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AN ACT BROADENING THE SCOPE OF UNLAWFUL PRACTICES OF MATCHING FILIPINO WOMEN FOR MARRIAGE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS TO INCLUDE VARIOUS SCHEMES MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE INTERNET, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6955
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Date filed
July 1, 2004
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Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00208 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT BROADENING THE SCOPE OF UNLAWFUL PRACTICES OF MATCHING FILIPINO WOMEN FOR MARRIAGE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS TO INCLUDE VARIOUS SCHEMES MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE INTERNET, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6955 | |
| ABSTRACT : RA 6955 declared as unlawful the practice of matching Filipino women for marriage to foreign nationals on a mail-order basis and similar practices. However, RA 6955 failed to anticipate the evolution of the e-mail bride scheme. The bill aims to broaden the scope of unlawful and punishable schemes of matching Filipino women to foreign nationals to include those made through e-mail and/or websites in the internet. A number of syndicates use these schemes to recruit women into prostitution. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : BIAZON, ROZZANO RUFINO B. | |
| DATE FILED : 2004-07-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Silverio (017 ) | 2. Zamora (001 ) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON WOMEN ON 2004-07-27 |
Abstract
RA 6955 declared as unlawful the practice of matching Filipino women for marriage to foreign nationals on a mail-order basis and similar practices. However, RA 6955 failed to anticipate the evolution of the e-mail bride scheme. The bill aims to broaden the scope of unlawful and punishable schemes of matching Filipino women to foreign nationals to include those made through e-mail and/or websites in the internet. A number of syndicates use these schemes to recruit women into prostitution.'
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