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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session  
House Bill No. ____ 
Introduced by 
Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Filipinos as young as grade school age are always taught to respect ‘our men and women 
in uniform,’ for they bear the responsibility of keep the country safe and protect us all  from 
external and internal attacks.  
While we accord respect to the men and women of the Philippine National Police (PNP), 
we certainly also need to accord respect to the uniform itself, by ensuring that the uniforms, 
including the official insignias and accoutrements are produced as per standard design and made 
accessible only to the men and women who have earned the right to wear them.  
Beyond the issue of respect, is also the issue of national security. Access to these 
uniforms by unauthorized persons gives access to  sensitive information, offices and other 
locations, as well as, actual police powers, which could be used to commit acts of crime and 
terrorism.  
Therefore, safeguarding the production, manufacture, sale and distribution of PNP 
uniforms is of utmost importance and must be enacted to law in the soonest time possible. 
Lucy Torres-Gomez        
October 11, 2021
12:48 pm
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session  
House Bill No. 
Introduced by 
Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez 
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING STRICTER MEASURES ON THE REGULATION AND 
CONTROL OF THE MANUFACTURE, SALE, AND DISTRIBUTION OF PNP 
UNIFORMS, INSIGNIAS, AND ACCOUTREMENTS AND  PROVIDING FOR 
PUNISHMENT ON THE ILLEGAL PRODUCTION, SALE AND USE OF THE SAME 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known as the “PNP TAMANG BIHIS ACT 
OF 2021." 
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the desire of the ate that only Philippine National 
Police (PNP) personnel has the exclusive authority to wear the prescribed and authorized PNP 
uniforms with proper insignias and other accoutrements while in performance of their official 
functions. 
It is also the policy of the State to impose stricter measure on the regulation and control of 
the use, manufacture, sale, and distribution of PNP uniforms, insignias, and accoutrements and to 
penalize those who illegally produce, sell, and use the same. 
SEC. 3. General Guidelines. - The PNP ensures that those persons or entities that violate 
the intellectual property rights of the PNP, to the design and texture of its uniform and 
accoutrements, be put to justice thereby strengthening and institutionalizing the legal offensive 
needed to achieve such purpose. 
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Moreover, persons or entities authorized by the PNP to manufacture, sell and distribute 
PNP uniforms and accoutrements are also given the rights and privileges as exclusive 
distributors of the same in accordance with RA No. 8293, otherwise known as "Intellectual 
Property Code of the Philippines." 
Likewise, all PNP uniformed personnel are expected to wear the prescribed and authorized 
uniforms at all times.  
SEC. 4. For the proper implementation of this Act, the PNP is empowered to perform the 
following powers and functions: 
a) Issue guidelines to all PNP offices and units particularly on the implementation of 
the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) approved standard specifications 
for police uniforms and individual equipment; 
b) Continue the application for patent on various, police uniforms, insignias, and other 
accoutrements at the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL); and 
disseminate the registered patents; 
c) Issue Certificate of Conformity (COC) to legitimate manufacturers/ 
suppliers/tailoring shops for the workmanship and fabric/material composition of 
police uniforms and individual equipment which have passed the appropriate test 
and evaluation conducted by the Directorate for Research and Development (DRD) 
and different testing institution; 
d) Cancel issued COC to legitimate manufacturers/suppliers/tailoring shops who 
violate the PNP guidelines and policies on the sale and distribution of PNP 
uniforms, insignias and accoutrements; 
e) Conduct plant/factory visits at known manufacturers, dealers, suppliers, and sellers 
of police uniforms; 
f) Initiate the regular conduct of consultative meetings with authorized suppliers of 
PNP uniforms; 
g) Conduct random inspection/survey of uniforms delivered to all PNP recruits to 
ensure that all uniforms and accoutrements delivered by the winning proponents are 
in accordance with the NAPOLCOM approved specifications; 
h) Issue directive on the different types of police uniforms to be worn during the 
conduct of their police functions/activities; 


 
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i) Register all approved unit PNP patches/logos at the National Historical 
Commission of the Philippines (NHCP); 
j) Undertake research towards the improvement of security marks to detect 
substandard and fake police uniforms and individual equipment; 
k) In the exercise of their law enforcement function, conduct operations against 
unauthorized persons or entities illegally manufacturing, selling, and distributing 
PNP uniforms and accoutrements; 
l) Conduct annual review, assessment and feedback on the proper implementation of 
this Act. 
SEC. 5. Unlawful Acts. - It shall be unlawful for any person, not a member of the 
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE, to use or wear the duly prescribed insignia, uniform, badge, 
or emblem of rank of the members of the PNP, or any colorable imitation thereof: Provided, That 
forgoing shall not be construed as prohibiting any person from using or wearing PNP uniform, 
badge or emblem or rank in any playhouse or theater or in moving naval character not tending to 
bring discredit or reproach upon the PNP. Provided further, that the use or wearing of any PNP 
uniform as herein described, shall be subject to supervision and regulation by the NAPOLCOM. 
The phrase, “duly prescribed insignia, uniform, badge or emblem of rank,” shall, for the purpose 
of this Act, mean insignia, uniform, badge or emblem of rank which is, or may hereafter be, 
prescribed by law or any policy of the PNP. 
SEC. 6. Hereafter the use, wearing, manufacture and sale of any medal or decoration, 
badge, insignia, uniform, textile for said uniform, patch or identification card which has been, or 
hereinafter be, authorized by Congress or prescribed or awarded by the President of the 
Philippines or the NAPOLCOM or any colorable imitation thereof, is prohibited except when 
authorized under such regulations by the PNP.  
SEC. 7. Any person who confers upon himself or another PNP grade or title in violation of 
Section 5 and 6 of this Act shall, upon conviction, be punished by A FINE OF NOT LESS 
THAN TEN THOUSAND (P10,000.00) AND NOT EXCEEDING TWENTY THOUSAND 
(P20,000.00) OR IMPRISONMENT OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE (5) YEARS AND NOT 
EXCEEDING TEN (10) YEARS, OR BOTH AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COURT. 


 
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In case the violation is committed by a corporation, the manager and all the members of the 
board of directors or governing body thereof shall be liable individually in accordance with this 
section.  
SEC. 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – The Chief, Philippine National Police, 
shall revise and promulgate the Rules and Regulations necessary to ensure the effective 
implementation of this Act. 
SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. – Any law, decree, ordinance or administrative circular not 
consistent with any provision of this Act is hereby amended, repealed or modified accordingly.  
SEC. 10. Effectivity Clause. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete 
publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
 
Approved,