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Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT PROTECTING THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN THE PHILIPPINES GUARANTEED UNDER SECTION 5, ARTICLE III OF THE CONSTITUTION [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 19TH CONGRESS ] [ 2023 ] Introduced by Representatives LUIS RAYMUND "LRAY" JR. F. VILLAFUERTE, MIGUEL LUIS R. VILLAFUERTE, TSUYOSHI ANTHONY G. HORIBATA, NICOLAS VIII C. ENCISO, EDUARDO "BRO. EDDIE" C. VILLANUEVA, et. al.; Approved on Third Reading by the House of Representatives on January 23, 2023; 1/24/2023 Sent to the Senate requesting for concurrence; 2/7/2023 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committees on JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; CULTURAL COMMUNITIES AND MUSLIM AFFAIRS and WAYS AND MEANS; [ SECOND REGULAR SESSION ] 8/1/2023 Conducted JOINT COMMITTEE MEETINGS/HEARINGS; 8/30/2023 Letter from the House of Representatives dated August 23, 2023 informing the Senate that it reconsidered the approval on Third Reading and withdrew from the Senate HBN-6492; 8/30/2023 WITHDRAWN.
Senate Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT PROTECTING THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN THE PHILIPPINES GUARANTEED UNDER SECTION 5, ARTICLE III OF THE CONSTITUTION [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 19TH CONGRESS ] [ 2023 ] Introduced by Representatives LUIS RAYMUND "LRAY" JR. F. VILLAFUERTE, MIGUEL LUIS R. VILLAFUERTE, TSUYOSHI ANTHONY G. HORIBATA, NICOLAS VIII C. ENCISO, EDUARDO "BRO. EDDIE" C. VILLANUEVA, et. al.; Approved on Third Reading by the House of Representatives on January 23, 2023; 1/24/2023 Sent to the Senate requesting for concurrence; 2/7/2023 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committees on JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; CULTURAL COMMUNITIES AND MUSLIM AFFAIRS and WAYS AND MEANS;
Abstract
ABSTRACT : Aims to protect and uphold the right of every Filipino to freely choose and exercise one's religion and beliefs and to act and live according to one's conscience as guaranteed under Section 5, Article III of the Constitution and other international human rights instruments. States that the right of every person to freedom of religion, or the free exercise thereof and liberality of conscience can be denied, regulated, burdened, or curtailed only if it can be demonstrated that:a. The free exercise of religious freedom or conscience of a religious group or individual results to violence or inflicts or poses to inflict direct or indirect physical or material harms or danger on other people, or infringe on their own freedom of religion or conscience; and b. It is necessary to protect public safety, public order, health, property and good morals. Provides penalties for any person, natural or juridical, who violates this Act.