EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session
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SENATE
S.B. No. 2209
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(In substitution of SBNs. 1854 and 2068 taking into consideration SRNs.
201,423,434,487, 604 and 642)
Prepared by the Committees on Women, Children, Family Relations and 
Gender Equality, Science and Technology, and Finance with Senators 
Marcos, Hontiveros, De Lima, Angara, Binay and Pangilinan as authors
AN ACT
STRENGTHENING PROTECTIONS AGAINST ONLINE SEXUAL ABUSE AND
exploitahon of children, amending for this purpose republic
ACT NO. 9775 OR THE ANTI-CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ACT OF 2009; 
AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9995, OR THE ANTI­
PHOTO AND VIDEO VOYEURISM ACT OF 2009, PROVIDING PENALTIES 
FOR ITS VIOLATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be i enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines h 
Congress assembled:
ARTICLE I
Title, Policy, Principles and Definition of Terms
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SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Special Protectbns
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against Online Sexual Abuse and Expbitation of Children (OSAEC) Law" or the Anti-
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OSAEC Law.
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SECTION 2. Deciaratbn of State Policy and Princpies. It is the policy of the State to
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provide special protectbns to children from all forms of sexual vblence, abuse and
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expbitatbn especially those committed with the use of hformatbn and
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communbations Technobgy, provWe sanctions for their commissbn and carry out
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programs for the preventbn, deterrence and nterventbn ir situatbns of all online
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sexual abuse and expbitatbn of children. The State shall intervene on behalf of the 
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caregiver, guardian, teacher or person having care or custocy of the child. It is also
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the policy of the state to protect, rehabilitate and assist in the reintegration of
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children who have been victimized and gravely affected by the vblations committed
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against them in a manner that is gender-responsive and age-appropriate. Cultural
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sensitivity shall likewise be given due cons'deratfon, insofar as it does not contradict
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the primary aim of protecting women and children.
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The State recognizes the vital role of infomnafion and communicafions technobgy in
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the educatbn, skills and growth and devebpment of Filipino children. The State also
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recognizes the inherent right of children to freedom of expressbn wh’ich includes the
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freedom to seek, receive, and rnpart informatbn and ideas of all kinds, regardtess of
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frontiers in accordance with the rights of a child declared in the United Natbns
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Conventbn on the Rights of the Child. Further, the State is obligated to adopt the
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protective measures provided in the signed Optional Protocol to the UN Convention
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on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) on the Sate of Children, Child Prostitutbn, and
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Child Pornography. Finally, the best interests of chibren shall be the paramount
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consUeration in all actbns concerning them whether undertaken by public or private
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social welfare nstitutions, courts of law, executive agencies, law enforcement
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agencies, bcal government units, legislative bodies and private bushess enterprises
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especially those related to the online safety and protection of chibren.
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SEC. 3. Defnition of Terms.-
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A. Child- refers to a 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, expbitatbn or discriminatbn because of physbal, 
mental, intellectual or sensory dbability or condition. For the purposes of 
this act, a chib shall also refer to:
1. A person regardtess of age who is presented, depfcted or portrayed 
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2. Computer-generated, digitally or manually crafted mages, or 
graphics of a person who is represented or who Is made to appear 
to be a child as defined hereh.
B. Child Sexual Abuse - refers to any form of communicatbn through any 
platform or format, or any physical interaction between a child and any 
person when the child Is being used for any act or activity Inducing sexual 
stimulation or for the purpose of sexual gratification, regardless of the 
consent of the victim;
C. Child Sexual Exploitation - refers to child sexual abuse and/or other 
sexualized acts using children that involve an ©(change of some kind, 
including but not limited to money, affection, food, drugs, shelter, 
protection, favor or influence. It occurs where an individual or group takes 
advantage or attempts to take advantage of an imbalance of power to 
coerce, manpulate or deceive a child for sexual purposes or lewd designs, 
or into participating in or witnessing a sexual activity, even if consent 
appears to have been granted by the chid;
Or Child Sexual Abuse and Expbitathn Materials (CSAEM) - refers to any 
representatfon, whether offline, or by, through, and with the use of 
information and communications technotagy, whether visual, video, audb, 
written, or any combnation therof, by electronic, mechanical, digital, 
optical, magnetic, or any other means, depicting acts of sexual abuse or 
expbitationj
E. Content data - refers to the communication content of the communfcatbn, 
the meaning or purport of the communfcation, or the message or 
informatbn being conveyed by the communfcation, other than traffic data 
and subscriber's nformatbn;
F. Electronic money issuers - entities Issuing ebctronic money supervised by 
the Bangko Sentral ng PiTp'nas (BSP);
G. Financial intermediaries - entit'ies that facilitate financial transactbns 
between two partes, whether va ebctronic means or over-the-counter;
H. Grooming - refers to the act of adults preparing a child or someone the 
adult belteves to be a child, for sexual activity, sexual relationship.


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romantic relationship, or the production of any form of child sexual abuse 
or expbtatbn material;
I. Image-based sexual abuse - a form of technobgy-facilitated sexual 
vbtence. The term describes a pattern of behavbr involving the 
nonconsensual creatbn, distributbn, or threats to distribute, nude or 
sexual inages. It includes a diversity of behavbrs ncluding but not limited 
to 'sextortbn seams', the use of artifeial intelligence to construct 
'deepfake' pornographfc videos, threats to distribute photographs and 
videos; and the takng or sharing of sexual assault imagery;
J. Information and Communtathns Technology - shall mean the totality of 
electronfc means to access, create, collect, store, process, receive, 
transmit, present, and dfeseminate information;
K. Internet cafe or kiosk - refers to an establishment or any place or venue 
that offers or proposes to offer servfces to the public for the use of its 
computer/s or computer system for the purpose of access'ng the internet, 
computer games or related activities, including non-forma I business 
establBhments that provide internet or wifi, as well as busness 
establshments that provide internet or wFi as a secondary or additional 
servee such as hotels, restaurants, and pubfc spaces;
L Internet hotspot - refers to a physfcal bcatbn where peopte may obtain 
Internet access, typically using Wi-Fi technobgy;
M. Internet htermediaries - refers to a person or entity that provides 
infrastructure, platforms, access to, and host, transmit and index content, 
products and servfces originated by thrd parties on the internet. It 
includes among others:
1. Internet Service Prov’iders (ISPs);
2. Data processing and web hosting provWers ncluding doman name 
registrars;
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Internet search engines and portals;
4. E-commerce intermediaries;
5. Internet payment system providers; and
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N. Internet payment system provider - refers to payment systems provided 
by banks, money service business, credit card companies and other non­
bank hstfcutbns operating in the internet or any other eiectronic means, 
whether supervised by the BSP or not;
O. Internet sen/ice pmv'der - refers to a public telecommunicatbn entity 
(PTE) or value-added servbe (VAS) provider duly authorized by or 
registered with the National Telecommunicatbns Commissbn (NTC) that 
provbes users or other entities with data connectbn allowing access to 
the internet through physbal transport infrastructure, and such access is 
necessary for internet users to access content and servfces on the 
internet, and for content providers to publsh or distribute materials online;
P. Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children - refers to the use of 
the digital or anabg communication, and informatbn and communcatbns 
technobgy, as a means to abuse and expbt children sexually, wh’ich 
includes cases in which contact child abuse and/or expbitatbn offline is 
combined with an online component. This can aisc include but not limited 
to the productbn, disseminatbn and possessbn of CSAEM; online 
grooming of children for sexual purposes; sexual extortbn of children, 
sharhg rnage-based sexual abuse; commercial sexual expbfcation of 
children; exploitatbn of children through online prostitution; and live 
streamng of sexual abuse, with or without the consent of the vbtim;
Q. Pandering - refers to the act of offering, advertising, promoting, 
representing or distributing through any means any child sexual abuse or 
expbitatbn material, or any material that purports to contab any form of 
child sexual abuse or expbitatbn material, regardless of its actual content;
R. Participative network platform provider/ social media intermediary - 
refers to any person or entity that facilitates social communfcation and 
Informatbn exchange whfch are based on onl'ne technobgies such as 
web, instant messaging, or mobile technobg’ies. that enable users to 
contribute to devebp'mg, rating, collaborating and distrbuting internet 
content and devebping and customizing internet applicatbns or to 
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provides a platform or site for blogging, video-sharing, picture-sharing, 
filesharing sites, onFne gamhg or instant messaging, among others;
S. Streamhg - refers to the viewing of the broadcast of child sexual abuse 
and expbitation through the use of ‘nformation and communicafions 
technobgies, whether the v'lewer is passively watching or actively directing 
the explicit sexual activity committed against the child vctim; provided 
that it is considered as live streaming of child sexual abuse and 
expbitatbn when the broadcast occurs in real time.
T. Subscriber information - refers to any informatbn contained in the 
form of computer data or any other form that is held by a servce provider, 
relating to subscribers of its servfces other than traffic or content data and 
by whfch identity can be established, including:
1. The type of commun’icatbn servce used, the techncal provisbns 
taken in relatbn thereto and the perbd of servce;
2. The ‘identity, postal or geograph'c address, telephone and other 
access numbers, assigned network address, billing and payment 
information of the subscriber that are available on the bas'B of the 
servce agreement or arrangement; and
3. Any other availabb Information on the site of the installation of 
communication equipment, available on the basis of the servce 
agreement or arrangement.
U. Traffc Data or Non-Content Data - refers to any computer data other 
than the content of the communication including the origin, destinatbn, 
route, fme, date, size, duratbn, or type of communication of the 
underlying service.
ARTICLE II
Punishable Acts related to OSAEC
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SECTION 4. Unlawful or prohibited acts. Regardbss of the consent of the child,
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it shall be unlawful for any person to commit the foibwing acts through online
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A. To hire, emptay, use, persuade, induce, engage, or coerce a chiid to 
perform or participate 'n whatever way in the creatbn or productbn of any 
form of chiid sexuai abuse and expbitation materia i and any activity 
reiated to OSAEC;
B. To produce, direct, manufacture, faciiitate, or create any form of chiid 
sexuai abuse and expbitation materia i, or partbipate in the production, 
drection, manufacture, facilitatbn or creation in these chiid sexuai abuse 
and expbitatbn materiai;
C. To knowingiy pubish, offer, transmit, seii, distribute, broadcast, advertise, 
promote, export, or inport any form chiid sexuai abuse and expbitatbn 
materiai;
D. To possess any form of chiid sexuai abuse and expbitatbn materiai, 
provided that possessbn of three (3) or more artbies of chiid abuse and 
expbitatbn materiai is prrna face evbence of the ntent to seii, distribute, 
pubiish or broadcast;
E. To knowingiy provide a venue for the commbsbn of prohibited acts under 
this sectbn such as, but not iimited to, dens, private rooms, cubbies, 
enemas, houses, private homes, or other estabiishments;
F. For fiim distributors, theaters and ICTSS by themseives or in cooperatbn 
with other entities, to distribute any form of chiid sexuai abuse and 
expbitatbn materiai or to facilitate commissbn of OSAEC;
G. For financiai intermediarfes, to knowingiy aibw its servbes to be used for 
OSAEC
H. For a parent, guardian, prrnary caregiver, or person having custody or 
controi of a chiid to faciiitate or permit the chiid to engage, partbipate or 
assist in any form of chiid sexuai abuse and expbitation or in the 
commissbn of OSAEC;
I. For aduits to engage in the groom ng of a chiid, whbh inciudes 
communbating by means of a computer system or the nternet or sociai 
media with the chiid for the purposes of fadiitating the commissbn of 
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form of CSAEM, ptx)vided that groom ing taking place offline as a prelude 
to vbbtipns under this act shall also be penaSzed;
J. To engage in pandering of any form of CSAEM;
K. To wifully access any. form of CSAEM;
L To influence, recruit, transport, transfer, harbor, provide, or receive a child 
by any means for the purpose of committrig OSAEC;
M. To introduce or match for money, profit, or material, economic or other 
consideration a child to a foreign national or to any person for the purpose 
of committing OSAEC;
N. To advertise, publish, print, broadcast or distribute, or cause the 
advertisement, publication, printing, broadcasting or distribution by any 
means, including the use of informatbn and communfcatbn technobg'ies 
and the internet, of any brochure, flyer, or any material that promotes 
OSAEC;
O. To stream or live-stream acts of, or any form of, child sexual abuse and 
expbitatbn;
P. To willfully subscribe to, join, donate to, or support an internet address 
that hosts OSAEC or streaming and/or live streaming of child sexual abuse 
and expbitatbn;
Q. To hire, empby or pay a facilitator to stream or live stream child sexual 
abuse and expbitatbn;
R. To produce, drect, manufacture, create or facilitate the stream hg or live 
stream'ng of child sexual expbitatbn;
S. To knowingly benefit from, financial or otherwise, the commbsbn of 
OSAEC;
T. To sexual'ze children by presenfng them as objects of sexual fantasy, or 
making them conversatfonal subjects of sexual fantasfes, in any online or 
d'gital platform;
U. To attempt to commit any of the prohbited acts stated in this sectbn. 
Attempt to commit OSAEC shall be committed when the offender 
commences the commissbn of OSAEC directly or over acts, and does not 
perform all the acts of executbn which should produce the febny by
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Provided, that the acts of online sexual abuse or expbftation of children as defined
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in this Act shall be without prejudice to appropriate investigaton and prosecution
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under Republic Act No. 9208 as amended, and other related bws.
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SECTION 5. Sectbn 4 of RA 9995 or the Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act of
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2009, is hereby amended as foBows:
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"Sectbn 4. Prohibited Acts. It is hereby prohibited and declared unlawful for
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any person:
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The prohbitbn under paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) shall apply notwithstanding
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that consent to record or take photo or v'deo coverage of the same was given
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by such person/s. FURTHER. WHEN THE PERSON/S INVOLVED IN THE
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PROHIBITIONS PROVIDED UNDER THIS LAW IS A CHILD. CONSENT
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OF SUCH CHILD SHALL BE IMMATERIAL AND MAY NOT BE USED AS
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DEFENSE IN ANY OF THE PARAGRAPHS. Any person who vblates thb
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provisbn shall be iabb for photo or vbeo voyeurism as defhed herein."
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SECTION 7. Syndicated child sexual abuse or exploitation. The crime of child 
sexual abuse or expbitation is deemed committed by a synd'icate if carrfed out by a 
group of three (3) or more persons conspiring or confederating with one another.
SECTION 8. Large-scale child sexual abuse or exploitation. If the crime was 
committed against three (3) or more persons, it shall be considered large-scab child 
sexual abuse or expbitatbn.
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SECTION 9. Safe Harbor Exception. - Access, possessbn and recording of any
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with requisite ethical clearance, shall not be considered as a vblatbn of this Act.
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SECTION 10. Self-generated CSAEM. In cases of self-gene rated CSAEM, the
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child producng the sexualized materials shall be considered a victim and not an
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offender. The chib vbtim shall be accorded the necessary treatment and servfces
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under this Act and in exBfng laws.
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ARTICLE III.
Prosecution and investigation of cases
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SECTION 11. Initiation of investigation. Law enforcement agencfes are
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mandated to immediately initiate investigation and counter-OSAEC-intelligence
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gathering upon receipt of statements or affidavits from vbt'ms of OSAEC, or ther
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familfes, and other persons who have knowledge or informatbn about vblatbns of
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this act, incbding the private sector.
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Agencfes that receive complaints of vblations of this law shall develop both online
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and face-to-face reporting mechanisms that are gender-sensitive, age-appropriate
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and culturally sensitive to chibren, especially girls.
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In nvestigating vblations of this Act involving the use of the internet and other
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digital platforms, a law enforcement offfcer may, upon a written order from the
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regbnal trial court, track, intercept, view, monitor, surveil, listen to, and record by
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technbal or efectronfa means, any communbatbns, informatbn or messages,
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including the procurement of content data, transmitted by means of a computer
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system involving at least one person reasonably believed to have committed
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vblatbns under this Act.
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enforcement officer, who shall be examined under oath or affirmatbn, and the
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committed, or is being committed, or is about to be committed; (2) that there are
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reasonable grounds to believe that evidence that will be obtained is essential to the
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conviction of any person for, or to the solutbn of, or to the preventbn of, any such
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crbies; and (3) that there are no other means readil/ availabte for obtaining such
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The Order shall only be effective for the bngth of time determined by the court,
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which shall not exceed a perbd of ten (10) days from its issuance. The court issuing
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the Order may, upon motbn, extend its effectivity based only on justifiable reasons
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for a perbd not exceeding ten (10) days from the expiratbn of the original perbd.
