passport to 10 yrs, driver’s license to 5 yrs
SENATE BILLS/AUTHORED LAWS:
SPEECHES:
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27 JAN 2017: The Future of Governance: Challenges and Opportunities
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08 FEB 2017: Sponsorship Speech: Ease of Doing Business Act