REPUBLIC ACT NO.

7610

Atty. Victoria P. Dines

 RA 7610

Title:
“Special Protection of Children
Against Abuse, Exploitation and
Discrimination Act”
 Who are considered as children?

1) Those below eighteen (18) years of

age
2) Those 18 years old or over but are
unable to fully take care or protect
themselves from abuse, neglect,
cruelty, exploitation or discrimination
because of a physical or mental
disability or condition
What is considered as child abuse?

A: refers to the maltreatment,

WHETHER HABITUAL OR NOT,
of the child which includes
any of the following:
Any act by deeds or words
which debases, degrades or
demeans the intrinsic worth
and dignity of a child as a
human being
Unreasonable deprivation
of his basic needs for
survival, such as food and
shelter
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.
 psychological
abuse
 physical abuse
 neglect
 cruelty
 sexual abuse
 emotional
maltreatment
Psychological
Abuse
Physical
Abuse
Child Neglect
 abandonment
 failure to give
education
 causes or
permits child
truancy
 allows child to
carry deadly
weapons
 allows child to
drive without or
with a fake
driver’s license
Cruelty
 Sexual
Abuse
 sexual
intercourse
 lascivious
conduct
 molestation
 prostitution
 incest rape
 Emotional
Maltreatmen
t
PUNISHABLE ACTS under RA 7610
1. Child Prostitution and Other Sexual
Abuse
2. Child Trafficking
3. Involving Child in Obscene Exhibitions
and Indecent Shows
4. Other Acts of Neglect, Abuse, Cruelty, or
Exploitation and Other Conditions
Prejudicial to Child’s Development
 Child Prostitution and
Other Sexual Abuse
Those who commit the following:
1. Promoting, facilitating, or inducing child
prostitution
2. Sexual intercourse or lascivious conduct with
a child exploited in prostitution or subject to
other sexual abuse
3. Derive profit or advantage therefrom
4. Attempt to commit child prostitution
 Promoting, facilitating, or
inducing child prostitution
 Acting as a procurer of a
child prostitute
 Inducing a person to be a
client of a child prostitute
by means of written or
oral advertisements or
other similar means
 Using relationship with a
child to procure her as a
prostitute
 Promoting, facilitating, or
inducing child prostitution
 Threatening or using
violence towards a child
to engage her as a
prostitute

 Giving monetary
consideration goods or
other pecuniary benefit
to a child with intent to
engage such child in
prostitution
Engaging in sexual intercourse or lascivious
conduct with a prostituted child
Deriving profit or advantage from the
prostitution of a child, whether as
manager or owner of the establishment
where the prostitution takes place
Attempt to Commit Child Prostitution
1. When any person, not being a
relative of a child, is found
alone with a child inside a room
or cubicle of a house, an inn,
hotel, motel, vessels, vehicles or
any other hidden or secluded
area under suspicious
circumstances
2. When any person is receiving
services from a child in a sauna
parlor or bath, massage clinic,
health club and similar places
 Child Trafficking

1. Trading and dealing with children

including, but not limited to
buying and selling of a child for
money, or for any other
consideration, or barter
2. Attempt to commit child
trafficking
Child Trafficking
Attempt to Commit Child Trafficking
 When a child travels alone to a
foreign country without valid
reason therefor and without
clearance issued by the DSWD
or written permit or
justification from the child's
parents or legal guardian;

 When a person, agency,

establishment or child-caring
institution recruits women or
couples to bear children for
the purpose of child
trafficking; or
Attempt to Commit Child Trafficking
 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
 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.
Child in Obscene Exhibitions
and Indecent Shows
Q: Who shall be punished?
A: Those who hire, employ, use,
persuade, induce or coerce a child
 to perform in obscene
exhibitions and indecent shows,
whether live or in video,
 model in obscene publications or
pornographic materials

