{"id":44207,"date":"2015-03-06T17:40:25","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T09:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=44207"},"modified":"2015-03-06T17:40:25","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T09:40:25","slug":"solon-pushes-amendment-of-revised-penal-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/03\/06\/solon-pushes-amendment-of-revised-penal-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Solon pushes amendment of Revised Penal Code"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senate President Franklin Drilon. Photo courtesy of Drilon’s official Facebook page.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — Senate President Franklin Drilon filed a bill seeking to amend what he described as “archaic” penal law\u00a0and adjust the threshold amounts used in determining criminal liability for various crimes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn undertaking these changes to an archaic law, we intend to craft a sound, fair and effective policy against criminality that reflects a proper balance among the established goals of criminal justice,\u201d Drilon said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEighty years had inevitably dulled the edge of a once sharp measure. The penalties and fines for various crimes under the Revised Penal Code are no longer commensurate to the crime committed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Up to this day, the 85-year-old Penal Code, enacted in 1930, imposes, among others, a fine as low as P5.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe P200 our elders had in their pockets back in the 1930s surely had higher value than the P200 in our wallets today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Drilon filed Senate Bill No. 2680 in order to adjust the amount of imposable fines under the Revised Penal Code.<\/p>\n

Anyone committing treason for instance, will be fined with a maximum amount of P4 million instead of the current P20,000.<\/p>\n

Once the bill is passed, the P5 minimum fine will be increased to P1,000 and the maximum fine of P22,000 under the present law will be increased to\u00a0P4.4 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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