SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC. 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
S.B. 2213 
'14 
MAY -7 All :03 
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Introduced by Senator Poe 
RECEIVED BY: -.f-
AN ACT 
TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN OF THE 
GOVERNMENT, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 21 OF REPUBLIC ACT 
NO. 9165, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "COMPREHENSIVE DANGEROUS DRUGS 
ACT OF 2002" 
Explanatory Note 
Drug trafficking is a menace to the Philippines. It jeopardizes the well-being of the country 
in multifarious ways. It is an economic and social burden which may cause the gradual decay and 
eventual destruction of Philippine society. 
Drug trafficking has significant economic costs. On one hand, budgetary allocations for 
the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) reached a total of Php 2,664,221,000 for the 
years 2011 to 2014. On the other hand, the Dangerous Drugs Board received a total of Php 
379,585,000 in the same span of time. These amounts are miniscule as compared to the massive 
problem of drug addiction afflicting the country. Illegal drugs also have costs on the micro and 
macroeconomic level from health care, prpductivity, crime, incarceration and drug enforcement. 
Drug trafficking also has incalculable social costs. It imperils the cohesiveness of the 
foundation of Philippine society, the Filipino family. This is because illegal drugs bring shame and 
disgust towards families of drug abusers. This social stigma, in turn, has been the cause of i 
unbearable and irreversible tension within these families. 
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Against these backdrop this legislation is submitted. It tightens the anti-drug campaign of 
the government. The legislation is highlighted by the following provisions: 
1. The apprehending team of the government anticdrug agency shall conduct a physical 
inventory of seized items including dangerous drugs, controlled precursors and essential 
chemicals, laboratory equipment utilized and paraphernalia used in illegal substance use, 
manufacturing or production. And that the physical inventory shall be conducted at the 
place where the search warrant is served or at the nearest police station or at the nearest 
office of the apprehending officerlteam, whichever is practicable, in case of warrantless 
arrest. 
2. The destruction of dangerous drugs and other illegal substances must be witnessed by a 
combined number of representatives of the anti-drug agencies, National Prosecution 
Service, elected public official, or media. 
For the Filipino youth and for the generations and generations of young citizens who should 
be accorded protection from the peril of drug addiction, early recognition of this policy measure 
is earnestly requested. 
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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
'14 
MAY -7 All :03 
. 
SENATE 
~. B. 2213 
RECEIVED BY:.~ 
Introduced by Senator Poe 
AN ACT 
TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN OF THE 
GOVERNMENT, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 21 OF REPUBLIC ACT 
NO, 9165, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "COMPREHENSIVE DANGEROUS DRUGS 
ACT OF 2002" 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Section 21 of Republic Act No. 9165, otherwise known as the 
"Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of2002", is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 21. Custody and Disposition of Confiscated, Seized, andlor Surrendered 
Dangerous Drugs, Plant Sources of Dangerous Drugs, Controlled Precursors and 
Essential Chemicals, Instruments/Paraphernalia and/or Laboratory Equipment. -
The PDEA shall take charge and have custody of all dangerous drugs, plant sources 
of dangerous drugs, controlled precursors and essential chemicals, as well as 
instruments/paraphernalia andlor laboratory equipment so confiscated, seized 
andlor surrendered, for proper disposition in the following manner: 
"(1) The apprehending team having initial custody and control of the 
DANGEROUS drugs, CONTROLLED PRECURSORS AND ESSENTIAL 
CHEMICALS, . 
INSTRUMENTSIP ARAPHERNALIA 
AND/OR 
LABORATORY 
EQUIPMENT shall, 
immediately 
after 
seizure 
and 
confiscation, [physically inventory] CONDUCT A PHYSICAL INVENTORY 
OF THE SEIZED ITEMS and photograph the same in th~ presence of the accused 
or the personls from whom such items were confiscated andlor seized, or hislher 
representative or counsel, [a representative from the media and the Department of 
Justice (DOJ), and any elected public official] WITH AN ELECTED PUBLIC 
OFFICIAL 
AND 
A 
REPRESENTATIVE 
OF 
THE 
NATIONAL 
PROSECUTION SERVICE OR THE MEDIA who shall be required to sign the 
copies of the inventory and be given a copy thereof [;]: PROVIDED, THAT THE 
PHYSICAL INVENTORY AND PHOTOGRAPH SHALL BE CONDUCTED 
AT THE PLACE WHERE THE SEARCH WARRANT IS SERVED; OR AT 
THE NEAREST POLICE STATION OR AT THE NEAREST OFFICE OF 
THE 
APPREHENDING 
OFFICER/TEAM, 
WHICHEVER 
IS 
PRACTICABLE, IN CASE OF WARRANTLESS SEIZURES: PROVIDED, 
FINALLY, THAT NONCOMPLIANCE OF THESE REQUIREMENTS 
UNDER JUSTIFIABLE GROUNDS, AS LONG AS THE INTEGRITY AND 
THE EVIDENTIARY VALUE OF THE SEIZED ITEMS ARE PROPERLY 
PRESERVED BY THE APPREHENDING OFFICER/TEAM, SHALL NOT 
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RENDER VOID AND INVALID SUCH SEIZURES AND CUSTODY OVER 
SAID ITEMS. 
"x x x 
"(3) A certification of the forensic laboratory examination results, which shall be 
done [under oath] by the forensic laboratory examiner, shall be issued [within 
twenty-four (24) hours] IMMEDIATELY [after] UPON the receipt of the subject 
itemls: Provided, That when the volume of dangerous drugs, plant sources of 
dangerous drugs, and controlled precursors and essential chemicals does not allow 
the completion of testing within the time frame, a partial laboratory examination 
report shall be provisionally issued stating therein the quantities of dangerous drugs 
still to be examined by the forensic laboratory: Provided, however, That a final 
certification shall be issued [on the completed forensic laboratory examination on 
the same within the next twenty-four (24) hours] IMMEDIATELY UPON 
COMPLETION OF THE SAID EXAMINATION AND CERTIFICATION; 
"x x x," 
SEC. 2. Separability Clause. -
If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall remain 
valid and subsisting. 
SEC. 3. Repealing Clause. - All laws, presidential decrees or issuances, executive orders, 
letters of instruction, administrative orders; rules and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with 
the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly. 
SEC. 4. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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