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Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG REVILLA, JR.
AN ACT
RE-INSTITUTING THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE PHILIPPINES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
It is expressly stated in Article III of the Philippine Constitution that death 
penalty may be imposed for compelling reasons. The highest law of the land is very 
clear on this. Despite our seeming uncertainty in deciding whether to pursue this 
penalty or not, we should bear in mind that times have changed. Crimes these days 
are so much crueler and more heinous. Everyday, we hear news of children ages as 
low as months old being raped and eventually killed. News of shipments of huge 
amounts of dangerous drugs are commonplace. These, more than anything, makes it 
imperative and urgent that we institute a strong deterrent, one that will "unmake" 
wrong-doers.
This proposed measure seeks to revive Republic Act No. No. 7659, otherwise 
known as An Act to Impose the Death Penalty on Certain Heinous Crimes, Amending 
for that Purpose the Revised Pena! Laws, as amended. Other Special Pena! Laws, and 
for other purposes, which was repealed in 2006. Further, this bill seeks to increase 
the penalty for false testimony to as maximum as death so that fake whistleblowers 
suffer the same penalty as to those who could have been convicted of a crime they 
did not commit. This will serve as deterrent for people who ruin the lives of innocent 
people for reasons only they understand. Intentionally giving false testimony that


destroys the life, credibility and future of innocent people can be considered 
outrageously evil or wicked.
Being true to our oath to support and defend our Constitution, I am sincerely 
appealing for your kind consideration of this bill.
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RAMO^BONG REVILLA, 3R.


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
S. No.
S E N A T E
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Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG REVILLA, JR.
AN ACT
RE-INSTITUTING THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE PHILIPPINES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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Section 1. Short Title. -  This Act shall be known as the "Death Penalty Law of
2019."
Sec. 2. Declaration o f Policy. -  It is the declared policy of the State to foster 
peace and order, and ensure obedience to its authority, to protect life, liberty and 
property and to promote the general welfare which are essential for the enjoyment by 
all the people of the blessings of democracy in a just and humane society.
Towards this end, and in the interest of justice, public order and the rule of 
law, and the need to rationalize and harmonize the penal sanctions, the Congress finds 
compelling reasons to impose the death penalty on heinous crimes committed by 
offenders wo are a continuous threat to society.
Sec. 3. Imposition o f Death Penalty. -  The death penalty Is hereby imposed on 
crimes defined under Republic Act No. 7659, otherwise known as An Act to Impose 
the Death Penalty on Certain Heinous Crimes, Amending for that Purpose the Revised 
Pena! Laws, as amended. Other Special Pena! Laws, and for other purposes, 
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heinous for being grievous, odious and hateful offenses, which by reason of their 
inherent or manifest wickedness, viciousness, atrocity and perversity are repugnant 
and outrageous to the common standards and norms of decency and morality in a 
just, civilized and orderly society.
Accordingly, Republic Act No. 7659 is hereby revived.
Sec. 4. Increasing Penalties for False Testimony. -  Act No. 3815, otherwise 
known as An Act Revising the Penal Code and Other Penal Laws, is hereby amended 
to read as follows:
Article 180. False Testimony against a defendant -  Any person who 
shall give false testimony against a defendant in any criminal case shall 
suffer:
1. The penalty of reclusion [temporal] PERPETUA OR DEATH, if the 
defendant in said case shall have been sentenced to RECLUSION 
PERPETUA OR death;
2. The penalty of prision mayor IN  ITS M IN IM U M  AND THE 
PENALTY OF RECLUSION TEMPORAL IN  ITS MAXIMUM, if
the defendant shall have been sentenced to reclusion temporal, 
[or reclusion pcrpctua];
3. The penalty of prision coreccionai, if the defendant shall have been 
sentenced to any other afflictive penalty; and
4. The penalty of arresto mayor, if the defendant shall have been 
sentenced to a correctional penalty or a fine, or shall have been 
acquitted.
In cases provided in subdivisions 3 and 4 of this article the offender shall 
further suffer a fine not to exceed 1,000 pesos.
Art. 181. False Testimony favorable to the defendants. -  Any person 
who shall give false testimony in favor of the defendant in a criminal case,


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shall suffer the penalties of arresto mayohw its maximum period to prision 
correcdonai\x\ its minimum period a fine not to exceed 1,000 pesos, if the 
prosecution is for a felony punishable by an afflictive penalty, and the 
penalty of arresto mayor \n any other case.
Art. 182. False testimony in civil cases. - Any person found guilty of 
false testimony in a civil case shall suffer the penalty of prision correccionai 
in its minimum period and a fine not to exceed 6,000 pesos, if the amount 
in controversy shall exceed 5,000 pesos, and the penalty 
arresto 
mayor \n its maximum period to prision correccionai in its minimum period 
and a fine not to exceed 1,000 pesos, if the amount in controversy shall 
not exceed said amount or cannot be estimated.
Art. 183. False testimony in other cases and perjury in solemn 
affirmation. - The penalty of arresto m ayors its maximum period to prision 
correccionai\n its minimum period shall be imposed upon any person, who 
knowingly makes untruthful statements and not being included in the 
provisions of the next preceding articles, shall testify under oath, or make 
an affidavit, upon any material matter before a competent person 
authorized to administer an oath in cases in which the law so requires.
Any person who, in case of a solemn affirmation made in lieu of an 
oath, shall commit any of the falsehoods mentioned in this and the three 
preceding articles of this section, shall suffer the respective penalties 
provided therein.
Art. 184. Offering false testimony in evidence. - Any person who shall 
knowingly offer in evidence a false witness or testimony in any judicial or 
official proceeding, shall be punished as guilty of false testimony and shall 
suffer the respective penalties provided in this section.


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Sec. 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.
Sec. 6. Repeating Clause. - Republic Act No. 9346, otherwise known as An Act 
Prohibiting The Imposition Of Death Penalty In The Philippines, other laws, 
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.
Sec. 7. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,