After 81 years, the House of Representatives has finally moved to repeal the 1932 Revised Penal Code with the Philippine Code of Crimes which would impose harsher penalties to moneyed individuals who committed crimes.

Rep. Niel Tupas, Jr. Iloilo, the chairman of the House Committee on Justice, made the announcement during the launch of Book 1 of the proposed Philippine Code of Crime or House Bill 2300 that he authored.

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