Buhay Party-List Rep. Irwin Tieng is seeking to regulate the increasing proliferation of “sex toys” in the local market as he warned that this may lead to the rise of sex-related crimes in the country.
In filing House Bill No. 4509 entitled “An Act Penalizing the Distribution, Possession with Intent to Distribute and Production of Any Device for the Physical Stimulation of Human Genitals for Anything of Pecuniary Value …”, Tieng said he was out to safeguard the moral, spiritual and social being of the citizens from the destructive effects of these “obscene devices.”
“The influence of obscene devices designed primarily for the physical stimulation of human genitals, commonly called as sex toys and gadgets may seem unnoticed. However, there is now an influx of these kind of devices in the Philippines, especially in Metro Manila,” Tieng said in the bill’s explanatory note.
“The proliferation of these obscene devises which are insensitively and openly displayed in shops or stalls is very alarming. The public, especially minors, being exposed to these obscenities may suffer disturbing effects and could trigger sexually impure ideas and acts that give room to sex related offenses,” Tieng said.
The Buhay party-list solon pointed to Quiapo, Sta. Cruz and Recto the so-called university belt in Metro Manila as among the areas where sex toys are allegedly proliferating.
According to him, the bill seeks to “penalize the distribution, possession with intent to distribute and production of any obscene device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the physical stimulation of human genital organs for anything of pecuniary value in order to protect the morals of the society.”
“This is also in keeping with the policy of the state to value the dignity of every human person and to promote and safeguard its integrity and the moral, spiritual and social being of its citizenry from the pernicious effects of obscene devices,” he added.
The bill calls on government agents to “pursue an intensive and unrelenting campaign against the distribution, possession with intent to distribute and production of any obscene device.”
Under the bill, it will be unlawful for any person to: a.) Knowingly distribute, possess with intent to distribute, or offer or agree to distribute, any obscene device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the physical stimulation of human genital organs for anything of pecuniary value; b.) Become a wholesaler, to knowingly distribute, possess with intent to distribute, or offer or agree to distribute, for the purpose of resale or commercial distribution at retail of sex toys; and c.) To knowingly produce, or offer or agree to produce sex toys.
Violators of the proposed law will suffer the “penalty of imprisonment of not more than one (1) year and/or fine ranging from Ten Thousand (P 10,000.00) to Twenty Thousand Pesos (P 20,000.00)” and for acts falling under Section 3(a);” and the “penalty of imprisonment of not more than one (1) year and/or a fine ranging from Twenty Thousand Pesos (P 20,000.00) to Thirty Thousand Pesos (P 30,000.00) for acts falling under Section (b) and (c).”
The bill tasks the Department of Trade and Industry, the Department of Interior and Local Government and the Department of Justice to implement and promulgate the proposed law.
Buhay Party-List Rep. Michael Velarde co-authored Tieng’s bill.













