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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
AN ACT 
TO PROHIBIT PROFITEERING AND FRAUD RELATING TO MILITARY ACTION, 
RELIEF, AND RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS, 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 may be known as the "War Proj2eering 
Prevention Bill". 
SECTION 2. Prohibition. Whoever, in any matter involving a contract or the 
provision of goods or services, directly or indirectly, in connection with a war, military 
action, or relief or reconstruction activities within the jurisdiction of the Philippine 
Government, knowingly and willfully-- 
(a) Executes or attempts to execute a scheme or artifice to defraud the 
Philippine Government; 
(b) Materially overvalues any good or service with the specific intent to 
defraud and excessively profit from the war, military action, or relief or 
reconstruction activities; 
(c) Falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material 
fact: 
(d) Makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or' 
representations; or 
(e) Maltes or uses any materially false writing or document knowing the same 
to contain any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry. 
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TO PROHIBIT PROFITEERING AND FRAUD RELATING TO MILITARY ACTION, 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. This Act may be known as the "War Propteering 
Prevention Bill". 
SECTION 2. Prohibition. Whoever, in any matter involving a contract or the 
provision of goods or services, directly or indirectly, in connection with a war, military 
action, or relief or reconstruction activities within the jurisdiction of the Philippine 
Government, knowiiigly and willfully-- 
(a) Executes or attempts to execute a scheme or artifice to defraud the 
Philippine Government; 
(b) Materially overvalues any good or service with the specific intent to 
defraud and excessively profit from the war, military action, or relief or 
reconstruction activities; 
(c) Falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material 
fact; 
(d) Makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or' 
representations; or 
(e) Makes or uses any materially false writing or document knowing the same 
to contain any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry. 
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(a) Any person who shall violate any provision of this Act shall upon conviction, 
be subject to a fine of not less than One hundred thousand pesos (PlOO,OOO.OO) or 
imprisonment of not less than six (6)years, or both upon the discretion of the court. 
If the offender is an alien, he shall be deported after service of sentence and 
payment of fine without further deportation proceedings. 
(b) In case the offender is a naturalized citizen, he shall, in addition to the penalty 
prescribed herein, suffer the penalty of cancellation of his naturalization certificate and its 
registration in the civil register and immediate deportation after service of sentence and 
payment of fine. 
(c) Any director, officer or agent of a corporation who shall authorize, order or 
perform any of the acts or practices constituting in whole or in part a violation of Section 
2, shall be subject to penalties to which that corporation may be subject. 
In case the violation is committed by, or in the interest of a foreign juridical 
person duly licensed to engage in business in the Philippines, such license to engage in 
business in the Philippines shall immediately be revoked. 
SECTION 4. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part thereof, is held 
invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise 
affected shall remain valid and subsisting. 
SECTION 5. 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 6. 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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