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AN ACT
RE-INSTITUTING THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE PHILIPPINES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Article III, Section 19, paragraph (1) of the Constitution states that:
“Excessive fines shall not be imposed nor cruel, degrading or 
inhuman punishment inflicted. Neither shall death penalty be 
imposed, unless, for compelling reasons involving heinous crimes, 
the Congress hereafter provides for it.”
While the Fundamental Law suspended the imposition of the death penalty 
and commuted all the death penalties imposed then to reclusion perpetua, the 
framers were mindful that the said suspension was merely temporary. As can be 
seen from the wordings of the aforecited provision of the 1987 Constitution, 
Congress was not altogether prevented from re-imposing it “for compelling 
reasons involving heinous crimes.” Thus, on December 13, 1993, Congress in the 
exercise of its legislative powers deemed fit to enact Republic Act 7659 which 
imposed the death penalty on certain crimes which it defined as “heinous for being 
grievous, odious and hateful offenses and which, by reason of their inherent or 
manifest wickedness, viciousness, atrocity and perversity are repugnant and 
outrageous to the common standards and norms of decency and morality in a just, 
civilized and ordered society.”
This Law was implemented for nearly 13 years with a number of convicted 
criminals sentenced to death penalty and received their dues. A record of convicts, 
however, was removed from the death row due to the timely intervention of 
opponents of the Law who are mostly members of the church. Thence, the 
Congress enacted Republic Act 9346 on June 24, 2006. This Law prohibited the 
imposition of the said penalty and eommuted their sentence to either reclusion 
perpetua or life imprisonment depending on whether the law violated made use of 
the nomenelature of their penalties by the Revised Penal Code or not.
However, the alarming surge of heinous crimes in reeent years has shown 
that reclusion perpetua, in lieu of death penalty, is not a deterrent to grave 
offenders.


In 2015, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported that 75 percent of 
the most heinous crimes are drug-related while 65 percent of inmates in prisons 
are either accused or convicted of drug-related crimes.
Relatedly, PNP-Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management 
(DIDM) has documented 9,646 murder cases; 31,741 cases of robbery; and, 
10,298 rape cases in 2015. These translate to an average crime incidence of a 
murder every 54 minutes, a robbery every 16 minutes, and a rape case every 51 
minutes.
Data from January to May of 2016 also showed a staggering number of 
crime incidents: 3,615 murder cases, 3,996 rape cases, and 9,971 robbery cases.
Hence, to reinstate public order and the rule of law, there is an impending 
need to revisit and re-impose the death penalty on certain heinous crimes which as 
ratiocinated by R.A. 7659 or the Death Penalty Law, “is appropriately necessary 
due to the alarming upsurge of such crimes which has resulted not only in the loss 
of human lives and wanton destruction of property but also affected the nation’s 
efforts towards sustainable economic development and prosperity while at the 
same time has undermined the people's faith in the Government and the latter's 
ability to maintain peace and order in the country."
In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly recommended.
PANFILO\M. LACSON
Senator


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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First Regular Session 
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AN ACT
RE-INSTITUTING THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE PHILIPPINES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
SEC. 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "DEATH PENALTY ACT
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SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. -
(a) Section 5, Article II of the Constitution provides: “The maintenance of peace 
and order, the protection of life, liberty, and property, and the promotion of the 
general welfare are essential for the enjoyment by all the people of the 
blessings of democracy. ”
(b) The State hereby declares the protection of its citizens as its paramount 
obligation as such adopts measures that would effectively promote and 
advance peace and order and instill respect in the rule of law.
SEC. 3. Article 114, Section One, Chapter One, Title One of Book Two of the 
Revised Penal Code, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Art. 114. Treason. - Any Filipino citizen who levies war against the Philippines 
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shall be punished by reclusion perpetua to DEATH and shall pay a fine not to exceed
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100,000 pesos.
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No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses 
at least to the same overt act or on confession of the accused in open court.
Likewise, an alien, residing in the Philippines, who commits acts of treason as 
defined in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be punished by reclusion temporal to DEATH 
and shall pay a fine not to exceed 100,000 pesos.”
SEC. 4. Articles 122 and 123 of Section One, Chapter One, Title One of Book 
Two of the Revised Penal Code, as amended, are hereby amended to read as follows:
“Section Three. - Piracy and mutiny on the high seas or in the Philippine waters
Art. 122. Piracy in general and mutiny on the high seas or in Philippine waters. - 
The penalty of reclusion perpetua shall be inflicted upon any person who, on the high 
seas, or in Philippine waters, shall attack or seize a vessel or, not being a member of its 
complement nor a passenger, shall seize the whole or part of the cargo of said vessel, its 
equipment or passengers.
The same penalty shall be inflicted in case of mutiny on the high seas or in 
Philippine waters.
Art. 123. Qualified piracy. - The penalty of reclusion perpetua to DEATH shall be 
imposed upon those who commit any of the crimes referred to in the preceding article, 
under any of the following circumstances:
1. Whenever they have seized a vessel by boarding or firing upon the same;
2. Whenever the pirates have abandoned their victims without means of saving 
themselves or;
3. Whenever the crime is accompanied by murder, homicide, physical injuries or 
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SEC. 5. Article 211-A of Section Two, Chapter Two, Title Seven of Book Two of
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the Revised Penal Code, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows;
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Art. 211-A. Qualified Bribery. - If any public officer is entrusted with law
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enforcement and he refrains from arresting or prosecuting an offender who has 
committed a crime punishable by reclusion perpetua and/or death in consideration of any 
offer, promise, gift or present, he shall suffer the penalty for the offense which was not
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If it is the public officer who asks or demands such gift or present, he shall suffer
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the penalty of DEATH.”
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SEC. 6. Article 246 of Section One, Chapter One, Title Eight of Book Two of the 
Revised Penal Code, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Art. 246. Parricide. - Any person who shall kill his father, mother, or child, 
whether legitimate of illegitimate, or any of his ascendants, or descendants, or his spouse, 
shall be guilty of parricide and shall be punished by the penalty of reclusion perpetua to 
DEATH.”
SEC. 7. Article 248 of Section One, Chapter One, Title Eight of Book Two of the 
Revised Penal Code, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Art. 248. Murder. - Any person who, not falling within the provisions of Article 
246 shall kill another, shall be guilty of murder and shall be punished by reclusion 
perpetua, to DEATH if committed with any of the following attendant circumstances:
1. With treachery, taking advantage of superior strength, with the aid of armed 
men, or employing means to weaken the defense or of means or persons to 
insure or afford impunity.
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3. By means of inundation, fire, poison, explosion, shipwreck, stranding of a 
vessel, derailment or assault upon a railroad, fall of an airship, or by means of 
motor vehicles, or with the use of any other means involving great waste and
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4. On occasion of any of the calamities enumerated in the preceding paragraph, or 
of an earthquake, eruption of a volcano, destructive cyclone, epidemic or other 
public calamity.
5. With evident premeditation.
6. With cruelty, by deliberately and inhumanly augmenting the suffering of the 
victim, or outraging or scoffing at his person or corpse.”
SEC. 8. Article 255 of Section Two, Chapter One, Title Eight of Book Two of the 
Revised Penal Code, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Art. 255. Infanticide. - The penalty provided for parricide in Article 246 and for 
murder in Article 248 shall be imposed upon any person who shall kill any child less than 
three days of age.
If any crime penalized in this Article be committed by the mother of the child for 
the purpose of concealing her dishonor, she shall suffer the penalty of prision mayor in its 
medium and maximum periods, and if said crime be committed for the same purpose by 
the maternal grandparents or either of them, the penalty shall be reclusion temporal.”
SEC. 9. Articles 266-A and 266-B, of Chapter Three, Title Eight of Book Two of 
the Revised Penal Code, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Article 266-A. Rape: When And How Committed. - Rape is committed:
1) By a man who shall have carnal knowledge of a woman under any of the 
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b) When the offended party is deprived of reason or otherwise 
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c) By means of fraudulent machination or grave abuse of authority; and,
d) When the offended party is under twelve (12) years of age or is 
demented, even though none of the circumstances mentioned above be
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2) By any person who, under any of the circumstances mentioned in paragraph 1 
hereof, shall commit an act of sexual assault by inserting his penis into another 
person's mouth or anal orifice, or any instrument or object, into the genital or 
anal orifice of another person.
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Whenever the rape is committed with the use of a deadly weapon or by two or
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more persons, the penalty shall be reclusion perpetua to DEATH.
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When by reason or on the occasion of the rape, the victim has become insane, the
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penalty shall become reclusion perpetua to DEATH.
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occasion thereof, the penalty shall be reclusion perpetua to DEATH.
