Section 29. Effectivity - Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act

Section 29. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

Item	Description
(Sgd.) PROSPERO C. NOGRALES Speaker of the House of Representatives	(Sgd.) JUAN PONCE ENRILE President of the Senate

This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 3286 and House Bill No. 5649 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on January 18, 2010 and December 18, 2009, respectively.

Item	Description
(Sgd.) MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP Secretary General House of Represenatives	(Sgd.) EMMA LIRIO-REYES Secretary of Senate

Approved: March 8, 2010

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines

OMNIBUS RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10022

Pursuant to the authority vested by law on the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and the Secretary of Labor and Employment, and in the light of Republic Act No. 10022, An Act Amending Republic Act No. 8042, Otherwise Known as the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 195, as amended, Further Improving the Standard of Protection and Promotion of the Welfare of Migrant Workers, Their Families and Overseas Filipinos in Distress, and For Other Purpose, the following Implementing Rules and Regulations are hereby promulgated: