Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ____ 
Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Constitution, Article XV, Section 3 (2), provides that, “The State shall defend the 
right of children to assistance including proper care and nutrition, and special 
protection from all forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty, exploitation, and other conditions 
prejudicial to their development.” 
Many children, who run away from home fall prey to pornography and prostitution, 
suffer from a dependency on alcohol and drugs, and become juvenile offenders, have 
been victims of child abuse. Disturbing increases have occurred in recent years in the 
number of children who are abused by persons who have previously committed crimes 
of child abuse. 
Research has shown that child abuse tends to repeat itself, and many parents who 
abuse their children were once victims themselves.  In recognition of the increase of 
cases of child abuse, the Department of Social Welfare and Development, other 
established government agencies and non-governmental organizations receive and 
maintain data relating to cases to cases of abuse.  The purpose is to enable the 
government to use this information in its effort to mitigate the child abuse problem in 
the country. 
However, there exists no centralized national source through which a law enforcement 
agency can obtain data relating to persons who have committed crimes of child abuse. 
Hence, this bill seeks to require government agencies and non-governmental 
organizations to register all offenders convicted of any acts involving child abuse with 
the Department of Justice. 
LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR. 
August 3, 2023
12:01 pm
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ____ 
Introduced by HON. LUIS RAYMUND “LRAY” F. VILLAFUERTE, JR. 
AN ACT 
REQUIRING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND NON-GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 
TO REGISTER ALL OFFENDERS CONVICTED OF ANY ACT INVOLVING CHILD 
ABUSE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known as the “National Child Abuser 
Registration Act.” 
Sec. 2. Definitions. – For purposes of this Act, the term: 
(A)
“Child” means a person who is a child for the purposes of pertinent criminal
child abuse laws.
(B)
“Child abuse” means the physical, psychological, or emotional injuring, sexual
abuse or exploitation, neglectful treatment, or maltreatment of a child by any
person.
(C)
“Child abuser information” means the following facts concerning a person who
has violated any criminal child abuse law.  The facts shall contain the following:
(1)
Name, social security number, age, race, sex, date of birth, height,
weight, hair and eye color, address of legal residence, and a brief
description of the crime or crimes committed by the offender; and
(2)
Any other information that the National Bureau of Investigation and other
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related agencies determine may be useful in identifying child abusers. 
 
Sec. 3. Purposes. – The purposes of this Act are – 
 
(A) 
To establish a national system through which current, accurate information 
concerning persons who commit crimes of child abuse can obtained from a 
centralized source;  
(B) 
To assist in the prevention of second incidents of child abuse by providing 
information about persons who have been convicted of a crime of child abuse 
to organizations whose primary concern is that of child welfare and care; 
(C) 
To understand the problem of child abuse by providing statistical and 
informational data to the Department of Justice, the Congress, and other 
interested parties. 
 
Sec. 
4. 
Reporting 
by 
Government 
Agencies 
and 
Non-Government 
Organizations. – 
 
(A) 
In General. – A child abuse information repository may report child abuser 
information to the Department of Justice. 
(B) 
Guidelines. – The Justice Secretary shall establish guidelines for the reporting 
of child abuser information, including procedures for carrying out the purposes 
of this Act. 
(C) 
Annual Summary. – The Secretary shall publish an annual statistical summary 
of the child abuser information, including procedures for carrying out the 
purposes of this Act. 
 
Sec. 5. Separability Clause. – If any provision or part hereof, is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law of the provision not otherwise affected shall 
remain valid and subsisting. 
 
Sec. 6. Repealing Clause. – Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to, or 
inconsistent with, the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified, or amended 
accordingly. 


 
 
Sec. 7. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in 
at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
 
Approved,