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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Constitution Hills, Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. __________ 
Introduced by REP. JOHNNY T. PIMENTEL 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
As a thrust to cater for the special needs attendant to women and children in relation to crimes 
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against chastity, sexual harassment and other abuses, Republic Act 8551 of 1998 required the 
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establishment of the Women’s Desk and Child Protection in all police stations. The same law 
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also mandated the recruitment quota for women to ten percent (10%). Twenty-one years 
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hence, the present circumstances of the Philippines is ripe for an increase of the recruitment 
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quota of female members of the uniformed personnel. 
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We are made to rethink this administrative reform in the wake of abuses by male officers 
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against women and children in their custody. It should be the State policy that only female 
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officers should have direct and immediate custody of women and children brought to the 
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police stations. 
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In other jurisdictions with strong child protection, whenever a minor is involved in an 
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incident, male officers are prohibited from taking custody of the child without the presence 
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of female officers, thereby preventing some abuses. 
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As such, the passage of this proposal is earnestly sought. 
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REP. JOHNNY T. PIMENTEL 
July 11, 2022
2:45 pm
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Constitution Hills, Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. __________ 
Introduced by REP. JOHNNY T. PIMENTEL 
AN ACT 
INCREASING THE RECRUITMENT QUOTA REQUIREMENT OF FEMALE PNP 
OFFICERS, AMENDING SECTION 58 OF REPUBLIC ACT 8551, APPROPRIATING 
FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: 
Section 1. Within the next five (5) years, the PNP shall reserve fifteen percent (15%) of its 
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annual recruitment training and education quota for women; Provided, That the recruitment 
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quota for women shall be increased to twenty percent (20%) five (5) years thereafter. 
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Section 2.  The National Police Commission in coordination with the Philippine National 
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Police and the Department of the Interior and Local Government, shall promulgate rules and 
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regulations for the effective implementation of this Act. Such rules and regulations shall take 
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effect upon their publication in three (3) newspapers of general circulation. 
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Section 3. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act is hereby authorized 
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to be appropriated in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into 
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law and thereafter. 
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Section 4. All laws, presidential decrees, letters of instructions, executive orders, rules and 
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regulations insofar as they are inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed or amended as 
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the case may be. 
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Section 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette 
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or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
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Approved, 
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