When by reason or on the occasion of the rape, homicide is committed, the penalty
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The DEATH PENALTY shall also be imposed if the crime of rape is committed 
with any of the following aggravating/qualifying circumstances:
1) When the victim is under eighteen (18) years of age and the offender is a 
parent, ascendant, step-parent, guardian, relative by consanguinity or affinity 
within the third civil degree, or the common-law spouse of the parent of the 
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2) When the victim is under the custody of the police or military authorities or 
any law enforcement or penal institution;
3) When the rape is committed in full view of the spouse, parent, any of the 
children or other relatives within the third civil degree of consanguinity;
4) When the victim is a religious engaged in legitimate religious vocation or 
calling and is personally known to be such by the offender before or at the time 
of the commission of the crime;
5) When the victim is a child below seven (7) years old;
6) When the offender knows that he is afflicted with the Human Immuno- 
Deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) or 
any other sexually transmissible disease and the virus or disease is transmitted 
to the victim;
7) When committed by any member of the Amied Forces of the Philippines or 
para-military units thereof or the Philippine National Police or any law 
enforcement agency or penal institution, when the offender took advantage of 
his position to facilitate the commission of the crime;
8) When by reason or on the occasion of the rape, the victim has suffered 
permanent physical mutilation or disability;
9) When the offender knew of the pregnancy of the offended party at the time of 
the commission of the crime; and,
10) When the offender knew of the mental disability, emotional disorder and/or 
physical handicap of the offended party at the time of the commission of the 
crime.
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When by reason or on the occasion of the rape, the victim has become insane, the 
penalty shall be reclusion temporal.
When the rape is attempted and a homicide is committed by reason or on the 
occasion thereof, the penalty shall be reclusion temporal to reclusion perpetua to 
DEATH.
When by reason or on the occasion of the rape, homicide is committed, the penalty 
shall be reclusion perpetua to DEATH.
Reclusion temporal shall be imposed if the rape is committed with any of the ten 
aggravating/ qualifying circumstances mentioned in this article
SEC. 10. Article 267 of Section One, Chapter One, Title Nine of Book Two of the 
Revised Penal Code, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Art. 267. Kidnapping and serious illegal detention. - Any private individual who 
shall kidnap or detain another, or in any other manner deprive him of his liberty, shall 
suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua to DEATH:
1. If the kidnapping or detention shall have lasted more than three days.
2. If it shall have been committed simulating public authority.
3. If any serious physical injuries shall have been inflicted upon the person 
kidnapped or detained; or if threats to kill him shall have been made.
4. If the person kidnapped or detained shall be a minor, except when the accused 
is any of the parents, female or a public officer.
The penalty shall be DEATH PENALTY where the kidnapping or detention was 
committed for the purpose of e.xtorting ransom from the victim or any other person, even 
if none of the circumstances above-mentioned were present in the commission of the 
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1. The penalty of reclusion perpetua to DEATH, when by reason or on occasion 
of the robbery, the crime of homicide shall have been committed, or when the 
robbery shall have been accompanied by rape or intentional mutilation or 
arson.
2. The penalty of reclusion temporal in its medium period to reclusion perpetua, 
when or if by reason or on occasion of such robbery, any of the physical 
injuries penalized in subdivision I of Article 263 shall have been inflieted.
3. The penalty of reclusion temporal, when by reason or on occasion of the 
robbery, any of the physical injuries penalized in subdivision 2 of the article 
mentioned in the next preceding paragraph, shall have been inflicted.
4. The penalty of prision mayor in its maximum period to reclusion temporal in 
its medium period, if the violence or intimidation employed in the commission 
of the robbery shall have been carried to a degree clearly unnecessary for the 
commission of the crime, or when in the course of its execution, the offender 
shall have inflicted upon any person not responsible for its eommission any of 
the physical injuries covered by subdivisions 3 and 4 of said Article 263.
5. The penalty of prision correccional in its maximum period to prision mayor in 
its medium period in other cases.”
SEC. 12. Article 320, Chapter Eight, Title Ten of Book Two of the Revised Penal 
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“Art. 320. Destructive Arson. - The penalty of reclusion perpetua to DEATH shall 
be imposed upon any person who shall burn:
1. One (1) or more buildings or edifices, consequent to one single act of burning, 
or as a result of simultaneous burnings, committed on several or different
occasions.