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VbtBTis of OSAEC who record the act of expbitatbn, abuse or vblence against
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him/her shall not be liable under the provisbns of Republic Act No. 4200, or the
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Anti-Wiretapping Act, and Republic Act No. 10175, or the Cybercrime Prevention Act
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SECTION 12. Prosecution. Offenses punishable under this Act are public crimes.
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Any person who has personal knowbdge of the commissbn of any offense under
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this Act, such as the vfctim-survivor, the parents, spouse, sblings, bgal guardian,
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officer or social worker or representative of a Ibensed child-caring institution, offber
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or social worker of the Department of Social Welfare and Devebpment (DSWD),
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barangay chairperson, at least three (3) concerned citizens where the vblatlon
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occurred, may fib a complant under this Act.
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SECTION 13. Venue. A criminal actbn arisng from a vblation of this Act shall be
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filed where the offense was committed, or where any of its etements occurred, or
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where the vbtin-survivor actually res'des at the time of the commissbn of the
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offense: provbed, that the court where the crininal action is first filed shall acquire
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jurbdictbn to the exclusion of other courts. Where the victim-survivor is still a minor
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at the time of trial, the case shall be heard 'n the chamber of the regbnal trial court
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SECTION 14. Affidavit of desistance. Cases involving OSAEC should not be
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dismissed based on the affriavit of desistance executed by the victims or their
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parents or legal guardians. Public and private prosecutors are directed to vigorously
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oppose and manifest objectfons to motions for dismissal. Attempts to unduly
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pressure the complainant to execute an affidavit of desistance shall be punishable
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under this Act.
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SECTION 15. Immediate protection of children victims. In cases 'mvolv'ng a
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child, he or she shall immediately be placed under the protective custody of the
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Department of Social Welfare and Devebpment (DSWD), pursuant to R.A. No. 7610.
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administrative, civil or criminal liability. Custody proceedings shall be h accordance
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with the provbbns of Pres'dential Decree No. 603.
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The child and his/her family members shall be entitbd to protectbn as well as
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preferential entitbment to the rights and benefits of witnesses under R.A. No. 6981,
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otherwise known as "The Witness Protectbn, Security and Benefit Act", provbed
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that the family members possess all the qualifications and none of the
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dEquaffbafions under the sab law.
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The child shall also be consbered as a vbtim of a vbtent crime defined under
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Sectbn 3(d) of R.A. No. 7309, otherwise known as "An Act Creafng a Board of
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Claims under the Department of Justbe for Vctims of Unjust Imprisonment or
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Detentbn and Vfctims of Vbbnt Crimes and for Other Purposes", so that the chib
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may claim compensation therein.
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SECTION 16. Referral pathway for OSAEC cases. There shall be an organized
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and unified referral pathway for reporting, detecting, investigafng, prosecuting and
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provbing of aftercare assistance and support n OSAEC cases. The National
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Coordinatng Center against Online Sexual Abuse and Expbitation of Children (NCC-
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centered and trauma-informed protocols for referring OSAEC cases and recording
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and maintaining a unified database for the purpose of tracking and updafng the
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status and stages of hvestigatbn and prosecution of the same, consistent with
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existing laws on the protectbn of the welfare of children. The NC-OSAEC shall also
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devebp a feedback mechanism for vbfm-survivors who have accessed the servbes
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VB this pathway.
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SECTION 17. Confidentiality. All records and proceedings involving children from
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the initial contact until the final disposition of the case shall be considered privileged
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and confidential. The public shall be excluded during the proceedings and the
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records shall not be disclosed directly or indirectly to anyone by any of the partes or
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the partbipants in the proceedings for any purpose whatsoever. It Is prohibited to
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divulge the name of the child or any other informatbn tending to establish his or
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her identity. Where the testimony of the child is necessary, it shall be taken in
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accordance with A.M. no. 004-07-SC or the Rules on the Examinatbn of the Child
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Witness.
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Any form of child sexual abuse or exploitatbn material that is part of the court
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records shall be subject to a protectbn order that provbes as folbws:
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1. Any form of child sexual abuse and expbitation mater's I may be vfewed only
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by the parties, their counsel, the'r expert witness, and guardian ad Btem;
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2. Neither form of child sexual abuse and expbitation mater'Bl nor any portion
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thereof shall be divulged to any other person, except as necessary for
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investigatbn, prosecutbn, or trial;
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3. No person shall be granted access to any form of child sexual abuse and
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expbitatbn material unless he/she signs a writer affirmatbn that he/she has
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read a copy of the protectbn order; that he/she submits to the jur'Bdiction of
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the court with respect to the protective order; and that, in case of violation
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It shall be unlawful for any editor, publfeher, reporter or colimnist In case of printed
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materials, announcer, producer or socal media influencer or content creator, in case
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of television and radb broadcasting and digital media, and producer and director of
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the film in case of the movie industry, to cause any undue publicity that may result
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in the further sufferhg of the child. Any person or agency involved in the reporthg,
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investigatbn or trial of cases under this Act shall ref ran from any act or statement
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that may be construed as blamng the vfctim or placing responsibility on the victim
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for the offense committed against them.
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SECTION 18. Reasonable Accommodation for Children with Disabilities.
