Section 14Sec./Art. 14

Section 21 of Republic Act No. 9208 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 21. Functions of the Council. - The Council shall have the following powers and functions:

(a) Formulate a comprehensive and integrated program to prevent and suppress the trafficking in persons, utilizing a multi-disciplinary and collaborative approach in the service delivery to and case management of trafficking victims and survivors and their families, including livelihood opportunities, and the development of school-based and community-based human trafficking preventive education programs, and psychosocial interventions by a multi-disciplinary team for the victims and their families;

x x x

(m) Coordinate with the DICT, DTI, and other NGOs in monitoring the promotion of advertisements that tend to promote trafficking in persons;

(n) x x x;

(o) x x x;

(p) Regularly assess current data collection on, and the reporting and monitoring system for trafficking in persons, and identify gaps in implementation;

(q) Develop an effective referral system which concerned government agencies and NGOs can use to coordinate the provision of the necessary intervention or assistance that can be provided to trafficked persons;

(r) Conduct periodic studies with other stakeholders such as LGUs, civil society, and the academe to build more empirical evidence on trafficking cases;

(s) Develop an integrated case management system or trafficking in persons data sets to facilitate the coordination and monitoring among the members of the Council and ensure the proper recovery and reintegration of the victim-survivors of trafficking;

(t) Impose administrative sanctions on the violations of this law and its implementing rules and regulations as well as its orders and resolutions; and

(u) Exercise all the powers and perform such other functions necessary to attain the purposes and objectives of this Act."