2. Any building of public or private ownership, devoted to the public in general 
or where people usually gather or congregate for a definite purpose such as, but 
not limited to, official governmental function or business, private transaction, 
commerce, trade, workshop, meetings and conferences, or merely incidental to 
a definite purpose such as but not limited to hotels, motels, transient dwellings, 
public conveyances or stops or terminals, regardless of whether the offender 
had knowledge that there are persons in said building or edifice at the time it is 
set on fire and regardless also of whether the building is actually inhabited or 
not.
3. Any train or locomotive, ship or vessel, airship or airplane, devoted to 
transportation or conveyance, or for public use, entertainment or leisure.
4. Any building, factory, warehouse installation and any appurtenances thereto, 
which are devoted to the service of public utilities.
5. Any building the burning of which is for the purpose of concealing or 
destroying evidence of another violation of law, or for the purpose of 
concealing bankruptcy or defrauding creditors or to collect from insurance.
Irrespective of the application of the above enumerated qualifying circumstances, 
the penalty of reclusion perpetua to DEATH shall likewise be imposed when the arson is 
perpetrated or committed by two (2) or more persons or by a group of persons, regardless 
of whether their purpose is merely to burn or destroy the building or the burning merely 
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1. Any arsenal, shipyard, storehouse or military powder or fireworks factory, 
ordnance, storehouse, archives or general museum of the Government.
2. In an inhabited place, any storehouse or factory of inflammable or explosive 
materials.
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Article, death results, the mandatory penalty of DEATH shall be imposed.
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SEC. 13. Death Penalty for the crime of Plunder as penalized under of Republic
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Act 7080, as amended. -  The penalty of death is imposed on the unlawful act of plunder
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as defined under Section 2 of Republic Act 7080, otherwise known as An Act Defining
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and Penalizing the Crime of Plunder, as amended, to wit:
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“Sec. 2. Definition of the Crime of Plunder; Penalties. - Any public officer who,
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by himself or in connivance with members of his family, relatives by affinity or
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consanguinity, business associates, subordinates or other persons, amasses, accumulates
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or acquires ill-gotten wealth through a combination or series of overt criminal acts as
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described in Section 1 (d) hereof in the aggregate amount or total value of at least Fifty
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million pesos (P50,000,000.00) shall be guilty of the crime of plunder and shall be
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punished by DEATH. Any person who participated with the said public officer in the
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commission of an offense contributing to the crime of plunder shall likewise be punished
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for such offense. The court shall declare any and all ill-gotten wealth and their interests
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and other incomes and assets including the properties and shares of stocks derived from
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the deposit or investment thereof forfeited in favor of the State.”
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Drugs Act of2002, is hereby enforced, to wit:
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Sec. 4. Importation of Dangerous Drugs and/or Controlled Precursors and
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Essential Chemicals.- .The penalty of life imprisonment to DEATH and a ranging from
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Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) to Ten million pesos (PI0,000,000.00) shall
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be imposed upon any person, who, unless authorized by law, shall import or bring into
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the Philippines any dangerous drug, regardless of the quantity and purity involved,
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including any and all species of opium poppy or any part thereof or substances derived
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therefrom even for floral, decorative and culinary purposes.
The penalty of imprisonment ranging from twelve (12) years and one (1) day to
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Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) shall be imposed upon any person, who,
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unless authorized by law, shall import any controlled precursor and essential chemical.
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person, who, unless authorized under this Act, shall import or bring into the Philippines
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any dangerous drug and/or controlled precursor and essential chemical through the use of
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a diplomatic passport, diplomatic facilities or any other means involving his/her official
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status intended to facilitate the unlawful entry of the same. In addition, the diplomatic
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passport shall be confiscated and canceled.
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person, who organizes, manages or acts as a "financier" of any of the illegal activities
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The penalty of twelve (12) years and one (1) day to twenty (20) years of 
imprisonment and a fine ranging from One hundred thousand pesos (PI00,000.00) to 
Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) shall be imposed upon any person, who acts 
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Transportation of Dangerous Drugs and/or Controlled Precursors and Essential 
Chemicals. - The penalty of life imprisonment to DEATH and a fine ranging from Five
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hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) to Ten million pesos (P 10,000,000.00) shall be
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imposed upon any person, who, unless authorized by law, shall sell, trade, administer,
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dispense, deliver, give away to another, distribute dispatch in transit or transport any
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dangerous drug, including any and all species of opium poppy regardless of the quantity
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and purity involved, or shall act as a broker in any of such transactions.
