1 Republic Act 9211

AN ACT REGULATING THE PACKAGING,

USE, SALE, DISTRIBUTION AND
ADVERTISEMENTS OF TOBACCO
PRODUCTS AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

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Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003

An Act that protects

people from the
sale, use, and
advertisement of
hazardous tobacco
products.

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Executive
Order No.
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Providing for the
Establishment of
Smoke-Free
Environments in
Public and
Enclosed Places

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Prohibited Acts
◦ Smoking within enclosed Public Places
and transportation Vehicles.

◦ For a minor to smoke, sell or buy

cigarettes or nay other tobacco products;

◦ Selling or distributing tobacco products in

a school, public playground, youth hostels
and recreational facilities for minors,
including those frequented by minors or
within the 100 meters from any point of
the perimeter of these places. 5
◦ Ordering or instructing a minor to use, light-up,
buy, sell, distribute, advertise or promote
tobacco products

◦ Placing any form of tobacco advertisement

outside the premises of point-of-sale retail
establishment.

◦ Placing any stall, booth, and other displays

concerning tobacco promotion to area outside
the premises of point-of-sale location or adult
only facilities.

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2 Republic Act 9165
AN ACT INSTITUTING THE COMPREHENSIVE
DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 2002, REPEALING
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6425, OTHERWISE KNOWN
AS THE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 1972, AS
AMENDED, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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 "Comprehensive
Dangerous Drugs Act of
2002"

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This Act repealed the Republic Act No.
6425, otherwise known as the
Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, as
amended, and providing funds for its
implementation.

Under this Act, the Dangerous Drugs

Board (DDB) remains as the policy-
making and strategy-formulating body
in planning and formulation of policies
and program on drug prevention and
control
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Definition
Dangerous Drugs
Include those listed in the Schedules
annexed to the 1961 Single Convention
on Narcotic Drugs, as amended by the
1972 Protocol, and in the Schedules
annexed to the 1971 Single Convention
on Psychotropic Substances as
enumerated in the attached annex
which is an integral part of this Act.
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Prohibited Acts under 9165
Section 4. Importation of Dangerous Drugs and/or
Controlled Precursors and Essential Chemicals.

Section 5. Sale, Trading, Administration,

Dispensation, Delivery, Distribution and
Transportation of Dangerous Drugs and/or
Controlled Precursors and Essential Chemicals.

Section 6. Maintenance of a Den, Dive or Resort

Section 13. Possession of Dangerous Drugs During

Parties, Social Gatherings or Meetings.
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Section 7. Employees and Visitors of a Den, Dive
or Resort.

Section 11. Possession of Dangerous Drugs.

Section 12. Possession of Equipment, Instrument,

Apparatus and Other Paraphernalia for
Dangerous Drugs.

Section 13. Possession of Dangerous Drugs

During Parties, Social Gatherings or Meetings.

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Section 14. Possession of Equipment,
Instrument, Apparatus and Other
Paraphernalia for Dangerous Drugs During
Parties, Social Gatherings or Meetings

Section 15. Use of Dangerous Drugs.

Section 16. Cultivation or Culture of Plants

Classified as Dangerous Drugs or are
Sources Thereof

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Plea Bargaining
Black’s Law Dictionary
"[t]he process whereby the accused and
the prosecutor in a criminal case work
out a mutually satisfactory disposition of
the case subject to court approval.”
◦ Plea bargaining is available as a legal
remedy for any person facing criminal
indictment before our courts.

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 2017 Drug Cases

70,706 cases
Drug cases filed in court

1, 645 minors
Cases involving minors

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Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1043196
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2 Republic Act 7610
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR STRONGER
DETERRENCE AND SPECIAL
PROTECTION AGAINST CHILD ABUSE,
EXPLOITATION AND DISCRIMINATION,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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Philippine Constitution, Article II, Sec. 12

“The State recognizes the

sanctity of family life and shall
protect and strengthen the
family as a basic and
autonomous social institution. It
shall equally protect the life of
the mother and the life of the
unborn from conception…….”.
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FOUR BASIC RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

Survival
Development
Protection
Participation
 12 Rights of a Child
1. Every child has the
right to be born well and
must be cared and
raised well.
2. Every child has the
right to live with a family
who loves, cares and
teaches good morals to
him/her.
3. Every child has the
right to have a proper
care and importance
from other people.
4. Every child has the
right to have the basic
needs of people such as
food, water, shelter,
clothing and health care.
5. Every child has the
right to have everything
he/she needs for a
better life.
6. Every child has the
right to be educated.
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 10. Every child has the
7. Every child has the right to be cared whenever
right to play and enjoy
their parents are not
whenever they have the
available or cannot sustain
opportunity.
their needs.
8. Every child has the 11. Every child has the
right to be protected
right to be living in a good
from abuse of adults.
government who helps them
9. Every child has the strengthen their faith and to
right to live peacefully become a better citizen.
away from bad 12. Every child has the
influences
right to grow up peacefully
and getting what they want
for the good of their lives.
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 Republic Act 7610
"Special Protection of Children
Against Abuse, Exploitation and
Discrimination Act."

