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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC ) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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Second Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S. No. 
(In substitution of S. No. 1984 
taking into consideration the Privilege Speech of Senator KUar, 
together with the manifstation of Senator Gordon, delivered on March 15, 2005 
ye: the failedjailbyeuk ofAbu Suyyuf detainees 
at Camp Bagong Diwa in Bicutan, Taguig City lust March 14, 2005 
and Proposed Senate Resolution Nos. 113 and 214) 
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Prepared jointly by the Committees on Public Order and Illegal Drugs; and Justice 
and Human Rights with Senators Villar, Gordon and Arroyo as authors 
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AN ACT 
AMENDING SECTION 63 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6975 OTHERWISE 
KNOWN AS THE “DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT ACT OF 1990” BY PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT 
OF AN INTEGRATED JAIL FACILITY IN METROPOLITAN MANILA AND IN 
OTHER HIGHLY URBANIZED CENTERS IN THE COUNTRY, AND FOR 
OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House ofRepresentatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Section 63 of Republic Act No. 6975 is hereby amended to read as 
follows: 
“SEC. 63. Establishment of District, City or Municipal .lail.- 
There shall be established and maintained in every district, city and 
municipality a secured, clean, adequately equipped and sanitary jail for the 
custody and safekeeping of INMATES, WHICH REFER TO THE city 
and municipal prisoners, any fugitive from justice, or person’ detained 
awaiting investigation or trial and/or transfer to the national penitentiary, 
and/or violent mentally ill person who endangers himself or the safety of 
others, duly certified as such by the proper medical or health officer, 
pending the transfer to a mental institution: PROVIDED, THAT AN 
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METROPOLITAN NiANILA, WHICH SHALL CONSIST OF ALL 
DISTRICT, CITY AND MUNICIPAL JAILS TO BE CO-LOCATED IN 
ONE PLACE O R  AREA: PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT AN 
INTEGRATED JAIL FACILITY MAY BE ESTABLISHED IN OTHER 
HIGHLY URBANIZED CENTERS OF THE COUNTRY, AS 
RECOMMENDED BY THE JAIL BUREAU AND APPROVED BY 
THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND 
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: PROVIDED, FURTHERMORE, THAT SAID 
INTEGRATED JAIL FACILITY MAY INCLUDE JAILS OF CITIES 
AND MUNICIPALITIES ADJACENT TO IT. 
“INMATES IN THE EXISTING JAILS AFFECTED BY THE 
INTEGRATION SHALL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE NTEGRATED 
JAIL FACILITY, WHEREBY A SEPARATE AND DISTINCT JAIL 
FOR EACH CITY AND MUNICIPALITY WITH ITS RESPECTIVE 
JAIL WARDEN AND PERSONNEL COMPLEMENT SHALL BE 
MAINTAINED THEREIN. 
“THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN 
INTEGRATED JAIL 
FACILITY 
SHALL BE 
JOINTLY UNDERTAKEN BY 
THE 
CONCERNED LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS IN ACCORDANCE 
WITH REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 
“LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT 
CODE 
OF 
1991” 
AND 
ITS 
IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS: PROVIDED, THAT 
THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN 
INTEGRATED JAIL FACILITY MAY BE SOURCED FROM THE 
FOLLOWING: 
A. COST-SHAKE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS 
CONCERNED; 


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B. ANNUAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE RENTAL OF THE 
JAIL BUREAU’S OFFICES TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE 
INTEGRATED JAIL FACILITY; 
C. 
PRIVATE 
SECTOR 
FUNDING 
PARTICIPATION 
SCHEMES; AND 
D. DONATIONS, CONTRIBUTIONS OR GRANTS FROM 
DOMESTIC OR FOREIGN SOURCES INTENDED FOR THIS 
PURPOSE. 
“THE 
SUPREME 
COURT 
SHALL 
ESTABLISH 
COURTROOMS IN THE INTEGRATED JAIL FACILITY TO SERVE 
AS VENUES FOR JUDGES TO HEAR CASES OF EVMATES 
DETAINED UPON LEGAL PROCESSES FOR THE COMMISSION OF 
ANY OFFENSE PUNISHABLE BY DEATH, RECLUSION PEXPETUA 
OR LIFE IMPRISONMENT, EXCEPT WHEN THE SUPREME COURT 
AUTHORIZES THE JUDGE, UPON PROPER APPLICATION, TO 
EFFECT THE TRANSFER OF THE SAID INMATE TO ANOTHER 
VENUE.” 
“[The municipal or city jail service shall preferably be headed by a 
graduate of a four (4)-year course in psychology, psychiatry, sociology, 
nursing, social work or criminology who shall assist in the immediate 
rehabilitation of individuals or detention of prisoners.] Great care must be 
exercised so that the human rights of [these prisoners] THE INMATES are 
respected and protected, and their spiritual and physical well-being are 
properly and promptly attended to.” 
SEC. 2. Implementing Rules and Regulations.-Within 
sixty (60) days from the 
approval of this Act, the Department of the Interior and Local Government, in 
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government units, shall formulate and promulgate the implementing rules and regulations 
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 3. Repealing Clause.-All 
laws, decrees, orders, and rules and regulations 
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified 
accordingly. 
SEC. 4. Separability Clause.-If 
any provision of this Act is declared 
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity and effectivity of the other 
provisions not affected thereby. 
SEC. 5. Effectivitj Clause.-This 
Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
complete publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general 
circulation. 
Approved,