HB 9051

House·20th Congress·Filed May 4, 2026

An Act to Protect Rape Victims from Coerced Marriages by Repealing for This 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”

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The bill would delete the rule that lets a rapist avoid prosecution if the victim marries them, and it would add a new ground for annulment when a marriage is forced because of rape, giving victims up to twenty years to file the case.

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Bai Dimple I. MasturaReceipts →

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