FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE.PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
Senate Bill No. 20115 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. MANNY VILLAR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The 1987 Philippine Constitution ordained that the maintenance of peace and 
order, the protection of life, liberty and property, and the promotion of the general 
welfare are essential for the enjoyment by all the people of the blessings of 
democracy. 
Under Republic Act No. 7349 or the Consumer Code of the Philippines, it 
provides that Filipinos must be protected against hazards to health and safety as 
well as protection against deceptive, unconscionable and unfair sales act and 
practices. 
However, the proliferation of dangerous almost real-life gun replicas and toy 
guns are posing hazards to lives, safety and security'of the people. While these 
replicas or look-alike guns are meant as playthings for entertainment, our security is 
somehow compromised and endangered since they are often used by some 
unscrupulous groups and individuals in perpetrating criminal acts such as hold-ups, 
kidnapping and similar felonies. 
As such, this proposed measure seeks to regulate the manufacture and sale 
of gun replicas and toy guns which serve as a tool or paraphernalia for lawless 
elements of the society in the commission of crimes. 
Immediate approval of this bill is hereby earnestly sought. 


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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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Senate Bill No. ?: 0 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. MANNY VILLAR 
AN ACT 
REGULATING THE MANUFACTURE AND SALES OF GUN REPLICAS, 
PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Tit/e. - This Act shall be known as the "Gun Replicas 
Regulation Act". 
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared as policy of the State to 
protect the general welfare of the people by regulating the manufacture and sale of 
gun replicas. 
SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. - For purposes of this Act, a gun replica is any 
imitation or look-alike of any original gun or firearm which was manufactured, 
designed and produced since 1898, including, but not limited to toy guns, water 
guns, air soft guns, and similar guns firing non-metallic projectiles. 
SEC. 4. Regulation of Gun Replicas. - It shall be unlawful for any person to 
produce, manufacture, sell, use, ship, transport, give or receive any gun replica 
unless such item contains, or has affixed to it a marking approved by the 
Department of Trade and Industry, as provided in Section 5 hereof. 
SEC. 5. Distinctive Marking for Gun Replicas; Exception; Waiver,' Adjustment 
and Changes. - Except as provided in the immediately succeeding paragraph, each 
gun replica shall have as an integral part, permanently affixed, a blaze orange plug 
inserted in the barrel of such item. Such plug shall be recessed no more than six (6) 
millimeters from the muzzle end of the barrel of such replica. 
The Department of Trade and Industry may provide for an alternative marking 
or device for any gun replica not capable of being marked and may waive the 
requirement of any such marking or device for any such item that will be used for 
sports, theatrical, movie or the television industry. The Department is likewise 
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authorized to make adjustments and changes in the marking system provided for by 
this Section, after consultation with interested and concerned individuals or groups. 
SEC. 6. Study of Criminal Misuse of Gun Replicas. -The Philippine National 
Police is authorized and directed to conduct a technical evaluation of the marking 
systems provided for in this Act to determine their effectiveness in police combat 
situations. The Chief of the Philippine National Police shall begin the study within 
three months after the effectivity of this Act. 
The Philippine National Police is likewise authorized and directed to conduct 
a study of the criminal misuse of gun replicas including the analysis and statistics of 
police reports on such incidences and shall make a report of the incidences relative 
to marked and unmarked replicas. 
SEC. 7. Penalties. - Any person or entity found to have violated the 
provisions of this Act shall be liable to a fine of not less than One Hundred 
Thousand Pesos (PlOO,OOO.OO) or an imprisonment of not less than six (6) months, 
or both at the discretion of the court. All unmarked gun replicas shall be confiscated 
in favor of the government. 
SEC. 8. lmplernenting Rules and Regulations. - The Department of Trade 
and Industry, in coordination with the Philippine National Police and other concerned 
government agencies, shall promulgate the necessary implementing rules and 
regulations within ninety days after the approval of this Act. 
SEC. 9. 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. 10. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations 
or part thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or 
modified accordingly. 
SEC. 11. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect 15 days after its complete 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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