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Republic Act No. 6955
An Act To Declare Unlawful the Practice
of Matching Filipino Women for Marriage to Foreign Nationals on
a Mail-Order Basis And for Other Similar Practices, Including the
Advertisement, Publication, Printing or Distribution of Brochures,
Fliers and Other Propaganda Materials in Furtherance Thereof and
Providing Penalty Therefor
Section 1. It is the policy of the State to ensure and guarantee the enjoyment of
the people of a decent standard of living. Towards this end, the
State shall take measures to protect
Filipino women from being exploited in utter disregard of human
dignity in their pursuit of economic
upliftment.
Sec. 2. Pursuant thereto, it is hereby declared unlawful:
(a) For a person, natural or
juridical, association, club or any other entity to commit, directly
or indirectly, any of the following acts:
(1) To establish or carry on
a business which has for its purpose the matching of Filipino
women for marriage to foreign nationals either on a mail-order
basis or through personal introduction;
(2) To advertise, publish,
print or distribute or cause the advertisement, publication,
printing or distribution of any brochure, flier, or any propaganda
material calculated to promote the prohibited acts in the preceding
sub-paragraph;
(3) To solicit, enlist or in
any manner attract or induce any Filipino woman to become a
member in any club or association whose objective is to match
women for marriage to foreign nationals either on a mail-order
basis or through personal introduction for a free;
(4) To use the postal service
to promote the prohibited acts in subparagraph 1 hereof.
(b) For the manager or officer-in-charge
or advertising manager of any newspaper, magazine, television
or radio station, or other media, or of an advertising agency,
printing company or other similar entities, to knowingly allow,
or consent to, the acts prohibited in the preceding paragraph.
Sec. 3. In case of violation of this Act by an association, club, partnership,
corporation, or any other entity, the incumbent officers thereof
who have knowingly participated in the violation of this Act shall
be held liable.
Sec. 4. Any person found guilty by the court to have violated any of the acts
herein prohibited shall suffer 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 (P8,000)
but not more than twenty thousand pesos (P20,000): Provided, That
if the offender is a foreigner, he shall be immediately deported
and barred forever from entering the country after serving his sentence
and payment of fine.
Sec. 5. Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted as a restriction on the freedom
of speech and of association for purposes not contrary to law as
guaranteed by the Constitution.
Sec. 6. All laws, decrees, orders, instructions, rules and regulations, or parts
thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect upon its publication for two (2) consecutive
weeks in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved: June
13, 1990
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