Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

House BILL No, 8522

Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.

AN ACT
TO BAN EXPERIMENTS ON THE CLONING OF HUMAN BEINGS

The Constitution, Article XIV, Section 10, provides that science and technology are
essential for national development and progress. Section 12, however, mandates the
State to regulate the transfer of technology from all sources for the national benefit.

On 13 January 1998, nineteen (19) European nations signed an agreement banning
human cloning, the first compulsory juridical instrument of din the world. Sixteen
(16) other European countries out of the Council of Europe's Convention on Biology and
Medicine's forty (40) member states have said that they will also sign the protocol which
bans the creation of human beings genetically identical to others, whether alive or dead.

Although the present local technology available for the success of such cloning
experiments is way behind European and American standards, the banning of these
experiments in their respective countries may encourage foreign scientists to conduct
their activities in countries where there is no such prohibition, like the Philippines. This
bill seeks to prevent this specter from becoming a gruesome reality in our country.

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ILLAFUERTE, JR.

LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY”

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Queson City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL no8o22 522

iced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR.

N ACT
TO BAN EXPERIMENTS ON THE CLONING OF HUMAN BEINGS

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress Assembled:

SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act may be cited as the “Banning on Experiments on
Cloning of Human Beings Act.”

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. — Although the Constitution states that science and
technology are essential for national development and progress, and that the State shall
give priority to research and development, invention, innovation, and their utilization,
these policies are by no means absolute. In the face of the seemingly improper and
immoral use of science and technology in experiments on the cloning of human beings,
the State has the right to regulate and if needed be, declare ul the transfer and
adaptation of such technology to protect its human resources. Only then, with the
banning of such experiments, can the state claim that it truly values the dignity of every
human person.

SECTION 3. Definition of Cloning. — For purposes of this Act, the term “Cloning” means
growing or creation of a human being from a single cell or cells of a genetically identical
human being through asexual reproduction.

SECTION 4. Prohibited Acts. — The following shall be considered prohibited acts:

(A) Any person who engages in cloning experiments to grow or create another human
being by extracting the nucleus from any unfertilized human egg and infusing into such
egg deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) from any other cell through asexual reproduction, or
any other means; and

(8) Any person who employs any other person to engage in cloning experiments


involving human beings.

SECTION 5. Penalties. - The penalty for violating any provision of Section 1 shall be
imprisonment of not less than twenty (20) years, or a fine of not less than Three Hundred
Thousand Pesos (P300,000.00), or both. if the guilty party is an alien, he shall be
deported to his place of origin and declared a persona non grata in the Philippines, after
serving his sentence and/or after payment of the required fine.

SECTION 6. Repealing Clause. — Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive
order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation, not contrary to, or
inconsistent with, the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, modified, or amended
accordingly.

SECTION 7. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,