Republic Act No. 8353

Full Title

AN ACT EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF THE CRIME OF RAPE, RECLASSIFYING THE SAME AS A CRIME AGAINST PERSONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Date of Approval

1997-09-30

Senate Bill No.

S. No. 950

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House Bill No.

H. No. 6265

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Congress

10th Congress of the Republic

Issuance Category

Legislative Issuance

Major Topic

Child Welfare

Women's rights

Subjects

Official Gazette Details

Official Gazette Source

Official Gazette volume 94 number 9 (March 2, 1998) page 1507

Amends Note

ACT NO. 3815

Amendment Note

RA no. 8353

RA no. 3815

Amended by:

Legislative Issuance Type

Republic Act

Year of Approval Placeholder

1997

House Bill first in billing

No

Senate Bill First in Billing

No

With Ate Precy's Comment

Off

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Legislative History

	SBN 950, entitled: "AN ACT PRESCRIBING A SPECIAL LAW ON RAPE, AMENDING ARTICLE 335 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3815, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE, RECLASSIFYING THE SAME AS A CRIME AGAINST PERSONS, INSTITUTIONALIZING MEASURES FOR THE RECOVERY OF RAPE VICTIMS AND THE EFFECTIVE PROSECUTION OF OFFENDERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
	[Tenth Congress]
[1995]
July 27, 1995	- Introduced by Sen. ROCO.
August 3, 1995	- Read on First Reading and referred to the Committee (s) on CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, REVISION OF CODES AND LAWS.
October 25, 1995	- Committee on Women and Family Relations was made the primary committee on motion of Senator Romulo.
[1996]
March 28, 1996	- Senator Shahani was made coauthor as manifested by Senator Romulo.
April 1, 1996	- Returned by the Committee on Women and Family Relations per Committee Report No. 78, recommending its approval with amendments.
May 7, 1996	- Submitted said report to the Senate; - Sponsor(s): Senators Shahani and Roco.
May 8, 1996	- Assigned for consideration by Special Order.
June 6, 1996	- -Sponsorship speech of Senator Shahani; - Cosponsorship speeches of Senators Santiago and Roco.
July 23, 1996	- Interpellation of Senators Drilon and Enrile.
July 24, 1996	- Interpellation of Senators Tatad, Alvarez, Sotto III, Flavier, Macapagal and Maceda; - Period of interpellations closed.
July 29, 1996	- Reconsideration of the termination of the period of interpellations; - -Interpellation of Senators Herrera, Revilla, Enrile and Mercado.
July 31, 1996	- Interpellation of Senators Coseteng, Mercado, Webb and Romulo; - Period of interpellations closed.
August 5, 1996	- Amended copy by substitution was adopted on the Floor.
August 6, 1996	- Period of individual amendments.
August 7, 1996	- Period of individual amendments; - -Period of individual amendments closed; - Approved on Second Reading with amendments.
August 12, 1996	- Printed copies were distributed to the Senators.
August 15, 1996	- Approved on Third Reading; - In favor: (13) Alvarez, Drilon, Enrile, Flavier, Gonzales, Herrera, Maceda, Magsaysay, Jr., Mercado, Osmeña III, Roco, Romulo and Shahani; -Against: None; -Abstention: None.
August 19, 1996	- -Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence.
November 11, 1996	- Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provision of SBN-950 and HBN-6265, designating Senators Coseteng, Santiago and Roco as its conferees in the Conference Committee.
November 12, 1996	- Senate designated Senators Drilon, Fernan and Shahani as additional member in the Conference Committee.
November 19, 1996	- -House of Representatives accepted the request of the Senate for a conference, designating Representatives Sator, Apostol, Damasing, Luciano, Bakunawa, Lara, Angara-Castillo and Aquino-Oreta as its conferees on November 11, 1996; - House of Representatives designated Representative Roxas III as an additional member in the Conference Committee on November 12, 1996.
[1997]
February 18, 1997	- House of Representatives designated Representative Zamora as an additional member in the Conference Committee on February 13, 1997.
March 17, 1997	- -House of Representatives designated Representatives Almario and Trinidad as additional members in the Conference Committee on December 4, 1996.
June 5, 1997	- Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-950 be approved in consolidation with HBN-6265; - Sponsorship speech of Senator Coseteng on the Conference Committee Report; - Conference Committee Report approved by the Senate.
September 29, 1997	- Conference Committee Report approved by the House of Representatives on September 3, 1997.
October 21, 1997	- Approved and signed by the President of the Philippines on September 30, 1997 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8353.