Republic of the Philippines 
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First Regrlnr Smsion 
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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS 
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S E N A T E  
Bill No. __ 
1242 
Introduced by Senator FRANCIS G. ESCilDERO 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Existing laws seeking to prevent or abate graft and corruption in 
government already penalize persons who receive a present, gift or any 
material or pecuniary advantage as well as those who, without being IegaRy 
authorized to do so, actually intervene, directly or indirectly in any business, 
transaction, application, request or contract with the government. 
Prior to the receipt of any gift or present or the actual act of 
intervening, however, is the offer or representaton made by a person that he 
can influence the public offiaal or employee required by law to intervene or 
be able to assist and/or facilitate 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 gi€t or present is given and even 
before there has actually been an intervention in connection with such request 
or transaction. 
With the enactment into law of this bill, it is believed that an effective 
deterrent will be set up to Np corruption at the bud and prior to any damage 
being inflicted upon govemient coffm as well as on our p p l e  with 
legitimate transactions or dealings with government. 
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FRANCIS G. ESCUDERO 


Republic of the Philippines 
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First Regiclnr Session 
1 
FOURTEENTH CONGRESS 
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Introduced by Senator FRANCIS G. ESCUDERO 
AN ACT 
PENALIZING INFLUENCE PEDDLING AND FOR OTEER 
PuRPosEs 
Be 2 enacted by the Setlate arid the Hmise of Representafives of fhe Phihppkes irk 
CXmgress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Tiue. - This Act shall be known as the “ A d -  
Influence Peddling Act of 20O7.” 
SECTION 2. De$%ition. - It shall be unlawful for any person to engage 
in influence peddling which is hereby defined as 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 a 
public official or employee has to intervene. 
SECTION 3. Penalties for ~ioktic~n. 
- 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 (lOO,OOO.OO), or both, and disqualification to hold 
public offce. 
SECTION 4. Separability Clause. - 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. 
SECTION 5. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees and orders or parts 
thereof inconsistent herewith are deemed repealed or modified accordingly. 


SECTION 6. Eflectivity. - "his Act shall take effect after thirty (30) 
days following the completion of its publication in the Official Gazette or in 
two (2) national newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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