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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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Introduced by SENATOR JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The recently concluded 2004 national elections were characterized by 
widespread and systematic fraud at all levels with incidents of violence and 
terrorism in certain areas. Although present election laws provide for penalties 
for the commission of election-related offenses these, however, are not enough so 
as to deter violators from committing the same. 
This proposed legislative measure then seeks to increase the range of 
penalties for the commission of certain election-related offenses in order to 
provide a better deterrent with the end in view of ensuring clean, orderly, honest 
and credible elections for the country’s future generation. 
Immediate passage of this bill is thus earnestly recommended. 
Senator 


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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada 
AN ACT 
AMENDING ARTICLE 264 OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 881, OTHERWISE KNOWN 
AS THE OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED, AND 
FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
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"SEC. 264. Penalties. - Any person found guilty of any election 
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offense under this 
Code 
shall be punished with imprisonment of not 
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less than SIX (6) YEARS AND ONE (1) DAY [one year] but not more than 
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TWELVE (12) YEARS [six years] and shall not be subject to probation. 
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In addition, 
the 
guilty party 
shall 
be 
sentenced 
to 
suffer 
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PERMANENT disqualification to hold public office and deprivation of 
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the 
right of suffrage. If he is a foreigner, he shall be sentenced to 
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has been 
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served. Any 
political party, COALITION PARTY, PARTY-LIST, 
OR 
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GROUP ORGANIZED FOR 
POLITICAL PURPOSE 
found guilty 
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shall 
be 
sentenced' to 
pay a fine of not 
less than FIVE 
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HUNDRED THOUSAND (Php 500,000.00) [ten thousand] pesos, which 
SECTlON 7. Section 264 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 881, otherwise known as the 
Omnibus Election Code, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: 
deportation which shall be enforced after the prison term 


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shall 
be imposed 
upon such 
party after 
criminal 
action has 
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instituted in which their corresponding officials have been found 
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guilty. 
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In case of prisoner or prisoners illegally released from any 
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penitentiary 
or 
jail during the prohibited period as provided in 
Section 261, paragraph (n ) of this Code, the director of prisons, 
provincial warden, keeper of the jail or prison, or persons who are 
required by law to 
keep said prisoner in their custody shall, if 
convicted by a competent court, be sentenced to suffer the penalty of 
RECLUSION PERPETUA TO DEATH [prison mayor in its maximum 
period] 
if the prisoner or prisoners so illegally released commit any 
act of intimidation, terrorism or interference in the election. 
SEC. 2. Repealing Clause. - All laws, presidential decrees and issuances, 
executive orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions 
of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 3. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days 
following the completion of its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) 
newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved,