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Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG REVILLA, JR.
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AN ACT
INCREASING THE RECRUITMENT QUOTA REQUIREMENT OF FEMALE 
PNP OFFICERS, AMENDING SECTION 58 OF REPUBLIC ACT 8551, 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Women 
bring 
unique 
and 
valuable 
professional 
qualities to 
law 
enforcement. An increase in female representation in our country's police forces 
may help improve our police force's strategies in preventing violations and abuses 
of women's rights. With sexual assault or child protection cases, for example, the 
victim may want to talk to a female officer. The challenge, however, is there is 
currently a lack of female officers in the Philippine National Police (PNP). According 
to Senior Superintendent Bernard Banac, PNP Spokesperson, 83.4 percent of the 
180,767 PNP uniformed personnel are male, and the remaining 16.6 percent, 
female. With this data, the PNP is clearly dominated by men.
This bill seeks to address the current loopholes in the country's criminal 
justice system in regards gender roles and functions. This bill amends Section 58 
of RA 8551 or the Philippine National Police Reform and Reorganization Act o f 1998 
to increase the annual recruitment quota for women in the PNP to guarantee the 
adequacy of policewomen who shall man the woman and children protections


desks in police precincts. This bill seeks to reserve 15 percent of PNP's annual 
recruitment, training, and education quota for women, and that the recruitment 
quota for women shall be increased to 20 percent thereafter. It is hoped that 
through this bill, women will be given greater opportunity to join the police force 
and that the number of female officers may be pushed up over time.
In view of the foregoing, the passage of this important piece of legislation 
is earnestly sought.
R A M ^  BONG REVILLA, JR.


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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First Regular Session 
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S E N A T E  
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Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG REVILLA, JR.
AN ACT
INCREASING THE RECRUITMENT QUOTA REQUIREMENT OF FEMALE PNP 
OFFICERS, 
AMENDING 
SECTION 
58 
OF 
REPUBLIC 
ACT 
8551, 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it  enacted by the Senate and the House o f Representative o f the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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Section 1. Section 58 of Republic Act No. 8551, otherwise known as the
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"Philippine National Police Reform and Reorganization Act of 1998", is hereby amended
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to read as follows:
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"SEC. 58. Prioritization o f Women fo r Recruitment. -  Within the next five
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(5) years, the PNP shall prioritize the recruitment and training of women who
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shall serve in the women's desk. Pursuant to this requirement, the PNP shall
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reserve fifteen percent (15% ) of its annual recruitment training and education
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quota for women, 
provided that the recruitment quota for women shall be
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increased to twenty percent (20% ) five (5) years thereafter.
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Sec. 2. The National Police Commission in coordination with the Philippine
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National Police and the Department of Interior and Local Government, shall
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promulgate rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.


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Such rules and regulations shall take e ffert upon their publication in three (3) 
newspapers of general circulation.
Sec. 3. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act is 
hereby authorized to be appropriated in the General Appropriations Act of the 
year following its enactment into law and thereafter.
Sec. 4. All laws, presidential decrees, letters of instructions, executive 
orders, rules and regulations insofar as they are inconsistent with this Act, are 
hereby repealed or amended as the case may be.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publicab’on in 
the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,