Presidential Decree No. 994 — WHEREAS, the goals and objectives of the New Society require innovative social service schemes and strategies to enable the most disadvantaged to be self-reliant and independent, so that he can participate in national development, an attempt to solve a Filipino problem the Filipino way; and

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Section 1 · Changing the name of the Department Section 2 · Repealing Clause Section 3 · Effectivity

Section 1

Changing the name of the Department

Section 1.

Changing the name of the Department. The Department of Social Welfare, created under Republic Act Numbered Fifty-Four Hundred Sixteen, shall henceforth be known as the Department of Social Services and Development, with the same organizational structure, powers, duties and functions prescribed under Presidential Decree No. 1, as amended: Provided, That the Secretary of the Department shall be authorized to initiate and establish such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary for the Department to carry out its objectives and functions effectively, subject to approval of the President.

Section 2

Repealing Clause

Section 2.

Repealing Clause. All provisions of existing laws, decrees, orders, proclamations, instructions, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, contrary to or inconsistent or in conflict with any of the provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed, amended and/or modified accordingly.

Section 3

Effectivity

Section 3.

Effectivity. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 8th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.