S. N o.

2422
H . No. 4146

Republic of tl|e ^l|ilippines

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iHetro jManib

Congress

Cljirb ^gular^^ession

B egun and h e ld in M e tro M a n ila , o n M o n d a y , th e tw e n ty - s e v e n th

d a y o f J u ly , t w o th o u s a n d fifte e n .

[ R e p u b l ic A ct N o . 10910 1
AN ACT INCREASING THE PRESCRIPTIVE PERIOD FOR
VIOLATIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3019, OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS THE “ANTI-GRAFT AND CORRUPT PRACTICES
ACT’, FROM FIFTEEN (15) YEARS TO TWENTY (20) YEARS,
AMENDING SECTION II THEREOF

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Congress assembled:

S ectio n l. Section 11 of Republic Act No. 3019, as

amended, otherwise known as the “Anti-Graft and Corrupt
Practices Act”, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

“S e c . 11. Prescription of Offenses. - All

offenses punishable under this Act shall prescribe
in twenty years.”
 S e c . 2. Separability Clause. - Should any provision of
this Act be declared invalid, the remaining provisions shall
continue to be valid and subsisting.

S e c . 3. Repealing Clause. - All laws, executive orders,

or adm inistrative orders, rules and regulations or p arts
thereof, which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby
amended, repealed or modified accordingly.

S e c . 4. Effectiuity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen

(15) days after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers
of general circulation.

Approved,

-ELICIANO BELMONTE JR. NKLlIVTvl. DRILOl

Speaker of the House sident of the Senate
of Representatives

Senate Bill No. 2422, which was approved by the Senate

on May 25, 2015, was adopted as an am endm ent to House Bill
No. 4146 by the House of Representatives on May 23, 2016.

Marilyn 8f. barua^ ap

Secretary Genera Secretary of the Senate
House of Representatives

A p p ro v ed :

B E N IG N O S. A Q U IN O III
President of the Philippines
inf« «n ’ 1 2018
W ithout the signati^e of the Presideni
In accordance with Article VI. Sectior
27 (1) of the Constitutior'