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What law repealed Articles 190 to 194 of the Revised Penal Code

pertaining to Title Five, Book II of the Revised Penal Code on Crimes


Relative to Opium and Other Prohibited Drugs? Was the repeal express
or implied?

Articles 190-194 of the Revised Penal Code were repealed by Republic Act
No. 6425, known as the “Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972,” which took effect on
March 30, 1972, as amended by P.D. No. 1683 and further amended by
Republic Act No. 7659.

Republic Act No. 9165, known as the “Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs


Act of 2002,” which took effect on July 4, 2002, in turn repealed Republic Act
No. 6425 and amended Republic Act No. 7659.

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