FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
Senate Bill No. _...;:1=-9,,---,--9~7 __ 
Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG REVILLA, JR. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Section 27 of Article II (Declaration of Principles and State Policies) states that: 
"The State shall maintain honesty and integrity in the public service and take 
positive and effective measures against graft and corruption." 
It is in this light that Republic Act No. 7080 was crafted into law in 1991. Two years 
later, the aggregate amount or total value of Seventy-five million pesos (P75,000,000.00) 
which is the minimum amount by which a public officer can be charged with plunder, 
was reduced to Fifty million pesos (p50,000,000.00) by virtue of Republic Act No. 7659. 
This bill seeks to amend the above by further reducing the said amount to Twenty-five 
million pesos (P2S,000,000.00). It is never the intention ofthis bill to convey the message 
that there is an allowable amount for corruption. On the other hand, this measure aims to 
send a stern warning to corrupt public officers that their days are numbered. 
In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this measure is earnestly sought. 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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First Regular Session 
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Senate Bill No. _=1_9_9_7 __ 
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Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG REVlLLA, JR. 
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 12 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7659, AS 
AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "AN ACT DEFINING AND 
PENALIZING THE CRIME OF PLUNDER" 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Section 12 of Republic Act No. 7659, as amended, otherwise 
known as "An Act Defming and Penalizing the Crime of Plunder" is hereby amended to 
read as follows: 
"SECTION 12. Definition of the Crime of Plunder; Penalties. - Any 
public officer who, by himself or in connivance with members of his 
family, relatives by affinity or consanguinity, business associates, 
subordinates or other persons, amasses, accumulates or acquires ill-gotten 
wealth through a combination Of series of overt or criminal acts as 
described in Section 1 (d) hereof, in the aggregate amount or total value of 
at least [Fifty million pesos (p50,OOO,OOO.OO)] 
TWENTY-FIVE 
MILLION PESOS (P25,OOO;OOO.OO), shall be guilty of the crime of 
plunder and shall be punished by reclusion perpetua to death. Any person 
who participated with the said public officer in the commission of an 
offense contributing to the crime of plunder shall likewise be punished for 
such offense. In the imposition of penalties, the degree of participation 
and the attendance of mitigating and extenuating circumstances, as 
provided by the Revised Penal Code, shall be considered by the court. The 
court shall declare any and all ill-gotten wealth and their interests and 
other incomes and assets including the properties and shares of stock 
derived from the deposit or investment thereof forfeited in favor of the 
State." 
SEC. 2. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or 
parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified 
accordingly. 
SEC. 3. Effectivity. - Thill Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
complete publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) national newspapers of 
general circulation whichever date comes earlier. 
Approved,