EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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First Regular Session 
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S E N A T E
S.B. No. 1091
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Introduced by Sen. Juan Miguel F. Zubiri
AN ACT
RECOGNIZING HAZING AS A HEINOUS CRIME, AMENDING FOR THE 
PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7659, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
DEATH PENALTY LAW
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On 16 September 2017, 22-year-old freshman law student Horacio Castillo died after incurring 
serious injuries from hazing-related violence. This tragic incident led to the passage of Republic 
Act 11053, or the Anti-Hazing Law of 2018, mandating an outright ban on all forms of hazing. 
This amendment came over two decades after the Anti-Hazing Law was first enacted in 1991, in 
response to the death of Leonard "Lenny" Villa.
Despite this amendment, two years later, almost to the day of Horacio Castillo's death, hazing 
claims yet another life—that of 20-year-old Philippine Military Academy plebe Darwin Dormitorio. 
Even after the passage of the Anti-Hazing Law, violators remain undeterred, choosing to continue 
carrying their legacies of violence guised as brotherhood.
With this blatant disregard of the law and a clamor for justice from the victims and their 
families, it is but appropriate to expressly and categorically consider hazing—if resultant in death, 
or inclusive of rape, sodomy, or mutilation—as one of the heinous crimes enumerated under 
Republic Act 7659, as amended.
In view of the foregoing, the immediate approval of this bill is requested.
MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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S E N A T E
S.B. No. 1091
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Introduced by Sen. Juan Miguel F. Zubiri
AN ACT
RECOGNIZING HAZING AS A HEINOUS CRIME, AMENDING FOR THE 
PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7659, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
DEATH PENALTY LAW
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Philippines in Congress 
assembled:
Section 1. Declaration o f Policy. -  It is hereby declared the policy of the State to foster 
and ensure not only obedience to its authority, but also to adopt such measures as would 
effectively promote the maintenance of peace and order, the protection of life, liberty 
and property, and the promotion of the general welfare which are essential for the 
enjoyment by all the people of the blessings of democracy in a just and humane society.
Section 2. Hazing as a Heinous Crime- Hazing as defined under Republic Act No. 11053, 
if resulted to death, rape, sodomy, or mutilation shall be considered as a heinous crime 
under this Act.
Section 3. New section is hereby inserted after Section 20 of the Act, as amended, to 
read as follows:
"SECTION 21. SECTION 14 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO.11053, 
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "ANTI-HAZING ACT OF 2018" TO 
READ AS FOLLOWS:
"SEC. 14. PENALTIES. 
SHALL BE IMPOSED:
THE FOLLOWING PENALTIES
"(A ) THE PENALTY OF RECLUSION PERPETUA AND A 
FINE OF THREE MILLION PESOS (P3,000,000.00) 
SHALL BE IMPOSED UPON THOSE WHO ACTUALLY 
PLANNED OR PARTICIPATED IN THE HAZING IF, AS A 
CONSEQUENCE 
OF THE 
HAZING, 
DEATH, 
RAPE, 
SODOMY, OR MUTILATION RESULTS THEREFROM;
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Section 4. The succeeding sections are hereby renumbered accordingly.
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Section 5. Separability Clause. -  If any provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional,
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the same shall not affect the validity and effectivity of the other provisions hereof.


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Section 6. Repealing Clause. -  All laws, decrees, orders, and issuances or portions
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thereof, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed,
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amended or modified accordingly.
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Section 7. Effectivity. -  This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following it complete
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publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.
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Approved,