AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 13 OF ORDINANCE NO. 2020-07, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PERSONS WITH DISABILITY CODE OF NAGA CITY,” BY EXTENDING THE VALIDITY OF EPWD-ID FROM THREE YEARS TO FIVE YEARS
Key Points / HighlightsAmendment to Section 13 of Ordinance No. 2020-072: Extends the validity of ePWD IDs from three (3) years to five (5) years.
Renewal Policy:
• Renewal remains free of charge.
• Requires surrender of the old ePWD-ID to the Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO).
Legal Basis: Aligns with Administrative Order No. 0001, s. 2021 from the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA), which recommends a 5-year validity.
Rationale:
• Eliminates inconsistency between local ordinance and national administrative order.
• Provides a more favorable validity period for PWDs in Naga City.
Effectivity: Takes effect immediately upon approval.
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ORDINANCE NO. 2025-053
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 13 OF ORDINANCE NO. 2020-072, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “PERSONS WITH DISABILITY CODE OF NAGA CITY,” BY EXTENDING THE VALIDITY OF EPWD-ID FROM THREE YEARS TO FIVE YEARS:-
Authored by: City Councilor Elmer S. Baldemoro City Youth Councilor Gianne Marco B. Rances
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Section 13 of Ordinance No. 2020-072 provides that ePWD IDS issued by the City Government of Naga shall be valid for three (3) years from the date it is issued and shall be renewed upon its expiration.
Through Administrative Order No. 0001, s. 2021 of the National Council on Disability Affairs, the said council has forwarded that PWD IDs be valid for five (5) years.
Article 7 of the Civil Code of the Philippines commands that administrative or executive acts, orders, and regulations shall be valid only when they are not contrary to the laws or the Constitution. Thus, given that the PWD Code is a local law and the one issued by the NCDA is an administrative order, the Persons with Disability Affairs Office has been constrained to follow the provisions under the ordinance. Currently, the PWD ID that PDAO issues has a validity of three years.
In order to eliminate inconsistencies and so as to provide PWDs of Naga City with the more favorable and longer term of validity for PWD IDs, this ordinance is hereby being proposed for enactment.
BE IT ORDAINED, therefore, by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of Naga, in session duly-assembled, that:
SECTION 1. TITLE. This Ordinance shall be known and cited as the “Five Year ePWD ID Validity Ordinance.”
SECTION 2. AMENDMENT. Section 13 of Ordinance No. 2020-072, otherwise known as the “Persons with Disability Code of Naga City,” is hereby amended by extending the validity of ePWD-ID from three years to five years and, therefore, is now to be read as follows:
“SECTION 13. Validity. The ePWD-ID shall be valid for five (5) years from the date it is issued. It shall be renewed upon expiration.
Renewal of ePWD-ID shall be free of charge, provided that the old ePWD-ID is surrendered to the PDAO.”
SECTION 3. REPEALING CLAUSE. All resolutions, ordinances, and executive issuances, or provisions thereof, which are inconsistent with any of the provisions hereof are hereby accordingly repealed, amended and/or modified.
SECTION 4. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. Should any provision of this ordinance be subsequently declared unconstitutional or ultra vires, the rest of the provisions not so declared shall remain to be in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVITY CLAUSE. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its approval.
ENACTED: July 22, 2025
WE HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the foregoing ordinance.
GIL A. DE LA TORRE
Secretary to the
Sangguniang Panlungsod
YUSEFE DANA B. CAMATO
Youth Secretary to the Sangguniang Panlungsod
GABRIEL H. BORDADO JR
City Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer
JAMIN PHOEBE O. SABAYBAY
City Youth Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer
APPROVED:
MARIA LEONOR G. ROBREDO
City Mayor
MA. ELIZABETH S. BLANCO
City Youth Mayor