SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 7 5 0 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
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The disturbing presence of various criminal street gangs such as Akyat 
Bahayand Bukas Kotse further exacerbates crime situation in the country, which 
of late has reached an alarming level despite enforcement of supposedly stricter 
law enforcement measures. 
In fact, law enforcement authorities have singled out a number of 
conspicuous and public places in Metro Manila as hot spots for commission of 
certain criminal activities by members of these gangs. While crimes perpetuated 
individually are at all time high, the same could not be effectively abated and 
deterred if the Philippine National Police and other law enforcement agencies will 
not succeed in its crackdown of various criminal street gangs. For indeed, most 
of these individual criminals, though may not be full pledged gang members, are 
in one way or another connected to many gangs and syndicates. 
The purpose of this measure is to address this predicament by deterring 
and punishing establishment and operation of criminal street gangs, recruitment 
of individuals to participate therein, and commission of violent gang crimes. 
Through this, it is hoped that individuals will be prevented from further joining 
various syndicates and deter gang organizers and leaders to continue their 
operations. 
Hence, immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought. 
Senator 


SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. '7 5 0 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
AN ACT 
DETERRING AND PUNISHING ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF 
CRIMINAL 
STREET 
GANGS, 
RECRUITMENT 
OF 
INDIVIDUALS 
TO 
PARTICIPATE THEREIN, COMMISSION OF VIOLENT GANG CRIMES, AND 
FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Gang 
Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act of 2013". 
SEC. 2. Definition of Terms, - As used in this Act: 
1) 
CRIMINAL STREET GANG - The term "criminal street gang" means 
a formal or informal group, club, organization, or association of 3 or 
more individuals, who act in concert, or agree to act in concert, with a 
purpose that any of these persons alone, or in any combination, 
commit or will commit, 2 or more predicate gang crimes. 
2) 
PREDICATE GANG CRIME. - The term "predicate gang crime" 
means any act or threat, or attempted act or threat, which is 
chargeable under the Revised Penal Code and other special penal 
laws and punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year, involving 
murder, attempted murder, gambling, kidnapping, robbery, extortion, 
arson, obstruction of justice, tampering with or retaliating against a 
witness, victim, or informant, burglary, sexual assault, carjacking, or 
manufacturing, importing, distributing, possessing with intent to 
distribute, or otherwise dealing in a controlled substance or listed 
chemicals, and other similar offenses. 
SEC. 3. Recruitment of Persons to Participate in a Criminal Street 
Gang. -
1) PROHIBITED ACTS - It shall be unlawful for any person to use any facility or 
cause another to do so, in order to recruit, employ, solicit, induce, command, or 
cause another person to be or remain as a member of a criminal street gang, or 
conspire to do so, with the intent that the person being recruited, solicited, 
induced, commanded, or caused to be or remain a member of such gang 
participate in an offense described in Section 2 (2). 


2) PENAL TIES- Any person who violates subsection (a) shall-
(a) be imprisoned for not more than 10 years; and, 
(b) if the person recruited, solicited, induced, commanded, or caused to 
participate in a criminal street gang is a minor -
(1) 
be imprisoned for not less than 3 years and not more than 10 years, 
fined under this title, or both; and, 
(2) 
at the discretion of the sentencing judge, be liable for any costs 
incurred by the government, or by any local government, for housing, 
maintaining and treating the person until the person attains the age of 
18 years. 
3) ILLEGAL PARTICIPATION IN CRIMINAL STREET GANGS- It shall be 
unlawful-
(a) to participate in a criminal street gang by committing, or conspiring or 
attempting to commit, 2 or more predicate gang crimes -
(1) in furtherance or in aid ofthe activities of a criminal street gang; or 
(2) for the purpose of gaining entrance to or maintaining or increasing 
position in such a gang. 
(b) to employ, use, command, counsel, persuade, induce, entice, or coerce 
any individual to commit, cause to commit, or facilitate the commission of, 
a predicate gang crime-
(1) in furtherance or in aid of the activities of a criminal street gang; or 
(2) for the purpose of gaining entrance to or maintaining or increasing 
position in such a gang. 
4) PENAL TIES- Any person who violates SUbsection (c) shall be imprisoned for 
twenty years, provided that 
(a) a person who violates this Act, 1 of whose predicate gang crimes involves 
attempted murder or conspiracy to commit murder, shall be imprisoned 
for not less than 20 years; and, 
(b) a person who at the time of the offense occupied a position of organizer, 
leader, supervisor., manager, or other position of management in the 
criminal street gang involved in such violation, shall be imprisoned for any 
term of years not less than 30 years or for life. 
5) ADDITIONAL PENAL TIES- In addition to any other penalty authorized by this 
section-
(a) a person who violates this Act, of whose predicate gang crimes involves 
attempted murder or conspiracy to commit murder, shall be imprisoned for 
not less than 20 years; and, 
(b) a person who at the time of the offense occupied a position of organizer, 
leader, supervisor, manager, or other position of management in the 
criminal street gang involved in such violation, shall be imprisoned for any 
term of years not less than 30 years or for life. 


6) FORFEITURE- IN GENERAL - A person who violates any provision of this 
section shall, in addition to any other penalty and irresPective of any provision of 
law be subject to forfeiture with respect to -
(a) any property constituting, or derived from, any proceeds the person 
obtained, directly or indirectly, as a result of the violation; and, 
(b) any property, used, or intended to be used, in any manner or part, to 
commit, or to facilitate the commission of the violation. 
SEC. 4. Violent Crimes in Furtherance or in Aid of Criminal Street 
Gangs. - Any person who, in furtherance or in aid of a criminal street gang, 
murders, kidnaps, sexually assaults, maims, assaults with a dangerous weapon, 
commits assault resulting in serious bodily injury upon, or threatens to commit a 
crime of violence against any individual, or attempts or conspires to do so, shall 
be punished, in addition and consecutive to the punishment provided for any 
other violation of this Act---
(1) for murder, by death or imprisonment for any term of years or for life; 
(2) for kidnapping or sexual assault, by imprisonment for any term of years 
or for life; 
(3) for maiming, by imprisonment for any term of years or for life; 
(4) for assault with a dangerous weapon or assault resulting in section 
bodily injury, by imprisonment for not more than 30 years; 
(5) for attempting or conspiring to commit murder, kidnapping, maiming, or 
sexual assault, by imprisonment for not more than 30 years; and, 
(6) for attempting or conspiring to commit a crime involving assault with a 
dangerous weapon or assault resulting in serious bodily injury, by 
imprisonment for not more than 20 years. 
SEC. 5. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof, is held 
invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provisions not 
otherwise affected shall remain valid and subsisting. 
SEC. 6. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, 
executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation 
contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, 
modified or amended accordingly. 
SEC. 7. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved,