PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE ACADEMY
CADET CORPS PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE
ACADEMIC COUNCIL
Camp General Mariano N Castañeda, Silang, Cavite
ISO 9001:2015 Certified
MIDTERM PERIOD
SPECIAL LAWS
RA 7610
Section 1. Title. – This Act shall be known as the
"Special Protection of Children Against Abuse,
Exploitation and Discrimination Act."
Section 2. Declaration of State Policy and Principles.
– It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State to
provide special protection to children from all firms
of abuse, neglect, cruelty exploitation and
discrimination and other conditions, prejudicial
their development; provide sanctions for their
commission and carry out a program for prevention
and deterrence of and crisis intervention in
situations of child abuse, exploitation and
discrimination
Section 3. Definition of Terms. –
(a) "Children" refers to person below eighteen (18)
years of age or those over but are unable to fully
take care of themselves or protect themselves from
abuse, neglect, cruelty, exploitation or
discrimination because of a physical or mental
disability or condition;
(b) "Child abuse" refers to the maltreatment,
whether habitual or not, of the child which includes
any of the following:
(1) Psychological and physical abuse, neglect,
cruelty, sexual abuse and emotional maltreatment;
(2) Any act by deeds or words which debases,
degrades or demeans the intrinsic worth and dignity
of a child as a human being;
(3) Unreasonable deprivation of his basic needs for
survival, such as food and shelter; or
(4) Failure to immediately give medical treatment
to an injured child resulting in serious impairment
of his growth and development or in his permanent
incapacity or death.
(c) "Circumstances which gravely threaten or
endanger the survival and normal development of
children" include, but are not limited to, the
following;
(1) Being in a community where there is armed
conflict or being affected by armed conflict-related
activities;
(2) Working under conditions hazardous to life,
safety and normal which unduly interfere with their
normal development;
(3) Living in or fending for themselves in the streets
of urban or rural areas without the care of parents
or a guardian or basic services needed for a good
quality of life;
(4) Being a member of a indigenous cultural
community and/or living under conditions of
extreme poverty or in an area which is
underdeveloped and/or lacks or has inadequate
access to basic services needed for a good quality of
life;
(5) Being a victim of a man-made or natural disaster
or calamity; or
(6) Circumstances analogous to those above stated
which endanger the life, safety or normal
development of children.
(d) "Comprehensive program against child abuse,
exploitation and discrimination" refers to the
coordinated program of services and facilities to
protected children against:
(1) Child Prostitution and other sexual abuse;
(2) Child trafficking;
(3) Obscene publications and indecent shows;
(4) Other acts of abuses; and
(5) Circumstances which threaten or endanger the
survival and normal development of children.
Section 6. Attempt To Commit Child Prostitution. –
There is an attempt to commit child prostitution
under Section 5, paragraph (a) hereof when any
person who, not being a relative of a child, is found
alone with the said child inside the room or cubicle
of a house, an inn, hotel, motel, pension house,
apartelle or other similar establishments, vessel,
vehicle or any other hidden or secluded area under
circumstances which would lead a reasonable
person to believe that the child is about to be
exploited in prostitution and other sexual abuse.
There is also an attempt to commit child
prostitution, under paragraph (b) of Section 5
hereof when any person is receiving services from a
child in a sauna parlor or bath, massage clinic,
health club and other similar establishments. A
penalty lower by two (2) degrees than that
prescribed for the consummated felony under
Section 5 hereof shall be imposed upon the
principals of the attempt to commit the crime of
child prostitution under this Act, or, in the proper
case, under the Revised Penal Code.
Section 8. Attempt to Commit Child Trafficking. –
There is an attempt to commit child trafficking
under Section 7 of this Act:
(a) When a child travels alone to a foreign country
without valid reason therefor and without clearance
issued by the Department of Social Welfare and
Development or written permit or justification from
the child's parents or legal guardian;
(c) When a person, agency, establishment or child-
caring institution recruits women or couples to bear
children for the purpose of child trafficking; or
(d) When a doctor, hospital or clinic official or
employee, nurse, midwife, local civil registrar or any
other person simulates birth for the purpose of child
trafficking; or
(e) When a person engages in the act of finding
children among low-income families, hospitals,
clinics, nurseries, day-care centers, or other child-
during institutions who can be offered for the
purpose of child trafficking.