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The penalty of imprisonment ranging from twelve (12) years and one (1) day to
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Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) shall be imposed upon any person, who,
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unless authorized by law, shall sell, trade, administer, dispense, deliver, give away to
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another, distribute, dispatch in transit or transport any controlled precursor and essential
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chemical, or shall act as a broker in such transactions.
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transportation of any dangerous drug and/or controlled precursor and essential chemical
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transpires within one hundred (100) meters from the school, the maximum penalty shall
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couriers and messengers, or in any other capacity directly connected to the dangerous
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drugs and/or controlled precursors and essential chemical trade, the maximum penalty
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any offense herein provided be the proximate cause of death of a victim thereof, the
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The penalty of twelve (12) years and one (1) day to twenty (20) years of 
imprisonment and a fine ranging from One hundred thousand pesos (PI00,000.00) to
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Sec. 6. Maintenance of a Den, Dive or Resort. - The penalty of life imprisonment 
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to DEATH and a fine ranging from Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) to Ten
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who shall maintain a den, dive or resort where any dangerous drug is used or sold in any
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of persons who shall maintain a den, dive, or resort where any controlled precursor and
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essential chemical is used or sold in any form.
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case where any dangerous drug is administered, delivered or sold to a minor who is
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the same in such den, dive or resort, the penalty of DEATH and a fine ranging fi-om One
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million (PI,000,000.00) to Fifteen million pesos (P500,000.00) shall be imposed on the
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the owner to use the property for such purpose: Provided, finally. That the owner shall be
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imprisonment and a fine ranging from One hundred thousand pesos (PI00,000.00) to
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Essential Chemicals. - The penalty of life imprisonment to DEATH and a fine ranging
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be imposed upon any person, who, unless authorized by law, shall engage in the
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manufacture of any dangerous drug.
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twenty (20) years and a fine ranging from One hundred thousand pesos (PI00,000.00) to
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equipment in the clandestine laboratory is a prima facie proof of manufacture of any
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dangerous drug. It shall be considered an aggravating circumstance if the clandestine
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(c) Any clandestine laboratory was secured or protected with booby traps;
(d) Any clandestine laboratory was concealed with legitimate business operations; 
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The penalty of twelve (12) years and one (1) day to twenty (20) years of 
imprisonment and a fine ranging fi-om One hundred thousand pesos (PI00,000.00) to 
Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) shall be imposed upon any person, who acts 
as a "protector/coddler" of any violator of the provisions under this Section.
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Sec. 11. Possession of Dangerous Drugs. - The penalty of life imprisonment to 
DEATH and a fine ranging from Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) to Ten 
million pesos (PI0,000,000.00) shall be imposed upon any person, who, unless 
authorized by law, shall possess any dangerous drug in the following quantities, 
regardless of the degree of purity thereof:
(1) 10 grams or more of opium;
(2) 10 grams or more of morphine;
(3) 10 grams or more of heroin;
(4) 10 grams or more of cocaine or cocaine hydrochloride;
(5) 50 grams or more of methamphetamine hydrochloride or "shabu";
(6) 10 grams or more of marijuana resin or marijuana resin oil;
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similarly designed or newly introduced drugs and their derivatives, without 
having any therapeutic value or if the quantity possessed is far beyond 
therapeutic requirements, as determined and promulgated by the Board in 
accordance to Section 93, Article XI of this Act.
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(1) Life imprisonment and a fine ranging from Four hundred thousand pesos 
(P400,000.00) to Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00), if the quantity 
of methamphetamine hydrochloride or "shabu" is ten (10) grams or more but 
less than fifty (50) grams;
(2) Imprisonment of twenty (20) years and one (1) day to life imprisonment and a 
fine ranging from Four hundred thousand pesos (P400,000.00) to Five hundred 
thousand pesos (P500,000.00), if the quantities of dangerous drugs are five (5) 
grams or more but less than ten (10) grams of opium, morphine, heroin, 
cocaine or cocaine hydrochloride, marijuana resin or marijuana resin oil, 
methamphetamine hydrochloride or "shabu", or other dangerous drugs such as, 
but not limited to, MDMA or "ecstasy", PMA, TMA, LSD, GHB, and those 
similarly designed or newly introduced drugs and their derivatives, without 
having any therapeutic value or if the quantity possessed is far beyond 
therapeutic requirements; or three hundred (300) grams or more but less than 
five (hundred) 500) grams of marijuana; and,
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hydrochloride, marijuana resin or marijuana resin oil, methamphetamine 
hydrochloride or "shabu", or other dangerous drugs such as, but not limited to, 
MDMA or "ecstasy", PMA, TMA, LSD, GHB, and those similarly designed 
or newly introduced drugs and their derivatives, without having any 
therapeutic value or if the quantity possessed is far beyond therapeutic 
requirements; or less than three hundred (300) grams of marijuana.
