Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
2817
H. No. 98
Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Fifteenth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day
of July, two thousand twelve.
[REPUBLIC ACT !" #$%&%]
A ACT 'EFII( A' PEALI)I( EF!RCE' !R
I*!LUTAR+ 'ISAPPEARACE
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTI! ". Short Title. #This $%t shall &e 'nown as the ($nti-
Enfor%ed or Involuntary )isa**earan%e $%t of +,"+-.
SEC. +. Declaration of Policy. #The State values the dignity of
every hu.an *erson and guarantees full res*e%t for hu.an rights
for whi%h highest *riority shall &e given to the ena%t.ent of
.easures for the enhan%e.ent of the right of all *eo*le to
hu.an dignity, the *rohi&ition against se%ret detention *la%es,
solitary %on/ne.ent, incommunicado or other si.ilar for.s of
detention, the *rovision for *enal and %ivil san%tions for su%h
violations, and %o.*ensation and reha&ilitation for the vi%ti.s
and their fa.ilies, *arti%ularly with res*e%t to the use of torture,
for%e, violen%e, threat, inti.idation or any other .eans whi%h
vitiate the free will of *ersons a&du%ted, arrested, detained,
disa**eared or otherwise re.oved fro. the e0e%tive *rote%tion
of the law.
1urther.ore, the State adheres to the *rin%i*les and standards
on the a&solute %onde.nation of hu.an rights violations set &y
the "234 5hili**ine Constitution and various international
instru.ents su%h as, &ut not li.ited to, the International
Covenant on Civil and 5oliti%al 6ights 7ICC568, and the Convention
$gainst Torture and ther Cruel, Inhu.an or )egrading Treat.ent
or 5unish.ent 7C$T8, to whi%h the 5hili**ines is a State *arty.
SEC. 9. De!nitions. #1or *ur*oses of this $%t, the following ter.s
shall &e de/ned as follows:
7a8 "gents of the State refer to *ersons who, &y dire%t *rovision
of the law, *o*ular ele%tion or a**oint.ent &y %o.*etent
authority, shall ta'e *art in the *erfor.an%e of *u&li% fun%tions in
the govern.ent, or shall *erfor. in the govern.ent or in any of
its &ran%hes *u&li% duties as an e.*loyee, agent or su&ordinate
o;%ial, of any ran' or %lass.
7&8 #nforced or involuntary disappearance refers to the arrest,
detention, a&du%tion or any other for. of de*rivation of li&erty
%o..itted &y agents of the State or &y *ersons or grou*s of
*ersons a%ting with the authori<ation, su**ort or a%=uies%en%e of
the State, followed &y a refusal to a%'nowledge the de*rivation of
li&erty or &y %on%eal.ent of the fate or wherea&outs of the
disa**eared *erson, whi%h *la%es su%h *erson outside the
*rote%tion of the law.
7%8 rder of Battle refers to a do%u.ent .ade &y the .ilitary,
*oli%e or any law enfor%e.ent agen%y of the govern.ent, listing
the na.es of *ersons and organi<ations that it *er%eives to &e
ene.ies of the State and whi%h it %onsiders as legiti.ate targets
as %o.&atants that it %ould deal with, through the use of .eans
allowed &y do.esti% and international law.
7d8 $ictim refers to the disa**eared *erson and any individual
who has su0ered har. as a dire%t result of an enfor%ed or
involuntary disa**earan%e as de/ned in letter 7&8 of this Se%tion.
SEC. >. %onderogability of the Right "gainst #nforced or
&nvoluntary Disappearance. #The right against enfor%ed or
involuntary disa**earan%e and the funda.ental safeguards for
its *revention shall not &e sus*ended under any %ir%u.stan%e
in%luding *oliti%al insta&ility, threat of war, state of war or other
*u&li% e.ergen%ies.
SEC. ?. '(rder of Battle) or "ny (rder of Similar %ature %ot
*egal +round for #nforced or &nvoluntary Disappearance. , $n
(rder of Battle@ or any order of si.ilar nature, o;%ial or
otherwise, fro. a su*erior o;%er or a *u&li% authority %ausing
the %o..ission of enfor%ed or involuntary disa**earan%e is
unlawful and %annot &e invo'ed as a Austifying or eBe.*ting
%ir%u.stan%e. $ny *erson re%eiving su%h an order shall have the
right to diso&ey it.
