Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR STIFFER PENALTIES AGAINST PUBLISHERS, WRITERS, AND DISTRIBUTORS OF PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIALS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ARTICLE 201 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NOS. 960 AND 969, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES (SMUT)
Date filed
August 13, 1998
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB02230 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROVIDING FOR STIFFER PENALTIES AGAINST PUBLISHERS, WRITERS, AND DISTRIBUTORS OF PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIALS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ARTICLE 201 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NOS. 960 AND 969, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES (SMUT) | |
| ABSTRACT : INCREASES the penalty imposed on publishers, writers and distributors of obscene publications from [P6,000.00] FIFTY thousand pesos (P50,000.00) to [P12,000.00] ONE HUNDRED thousand pesos (P100,000.00). | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : HERRERA, ERNESTO F. | |
| DATE FILED : 1998-08-13 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. | 2. |
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| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION ON 1998-08-20 |
Abstract
INCREASES the penalty imposed on publishers, writers and distributors of obscene publications from [P6,000.00] FIFTY thousand pesos (P50,000.00) to [P12,000.00] ONE HUNDRED thousand pesos (P100,000.00).
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