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The IX)J and the DSWD shall devebp guidelines, wfchin ninety (90) days from
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finalizatbn of the Implementing Rules and Regulatbns of this Act and pursuant to
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the UN Conventbn of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, for the provision, as far
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as practcabb, of necessary and appropriate modiffcation and adjustments across all
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stages of case management of OSAEC cases to ensure children with disabilitfes will
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have access to justce.
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The Supreme Court, in accordance with its rules and the UN Convention on the
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Rights of Persons with Disabilifies, shall issue gu We lines for the provBbn, as far as
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practbabb, of necessary and appropriate modiffcation and adjustments across all
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ARTICLE III
Duties and Obligations of the Private Sector
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SECTION 19. Duties of internet intermediaries. Internet intermediaries,
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including but not limited to ntemet service provWers, internet content hosts, onlne
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intermediary hosting services, financial intermediaries, electronic money issuers, as
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well as any and all technolog’ies, current or future, that give access to, host, transmit
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and index content originated by third parfies or provWe Internet-based services to
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preservation of evidence, including the provisbn of subscriber Information and/or
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traffic data of any person or subscriber who has committed, Is committing, or Is
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attempting to commit any vblatbn of this Act upon formal request of duly
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authorized law enforcement bodes with no need of warrant and in accordance with
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due process, adopt h their terms of serv’ice or servfce agreements with third-party
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users or creators of content, products and servfces the prohibition of any form of
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CSAEM or any conduct of streaming or live-streaming of the same'm the use of their
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website, platform, server or facility, shall take measures as far as practfcabfe to
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immediately restrict access to, restrict the streaming of, or take down, CSAEM, and
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1. notify the Philippine Natbnal Police (PNP) or the Natbnal Bureau of 
Investigation (NBI) within forty eight (48) hours from receipt of 
information that any form of child sexual abuse or expbitation is being 
committed using its server or facility, or is likely be'ng committed using 
its server or facility based on, among others, traffic analysis and 
observed sudden surges b usage;
2. bbck child sexual abuse or expbitatbn material or the streamng or 
live-streaming of a child sexually abused or exploited within twenty 
four (24) hours from receipt of notfce containing suffb’ient information 
to "identify the content and its source, provided that if the information 
conta’ned in the notice points to a tegitimate website where the 
bbcking thereof may result to blocking of legitimate contents therein, 
the ISPs shall have the obligation to inform the PNP or NBI within the 
same period of such fact; provided finally that failure of the ISPs to 
bbck any form of chib abuse and expbitation materials or the 
stream'ng and/or live streaming of chib sexual expbitation within 
twenty four (24) hours from receipt of notice as described above, 
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3. notwithstanding the provisions of Republic Act No. 10175 and in 
accordance with the provisbns of R.A No. 10173, furnish, upon the 
written request of the PNP or the NBI, prosecutors, or the courts, with 
no need of warrant, and in relatbn to a case o' OSAEC pending before 
their offbe, the subscrber hformatbn and/or traffic data of any person 
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ga'ned or attempted to gain access to an ntemet address or 
internet applicatbn containing any form of child sexual abuse or 
expbitatbn materials,
ii. or facilitated the commissbn of OSAEC;
iii. or conducted the streaming or live-streaming of child sexual 
abuse or expbitatbn;
Provided, that the Issuance of warrant is required to provide the 
authorifies described above with content data;
4. preserve for at bast six (6) months, or during the pendency of the 
case, the rebvant evidence in its possessbn for the purpose of 
investigatbn and prosecutbn of OSAEC cases, prov'ided that ISPs shall 
manta in bgs of each and every subscriber and the IP address 
assigned to each and every subscribed at a given date and time, and 
provided further that the six month perbd shall be reckoned from 
receipt of notce containing sufficbnt informatbn to 'identify the 
content and Is source;
5. devebp and adopt a set of systems and procedures for preventing, 
bbcking, detecting, and reporting of OSAEC committed within their 
platforms, which are compatble with the servfces and products they 
offer, including the maintenance and management of an updated list of 
URLs containing child sexual abuse and expbitation material by 
partnering with organizations that maintain the most comprehensive 
list of URLs with CSAEM, and those with hashes of the same, such as 
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governance practice and processes, such as the Child Rghts and 
Business Princpies devebped by the UNICEF;
7. establfeh high privacy setting as default safety and privacy settings for 
children, and where practfcable and necessary, adopt age-verfcation 
controls and protocols to restrct their access to materials within the 
purview of Sectbn 3.c.iv. of Presidential Decree No. 1986;
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intermediary - Al particpative network platform provider/social media 
intermediary shall:
1. Not host any form of child sexual abuse or expbitation materials or any 
conduct of streaming and/or live-streaming of child sexual abuse or 
expbitatbn on its htemet address;
2. notify the PNP or the NBI within forty eight (48) hours from receipt of 
informatbn that any form of child sexual abuse or expbfation Is being 
commuted using its server or facility, or is likely behg committed using 
its server or facility, provided that In the case of foreign servce 
providers, reports filed in compliance with an obligation to report 
CSAEM under the laws of their jurisdfction shall be deemed compliance 
with this provisbn;
3. bbck and/or remove the existence of child sexual abuse or exploitation 
material or the streaming or live-streaming of a child sexually abused 
or expbited, within twenty four (24) hours from recept of notce 
containing sufficient informatbn to identify the content and its source, 
provided that failure of the online intermediary hosting servfces to 
bbck or remove any form of child abuse and expbitation materials or 
to block the streaming and/or live streaming of child sexual abuse or 
expbitatbn material within twenty four (24) hours from receipt of 
not'ice as described above shall be prima facie evidence of willful 
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4. notwithstanding the provisions of Republic Act No. 10175, or the 
Cybercrime Preventbn Act of 2012 and in accordance with the 
provisions of R.A. No. 10173, or the Data Privacy Act of 2012, furnish 
upon the written request of the PNP or the NBI, investigating 
authorities, prosecutors, or the courts, with no need of warrant, and in 
relation to a case of OSAEC pending before their office, the subscriber 
information and/or traffc data, of any person who -
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gained or attempted to gain access to an intemet address or 
internet application containing any form of child sexual abuse or 
expbitafion materials,
ii. or facilitated the commiss'ion of OSAEC;
Hi. or conducted the streaming or live-streaming of child sexual 
abuse or expbitatbn.
