FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
) 
SENATE 
S.B. 1131 
Introduced by Senator Manny Villar 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Revised Penal Code, Republic Act 9208 and Republic Act 9262 are the 
existing laws under which prostitution are addressed and trafficked women and children 
can seek recourse. 
The existence of such statutes notwithstanding, the Coalition Against Trafficking 
in Women-Asia Pacific (CATW-AP) estimates that 300,000 women are prostituted or 
engaged in prostitution in the country and another 75,000 children are forced into the 
trade. 1 
But the plight of victims of sexual servitude trade is deplorable. In a transaction 
, 
of 700 pesos for sexual services, Php 300 goes to the pimps while the women, if they 
are lucky, 'will get the rest of the cash. Most often, these pimps would sell these 
women for a much higher price and keep the money for themselves. 2 
The National 
Commission on the Role of Filipino Women, in a study, validated the same by citing 
that 2/3 or more of the "income" of women engaged in prostitution go to the pimps and 
owners of bars/establishments.3 
The dastard acts involve in the trade as well as the unpleasant experiences of 
women, and children, and even of men, in the sexual servitude, as documented, leave 
painful sting and set society in imbalance. 
This legislation is submitted with the following objectives: 
1. ) 
To give meaning and to honour the various the international instruments of 
which the Philippines is a signatory, particularly, the Universal Declaration on Human 
Rights, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, 
Convention on the Rights of the Child, Convention Against Transnational Organized 
Crime including its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, 
Especially Women and Children, and other international human rights instruments. 
The measure declares its commitment to end the continuing sexual exploitation of 
women, men, and children and all forms of gender-based violence by creating an 
enabling environment where the human rights of women and children are promoted, 
protected and, and fulfilled. 
2.) 
It recognizes prostitution as a human rights violation that calls for 
coordination and sustained response from all agencies of government as well as non-
governmental organizations that comprehensively addresses the factors that perpetuate 
sexual exploitation. 
1 "Keeping the Flame Alive" by Lara Parpan, m~rie claire, Philippine Edition, November 2007 
2 "Women in Prostitution Live In Constant Fear .. OJ, Coalition Against Traffickmg in Women~Asia Pacific (CA TW-AP) 
3 As cited in the CA TW-AP document 


3.) 
It recognizes that women and children are systematically victimized by 
and in the system of prostitution and must, therefore, be given protection and support by 
the State, instead of being treated as offenders; 
, 
4.) 
'It recognizes that eliminating prostitution is essential for women and 
children to genuinely and meaningfully participate in nation-building; and 
5.) 
It recognizes that the law on vagrancy has outlived its usefulness and that 
vagrants should be looked upon not as a common criminals but as victims of their ill 
circumstance. 
With the introduction of this legislation, I am recommending the public discussion 
on important concerns, namely, prostitution and, vagrancy and the appropriate carrying 
out of a public policy that would best protect our women and children. 
Early cognizance of this bill is earnestly sought. 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
) 
) 
) 
SENATE 
S.B. 1131 
Introduced by Senator Manny Villar 
AN ACT 
PROMOTING THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE FOR WOMEN, CHILDREN AND 
OTHER OPPRESSED SECTOR, ESTABLISHING FOR THE PURPOSE AN 
OMNIBUS FRAMEWORK TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF PROSTITUTION, 
SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ITS VICTIMS, HIGHER PENALTIES FOR 
PERPETRATORS AND PROMOTERS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enC!cted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as 'The Anti-Prostitution Act 
of 2010." 
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policies. -
It is hereby declared the policy of the State 
that: 
(2.1.) In accordance with the relevant international instruments, particularly, the 
Universal Declaration on Human Rights, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of 
Discrimination Against Women, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Convention 
Against Transnational Organized Crime including its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and 
Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, and other international 
human rights instruments of which the Philippines is a party, declares its commitment to 
end the continuing sexual exploitation of women, men, and children and al forms of 
gender-based violence by creating an enabling environment where the human rights of 
women and children are promoted, protected and, and fulfilled. 
(2.2.) recognizes prostitution as a human rights violation that calls for 
coordination and sustained response from all agencies of government as well as non-
governmental organizations that comprehensively addresses the factors that perpetuate 
sexual exploitation. 