Section 27. Who May File a Complaint. – Complaints
on cases of unlawful acts committed against the
children as enumerated herein may be filed by the
following:
(a) Offended party;
(b) Parents or guardians;
(c) Ascendant or collateral relative within the third
degree of consanguinity;
(d) Officer, social worker or representative of a
licensed child-caring institution;
(e) Officer or social worker of the Department of
Social Welfare and Development;
(f) Barangay chairman; or
(g) At least three (3) concerned responsible citizens
where the violation occurred.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 9995
AN ACT DEFINING AND PENALIZING THE CRIME
OF PHOTO AND VIDEO VOYEURISM, PRESCRIBING
PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
(d) "Photo or video voyeurism" means the act of
taking photo or video coverage of a person or group
of persons performing sexual act or any similar
activity or of capturing an image of the private area
of a person or persons without the latter's consent,
under circumstances in which such person/s
has/have a reasonable expectation of privacy, or the
act of selling, copying, reproducing, broadcasting,
sharing, showing or exhibiting the photo or video
coverage or recordings of such sexual act or similar
activity through VCD/DVD, internet, cellular phones
and similar means or device without the written
consent of the person/s involved, notwithstanding
that consent to record or take photo or video
coverage of same was given by such person's.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 9995
Section 4. Prohibited Acts. - It is hereby prohibited
and declared unlawful for
any person:
(a) To take photo or video coverage of a person or
group of persons performing sexual act or any
similar activity or to capture an image of the private
area of a person/s such as the naked or
undergarment clad genitals, public area, buttocks or
female breast without the consent of the person/s
involved and under circumstances in which the
person/s has/have a reasonable expectation of
privacy;
(b) To copy or reproduce, or to cause to be copied or
reproduced, such photo or video or recording of
sexual act or any similar activity with or without
consideration;
(c) To sell or distribute, or cause to be sold or
distributed, such photo or video or recording of
sexual act, whether it be the original copy or
reproduction thereof; or
(d) To publish or broadcast, or cause to be published
or broadcast, whether in print or broadcast media,
or show or exhibit the photo or video coverage or
recordings of such sexual act or any similar activity
through VCD/DVD, internet, cellular phones and
other similar means or device.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 7877
AN ACT DECLARING SEXUAL HARASSMENT
UNLAWFUL IN THE EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION OR
TRAINING ENVIRONMENT, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
(a) In a work-related or employment environment,
sexual harassment is committed when:
(1) The sexual favor is made as a condition in the
hiring or in the employment, re-employment or
continued employment of said individual, or in
granting said individual favorable compensation,
terms of conditions, promotions, or privileges; or the
refusal to grant the sexual favor results in limiting,
segregating or classifying the employee which in
any way would discriminate, deprive ordiminish
employment opportunities or otherwise adversely
affect said employee
2) The above acts would impair the employee's
rights or privileges under existing labor laws; or
(3) The above acts would result in an intimidating,
hostile, or offensive environment for the employee.
b) In an education or training environment, sexual
harassment is committed:
(1) Against one who is under the care, custody or
supervision of the offender;
(2) Against one whose education, training,
apprenticeship or tutorship is entrusted to the
offender;
(3) When the sexual favor is made a condition to the
giving of a passing grade, or the granting of honors
and scholarships, or the payment of a stipend,
allowance or other benefits, privileges, or
consideration; or
(4) When the sexual advances result in an
intimidating, hostile or offensive environment for
the student, trainee or apprentice.
Any person who directs or induces another to
commit any act of sexual harassment as herein
defined, or who cooperates in the commission
thereof by another without which it would not have
been committed, shall also be held liable under this
Act.
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 532 August 8, 1974
ANTI-PIRACY AND ANTI-HIGHWAY ROBBERY
LAW OF 1974
WHEREAS, reports from law-enforcement agencies
reveal that lawless elements are still committing
acts of depredations upon the persons and
properties of innocent and defenseless inhabitants
who travel from one place to another, thereby
distributing the peace, order and tranquility of the
nation and stunting the economic and social
progress of the people;
WHEREAS, such acts of depredations constitute
either piracy or highway robbery/brigandage which
are among the highest forms of lawlessness
condemned by the penal statutes of all countries;
and,
WHEREAS, it is imperative that said lawless
elements be discouraged from perpetrating such
acts of depredations by imposing heavy penalty on
the offenders, with the end in view of eliminating all
obstacles to the economic,
social, educational and community progress of the
people;
Section 2. Definition of Terms. The following terms
shall mean and be understood, as follows:
a. Philippine Waters. It shall refer to all bodies of
water, such as but not limited to, seas, gulfs, bays
around, between and connecting each of the Islands
of the Philippine Archipelago, irrespective of its
depth, breadth, length or dimension, and all other
waters belonging to the Philippines by historic or
legal title, including territorial sea, the sea-bed, the
insular shelves, and other submarine areas over
which the Philippines has sovereignty or
jurisdiction.
