The Social Security Act of 487

The Social Security Act of 487 is an act authored by, the Chancellor of the Empire of Greater Dívasa, to provide for a program wherein registered senior citizens older than the life expectancy age and teenagers 13 to 18 receive a monthly payment, funded by a tax on registered adults.

The Social Security Act of 487
AN ACT To ensure that those who deserve help from our society receive them

Section I. Short Title and Definitions
a. This Act may be referred to as The Social Security Act of 487.

b. In this Act:


 * 1) The term “employment” means any service, of whatever nature, performed within Dívasa by an employee for his employer.

Section II. Collection of Information by Other Agencies
a. Subsection b of section I of the Divasan Census Act shall be modified to read: “The Office of the Census shall create and conduct the gathering of a census every fifth year, beginning in the year 487.”

b. The Office of the Census (hereinafter called the “Office”) shall gather the nationality/ies, citizenship or lack thereof, full name, birth date, occupation or lack thereof, and service to the military from each individual inside the territory of the Empire of Greater Dívasa as of the date of the census.

Section III. Establishment and Responsibilities of the Ministry of Labor and Welfare
a. The Ministry of Labor and Welfare (hereinafter called the “Ministry”) shall be established as an agency of the National Government.

b. The Ministry shall be headed by a Minister.

c. The Office shall coordinate with the Ministry for checking the information gathered by both the Office and the Ministry for accuracy.

d. The Ministry shall be responsible in compensating soldiers as per section I of the Military Pensions Creation Act.

Section IV. Establishment of Social Security and Its Payments
a. Social Security shall be established. Social Security shall be administered by the Ministry of Labor and Welfare.

b. Social Security shall give out a payment every six months, initially at P3,615.90, and to be increased by P639.78 every six months, to eligible individuals who are registered with Social Security.

c. Each individual older than twelve years and younger than nineteen years shall be eligible for payment from Social Security.

d. Each individual, at least as old as the Elderly Age, shall be eligible for payment from Social Security.

e. The Elderly Age shall initially be at sixty-nine years of age, and shall increase every five years by one year of age.

f. Each employed individual registered with Social Security who is older than eighteen years of age and younger than the Elderly Age shall pay a tax every month to the Ministry with a rate set by the Ministry. The aforementioned tax shall be used exclusively for the funding and maintenance of Social Security.

g. Any unemployed individual shall be eligible for payment from Social Security.

Section V. Severability and Enactment
a. Each subsection of each section of this Act is severable. Should any provision or clause be deemed unconstitutional, the remainder of the bill shall remain law.

b. This Act shall take into effect fourteen days after it is signed into law.