16th CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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Second Regular Session 
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FEB -2 P5:32 
SENATE 
S.B. No. 
2607 
Introduced by Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. 
AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 180 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE 
(ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED) BY INCREASING THE PENALTY 
PROVIDED THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
It cannot be denied that the present penalty for false testimony against a 
defendant, under Article 180 of the Revised Penal Code, depend upon the sentence 
imposed on the person against the false testimony was given. Consequently, the 
penalty of reclusion temporal, if the defendant in said case shall have been 
sentenced to death; the penalty of prision mayor, if the defendant shall have been 
sentenced to reclusion temporal or reclusion perpetua; the penalty of prision 
correccional, if the defendant shall have been sentenced to any other afflictive 
penalty; and the penalty of arresto mayor, if the defendant shall have been 
sentenced to a correctional penalty or a fine, or shall have been acquitted. 
This bill seeks to amend Article 180 of the Revised Penal Code by imposing 
on any person who shall give false testimony against the defendant in any criminal 
case to suffer the same penalty imposable or to be suffered by the defendant based 
on the crime charged in said criminal case. On the condition that the defendant to 
whom the false testimony was conveyed against will be acquitted of the criminal 
charges. 
Immediate passage of this bill is highly needed. 
-""'A.e.G REVILLA, JR. 
Senator 


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16tb CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PIDLIPPINES 
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·P5 
FEB -2 P 5 :32 
Second Regular Session 
) 
SENATE 
S.B. No. 2607 
Introduced by Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. 
AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 180 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE 
(ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED) BY INCREASING THE PENALTY 
PROVIDED THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be if enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines Congress 
assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Article 180 of the Revised Penal Code (Act No. 3815, as amended) is hereby 
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amended to read as follows: 
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Art. 180. False testimony against a defendant. -
Any person who shall give false 
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testimony against the defendant in any criminal case shall suffer THE SAME PENALTY 
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IMPOSABLE OR TO BE SUFFERED BY THE DEFENDANT BASED ON THE 
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CRIME CHARGED IN SAID CRIMINAL CASE. PROVIDED, THAT THE 
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DEFENDANT TO WHOM THE FALSE TESTIMONY WAS CONVEYED AGAINST 
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WILL BE ACQUITTED OF THE CRIMINAL CHARGES [: 
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1. The penalty of reclusion temporal, if the defendant in said case shall have been 
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sentenced to death; 
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2. The penalty of prision mayor, if the defendant shall have been sentenced to 
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reclusion temporal or reclusion perpetua; 
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3. The penalty of prision correccional, if the defendant shall have been sentenced 
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to any other afflictive penalty; and 
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4. The penalty of arresto mayor, if the defendant shall have been sentenced to a 
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correctional penalty or a fine, or shall have been acquitted.] 


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In SUCH CASE [cases provided in subdivisions 3 and 4 of this article] the offender shall 
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further suffer a fine not to exceed ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND (PIOO,OOO.OO) [1,000] 
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pesos. 
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Section 2. Repealing Clause. - All decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations, or parts' 
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thereof, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby deemed repealed or modified 
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accordingly. 
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Section 3. Effictivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (IS) days after its complete 
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publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
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Approved,