Criminal Law

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PHILIPPINE CRIMINAL LAW

 

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Act No. 3815 Revised Penal Code of the Philippines

Republic Act No. 9165 Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002

Republic Act No. 9160 Anti-Money Laundering Law of 2001     Republic Act No. 9194 An Act Amending Republic Act No. 9160, Otherwise Known as the "Anti-Money Laundering Law of 2001"               The Rules and Regulations Implementing the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9160.

Republic Act No. 8505 Rape Victim Assistance and Protection Act of 1998

Republic Act No. 8368 The Anti-Squatting Law Repeal Act of 1997

Republic Act No. 8353 Anti-Rape Law

Republic Act No. 8294 An Act Amending the Provisions of P. D. No. 1866, Entitled "Codifying the Laws on Illegal/Unlawful Possession, Manufacture, Dealing In, Acquisition or Dispostion of Firearms, Ammunition or Explosives or Instruments Used in the Manufacture of Firearms, Ammunition or Explosives, and Imposing Stiffer Penalties for Certain Violations Thereof, and for Relevant Purposes"

Republic Act No. 8177 An Act Designating Death by Lethal Injection as the Method of Carrying Out Capital Punishment, Amending for the Purpose Article 81 of the Revised Penal Code, As Amended by Section 24 of Republic Act No. 7659

Republic Act No. 8049 Anti-Hazing Law

Republic Act No. 7890 An Act Amendig Article 286, Section Three, Chapter Two, Title Nine of Act No. 3815, As Amended, Otherwise Known as the Revised Penal Code

Republic Act No. 7832 Anti-Electricity and Electric Transmission Lines/Materials Pilferage Act of 1994

Republic Act No. 7659 Death Penalty Law

Republic Act No. 7438 An Act Defining Certain Rights of Person Arrested, Detained or Under Custodial Investigation as well as the Duties of the Arresting, Detaining and Investigating Officers, and Providing Penalties for Violations Thereof

Republic Act No. 7636 An Act Repealing Republic Act Numbered One Thousand Seven Hundred, As Amended, Otherwise Known as the Anti-Subversion Act.

Republic Act No. 7309 An Act Creating a Board of Claims Under the Department of Justice for Victims of Unjust Imprisonment or Detention and Victims of Violent Crimes and for Other Purposes

Republic Act No. 6981 Witness Protection, Security and Benefit Act

Republic Act No. 6968 An Act Punishing the Crime of Coup d' Etat by Amending Articles 134, 135 and 136 of Chapter One, Title Three of Act Numbered Thirty-Eight Hundred and Fifteen, Otherwise Known as the Revised Penal Code, and for Other Purposes.

Republic Act No. 6425 The Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972

Republic Act No. 1700 Anti-Subversion Act An Act to Outlaw the Communist Party of the Philippines and Similar Associations, Penalizing Membership Therein, and for Other Purposes. (Repealed by Republic Act No. 7636)

Presidential Decree No. 2018 Further Amending Articles 38 and 39 of the Labor Code by Making Illegal Recruitment a Crime of Economic Sabotage and Punishable With Life Imprisonment.

Presidential Decree No. 1996 Further Amending Presidential Decree No. 1834, As Amended. (Repealed by Executive Order No. 187, Series of 1987)

Presidential Decree No. 1990 Amending Presidential Decree No.  968, Otherwise Known as the Probation Law of  1976.

Presidential Decree No. 1975 Amending Presidential Decree No. 1835 (Repealed by Executive Order No. 167, Series of 1987)

Presidential Decree No. 1974 Amending Presidential Decree No. 1834 (Repealed by Executive Order No. 187, Series of 1987)

Presidential Decree No. 1875 Repealing Presidential Decree No.  1737, Otherwise Known as an Act Providing for the Preservation of Public Order and the Protection of Individual Rights and Liberties During Periods of Emergency and Exercise of Extra-Ordinary Executive Powers.

Presidential Decree No. 1835 Anti-Subversion Law of 1981 Codifying the Various Laws on Anti-Subversion and Increasing the Penalties for Membership in Subversive Organizations. (Repealed by Executive Order No. 167, Series of 1987)

Presidential Decree No. 1834 Increasing the Penalties for the Crime of Rebellion, Sedition, and Related Crimes, and Amending for This Purpose Articles 135, 136, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146 and 147 of th Revised Penal Code and Adding Section 142-B Thereto. (Repealed by Executive Order No. 187, Series of 1987)

Presidential Decree No. 1829 Penalizing Obstruction of Apprehension and Prosecution of Criminal Offenders.

Presidential Decree No. 1745 Providing for the Disposition of Cases Involving Simple Illegal Possession of Firearm, Ammunition, or Explosive, the Surrender of Such Contraband Under Certain Guarantees and Conditions, and for Other Purposes.

