Position Paper on Senate Bill No. 14: “An Act Adjusting the Amount Involved, Value of Property or Damage on Which a Penalty is Based, and the Fines Under Act. No. 3815 as Amended, Otherwise known as the Revised Penal Code”

Position Paper

Position Paper on Senate Bill No. 14: “An Act Adjusting the Amount Involved, Value of Property or Damage on Which a Penalty is Based, and the Fines Under Act. No. 3815 as Amended, Otherwise known as the Revised Penal Code”

Position Paper on Senate Bill No. 14: “An Act Adjusting the Amount Involved, Value of Property or Damage on Which a Penalty is Based, and the Fines Under Act. No. 3815 as Amended, Otherwise known as the Revised Penal Code”

The CHRP is in full support on the objectives of Senate Bill No. 14, which is an initiative to amend the 85-year-old Revised Penal Code of the Philippines. The proposed measure aims to ensure the proportionality of punishment by adjusting the amounts stipulated in the Revised Penal Code to their present value.

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