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Government Laws

Anti-Rape Law of 1997 (Republic Act No. 8353)

(Source: retrieved 2001, from Protection Project Web site: http://www.protectionproject.org/)

"AN ACT EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF THE CRIME OF RAPE RECLASSIFYING THE SAME AS A CRIME AGAINST PERSONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

ALSO KNOWN AS: The Anti-Rape Law of 1997

DATE APPROVED: September 30, 1997