5. preserve for at bast six (6) months, or during the pendency of the 
case, the rebvant evidence in its possessbn for the purpose of 
investigation and prosecution of OSAEC cases, provbed that the six 
month period is reckoned from receipt of notfce containing suffbbnt 
information to ‘identify the content and its source;
6. devebp and adopt a set of systems and procedures for preventing, 
bbcking, detecting, and reporting of OSAEC committed within their 
platforms, which are compatble wfch the ser\'lces and products they 
offer, ‘ncluding the maintenance and management of an updated list of 
URLs containing child sexual abuse and expbitafion material by 
partnering with organizations that maintain the most comprehensive 
list of URLs with CSAEM, and those with hashes of the same, such as 
the Intemet Watch Foundation;
7. adopt and integrate child protection standards h their corporate 
governance practice and processes, such as the Child Rights and 
Bus'ness Princpbs devebped by the UNICEF;
8. establ'Bh high privacy settng as default safety and privacy settings for 
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- In additbn to the dutfes speciffed for hternet intermediaries as 
appibable to ntemet payment system prov'riers, any person who has 
drect knowledge of any OSAEC financial activity shall have the duty to 
report any suspected OSAEC-related activity or transactbn to the law 
enforcement agenc'ies and the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), 
within seven (7) days from discovery thereof. The Department of Interior 
and Local Government (DILG) and AMLC shall promulgate, within 90 days 
from the effectivity of this Act, the necessary rubs and reguiatbns for the 
implementatbn of this provisbn.
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Regulations of this Act, the Department of Information and 
Communbatbns Technobgy (DICT), through the National 
Tebcommunbations Commission (NTC), shall promulgate the necessary 
rubs and regubtions for the impbmentatbn of this provision whbh shall 
include, among others, the devebpment and adaptbn of systems and 
procedure and installation of technology or software that will block 
websites containing OSAEC and streaming and/or live streamng of child 
sexual abuse and expbitatbn.
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to engage in the monitoring of any user, subscriber or customer, or the 
content of any communbatbn of any such person.
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and kiosks, money transfer and remittance centers, transport services,
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tourism enterprises, maiis, and other business estabiishments open and
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NBI, within forty eight (48) hours from obtaining facts and circumstances, that a
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child sexual abuse or expbitation or OSAEC is being committed within their
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premises: Provided, That there is a prtna facie knowledge by the owners/operators
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and owners or lessors of other business establishments that a vbtatbn of this Act is
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being committed in their premises. Internet cafes, hotspots, and kbsks as well as
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establishments offering wifi and other analogous serv'ices shall install and update
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programs and software designed to detect sexually explicit activities involving
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children, and ensure that access to or transmittal of such materials will be bbcked or
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filtered. These establishments shall promote awareness against OSAEC and
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traffick’ng in persons through clear and visible signages in both Englfeh and the bcal
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detect, with local and national hotlines posted within their facilities. Money transfer
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and remittance centers shall require Individuals transacting with them to present
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valid government idenfficatbn cards.
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SECTION 22. Non-appUcabiUty. - The duty and obligatbn of private entities as
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provided in this Act to notify law enforcers, to preserve evidence and to provide the
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necessary informatbn requested by law enforcers, prosecutors and other
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investigative bodies through proper processes and performed in good faith shall not
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be construed as a vblatbn of Republic Act 10173, or the Data Privacy Act of 2012
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and/or Repubfc Act 10175, or the Cybercrime Preventbn Act of 2012.
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SECTION 23. Effect of mutual legal assistance treaties. - In case there Is an
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exisfng mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT) between the Philippines and the
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country of origin of a foreign corporation subject to the provbbns of this Act, the
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MLAT shall apply and requests by law enforcement treaties shall be coursed through
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ARTICLE IV.
