PHILIPPINE CRIMINAL LAW

Act No. 3815 

Revised Penal Code of the Philippines

Republic Act No. 9165 

Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002

Republic Act No. 9160 

Anti-Money Laundering Law of 2001 
    
Republic Act No. 9194 
An Act Amending Republic Act No. 9160, Otherwise Known as the "Anti-Money Laundering Law of 2001" 
              
The Rules and Regulations Implementing the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001 
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9160.

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

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 

Anti-Electricity and Electric Transmission Lines/Materials Pilferage Act of 1994

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 

Anti-Subversion Act 
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)

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. 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 Extra-Ordinary Executive Powers.

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.

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.

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.

Presidential Decree No. 1736 

Amending Presidential Decree Numbered Eight Hundred Eighty-Five, Otherwise Known as the Revised Anti-Subversion Law, As
Amended.

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)

Presidential Decree No. 885 

Revised Anti-Subversion Law 
Outlawing Subversive Organizations, Penalizing Membership Therein and for Other Purposes.

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)

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.

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.

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.

Batas Pambansa Bilang 71 

An Act Further Amending Article 310 of the Revised Penal Code.

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.

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