HB 8259

An Act Removing as Absolutory Cause the Subsequent Marriage of the Offended Party to the Offender in Cases of Rape, Seduction, Abduction and Acts of Lasciviousness, Thereby Extinguishing Criminal Liability, Repealing Article 266-C of Republic Act No. 8353, Otherwise Known as "The Anti-Rape Law of 1997", as Amended, and Amending Articles 23, 89 and 344 of Act No. 3815, Otherwise Known as "The Revised Penal Code"