FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.No. 1652 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
"The photos on the Web sites portray no nudity and no sex, yet men by the 
thousands pay to google them - shots of preteen girls posing in bikinis and halter 
tops. 
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At Florida-based Webe Web Corp., which runs one of the largest networks of 
child-modeling sites, co-founder Marc Greenberg says he can't vouch for the 
motives of his customers. But he insists that no child featured on his sites has 
suffered any physical harm. 
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Greenberg said the girls featured on Webe Web sites wear outfits that could be 
bought at a typical mall and seen at a public beach or backyard picnic. Critics 
counter the pictures and videos of girls in swimsuits, leotards and sleepwear are 
intended to be erotic even while complying with anti-pornography laws. 
Webe Web subscribers, who pay about $20 monthly, are not able to chat online 
with the models or e-mail them directly, Greenberg said. Foley contends some sites 
do provide direct contacts between customers and children, and worries that models 
are at risk of abduction, abuse, or even murder." 1 
To prevent such commercial interests from preying on Filipino children, this bill seeks to 
prevent exploitive child modeling and employment by penalizing the display of a child's 
image through any medium, or employs a child in exploitive child modeling, with the intent 
I Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/storiesI2002/09/16/politics/main522124.sh 
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to make a financial gain thereby, without a direct or indirect purpose of marketing a product 
or service." 
, This bill was originally filed during the Fourteenth Congress, First Regular session. 
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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
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AN ACT 
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DEFINING THE CRIME OF EXPLOITIVE CHILD MODELING AND PROVIDING 
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PENALTIES THEREFOR 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shaH be known as the "Anti-Exploitive Child 
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Modeling Act." 
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SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is a policy of the State to protect the 
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physical, moral and social well-being of children. Towards this end, the State shall exert 
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efforts to prevent exploitive child modeling or employment in keeping with the fundamental 
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freedoms guaranteed under the Constitution and the Provisions of the Convention on the 
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Rights of the Child and other international human rights instruments of which the 
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Philippines is a party. 
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SECTION 3. Definition of Terms. - For the purposes of this Act, the term: 
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(A) "Exploitive child modeling" means the display of a minor through any medium 
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including, but not limited to, a website without a direct or indirect purpose of marketing a 
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product or service other than the minor. 
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(B) "Child" means any person below eighteen (18) years of age, or those eighteen 
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(18) years old or older hut are incapable of taking care of themselves, as defined under 
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Republic Act No. 7610. 
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SECTION 4. Promoting Exploitive Child Modeling or Employment; Penalties. -A 
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person is guilty of promoting exploitive child modeling or employment when he or she 
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displays the image of a child through any medium, or employs a child in exploitive child 
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modeling, with the intent to make a financial gain thereby, without a direct or indirect 
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purpose of marketing a product or service other than the image o€.a child model or 
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employing an exploitive child model. 
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Such act shall he punished by a penalty of prision correctional, or a fine ranging 
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from Ten Thousand Pesos (10,000.00) to Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00), or both, at the 
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discretion of the court, taking into consideration the circumstances of the case. 
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If the offender is a family or household member of the victim, the next higher 
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penalty shall be imposed. 
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SECTION 5. Separability Clause. - If any part hereof, is held invalid or 
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unconstitutional, the remainder of the provision not otherwise affected shall remain valid 
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and subsisting. 
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SECTION 6. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
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order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or inconsistent 
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with, the provisions ofthis Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly. 
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SECTION 7. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
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publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
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Approved. 
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