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nfy-iifth day of
July. fwoRhousand Tive.

[ REPUBLIC
ACTNo. 9346 1

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE IMPOSITION OF DEATH

P m m IN THE P E s

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

Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION.^. The imposition of the penalty of death is

hereby prohibited. Accordingly;ly, fiepublic Act NO. Eight
Thousand Dne Hundred SeVmtpSeven (R. A. No. 8177),
otherkiuse kacwn a b the Act Ded,gmathe Dea& by Lethal
hjedibn isherebx remaled; bpuh!io Act No: Seven Thousand
e.
Six Rundred fl\ikv-Nine A. No2 7659), o t h e h s e b q w n as
the Death Penalty Law, aQd all other laws, executive orders
and decrees, insofar as they impose the death penalty are
hereby repealed or amended accordingly.
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SEC. 2. In lieu of the death p e d t y , the foIlowbg shall

be imposed

(a) the penalty of reclusioa perpetua, when the law

violated makes w e of the nomenclature of the penalties of the
Revised Penal Code; or

(b) the penalty of We imprisonment, when the law

violated does mt make of the nomenclature of the penalties
of the Revised Penal Code,

SEC. 3. Persons convicted of offenses punished with

reclusion perpetua, or whose sentences will be reduced to
recI&n perpetua, by reason of this Act, shsll not be eligible
for parole under Act No. 4103, otherwise known &e the
Indeterminate Sentence Law, as amended.

SEC. 4. The Board of Pardons and Parole shall cause

the pubbtion at lea&, once. a week for three consecutive weeks
in a newspaper of general citculation of the names pf persons
convicted of offenses punished with reduaon perpetua or life
imprisonment by reason of%& slot who a e being considered
or recammended for commutation or pardon: B o d & howew,
Thiat n&g herein shall limit the power of the President to
grant executive clemency under Section 19, Article VI1 of the
Constituhon.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect immediately after its

publication in $wo national newepapers of general circulation.

Approved,
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!&&w&ch@acozisoJidationofSenate BillNo. 2264 and

Rouse kllNo: 4826 was b d y passed by the Senate and the
H6IJBeof Representativeson June 7,2006.