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Long Title
AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 266-A OF ACT NO. 3815, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED
Date filed
February 12, 2009
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB05924 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 266-A OF ACT NO. 3815, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED |
| ABSTRACT : Seeks to clarify that the act of the insertion of a finger into a woman's vagina is rape, contary to the interpretation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in its Memorandum Circular No. 22 dated 28 September 2000, which provides for the guidelines for the interpretation of Republic Act No. 8353, otherwise known as the “Anti-Rape Law of 1997.†|
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : OCAMPO, SATUR C. |
| DATE FILED : 2009-02-12 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : |
| 1. Colmenares (072 ) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF LAWS ON 2009-02-18 |
Abstract
Seeks to clarify that the act of the insertion of a finger into a woman's vagina is rape, contary to the interpretation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in its Memorandum Circular No. 22 dated 28 September 2000, which provides for the guidelines for the interpretation of Republic Act No. 8353, otherwise known as the "Anti-Rape Law of 1997."
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