Presidential Decree No. 1744 Amending Article Three Hundred and Twenty of the Revised Penal Code Provisions on Arson.

Presidential Decree No. 1743 Amending Presidential Decree No.  1110-A Penalizing Any Attempt on, or Conspiracy Against, the Life of the Chief Executive of the Republic of the Philippines, Any Member of His Cabinet or Their Families.

Presidential Decree No. 1737 An Act Providing for the Preservation of Public Order and the Protection of Individual Rights and Liberties During Periods of Emergency and Exercise of Extraordinary Executive Powers.

Presidential Decree No. 1736 Amending Presidential Decree Numbered Eight Hundred Eighty-Five, Otherwise Known as the Revised Anti-Subversion Law, As Amended.

Presidential Decree No. 1735 Imposing Additional Penalties for Rebellion, Insurrection, Sedition and Subversion Committed Within or Outside Philippine Territory. (Repealed by Executive Order No. 187, Series of 1987)

Presidential Decree No. 970 Amending Articles  138 and 142 of the Revised Penal Code and for Other Purposes. (Repealed by Executive Order No. 187, Series of 1987)

Presidential Decree No. 969 Amending Certain Provisions of Presidential Decree No.  960 Which Amended Article 201 of the Revised Penal Code and for Other Purposes.

Presidential Decree No. 968 The Probation Law of 1976 Establishing a Probation System, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes.

Presidential Decree No. 942 Amending the Provisions of the Revised Penal Code on Crimes Against Public Order. (Repealed by Executive Order No. 187, Series of 1987)

Presidential Decree No. 885 Revised Anti-Subversion Law Outlawing Subversive Organizations, Penalizing Membership Therein and for Other Purposes.

Presidential Decree No. 38 Amending Articles  135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 142, 177, 178 and 179 of the Revised Penal Code. (Repealed by Executive Order No. 187, Series of 1987)

Batas Pambansa Bilang 873 An Act Amending Article 152 of the Revised Penal Code by Considering Lawyers as Persons in Authority When in the Performance of Their Duties or on the Occasion Thereof.

Batas Pambansa Bilang 871 An Act Amending Articles Two Hundred Ten and Two Hundred Eleven of Act Numbered Thirty-Eight and Fifteen, Otherwise Known as the Revised Penal Code, As Amended, to Increase the Penalty for the Offense of Bribery.

Batas Pambansa Bilang 186 An Act Increasing the Penalty for White Slave Trade, Amending for the Purpose Article 341 of the Revised Penal Code.

Batas Pambansa Bilang 179 An Act Further Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Four Hundred and Twenty-Five, Otherwise Known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes.

Batas Pambansa Bilang 92 An Act Modifying the Definition of the Crime of Corruption of Minors and Increasing the Penalty Therefor, Amending for the Purpose Article Three Hundred Forty of the Revised Penal Code.

Batas Pambansa Bilang 85 An Act Authorizing the Release of Any Offender or Accused Who Has Undergone Preventive Imprisonment Equal to or More Than the Possible Maximum Imprisonment to Which He May be Sentenced by Amending the Revised Penal Code.

Batas Pambansa Bilang 76 An Act Amending Presidential Decree Numbered Nine Hundred Sixty-Eight, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Probation Law of Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Six, So as to Expand Its Coverage.

Batas Pambansa Bilang 71 An Act Further Amending Article 310 of the Revised Penal Code.

Batas Pambansa Bilang 33 An Act Defining and Penalizing Certain Prohibited Acts Inimical to the Public Interest and National Security Involving Petroleum and/or Petroleum Products, Prescribing Penalties Therefor and for Other Purposes.

Batas Pambansa Bilang 31 An Act Amending Presidential Decree Numbered Eight Hundred Eighty-Five, Otherwise Known as the Revised Anti-Subversion Law.

Batas Pambansa Bilang 22 Bouncing Check Law

Batas Pambansa Bilang 6 An Act Reducing the Penalty for Illegal Possession of Bladed, Pointed or Blunt Weapons, and for Other Purposes, Amending for the Purpose Presidential Decree Numbered Nine.

Commonwealth Act No. 578 An Act to Amend Article One Hundred Fifty-Two of the Revised Penal Code, so as to Include Teachers, Professors, and Persons Charged With the Supervision of Public or Duly Recognized Private Schools, Colleges, and Universities, Within the Term "Persons in Authority" .

Act No. 4103 The Indeterminate Sentence Law An Act to Provide for an Indeterminate Sentence and Parole for All Persons Convicted of Certain Crimes by the Courts of the Philippine Islands; to Create a Board of Indeterminate Sentence and to Provide Funds Therefor; And for Other Purposes.

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