National Children~s Month Declared Every November

Section 2 requires that National Children’s Month commemorates the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 20 November 1989.
Section 2 establishes the objective of instilling that adoption’s significance in the Filipino consciousness.

Section 3 requires that an annual program of activities be prepared and implemented for National Children’s Month.
Section 3 identifies the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the National Youth Commission (NYC), and the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) as lead agencies for the annual program.
Section 3 authorizes the lead agencies to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality of the government, including government-owned or -controlled corporations, for assistance needed to discharge tasks under the Act.

Section 4 requires the Department of Education (DepED) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to facilitate and encourage commemoration of National Children’s Month in all schools, public and private, nationwide.
Section 4 provides that the Philippine Information Agency, in coordination with DSWD, DepED, CHED, NYC, and CWC, shall ensure effective information dissemination of the Act.
Section 4 encourages all local government units and private organizations—including civil society, private enterprises, and nongovernment, civic, and people’s organizations—to observe National Children’s Month in simple rites and participate in the activities.

Section 5 repeals Proclamation No. 74 (s. 1992).
Section 5 repeals Proclamation No. 267 (s. 1993).
Section 5 repeals or modifies any other law, decree, order, rule, or regulation inconsistent with the Act.

Section 6 provides that the Act takes effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Section 6 establishes the publication rule as the trigger for the 15-day countdown to effectivity.

The Act is Republic Act No. 10661 and is approved on May 29, 2015.
It is enacted as Republic Act No. 10661 on May 29, 2015, with Franklin M. Drilon as President of the Senate and Feliciano Belmonte Jr. as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
It was finally passed by the House of Representatives on March 16, 2015 and by the Senate on March 18, 2015.
The Act is a consolidation of House Bill No. 1641 and Senate Bill No. 332.