Civil Liability.
Section 17
SEC. 17. Civil Liability. –The act of enforced or involuntary disappearance shall render its perpetrators and the State agencies which organized, acquiesced in or tolerated such disappearance liable under civil law.
RA 10353 Section 17
RA 10353 Section 17
Other provisions in RA 10353
- Section 12: Immediate Issuance and Compliance of the Writs of Habeas Corpus, Amparo and Habeas Data.
- Section 13: Visitation /Inspection of Places of Detention and, Confinement.
- Section 14: Liability of Commanding Officer or Superior.
- Section 15: Penal Provisions.
- Section 16: Preventive Suspension/Summary Dismissal.
- Section 18: Independent Liability.
- Section 19: Nonexclusivity or Double Jeopardy Under International Law.
- Section 20: Exemption from Prosecution.
- Section 21: Continuing Offense.
- Section 22: Statue of Limitations Exemption.
CitationRA 10353 Section 17 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)
Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).
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