SEC. C. Right of $%%ess to Communication. , It shall &e the
a&solute right of any *erson de*rived of li&erty to have
i..ediate a%%ess to any for. of %o..uni%ation availa&le in
order for hi. or her to infor. his or her fa.ily, relative, friend,
lawyer or any hu.an rights organi<ation on his or her
wherea&outs and %ondition.
SEC. 4. Duty to Report $ictims of #nforced or &nvoluntary
Disappearance. , $ny *erson, not &eing a *rin%i*al, a%%o.*li%e or
a%%essory, who has an infor.ation of a %ase of enfor%ed or
involuntary disa**earan%e or who shall learn of su%h infor.ation
or that a *erson is a vi%ti. of enfor%ed or involuntary
disa**earan%e, shall i..ediately re*ort in writing the
%ir%u.stan%es and wherea&outs of the vi%ti. to any o;%e,
deta%h.ent or division of the )e*art.ent of the Interior and
Do%al Eovern.ent 7)IDE8, the )e*art.ent of !ational )efense
7)!)8, the 5hili**ine !ational 5oli%e 75!58, the $r.ed 1or%es of
the 5hili**ines 7$158, the !ational Bureau of Investigation 7!BI8,
the City or 5rovin%ial 5rose%utor, the Co..ission on Fu.an
6ights 7CF68 or any hu.an rights organi<ation and, if 'nown, the
vi%ti.Gs fa.ily, relative, or lawyer.
SEC. 3. Duty to Certify in -riting on the Results of &n.uiry into a
Reported Disappeared Person/s -hereabouts. #In %ase a fa.ily
.e.&er, relative, lawyer, re*resentative of a hu.an rights
organi<ation or a .e.&er of the .edia in=uires with a .e.&er
or o;%ial of any *oli%e or .ilitary detention %enter, the 5!5 or
any of its agen%ies, the $15 or any of its agen%ies, the !BI or any
other agen%y or instru.entality of the govern.ent, as well as
any hos*ital or .orgue, *u&li% or *rivate, on the *resen%e or
wherea&outs of a re*orted vi%ti. of enfor%ed or involuntary
disa**earan%e, su%h .e.&er or o;%ial shall i..ediately issue a
%erti/%ation in writing to the in=uiring *erson or entity on the
*resen%e or a&sen%e andHor infor.ation on the wherea&outs of
su%h disa**eared *erson, stating, a.ong others, in %lear and
une=uivo%al .anner the date and ti.e of in=uiry, details of the
in=uiry and the res*onse to the in=uiry.
SEC. 2. Duty of &n.uest0&nvestigating Public Prosecutor or any
1udicial or 2uasi31udicial (4cial or #mployee. #$ny in=uest or
investigating *u&li% *rose%utor, or any Audi%ial or =uasi-Audi%ial
o;%ial or e.*loyee who learns that the *erson delivered for
in=uest or *reli.inary investigation or for any other Audi%ial
*ro%ess is a vi%ti. of enfor%ed or involuntary disa**earan%e shall
have the duty to i..ediately dis%lose the vi%ti.Gs wherea&outs
to his or her i..ediate fa.ily, relatives, lawyerHs or to a hu.an
rights organi<ation &y the .ost eB*edient .eans.
SEC. ",. (4cial 5p3to3Date Register of "ll Persons Detained or
Con!ned. - $ll *ersons detained or %on/ned shall &e *la%ed solely
in o;%ially re%ogni<ed and %ontrolled *la%es of detention or
%on/ne.ent where an o;%ial u*-to-date register of su%h *ersons
shall &e .aintained. 6elatives, lawyers, Audges, o;%ial &odies
and all *ersons who have legiti.ate interest in the wherea&outs
and %ondition of the *ersons de*rived of li&erty shall have free
a%%ess to the register.
