Full Title
AN ACT PENALIZING TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN AND DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFOR.
Short Title
Anti-Torture Act of 2009
Date of Approval
November 10, 2009

Legislative History

Legislative History
Entitled:
AN ACT PENALIZING TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN AND DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 14TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2007 ]
12/19/2007 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS and FINANCE with Senator(s) JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA, RODOLFO G. BIAZON, MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO and JUAN PONCE ENRILE as author(s) per Committee Report No. 28, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 7, 39, 1306, 1337 and 1848;
12/19/2007 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
12/19/2007 Sponsors: Senator(s) FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, JUAN PONCE ENRILE;
12/19/2007 Transferred from Ordinary Business to Special Order;
[ 2008 ]
2/5/2008 Sponsorship speech of Senator FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO;
2/6/2008 Senator MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID as coauthor;
2/20/2008 Period of Interpellation of Senator(s) PIMENTEL, JR. and M.A. MADRIGAL;
[ 2009 ]
5/20/2009 Interpellation of Senator MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO;
5/26/2009 Period of interpellation closed;
5/26/2009 Period of committee amendments;
5/26/2009 Period of committee amendments closed;
5/26/2009 Period of individual amendments closed;
5/26/2009 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
5/27/2009 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
6/1/2009 Approved on Third Reading;
6/1/2009 In favor: (14) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, JOKER P. ARROYO, RODOLFO G. BIAZON, ALAN PETER "COMPANERO" S. CAYETANO, JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, RICHARD "DICK" J. GORDON, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL JR., RAMON A. REVILLA JR., MAR ROXAS and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;
6/1/2009 Against: N o n e;
6/1/2009 Abstention: N o n e;
6/3/2009 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
7/29/2009 House of Representatives requested the Senate for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1978 and HBN-5709, designating Representatives Defensor, Jr., TaƱada III, Lagman, Zialcita and Ocampo as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee; (See: O.B. dated August 11, 2009);
8/10/2009 Senate agreed to the request of the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1978 and HBN-5709, designating Senators Escudero, Aquino and Pimentel, Jr. as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee;
9/2/2009 Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate, recommending that HBN-5709 in consolidation with SBN-1978 be approved as reconciled;
9/2/2009 Sponsorship speech of Senator FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO on the Conference Committee Report;
9/2/2009 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;
9/8/2009 Conference Committee Report approved by the House of Representatives on September 2, 2009;
10/5/2009 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of HBN-5709 and SBN-1978, received by the Senate for the signature of Senate Secretary Reyes and Senate President Enrile;
10/14/2009 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of HBN-5709 and SBN-1978, sent back to the House of Representatives already signed by Senate Secretary Reyes and Senate President Enrile;
12/1/2009 Consolidated with HBN-5709 which was Approved and Signed into Law by the President of the Philippines, Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on November 10, 2009, and became;
12/1/2009 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9745.

Committees

Committee Report No.
28
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