House bill seeks stronger illegal wealth forfeiture law

Two Mindanao congressmen have filed a bill that seeks to strengthen the law on forfeiture of illegal wealth acquired by government officials and employees. Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, who is president of Centrist Democratic Party of the Philippines, and his brother Maximo, who represents party-list group Abante Mindanao, authored Bill 4732. The bill is titled, “An Act strengthening the forfeiture powers of the State, amending for the purpose certain provisions of Republic Act No. 1379, otherwise known as, ‘An Act declaring forfeiture in favor of the State any property found to have been unlawfully acquired by any public officer or employee and providing for the proceedings therefore’.”



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