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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Presidential Decree No. 1866 which codifies I aws on firearms, or explosives does not 
contain any provision to make it unlawfkl for any person to manufacture, import, sell, ship, 
deliver, possess, transfer, or receive fireams that are not detectable by metal detectors used by 
police and military authorities. 
The manufacture, importation and sale of such undetectable firearms contribute to the 
ever increasing crime rate in the country. If these undetectable firearms will not be prohibited, 
metal detectors, more particularly those being used in airports for public security and safety, will 
be of no purpose at all. 
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This bill seeks to reduce if not totally eliminate the crimes and the resulting deaths and 
injuries through the use of such undetectable firearms. 


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SECTION 4. Prohibitions. - It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, 
sell, ship, deliver, possess, transfer, or receive and firearm- 
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TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN FIREARMS ESPECXLY USEFUL TO 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives ‘of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act may be cited as the “Undetectable Firearms Act.” 
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State to 
protect public security and safety by prohibiting certain firearms especially useful to terrorists. 
SECTION 3. Definition of Terms. -For purposes of this Act, the term: 
(1) “Major component” means with respect to a firearm, the barrel, the slide or 
cylinder, or the frame or receiver of the firearm; 
(2) “Firearm” does nor include the frame or receiver of any such weapon; 
(3) “Security Exemplar” means an object, to be fabricated at the direction of the 
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constructed of, during the 12-month period beginning on 
the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
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suitable for testing and calibrating metal detectors. 


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(2) any major component of which, when subjected to inspection by the types of 
x-ray machines commonly used at airports, does not generated an image that accurately depicts 
the shape of - -  the component.. 
SECTION 5. Penalty. - Any violation of this Act shall be punished with a fine of not less 
than Fifty Thousand Pesos (p50, 000.00) or imprisonment of not less than three (3) months or 
both at the discretion of the court. If the offense is committed by a corporation, trust, firm, 
partnership or association or other entity, the penalty shall be imposed upon the 
officers of such corporation, trust, firm, partnership or association or entity. 
SECTION 6. Separability Clause. - If any provision, or part hereof, is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall remain 
valid and subsisting. 
SECTION 7. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule and regulation contrary to, or inconsistent 
with the provisions of this Act, is hereby repealed, modified, or amended accordingly. 
SECTION 8. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication 
in two (2) newspapers o f  general circulation. 
Approved. 
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