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Date:
June 17, 1992
Source:
Official Gazette, Vol. 88, No.
30
Subject:
Other Acts of Abuse

Text:
ARTICLE VI
Section
10. Other Acts Neglect, Abuse, Cruelty or Exploitation and Other
Conditions Prejudicial to the Child’s Development.
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Any person who shall commit any other acts of child
abuse, cruelty or exploitation or be responsible for other conditions
prejudicial to the child’s development including those covered by
Article 59 of Presidential Decree No. 603, as amended, but not covered by
the Revised Penal Code, as amended, shall suffer the penalty of prision
mayor in its minimum period.
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Any person who shall keep or have in his company a
minor, twelve (12) years or under or who is ten (10) years or more his
junior in any public or private place, hotel, motel, beer joint,
discotheque, cabaret, pension house, sauna or massage parlor, beach and/or
other tourist resort or similar places shall suffer the penalty of prision
mayor in its maximum period and a fine of not less than Fifty Thousand
Pesos (P50,000). Provided, that this provision shall not apply to any
person who is related within the fourth degree of consanguinity or
affinity or any bond recognized by law, local custom and tradition, or
acts in the performance of a social, moral or legal duty.
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Any person who shall induce, deliver or offer a minor
to any one prohibited by this Act to keep or have in his company a minor
as provided in the preceding paragraph shall suffer the penalty of prision
mayor in its medium period and a fine of not less than Forty Thousand
Pesos (P40,000): Provided, however, that should the perpetrator be an
ascendant, stepparent or guardian of the minor, the penalty to be imposed
shall be prision mayor in its maximum period, a fine of not less
than Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000), and the loss of parental authority
over the minor.
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Any person, owner, manager or one entrusted with the
operation of any public or private place of accommodation, whether for
occupancy, food, drink or otherwise, including residential places, who
allows any person to take along with him to such place or places any minor
herein described shall be imposed a penalty of prision mayor in its
medium period and a fine of not less than Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000),
and the loss of the license to operate such a place or establishment.
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Any person who shall use, coerce, force or intimidate a
street child or any other child to:
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Beg or use begging as a means of living;
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Act as conduit or middlemen in drug trafficking or
pushing; or
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Conduct any illegal activities, shall suffer the
penalty of prision correctional in its medium period to reclusion
perpetua.
For For purposes of this Act, the penalty for the commission
of acts punishable under Articles 248, 249, 262, paragraph 2, and 263, paragraph
1 of Act No. 8815, as amended, the Revised Penal Code, for the crimes of murder,
homicide, other intentional mutilation, and serious physical injuries,
respectively, shall be reclusion perpetua when the victim is under twelve
(12) years of age. The penalty for the commission of acts punishable under
Articles 337, 339, 340 and 341 of Act No. 3815, as amended, the Revised Penal
Code, for the crimes of qualified seduction, acts of lasciviousness with the
consent of the offended party, corruption of minors, and white slave trade,
respectively, shall be one (1) degree higher than that imposed by law when the
victim is under twelve (12) years of age.
The victim of the acts committed under this section shall be
entrusted to the care of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
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