Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE VENUE OF THE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL ACTION IN LIBEL CASES AGAINST COMMUNITY JOURNALISTS, PUBLICATIONS OR BROADCAST STATIONS
Third Reading Copy link (HRep)
Date filed
July 2, 2007
Scope
All Information (Senate Website)
Legislative History (Senate Website)
Committee Referral (Senate Website)
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00431 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE VENUE OF THE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL ACTION IN LIBEL CASES AGAINST COMMUNITY JOURNALISTS, PUBLICATIONS OR BROADCAST STATIONS | |
| SHORT TITLE : Providing For The Venue Of The Criminal And Civil Action In Libel Cases Against Community Journalists, Publications Or Broadcast Stations | |
| ABSTRACT : Under the present rule on venue, the complainant, if he is a public officer, can file the complaint in Manila if his office is in Manila or in the office outside Manila if his office is located there. This rule on venue has placed community journalists and local broadcasters in a situation where they have to answer complaints filed, rightly or wrongly, in distant places, diliberately filed far away from their place of work. The bill seeks to provide a specific venue of action in libel cases against a community journalist, community publication or community broadcast station. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : DEL MAR, RAUL V. | |
| DATE FILED : 2007-07-02 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Defensor (M.) | 2. Gullas |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Villarosa (007 ) | 2. Codilla (025 ) |
| AUTHORS(Final/Third Reading) : | |
| 1. Gonzales (N.) | 2. De Guzman |
| 3. Agbayani | 4. Velarde |
| 5. Romulo | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Committee Report filed on 2008-10-03 | |
| COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 01347 | |
| SUBMITTED ON 2008-10-03 | |
| SUBMITTED BY: JUSTICE | |
| RECOMMENDATIONS: approval | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE ON 2007-07-30 | |
| DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2008-10-06 | |
| DATE CALENDARED : 2008-10-07 | |
| SECOND READING INFORMATION | |
| FINAL LIST OF AUTHORS : Gonzales (N.), De Guzman, Agbayani, Velarde, Romulo | |
| DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2008-12-09 | |
| REMARKS : On Dec. 09, 2008, the Body approved to consider the Explantory Note of the Bill as the sponsorship remarks on the measure. | |
| THIRD READING INFORMATION | |
| DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2008-12-10 | |
| DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2008-12-15 | |
| HOUSE VOTES: YEAS:166 NAYS:0 ABSTAIN:.0 | |
| DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE: 2008-12-17 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE | |
| DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE: 2008-12-17 | |
| REMARKS : |
Abstract
Under the present rule on venue, the complainant, if he is a public officer, can file the complaint in Manila if his office is in Manila or in the office outside Manila if his office is located there. This rule on venue has placed community journalists and local broadcasters in a situation where they have to answer complaints filed, rightly or wrongly, in distant places, diliberately filed far away from their place of work. The bill seeks to provide a specific venue of action in libel cases against a community journalist, community publication or community broadcast station.
Disclaimer
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