Begun and helain,MetroManila. on Manaay,theW?nfy-iifth day of July. fwoRhousand Tive.

[ REPUBLIC No. 9346 ACT

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE IMPOSITION OF DEATH P m m IN THE P E s Be it enacted by fke Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION.^. The imposition of the penalty of death is hereby prohibited. Accordingly;ly, fiepublic Act NO. Eight Thousand Dne Hundred SeVmtpSeven (R. A. No. 8177), otherkiuse kacwn a b the Act Ded,gmathe Dea& by Lethal hjedibn isherebx remaled; bpuh!io Act No: Seven Thousand Six Rundred fl\ikv-Nine A. No2 7659), o t h e h s e b q w n as the Death Penalty Law, aQd all other laws, executive orders and decrees, insofar as they impose the death penalty are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.

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SEC. 2. In lieu of the death p e d t y , the foIlowbg shall be imposed

(a) the penalty of reclusioa perpetua, when the law violated makes w e of the nomenclature of the penalties of t e h Revised Penal Code; or
( ) the penalty of We imprisonment, when the law b violated does mt make of the nomenclature of the penalties of the Revised Penal Code,
SEC. 3. Persons convicted of offenses punished with

reclusion perpetua, or whose sentences will be reduced to recI&n perpetua, by reason of this Act, shsll not be eligible for parole under Act No. 4103, otherwise known &e the
Indeterminate Sentence Law, as amended.
SEC. 4. The Board of Pardons and Parole shall cause the pubbtion at lea&, once. a week for t r e consecutive weeks he in a newspaper of general citculation of the names pf persons convicted of offenses punished with reduaon perpetua or life imprisonment by reason of%& slot who a e being considered or recammended for commutation or pardon: B o d & howew, Thiat n & g herein shall limit the power of the President to grant executive clemency under Section 19, Article VI1 of t e h Constituhon.

SEC. 6 This Act shall take effect immediately after its . publication in $wo national newepapers of general circulation. Approved,

!&&w&ch@a cozisoJidationofSenate BillNo. 2264 and Rouse kllN : 4826 was b d y passed by the Senate and the o H6IJBeof Representativeson June 7,2006.