FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Constitution, Article 11, Section 5 provides: 
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. 
Our people are more concerned about illegal drugs and crimes associated with such use 
than any other current social problem. 
Illegal drug use is harmful and wrong. Illegal drug use can kill the individuals involved or 
cause the individuals to hurt or kill others, and such use strips the individuals of their moral sense 
and with it, everything in life that is important and worthwhile. 
The purpose of this bill is to reduce the supply of drugs by stopping illegal dnigs form 
entering the Philippines.' 
This bill was re-filed during the Thirteenth Congress, First Regular Session. 


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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
AN ACT 
SECURING THE PHILIPPINE'S BORDERS TO MAKE MORE EFFECTIVE THE 
PROHIBITION AGAINST THE ENTRY OF ILLEGAL DRUGS INTO THE COUNTRY 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Drug-Free Borders Act of 
2007." 
SECTION 2. Increased Resources for Interdiction. - 
(A) Customs. - In addition to other amounts appropriated for the Bureau of Customs for a 
fiscal year, there is authorized to be appropriated Fifteen Million Pesos (P15,000,000.00) for 
each of the three (3) succeeding fiscal years following the passage of this Act to be used to 
monitor border ports of entry to stop the flow of illegal drugs into the Philippines, of which not 
less than 20 percent of such funds shall be sued to provide assistance to local law enforcement 
entities. 
(B) Coast Guard. - In addition to other amounts appropriated for the Philippine Coast 
Guard for a fiscal year, there is authorized to be appropriated, Ten Million Pesos 
(Pl0,000,000.00) for each of the three (3) succeeding fiscal years following the passage of this 
Act to be used to expand activities to stop the flow of illegal drugs into the Philippines. 
(C) Department Of National Defense. - In addition to other amounts appropriated for the 
Department of National Defense for a fiscal year, there is authorized to be appropriated, Thirty 
Million Pesos (P30,000,000.00) for each of the three (3) succeeding fiscal years following the 
passage of this Act to be used to expand activities to stop the flow of illegal drugs into the 
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Philippines, of which not less than 20 percent (20%) of such funds shall be used to provide 
assistance to local law enforcement entities. 
SECTION 3. Felony Punishment for Violence Committed Along Philippine Border. - 
Violence while eluding inspection or during violation of arrival, reporting, entry or clearance 
requirements- 
(A) In General. - Whoever attempts to commit or commits a crime of violence during 
and in relation to- 
(1) Attempting to elude or elude customs, immigration, or agriculture inspection 
or failing to stop at the command of an officer of customs, immigration or 
animal and plant and health inspection services; or 
(2) An intentional violation of arrival, reporting, entry, or clearance requirements, 
as set forth in appropriate laws; 
shall be filed under this Act or imprisoned for not more than five (5) years, or both, 
except that if bodily injury results, the maximum term of imprisonment is ten (10) years, and if 
death results, the offender may be imprisoned for any term of years or for life, in accordance 
with the pertinent provisions of the Revised Penal Code and other special laws. 
(B) Conspiracy. - If two (2) or more persons conspire to commit an offense under 
subsection (A), and 1 or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, 
each shall be punishable as a principal. 
SECTION 4. Border Patrol Pursuit Policy. - A Philippine Coast Guard may not cease 
pursuit of an alien who the agent suspects has unlawfully entered the Philippines, or an 
individual whom the agent suspects has unlawfully imported a narcotic into the Philippines, until 
local law enforcement authorities are in pursuit of the alien or individual and have the alien or 
individual in their visual range. 
SECTION 5. 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. 
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SECTION 6 .  Repeuling Clause. - Any law, ,presidential decree or issuance, executive 
order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or inconsistent 
with, the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly. 
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SECTION 7. Efectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days afrer its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
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Approved, 
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