Republic Act No. 10910 | Senate of the Philippines Legislative Reference Bureau

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An act increasing the prescriptive period for violations of Republic Act no. 3019, otherwise known as the "Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act", from Fifteen (15) years to Twenty (20) years, amending Section 11 thereof.

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Congress

16th Congress of the Republic

Senate Bill

S. No. 2422

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House Bill

H. No. 4146

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Date of Approval

July 21, 2016

Legislative History

Entitled:

AN ACT INCREASING THE PRESCRIPTIVE PERIOD FOR VIOLATIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3019, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'THE ANTI-GRAFT AND CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT', FROM FIFTEEN (15) YEARS TO TWENTY (20) YEARS, AMENDING SECTION 11 THEREOF

[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ]

[ 2014 ]

9/23/2014 Prepared and submitted by the Committee on JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS with Senator(s) TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III, JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA and AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL as author(s) per Committee Report No. 79, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 1086 and 2033, taking into consideration HBN-4146;

9/23/2014 Committee Report calendared for Ordinary Business;

9/23/2014 Sponsor: Senator AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL;

12/17/2014 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;

12/17/2014 Sponsorship speech of Senator AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL;

[ 2015 ]

5/20/2015 Period of interpellation closed;

5/20/2015 Period of amendments closed;

5/20/2015 Approved on Second Reading without Amendment;

5/21/2015 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;

5/25/2015 Approved on Third Reading;

5/25/2015 In favor: (17) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, ALAN PETER COMPANERO S. CAYETANO, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, LOREN B. LEGARDA, FERDINAND "BONGBONG" R. MARCOS, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III and CYNTHIA A. VILLAR;

5/25/2015 Against: N o n e ;

5/25/2015 Abstention: N o n e ;

5/27/2015 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;

[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ]

9/22/2015 House of Representatives requested the Senate for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-4146 and SBN-2422, and designated Representatives Aggabao, Primicias-Agabas, and Bello III as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on September 15, 2015;

[ 2016 ]

5/30/2016 Letter from the House of Representatives informing the Senate that it adopted SBN-2422 as an amendment to HBN-4146 on May 23, 2016;

6/16/2016 Enrolled copies of SBN-2422 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-4146, sent to the House of Representatives for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General;

6/16/2016 Enrolled copies of SBN-2422 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-4146, received by the Senate signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives on June 22, 2016;

6/16/2016 Enrolled copies of SBN-2422 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-4146, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO, for the signature and approval of His Excellency President Benigno S. Aquino III;

6/30/2016 Enacted into Law without Executive Approval Pursuant to the provisions of Section 27(1), Article VI of the Constitution on July 21, 2016 and Became

6/30/2016 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10910.

(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 10910 (SBN-2422/HBN-4146) with pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on August 9, 2016)

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Legislative Issuance

Legislative Issuance Type

Republic Act

Bill Note

House Bill Only

Subjects

Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act

RA - 10910

Amendment Note

RA 3019, sec. 11

Related to Note

RA 3019

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S. No. 2422 H. No. 4146 ; Manila Bulletin and Philippine Star (August 01, 2016); 112 OG No. 34, 5452 (August 22, 2016)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10910, July 21, 2016 ]

AN ACT INCREASING THE PRESCRIPTIVE PERIOD FOR VIOLATIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3019, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “ANTI-GRAFT AND CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT’, FROM FIFTEEN (15) YEARS TO TWENTY (20) YEARS, AMENDING SECTION II THEREOF

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: SECTION 1. Section 11 of Republic Act No. 3019, as amended, otherwise known as the “Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act”, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 11. Prescription of Offenses. – All offenses punishable under this Act shall prescribe in twenty years.”

SEC. 2. Separability Clause. – Should any provision of this Act be declared invalid, the remaining provisions shall continue to be valid and subsisting.SEC. 3. Repealing Clause. – All laws, executive orders, or administrative orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby amended, repealed or modified accordingly.SEC. 4. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.Approved,(Sgd.) FELICIANO BELMONTE JR. Speaker of the House of Representatives

(Sgd.) FRANKLIN M. DRILONPresident of the Senate Senate Bill No. 2422, which was approved by the Senate on May 25, 2015, was adopted as an amendment to House Bill No. 4146 by the House of Representatives on May 23, 2016.(Sgd.) MARILYN B. BARUA-YAPSecretary GeneralHouse of Representatives (Sgd.) OSCAR G. YABESSecretary of the Senate Approved:BENIGNO S. AQUINO III President of the Philippines Lapsed into law on JUL 21 2016 Without the signature of the President In accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution

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Entitled:
AN ACT INCREASING THE PRESCRIPTIVE PERIOD FOR VIOLATIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3019, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'THE ANTI-GRAFT AND CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT', FROM FIFTEEN (15) YEARS TO TWENTY (20) YEARS, AMENDING SECTION 11 THEREOF
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2014 ]
9/23/2014	Prepared and submitted by the Committee on JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS with Senator(s) TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III, JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA and AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL as author(s) per Committee Report No. 79, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 1086 and 2033, taking into consideration HBN-4146;
9/23/2014	Committee Report calendared for Ordinary Business;
9/23/2014	Sponsor: Senator AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL;
12/17/2014	Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
12/17/2014	Sponsorship speech of Senator AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL;
[ 2015 ]
5/20/2015	Period of interpellation closed;
5/20/2015	Period of amendments closed;
5/20/2015	Approved on Second Reading without Amendment;
5/21/2015	Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
5/25/2015	Approved on Third Reading;
5/25/2015	In favor: (17) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, ALAN PETER COMPANERO S. CAYETANO, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, LOREN B. LEGARDA, FERDINAND "BONGBONG" R. MARCOS, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III and CYNTHIA A. VILLAR;
5/25/2015	Against: N o n e ;
5/25/2015	Abstention: N o n e ;
5/27/2015	Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ]
9/22/2015	House of Representatives requested the Senate for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-4146 and SBN-2422, and designated Representatives Aggabao, Primicias-Agabas, and Bello III as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on September 15, 2015;
[ 2016 ]
5/30/2016	Letter from the House of Representatives informing the Senate that it adopted SBN-2422 as an amendment to HBN-4146 on May 23, 2016;
6/16/2016	Enrolled copies of SBN-2422 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-4146, sent to the House of Representatives for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General;
6/16/2016	Enrolled copies of SBN-2422 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-4146, received by the Senate signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives on June 22, 2016;
6/16/2016	Enrolled copies of SBN-2422 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-4146, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO, for the signature and approval of His Excellency President Benigno S. Aquino III;
6/30/2016	Enacted into Law without Executive Approval Pursuant to the provisions of Section 27(1), Article VI of the Constitution on July 21, 2016 and Became
6/30/2016	REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10910.
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 10910 (SBN-2422/HBN-4146) with pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on August 9, 2016)
(The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry re conducted committee meetings/hearings, conducted technical working group, is prepared by the Committee concerned/Committee Affairs Bureau)