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Section 13. Death Benefits.

— Upon the covered employee's death, his primary beneficiaries


shall be entitled to the monthly pension and his dependents to the dependents' pension

Section 13-A. Permanent disability benefits. — (a) Upon the covered employee's
permanent total disability, if such disability occurs after he had paid at least thirty-six
monthly contributions prior to the semester of disability, he shall be entitled to the monthly
pension and his dependents to the dependents' Pension:

Section 13-B. Funeral Benefit. — A funeral grant of two thousand pesos shall be paid to help
defray the cost of funeral expenses upon the death of a covered member, permanently
totally disabled employee or retiree. (As amended by Sec. 11, P.D. No. 735, S-1975; Sec. 2,
E.O. No. 28, S-1986; and Sec. 7, E.O. No. 102, S-1986)

Section 14-A. Maternity Leave Benefit. — A covered female employee who has paid at least
three monthly maternity contributions in the twelve-month period preceding the semester
of her childbirth, abortion, or miscarriage and who is currently employed shall be paid a daily
maternity benefit equivalent to one hundred per cent of her present basic salary, allowances
and other benefits or the cash equivalents of such benefits for sixty days subject to the
following conditions:

3. ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ACT (RA 8792)

Section 1. Declaration of Policy. - The State recognizes the vital role of information and
communications technology (ICT) in nation-building; the need to create an information-
friendly environment which supports and ensures the availability, diversity and affordability
of ICT products and services; the primary responsibility of the private sector in contributing
investments and services in ICT; the need to develop, with appropriate training programs
and institutional policy changes, human resources for the information age, a labor force
skilled in the use of ICT and a population capable of operating and utilizing electronic
appliances and computers; its obligation to facilitate the transfer and promotion of
technology; to ensure network security, connectivity and neutrality of technology for the
national benefit; and the need to marshal, organize and deploy national information
infrastructures, comprising in both communications network and strategic information
services, including their interconnection to the global information networks, with the
necessary and appropriate legal, financial, diplomatic and technical framework, systems and
facilities.

Section 6. Legal Recognition of Electronic Data Messages - Information shall not be denied
legal effect, validity or enforceability solely on the grounds that it is in the data message
purporting to give rise to such legal effect, or that it is merely referred to in that electronic
data message.

Section 7. Legal Recognition of Electronic Documents - Electronic documents shall have the
legal effect, validity or enforceability as any other document or legal writing, and -

(a) Where the law requires a document to be in writing, that requirement is met by an
electronic document if the said electronic document maintains its integrity and reliability
and can be authenticated so as to be usable for subsequent reference, in that -
i. The electronic document has remained complete and unaltered, apart from the addition of
any endorsement and any authorized change, or any change which arises in the normal
course of communication, storage and display; and

ii. The electronic document is reliable in the light of the purpose for which it was generated
and in the light of all relevant circumstances.

(b) Paragraph (a) applies whether the requirement therein is in the form of an obligation or
whether the law simply provides consequences for the document not being presented or
retained in its original from.

(c) Where the law requires that a document be presented or retained in its original form,
that requirement is met by an electronic document if -

i. There exists a reliable assurance as to the integrity of the document from the time when it
was first generated in its final form; and

ii. That document is capable of being displayed to the person to whom it is to be presented:
Provided, That no provision of this Act shall apply to vary any and all requirements of
existing laws on formalities required in the execution of documents for their validity.

For evidentiary purposes, an electronic document shall be the functional equivalent of a


written document under existing laws.

This Act does not modify any statutory rule relating to admissibility of electronic data
massages or electronic documents, except the rules relating to authentication and best
evidence.

Section 8. Legal Recognition of Electronic Signatures. - An electronic signature on the


electronic document shall be equivalent to the signature of a person on a written document
if that signature is proved by showing that a prescribed procedure, not alterable by the
parties interested in the electronic document, existed under which -

(a) A method is used to identify the party sought to be bound and to indicate said party's
access to the electronic document necessary for his consent or approval through the
electronic signature;

(b) Said method is reliable and appropriate for the purpose for which the electronic
document was generated or communicated, in the light of all circumstances, including any
relevant agreement;

(c) It is necessary for the party sought to be bound, in or order to proceed further with the
transaction, to have executed or provided the electronic signature; and

(d) The other party is authorized and enabled to verify the electronic signature and to make
the decision to proceed with the transaction authenticated by the same.

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