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    This document is a summary of Republic Act No. 10644, also known as the "Go Negosyo Act", which aims to promote job generation and inclusive growth through the development of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the Philippines. Some key points: - It establishes "Negosyo Centers" in all provinces, cities, and municipalities to promote ease of doing business and facilitate access to services for MSMEs. These centers will handle registration and provide various support services. - The law defines the functions of Negosyo Centers, which include coordinating government processes related to setting up businesses, accepting and facilitating registration applications, and providing training, financing, and marketing assistance.

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    This document is a summary of Republic Act No. 10644, also known as the "Go Negosyo Act", which aims to promote job generation and inclusive growth through the development of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the Philippines. Some key points: - It establishes "Negosyo Centers" in all provinces, cities, and municipalities to promote ease of doing business and facilitate access to services for MSMEs. These centers will handle registration and provide various support services. - The law defines the functions of Negosyo Centers, which include coordinating government processes related to setting up businesses, accepting and facilitating registration applications, and providing training, financing, and marketing assistance.

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    This document is a summary of Republic Act No. 10644, also known as the "Go Negosyo Act", which aims to promote job generation and inclusive growth through the development of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the Philippines. Some key points: - It establishes "Negosyo Centers" in all provinces, cities, and municipalities to promote ease of doing business and facilitate access to services for MSMEs. These centers will handle registration and provide various support services. - The law defines the functions of Negosyo Centers, which include coordinating government processes related to setting up businesses, accepting and facilitating registration applications, and providing training, financing, and marketing assistance.

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    RONALD R.

    CRUDA LLB-1
    Statutory Construction

    Republic of the Philippines


    Congress of the Philippines
    Metro Manila
    Sixteenth Congress
    First Regular Session
    Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-second day of July, two
    thousand thirteen.
    [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10644]

    TITLE

    AN ACT PROMOTING JOB GENERATION AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH THROUGH


    THE DEVELOPMENT OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

    ENACTIN
    G CLAUSE

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in


    Congress assembled:

    PURVIEW
    OF THE
    STATUTE

    SECTION 1. Title. This Act shall be known as the Go Negosyo Act.


    SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared, the policy of the State to foster
    national development, promote inclusive growth, and reduce poverty by encouraging the
    establishment of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that facilitate local job
    creation, production and trade in the country. MSMEs increase income for poor
    households and build both business equity and personal assets over a period of time. To
    this end, the State shall develop plans and initiate means to ease the constraints on the
    establishment of MSMEs in order to rationalize the existing bureaucratic regulations,
    providing greater incentives and benefits to MSMEs, and strengthening the Micro, Small
    and Medium Enterprise Development (MSMED) Council.
    SEC. 3. Establishment of Negosyo Centers. There shall be established under the
    supervision of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development (MSMED) Council,
    a Negosyo Center in all provinces, cities and municipalities. The MSMED Council shall
    encourage public-private partnerships in the establishment and management of Negosyo
    Centers. In applicable areas, the existing MSME Centers shall continue to operate as
    Negosyo Centers subject to the provisions of this Act. The Negosyo Centers shall be
    responsible for promoting ease of doing business and facilitating access to services for
    MSMEs within its jurisdiction. The MSMED Council through the regional offices of the
    Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) shall perform oversight functions and shall
    assign personnel to fulfill the functions of the Negosyo Centers.
    SEC. 4. Functions of the Negosyo Centers. Negosyo Centers shall have the following
    functions:
    (a) Promote ease of doing business and access to services for MSMEs within its
    jurisdiction;
    (b) Coordinate and facilitate processes of government related to the set-up and
    management of MSMEs;
    (c) Accept and facilitate all registration application of MSMEs;
    (d) Coordinate with the respective local government units (LGUs) and liaise with
    concerned government agencies to process the duly accomplished forms submitted by
    the MSMEs;
    (e) Integrate a unified business process system for MSMEs;
    (f) Monitor and recommend business-process improvement for MSMEs;

