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Republic Act
Approved June 24, 2006

Republic Act No. 9346

An act prohibiting the imposition of death penalty in the philippines

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE IMPOSITION OF DEATH PENALTY IN THE PHILIPPINES

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Republic Act No. 9346 prohibits the imposition of the death penalty, repeals RA 8177 and RA 7659, and establishes alternative penalties and procedural requirements for convicted persons.

  • Prohibition of death penalty
  • Repeal of RA 8177 and RA 7659
  • Alternative penalties: reclusion perpetua or life imprisonment
  • Restriction on parole eligibility for reclusion perpetua convicts
  • Publication requirement for Board of Pardons and Parole
Criminal law
Death penalty
Human rights
Reclusion perpetua
Parole

Thirteenth Congress Second Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fifth day of July, two thousand 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 Philippine 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One Hundred Seventy-Seven (R.A. No. 8177), otherwise known as the Act Designating Death by Lethal Injection is hereby repealed.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Penalty Law, and all other laws, executive orders and decrees, insofar as they impose the death penalty are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.

Section 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.

Section 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.

Section 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.

Section 5

This Act shall take effect immediately after its publication in two national newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

FRANKLIN DRILON

President of the Senate

JOSE DE VENECIA JR.

Speaker of the House of Representatives

For information and research only, and not legal advice. This text may not reflect later amendments. For certified copies, refer to the Official Gazette or the issuing agency.