AN ACT REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ANTI-SUBVERSION ACT
Anti-Subversion Act Repeal
Year:
1992
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
September 24, 1992
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This Act repeals Republic Act Numbered One Thousand Seven Hundred, also known as the Anti-Subversion Act, which had been previously amended. The repeal signifies a shift in the legal stance regarding subversion in the Philippines.Full Text
Ninth Congress
Republic Act No. 7636 September 24, 1992
AN ACT REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ANTI-SUBVERSION ACT
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. (R.A. No. 1700), otherwise known as the Anti-Subversion Act, as revived by Executive Order Numbered One Hundred Sixty-Seven (E.O. No. 167) and subsequently amended by Executive Order Numbered Two Hundred Seventy-Six (E.O. No. 276) is hereby repealed.
Section 2. This Act does not in any manner repeal, amend or modify the provisions of the Revised Penal Code.
Section 3. Presidential Decrees Nos. 885, 1736, 1835 and 1975 remain repealed, and all other laws, presidential decrees, letters of instruction, and other issuances, orders, rules and regulations inconsistent with this Act are hereby likewise repealed.
Section 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.
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