Republic
of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Thirteenth
Congress
Second Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the
twenty-fifth day of July, two thousand and five.
Republic Act No. 9346
June 24, 2006
AN ACT PROHIBITING
THE IMPOSITION OF DEATH PENALTY IN THE PHILIPPINES
Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. The imposition of the penalty of death is hereby prohibited.
Accordingly, Republic Act No. Eight Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Seven (R.A.
No. 8177), otherwise known as the Act Designating Death by Lethal Injection is
hereby repealed. Republic Act No. Seven Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-Nine (R.A.
No. 7659), otherwise known as the Death Penalty Law, and all other laws,
executive orders and decrees, insofar as they impose the death penalty are
hereby repealed or amended accordingly.
SEC. 2. In lieu of the death penalty, the following shall be imposed.
(a) the penalty of reclusion perpetua,
when the law violated makes use of the nomenclature of the penalties of the
Revised Penal Code; or
(b) the penalty of life imprisonment, when the law violated does
not make use of the nomenclature of the penalties of the Revised Penal Code.
SEC. 3. Person convicted of offenses punished with reclusion perpetua, or whose sentences will be reduced to
reclusion perpetua, by reason of this Act, shall not
be eligible for parole under Act No. 4180, otherwise known as the Indeterminate
Sentence Law, as amended.
SEC. 4. The Board of Pardons and Parole shall cause the publication at
least one a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general
circulation of the names of persons convicted of offenses punished with reclusion
perpetua or life imprisonment by reason of this
Act who are being considered or recommend for commutation or pardon; Provided,
however, That nothing herein shall limit the power of the President to
grant executive clemency under Section 19, Article VII of the Constitutions.
SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect immediately after its publication in
two national newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,
FRANKLIN
DRILON |
JOSE
DE VENECIA JR. |
This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill
No. 2254 and House Bill No. 4826 was finally passed bu
the Senate and the House of Representative on July 7, 2006.
OSCAR
G. YABES |
ROBERTO
P. NAZARENO |
Approved: June 24, 2006
GLORIA
MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines