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Long Title
AN ACT TO ABOLISH THE PENALTY OF IMPRISONMENT IN LIBEL AND DEFAMATION CASES AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLES 355, 356, 357 AND 360 OF ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date filed
October 23, 2003
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 6519, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT TO ABOLISH THE PENALTY OF IMPRISONMENT IN LIBEL AND DEFAMATION CASES AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLES 355, 356, 357 AND 360 OF ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| ABSTRACT : The measure seeks to abolish the penalty of imprisonment in crimes against honor and to impose instead fines ranging from Ph20,000 to Ph2.0 million. It also proposes to spread the responsibility for the creation and publication or broadcast of news to include the publishers/owners and top management of newspapers, magazines and radio and television stations. By making the publisher/owners and managers equally responsible for the printed article or broadcast, editors and other supervising personnel are compelled to double check stories for elements of libel and oral defamation. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : FAILON, TED | |
| DATE FILED : 2003-10-23 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Locsin | 2. Zamora |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE ON 2003-11-12 |
Abstract
The measure seeks to abolish the penalty of imprisonment in crimes against honor and to impose instead fines ranging from Ph20,000 to Ph2.0 million. It also proposes to spread the responsibility for the creation and publication or broadcast of news to include the publishers/owners and top management of newspapers, magazines and radio and television stations. By making the publisher/owners and managers equally responsible for the printed article or broadcast, editors and other supervising personnel are compelled to double check stories for elements of libel and oral defamation.
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