PENALTIES
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SECTION 24. Penalties. The foibwing penalties and sanctbns are hereby
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suffer the penalty of life mprlsonment and a fine of not less than Two million
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pesos (PhP2,000,000,00) but not 
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(PhP5/000,000.00)/ provided that if he or she is a government empbyee he
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or she shall be held administratively liable, without prejudce 
to cr'minal
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liability under this Act. The concerned government offbial or employee shall,
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upon convfctbn, be dismissed from the servfce and be barred permanently to
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hold public office. His or her retirement and other benefits shall likewise be
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forfeited
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B. Any person who vblates Sectbn 14 thereof shall suffer the penalty of
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imprisonment of not less than six months to not more than six years and a
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fine of not less than Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (PhP500,000.00) to not
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more than One Million Pesos (PhPl,000,000.00), provided that if he or she Is
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a government empbyee he or she shall be 
held administrativel/ liable,
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this Act. The concerned
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government official or empbyee may, upon convctbn, be dismissed from the
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servce and be barred permanently to hold public offce. His or her retirement
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and other benefits shaO likewise be forfeited;
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C. Any person who vblates Sectbn 17 thereof shall suffer the penafcy of
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rnprisonment of not less than six months to not more than six years and a
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fine of not less than Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (PhP500,000.00) to not
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more than One Million Pesos (PhPl,000,000.00), provided that if he or she Is
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a government empbyee he or she shall be 
held administratively Ibble,
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without prejudce to criminal liability under this Act. The concerned
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government official or empbyee may, upon convctbn, be dismissed from the
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servce and be barred permanently to hold public office. His or her retirement
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and other benefits shaO likewise be forfeited;
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penalty of a fine of not tess than Two Million Pesos (PhP2,000,000.00) but not
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more than Five Million Pesos (PhP5,000,000.00) for the first offense. In case
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revocatbn of franchise and license to operate. Without prejudice to the 
criminal liability of the person or persons wilfully refusing to perform the 
responsibilities under secfion 9 of this act, juridical persons owning or 
managing the aforementbned enterprises shall be subsidiarily liable, and their 
license or permit to operate may be revoked. Willful and btentbnal vblatbns 
of Sectbn 18, 19 and 20 are subject to the penates under Sectbn 4;
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prosecutbn of the offense shall be in accordance with the Juvenile Justbe and
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Welfare Act of 2006 and he or she shall be accorded the appropriate treatment and
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SECTION 26. Juridical persons, if the offender is a juridbal person, the penalty
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shall be rnposed upon the owner, manager, partner, member of the board of
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directors and/or any responsible offber who participated in the commissbn of the
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crime or shaO have knowingly permitted or fated to prevent its commissbn.
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SECTION 27. Alien offenders. If the offender is a foreigner, he or she shall be
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permanently barred from reentering.
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SECTION 28. OSAEC Protection Trust Fund. All proceeds of fines collected from
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the imposition of penalties for vblations of this Act shall form part of an OSAEC
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Protectbn Trust Fund whbh shall be allocated for programs on OSAEC and servfces
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prov'ded to child victims and admnistered by DSWD. This fund may also constitute
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as part of the budget of the NCC-OSAEC. In addition to the penalty imposed for the
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vblation of this Act, the court shall order the confiscatbn and forfeiture in favor of
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the government of all the proceeds, tools and instruments used in the commissbn of
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the crime, unless they are the property of a thrd person not liable for the unlawful
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ARTICLE V
Duties and Obligations of the Public Sector
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SECTION 29. National Coordination Center Against OSAEC. - There shall be
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a natbnal coordination center against OSAEC (NCC-OSAEC) bdged under the Inter-
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Agency Council Against Trafficking (lACAT) formed under R.A. No. 9208 as
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amended. The lACAT shall retah its compositbn and functions as provided under
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RA No. 9208 with the additional mandate of addressing cases falling under this Act,
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and the additbn of the Secretary of the Department of Educatbn and the Secretary
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of the Department of Informatbn and Communicatbn Technobgy as members of
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the lACAT. The NCC-OSAEC, under the directbn of the lACAT, shall devebp and
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implement the necessary programs that will prevent commissbn of OSAEC, as well
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as protect, heal and reintegrate the child into the mainstream of society. Such
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a) Provtsbn of mandatory servces incbding emergency shelter or 
appropriate housing hcluding foster care or kinship care 
arrangements, counseling, free tegal servfces, medbal or 
psychobgbal servfces, as well as support servfces including 
community-based rehabilitation, livelihood and skills training, 
educatbnal assistance to the child, sustained supervisbn and folbw- 
through mechanisms that will track the progress of recovery, 
rehabBitation, and reintegratbn of the child;
b) Sponsorship of a national research program on OSAEC and the 
establBhment of a data collect bn system for monitoring and 
evaluation purposes;
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aimed at promoting a working understanding of the law and situating 
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d) Devebpment of a monitoring and data collection system or database, 
for purposes of ensuring efficient collection ard storage of data on all 
OSAEC cases, including
a. the number of cases being investigated, submitted for 
prosecutbn, dropped, fifed and/or are pending before the 
courts, as well as the number of convfetbns and acquittals;
b. the profife/’nformatbn on each case;
c. the number of v'ictims of OSAEC referred to the agency by 
countries/area and by area of origin; and
d. disaggregated data on OSAEC v’ictims and the 
accused/defendants as to gender, age and nationality.
e) Establishment of a point-of-contact and coordination system with 
international organizations for the receipt of cyber-tipline reports on 
CSAEM;
f) Promotion of informatbn, awareness and education campaigns 
regarding safe and responsbie use of the Internet in rebtbn to 
OSAEC to educate the public, including chfldren.
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shall be headed by an executive director, who shall be appo'nted by the lACAT. The
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executive drector must have adequate knowledge on, training and experience in the
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phenomenon of and ’issues involved in OSAEC and in the field of law, law
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enforcement, ICT, social work, and child protection. The executive director shall be
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under the supervisbn of the lACAT and shall perform the folbwhg functions:
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objectives, policies, plans and programs of the NCC-OSAEC, ’ncluding those
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implementatbn of objectives, polb’ies, plans and programs;
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pofcies, plans and programs;
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SECTION 31. Local governments. - Local governments shall pass an
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ordinance to bcalize efforts against OSAEC, take account bcal culture and norms,
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institutionalize community-based initiatives that address OSAEC at the barangay
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tevel, establsh OSAEC prevention programs that arn to educate families against
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OSAEC, and provbe a holistb bcal program for rehabilitatbn and reintegration
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under the bcal social welfare and development office, ’including support and
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protectbn for victims and survivors.