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Offenses against Children under
RA7610

• Child Prostitution and other sexual abuse

• Attempt to commit child prostitution
• Child Trafficking
• Attempt to commit child trafficking
• Child pornography and indecent shows
and publication
• Other Acts of Neglect, Abuse, Cruelty or
Exploitation and Other Conditions
Prejudicial to the Child’s Development
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DEFINITION

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.

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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.
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ELEMENTS

1) Committed against children

Who are considered children?
Persons below 18 years of age OR
◦ - Over 18 but are unable to fully take care
of themselves or protect

2) There is abuse, neglect, cruelty,

exploitation, or discrimination

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Who may file a complaint?

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 Offended party;
 Parents or guardians;
 Ascendant or collateral relative within the third
degree of consanguinity;
 Officer, social worker or representative of a
licensed child-caring institution;
 Officer or social worker of the Department of
Social Welfare and Development;
 Barangay chairman; or
 At least three (3) concerned responsible
citizens where the violation occurred.

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 Mandatory Reporting
The head of any private or public hospital,
medical clinic and similar institution, as well
as the attending physician and nurse, shall
report, either orally or in writing, to the
Department the examination and/or
treatment of a child who appears to have
suffered abuse within 48 hours from
knowledge of the same.

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Failure to Report

Failure of the individuals mandatorily

required to report, and the administrator or
head of the hospital, clinic or similar
institution concerned to report a possible
case of child abuse shall be punishable with a
fine of not more than two thousand pesos
(P2,000.00)

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In the case of George Bongalon v. People of the
Philippines, G.R. No. 169533, March 20, 2013.

Not every instance of the laying of hands on a

child constitutes the crime of child abuse under
Section 10 (a) of RA 7610. Only when the laying
of hands is shown beyond reasonable doubt to
to debase,
be intended by the accused
degrade or demean the intrinsic
worth and dignity of the child as a
human being should it be punished as child
abuse. Otherwise, it is punished under the RPC.

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2 Republic Act 9433
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA FOR PUBLIC
SOCIAL WORKERS

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Magna Carta Place your screenshot here

for Public
Social
Workers”

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DEFINITION
‘Social Work’
refers to the profession which helps individuals, families,
groups, and communities develop, improve, maintain or
restore their capability for coping with the demands of
their environment, through the use of social work
methods and interventions;

‘Registered Social Worker’

refers to a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Social
Work or Master’s Degree in Social Work and who has
passed the social work licensure examination;

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DEFINITION

‘Public Social Worker’

refers to registered social worker employed in the
government service;

‘Public Social Welfare and Development

Worker’
refers to those employed in government social
welfare and development agencies;
 Declaration of Policy
The State shall promote and improve the
social and economic well-being of public social
workers, their living and working conditions,
and terms of employment. It shall develop
their skills and capabilities to make them more
responsive to the needs and problems of their
clients and better equipped in delivering social
services and programs. The State shall likewise
encourage those with proper qualifications
and excellent abilities to apply and remain in
social development work in the government
service.
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Rights of a Public Social Worker
Public social workers shall have the following rights:

1. Protection from discrimination by reason of sex,

sexual orientation, age, political or religious
beliefs, civil status, physical
characteristics/disability, or ethnicity;

2. Protection from any form of interference,

intimidation, harassment, or punishment, to
include, but not limited to, arbitrary reassignment
or termination of service, in the performance of
his/her duties and responsibilities;
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3. Join, organize, or assist
organizations or unions for lawful
purposes;

4. Protection from any act that will

prevent his/her from applying
professional I interventions that the
client’s situation may require; and

5. Opportunities for continuing

professional growth and
development.
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SOURCES:

RA 9211
https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2003/06/23/republic-act-no-9211/
https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/country/philippines/summary

RA 9165
https://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2002/ra_9165_2002.html
http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1043196
http://www.pnp.gov.ph/images/News/rn_0117.pdf
https://www.doj.gov.ph/files/2018/DC/DC027-
2018JUN%20Amended%20Guidelines%20for%20Plea%20Bargaining%20dtd%2
026%20Jun%202018(1).pdf
http://ls.pnp.gov.ph/images/pdf/February_2018_withreminder.pdf

RA 7610
https://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1992/ra_7610_1992.html
https://www.scribd.com/doc/67855671/RA-7610-Anti-Child-Abuse-Law

RA 9433
http://www.ncda.gov.ph/disability-laws/republic-acts/republic-act-9433/

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