JUVENILE JUSTICE & WELFARE ACT

Procedural Flowchart

ARREST BELOW 15
NOTES:

No Death Penalty Allowed

ABOVE 15 Release to
Initial BELOW 18 Parents,
Investigation Minors cannot be prosecuted for:
WITHOUT Guardians, or
DISCERNMENT
the DSWD Vagrancy
Mendicancy (begging)
Prostitution
ABOVE 15 Sniffing of Rugby
BELOW 18
WITH
DISCERNMENT

Imposable Penalty Victimless Crimes Imposable Penalty DIVERSION only If no diversion is

is not more than 6 Punishable by is more than 6 upon Order of the allowed, REGULAR
years Imprisonment of years Court PROSECUTION
not more than 6
years

Mediation, In case of Failure If found guilty,

Conciliation, to Comply w/ the SENTENCE IS
Family Conditions of AUTOMATICALLY
Conferencing DIVERSION Suspension of
SUSPENDED
Sentence

EXECUTION OF
JUDGMENT