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 ...

President Duterte has signed the law that increases the outdated amounts in the Revised Penal Code on which fines and penalties are based, thus ensuring more proportional punishment for those who ...

Vietnam will delay the release date of its 2025 Penal Code, which was scheduled to replace the 1999 Criminal Code on July 1, due to errors in the drafting process, according to a VnExpress source. No ...

To keep up with the times, representatives from institutions in the justice sector are set to form a committee that will review the Revised Penal Code, the country's general criminal code. In a ...

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 ...

Dear PAO, I was charged under a special law, but Congress thereafter passed a new law that changes the rules. My lawyer says ...

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 – 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 ...

An allegation was thrown against me for degrading the reputation of a teenage girl. The matter was brought before the barangay, however, the conciliation failed. When the barangay issued a certificate ...

The House of Representatives justice committee has batted for the measure overhauling the country’s 85-year old Revised Penal Code, renaming penalties, adjusting fines, requiring joint civil and ...

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 - 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 ...