COMPARISON OF PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL RECRUITMENT:

LOCAL EMPLOYMENT:

SIMPLE ILLEGAL QUALIFIED ILLEGAL PROHIBITED ACTS

RECRUITMENT RECRUITMENT
(Economic Sabotage)
IMPRISONMENT Not less than 4 years Life Imprisonment Not less than 2 years
but not more than 8 but not more than 5
years years
FINE Not less than Php Php 100,000.00 Not less than Php
20,000.00 but not 10,000.00 but not
more than Php more than Php
100,000.00 50,000.00

NOTE: Also includes forfeiture of Cash bonds, Escrows and of Security Bonds Formatted: All caps

OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT:

REPUBLIC ACT 8042, as SIMPLE ILLEGAL QUALIFIED ILLEGAL

amended RECRUITMENT
IMPRISONMENT Not less than 6 years but not
more than 12 years
FIINE Not less than Php
200,000.00 but not more
than Php 500,000.00
RECRUITMENT
(Economic Sabotage)
Life Imprisonment
Not less than Php
500,000.00 but not more
than Php 1,000,000.000

REPUBLIC ACT SIMPLE ILLEGAL QUALIFIED ILLEGAL PROHIBITED ACTS

10022 RECRUITMENT RECRUITMENT

IMPRISONMENT Not less than 12 Life Imprisonment Not less than 6 years
years and 1 day but and 1 day but not
not more than 20 more than 12 years
years
FIINE Not less than Php Not less than Php Not less than Php
1,000,000.00 but not 2,000,000.00 but not 500,000.00 but not
more than Php more than Php more than Php
2,000,000.00 5,000,000.00 1,000,000.00