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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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NOV 11 
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SENATE 
S. No. 
1912 
Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Constitution, Article XIV, Section 4(1) mandates the State to exercise reasonable 
supervision and regulation of all educational institutions. The crime incidence in campuses has 
steadily risen. There is a need to inform the parents and guardian, as well as their children and 
wards, about crimes that happened in a particular educational institution and about its security 
policies and procedures. 
This bill aims to provide a. safe and healthy environment for students by requiring . 
educational institutions to develop security policies and procedures; to report crimes on 
campuses; and to develop policies and procedures to address violent crimes on college 
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campuses . 
• This bill was re-filed during the Thirteenth Congress, First Regular Session. 


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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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'13 
NOV 11 
1\9 :45 
SENATE 
S.No. 1912 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
AN ACT 
TO PROMOTE CRIME AWARENESS AND SECURITY 
IN COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act may be cited as the "Crime Awareness and Campus 
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Security Act." 
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SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. - It shall be the policy of the State to provide a safe 
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and healthy environment for students by requiring educational institutions to disclose crime 
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statistics that occur within the campus and its security policies and procedures. 
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SECTION 3. Definition of Terms. - For the purposes of this Act, the term: 
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(A) 
"Campus" includes -
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(I) 
Any building or property owned or controlled by an institution of higher 
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education within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area and 
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used by the institution in direct suppo'rt of, or related to its educational' 
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purposes; 
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Any building or property owned or controlled by student organizations 
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recognized by the institution. 
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In cases where branch campuses of an institution of higher education, 
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schools within an institution are not within reasonably contiguous geographic 
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area, such entities shall be considered separate campuses for purposes of the 
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reporting requirements of this Act. 
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(B) 
"Secretary" refers to the Secretary of Education. 
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SECTION 4. Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics, -
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Upon effectivity of this Act, each eligible campus shall begin to collect the following 
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information with respect to campus crime statistics and campus security policies and each year 
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thereafter, prepare, publish, and distribute, through appropriate publications or mailings, to all 
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current students and employees, and to any applicant for enrollment or employment upon 
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request, an annual security report containing at least the following information with respect to 
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the campus security poliCies and campus crime statistics ofthat institution: 
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(A) 
A statement of current campus policies regarding procedures and facilities for 
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students; 
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(B) 
Reports of criminal actions or other emergencies occurring on campus; and 
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(C) 
Policies concerning the institution's response to such reports, 
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SECTION 5. Separability Clause, - If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or 
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unconstitutional, the reminder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall remain 
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valid and subsisting, 
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SECTION 6. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
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order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule, or regulation contrary to or inconsistent 
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with the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified, or amended accordingly, 
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SECTION 7. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
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publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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