Bill Type
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AN ACT DECRIMINALIZING LIBEL THEREBY REPEALING ARTICLES 353 TO 357 AND ARTICLES 360-362 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE
Short Title
DECRIMINALIZING LIBEL
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Date filed
January 7, 2013
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3
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Entitled: AN ACT DECRIMINALIZING LIBEL THEREBY REPEALING ARTICLES 353 TO 357 AND ARTICLES 360-362 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ] [ 2013 ] 7/1/2013 Introduced by Senator PIA S. CAYETANO; 7/24/2013 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MASS MEDIA; and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND REVISION OF CODES; [ 2014 ] 2/26/2014 Change of committee referral from the Committee on Public Information and Mass Media to the Committee on JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; (Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, all Senate Bills pending in the committee/s, with pertinent documents, transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service, for safekeeping and preservation on July 19, 2016) (The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry re conducted committee meetings/hearings, conducted technical working group, is prepared by the Committee concerned/Committee Affairs Bureau)