Legislative History
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S. No. 454 |
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| April 19, 1963 | Introduced by Sens. Fernandez and Padilla and filed. |
| April 23, 1963 | Submitted to the Senate; Referred to the Committee on Revision of Laws on the same day. |
| May 13, 1963 | Returned by Committee on Revision of Laws with the Committee Report No. 684, recommending that S-451 and S-454 be consolidated and that the latter be approved without amendment and making Sen. Lim as co-author. |
| May 14, 1963 | Submitted said Report to the Senate; |
| May 14, 1963 | Passed on second reading by the Senate without amendment. |
| May 20, 1963 | Printed copies, distributed to the Senators. |
| May 23, 1963 | Passed on third reading by the Senate; Sent to the House requesting concurrence; The House having passed a Bill (H. No. 5888) similar to this Bill, and owing to discrepancies found in the provisions of the two measures, said House asked for a conference, having designated as representatives on its part Cong. Albert, Balite and Macias. |
| May 7, 1964 | The Senate insisted on its Bill and accepted the conference asked for by the House, having appointed as conferees at the same on its part Sens. Liwag, Padilla and Diokno. |
| May 20, 1964 | Conference Report was submitted with the statement that the Conference Committee has reached an agreement on the disagreeing votes of both Houses, and agreed to by the Senate. |
| May 21, 1964 | The House approved the Report of the Conference Committee. |
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S. No. 454 / 61 OG No. 13, 1809 (March 29, 1965)
[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4111, June 20, 1964 ]
AN ACT TO AMEND FURTHER ARTICLE THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE. (RE RAPE)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Article Three hundred and thirty-five of the Revised Penal Code is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"ART. 335. When and how rape is committed—Penalties.—Rape is committed by having carnal knowledge of a woman under any of the following circumstances:
- By using force or intimidation;
- When the woman is deprived of reason or otherwise unconscious; and
- When the woman is under twelve years of age, even though neither of the circumstances mentioned in the two next preceding paragraphs shall be present:
The crime of rape shall be punished by reclusion perpetua.
Whenever the crime of rape is committed with the use of a deadly weapon or by two or more persons, the penalty shall be reclusion perpetua to death.
When by reason or on the occasion of the rape, the victim has become insane the penalty shall be death.
When the rape is attempted or frustrated and a homicide is committed by reason or on the occasion thereof, the penalty shall be likewise death.
When by reason or on the occasion of the rape, a homicide is committed, the penalty shall be death.
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved, June 20, 1964.
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