House Bill No. 77, 13th Congress of the Republic

House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00077
FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE VENUE OF THE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL ACTION IN LIBEL CASES AGAINST COMMUNITY JOURNALISTS, PUBLICATIONS OR BROADCAST STATIONS
SHORT TITLE : Providing for the Venue of the Criminal and Civil Action in Libel Cases AGainst Community Journalists, Publications or Broadcast Stations
ABSTRACT : Under the present rule on venue, the complainant, if he is a public officer, can file the complaint in Manila if his office is in Manila or in the office outside Manila if his office is located there. This rule on venue has placed community journalists and local broadcasters in a situation where they have to answer complaints filed, rightly or wrongly, in distant places, diliberately filed far away from their place of work. The bill seeks to provide a specific venue of action in libel cases against a community journalist, community publication or community broadcast station.
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : DEL MAR, RAUL V.
DATE FILED : 2004-07-01
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
CO-AUTHORS :
1. Datumanong	2. Libanan
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Codilla (004 )	2. Amin (006 )
3. Roquero (006 )	4. Soon-ruiz (057 )
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 01309
SUBMITTED ON 2006-01-25
SUBMITTED BY: JUSTICE
RECOMMENDATIONS: approval with amendments
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE ON 2004-07-27
DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2006-01-30
DATE CALENDARED : 2006-03-01
SECOND READING INFORMATION
PERIOD OF COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS : 2006-04-05
DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2006-04-05
REMARKS : On April 5, 2006, the Body approved to consider the Explanatory Note of the Bill as the sponsorship remarks on the measure.
THIRD READING INFORMATION
DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2006-05-15
DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2006-05-29
HOUSE VOTES: YEAS:135 NAYS:0 ABSTAIN:.0
DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE: 2006-05-31
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE
DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE: 2006-05-31
REMARKS :

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Entitled:

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE VENUE OF THE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL ACTION IN LIBEL CASES AGAINST COMMUNITY JOURNALISTS, PUBLICATIONS OR BROADCAST STATIONS

[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 13TH CONGRESS ]

[ 2006 ]

5/31/2006 Filed in the Senate requesting for concurrence by Representatives RAUL V. DEL MAR, SIMEON A. DATUMANONG, MARCELINO C. LIBANAN, EUFROCINO M. CODILLA SR., HUSSIN U. AMIN, EDUARDO V. ROQUERO and NERISSA CORAZON SOON-RUIZ, as authors;

6/1/2006 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; and PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MASS MEDIA;

Under the present rule on venue, the complainant, if he is a public officer, can file the complaint in Manila if his office is in Manila or in the office outside Manila if his office is located there. This rule on venue has placed community journalists and local broadcasters in a situation where they have to answer complaints filed, rightly or wrongly, in distant places, diliberately filed far away from their place of work. The bill seeks to provide a specific venue of action in libel cases against a community journalist, community publication or community broadcast station.

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Entitled:
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE VENUE OF THE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL ACTION IN LIBEL CASES AGAINST COMMUNITY JOURNALISTS, PUBLICATIONS OR BROADCAST STATIONS
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 13TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2006 ]
5/31/2006	Filed in the Senate requesting for concurrence by Representatives RAUL V. DEL MAR, SIMEON A. DATUMANONG, MARCELINO C. LIBANAN, EUFROCINO M. CODILLA SR., HUSSIN U. AMIN, EDUARDO V. ROQUERO and NERISSA CORAZON SOON-RUIZ, as authors;
6/1/2006	Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; and PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MASS MEDIA;