Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT RATIONALIZING THE IMPOSITION OF FINES AND PENALTIES FOR CRIMES COMMITTED, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AS AMENDED, AND PRESIDENTIAL DECREES NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE, AND SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND TWO, AS AMENDED
Date filed
July 21, 2004
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB01564 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT RATIONALIZING THE IMPOSITION OF FINES AND PENALTIES FOR CRIMES COMMITTED, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AS AMENDED, AND PRESIDENTIAL DECREES NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE, AND SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND TWO, AS AMENDED | |
| SHORT TITLE : Rationalizing the Imposition of Fines and Penalties for Crimes Committed | |
| ABSTRACT : The bill seeks to adjust the penalties provided under the Revised Penal Code that are grossly disproportionate to the amount or value of the subject of the offense and those that are ridiculously light considering the gravity of the offense. It also seeks the repeal of the provision penalizing vagrancy and prostitution. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : TA�ADA, LORENZO III R. | |
| DATE FILED : 2004-07-21 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Fua | 2. Datumanong |
| 3. Domogan | 4. Golez |
| 5. Rosales | 6. Aquino |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 02029 | |
| SUBMITTED ON 2006-10-11 | |
| SUBMITTED BY: REVISION OF LAWS | |
| RECOMMENDATIONS: approval with amendments | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF LAWS ON 2004-08-03 | |
| DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2006-11-06 | |
| DATE CALENDARED : 2006-11-29 | |
| SECOND READING INFORMATION | |
| PERIOD OF COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS : 2007-02-07 | |
| DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2006-12-20 | |
| RECOMMITTED/RECONSIDERED : RECONSIDERED | |
| DATE RECONSIDERED : 2007-02-07 | |
| REASONS : To introduce further amendments. | |
| RECONSIDERED MEASURE APPROVED ON 2007-02-07 | |
| REMARKS : On Dec. 20, 2006, the Body approved to consider the Explanatory Note of the Bill as the sponsorship remarks on the measure; approved the amendments as contained in the Ctte. Rpt., if any; and approved the same on Seond Reading. | |
| DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2007-06-04 | |
| REMARKS : |
Abstract
The bill seeks to adjust the penalties provided under the Revised Penal Code that are grossly disproportionate to the amount or value of the subject of the offense and those that are ridiculously light considering the gravity of the offense. It also seeks the repeal of the provision penalizing vagrancy and prostitution.'
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