(2.3.) recognizes that women and children are systematically victimized by and in 
the system of prostitution and must, therefore, be given protection and support by the 
State, instead of being treated as offenders; 
(2.4.) recognizes that eliminating prostitution is essential for women and children 
to genuinely and meaningfully participate in nation-building; and 
(2.5) recognizes that the law on vagrancy has outlived its usefulness and that 
vagrants should be looked upon not as a common criminals but as victims of their ill 
circumstance. 
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SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. - The following terms are defined for the purpose 
of this Act: 
3.1. 
Prostitution - any act, transaction, scheme, or design involving the use 
OR EXPOITATION of a person, whether through the performance of such act or mere 
demonstration thereof, whether woman, man or child, for the sexual gratification of 
pleasure of another in exchange of money or c.hecks, profit or other consideration, or 
any act that promotes or facilitates the accomplishment of the sa'id act, transaction, 
scheme or design. 
3.2. 
Person exploitation in prostitution - refers to a woman, man or child used, 
exploited or employed for another person's sexual gratification or pleasure and for the 
monetary gain of profit of others. 
3.3. 
Child - refers to any person below eighteen (18) years of age or one who 
is over (18) but is unable to fully take care of or protect himself/herself from abuse, 
neglect, cruelty, exploitation or discrimination because of a physical or mental disability 
or condition. 
3.4. 
Sexual exploitation - refers to the practice by which women are sexually 
subjugated through abuse of violation, either overt or covert, of women's sexuality and 
physical or mental integrity, as a means of achieving power and domination, including 
gratification, financial gain, and advancement. 
3.5. 
Sexual act - refers to sexual intercourse, including genital-to-genital, oral-
to-genital, anal-to-genital, or oral-to-anal intercourse or contact, insertion of any 
instrument or object into the genital or anal orifice of any person, bestiality, 
masturbation, sadistic or masochistic abuse, exhibition of the genitals or public area of 
any person, and other acts of a sexual nature, whether the same is made between 
persons of the same of opposite sex. 
3.6. 
Establishment -
refers to ay business or enterprise, including, but not 
limited to, sauna, bath, massage parlor, discotheque, bar, restaurant, resort, lodging 
house, motel, hotel, theater, ship, vessel, cab or taXi, or any other vehicle, or any 
dwelling, house, jail, detention center, structure or building serving as a cover or venue 
for prostitution, or any group, association or organization that engages in prostitution 
activities. 
' 
3.7. 
Cult - refers to, but not limited to fanatic groups that entice, recruit, and 
condition any person to become sexual offerings in organizational rituals or in other 
circumstances as part of membership requirements. 
SEC. 4. Acts of Prostitution. -
The following acts constitute the crime of 
prostitution: 
(a) Any person who gives or deliver money or any other consideration in 
exchange for the actual performance or mere demonstration of a sexual act by a person 
exploited in prostitution, regardless of whether the person giving or delivering money or 
any other consideration is the reCipient of such sexual act; 
(b) Any person who is a recipient of a sexual act, whether such a reCipient has 
given or delivered any money or any other consideration for the procurement of a 
person exploited in prostitution; provided, however, that for the purpose of this Section, 
being a recipient shall include persons or crowds before whom a person exploited in 
prostitution has actually performed or merely demonstrated the sexual act; 
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(c) Any person who offers another for sexual exploitation in exchange for money 
or any other consideration; 
(d) Any person who induces, persuades, entices, compels, kidnaps, recruits or in 
any manner procures or causes a person to serve in an establishment knowing that the 
same is involved in prostitution activities or when s/he has reasonable cause to believe 
that such establishment is involved in said activities; 
(e) Any person who organizes or arranges travel tours and/or tourism-related 
activities that involve the sexual exploitation of any person or the escort services of any 
person who is expected to perform the sexual act as defined in this Act; 
(f) Any person who as a part of cult or religious obligation uses, entices, recruits, 
or offers any person as sexual offering or favor to other members of the cult or religious 
organization: 
(g). Any person who uses information technology or any form of media for the 
purpose of prostitution; 
(h) Any person who derives profit or advantage from any of the prohibited acts 
defined in this Section as owner, operator, manager, head, director, officer or agent of 
the establishment where the prostitution activity takes place, or of the establishment 
serving as a cover or venue for such prostitution activity, or aiding another 
establishment or person involved in any prostitution activity; 
(i) Any person who leases, subleases, or in any manner allows the use of any 
dwelling, house, structure, building, land or any other property knowing that the 
lessee/sub lessee intends to use or uses it for prostitution activities as defined in this 
Section. For the purposes of this paragraph, the owner of the dwelling, house structure, 
building, land or any other property used for prostitution and his/her agent shall be 
presumed to have knowledge that the place is being used of intended to be used or 
intended to be used for prostitution unless s/he disproves it; 
U) Any member of the military or police establishment, or any government official 
or employee, or any person in authority who commits, causes, or promotes, facilitates, 
allows, or tolerates the commission of any of the acts defined in this Section, or who, in 
any manner, provides protection to the perpetuators of the said acts. 
