Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR THE PILFERAGE OF ELECTRICITY AND THEFT OF ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION LINES AND MATERIALS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7832, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "ANTI-ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES/MATERIALS PILFERAGE ACT OF 1994"
Date filed
September 18, 2007
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB02590 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR THE PILFERAGE OF ELECTRICITY AND THEFT OF ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION LINES AND MATERIALS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7832, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "ANTI-ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES/MATERIALS PILFERAGE ACT OF 1994" |
| ABSTRACT : The bill icnreases the penalties for: a) pilferage of electricity - imprisonment of reclusion temporal or a fine ranging from P100.000 to P200,000; b) theft of electric power transmission lines and materials - imprisonment of reclusion perpetua or a fine ranging from P300,000 to P500,000. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : SINGSON, RONALD V. |
| DATE FILED : 2007-09-18 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : |
| 1. Lazatin (030 ) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: |
| 1. Scheduled for first meeting/hearing on 2008-08-05 |
| 2. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2008-08-11 |
| 3. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2008-09-04 |
| 4. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2008-09-10 |
| 5. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2008-12-09 |
| 6. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2009-02-18 |
| 7. Approved by the Committee on 2009-04-15 |
| 8. Committee Report filed on 2009-05-11 |
| MOTHER BILL: HB06320 |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY ON 2007-09-25 |
Abstract
The bill icnreases the penalties for: a) pilferage of electricity - imprisonment of reclusion temporal or a fine ranging from P100.000 to P200,000; b) theft of electric power transmission lines and materials - imprisonment of reclusion perpetua or a fine ranging from P300,000 to P500,000.
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