Fifteenth Congress or the Republic 
of the Philippines 
First Regular Session 
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) 
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SENATE 
S.B. No. 2703 
'11 
FEB 16 P 3 :15 
RECEIVED B~_ 
Introduced by Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The State has the authority, under its police power, to define and punish crimes and to lay 
down the rules of criminal procedure. States, as part of their police power, have a large measure 
of discretion in creating and defining criminal offenses. 1 
Statistics would show that over the years, there has been an increase in victims of "Akyat 
Bahay", "Ipit Taxi", "Laglag Barya", "Dugo-dugo" and other crimes committed wherein its 
malefactors act in an organized and concerted mauner to ensure successful consummation of 
their intended act. While apparently being isolated crimes, the truth thereof is that the same is 
being committed by organized crime groups, albeit some are merely small scale organizations. 
In 2006, Republic Act 9344, otherwise known as the "Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 
2006, took effect. While the same is a good statute aimed at the reformation and protection of 
children at risk, or children in conflict with the law and obviously inspired by the positivist 
theories of criminal law, organized criminal groups have taken advantage of the law by 
employing misguided minors in executing their unlawful designs. 
It is thus intended that through the passage of this bill, it will effectively define and 
punish acts connected with the operation, and recruitment of members, of street gangs which has 
been difficult to prosecute in the past by reason of the absence of a punitive law declaring the 
same unlawful, thereby protecting the innocent public under the principle of salus populi est 
suprema lex. The welfare ofthe people is the supreme law. 
Passage of this bill into law is therefore recommended. 
1 People v. Santiago (43 Phil. 120, 124) 


Fifteenth Congress ofthe Republic 
ofthe Philippines 
First Regular Session 
) 
) 
) 
SENATE 
S.B. No. 2703 
'11 
FEB 16 P 3 :15 
Introduced by Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. 
AN ACT DETERRING AND PUNISHING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND 
OPERATION OF CRIMINAL STREET GANGS, RECRUITMENT OF 
INDIVIDUALS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMISSION OF GANG CRIMES 
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Criminal Street Gang 
Deterrence and Punishment Act of2011". 
SECTION 2. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act, the following terms shall mean 
as follows: 
(a) "Criminal Street Gang" - formal or informal group, club, organization or association 
of three (3) or more members who, alone or any combination thereof, act( s) or 
agree(s) to act in concert in order to commit two (2) or more predicate gang crimes. 
(b) "Predicate Gang Crime" - any tbreat or act, or attempted act or tbreat, which is 
punishable under the Revised Penal Code and other special penal laws and punishable 
by imprisonment of more than one (1) year, involving murder; attempted murder; 
gambling; kidnapping; robbery; extortion: arson: obstruction of justice; tampering 
with or retaliating against a witness, victim or informant: burglary; sexual assault; 
carjacking; manufacturing, importing, distributing and possessing with intent to 
distribute, or otherwise dealing in controlled substance(s) or chemicals; or other 
similar offenses. 
SECTION 3. Prohibited Acts and Penalties. -
(a) Recruitment of a Person into a Criminal Street Gang. - It shall be unlawful for any 
person to use any facility or cause another to do so in order to recruit, solicit, induce, 
employ, command or cause another individual to gain entrance to, remain a member of or 
increase his position in a criminal street gang or conspire to do so with the intent that the 
said individual shall participate in any offense described in Section 2(b) of this Act. 
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Any person who violates the above provision shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment of 
not more than ten (10) years: Provided, That if the individual recruited, solicited, 
induced, employed, commanded or caused to gain entrance to, or to remain a member of, 
or increase his position in a criminal street gang is a minor, the offender shall be 
imprisoned for not less than five (5) years nor more than ten (10) years and fined at the 
discretion of the court. In addition, the offender shall be held liable for any costs incurred 
by the government for maintaining and rehabilitating the individual until he/she attains 
the age of eighteen (18) years. 
(b) Inducement to Participate in Street Gang Crime. - It shall be unlawful to employ, use, 
command, coerce, counsel, persuade, induce or entice any individual to commit, cause to 
commit or facilitate the commission of a predicate gang crime in furtherance of or in aid 
of the activities of a criminal street gang. 
Any person who violates the above provision shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment of 
not more than fifteen (15) years: Provided, That if the individual induced to participate in 
a street gang crime is a minor, the offender shall be imprisoned for not less than ten (10) 
years nor more than fifteen (15) years and fined at the discretion of the court. In addition, 
the offender shall be held liable for any costs incurred by the government for maintaining 
and rehabilitating the individual until he attains the age of eighteen (18) years. 
(c) Participation in Street Gang Crimes. - Any person who shall commit, conspire or 
attempt to commit two (2) or more predicate gang crimes in furtherance of or in aid of the 
activities of a criminal street gang shall be imprisoned for not more than twenty (20) 
years: Provided, That a person who at the time of the offense occupied a position of 
organizer, leader, supervisor, manager or any other position of management or 
supervision in the criminal street gang involved in such violation shall be imprisoned for 
not less than thirty (30) years. 
SECTION 4. Violent Crime in Furtherance or in Aid of a Criminal Street Gang. -
Any person who, in furtherance of, or in aid of, a criminal street gang, commits a crime 
of violence against any individual, or conspires or attempts to do so, shall be punished in 
addition and consecutive to the punisinnent provided for any other violation of this Act, as 
follows: 
(a) For murder: by life imprisonment; 
(b) For kidnapping for ransom: by life imprisonment; 
(c) For sexual assault: by imprisonment for ten (10) years; 
(d) For maiming: by imprisonment for five (5) years; 
(e) For assault with a dangerous weapon or assault resulting in serious bodily injury: by 
imprisonment for (5) years; 
(1) For attempting or conspiring to commit murder, kidnapping, malmmg or sexual 
assault: by imprisonment for (5) years; and 
(g) For attempting or conspiring to commit a crime involving assault with a dangerous 
weapon or assault resulting in serious bodily injury by imprisonment for five (5) 
years. 
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SECTION 5. Forfeiture of Assets. - A person who violates any provision of this Act 
shall, in addition to the penalties provided for the violation, suffer forfeiture of assets 
corresponding to the following: 
(a) Any property constituting or derived from any proceeds the person obtained, directly or 
indirectly, as a result of the violation; and 
(b) Any property, used or intended to be used, in any manner or part, to commit or to 
facilitate the commission of the violation. 
SECTION 6. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The Department of Justice and 
the Department of the Interior and Local Government shall jointly issue the implementing rules 
and regulations necessary for the effective implementation of this Act. 
SECTION 7. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provisions not otherwise affected shall remain 
valid and subsisting. 
SECTION 8. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or inconsistent 
with the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly. 
SECTION 9. Effectivity Clause. -This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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