The following details, a.ong others, shall &e re%orded, in the
register:
7a8 The identity or na.e, des%ri*tion and address of the *erson
de*rived of li&ertyI
7&8 The date, ti.e and lo%ation where the *erson was de*rived of
li&erty and the identity of the *erson who .ade su%h de*rivation
of li&ertyI
7%8 The authority who de%ided the de*rivation of li&erty and the
reasons for the de*rivation of li&erty or the %ri.e or o0ense
%o..ittedI
7d8 The authority %ontrolling the de*rivation of li&ertyI
7e8 The *la%e of de*rivation of li&erty, the date and ti.e of
ad.ission to the *la%e of de*rivation of li&erty and the authority
res*onsi&le for the *la%e of de*rivation of li&ertyI
7f8 6e%ords of *hysi%al, .ental and *sy%hologi%al %ondition of the
detained or %on/ned *erson &efore and after the de*rivation of
li&erty and the na.e and address of the *hysi%ian who eBa.ined
hi. or her *hysi%ally, .entally and .edi%allyI
7g8 The date and ti.e of release or transfer of the detained or
%on/ned *erson to another *la%e of detention, the destination
and the authority res*onsi&le for the transferI
7h8 The date and ti.e of ea%h re.oval of the detained or
%on/ned *erson fro. his or her %ell, the reason or *ur*ose for
su%h re.oval and the date and ti.e of his or her return to his or
her %ellI
7i8 $ su..ary of the *hysi%al, .ental and .edi%al /ndings of the
detained or %on/ned *erson after ea%h interrogationI
7A8 The na.es and addresses of the *ersons who visit the
detained or %on/ned *erson and the date and ti.e of su%h visits
and the date and ti.e of ea%h de*artureI
7'8 In the event of death during the de*rivation of li&erty, the
identity, the %ir%u.stan%es and %ause of death of the vi%ti. as
well as the destination of the hu.an re.ainsI and
7"8 $ll other i.*ortant events &earing on and all relevant details
regarding the treat.ent of the detained or %on/ned *erson.
Provided That the details re=uired under letters 7a8 to 7f8 shall &e
entered i..ediately in the register u*on arrest andHor detention.
$ll infor.ation %ontained in the register shall &e regularly or u*on
re=uest re*orted to the CF6 or any other agen%y of govern.ent
tas'ed to .onitor and *rote%t hu.an rights and shall &e .ade
availa&le to the *u&li%.
SEC. "". Submission of *ist of +overnment Detention 6acilities. #
Jithin siB 7C8 .onths fro. the e0e%tivity of this $%t and as .ay
&e re=uested &y the CF6 thereafter, all govern.ent agen%ies
%on%erned shall su&.it an u*dated inventory or list of all o;%ially
re%ogni<ed and %ontrolled detention or %on/ne.ent fa%ilities, and
the list of detainees or *ersons de*rived of li&erty under their
res*e%tive Aurisdi%tions to the CF6.
SEC. "+. &mmediate &ssuance and Compliance of the -rits of
Habeas Corpus "mparo and Habeas Data. , $ll *ro%eedings
*ertaining to the issuan%e of the writs of habeas corpus
amparo and habeas data shall &e dis*ensed with eB*editiously.
$s su%h, all %ourts and other %on%erned agen%ies of govern.ent
shall give *riority to su%h *ro%eedings.
Moreover, any order issued or *ro.ulgated *ursuant to su%h
writs or their res*e%tive *ro%eedings shall &e eBe%uted and
%o.*lied with i..ediately.
SEC. "9. $isitation 0&nspection of Places of Detention and
Con!nement. #The CF6 or its duly authori<ed re*resentatives are
here&y .andated and authori<ed to %ondu%t regular,
inde*endent, unannoun%ed and unrestri%ted visits to or
ins*e%tion of all *la%es of detention and %on/ne.ent.
SEC. ">. *iability of Commanding (4cer or Superior. - The
i..ediate %o..anding o;%er of the unit %on%erned of the $15
or the i..ediate senior o;%ial of the 5!5 and other law
enfor%e.ent agen%ies shall &e held lia&le as a *rin%i*al to the
%ri.e of enfor%ed or involuntary disa**earan%e for a%ts
%o..itted &y hi. or her that shall have led, assisted, a&etted or
allowed, whether dire%tly or indire%tly, the %o..ission thereof &y
his or her su&ordinates. If su%h %o..anding o;%er has
'nowledge of or, owing to the %ir%u.stan%es at the ti.e, should
have 'nown that an enfor%ed or involuntary disa**earan%e is
&eing %o..itted, or has &een %o..itted &y su&ordinates or &y
others within the o;%erGs area of res*onsi&ility and, des*ite su%h
'nowledge, did not ta'e *reventive or %oer%ive a%tion either
&efore, during or i..ediately after its %o..ission, when he or
she has the authority to *revent or investigate allegations of
enfor%ed or involuntary disa**earan%e &ut failed to *revent or
investigate su%h allegations, whether deli&erately or due to
negligen%e, shall also &e held lia&le as *rin%i*al.