    (g) Encourage government institutions that are related to the business application
    process to help promulgate information regarding the Negosyo Center;
    (h) Provide information and services in training, financing and marketing;
    (i) Support private sector activities relating to MSMEs development;
    (j) Co-organize with the local chambers of commerce and other business organizations a
    mentoring program for prospective and current entrepreneurs and investors;
    (k) Build local support networks and establish market linkages for MSME development;
    (l) Coordinate with schools and organizations on the development of youth
    entrepreneurship program;
    (m) Encourage women entrepreneurship by giving women access to information, support,
    training and credit facilities;
    (n) Facilitate access to grants and other forms of financial assistance, shared service
    facilities and equipment, and other support for MSMEs;
    (o) Ensure management guidance, assistance and improvement of the working
    conditions of MSMEs;
    (p) Establish a databank which shall be a source of all information necessary for project
    monitoring, research and policy studies and informal dissemination campaigns;
    (q) Map out all information and services essential to prospective entrepreneurs and
    prospective investors especially in key value chains and economic subsectors within its
    jurisdiction;
    (r) Establish a feedback mechanism among the MSMEs in the respective jurisdiction of
    Negosyo Centers: and
    (s) Conduct other programs or projects for entrepreneurial development in the country
    aligned with the MSMEs development plan.
    SEC. 5. Registration.
    (a) Registration of MSMEs
    (1) A unified and simplified business registration form shall be developed by the DTI and
    shall be made available in all Negosyo Centers. The unified business registration form
    shall contain all necessary information for the business application process of MSMEs.
    The DTI shall be responsible for regularly updating and maintaining the unified business
    registration forms.
    (2) The Negosyo Center of each city or municipality shall facilitate and expedite the
    business application process of MSMEs in coordination with the LGUs and other
    concerned agencies.
    (3) Should the concerned business permits and licensing offices fail to process the
    application within fifteen (15) days, the MSME shall be deemed registered for a period of
    one (1) year: Provided, however, That within a period of thirty (30) days from the date of
    application of an MSME, any business permit or licensing office shall have the authority
    to revoke the permit or license upon determination that an MSME has not met the
    requirements and qualifications imposed by the office.
    (4) Thereafter, MSMEs shall renew their registration annually.
    (b) Certificate of Authority for Barangay Micro Business Enterprises (BMBEs) The DTI,
    through the Negosyo Center in the city or municipal level, shall have the sole power to
    issue the Certificate of Authority for BMBEs to avail of the benefits provided by Republic
    Act No. 9178, otherwise known as the Barangay Micro Business Enterprises (BMBEs)

    Act of 2002. Upon the approval of registration of the BMBE, the Negosyo Center shall
    issue the Certificate of Authority, renewable every two (2) years. The DTI, through the
    Negosyo Center may charge a fee which shall not be more than One thousand pesos
    (P1,000.00) to be remitted to the National Government.
    (c) Philippine Business .Registry Databank A Philippine Business Registry Databank
    (PBRD) shall be established under the DTI to serve as a repository of information of all
    business enterprises in the Philippines.
    SEC. 6. Eligibility. Any person, natural or juridical, having the qualifications as defined
    in Section 3(a) of Republic Act No. 9178 may apply for registration as MSME.
    SEC. 7. Start-up Funds for MSMEs. Aside from the existing benefits for MSMEs, the
    MSMED Council, through the DTI, the Department of Finance (DOF) and the appropriate
    financing institutions, shall establish a Start-up Fund for MSMEs to be sourced from the
    MSME Development Fund and BMBE Fund to provide financing for the development and
    promotion of MSMEs in priority sectors of the economy as specified in the MSMED Plan.
    SEC. 8. Technology Transfer, Production and Management Training, and Marketing
    Assistance. The Negosyo Centers shall provide assistance to MSMEs in the availment
    of technology transfer, production and management training programs and marketing
    assistance of the DTI, Department of Science and Technology (DOST), University of the
    Philippines-Institute for Small-Scale Industries (UP-ISSI), Cooperative Development
    Authority (CDA), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and
    other agencies concerned.
    SEC. 9. Composition of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development
    (MSMED) Council. The members of the Council shall be the following:
    (a) The Secretary of Trade and Industry as Chair;
    (b) The Secretary of Agriculture;
    (c) The Secretary of the Interior and Local Government;
    (d) Three (3) representatives from the MSME sector to represent Luzon, Visayas and
    Mindanao with at least one (1) representative from the microenterprise sector;
    (e) One (1) representative from the .women sector designated by the Philippine
    Commission on Women;
    (f) One (1) representative from the youth sector designated by the National Youth
    Commission; and
    (g) The Chairman of Small Business Corporation.
    A. Advisory Unit. There shall be an Advisory Unit to the Council, which shall consist of
    the following:
    (a) The Secretary of Science and Technology;
    (b) The Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas;
    (c) The President of the Land Bank of the Philippines;
    (d) The President of the Development Bank of the Philippines;
    (e) The Director General of the National Economic and Development Authority;
    (f) One (1) representative from the labor sector, to be nominated by accredited labor
    groups;
    (g) A representative from the private banking sector to serve alternatively between the
    chamber of thrift banks, and the Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines (RBAP);

    (h) A representative of the microfinance nongovernment organizations (NGOs);


