Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT PROHIBITING AND PENALIZING THE PRODUCTION, PRINTING, PUBLICATION, IMPORTATION, SALE, DISTRIBUTION AND EXHIBITION OF OBSCENE AND PORNOGRAPHIC MOVIES AND MATERIALS, AND THE EXHIBITION OF LIVE SEXUAL ACTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ART. 201 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE
Date filed
September 14, 2004
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB02887 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROHIBITING AND PENALIZING THE PRODUCTION, PRINTING, PUBLICATION, IMPORTATION, SALE, DISTRIBUTION AND EXHIBITION OF OBSCENE AND PORNOGRAPHIC MOVIES AND MATERIALS, AND THE EXHIBITION OF LIVE SEXUAL ACTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ART. 201 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE | |
| SHORT TITLE : Anti-Obscenity and Pornography Act of 2004 | |
| ABSTRACT : "Anti-Obscenity and Pornography Act of 2004." The bill penalizes the following acts: a) the production, importation, distribution, showing and sale of obscene or pornographic movies; b) the printing, publication, importation, sale or distribution of any magazine or comic book containing obscene or pornographic materials; c) the writing of obscene or pornographic articles; and d) the performance of live sex acts for public viewing. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ABANTE, BIENVENIDO JR. M. | |
| DATE FILED : 2004-09-14 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Reyes (019 ) | 2. Umali (019 ) |
| 3. Figueroa (038 ) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2005-05-20 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION ON 2005-02-02 | |
| PREVIOUS COMMITTEE REFERRALS :PRIMARILY REFERRED TO REVISION OF LAWS on 2004-09-20; |
Abstract
"Anti-Obscenity and Pornography Act of 2004." The bill penalizes the following acts: a) the production, importation, distribution, showing and sale of obscene or pornographic movies; b) the printing, publication, importation, sale or distribution of any magazine or comic book containing obscene or pornographic materials; c) the writing of obscene or pornographic articles; and d) the performance of live sex acts for public viewing.'
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