Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 6955)
The main policy is to ensure and guarantee the enjoyment of a decent standard of living for Filipino people and to protect Filipino women from exploitation disregarding human dignity in their pursuit of economic upliftment.
The practice of matching Filipino women for marriage to foreign nationals on a mail-order basis or through personal introduction is declared unlawful.
Establishing or carrying on a business for matching Filipino women to foreign nationals, advertising or distributing related brochures or propaganda, soliciting Filipino women to join clubs for such purposes, and using postal service to promote these acts are prohibited.
Yes, managers or officers of newspapers, magazines, television, radio stations, advertising agencies, printing companies, or similar entities who knowingly allow or consent to the prohibited acts are liable.
The incumbent officers who have knowingly participated in the violation are held liable.
An imprisonment of not less than six years and one day but not more than eight years, and a fine of not less than eight thousand pesos but not more than twenty thousand pesos.
The foreign offender shall be immediately deported and barred forever from entering the Philippines after serving the sentence and paying the fine.
No, the Act explicitly states that it shall not be interpreted to restrict freedom of speech and association for lawful purposes.
It took effect upon its publication for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation.
All inconsistent laws, decrees, orders, instructions, rules, and regulations or parts thereof are repealed or modified accordingly.