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RIZAL BILL - OPPOSITION
•bill would go against freedom of
conscience and religion
• the Catholic Bishops Conference of the
Philippines (CBCP) submitted a pastoral
letter Rizal violated Canon law 1399
which forbids or bans books that attack
or ridicule the Catholic doctrine and
practices
RIZAL BILL - OPPOSITION
Tangere
• only 25 passages are
nationalistic while 120
passages are anti-Catholic
•some members of catholic
hierarchical, 170 passages in
Noli Me Tangere and 50 in El
Filibusterismo are against
 RIZAL BILL - OPPOSITION
•Rizal admitted that he did not only attack the
friars who acted deceptively on the Filipinos but
also the Catholic faith itself.
• suggested a reading material for students as to
what they called Rizalian Anthology, a collection
of Rizal’s literary works that contain the
patriotic philosophy excluding the two novels.
RIZAL BILL - FAVORED
•the only objective of the bill is to keep
the memory of the national hero alive
in every Filipino’s mind, to emanate
Rizal as he peacefully fought for
freedom, and not to go against
religion.
RIZAL BILL - FAVORED
•DEFENDERS
•Recto and Laurel , Senators LorensoTanada,
Quintin Paredes and Domocao Alonto of
Mindanao, Representatives from the House
namely Congressmen Jacobo Gonzales, Emilio
Cortez, Mario Bengson, Joaquin Roxas, Lancap
Lagumbay and Pedro Lopez
RIZAL BILL - FAVORED
•DEFENDERS
•Other supporters of the bill were Mayor Arsenio Lacson
call anti-Rizal bill “bigoted and intolerant” and walked out
of a mass when the priest read a pastoral letter from the
Archbishop denouncing the Rizal Bill aqnd General Emilio
Aguinaldo with groups like the Knights of Rizal, Women
Writers of the Verrnacular, Philippine Veterans Legion,
Colleger Editors’ Guild and Philippine School Teachers’
Association.
 RIZAL BILL - FAVORED
•Recto rejected this amendment and expressed:
“The people who would eliminate the books of Rizal
from the schools…would bot out from our minds the
memory of the national hero…this is not a fight
against Recto but a fight against Rizal…now that
Rizal is dead and they can no longer attempt at his
life, they are attempting to blot out his memory.”
RIZAL BILL - FAVORED
•approved amendments were formulated through ideas
of three senators.
•other that Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, works
written by Rizal and works written by others about Rizal
would be included and reading of the unexpurgated
revision of the two novels would no longer be
compulsory to elementary and secondary levels but
would be strictly observed to college level.
RIZAL LAW

JOSE P.
LAUREL
- sponsor of Republic Act 1425
RIZAL LAW

Claro Mayo Recto

- main author and
proponent of the law
RIZAL LAW
-Born in Tiaong
Tayabas (Quezon)
-February 8, 1890
-AB Degree – Ateneo –
Maxima Cum Laude
in 1909
-Bachelor of Laws
RIZAL BILL PASSAGE
•finally passed on May 17,
1956 and was signed into
law as Republic Act 1425
by President Ramon
Magsaysay on June 12 of
the same year.
RIZAL BILL PASSAGE
•Bill– a measure which, if passed through the
legislative process
becomes a law
•Unexpurgated – basically , untouched, not
changed or censored to
remove parts that might offend people
•Bicameral – involving two chambers of Congress :
the Senate and
the House of Representatives
RIZAL LAW
•could be considered a land mark
legislation in the postwar Philippines
•Philippines was trying to get up on its feet
from a devastating war and aim towards
nation-building
•drew inspiration from the lives of heroes
of the revolution against Spain
REPUBLIC
• AN ACT TO INCLUDEACT
IN THE NO. 1425
CURRICULA OF

ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS,

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES COURSES ON

THE LIFE, WORKS AND WRITINGS OF JOSE

RIZAL, PARTICULARLY HIS NOVELS NOLI ME

TANGERE AND EL FILIBUSTERISMO,

AUTHORIZING THE PRINTING AND

DISTRIBUTION THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER

PURPOSES

• SIMPLY CALLED AS THE RIZAL LAW

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1425

RIZAL LAW
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1425

•Whereas, today, more than any other period of

our history, there is a need for a re-dedication
to the ideals of freedom and nationalism for
which our heroes lived and died;
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1425
•WHEREAS, it is meet that in honoring them, particularly
the national hero and patriot, Jose Rizal, we
remember with special fondness and devotion their
lives and works that have shaped the national
character;
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1425
•WHEREAS, the life, works and writing of Jose Rizal, particularly
his novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, are a
constant and inspiring source of patriotism with which the
minds of the youth, especially during their formative and
decisive years in school, should be suffused;
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1425
•WHEREAS, all educational institutions are under
the supervision of, and subject to regulation by
the State, and all schools are enjoined to develop
moral character, personal discipline, civic
conscience and to teach the duties of citizenship;
•Now, therefore,
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1425
SECTION 1. Courses on the life, works and
writings of Jose Rizal, particularly his novel
Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, shall
be included in the curricula of all schools,
colleges and universities, public or private:
Provided, That in the collegiate courses, the
original or unexpurgated editions of the
Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo or
their English translation shall be used as basic
texts.
•The board of national education is
hereby authorized and directed to
adopt forthwith measures to
implement and carry out the
provisions of this section, including
the writing and printing of
appropriate primers, readers and
textbooks.
•The Board shall, within sixty
(60) days from the effectivity
of this Act, promulgate rules
and regulations, including
those of a disciplinary nature,
to carry out and enforce the
provisions of this Act.
•The Board shall promulgate rules and
regulations providing for the exemption
of students for reasons of religious
belief stated in a sworn written
statement, from the requirement of the
provision contained in the second part
of the first paragraph of this section;
but not from taking the course provided
for in the first part of said paragraph.
•Said rules and regulations
shall take effect thirty (30)
days after their publication
in the Official Gazette.
•SECTION 2. It shall be obligatory on
all schools, colleges and universities
to keep in their libraries an adequate
number of copies of the original and
unexpurgated editions of the Noli Me
Tangere and El Filibusterismo, as well
as of Rizal’s other works and
biography.
•The Board of National
Education shall determine the
adequacy of the number of
books, depending upon the
enrollment of the school,
college or university.
•SECTION 3. The Board of National Education
shall cause the translation of the Noli Me
Tangere and El Filibusterismo, as well as other
writings of Jose Rizal into English, Tagalog and
the principal Philippine dialects; cause them to
be printed in cheap, popular editions; and
cause them to be distributed, free of charge, to
persons desiring to read them, through the
Purok organizations and Barrio Councils
throughout the country.
•SECTION 4. Nothing in this Act shall be
construed as amendment or repealing
section nine hundred twenty-seven of
the Administrative Code, prohibiting
the discussion of religious doctrines
by public school teachers and other
person engaged in any public school.
•SECTION 5. The sum of three hundred
thousand pesos is hereby
authorized to be appropriated out of
any fund not otherwise appropriated
in the National Treasury to carry out
the purposes of this Act.
•SECTION 6. This Act shall take
effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 12, 1956
Published in the Official Gazette,
Vol. 52, No. 6, p. 2971 in June 1956.
•SIGNIFICANT PARTS OF RA1425
•THE FIRST SECTION OF THE LAW CONCERNS

MANDATING THE STUDENTS TO READ RIZAL’S

NOVELS.
•THE LAST TWO SECTIONS INVOLVE MAKING

RIZAL’S WRITINGS ACCESSIBLE TO THE GENERAL

PUBLIC—THEY REQUIRE THE SCHOOLS TO HAVE A

SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF COPIES IN THEIR

LIBRARIES AND MANDATE THE PUBLICATION OF

THE WORKS IN MAJOR PHILIPPINE LANGUAGES.

MAJOR PROVISION OF RA 1425

•directs all educational agencies such as

department of education and the commission
on higher education to include in the curricula
of all schools, colleges and universities, public
or private, the study of the life of our national
hero, with emphasis on the original or
unexpurgated versions of Rizal's novels , noli
me tangere and el filibusterismo
MAJOR PROVISION OF RA 1425

•Obliges all libraries of all schools,

colleges, and universities to maintain
an adequate number of copies of Noli
Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo in
their collections, as well as other
materials related to the life of Rizal
MAJOR PROVISION OF RA 1425

•Directs the Board of National Education

to take charge of the translation,
reproduction, and distribution of
printed copies of Rizal’s novels to
interested parties through purok
organizations and barangay councils,
free of charge
GOALS OF THE RIZAL LAW

• to rededicate the lives of

youth to the ideals of
freedom and nationalism,
for which our heroes lived
and died
GOALS OF THE RIZAL LAW

• to pay tribute to our

national hero for devoting
his life and works in
shaping the Filipino
character
GOALS OF THE RIZAL LAW

• to gain an inspiring source

of patriotism through the
study of Rizal’s life, works,
and writings.
MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 247

GULFTHE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION,

DIRECTED
CULTURE AND SPORTS AND THE CHAIRMAN
OF THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER
EDUCATION TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE RA
1425 AS THERE HAD BEEN REPORTS THAT
THE LAW HAD STILL NOT BEEN TOTALLY
CARRIED OUT (PRESIDENT FIDEL V.
RAMOS IN 1994)


MEMORANDUM ORDER NO.
GULF
247
IN 1995, CHED MEMORANDUM
NO. 3 WAS ISSUED ENFORCING
STRICT COMPLIANCE TO
MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 247.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 229
GULF
- AN ACT PROHIBITING COCKFIGHTING, HORSE
RACING, AND JAI-ALAI ON THE THIRTIETH DAY
OF DECEMBER OF EACH YEAR AND TO CREATE A
COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE PROPER
CELEBRATION OF RIZAL DAY IN EVERY
MUNICIPALITY AND CHARTERED CITY, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
GULF
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RIZAL
SUBJECT

THE SUBJECT PROVIDES INSIGHTS

ON HOW TO DEAL WITH CURRENT
PROBLEMS
SIGNIFICANCE
GULF OF THE RIZAL
SUBJECT

IT HELPS US UNDERSTAND
BETTER OURSELVES AS FILIPINOS
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RIZAL
SUBJECT

IT TEACHES NATIONALISM AND

PATRIOTISM
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RIZAL
SUBJECT

IT PROVIDES VARIOUS
ESSENTIAL LIFE LESSONS
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RIZAL
SUBJECT

IT HELPS IN DEVELOPING
LOGICAL AND CRITICAL THINKING
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RIZAL
SUBJECT

RIZAL CAN SERVE AS A

WORTHWHILE MODEL AND
INSPIRATION TO EVERY FILIPINO
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RIZAL
SUBJECT

THE SUBJECT IS A RICH SOURCE

OF ENTERTAINING NARRATIVES
WHY THE RIZAL COURSE WAS INCLUDED IN THE CURRICULUM?

LEGAL MANDATE
FOSTER IN THE FILIPINO YOUTH
A NATIONALISTIC SENTIMENT -
APPRECIATION AND EMULATION