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SECTION 32. Blacklisting of alien OSAEC offenders. - In coordination with the
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DFA, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and the DOJ shall ensure that all convicted
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offenders of OSAEC or similar or equivatent crimes ’n other jur'isdbtions, or those
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aliens reported to or being monitored by Philippine law enforcement authoritfes for
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conducting OSAEC activities shall not be allowed entry in the Philippines. In addition
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to its data system collection and database functions under Sectbn 30, the NCC-
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OSAEC shall create and maintain an updated reg’Btry of blacklisted aliens based on
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the information from DFA, BI and the DOJ.
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SECTION 33. Age verification protocols. All online provbers of adut content
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verification controls and protocols by ntemet intermediarfes that may be put in
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piace in order to restrfct the access of chikJren to materials within the purv'iew of
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Sectbn 3.c.iv. of PresidentsI Decree No. 1986, with the end in v’lew of promuigating
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rubs and regulations to this effect. Sab rubs and regubtions govemng the
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adoptbn of an anonymous age veriffcatbn process shall be promulgated not bter
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than eighteen (18) months after the passage of this Act. Nothing in this provisbn
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shall be construed as an exemptbn to the provisions of R.A. No. 10173 or the Data
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Privacy Act of 2012.
ARTICLE VI 
Final Provisions
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SECTION 34. OSAEC as a Transnational Crime. - Pursuant to the Convention
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on transnational Organized Crime, the Department of Justce (DOJ) may execute the
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request of a foreign state for assistance in the investigation or prosecution of any
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form of child sexual abuse or expbitation by: (1) conducting a prelinbary
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investigatbn against the offender and, if approprSte, to file the necessary charges in
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court; (2) giving informatbn needed by the foreign state; and (3) to apply for an
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order of forfeiture of any proceeds or monetary instrument or properly bcated In the
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Philippines used in connection with CSAEM in the court; Provided, That if the DOJ
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refuses to act on the request of for deby’ng the executbn
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thereof: Provided, further. That the pr’ncipbs of mutuality and reciprocity shall, for
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this purpose, be at all times recognized.
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SECTION 35. Extra-territorial jurisdiction. The Philippines shall exercee
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jurisdictbn over any act defined and penalized under this Act, even if committed
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outsbe the Philippines and whether or not such act or acts constitute an offense at
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the place of commissbn, if the offense, beng a continuing offense:
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government, in accordance with jurisdiction recognized by the Philippines, has
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prosecuted or is prosecuting such person for the conduct constituting such offense,
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except upon the approval of the Secretary of Justce.
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SECTION 36. Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance. -The DOJ shall be the
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central authority for all requests for extraditbn and mutual legal assistance b all
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bgal matters: Provided, That the government may surrender or extradite person or
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persons accused or convfcted of child sexual abuse or expbitatbn h the Philippines
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pursuant to the extraditbn law and applfcable extraditbn treaty. For this purpose,
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the DOJ shall make and receive requests for mutual legal assistance in cr’minal
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matters from a foreign State relative to the investigation or prosecution o, and/or
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related criminal proceedings to, any form of chib sexual abuse or expbitation and
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execute or arrange for the executbn of such request for assistance. In case there Is
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an existng treaty on mutual bgal assistance between the Philippines and the
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requesting foreign State, the provisbns of that treaty shall apply.
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SECTION 37. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The members of the
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lACAT shall constitute itself as the Imptementing Rules and Regulatbns Committee
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with the Department of Social Welfare and Devebpment and the Department of
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Justce as the bad agencbs, and with the inclusbn of the Department of Educatbn,
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Department of Information and Communcatbns Technology, Department of the
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Interbr and Local Government, Department of Tourism, National Privacy
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Commissbn, National Tebcommuncations Commissbn and the Anti-Money
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Launderng Council, and two non-government organizations on children's rights, to
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promulgate rubs and regubtions of the effective inplementatbn of this Act The IRR
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committee shall promulgate the rules and regubtions within six (6) months from the
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effectivity of this Act. Such rules and regubtions shall take effect upon their
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SECTION 38. Appropriations. - The amount of One Hundred Million Pesos 
(PhPlOO,000,000) is hereby authorized to be appropriated In the General 
Appropriations Act of the year foibwing its enactment hto law for the Initial 
organizations and operations of the NCC-OSAEC. There is likewise established an 
Endowment Fund whfch shall be self-sustaining and shall consist of contributions, 
donatbns, grants, or bans from domestb and foreign sources.
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SECTION 39. Separability Clause. - If any provisbn of this Act is declared 
invalid or unconstitutbnal, the remaning provisbns not affected thereby shall 
continue in full force and effect.
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SECTION 40. Amending and repealing clause. - All laws, decrees, or rubs
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inconsistent with the provisions of this Acts are hereby repeabd or modifbd
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accordingly. Sectbn 4.C.1 of Republ'ic Act No. 10175 is hereby repeabd. All cases
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involving viobtbns of Republ'ic Act No. 9775 that have an online component shall be
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prosecuted under th's Act and shall be referred to the NCC-OSAEC. All cases
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involving vblatbns of Republic Act No. 9775 with no onl're component shall be
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referred to the Inter-Agency Council against Child Pornography (lACACP). The lACAT
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may likewise refer to the NCC-OSAEC pending 'investigations of vblatbns of Republic
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Act No. 9208 as amended, where OSAEC is 'involved.
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SECTION 41. Effectivity Clause. -Th'5 Act shall take effect upon compbtion of
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its pubibation in at bast two (2) national newspapers of general crculatbn.
Approved,
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