AN ACT EXPANDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9208, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INSTITUTE POLICIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ESTABLISHING THE NECESSARY INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR THE PROTECTION AND SUPPORT OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Fifteenth Congress

Third Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand twelve.

REPUBLIC ACT No. 10364

AN ACT EXPANDING , ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INSTITUTE POLICIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ESTABLISHING THE NECESSARY INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR THE PROTECTION AND SUPPORT OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known as the "Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012″.

Section 2. Section 2 of Republic Act No. 9208 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 3. Section 3 of Republic Act No. 9208 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 4. Section 4 of Republic Act No. 9208 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 5. A new Section 4-A is hereby inserted in Republic Act No. 9208, to read as follows:

Section 6. A new Section 4-B is hereby inserted in Republic Act No. 9208, to read as follows:

Section 7. A new Section 4-C is hereby inserted in Republic Act No. 9208, to read as follows:

Section 8. Section 5 of Republic Act No. 9208 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 9. Section 6 of Republic Act No. 9208 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 10. Section 7 of Republic Act No. 9208 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 11. Section 8 of Republic Act No. 9208 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 12. Section 10 of Republic Act No. 9208 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 13. Section 11 of Republic Act No. 9208 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 14. Section 12 of Republic Act No. 9208 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 15. Section 16 of Republic Act No. 9208 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 16. A new Section 16-A is hereby inserted into Republic Act No. 9208, to read as follows:

Section 17. Section 17 of Republic Act No. 9208 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 18. A new Section 17-A is hereby inserted into Republic Act No. 9208, to read as follows:

Section 19. A new Section 17-B is hereby inserted into Republic Act No. 9208, to read as follows:

Section 20. A new Section 17-C is hereby inserted into Republic Act No. 9208, to read as follows:

Section 21. Section 20 of Republic Act No. 9208 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 22. Section 22 of Republic Act No. 9208 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 23. A new Section 26-A is hereby inserted into Republic Act No. 9208, to read as follows:

Section 24. Section 28 of Republic Act No. 9208 is hereby amended, to read as follows:

Section 25. A new Section 28-A is hereby inserted into Republic Act No. 9208, to read as follows:

Section 26. Section 32 of Republic Act No. 9208 of the Repealing Clause is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 27. Section 33 of Republic Act No. 9208 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Approved,

This Act which is a consolidation of House Bill No. 6339 and Senate Bill No. 2625 was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on December 4, 2012 and December 5, 2012, respectively.

Approved: FEB 06 2013

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
President of the Philippines