    (i) A representative of the University of the Philippines-Institute for Small Scale Industries
    (UP-ISSI); and
    (j) The President of the Credit Information Corporation.
    The MSMED Council may consult the Advisory Unit in its regular meetings and other
    activities of the Council. However, no voting rights shall be granted to the members of the
    Advisory Unit.
    SEC. 10. Additional Functions of the MSMED Council. Aside from its existing functions
    as mentioned under Section 7-B of Republic Act No. 9501, otherwise known as the
    Magna Carta for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), the MSMED Council
    shall have the following additional functions:
    (a) Coordinating and Oversight Body for the Negosyo Center. The MSMED Council,
    through the DTI, shall act as the coordinating and supervising body for all the agencies
    involved in the establishment and operation of the Negosyo Centers. Further, the
    MSMED Council shall monitor and assess the progress of the Negosyo Centers, which
    shall be included in its annual report submitted to the Congress.
    (b) Provision of a Compliance Guide. For each rule or group of related rules issued by
    any government agency for compliance by MSMEs, the Council shall publish compliance
    guidelines which shall be written in plain language or in the local dialect, if necessary.
    The Council shall prepare separate compliance guides covering groups or classes of
    similarly affected MSMEs and shall cooperate with industry associations to develop and
    distribute such compliance guides. The publication of each compliance guide shall
    include the posting of the guide in an easily identified location on the website of the
    agency, and distribution of the guide to known industry contacts, such as small entities,
    associations or industry leaders affected by the rule. The issuing government agency
    shall publish and disseminate the compliance rules within ninety (90) days from the date
    of issuance.
    (c) Conduct of Research on Women Entrepreneurship. The Council shall conduct
    research to support women entrepreneurship including, but not limited to entrepreneurial
    behavior, barriers, participation and cessation rates, discriminatory practices and
    contribution to the national economy and growth.
    (d) Policy Formulation on Women Entrepreneurship. The Council shall provide policy
    direction towards recognizing womens propensity in doing business as well as establish
    linkages that will enable more opportunities for women to engage in entrepreneurship.
    (e) Development of Entrepreneurial Education and Training. The MSMED Council shall
    develop, in coordination with the Department of Education, TESDA and CHED, a course
    curriculum or training program in entrepreneurship that will promote entrepreneurial
    culture and competence. Entrepreneurship shall be integrated in the curriculum of
    educational and training institutions in all levels.
    SEC. 11. Information Dissemination. The Philippine Information Agency, in coordination
    with the DTI and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), shall
    ensure the proper and adequate information dissemination of the contents and benefits of
    this Act to pertinent media entities and all cities, municipalities and barangays.
    SEC. 12. Appropriations. The amount necessary to carry out the initial implementation
    of this Act shall be sourced from the current budget of the DTI. Thereafter, such sums as
    may be necessary for the continued implementation of this Act shall be included in the
    succeeding General Appropriations. Act.
    SEC. 13. Implementing Rules and Regulations. The Secretary of the DTI, in
    consultation with the appropriate agencies as may be deemed necessary, shall formulate
    the necessary rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Act within ninety
    (90) days after its approval. The rules and regulations issued pursuant to this Section
    shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper of general
    circulation.

    SEPARAT
    ORY
    CLAUSE
    REAPEALI
    NG
    CLAUSE

    SEC. 14. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Act shall be held unconstitutional,
    the remainder of this Act not otherwise affected shall remain in full force and effect.

    EFFECTIV
    ITY
    CLAUSE

    SEC. 16. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
    the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

    SEC. 15. Repealing Clause. Section 4 of Republic Act No. 9178 is hereby repealed.
    Sections 7-A and 7-B ofRepublic Act No. 6977, as amended by Republic Act No. 8289
    and Republic Act No. 9501, are hereby amended. Section 12 of Republic Act No. 9178 is
    also hereby amended. All other existing laws, presidential decrees, executive orders,
    proclamations or administrative, regulations that are inconsistent with the provisions of
    this Act are hereby amended, modified or repealed accordingly.

    Approved,

    AUTHORI
    ZED
    SIGNATU
    (Sgd.) FELICIANO BELMONTE JR.
    Speaker of the House
    of Representatives

    PROMULGATI
    ON DATE

    (Sgd.) FRANKLIN M. DRILON


    President of the Senate

    This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2046 and


    House Bill No. 4595 was finally passed by the Senate and the
    House of Representatives on June 11, 2014 and June 10,
    2014, respectively.

    (Sgd.) MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP


    Secretary General
    House of Representatives

    (Sgd.) OSCAR G. YABES


    Secretary of the Senate

    Approved: JUL 15 2014


    (Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
    President of the Philippines

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