Bill Type
Long Title
THE ANTI-INCEST ACT
Congress Author
Date filed
July 29, 1998
Scope
Urgent Bill
No

Legislative History

House Bill/Resolution NO. HB01475
FULL TITLE : THE ANTI-INCEST ACT
ABSTRACT : Criminalizes INCEST and prescribes stiffer penalties for violation thereof. Defines "incest" as an act committed by any person who marries or purports to marry, or cohabits, or engages in sexual intercourse or acts of lasciviousness with anoather person whom he/she knows to be his/her ancestor or descendant by blood or adoption, regardless of degree, or his/her stepchild, while the marriage creating relationship subsists, or his/her brother or sister, whether of the full or half-blood, or his/her collateral blood relatives, whether of the full or half-blood, up to the fourth civil degree. Defines further "acts of lasciviousness" for the purpose of this Act.
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : DATUMANONG, SIMEON A.
DATE FILED : 1998-07-29
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
CO-AUTHORS :
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ADMINISTRATION BILL? No
URGENT BILL? No
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF LAWS ON 1998-08-04

Abstract

Criminalizes INCEST and prescribes stiffer penalties for violation thereof. Defines "incest" as an act committed by any person who marries or purports to marry, or cohabits, or engages in sexual intercourse or acts of lasciviousness with anoather person whom he/she knows to be his/her ancestor or descendant by blood or adoption, regardless of degree, or his/her stepchild, while the marriage creating relationship subsists, or his/her brother or sister, whether of the full or half-blood, or his/her collateral blood relatives, whether of the full or half-blood, up to the fourth civil degree. Defines further "acts of lasciviousness" for the purpose of this Act.

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