Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 10910)
Republic Act No. 10910 amends Republic Act No. 3019, otherwise known as the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.
The main purpose of Republic Act No. 10910 is to increase the prescriptive period for violations of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act from fifteen years to twenty years.
Section 11 of Republic Act No. 3019 is amended by RA 10910.
The offenses now prescribe in twenty (20) years as per the amendment.
The prescriptive period refers to the time limit within which legal proceedings or prosecution may be initiated for offenses punishable under the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.
The Separability Clause states that if any provision of the Act is declared invalid, the remaining provisions shall continue to be valid and subsisting.
All laws, executive orders, administrative orders, rules, and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with RA 10910 are amended, repealed, or modified accordingly.
RA 10910 took effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at least two newspapers of general circulation.
RA 10910 lapsed into law on July 21, 2016, without the President's signature, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27(1) of the Philippine Constitution.
Key officials include Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., Senate President Franklin M. Drilon, Secretary General Marilyn B. Barua-Yap, Secretary of the Senate Oscar G. Yabes, and it was approved by President Benigno S. Aquino III by lapse of time.