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AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE VENUE OF THE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL ACTION IN LIBEL CASES AGAINST COMMUNITY JOURNALISTS, PUBLICATIONS OR BROADCAST STATIONS
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LIBEL CASES AGAINST COMMUNITY JOURNALISTS (VENUE OF CRIMINAL/CIVIL ACTION)
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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 : |
Senate Legislative History
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;
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.
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