Barangay Protection Order (BPO)

Victim Punong Recording Monitoring

Baragay Same
Ex parte Service of
day
determination BPO
Issuance Counselling
*party may have a
Witness Kagawad non-lawyer Contains: Issuance of and
(a) in writing, (a) names and addresses of petitioner and advocate
(a) An order of BPO copies Support
**reasonable desistance from:
(b) signed and respondent;
(a)Causing physical Copies shall be done:
(c) verified under (b) description of relationships between ground of
imminent danger harm to the (a) In person by the
oath by the petitioner and respondent;
of violence woman or her issuing officer
applicant (c) a statement of the circumstances of
child; (b) In person by an
(d) the circumstances the abuse;
(b)Threatening to assigned Barangay
of the abuse (d) description of the reliefs requested by
cause the woman Officer
suffered by the petitioner as specified in Sec. 8 herein;
or her child (c) Leave a copy at the
victim and (e) request for counsel and reasons for
physical harm; residence in the
such;
(b) Printing in bold presence of at least
If applied for by (f) request for waiver of application fees
face-all capital two (2) witnesses
anyone other than until hearing; and
letters:
the victim: (g) an attestation that there is no pending
"VIOLATION OF THIS Issue a copy of the BPO
(e) facts showing the application for a protection order in
ORDER IS PUNISHABLE to the following:
authority of the another court.
BY LAW.“ (d) Petitioner
petitioner to file
(e) PNP-WCPD
the petition If Punong Barangay is unavailable, the
BPO is valid for 15 days. (f) C/MSWDO
(f) the circumstances Kagawad may issue the BPO:
(g) LGOO
of consent given (h) an attestation by the Barangay
by the victim for Kagawad that the Punong Barangay
the filling of the was unavailable at the time for the Sources: SC Circular No. 14-93 July 15, 1993; RA No. 9262; PCW and IAC on VAWC
application issuance of the BPO Guidelines; SC AM. No. 04-10-11-SC October 19, 2004; NCRFW VAWC IRR