LAW ORIGINAL PROVISION PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

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ANTI-GRAFT AND CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT

Section 9. Penalties for violations. (a) Any public officer or private person committing any of the unlawful acts or omissions enumerated in Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this Act shall be punished with imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than ten years, perpetual disqualification from public office, and confiscation or forfeiture in favor of the Government of any prohibited interest and unexplained wealth manifestly out of proportion to his salary and other lawful income.

Section 9. Penalties for violations. (a) Any public officer or private person committing any of the unlawful acts or omissions enumerated in Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this Act shall be punished with imprisonment for not less than ten year nor more than twenty years, perpetual disqualification from public office, and confiscation or forfeiture in favor of the Government of any prohibited interest and unexplained wealth manifestly out of proportion to his salary and other lawful income.

Those kind of people who are actually doing this will be alarmed because of its penalties.

Section 2. Definition of terms. As used in this Act, that term

E) “Private Person” includes all the person not mentioned in the section2(b).

The private person mentioned in the section 1 of this act is not defined in the section 2 that could possibly turn to ambiguity for who are the private persons mentioned in the section 1.

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVES THROUGH THE PARTY-LIST SYSTEM, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

b) A party means either a political party or a sectoral party or a coalition of parties

b) A party means any marginalized and under-represented either a political party or a sectoral party or a coalition of parties

Lets focus on the mentioned on the section 1 which is the marginalized and under-represented

AN ACT TO ENHANCE THE HOLDING OF FREE, ORDERLY, HONEST, PEACEFUL AND CREDIBLE ELECTIONS THROUGH FAIR ELECTION PRACTICES

Section 2. Declaration of Principles. – The Senate shall, during the election period, supervise or regulate the enjoyment or utilization of all franchises or permits for the operation of media of communication or information to guarantee or ensure equal opportunity for public service, including access to media time and space, and the equitable right to reply, for public information campaigns and for a among candidates and assure free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible elections.

Section 2. Declaration of Principles. – The COMELEC shall, during the election period, supervise or regulate the enjoyment or utilization of all franchises or permits for the operation of media of communication or information to guarantee or ensure equal opportunity for public service, including access to media time and space, and the equitable right to reply, for public information campaigns and for a among candidates and assure free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible elections.

It should be the COMELEC who will supervise all the matter during the election period subject to recourse by the aggrieved party to the court.

Section 2. Declaration of Principles. –

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Section 2. Declaration of Principles. –

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There no definition for who will act as a state for ensuring candidates for being free from any form of harassment and

The State shall ensure that bona fide candidates for any public office shall be free from any form of harassment and discrimination.

The COMELEC shall ensure that bona fide candidates for any public office shall be free from any form of harassment and discrimination.

discrimination

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT AND PENALIZE WIRE TAPPING AND OTHER RELATED VIOLATIONS OF THE PRIVACY OF COMMUNICATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, not being authorized by all the parties to any private communication or spoken word, to tap any wire or cable, or by using any other device or arrangement, to secretly overhear, intercept, or record such communication or spoken word by using a device commonly known as a dictaphone or dictagraph or dictaphone or walkie-talkie or tape recorder, or however otherwise described:

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, not being authorized by court to any private communication or spoken word, to tap any wire or cable, or by using any other device or arrangement, to secretly overhear, intercept, or record such communication or spoken word by using a device commonly known as a dictaphone or dictagraph or dictaphone or walkie-talkie or tape recorder, or however otherwise described:

There are some instances that wire tapping is necessary for the revelation on an illegal act.

Section 2. Any person who willfully or knowingly does or who shall aid, permit, or cause to be done any of the acts declared to be unlawful in the preceding section or who violates the provisions

Section 2. Any person who willfully or knowingly does or who shall aid, permit, or cause to be done any of the acts declared to be unlawful in the preceding section or who violates the provisions

There are some instances that wire tapping is necessary for the revelation on an illegal act and securing authorization from the court is impossible.

of the following section or of any order issued thereunder, or aids, permits, or causes such violation shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not less than six months or more than six years and with the accessory penalty of perpetual absolute disqualification from public office if the offender be a public official at the time of the commission of the offense, and, if the offender is an alien he shall be subject to deportation proceedings.

of the following section or of any order issued thereunder, or aids, permits, or causes such violation shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not less than six months or more than one years and with the accessory penalty of perpetual absolute disqualification from public office if the offender be a public official at the time of the commission of the offense, and, if the offender is an alien he shall be subject to deportation proceedings.

Submitted by: MUHAMMEDAN L. OBINAY