Special Penal Laws

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10175 - AN ACT DEFINING CYBERCRIME, PROVIDING FOR THE
PREVENTION, INVESTIGATION, SUPPRESSION AND THE
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10158 - AN ACT DECRIMINALIZING VAGRANCY, AMENDING FOR
THIS PURPOSE ARTICLE 202 OF ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN
AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9995 - AN ACT DEFINING AND PENALIZING THE CRIME OF PHOTO
AND VIDEO VOYEURISM, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
Republic Act No. 9775 - Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009
Republic Act No. 9516 - An Act Further Amending the Provisions of Presidential
Decree No. 1866, As Amended, Entitled "Codifying the Laws on Illegal/Unlawful
Possession, Manufacture, Dealing in, Acquisition or Disposition of Firearms,
Ammunition or Explosives Or Instruments Used in the Manufacture of Firearms,
Ammunition or Explosives, and Imposing Stiffer Penalties for Certain Violations
thereof, and for Relevant Purposes"
Republic Act No. 9439 [H. No. 68] - An Act Prohibiting the Detention of Patients in
Hospitals and Medical Clinics on Grounds of Nonpayment of Hospital Bills or Medlcal
Expenses
Republic Act No. 9346 - An Act Prohibiting the Imposition of Death Penalty in the
Philippines.
Republic Act No. 9344 - An Act Establishing a Comprehensive Juvenile Justice and
Welfare System, Creating the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council under the
Department of Justice, Appropriating Funds therefor and for other Purposes.
Republic Act No. 9262 - An Act Defining Violence Against Women And Their Children,
Providing For Protective Measures For Victims, Prescribing Penalties Therefore, And
For Other Purposes.
Republic Act No. 9208 - An Act To Institute Policies to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons
Especially Women and Children, Establishing the Necessary Institutional Mechanisms
for the Protection and Support of Trafficked Persons, Providing Penalties for Its
Violations, and for other Purposes.
Republic Act No. 9194 - An Act Amending Republic Act No. 9160, Otherwise Known
as the "Anti-Money Laundering Law of 2001"
Republic Act No. 9165 - Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002
Republic Act No. 9160 - The Rules and Regulations Implementing the Anti-Money
Laundering Act of 2001

Republic Act No. 8294 - An Act Amending the Provisions of P. D. No. 1866, Entitled
"Codifying the Laws on Illegal/Unlawful Possession, Manufacture, Dealing In,
Acquisition or Dispostion of Firearms, Ammunition or Explosives or Instruments Used
in the Manufacture of Firearms, Ammunition or Explosives, and Imposing Stiffer
Penalties for Certain Violations Thereof, and for Relevant Purposes"
Republic Act No. 8177 - An Act Designating Death by Lethal Injection as the Method
of Carrying Out Capital Punishment, Amending for the Purpose Article 81 of the
Revised Penal Code, As Amended by Section 24 of Republic Act No. 7659
Republic Act No. 8049 - Anti-Hazing Law
Republic Act No. 7890 - An Act Amendig Article 286, Section Three, Chapter Two,
Title Nine of Act No. 3815, As Amended, Otherwise Known as the Revised Penal Code
Republic Act No. 7832 Pilferage Act of 1994

