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List of Laws Related to Graft and Corruption

1946–1971

• Republic Act (RA) 1379 (1955). This act declared forfeiture in favor of the
state

any property found to have been unlawfully acquired by any public officer or

employee, and provided for the proceedings.

• RA 3019 (1960). This act provided for the repression of certain acts of
public

officers and private persons alike, which constitute graft or corrupt practices
or

which may lead thereto, also known as Anti-Graft and Corruption Practices
Act.

• RA 6028 (1969). This act provided for the promotion of higher standards of

efficiency and justice in the administration of laws as well as to better secure


the

right of the people to petition the government for redress of grievances,


creating

the office of the citizen’s counselor.

1972–1986

• Presidential Decree (PD) 6 (1972). This decree amended certain rules on

discipline of government officials and employees.

• PD 46 (1972). This decree made it punishable for public officials and

employees to receive and for private persons to give gifts on any occasion,

including Christmas.

• PD 677 (1975). This decree amended Section 7 of RA 3019 (as amended).

• PD 749 (1975). This decree granted immunity from prosecution to givers of

bribes and other gifts and to their accomplices in bribery and other graft
cases

against public officers.


• PD 807 (1975). This decree provided for the organization of the Civil
Service

Commission, in accordance with provisions of the Constitution of the


Republic of

the Philippines (repealed under President Aquino’s administration).

• PD 1606 (1978). This decree revised PD 1486 (creating a special court to


be

known as Sandiganbayan—the main antigraft court that adjudicates criminal

cases brought to it by the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB); it deals only with

cases filed against high-ranking government officials.

1987–Present

• 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines. Article XI,


Accountability of

Public Officers; Article II, Section 27 and Section 28 policy of the State to

maintain honesty and integrity in the public service and take positive and

effective measures against graft and corruption; and Article III, Section 7,

provides for the right of people to have access to public information.

• 1987 Administrative Code (Executive Order [EO] No. 292). This code
instituted

the administrative code of the Philippines.

• EO 243 (1987). This order created OMB and restated its composition,
powers,

functions, and other salient features in the 1987 Constitution of the Republic
of

the Philippines.

• RA 6713 (1989). This act established a Code of Conduct and Ethical


Standards
for Public Officials and Employees.

• RA 6770 (1989). This act provided for the functional and structural
organization

of OMB and delineated its powers and functions.

• RA 7055 (1991). This act strengthened civilian supremacy over the military
by

returning to the civil courts the jurisdiction over certain offenses involving

members of the armed forces, other persons subject to military law, and

members of the Philippine National Police.

• RA 7080 (1991). This act defined and penalized the crime of plunder.

• RA 8249 (1997). This act further defined the jurisdiction of the


Sandiganbayan,

amending PD 1606 (as amended).

• Proclamation 189 (1999). This proclamation declared war against graft and

corruption and authorized the Philippine Jaycee Senate, through the Graft
Free

Philippines Foundation, Inc., to institutionalize public awareness of clean,

efficient, and honest governance.

• EO 317 (2000). This order prescribed a code of conduct for relatives and
close

personal friends of presidents, vice-presidents, and members of the Cabinet.

• EO 12 (2001). This order created the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission


and

provided for its powers, duties, and functions and for other purposes to

investigate complaints or hear administrative cases filed against presidential

appointees.

• EO 25 (2001). This order established The Governance Advisory Council to


encourage more active involvement of the business sector in curbing graft
and

corruption.

• Code of Corporate Governance (2002). This code further provided to


actively

promote corporate governance reforms aimed to raise investor confidence

develop capital market, and help achieve high sustained growth for the
corporate

sector and the economy.

• Code of Judicial Conduct (1989). This code provided for the appropriate

conduct of judges in performing their duties; otherwise known as the Code of

Judicial Conduct.

• RA 9160 (2001). This act defined the crime of money laundering and
provided

for the penalties of such act.

• RA 9184 (2002). This act provided for the modernization, standardization,


and

regulation of procurement activities of the Government, also known as the

Government Procurement Reform Act.

• EO 38 (2001). This order reorganized and extended the life of the Special
Task

Force created under EO 156 dated 7 October 1999 entitled "Creating a


Special

Task Force to Review, Investigate and Gather Evidence Necessary to

Successfully Prosecute Irregularities Committed at the Bureau of Internal

Revenue, Bureau of Customs and Other Government Offices or Agencies


Under

or Attached to the Department of Finance.”

• EO 40 (2001). This order consolidated procurement rules and procedures


for all
national government agencies, government-owned or -controlled
corporations,

and government financial institutions, and required the use of the


Government

electronic procurement system.

• EO 72 (2002). This order rationalized the agencies under or attached to the

Office of the President.

• EO 109 (2002). This order streamlined the rules and procedures on the
review

and approval of all contracts of departments, bureaus, offices, and agencies


of

the Government including government-owned or controlled corporations and


their

subsidiaries.

• EO No. 114 (2002). This order restructured the Bureau of Internal Revenue

toward a Taxpayers’ Focused Organization.

• EO No. 251 (2003) This order required the Bureau of Internal Revenue to

furnish OMB with income tax returns filed.

• RA 9194 (2003). This act amended RA 9160 (Anti-Money Laundering Act).

Source: http://www.tag.org.ph/phillaw

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