AND those who sell or distribute

the said materials
Other Acts of Neglect, Abuse,
Cruelty, or Exploitation
Q: Who shall be punished?
 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,
discotheque, sauna or massage
parlor, beach and/or other
tourist resort, etc.)
Other Acts of Neglect, Abuse,
Cruelty, or Exploitation
Q: Who shall be punished?
 Any person, owner, manager
or one entrusted with the
operation of any public or
private place of
accommodation including
residential places, who allows
any person to take along with
him to such place or places
any minor
Other Acts of Neglect, Abuse,
Cruelty, or Exploitation
Q: Who shall be punished?
 Any person who shall use,
coerce, force or intimidate a
street child or any other child
to:
(1)Beg or use begging as a
means of living;
(2)Act as conduit or middlemen
in drug trafficking or pushing;
or
(3)Conduct any illegal activities
Other Features of RA 7610
 Employment of Children
RA 7610 as amended by RA 9231
 What is a child under RA 9231?

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• A person under eighteen
(18) years of age

 One who is 18 or above but

unable to fully take care or
protect oneself due to a
physical or mental disability
or condition
What is the minimum employable age?

15

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years old
When is a child below 15 employable?
The child works
directly under Work permit is obtained from DOLE
the sole
responsibility of
his/her parents Work done by the child complies with
or legal guardian the hours of work provided by law

The child’s Employer shall provide working child

employment or with access to primary and
participation secondary education
in public
entertainment No employer shall make a child work
or information during school hours or hinder access
is essential to education during school days
Hours or Work

Child is 15 or older but below 18

maximum of 8 hours a day, 40 hours a
week
should not work from 10 pm to 6 am

Child is below 15
maximum of 4 hours a day, 20 hours a week
should not work from 8 pm to 6 am
 Child Labor

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• any work or economic
activity
• performed by a child
• that subjects him or her
to any form of
exploitation
• or is harmful to his or her
health and safety or
physical, mental or
psychological
development.
 Prohibited Advertisements
No child shall be employed as a model in
any advertisement directly or indirectly
promoting:
 alcoholic beverages
or intoxicating drinks
Tobacco and its
byproducts
Gambling
Any form of violence
or pornography
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Worst Forms of Child Labor
 Slavery or practices similar

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to slavery
 Prostitution or
pornography
 Illegal or illicit activities

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 Work which is hazardous
or likely to be harmful to
the health, safety or
morals of children
Hazardous or likely to be harmful

Degrades the dignity of a

child as a human being;
Exposes child to physical,
emotional or sexual abuse, or
is found to be highly stressful
psychologically or may
prejudice morals;
Performed underground,
underwater or at dangerous
heights;
Hazardous or likely to be harmful

Involves use of dangerous

machinery, equipment and
tools;
Exposes the child to physical
danger, such as dangerous
feats of balancing, physical
strength or contortion, or
requires the manual transport
of heavy loads;
Hazardous or likely to be harmful

 Performed in an unhealthy
environment exposing the
child to hazardous working
conditions, elements,
substances, etc.;
 Performed under particularly
difficult conditions;
 Exposes the child to
biological agents; or
 Involves the manufacture or
handling of explosives and
other pyrotechnic products.
 SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
ON THE WORKING CHILD’S INCOME

Ownership Usage Administration

The wages, salaries, Primarily for his/her Child’s parents or

earnings and other support, education or guardian shall:
income of the child skills acquisition - administer the
belong to him/her in child’s income
ownership Secondarily, for the - set up Trust Fund
collective needs of the
or Savings Account
family but should not
exceed 20% of the child’s - render semi-annual
income accounting of the Trust
Fund to the DOLE
Children in Especially
Difficult Circumstances
Children in especially difficult circumstances
needing protection under RA 7610:

Children in armed
conflicts

Children refugee
Children in especially difficult circumstances
needing protection under RA 7610:

Children in conflict
with the law

Street children
Children in especially difficult circumstances
needing protection under RA 7610:

Indigenous children
Children in especially difficult circumstances
needing protection under RA 7610:

Victims of man-
made and natural
calamities

Children with
disabilities
 Who may file a complaint?
(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) Punong Barangay; or
(g) At least three (3) concerned responsible
citizens where the violation occurred.
QUESTIONS?
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