Anti-Electricity and Electric Transmission Lines/Materials

Republic Act No. 7659 - Death Penalty Law

Republic Act No. 7438 - An Act Defining Certain Rights of Person Arrested, Detained
or Under Custodial Investigation as well as the Duties of the Arresting, Detaining and
Investigating Officers, and Providing Penalties for Violations Thereof
Republic Act No. 7636 - An Act Repealing Republic Act Numbered One Thousand
Seven Hundred, As Amended, Otherwise Known as the Anti-Subversion Act.
Republic Act No. 7309 - An Act Creating a Board of Claims Under the Department of
Justice for Victims of Unjust Imprisonment or Detention and Victims of Violent Crimes
and for Other Purposes
Republic Act No. 6981 - Witness Protection, Security and Benefit Act
Republic Act No. 6968 - An Act Punishing the Crime of Coup d' Etat by Amending
Articles 134, 135 and 136 of Chapter One, Title Three of Act Numbered Thirty-Eight
Hundred and Fifteen, Otherwise Known as the Revised Penal Code, and for Other
Purposes.
Republic Act No. 6425 - The Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972
Republic Act No. 1700 - An Act to Outlaw the Communist Party of the Philippines and
Similar Associations, Penalizing Membership Therein, and for Other Purposes.
(Repealed by Republic Act No. 7636)
Presidential Decree No. 2018 - Further Amending Articles 38 and 39 of the Labor
Code by Making Illegal Recruitment a Crime of Economic Sabotage and Punishable
With Life Imprisonment.
Presidential Decree No. 1996 - Further Amending Presidential Decree No. 1834, As
Amended.(Repealed by Executive Order No. 187, Series of 1987)

Republic Act No. 8505 - Rape Victim Assistance and Protection Act of 1998
Republic Act No. 8368 - The Anti-Squatting Law Repeal Act of 1997
Republic Act No. 8353 - Anti-Rape Law

Presidential Decree No. 1990 - Amending Presidential Decree No. 968, Otherwise
Known as the Probation Law of 1976.
Presidential Decree No. 1975 - Amending Presidential Decree No. 1835 (Repealed by
Executive Order No. 167, Series of 1987

Presidential Decree No. 1974 - Amending Presidential Decree No. 1834 (Repealed by
Executive Order No. 187, Series of 1987)

)Presidential Decree No. 885 - Revised Anti-Subversion Law Outlawing Subversive

Organizations, Penalizing Membership Therein and for Other Purposes.

Presidential Decree No. 1875 - Repealing Presidential Decree No. 1737, Otherwise
Known as an Act Providing for the Preservation of Public Order and the Protection of
Individual Rights and Liberties During Periods of Emergency and Exercise of ExtraOrdinary Executive Powers.

Presidential Decree No. 38 - Amending Articles 135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 142, 177,
178 and 179 of the Revised Penal Code. (Repealed by Executive Order No. 187,
Series of 1987))

Presidential Decree No. 1835 - Anti-Subversion Law of 1981 Codifying the Various
Laws on Anti-Subversion and Increasing the Penalties for Membership in Subversive
Organizations. (Repealed by Executive Order No. 167, Series of 1987)
Presidential Decree No. 1834 - Increasing the Penalties for the Crime of Rebellion,
Sedition, and Related Crimes, and Amending for This Purpose Articles 135, 136, 140,
141, 142, 143, 144, 146 and 147 of th Revised Penal Code and Adding Section 142-B
Thereto. (Repealed by Executive Order No. 187, Series of 1987
)Presidential Decree No. 1829 - Penalizing Obstruction of Apprehension and
Prosecution of Criminal Offenders.
Presidential Decree No. 1745 - Providing for the Disposition of Cases Involving
Simple Illegal Possession of Firearm, Ammunition, or Explosive, the Surrender of
Such Contraband Under Certain Guarantees and Conditions, and for Other Purposes.
Presidential Decree No. 1744 - Amending Article Three Hundred and Twenty of the
Revised Penal Code Provisions on Arson.

Batas Pambansa Bilang 873 - An Act Amending Article 152 of the Revised Penal Code
by Considering Lawyers as Persons in Authority When in the Performance of Their
Duties or on the Occasion Thereof.
Batas Pambansa Bilang 871 - An Act Amending Articles Two Hundred Ten and Two
Hundred Eleven of Act Numbered Thirty-Eight and Fifteen, Otherwise Known as the
Revised Penal Code, As Amended, to Increase the Penalty for the Offense of Bribery.
Batas Pambansa Bilang 186 - An Act Increasing the Penalty for White Slave Trade,
Amending for the Purpose Article 341 of the Revised Penal Code.
Batas Pambansa Bilang 179 - An Act Further Amending Certain Sections of Republic
Act Numbered Sixty-Four Hundred and Twenty-Five, Otherwise Known as the
Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes.
Batas Pambansa Bilang 92 - An Act Modifying the Definition of the Crime of
Corruption of Minors and Increasing the Penalty Therefor, Amending for the Purpose
Article Three Hundred Forty of the Revised Penal Code.

