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COMMITTEE REPORT NO.= 
Submitted jointly by the Committees on Justice and Human Rights; and Constitutional 
Amendments, Revision of Codes and Laws on 
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Re: Senate Bill No. 3 4 0 1 
Recommending its approval in substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 135,1024 and 1196. 
Sponsor: Senator Escudero 
MR. PRESIDENT 
The Committees on Justice and Human Rights and Constitutional Amendments, 
Revision of Codes and Laws to which were referred Senate Bill No. 135 introduced by 
Senator Francis N. Pangilinan entitled: 
”AN ACT DEFINING AND PENALIZING STALKING, AMENDING FOR 
THAT PURPOSE THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AS AMENDED, AND FOR 
OTHER PURPOSES” 
Senate Bill No. 1024 by Senator Manny Villar, entitled: 
”AN ACT DEFINING THE CRIME OF STALKING AND PROVIDING 
PENALTIES THEREFOR” 
and Senate Bill No. 1196 introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago entitled: 
”AN ACT DEFINING THE CRIME OF STALKING AND PROVIDING THE 
PENALTIES THEREFOR” 
have considered the same and have the honor to report them back to the Senate with the 
recommendation that the attached Senate Bill No.3 4 0 prepared by the Committees 
entitled: 


"AN ACT 
DEFINING THE CRIME OF STALKING AND PROVIDING PENALTIES 
THEREFOR" 
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be approved in substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 135, bl-d and 1/76 with Senators 
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' and Escudero as authors thereof. 
Respectfully Submitted: 
Chairinan: - 
FRANCIS G. ESCUDERO 
Committee on Justice and Human Rights 
Committee on Constitutional Amendments, 
Revision of Codes and Laws 
Committee on Justice and Human Rights 
Member, Committee on Constitutional Amendments, 
Revision of Codes and Laws 
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ustice and Human 
RODOLFO G. BIAZON 
Committees on Justice and 
Human Rights; and Constitutional 
Amendments, Revision of Codes 
and Laws 
of Codes and Laws 


Amendments, Revision of Codes 
and Laws 
of Codes and Laws 
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RICHARD J. GORDON 
Committee on Constitutional Amendments 
Committee on Constitutional 
Revision of Codes and Laws 
Amendments, Revision of Codes 
and Laws 
ALAN PETER "COMPANERO S. 
ANGILINAN 
CAYETANO 
Justice and Human 
Committee on Justice and Human Rights 
and Laws 
. JOKER P. ARROYO 
Committee on Constitutional 
Amendments, Revision of Codes 
and Laws 
CAYETANO 
Committee on Constitutional Amendments, 
Revision of Codes and Laws 
Ex-Officio Members: 
PIMENTEL JR. 
Hon. JUAN PONCE ENRILE 
Senate President 
Senate of the Philippines 
Pasay City 


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Prepared jointly by the Committees on Justice and Human Rights and Constitutional 
Amendments, Revision of Codes and Laws with Senators Pangilinan, Villar, Defensor 
Santiago and Escudero as authors thereof 
AN ACT 
DEFINING THE CRIME OF STALKING AND PROVIDING 
PENALTIES THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION1. Title. - This Act shall be known as the "The Anti-Stalking Law of the 
Philippines." 
SEC. 2. 
Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby a declared policy of the State to protect 
and promote every individual's dignity, right to privacy and security, peace of mind, 
and psychological and emotional welfare, and consequently penalize each and every act 
which, in any manner, undermines the same. 
SEC. 3. 
Definition of Terms. - For the purposes of this Act: 
(a) Family - shall mean the spouse, parent, child, any person related within the third 
degree of consanguinity and affinity, or any person who regularly resides in or is part 
of the household of the victim. 
