Another measure filed by Senior Deputy Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos has been approved on third and final reading by his colleagues in the House of Representatives.
Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN)
Given final approval by the House plenary during session Monday, Dec. 12 was House Bill (HB) No. 3917, which seeks to amend sections 3 and 4 of Republic Act (RA) No.10845, otherwise known as The Anti-agricultural Smuggling Act of 2016.
The bill mainly seeks to declare as “economic sabotage” the smuggling of tobacco products into the country. Marcos’s home region is a major producer of tobacco.
Under the amendment sought by HB No.3917, the crime of economic sabotage through large-scale agricultural smuggling of tobacco, whether manufactured or unmanufactured, including finished products such as cigars, cigarettes or heated tobacco products, with a…