SEC. "?. Penal Provisions. # 7a8 The *enalty of reclusion
perpetua and its a%%essory *enalties shall &e i.*osed u*on the
following *ersons:
7"8 Those who dire%tly %o..itted the a%t of enfor%ed or
involuntary disa**earan%eI
7+8 Those who dire%tly for%ed, instigated, en%ouraged or indu%ed
others to %o..it the a%t of enfor%ed or involuntary
disa**earan%eI
798 Those who %oo*erated in the a%t of enfor%ed or involuntary
disa**earan%e &y %o..itting another a%t without whi%h the a%t
of enfor%ed or involuntary disa**earan%e would not have &een
%onsu..atedI
7>8 Those o;%ials who allowed the a%t or a&etted in the
%onsu..ation of enfor%ed or involuntary disa**earan%e when it
is within their *ower to sto* or un%over the %o..ission thereofI
and
7?8 Those who %oo*erated in the eBe%ution of the a%t of enfor%ed
or involuntary disa**earan%e &y *revious or si.ultaneous a%ts.
7&8 The *enalty of reclusion temporal and its a%%essory *enalties
shall &e i.*osed u*on those who shall %o..it the a%t of
enfor%ed or involuntary disa**earan%e in the atte.*ted stage as
*rovided for and de/ned under $rti%le C of the 6evised 5enal
Code.
7%8 The *enalty of reclusion temporal and its a%%essory *enalties
shall also &e i.*osed u*on *ersons who, having 'nowledge of
the a%t of enfor%ed or involuntary disa**earan%e and without
having *arti%i*ated therein, either as *rin%i*als or a%%o.*li%es,
too' *art su&se=uent to its %o..ission in any of the following
.anner:
7"8 By the.selves *ro/ting fro. or assisting the o0ender to *ro/t
fro. the e0e%ts of the a%t of enfor%ed or involuntary
disa**earan%eI
7+8 By %on%ealing the a%t of enfor%ed or involuntary
disa**earan%e andHor destroying the e0e%ts or instru.ents
thereof in order to *revent its dis%overyI or
798 By har&oring, %on%ealing or assisting in the es%a*e of the
*rin%i*alHs in the a%t of enfor%ed or involuntary disa**earan%e,
*rovided su%h a%%essory a%ts are done with the a&use of o;%ial
fun%tions.
7d8 The *enalty of prision correctional and its a%%essory *enalties
shall &e i.*osed against *ersons who defy, ignore or unduly
delay %o.*lian%e with any order duly issued or *ro.ulgated
*ursuant to the writs of habeas corpus amparo and habeas
data or their res*e%tive *ro%eedings.
7e8 The *enalty of arresto mayor and its a%%essory *enalties shall
&e i.*osed against any *erson who shall violate the *rovisions of
Se%tions C, 4, 3, 2 and ", of this $%t.
SEC. "C. Preventive Suspension0Summary Dismissal. #
Eovern.ent o;%ials and *ersonnel who are found to &e
*er*etrators of or *arti%i*ants in any .anner in the %o..ission
of enfor%ed or involuntary disa**earan%e as a result of a
*reli.inary investigation %ondu%ted for that *ur*ose shall &e
*reventively sus*ended or su..arily dis.issed fro. the servi%e,
de*ending on the strength of the eviden%e so *resented and
gathered in the said *reli.inary investigation or as .ay &e
re%o..ended &y the investigating authority.
SEC. "4. Civil *iability. #The a%t of enfor%ed or involuntary
disa**earan%e shall render its *er*etrators and the State
agen%ies whi%h organi<ed, a%=uies%ed in or tolerated su%h
disa**earan%e lia&le under %ivil law.
SEC. "3. &ndependent *iability. #The %ri.inal lia&ility of the
o0ender under this $%t shall &e inde*endent of or without
*reAudi%e to the *rose%ution and %onvi%tion of the said o0ender
for any violation of 6e*u&li% $%t !o. 4>93, otherwise 'nown as
($n $%t )e/ning Certain 6ights of 5erson $rrested, )etained or
Knder Custodial Investigation as well as the )uties of the
$rresting, )etaining, and Investigating ;%ers, and 5roviding
5enalties for Liolations ThereofGI 6e*u&li% $%t !o. 24>?, otherwise
'nown as ($n $%t 5enali<ing Torture and ther Cruel, Inhu.an
and )egrading Treat.ent or 5unish.ent, and 5res%ri&ing
5enalties Therefor@I and a**li%a&le *rovisions of the 6evised
5enal Code.
