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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and
Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr. \

House BillNo. _4164
EXPLANATORY NOTE

Republic Act No. 8049, otherwise known as the Anti-Hazing Law was enacted to
address the rampant violence happening in various fraternities, sororties and organizations.
The law was supposed to penalize those who go too far during initiation rites wherein the
incoming pledge is made to bear and suffer extreme pain thru violence

However, despite its enactment in 1995, there are still numerous reports of death
and injuries in various parts of our country, the most recent of whom was the case of Marvin
Reglos. This only shows that there is a need to strengthen the law, by providing a higher
penalties and stricter implementation

It must always be borne in mind that these fraternities, sororities and organizations
exist to foster camaraderie and deep friendships and not to exact pain and violence.

In view of the foregoing, immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

Mil
MAXIMO'B. Aopsicuez, JR.


SIXTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and
-_ Representative Ma iriguez, Jr

House BillNo, __ 4164

AN ACT
AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT 8049, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ACT REGULATING
HAZING AND OTHER FORMS OF INITIATION RITES IN FRATERNITIES, SORORITIES,
AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. Section 4 of Republic Act No, 8049, otherwise known as the Anti-Hazing Law,
is hereby amended to read as follows’

[Section 4. If the person subjected to hazing or other forms of
initiation rites suffers any physical injury or dies as a result thereof,
the officers and members of the fraternity, sorority or organization
who actually participated in the infliction of physical harm shall be
liable as principals. The person or persons who participated in the
hazing shall suffer:
1. The penalty of reclusion pempetua (life
imprisonment) if death, rape, sodomy or mutilation results
there from.
2. The penalty of reclusion temporal in its maximum
period (17 years, 4 months and 1 day to 20 years) if in
consequence of the hazing the victim shall become insane,
imbecile, impotent or bind.
3. The penalty of reclusion temporal in its medium
period (14 years, 8 months and one day to 17 years and 4
months) if in consequence of the hazing the victim shall
have lost the use of speech or the power to hear or to
smell, or shall have lost an eye, a hand, a foot, an arm or a
leg or shall have lost the use of any such member shall
have become incapacitated for the activity or work in which
he was habitually engaged
4, The penalty of reclusion temporal in its minimum
period (12 years and one day to 14 years and 8 months) if
in consequence of the hazing the victim shall become
deformed or shail have lost any other part of his body, or
shall have lost the use thereof, or shall have been ill or
incapacitated for the performance on the activity or work in
which he was habitually engaged for a period of more than
ninety (90) days.
5. The penalty of prison mayor in its maximum period
(10 years and one day to 12 years) if in consequence of
the hazing the victim shall have been ill or incapacitated for


the performance on the activity or work in which he was
habitually engaged for a period of more than thirty (30)
days.

6. The penalty of prison mayor in its medium period (8
years and one day to 10 years) if in consequence of the
hazing the victim shall have been ill or incapacitated for the
performance on the activity or work in which he was
habitually engaged for a period of ten (10) days or more, or
that the injury sustained shall require medical assistance
for the same period.

7, The penalty of prison mayor in its minimum period
(6 years and one day to 8 years) if in consequence of the
hazing the victim shail have been ill or incapacitated for the
performance on the activity or work in which he was
habitually engaged from one (1) to nine (9) days, or that
the injury sustained shall require medical assistance for the
same period.

8, The pena of prison correccional in its maximum
period (4 years, 2 months and one day to 6 years) if in
consequence of the hazing the victim sustained physical
injuries which do not prevent him from engaging in his
habitual activity or work nor require medical attendance.]

SECTION 4. ANY OFFICERS OR MEMBERS OF THE
FRATERNITY, SORORITY OR ORGANIZATION WHO
ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN THE INFLICTION Of PHYSICAL
HARM IN A HAZING OR OTHER FORMS OF INITIATION RITES
SHALL BE LIABLE AS PRINCIPALS AND SHALL SUFFER
THE PENALTY OF RECLUSION PERPETUA.

The responsible officials of the school or of the police,
miltary or citizen's army training organization, may impose the
appropriate administrative sanctions on the person or the persons
charged under this provision even before their conviction. [The
maximum penalty herein provided shall be imposed in any of the
following instances:

(a) when the recruitment is accompanied by force, violence,
threat, intimidation or deceit on the person of the recruit who
refuses to join;

(b) when the recruit, neophyte or applicant initially consents to join
but upon learning that hazing will be committed on his person, is
prevented from quitting;

(c) when the recruit, neophyte or applicant having undergone
hazing is prevented from reporting the unlawful act to his parents
or guardians, to the proper school authorities, or to the police
authorities, through force, violence, threat or intimidation;

(d) when the hazing is committed outside of the school or
institution; or

(e) when the victim is below twelve (12) years of age at the time of
the hazing]

‘The owner of the place where hazing is conducted shall be
liable as an accomplice, when he has actual knowledge of the
hazing conducted therein but failed to take any action to prevent
the same from occurring. If the hazing is held in the home of one


of the officers or members of the fratemity, group, or organization,
the parents shall be held liable as principals when they have
actual knowledge of the hazing conducted therein but failed to
take any action to prevent the same from occurring.

The school authorities including faculty members who
consent to the hazing or who have actual knowledge thereof, but
failed to take any action to prevent the same from occurring shall
be punished as accomplices for the acts of hazing committed by
the perpetrators.

The officers, former officers, or alumni of the organization,
group, fraternity or sorority who actually planned the hazing
although not present when the acts constituting the hazing were
committed shall be liable as principals. A fraternity or sorority’s
adviser who is present when the acts constituting the hazing were
committed and failed to take action to prevent the same from
‘occurring shall be liable as principal,

The presence of any person during the hazing is prima
facie evidence of participation therein as principal unless he
prevented the commission of the acts punishable herein.

Any person charged under this provision shall not be
entitled to the mitigating circumstance that there was no intention
to commit so grave a wrong,

This section shall apply to the president, manager, director
or other responsible officer of a corporation engaged in hazing as
a requirement for employment in the manner provided herein

SEC 2. Repealing Clause. All laws, executive orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof
in conflict with the provision of this Act are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.

SEC 3. Effectivty. -This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following its full and
complete publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation

Approved,