FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF TME ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 1 
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE 
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Introduced by Senator Antonio “Sonny” F. TriUanes IV 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Public buildings and facilities are the usual prey of vandals. Private properties, however, are not 
immune to such reprehensible act, either. This defacement and destruction of properties say a lot 
about public discipline, or the lack of it. Consequently, the government spends a significant 
amount of taxpayers’ money for the repair and restoration of these structures, instead of 
earmarking the same for more productive endeavors. Although there are government attempts to 
cover these eyesores through artworks, such moves do not sufficiently address the root of the 
problem. 
Local ordinances have been enacted to prohibit the acts of vandalism. Nonetheless, a national 
law is yet to be passed to address the same. It is in this light that this bill seeks to prohibit acts of 
vandalism, by defining the same and imposing penalties for violations thereof. It is hoped that 
the passage of this measure will finally put a halt to this alarming anarchy of the streets. 
In view of the foregoing, immediate approval of this measure is earnestly sought. 
ATONIO “SONNY” F. TRILLANES IV 
Senator 
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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
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Introduced bv Senator Antonio “Sonnv” F. Trillanes N 
AN ACT 
PROHIBITING ACTS OF VANDALISM, IMPOSING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS 
THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Anti- Vandalism Act of 
2009”. 
SEC. 2. Definition of Terms. - For the purposes of this Act - 
1, “Act of vandalism“ means - 
the act of doing any of the following without the written 
authority of an authorized officer or representative of the Government or of the 
government of any Commonwealth or foreign country or any statutory body or authority 
or of the armed force or the national police lawfully present in the Philippines in the case 
of public property, or without the written consent of the owner or occupant in the case of 
private property, namely - 
(i) 
writing, drawing, painting, marking or inscribing on any public property or 
private property any word, slogan, caricature, drawing, mark, symbol or other 
thing; or 
(ii) 
affixing, posting up or displaying on any public property or private property any 
poster, placard, advertisement, bill, notice, paper or other document; or 
(iii) hanging, suspending, hoisting, affixing or displaying on or from any public 
property or private property any flag, bunting, standard, banner or the like with 
any word, slogan, caricature, drawing, mark, symbol or other thing. 
2. “Private property” means movable or immovable property other than public property; 
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3. "Public property" means movable or immovable property belonging to the Government 
or to the government of any Coinmonwealth or foreign country or to any statutory body 
or authority or to the armed forces or the national police lawfully present in the 
Philippines. 
SEC. 3. Penal Provision. -Any person who shall commit any of the aforementioned acts 
of vandalism shall, in addition to payment of the expenses for restoration of the property 
vandalized, suffer the following penalties: 
a. For the First Offense, the payment of a fine in the amount of PW5,OOO; 
b. For the Second Offense, the payment of a fine in the amount of PhP8,OOO; and 
c. For the Third Offense, the payment of a fine in the amount of PhP10,000, plus 
imprisonment of not less than 30 days but not more than one (1) year depending on 
the gravity of the infraction. In determining the gravity of the infraction, the court 
shall consider the extent and the amount of the damage caused to the property in 
question. 
SEC. 4. Separability Clause. If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not othenvise affected shall remain 
valid and subsisting. 
SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. - All laws, rules, regulations, orders, circulars, and 
memoranda inconsistent with any provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified 
accordingly. 
SEC. 6. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
complete publication in the Oficial Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general 
circulation. 
Approved, 
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