(b) Repeatedly - shall mean at least three (3) separate occasions closely related in 
time or evidencing a continuity of purpose; 
(c) Follows - shall mean maintaining a visible physical proximity to another person 
or pursuing or conducting surveillance upon that person without any legitimate 
purpose so as to cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional and 
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(d) Harasses - shall mean a willful and malicious course of conduct directed at a 
specific person which seriously and reasonably alarms, intimidates, torments or 
terrorizes a person; 
(e) Disallowed Contact - shall mean any contact with another person that is initiated 
or continued in a malicious manner and with willful disregard of that person’s 
expressed desire that the conduct be avoided or discontinued and which creates a 
reasonable belief on the part of that person that it is meant to place him/her in a state of 
reasonable fear for his or her safety, liberty or privacy, including, but not limited to: 
1. approaching or confronting that person in a public or private place; 
2. entering into or remaining on the property owned, leased, or occupied by 
that person; 
3. contacting that person by telephone, or by any other means of 
communication equipment utilized to transmit messages, documents, 
photos, images, videos, or information through air, radio or satellite 
frequencies; 
4. sending mail or other means of oral or written communications to that 
person; or 
5. causing damage to that person’s home or property. 
(f) Substantial Emotional Distress - shall mean severe mental anguish, fright, 
anxiety, wounded feelings, moral shock, social humiliation and other similar forms of 
psychological and emotional distress. 
(g) Physical Injury - shall mean those injuries defined and punished under Title 
Eight, Chapter Two, specifically Articles 262 to 266 of the Revised Penal Code; 
(h) Restraint - shall mean those offenses defined and punished under Title Nine, 
Chapter One, Section One, specifically Articles 267 and 268, and Title Eleven, Chapter 
Four, specifically Article 342, of the Revised Penal Code; 
(i) Sexual Assault - shall mean those offenses defined and punished under Title 
Eleven, Chapter Two, specifically Articles 335 and 336 of the Revised Penal Code; 
(j) Minor - shall refer to a person under eighteen (18) years of age. 
SEC. 4. 
Stalking. - Any person who shall repeatedly follow, harass and/or commit 
disallowed contact against another person or his/her family after having been given 
reasonable warning or request to desist therefrom by or on behalf of the person so 
followed, harassed and/or contacted, with the reasonable belief on the part of such 
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his/her family under fear of death, physical injury, unlawful restraint, sexual assault or 
other similar analogous circumstances shall be guilty of the crime of stalking. 
SEC. 5. 
Penal Provision.- Any person convicted of the crime of stalking shall be 
punished by prision correccional and/or a fine of not less than One Hundred Thousand 
Pesos (Php 100,000.00) but not more than Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php 
500.000.00), or both, at the discretion of the court. 
If the victim is a woman or minor the highest penalty shall be imposed. 
SEC. 6. 
Injunction and Posting of Bond. - Any victim of stalking shall have the right 
to ask for an injunction from the court before which the case has been filed, ordering the 
accused to refrain from the acts complained of as stalking. In which case, and if the 
evidence of guilt is strong, the accused shall likewise be required to post a bond in cash 
or in two (2) sufficient sureties, in an amount to be fixed by the court depending upon 
the gravity of the acts alleged to have been committed by the accused as stalking, 
conditioned upon the undertaking to be contained in the injunction order. 
The injunction shall be issued and the bond shall be ordered posted only after the 
filing of a written and verified motion therefor, with attached proof of service to the 
accused, and hearing on the motion to determhe whether the evidence of the 
prosecution warrants an injunction and/or is strong. 
SEC. 7. 
Counseling. - Any person convicted of the crime of stalking shall be 
required to undergo medical, psychological or psychiatric examination and treatment 
and enter and remain in a specific institution for that purpose when in the discretion of 
the court, which ordered the conviction, the same is required and the evidence so 
warrants. 
SEC. 8. 
Revised Penal Code, in so far as they are applicable shall be suppletory to this act. 
Suppletory Applications. - The provisions of Act No. 3815, as amended, or 
SEC. 9. 
