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Barangay Justice
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KATARUNGAN PAMBARANGAY LAW

is a community-based dispute settlement

mechanism that is administered by the basic
political unit of the country, the barangay.

As a community based mechanism for

dispute resolution, it covers disputes between
members of the same community (generally, same
city/municipality) and involves the Punong
Barangay and other members of the communities
(the Lupon members) as intermediaries (mediators,
conciliators, and, sometimes, arbitrators).

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PD 1508 Barangay Justice System

❑ To promote the speedy administration of justice

❑ To minimize the indiscriminate filing of cases in

courts

❑ To minimize the congestion of court dockets and

thereby enhance the quality of justice dispensed
by the courts

❑ To perpetuate and recognize the time-honored

tradition of amicably settling disputes at the
community level.

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THE BARANGAY JUSTICE OR
KATARUNGANG PAMBARANGAY IS ONE
IMPORTANT SYSTEM IN OUR BARANGAY TO
RESOLVE DISPUTES FAIRLY AND SPEEDILY.
THIS IS A SALIENT PART OF THE
BARANGAY‛S FUNCTION TO PROMOTE
PEACE AND HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIPS
AMONG COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THIS IS
ALSO IN RECOGNITION OF THE CAPACITY
OF THE BARANGAY AND ITS LEADERS TO
FACILITATE THE SETTLEMENT AND
RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES AT THEIR LEVEL.
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Offenses Not Covered by the Barangay

Justice System
1.Offenses involving government entity;

2.Offenses with maximum penalty of one (1) year and exceeding fine of
Five Thousand Pesos (Php5,000.00);

3. Offenses with no private party; and

4. Real properties in different cities or municipalities disputes that need

urgent legal action, labor disputes, land disputes and action to annul a
judgment upon a compromise.

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Cases Cognizable by the

Barangay Justice System
1. Unlawful Use of Means of Publication and Unlawful Utterances (Art. 154);

2. Alarms and Scandals (Art. 155);

3. Using False Certificates (Art. 175);

4. Using Fictitious Names and Concealing True Names (Art. 178);

5. Illegal Use of Uniforms and Insignias (Art. 179);

6. Physical Injuries Inflicted in a Tumultuous Affray (Art. 252);

7. Giving Assistance to Consummated Suicide (Art. 253);

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Cases Cognizable by the

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8. Responsibility of Participants in a Duel if only Physical
Injuries are Inflicted or No Physical Injuries have been Inflicted
(Art. 260);

9. Less serious physical injuries (Art. 265);

10. Slight physical injuries and maltreatment (Art. 266);

11. Unlawful arrest (Art. 269);

12. Inducing a minor to abandon his/her home (Art. 271);

13. Abandonment of a person in danger and abandonment of

one’s own victim (Art. 275);

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14. Abandoning a minor (a child under seven (7) years
old) (Art. 276);

15. Abandonment of a minor by persons entrusted

with his/her custody; indifference of parents (Art. 277);

16. Qualified tresspass to dwelling (without the use of

violence and intimidation). (Art. 280);

17. Other forms of tresspass (Art. 281);

18. Light threats (Art. 283);

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19. Other light threats (Art. 285);

20. Grave coercion (Art. 286);

21. Light coercion (Art. 287);

22. Other similar coercions (compulsory purchase of

merchandise and payment of wages by means of tokens). (Art. 288);

23. Formation, maintenance and prohibition of combination of

capital or labor through violence or threats (Art. 289);

24. Discovering secrets through seizure and correspondence

(Art. 290);
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25. Revealing secrets with abuse of authority (Art. 291);

26. Theft (if the value of the property stolen does not exceed
Php50.00). (Art. 309);

27. Qualified theft (if the amount does not exceed Php500). (Art.
310);

28. Occupation of real property or usurpation of real rights in

property (Art. 312);

29. Altering boundaries or landmarks (Art. 313);

30. Swindling or estafa (if the amount does not exceed

Php200.00) (Art. 315);
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31. Other forms of swindling (Art. 316);

32. Swindling a minor (Art. 317);

33. Other deceits (Art. 318);

34. Removal, sale or pledge of mortgaged property (Art.

319);

35. Special cases of malicious mischief (if the value of the

damaged property does not exceed Php1,000.00 Art. 328);

36. Other mischiefs (if the value of the damaged property does
not exceed Php1,000.00) (Art. 329);
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37. Simple seduction (Art. 338);

38. Acts of lasciviousness with the consent of the offended

party (Art. 339);

39. Threatening to publish and offer to prevent such

publication for compensation (Art. 356);

40. Prohibiting publication of acts referred to in the course of

official proceedings (Art. 357);

41. Incriminating innocent persons (Art. 363);

42. Intriguing against honor (Art. 364);

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43. Issuing checks without sufficient funds (B.P. 22);

and

44. Fencing of stolen properties if the property

involved is not more than Php50.00 (P.D. 1612).

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Thank You!

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