The Diet has passed a revision to the penal code to integrate two categories of confinement--“choeki” and “kinko”--into one called “kokin.” The revision has scrapped the traditional classification ...

MANILA, Philippines - Senate President Franklin Drilon has introduced several amendments to the 85-year-old Revised Penal Code to make it more relevant to the present situation and help address the ...

At least 50,000 indigent prisoners convicted of petty crimes may either be released or benefit from reduced sentences once amendments to the Revised Penal Code proposed by Senate President Pro-Tempore ...

The revision of the 80-year-old Revised Penal Code has finally been completed after three years, and is now ready to be endorsed to Congress for passage into law. Among the changes contained in the ...

President Duterte has signed the law that increases the outdated amounts in the Revised Penal Code on which fines and penalties are based, thus ensuring more proportional punishment for those who ...

Mon, March 4, 2019 Published on Mar. 4, 2019 Published on 2019-03-04T10:05:37+07:00 he draft of the revised Criminal Code (KUHP) remains unfinished nearing the end of the 2014-2019 legislative term.

MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Franklin Drilon filed a bill on Friday, March 6, to propose many amendments to the 85-year-old Revised Penal Code (RPC). Senate Bill 2680 seeks to adjust the ...

The President signs into law amendments to the Revised Penal Code which impose heavier fines for crimes and higher values for property used as basis for penalties MANILA, Philippines – Penalties for ...

MANILA, Philippines - Congress will be asked to replace the 79-year-old Revised Penal Code (RPC) with a completely new criminal code. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said a criminal code committee ...

MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Franklin Drilon has filed a bill that seeks to amend the country’s nearly 85-year-old penal law, which imposes, among others, a fine as low as P5 only. Drilon ...