Article 93Act No. 3815, Sec./Art. 93

Computation of the prescription of penalties.-The period of prescription of penalties shall commence to run from the date when the culprit should evade the service of his sentence, and it shall be interrupted if the defendant should give himself up, be captured, should go to some foreign country with which this Government has no extradition treaty, or should commit another crime before the expiration of the period of prescription.

SECTION TWO.-Partial extinction of criminal liability

REVISED PENAL CODE TEXT AND SPECIAL PENAL LAWS

contrary notwithstanding, the immunity of government

witnesses testifying under this Act shall be governed by

Sections 17 and 18 of Rule 119 of the Rules of Court:

Provided, however, That said witnesses shall be entitled to

benefits granted to witnesses under said Republic Act

No.6981.

SEC.

46.

Penalty

for

Unauthorized

Revelation

of

Classified Materials . - The penalty of ten (10) years and

one day to twelve (12) years of imprisonment shall be

imposed upon any person, police or law enforcement

agent, judicial officer or civil servant who, not being

authorized by the Court of Appeals to do so, reveals in any

manner or form any classified information under this Act.

SEC. 47. Penalty for Furnishing False Evidence, Forged

Document, or Spurious Evidence . - The penalty of twelve

(12)

years

and

one

day

to

twenty

(20)

years

of

imprisonment shall be imposed upon any person who

knowingly furnishes false testimony, forged document or

spurious evidence in any investigation or hearing under

this Act.

SEC. 48. Continuous Trial . - In cases of terrorism or

conspiracy to commit terrorism, the judge shall set the

continuous trial on a daily basis from Monday to Friday or

other short-term trial calendar so as to ensure speedy

trial.

SEC. 49. Prosecution Under This Act Shall be a Bar to

Another Prosecution under the Revised Penal Code or

any Special Penal Laws . - When a person has been

prosecuted under a provision of this Act, upon a valid

complaint

or

information

or

other

formal

charge

sufficient in form and substance to sustain a conviction

and after the accused had pleaded to the charge, the

acquittal of the accused or the dismissal of the case shall

be a bar to another prosecution for any offense or felony

which is necessarily included in the offense charged

under this Act.

SEC. 50. Damages for Unproven Charge of Terrorism . -

Upon acquittal, any person who is accused of terrorism

shall be entitled to the payment of damages in the

amount of Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00)

for every day that he or she has been detained or

deprived of liberty or arrested without a warrant as a

result of such an accusation. The amount of damages

shall be automatically charged against the appropriations

of the police agency or the Anti-Terrorism Council that

brought or sanctioned the filing of the charges against

the accused. It shall also be released within fifteen (15)

days from the date of the acquittal of the accused. The

award of damages mentioned above shall be without

prejudice to the right of the acquitted accused to file

criminal

or

administrative

charges

against

those

responsible for charging him with the case of terrorism.

Any officer, employee, personnel, or person who delays

the release or refuses to release the amounts awarded to

the individual acquitted of the crime of terrorism as

directed in the paragraph immediately preceding shall

suffer the penalty of six months of imprisonment.

If the deductions are less than the amounts due to the

detained persons, the amount needed to complete the

compensation

shall

be

taken

from

the

current

appropriations for intelligence, emergency, social or other

funds of the Office of the President.

In the event that the amount cannot be covered by the

current budget of the police or law enforcement agency

concerned, the amount shall be automatically included in

the appropriations of the said agency for the coming year.

SEC. 51. Duty to Record and Report the Name and

Address

of

the

Informant .

-

The

police

or

law

enforcement officers to whom the name or a suspect in

the crime of terrorism was first revealed shall record the

real name and the specific address of the informant.

The police or law enforcement officials concerned shall

report the informant's name and address to their superior

officer

who

shall

transmit

the

information

to

the

Congressional Oversight Committee or to the proper

court within five days after the suspect was placed under

arrest

or his properties were sequestered, seized or

frozen.

The

name

and

address

of

the

informant

shall

be

considered confidential and shall not be unnecessarily

revealed until after the proceedings against the suspect

shall have been terminated.

SEC. 52. Applicability of the Revised Penal Code . - The

provisions of Book I of the Revised Penal Code shall be

applicable to this Act.

SEC. 53. Anti-Terrorism Council . - An Anti-Terrorism

Council,

hereinafter

referred

to,

for

brevity,

as

the

"Council," is hereby created. The members of the Council

are:

(1)

the

Executive

Secretary,

who

shall

be

its

Chairperson; (2) the Secretary of Justice, who shall be its

Vice Chairperson; and (3) the Secretary of Foreign Affairs;

(4) the Secretary of National Defense; (5) the Secretary of

the Interior and Local Government; (6) the Secretary of

Finance; and (7) the National Security Advisor, as its other

members.

The Council shall implement this Act and assume the

responsibility

for

the

proper

and

effective

implementation

of

the

anti-terrorism

policy

of

the

country. The Council shall keep records of its proceedings

and decisions. All records of the Council shall be subject

to such security classifications as the Council may, in its

judgment and discretion, decide to adopt to safeguard

the safety of the people, the security of the Republic, and

the welfare of the nation.

The National Intelligence Coordinating Agency shall be

the Secretariat of the Council. The Council shall define the

powers, duties, and functions of the National Intelligence

Coordinating Agency as Secretariat of the Council. The

National

Bureau

of

Investigation,

the

Bureau

of

Immigration, the Office of Civil Defense, the Intelligence

Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the

Anti-Money Laundering Council, the Philippine Center on

Transnational Crime, and the Philippine National Police

intelligence and investigative elements shall serve as

support agencies for the Council.

The Council shall formulate and adopt comprehensive,

adequate, efficient, and effective anti-terrorism plans,

programs,

and

counter-measures

to

suppress

and

eradicate terrorism in the country and to protect the

people from acts of terrorism. Nothing herein shall be

interpreted to empower the Anti-Terrorism Council to

exercise any judicial or quasi-judicial power or authority.

SEC. 54. Functions of the Council . - In pursuit of its

mandate in the previous Section, the Council shall have

the following functions with due regard for the rights of

the

people

as

mandated

by

the

Constitution

and

pertinent laws:

1.

Formulate

and

adopt

plans,

programs

and

counter-measures against terrorists and acts of terrorism

in the country;

2. Coordinate all national efforts to suppress and eradicate

acts of terrorism in the country and mobilize the entire

nation against terrorism prescribed in this Act;

3. Direct the speedy investigation and prosecution of all

persons accused or detained for the crime of terrorism or

conspiracy

to

commit

terrorism

and

other

offenses

punishable under this Act, and monitor the progress of

their cases;

4.

Establish

and

maintain

comprehensive

data-base

information system on terrorism, terrorist activities, and

counter-terrorism operations;

5. Freeze the funds property, bank deposits, placements,

trust accounts, assets and records belonging to a person

suspected of or charged with the crime of terrorism or

conspiracy to commit terrorism, pursuant to Republic Act

No. 9160, otherwise known as the Anti-Money Laundering

Act of 2001, as amended;

6.

Grant

monetary

rewards and other incentives to

informers

who give vital information leading to the

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