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Long Title
FULL TITLE : AN ACT IDENTIFYING OTHER PERSONS CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR ELECTION OFFENSES AND INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR ELECTION-RELATED OFFENSES, AMENDING SECTIONS 263 AND 264 OF BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 881, AS AMENDED OR THE "OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES", AND SECTION 46 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8189 OR "THE VOTER"S REGISTRATION ACT OF 1996"
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Date filed
June 30, 2016
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Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00520 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT IDENTIFYING OTHER PERSONS CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR ELECTION OFFENSES AND INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR ELECTION-RELATED OFFENSES, AMENDING SECTIONS 263 AND 264 OF BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 881, AS AMENDED OR THE "OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES", AND SECTION 46 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8189 OR "THE VOTER"S REGISTRATION ACT OF 1996" | |
| ABSTRACT : Seeks to re-classify the gravity of certain election offenses and to increase the penalties prescribed for the commission of the election offenses in order to make election laws better and more effective in curbing election related offenses, with the end in view of ensuring clean, honest, fair and orderly elections. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : CASTRO, FREDENIL "FRED" H. | |
| DATE FILED : 2016-06-30 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| NATURE : Reform | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Sy-Alvarado (007 2016-08-08) | 2. Cortuna (011 2016-08-16) |
| 3. Lazatin (000 2018-01-18) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS ON 2016-07-27 |
Abstract
Seeks to re-classify the gravity of certain election offenses and to increase the penalties prescribed for the commission of the election offenses in order to make election laws better and more effective in curbing election related offenses, with the end in view of ensuring clean, honest, fair and orderly elections
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