FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 2565 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. MANNY VILLAR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
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The' attached bill seeks to repeal Article 247 of the Revised Penal Code 
pertaining to the death or physical injuries inflicted under exceptional circumstances. 
This bill takes into consideration the fact that death penalty has been abolished in 
the Philippines in 2006. Therefore, it is time to repeal the provision giving the spouse or 
parent the right to kill a person. Moreover, the said provision discriminates against 
women since it provides that the rules shall be applicable also to parents with respect to 
their daughters under eighteen years of age, and their seducer, while the daughters are 
living with their parents. It applies exclusively to daughters and not to the sons. 
In addition, with the passage of laws like R.A. No. 7610 otherwise known as 
"Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, ExplOitation and Discrimination Act" and 
R.A. No. 9262 otherwise known as "Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children 
Act of 2004", any form of violence against women and children is prohibited. 
Immediate approval of this bill is hereby earnestly sought. 
MANNY VI 
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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 2565 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. MANNY VILLAR 
AN ACT 
REPEALING ARTICLE 247 OF ACT NO. 3815, ALSO KNOWN AS 
THE REVISED PENAL CODE, ON DEATH OR PHYSICAL INJURIES 
INFLICTED UNDER EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines 
in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Article 247 of Act No, 3815, also known as the Revised Penal Code 
is hereby repealed: 
[Art. 247. Death or physical injuries inflicted under exceptional 
circumstances. - Any legally married person who having surprised his 
spouse in the act of committing sexual intercourse with another person, 
shall kill any of them or both of them in the act or immediately thereafter, 
or shall inflict upon them any serious physical injury, shall suffer the 
penalty of destierro. 
, If he shall inflict upon them physical injuries of any other kind, he 
shall be exempt from punishment. These rules shall be applicable, under 
the same circumstances, to parents with respect to their daughters under 
eighteen years of age, and their seducer, while the daughters are living 
with their parents. 
Any person who shall promote or facilitate the prostitution of his 
wife or daughter, or shall otherwise have consented to the infidelity of the 
other spouse shall not be entitled to the benefits of this article.] 
SECTION 2. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof, is held invalid 
or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall 
remain valid and subsisting. 
SECTION 3. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, 
executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to 
or is inconsistent with the provision of this Act is hereby repealed, modified, or amended 
accordingly. 
SECTION 4. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after 
its2 publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation . 
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Approved, 
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