Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 2871, 12th Congress of the Republic |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROVIDING FOR STIFFER PENALTIES FOR ELECTION OFFENSES AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 264 OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 881, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES |
| ABSTRACT : This bill proposes to impose the penalty of not less than six (6) years nor more than 12 years of imprisonment for the follwing election offenses: vote buying and vote selling; conspiracy to bribe voters; threats, intimidation, terrorism, use of fraudulent device or any for of Coercion; dismissal of employees, laborers or tenants; use of public funds, money deposited in trust, equipment, facilities owned and controlled by the government for an election campaign; carrying of deadly weapons; carrying of firearms outside residence or place of business; tampering of votes as defined under paragraphs (a) and (b), Section 27 of Republic Act No. 6646. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ESPINOSA, VIDA V. |
| DATE FILED : 2001-09-04 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : |
| 1. Syjuco (055 ) |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No |
| URGENT BILL? No |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS ON 2001-09-25 |
Abstract
This bill proposes to impose the penalty of not less than six (6) years nor more than 12 years of imprisonment for the follwing election offenses: vote buying and vote selling; conspiracy to bribe voters; threats, intimidation, terrorism, use of fraudulent device or any for of Coercion; dismissal of employees, laborers or tenants; use of public funds, money deposited in trust, equipment, facilities owned and controlled by the government for an election campaign; carrying of deadly weapons; carrying of firearms outside residence or place of business; tampering of votes as defined under paragraphs (a) and (b), Section 27 of Republic Act No. 6646.
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