Bill Type
Congress Name
Full Title of Bill
AN ACT REPEALING ARTICLE 247 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE
Text as filed (link)
Date filed
March 13, 2023
Date Read
March 15, 2023
Bill Status
Pending with the Committee on REVISION OF LAWS since 2023-03-15
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB07567 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT REPEALING ARTICLE 247 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE |
| ABSTRACT : Seeks to repeal Art. 247 which states that "a defense can be invoked by an accused if the killing or infliction of injuries were done out of a justified burst of passion."Intends to address issues - that honor-based violence is gender-based- violence because victims are predominantly women, and the third paragraph pertains only to daughters and not sons - which reveals discriminatory gender-based presumptions. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ABALOS, JONATHAN CLEMENT II M. |
| DATE FILED : 2023-03-13 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF LAWS ON 2023-03-15 |
Abstract
ABSTRACT : Seeks to repeal Art. 247 which states that "a defense can be invoked by an accused if the killing or infliction of injuries were done out of a justified burst of passion."Intends to address issues - that honor-based violence is gender-based- violence because victims are predominantly women, and the third paragraph pertains only to daughters and not sons - which reveals discriminatory gender-based presumptions.
Significance