SEC. "2. %one7clusivity or Double 1eopardy 5nder &nternational
*a8. # $ny investigation, trial and de%ision in any 5hili**ines
%ourt, or &ody for any violation of this $%t shallI &e without
*reAudi%e to any investigation, trial, de%ision or any other legal or
ad.inistrative *ro%ess &efore any a**ro*riate international %ourt
or agen%y under a**li%a&le international hu.an rights and
hu.anitarian law.
SEC. +,. #7emption from Prosecution. # $ny o0ender who
volunteers infor.ation that leads to the dis%overy of the vi%ti. of
enfor%ed or involuntary disa**earan%e or the *rose%ution of the
o0enders without the vi%ti. &eing found shall &e eBe.*t fro.
any %ri.inal andHor %ivil lia&ility under this $%t: Provided, That
said o0ender does not a**ear to &e the .ost guilty.
SEC. +". Continuing (9ense. # $n a%t %onstituting enfor%ed or
involuntary disa**earan%e shall &e %onsidered a %ontinuing
o0ense as long as the *er*etrators %ontinue to %on%eal the fate
and wherea&outs of the disa**eared *erson and su%h
%ir%u.stan%es have not &een deter.ined with %ertainty.
SEC. ++. Statue of *imitations #7emption. # The *rose%ution of
*ersons res*onsi&le for enfor%ed or involuntary disa**earan%e
shall not *res%ri&e unless the vi%ti. surfa%es alive. In whi%h %ase,
the *res%ri*tive *eriod shall &e twenty-/ve 7+?8 years fro. the
date of su%h rea**earan%e.
SEC. +9. S*e%ial $.nesty Daw EB%lusion. # 5ersons who are
%hanged with andHor guilty of the a%t of enfor%ed or involuntary
disa**earan%e shall not &ene/t fro. any s*e%ial a.nesty law or
other si.ilar eBe%utive .easures that shall eBe.*t the. fro.
any *enal *ro%eedings or san%tions.
SEC. +>. State Protection # The State, through its a**ro*riate
agen%ies, shall ensure the safety of all *ersons involved in the
sear%h, investigation and *rose%ution of enfor%ed or involuntary
disa**earan%e in%luding, &ut not li.ited to, the vi%ti.s, their
fa.ilies, %o.*lainants, witnesses, legal %ounsel and
re*resentatives of hu.an rights organi<ations and .edia. They
shall li'ewise &e *rote%ted fro. any inti.idation or re*risal.
SEC. +?. "pplicability of Refouler. #!o *erson shall &e eB*elled,
returned or eBtradited to another State where there are
su&stantial grounds to &elieve that su%h *erson shall &e in danger
of &eing su&Ae%ted to enfor%ed or involuntary disa**earan%e. 1or
*ur*oses of deter.ining whether su%h grounds eBist, the
Se%retary of the )e*art.ent, of 1oreign $0airs 7)1$8 and the
Se%retary of the )e*art.ent of Justi%e 7)J8 in %oordination with
the Chair*erson of the CF6, shall ta'e into a%%ount all relevant
%onsiderations in%luding where a**li%a&le and not li.ited to, the
eBisten%e in the re=uesting State of a %onsistent *attern of gross,
Magrant or .ass violations of hu.an rights.
SEC. +C. Restitution and Compensation to $ictims of #nforced or
&nvoluntary Disappearance and0or Their &mmediate Relatives. #
The vi%ti.s of enfor%ed or involuntary disa**earan%e who surfa%e
alive shall &e entitled to .onetary %o.*ensation, reha&ilitation
and restitution of honor and re*utation. Su%h restitution of honor
and re*utation shall in%lude i..ediate eB*unging or re%ti/%ation
of any derogatory re%ord, infor.ation or *u&li%
de%larationHstate.ent on his or her *erson, *ersonal
%ir%u.stan%es, status, andHor organi<ational a;liation &y the
a**ro*riate govern.ent or *rivate agen%y or agen%ies
%on%erned.
