HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
RECEIVED
Republic of the Philippines oare,_22 AUG 2016

Quezon City iS Ss

BY:
17" CONGRESS ah

First Regular Session RECISTRATION UAIT

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HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by REP. EVELINA G. ESCUDERO-

EXPLANATORY NOTE

At present, the law seeks to thwart and decrease the likelihood of graft and
corruption within the government. Existing law penalizes anyone who receives a
present, gift or any material or financial advantage as well as those who, without
being legally authorized to do so, actually intervene, directly or indirectly in any
transactions, applications, requests or contract with the government.

Prior to receiving any gift or the actual act of intervening, however, is the
offer or representation made by a person that he can influence the public official or
employee required by law to intervene or be able to assist in a transaction, contract
or request with the government which, up to now, remains unabated.

It is this gap which this bill seeks to fill by penalizing influence peddling or
the mere act of representing oneself to another person having a transaction or
request with the government thus effectively clipping corruption at its inception
even before any gift or present is given and even before there has actually been an
intervention in connection with such request or transaction.

The gap mentioned which this bill seeks to bridge by penalizing influence
peddling or the act of representing oneself to another person having a transaction or
request with the government thus effectively clipping corruption at its initiation
even before any gift or present is given and before there has actually been an
intervention in connection with such request or transaction.

If enacted, this bill is believed to be an effective deterrent to nip corruption at

the bud and prior to any damage being inflicted upon government coffers as well as
on our people with legitimate transactions or dealings with government.

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ESCUDERO.



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Quezon City

17" CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No._31'7?

Introduced by REP. EVELINA G. ESCUDERO.

AN ACT
PENALIZING INFLUENCE PEDDLING AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the “Anti-Influence Peddling Act”.

SEC. 2. Influence peddling refers to the act of representing oneself, either orally or in
writing, as being able, whether real or imagined, to influence, facilitate or assist another
person having some business, transaction, application, request or contract with the
government in which the public official or employee has to intervene, in consideration of any
present, gift or material or pecuniary advantage.

SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the practice or act of
influence peddling as defined in Section 2 hereof.

SEC. 4. Any person who engages in influence peddling as defined by this Act shall be
punished by imprisonment of not more than six (6) years or a fine not exceeding one hundred
thousand pesos (P100,000.00), or both, and disqualification to hold public office.

SEC. 5. If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person
or circumstance is declared invalid, the remainder of the Act or the application of such
provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

SEC. 6. All laws, decrees and orders or parts thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official
1e ot in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,