Separability Clause. - In the event that any provision of this Act is declared 
void or unconstitutional such declaration shall not affect the validity of the unaffected 
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Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication 
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COMMITTEE REPORT NO.= 
Submitted jointly by the Committees on Justice and Human Rights; and Constitutional 
Amendments, Revision of Codes and Laws on 
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Re: Senate Bill No. 3 4 0 1 
Recommending its approval in substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 135,1024 and 1196. 
Sponsor: Senator Escudero 
MR. PRESIDENT 
The Committees on Justice and Human Rights and Constitutional Amendments, 
Revision of Codes and Laws to which were referred Senate Bill No. 135 introduced by 
Senator Francis N. Pangilinan entitled: 
"AN ACT DEFINING AND PENALIZING STALKING, AMENDING FOR 
THAT PURPOSE THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AS AMENDED, AND FOR 
OTHER PURPOSES" 
Senate Bill No. 1024 by Senator Manny Villar, entitled: 
"AN ACT DEFINING THE CRIME OF STALKING AND PROVIDING 
PENALTIES THEREFOR" 
and Senate Bill No. 1196 introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago entitled: 
"AN ACT DEFINING THE CRIME OF STALKING AND PROVIDING THE 
PENALTIES THEREFOR" 
have considered the same and have the honor to report them back to the Senate with the 
recommendation that the attached Senate Bill No. 
prepared by the Committees 
entitled: 


"AN ACT 
DEFINING THE CRIME OF STALKING AND PROVIDING PENALTIES 
THEREFOR' 
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be approved in substitution of Senate Bill Nos. '135, bo.p*b and flq6, with Senators 
VILq R 
' and Escudero as authors thereof. 
Respectfully Submitted: 
Chairman: 
FRANCIS G. ESCUDERO 
Committee on Justice and Human Rights 
Committee on Constitutional Amendments, 
Revision of Codes and Laws 
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Committee on Justice and Human Rights 
Member, Committee on Constitutional Amendments, 
Revision of Codes and Laws 
Committees 04 Justice and Human Rights; 
and Constitutional Amendments, Revision 
of Codes and Laws 
' Amendments, Revision of Codes 
Committees on Justice and 
Human Rights; and Constitutional 
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M.A. MADRI 
a1 Amendments, Revision 
' Amendments, Revision of Codes 
of Codes and Laws 
and Laws 
RICHARD J. GORDON 
Committee on Constitutional Amendments 
Committee on constitutional 
Revision of Codes and Laws 
Amendments, Revision of Codes 
and Laws 
ALAN PETER "COMPARERO S. 
ANGILINAN 
CAYETANO 
Justice and Human 
Committee on Justice and Human Rights 
and Laws 
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TOKER P. ARROYO 
CAYETANO 
Committee on Constitutional 
Committee on Constitutional Amendments, 
Revision of Codes and Laws 
Amendments, Revision of Codes 
and Laws 
Ex-Officio Members: 
UEL F. ZUBIRI 
PIMENTEL JR. 
Hon. JUAN PONCE ENRILE 
Senate President 
Senate of the Philippines 
Pasay City 


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Prepared jointly by the Committees on Justice and Human Rights and Constitutional 
Amendments, Revision of Codes and Laws with Senators Pangilinan, Villar, Defensor 
Santiago and Escudero as authors thereof 
AN ACT 
DEFINING THE CRIME OF STALKING AND PROVIDING 
PENALTIES THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTIONl. Title. - This Act shall be known as the "The Anti-Stalking Law of the 
Philippines." 
SEC. 2. 
Declavation ofpolicy. - It is hereby a declared policy of the State to protect 
and promote every individual's dignity, right to privacy and security, peace of mind, 
and psychological and emotional welfare, and consequently penalize each and every act 
which, in any manner, undermines the same. 
SEC. 3. 
Definition of Terms. - For the purposes of this Act: 
(a) Family - shall mean the spouse, parent, child, any person related within the third 
degree of consanguinity and affinity, or any person who regularly resides in or is part 
of the household of the victim. 
(b) Repeatedly - shall mean at least three (3) separate occasions closely related in 
time or evidencing a continuity of purpose; 
(c) Follows - shall mean maintaining a visible physical proximity to another person 
or pursuing or conducting surveillance upon that person without any legitimate 
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(d) Harasses - shall mean a willful and malicious course of conduct directed at a 
specific person which seriously and reasonably alarms, intimidates, torments or 
terrorizes a person; 
(e) Disallowed Contact - shall mean any contact with another person that is initiated 
or continued in a malicious manner and with willful disregard of that person’s 
expressed desire that the conduct be avoided or discontinued and which creates a 
reasonable belief on the part of that person that it is meant to place him/her in a state of 
reasonable fear for his or her safety, liberty or privacy, including, but not limited to: 
1. approaching or confronting that person in a public or private place; 
2. entering into or remaining on the property owned, leased, or occupied by 
that person; 
3. contacting that person by telephone, or by any other means of 
communication equipment utilized to transmit messages, documents, 
photos, images, videos, or information through air, radio or satellite 
frequencies; 
4. sending mail or other means of oral or written communications to that 
person; or 
5. causing damage to that person’s home or property. 
(f) Substantial Emotional Distress - shall mean severe mental anguish, fright, 
anxiety, wounded feelings, moral shock, social humiliation and other similar forms of 
psychological and emotional diskess. 
(g) Physical Injury - shall mean those injuries defined and punished under Title 
Eight, Chapter Two, specifically Articles 262 to 266 of the Revised Penal Code; 
(h) Restraint - shall mean those offenses defined and punished under Title Nine, 
Chapter One, Section One, specifically Articles 267 &d 268, and Title Eleven, Chapter 
Four, specifically Article 342, of the Revised Penal Code; 
(i) Sexual Assault - shall mean those offenses defined and punished under Title 
Eleven, Chapter Two, specifically Articles 335 and 336 of the Revised Penal Code; 
(j) Minor - shall refer to a person under eighteen (18) years of age. 
SEC. 4. 
Stalking. - Any person who shall repeatedly follow, harass and/or commit 
disallowed contact against another person or his/her family after having been given 
reasonable warning or request to desist therefrom by or on behalf of the person so 
followed, harassed and/or contacted, with the reasonable belief on the part of such 
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his/her family under fear of death, physical injury, unlawful restraint, sexual assault or 
other similar analogous circumstances shall be guilty of the crime of stalking. 
Penal Provision.- Any person convicted of the crime of stalking shall be 
punished by pvision covveccional and/or a fine of not less than One Hundred Thousand 
Pesos (Php 100,000.00) but not more than Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php 
500.000.00), or both, at the discretion of the court. 
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If the victim is a woman or minor the highest penalty shall be imposed. 
Injunction and Posfing $Bond. - Any victim of stalking shall have the right 
to ask for an injunction from the court before which the case has been filed, ordering the 
accused to refrain from the acts complained of as stalking. In which case, and if the 
evidence of guilt is strong, the accused shall likewise be required to post a bond in cash 
or in two (2) sufficient sureties, in an amount to be fixed by the court depending upon 
the gravity of the acts alleged to have been committed by the accused as stalking, 
conditioned upon the undertaking to be contained in the injunction order. 
The injunction shall be issued and the bond shall be ordered posted only after the 
filing of a written and verified motion therefor, with attached proof of service to the 
accused, and hearing on the motion to determine whether the evidence of the 
prosecution warrants an injunction and/or is strong. 
Counseling. - Any person convicted of the crime of stalking shall be 
required to undergo medical, psychological or psychiatric examination and treatment 
and enter and remain in a specific institution for that purpose when in the discretion of 
the court, which ordered the conviction, the same is required and the evidence so 
Suppletory Applications. - The provisions of Act No. 3815, as amended, or 
Revised Penal Code, in so far as they are applicable shall be suppletory to this act. 
Separability Clause. - In the event that any provision of this Act is declared 
void or unconstitutional such declaration shall not affect the validity of the unaffected 
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Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication 
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