The i..ediate relatives of a vi%ti. of enfor%ed or involuntary
disa**earan%e, within the fourth %ivil degree of %onsanguinity or
a;nity, .ay also %lai. for %o.*ensation as *rovided for under
6e*u&li% $%t !o. 49,2, entitled ($n $%t Creating a Board of Clai.s
under the )e*art.ent of Justi%e for Li%ti.s of KnAust
I.*rison.ent or )etention and Li%ti.s of Liolent Cri.es and 1or
ther 5ur*oses@, and other relief *rogra.s of the govern.ent.
The *a%'age of inde.ni/%ation for &oth the vi%ti.s and the
i..ediate relatives within the fourth %ivil degree of
%onsanguinity or a;nity shall &e without *reAudi%e to other legal
re.edies that .ay &e availa&le to the..
SEC. +4. Rehabilitation of $ictims and0or Their &mmediate
Relatives and (9enders. , In order that the vi%ti.s of enfor%ed
or involuntary disa**earan%e who surfa%ed alive andHor their
i..ediate relatives within the fourth %ivil degree of
%onsanguinity or a;nity, .ay &e e0e%tively reintegrated into the
.ainstrea. of so%iety and in the *ro%ess of develo*.ent, the
State, through the CF6, in %oordination with the )e*art.ent of
Fealth, the )e*art.ent of So%ial Jelfare and )evelo*.ent
7)SJ)8 and the %on%erned nongovern.ent organi<ationHs, shall
*rovide the. with a**ro*riate .edi%al %are and reha&ilitation
free of %harge.
Toward the attain.ent of restorative Austi%e, a *arallel
reha&ilitation *rogra. for *ersons who have %o..itted enfor%ed
or involuntary disa**earan%e shall li'ewise &e i.*le.ented
without %ost to su%h o0enders.
SEC. +3. &mplementing Rules and Regulations. , Jithin thirty 79,8
days fro. the e0e%tivity of this $%t, the )J, the )SJ), the CF6,
the 1a.ilies of Li%ti.s of Involuntary )isa**earan%e 71I!)8 and
the 1a.ilies of Desaparecidos for Justi%e :Desaparecidos; in
%onsultation with other hu.an rights organi<ations, shall Aointly
*ro.ulgate the rules and regulations for the e0e%tive
i.*le.entation of this $%t and shall ensure the full disse.ination
of the sa.e to the *u&li%.
SEC. +2. Suppletory "pplications. , The a**li%a&le *rovisions of
the 6evised 5enal Code shall have su**letory a**li%ation insofar
as they are %onsistent with the *rovisions of this $%t.
SEC. 9,. "ppropriations. #The a.ount of Ten .illion *esos
75",,,,,,,,,.,,8 is here&y a**ro*riated for the initial
i.*le.entation of this $%t &y the CF6. Su&se=uent Muids for the
%ontinuing i.*le.entation of this $%t shall &e in%luded in the
res*e%tive &udgets of the CF6 and the )J in the annual Eeneral
$**ro*riations $%t.
SEC. 9". Separability Clause. #If for any reason, any se%tion or
*rovision of this $%t is de%lared un%onstitutional or invalid, su%h
other se%tions or *rovisions not a0e%ted there&y shall re.ain in
full for%e and e0e%t.
SEC. 9+. Repealing Clause. , $ll laws, de%rees, eBe%utive orders,
rules and regulations and other issuan%es or *arts thereof
in%onsistent with the *rovisions of this $%t are here&y re*ealed,
a.ended or .odi/ed a%%ordingly.
SEC. 99. #9ectivity Clause. , This $%t shall ta'e e0e%t /fteen 7"?8
days after its *u&li%ation in at least two 7+8 news*a*ers of
general %ir%ulation or the (4cial +a<ette whi%h shall not &e later
than seven 748 days after the a**roval thereof.
$**roved,
7Sgd.8 FELICIA!
BELM!TE ,R"
Spea=er of the House
of Representatives
7Sgd.8 ,UA P!CE
ERILE
President of the
Senate
This $%t whi%h is a %onsolidation of Senate Bill !o. +3"4 and
Fouse Bill !o. 23 was /nally *assed &y the Senate and the Fouse
of 6e*resentatives on %to&er "C, +,"+.
7Sgd.8 MARIL+ B"
BARUA-+AP
Secretary +eneral
House of
Representatives
7Sgd.8 EMMA
LIRI!-RE+ES
Secretary of the
Senate
$**roved: )EC +" +,"+
7Sgd.8 BEI(! S" A.UI! III
President of the Philippines