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derived; Provided, That in the case of medical laboratories and medical research centers
which cultivate or culture marijuana, opium poppy and other plants, or materials of such 
dangerous drugs for medical experiments and research purposes, or for the creation of 
new types of medicine, the Board shall prescribe the necessary implementing guidelines 
for the proper cultivation, culture, handling, experimentation and disposal of such plants 
and materials.
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prescribed in this Section.
The penalty of twelve (12) years and one (1) day to twenty (20) years of 
hnprisonment and a fine ranging from One hundred thousand pesos (PI00,000.00) to 
Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) shall be imposed upon any person, who acts 
as a "protector/coddler" of any violator of the provisions under this Section.
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Sec. 19. Unlawful Prescription of Dangerous Drugs. — The penalty of life 
imprisonment to DEATH and a fine ranging from Five hundred thousand pesos 
(P500,000.00) to Ten million pesos (PI0,000,000.00) shall be imposed upon any person, 
who, unless authorized by law, shall make or issue a prescription or any other writing 
purporting to be a prescription for any dangerous drug.
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employee who misappropriates, misapplies or fails to account for confiscated, seized or
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financial or material contributions or donations from natural or juridical persons found
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guilty of trafficking dangerous drugs as prescribed in this Act, shall be removed from
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office and perpetually disqualified from holding any elective or appointive positions in
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thereby sowing and creating a condition of widespread and extraordinary fear and 
panic among the populace, in order to coerce the government to give in to an 
unlawful demand shall be guilty of the crime of terrorism and shall suffer the 
penalty of DEATH.
Sec. 4. Conspiracy to Commit Terrorism. — Persons who conspire to commit the 
crime of terrorism shall suffer the penalty of DEATH.
There is conspiracy when two or more persons come to an agreement concerning
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the penalty of DEATH and a fine of not less than Two million pesos 
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SEC. 11. Use of Trafficked Persons. -  Any person who buys or engages the 
services of a trafficked person for prostitution shall be penalized with the following: 
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intercourse with, a male or female trafficking victim and also involves the use 
of force or intimidation, to a victim deprived of reason or to an unconscious 
victim, or a victim under twelve (12) years of age, instead of the penalty 
prescribed in the subparagraph above the penalty shall be a fine of not less 
than One million pesos (PI,000,000.00) but not more than Five million pesos 
(P5,000,000.00) and THE PENALTY of reclusion perpetua TO DEATH; 
except that if a person violating paragraph (a) of this section knows the person 
that provided prostitution services is in fact a victim of trafficking, the 
offender shall not be likewise penalized under this section but under Section 
10 as a person violating Section 4; and if in committing such an offense, the 
offender also knows a qualifying circumstance for trafficking, the offender 
shall be penalized under Section 10 for qualified trafficking. If in violating this 
section the offender also violates Section 4, the offender shall be penalized 
under Section 10 and, if applicable, for qualified trafficking instead of under 
this section.
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person under the sentence to death by lethal injection. The death sentence shall be
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executed under the authority of the Director of the Bureau ot Corrections, endeavoring so 
far as possible to mitigate the sufferings of the person under the sentence during the lethal 
injection as well as during the proceedings prior to the execution.
The Director of the Bureau of Corrections shall take steps to ensure that the lethal
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SEC. 20. Repealing Clause. -  Republic Act 9436, otherwise known as An Act 
Prohibiting the Imposition of Death Penalty in the Philippines, is hereby repealed 
and all laws, presidential decrees or issuances, executive orders, letter of instructions, 
administrative orders, rules or regulations or parts thereof contrary or inconsistent 
with any provision of this Act are hereby amended or repealed
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SEC. 21. Separability Clause. - Any portion or provision of this Act that may be
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declared unconstitutional or invalid shall not have the effect of nullifying other portions
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or provisions hereof, as long as such remaining portions or provisions can still subsist and
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-  This Act shall take effect immediately after its complete
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