AN ACT REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ANTI-SUBVERSION ACT

Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila

Ninth Congress

Republic Act No. 7636 September 24, 1992

AN ACT REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ANTI-SUBVERSION ACT

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled::

Section 1. Republic Act Numbered One Thousand Seven Hundred (R.A. No. 1700), otherwise known as the Anti-Subversion Act, as revived by Executive Order Numbered One Hundred Sixty-Seven (E.O. No. 167) and subsequently amended by Executive Order Numbered Two Hundred Seventy-Six (E.O. No. 276) is hereby repealed.

Section 2. This Act does not in any manner repeal, amend or modify the provisions of the Revised Penal Code.

Section 3. Presidential Decrees Nos. 885, 1736, 1835 and 1975 remain repealed, and all other laws, presidential decrees, letters of instruction, and other issuances, orders, rules and regulations inconsistent with this Act are hereby likewise repealed.

Section 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2) national newspapers...

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Summary of Republic Act No. 7636

Repeal of the Anti-Subversion Act
- Republic Act No. 1700, also known as the Anti-Subversion Act, is repealed. (Section 1)
- This repeal does not affect the provisions of the Revised Penal Code. (Section 2)
- The following Presidential Decrees remain repealed: Nos. 885, 1736, 1835, and 1975. (Section 3)
- All other laws, presidential decrees, letters of instruction, orders, rules, and regulations inconsistent with this Act are also repealed. (Section 3)
- The Act takes effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation. (Section 4)