Many laws have been passed to the congress but out of 40 national laws to have passed through the 16th Congress, 36 lapsed into law from July 17 to 22 after former President Noynoy Aquino and President Duterte neither signed nor vetoed the bills.
Here are the 8 new, interesting laws that stood out in the Philippines:
1. Longer Prescription For Crimes of Graft and Corruption
This is the Republic Act 10910 or "An act increasing the prescriptive period of violations of Republic Act no. 3019, otherwise known as the 'anti-graft and corrupt practices act' from 15 years to 20 years amending section 11 thereof.
2. No More Texting While Driving
This is the Republic Act 10913 or "An act defining and penalizing distracted driving" will mean that any person who is using their phones in non-emergency cases and/ or needs it for work will be penalized with a fine of P5,000 for first offense, P10,000 for second offense, and P15,000 and suspension of license for three months for the third offense.
3. Stricter Anti-carnapping Law
This is the Republic Act 10883 or "An act providing for a new anti-carnapping law of the Philippines" now considers carnapping a non-bailable offense and will require Land Transportation Office to keep a record of all cars and owners.
The new law increased the imprisonment time from a maximum of 17 years and four months, to around 20 to 30 years in jail.
4. No More Candies or Inexact Change
This is the Republic Act 10909 or "An act prohibiting business establishments from giving insuficient or no change to consumers and providing penalties therefore" takes effect, you can now sue the establishment for not giving you your due change.
5.Mandatory Subtitles
This is the Republic Act 10905 or "An act requiring all franchise holders or operators of television stations and producers of television programs to broadcast or present their programs with closed captions option, and other purposes" requires TV stations to provide subtitles for the deaf community.
Those who fail to follow will either be fined with at least P50,000 but not more than P100,000 or be imprisoned for at least 6 to 12 months, or both. License or permit to operate may also be revoked.
6. Keeping Filipinas from becoming mail order brides
Republic Act 10906 or “An act providing stronger measures against unlawful practices, businesses, and schemes of matching and offering Filipinos to foreign nationals for purposes of marriage or common law partnership, repealing for the purpose republic act no. 6955, also referred to as the 'anti-mail order bride law'" penalizes any person who has in any way engaged in business to exploit Filipinas to offer to foreigners for marriage.
If found guilty, they will be penalized with 15 years of imprisonment and be fined with at least P500,000 thousand pesos but not more than P1-million.
Anyone who has cooperated in the illegal act will also suffer the same penalty. However, those who operate in more than two people will be penalized with 20 years of imprisonment and a fine of at least P2-million but not more than P5-million.
Any person who has served as an accessory to the crime will be imprisoned for 10 years and a fine of at least P100,000 but not more than P500,000.
Meanwhile, foreign offenders will be deported to their home country and if the offender is under the employment of an establishment, then the person in-charge who participated in the act will be facing penalties.
7. Mandatory speed limiters
Republic Act 10916 or “An act requiring the mandatory installation of speed limiter in public utility and certain types of vehicles” will require all covered public transportation vehicles to have a speed limiter.
Vehicles without speed limiters before the passage of the law will have to comply within 18 months after it takes effect.
The absence of a speed limiter will not be allowed for registration or be given a franchise permit, and the owners or operators for the vehicle will be fined with P50,000.
Meanwhile, the driver’s license will be suspended for one month and the franchise permit for three months for the first offense.
Sanctions for succeeding offenses will be license suspension for three months and franchise suspension for six months on top of imposed fines at the second offense; and revocation of license and franchise suspension for at least a year, and an imposed fine for the third offense.
Offenders caught tampering with speed limiters will be imprisoned for six to 36 months and fined with P30,000.
8. Anti-age discrimination for employees
Republic Act 10911 or “An act prohibiting discrimination against any individual in employment on account of age and providing penalties therefore” prohibits employers from withholding promotion or deny training opportunities, compensation and privileges from employees on the basis of age.
Recruitment and employment agencies are also prohibited from refusing to help individuals regardless of age from seeking employment and labor organizations are prohibited to refuse employees of membership because of their age.
Violators will be fined at least P50,00 but not more than P500,000 and/or be imprisoned between three months to two years.
However, this law will only be effective on August 16.
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