H. No. 6198
S. No. 2686
Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Mauila
Sixteenth Congress
bird Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh
day of July, two thousand fifteen.
[ REPUBLIC Act No. 10844}
AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION
AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, DEFINING
ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Philippines in Congress assembled:
of Representatives of the
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as
the "Department of Information and Communications Technology
Act of 2015".
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. — Itis hereby declared the
policy of the State:
(a) To recognize the vital role
communication in nation-building;
of information
and