HB 1038

An Act Protecting Rape Victims Against Coerced Marriage by Removing Pardon as a Ground to Extinguish Criminal Liability and Adding Coercion as a Consequence of Rape as a Ground for Annulment, Repealing for the Purpose Article 266-C of Republic Act No. 8353, as Amended, Otherwise Known as “the Anti-Rape Law of 1997,” and Amending Articles 45 and 47 of Executive Order No. 209, Otherwise Known as “the Family Code of the Philippines”