S. No. 317


Republic of the Philippines

Congress of the Philippines

Metro Manila


Second Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday the twenty-sixth day of July, nineteen hundred and ninety three.

[REPUBLIC ACT NO. -7688- ]

AN ACT GIVING REPRESENTATION TO WOMEN IN THE SOCIAL SECURITY COMMISSION, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 3 (A) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1161 AS AMENDED


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the


Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Section 3 (a) of Republic Act No. 1161, as amended, is hereby further amended to and as follows:

“SEC. 3.

Social Security System. –

(a) To carry out the purposes of this Act, the Social Security System with principal place of business in Metro Manila, Philippines, is hereby created. The SSS shall be directed and controlled by a Social Security Commission composed of the Secretary of Labor and Employment, the SSS Administrator and seven appointive members, three of whom shall represent the labor group one of whom shall be a woman, three, the management group, one of whom shall be a woman and one, the general public to be appointed by the President of the Philippines. The Chairman of the Commission shall be designated by the President from among its members. The term of the appointive members shall be three years:

Provided
That the terms of the first six appointive members shall be one, two and three years for every two members, respectively.

All vacancies, except through the expiration of the term, shall be filled for the unexpired term only. The appointive members of the Commission shall receive One thousand five hundred pesos

per diem

for each meeting actually attended by them:

Provided
That no compensation shall be paid for more than eight meetings a month. Members of the Commission who hear cases pending before the Commission shall also receive a

per diem

of One thousand five hundred pesos.”

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved

(Sgd.)

JOSE DE VENECIA



Speaker of the House





of Representatives

(Sgd.)

EDGARDO J. ANGARA



President of the Senate

This Act which originated in the Senate was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on March 8, 1993 and December 17,1993, respectively.

(Sgd.)

CAMILO L. SABIO



Secretary General





House of Representatives

(Sgd.)

EDGARDO E. TUMANGAN



Secretary of the Senate

Approved:

MAR 03 1994

(Sgd.)

FIDEL V. RAMOS



President of the Philippines


Source:


Presidential Management Staff