b. Vessel. Any vessel or watercraft used for
transport of passengers and cargo from one place to
another through Philippine Waters. It shall include
all kinds and types of vessels or boats used in
fishing.
c. Philippine Highway. It shall refer to any road,
street, passage, highway and bridges or other parts
thereof, or railway or railroad within the Philippines
used by persons, or vehicles, or locomotives or
trains for the movement or circulation of persons or
transportation of goods, articles, or property or
both.
d. Piracy. Any attack upon or seizure of any vessel,
or the taking away of the whole or part thereof or its
cargo, equipment, or the personal belongings of its
complement or passengers, irrespective of the value
thereof, by means of violence against or intimidation
of persons or force upon things, committed by any
person, including a passenger or member of the
complement of said vessel, in Philippine waters,
shall be considered as piracy.
e. Highway Robbery/Brigandage. The seizure of any
person for ransom, extortion or other unlawful
purposes, or the taking away of the property of
another by means of violence against or intimidation
of person or force upon things of other unlawful
means, committed by any person on any Philippine
Highway.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10630
AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE JUVENILE JUSTICE
SYSTEM IN THE PHILIPPINES, AMENDING FOR
THE PURPOSEREPUBLIC ACT NO. 9344,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "JUVENILE JUSTICE
AND WELFARE ACT OF 2006" AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
"SEC. 6. Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility. –
A child fifteen (15) years of age or under at the time
of the commission of the offense shall be exempt
from criminal liability. However, the child shall be
subjected to an intervention program pursuant to
Section 20 of this Act.
"A child is deemed to be fifteen (15) years of age on
the day of the fifteenth anniversary of his/her
birthdate.
"A child above fifteen (15) years but below eighteen
(18) years of age shall likewise be exempt from
criminal liability and be subjected to an intervention
program, unless he/she has acted with discernment,
in which case, such child shall be subjected to the
appropriate proceedings in accordance with this
Act.
"The exemption from criminal liability herein
established does not include exemption from civil
liability, which shall be enforced in accordance with
existing laws."
PROHIBITING CERTAIN ACTS INIMICAL TO CIVIL
AVIATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to
compel a change in the course or destination of an
aircraft of Philippine registry, or to seize or usurp
the control thereof, while it is in flight. An aircraft is
in flight from the moment all its external doors are
closed following embarkation until any of such doors
is opened for disembarkation.
It shall likewise be unlawful for any person to
compel an aircraft of foreign registry to land in
Philippine territory or to seize or usurp the control
thereof while it is within the said territory.
The penalty of imprisonment of fifteen years to
death, or a fine of not less than twenty-five thousand
pesos but not more than fifty thousand pesos shall
be imposed upon any person committing such
violation under any of the following circumstances:
1. Whenever he has fired upon the pilot, member of
the crew or passenger of the aircraft;
2. Whenever he has exploded or attempted to
explode any bomb or explosive to destroy the
aircraft; or
3. Whenever the crime is accompanied by murder,
homicide, serious physical injuries or rape.
Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any person,
natural or juridical, to ship, load or carry in any
passenger aircraft operating as a public utility
within the Philippines, and explosive, flammable,
corrosive or poisonous substance or material.
Section 5. As used in this Ac
1) "Explosive" shall mean any substance, either solid
or liquid, mixture or single compound, which by
chemical reaction liberates heat and gas at high
speed and causes tremendous pressure resulting in
explosion. The term shall include but not limited to
dynamites, firecrackers, blasting caps, black
powders, bursters, percussions, cartridges and
other explosive materials, except bullets for
firearm.
(2) "Flammable" is any substance or material that is
highly combustible and self-igniting by chemical
reaction and shall include but not limited to
acrolein, allene, aluminum dyethylmonochloride,
and other aluminum compounds, ammonium
chlorate and other ammonium mixtures and other
similar substances or materials.
(3) "Corrosive" is any substance or material, either
liquid, solid or gaseous, which through chemical
reaction wears away, impairs or consumes any
object. It shall include but not limited to alkaline
battery fluid packed with empty storage battery,
allyl chloroformate, allytrichlorosilane, ammonium
dinitro-orthocresolate and other similar materials
and substances.
(4) "Poisonous" is any substance or materials,
except medicinal drug, either liquid, solid or
gaseous, which through chemical reactions kills,
injuries or impairs a living organism or person, and
shall include but not limited to allyl isothiocyanate,
ammunition (chemical, non-explosive but
containing Class A, B or poison), aniline oil, arsine,
bromobenzyle cyanide, bromoacetone and other
similar substances or materials.