Republic Act No. 10910

An Act Increasing the Prescriptive Period for Violations of Republic Act No. 3019, Otherwise Known as the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, from Fifteen (15) Years to Twenty (20) Years, Amending Section 11 Thereof

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1. Section 11 of Republic Act No. 3019, as amended, otherwise known as the "Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act", is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 11. Prescription of Offenses. - All offenses punishable under this Act shall prescribe in twenty years."

Section 2. Separability Clause. - Should any provision of this Act be declared invalid, the remaining provisions shall continue to be valid and subsisting.

Section 3. Repealing Clause. - All laws, executive orders, or administrative orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby amended, repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 4. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

FRANKLIN M. DRILON President of the Senate

FELICIANO BELMONTE, JR. Speaker of the House of Representatives

OSCAR G. YABES Secretary of the Senate

MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: July 21, 2016

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