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AN ACT PROMOTING THE RIGHTS OF AND PROVIDING GREATER PROTECTIONS TO DESERTED OR ABANDONED CHILDREN WITH UNKNOWN PARENTS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ARTICLES 276 AND 277 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE AND SPECIAL LAWS, RECOGNIZING THEIR STATUS AS NATURAL-BORN CITIZENS OF THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING PENALTIES AGAINST ACTS INIMICAL TO THEIR WELFARE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
FOUNDLING RECOGNITION AND PROTECTION ACT
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Date filed
March 24, 2021
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59
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Document Certification
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Committee Report No.
263
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT PROMOTING THE RIGHTS OF AND PROVIDING GREATER PROTECTIONS TO DESERTED OR ABANDONED CHILDREN WITH UNKNOWN PARENTS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ARTICLES 276 AND 277 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE AND SPECIAL LAWS, RECOGNIZING THEIR STATUS AS NATURAL-BORN CITIZENS OF THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING PENALTIES AGAINST ACTS INIMICAL TO THEIR WELFARE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES [ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 18TH CONGRESS ] [ 2021 ] 3/24/2021 Introduced by Senator RISA HONTIVEROS; 3/24/2021 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committees on WOMEN, CHILDREN, FAMILY RELATIONS AND GENDER EQUALITY and SOCIAL JUSTICE, WELFARE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT; 5/25/2021 Returned and submitted jointly by the Committees on WOMEN, CHILDREN, FAMILY RELATIONS AND GENDER EQUALITY and SOCIAL JUSTICE, WELFARE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT per Committee Report No. 263, recommending that it be substituted by SBN-2233; 5/25/2021 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 5/25/2021 SUBSTITUTED BY SBN-2233 UNDER COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 263, WHICH BECAME R.A. NO. 11767 ON MAY 6, 2022.