Presidential Decree No. 1743 - Amending Presidential Decree No. 1110-A Penalizing
Any Attempt on, or Conspiracy Against, the Life of the Chief Executive of the
Republic of the Philippines, Any Member of His Cabinet or Their Families.

Batas Pambansa Bilang 85 - An Act Authorizing the Release of Any Offender or

Accused Who Has Undergone Preventive Imprisonment Equal to or More Than the
Possible Maximum Imprisonment to Which He May be Sentenced by Amending the
Revised Penal Code.

Presidential Decree No. 1737 - An Act Providing for the Preservation of Public Order
and the Protection of Individual Rights and Liberties During Periods of Emergency
and Exercise of Extraordinary Executive Powers.

Batas Pambansa Bilang 76 - An Act Amending Presidential Decree Numbered Nine

Hundred Sixty-Eight, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Probation Law of
Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Six, So as to Expand Its Coverage.

Presidential Decree No. 1736 - Amending Presidential Decree Numbered Eight

Hundred Eighty-Five, Otherwise Known as the Revised Anti-Subversion Law, As
Amended.

Batas Pambansa Bilang 71 - An Act Further Amending Article 310 of the Revised
Penal Code.

Presidential Decree No. 1735

Imposing Additional Penalties for Rebellion, Insurrection, Sedition and Subversion
Committed Within or Outside Philippine Territory. Repealed by Executive Order No.
187, Series of 1987)
Presidential Decree No. 970 - Amending Articles 138 and 142 of the Revised Penal
Code and for Other Purposes. (Repealed by Executive Order No. 187, Series of 1987)
Presidential Decree No. 969 - Amending Certain Provisions of Presidential Decree No.
960 Which Amended Article 201 of the Revised Penal Code and for Other Purposes.)
Presidential Decree No. 968 - The Probation Law of 1976 Establishing a Probation
System, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes.
Presidential Decree No. 942 - Amending the Provisions of the Revised Penal Code on
Crimes Against Public Order. (Repealed by Executive Order No. 187, Series of 1987)

Batas Pambansa Bilang 33 - An Act Defining and Penalizing Certain Prohibited Acts
Inimical to the Public Interest and National Security Involving Petroleum and/or
Petroleum Products, Prescribing Penalties Therefor and for Other Purposes.
Batas Pambansa Bilang 31 - An Act Amending Presidential Decree Numbered Eight
Hundred Eighty-Five, Otherwise Known as the Revised Anti-Subversion Law.
Batas Pambansa Bilang 22 - Bouncing Check Law
Batas Pambansa Bilang 6 - An Act Reducing the Penalty for Illegal Possession of
Bladed, Pointed or Blunt Weapons, and for Other Purposes, Amending for the
Purpose Presidential Decree Numbered Nine.
Commonwealth Act No. 578 - An Act to Amend Article One Hundred Fifty-Two of the
Revised Penal Code, so as to Include Teachers, Professors, and Persons Charged With
the Supervision of Public or Duly Recognized Private Schools, Colleges, and
Universities, Within the Term "Persons in Authority" .

Act No. 4103 - The Indeterminate Sentence Law An Act to Provide for an
Indeterminate Sentence and Parole for All Persons Convicted of Certain Crimes by
the Courts of the Philippine Islands; to Create a Board of Indeterminate Sentence
and to Provide Funds Therefor; And for Other Purposes.