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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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R F C E i\ i-A) BY:
SENATE
Senate Bill No. 
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Introduced by SENATOR VICENTE C. SOTTO III
AN ACT
AMENDING SECTION 13 O F TH E REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3 0 1 9 , AS AMENDED,
ENTITLED TH E ^ANTI-GRAFT AND CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT”
EXPLANTORY NOTE
Republic Act No. 3019 was enacted in 1960 with the laudable intent of 
breathing life into the time-honored principle that a public office is a public 
trust. It penalized certain acts committed by public officers and private 
individuals in order to curb corrupt practices and graft in corruption. Almo st 
six (6) decades had passed since its passage, thus the prevailing conditions 
then might be different from now. Therefore, amendment thereto is now being 
sought.
This bill seeks to amend Section 13 of RA 3019 by providing an exception 
to the imposition of preventive suspension against public officers. Said 
exception shall be applicable to incumbent public officers who are no longer 
connected with the office wherein the offense charged was committed. As 
preventive suspension is imposed to prevent an accused from influencing 
potential witnesses or tampering with records, the change in the circumstances 
of the public officer being charged effectively removes the aforesaid threat, thus 
defeating the very spirit and intent of the law. In order to correct such 
ambiguity, this measure is introduced.
In view of the foregoing, the passage of this MU is earnestly ^u^ht.
5ENTE C. S<
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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
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OCT 18 P2 :46
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 1207
RKCLiV i:f) BY:
Introduced by SENATOR V ICEN TE C. SO TTO  III
AN ACT
AMENDING SECTIO N  13 O F T H E  REPU BLIC ACT NO. 3 0 1 9 , AS 
AM ENDED, EN TITLED  T H E  “ANTI-GRAFT AND CORRUPT PRACTICES
ACT**
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled:
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SECTIO N  1. Section 13 of Republic Act No. 3019, as amended is
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hereby further amended to read as follows:
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“SEC. 13. Suspension an d  Loss o f Benefits.—Any incumbent
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public officer against whom any criminal prosecution under a valid
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information under this Act or under Title Seven Book II of the Revised
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Penal Code or for any offense involving fraud upon government of
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public funds of property whether as a simple or as complex offense
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and in whatever as a simple or as complex offense and in whatever
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stage of execution and mode of participation, is pending in court shall
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be suspended from office [.]: PRO V ID ED , TH A T IN CA SE SUCH
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INCUMBENT PUBLIC O FF IC E R  IS  NO LONGER CONNECTED W ITH
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T H E 
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COM M ITTED, T H E  PREV EN TIV E SU SPEN SIO N  O R D ER  SHALL NO
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LONGER B E IM PLEM ENTED.
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Should [he] THE INCUMBENT PUBLIC O FFICER be convicted
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by final judgment, he shall lose all retirement of gratuity benefits
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under any law, but if he acquitted, he shall be entitled to
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reinstatement and to the salaries and benefits which he failed to


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receive during suspension, unless in the meantime administrative
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proceedings have been filed against him.
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In the event that such convicted officer, who may have been
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separated from the service has already received such benefits he shall
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be liable to restitute the same to the government.”
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SECTIO N  2 . This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
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publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,