Bill Type
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Long Title
AN ACT PLACING THE PROVINCIAL, SUB-PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT JAILS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY (BJMP), AMENDING SECTIONS 61, 62, AND 63 OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT OF 1990" AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date filed
July 10, 2007
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00996 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PLACING THE PROVINCIAL, SUB-PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT JAILS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY (BJMP), AMENDING SECTIONS 61, 62, AND 63 OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT OF 1990" AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES |
| ABSTRACT : The bill seeks to remove from the provincial governments the supervision and control over provincial and sub-provincial jails and place them with the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to avoid confusion as to which government agency should be held responsible for the improvement of these jails and the discipline of its jail personnel. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : PINGOY, ARTHUR "DODO" JR. Y. M.D. |
| DATE FILED : 2007-07-10 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY ON 2007-08-01 |
Abstract
The bill seeks to remove from the provincial governments the supervision and control over provincial and sub-provincial jails and place them with the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to avoid confusion as to which government agency should be held responsible for the improvement of these jails and the discipline of its jail personnel.
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