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FULL TITLE : AN ACT ADJUSTING THE AMOUNTS OR THE VALUE OF PROPERTY ON WHICH A PENALTY IS BASED, AND THE FINES IMPOSED UNDER THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ACT NO. 3815, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE REVISED PENAL CODE", AS AMENDED"
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Date filed
May 3, 2017
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Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB05522 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT ADJUSTING THE AMOUNTS OR THE VALUE OF PROPERTY ON WHICH A PENALTY IS BASED, AND THE FINES IMPOSED UNDER THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ACT NO. 3815, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE REVISED PENAL CODE", AS AMENDED" |
| SHORT TITLE : " The Revised Penal Code Indexation Act " |
| ABSTRACT : Aims to render current and relevant to the times, the fines provided therein; Among others, the bill raises/adjusts the amount of fines/penalties for the following crimes: obtaining a search warrant without just cause; crimes of direct assault, tumults; false testimony favorable to or against a defendant in a criminal case; qualified trespass to dwelling; indirect assault; less serious physical injuries; unlawful arrest; grave threats; revelation of industrial secrets; other coercions or unjust vexation; resistance and disobedience to a person in authority not of a serous nature. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : CHIPECO, JOAQUIN JR. M. |
| DATE FILED : 2017-05-03 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : |
| 1. Batocabe (093 2017-05-23) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE ON 2017-05-08 |
Abstract
Aims to render current and relevant to the times, the fines provided therein; Among others, the bill raises/adjusts the amount of fines/penalties for the following crimes: obtaining a search warrant without just cause; crimes of direct assault, tumults; false testimony favorable to or against a defendant in a criminal case; qualified trespass to dwelling; indirect assault; less serious physical injuries; unlawful arrest; grave threats; revelation of industrial secrets; other coercions or unjust vexation; resistance and disobedience to a person in authority not of a serous nature. ']
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