Based on Republic Act No. 11596, child betrothal and marriage shall have no legal effect and are punishable by law. | onenewsph
President Duterte has signed into law the measure that bans child marriage, a policy seen to protect children from abusive practices and unwanted responsibilities, in the country.
The law also holds any person who produces, prints, issues or distributes fraudulent or tampered documents such as birth certificates, affidavits of delayed registration of birth or foundling certificates to misrepresent the age of a child to facilitate child marriage or evade liability liable.prision mayorAn adult partner who cohabitates with a child outside wedlock shall also suffer the penalty ofin its maximum period and a fine not less than P50,000.
“The legislation’s approval also comes at a time when teenage pregnancy in the country is on an alarming rise amid the pandemic, with a child as young as 10 giving birth. We really need to step in and stop the trend while we seek to strengthen protective and support services for children,” Brosas, also an assistant minority leader, said.
For foreign retailers with more than one physical store, the minimum investment per store must be at least P10 million. However, the requirement does not apply to foreign investors and retailers who are legitimately engaged in retail trade and not required to comply with the minimum investment per store at the time of the law’s effectivity.
Foreign retailers have to follow the Labor Code provisions on the non-availability of competent, able, and willing Filipino citizens before engaging the services of foreign nationals.Duterte also signed RA 11635 which states that hospitals that are non-profit and proprietary educational institutions shall pay a tax of one percent on their taxable income from July 1, 2020 until June 30, 2023. They will then pay a tax of 10 percent after that period.