(k) Any official or employee of any jailor detention center or any person 
connected thereto who commits, causes, promotes, facilitates, allows or tolerates the 
commission of any of the acts defined in this section upon inmates or who, in any 
manner, provides protection to the perpetrators of the said act. 
For purposes of this Section, it is understood that the prohibited acts of 
prostitution may be committed in any establishment as defined in Section 3(f) above or 
in any other place not otherwise mentioned in Section 3(f). 
Furthermore, an attempt to commit any of the acts defined in this Section is also 
prohibited. 
SEC. 5. Persons Exploited in Prostitution as Victims. - Any woman, man or 
child, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, used or employed for another 
person's se~ual gratification, pleasure and/or exploitation and for the monetary gain or 
profit of others, as defined in Section 4 of this Act, shall be treated as victims of 
prostitution:' As such, they shall not incur any criminal liability under this Act, except 
those penalized under Section 6 (b) of this Act. 
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In addition, the consent of the person exploited in prostitution to the commission 
of any of the acts defined in Section 4 of this Act shall not in any way exempt the 
offender from, or mitigate his/her, criminal liability. 
SEC. 6. Penalties and Sanctions. -
(a) Any person found guilty of the acts defined in Section 4 shall suffer the 
penalty of imprisonment of twenty (20) years and a fine of not less than One Million 
Pesos (P1, 000,000.00) but not more than Two Million Pesos (P2,000,000.00); 
(b) Any person guilty of the acts defined in Section 4 who is also exploited in 
prostitution or had been exploited in prostitution shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment 
of ten (10) years for the first offence and fifteen (15) years for the succeeding violations 
and a fine of not less than Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P500, 000.00) but not more 
than One Million Pesos (P1 ,000, 000.00); 
(c) Any person guilty of attempting to commit any of the prohibited acts shall 
suffer the penalty of imprisonment of fifteen (15) years and a fine of not less than Five 
Hundred Thousand pesos (500,000.00) but not more than One Million Pesos (P1 ,000, 
000.00); 
(d) When the offender is any establishment as defined in this Act, the penalty 
shall be imposed upon the owner and operator of manager, or the directors and officers, 
or the responsible officers or agents of the establishment, corporation, partnership, or 
association found to be engaged in any of the acts defined in Section 4 of this act. 
In addition, the establishment, corporation, partnership or association shall be 
immediately closed and its registration and/or license to operate shall be revoked. A 
sign with the words "off limits" shall be conspicuously displayed outside the 
establishment by the Department of Social Welfare and Development for such period as 
the Department may determine which shall not be less than one year. The unauthorized 
removal of such sign shall be punished by imprisonment of six months. 
(e) When the offender is a foreigner, s/he shall be deported immediately after 
service of sentence and permanently barred from entry into the country; 
(f) Any person found guilty of committing or attempting to commit any of the 
prohibited acts under Section 4 shall, in addition to the penalties stated in this section, 
undergo, counseling, rehabilitation and mandatory education on the human rights 
situation of victims of prostitution with DSWD for a period of not less than three (3) 
months but no longer than one (1) year with the DSWD. The DSWD shall submit to the 
court a report on the rehabilitation of the offender. 
SEC. 7. Civil liability for Prostitution. - Persons exploited in prostitution may 
file independent civil cases for damages against the persons, natural or judicial, 
responsible for their exploitation. 
Provinces, cities and municipalities shall be liable for damages, in addition to any 
other criminal or administrative liability under existing laws, to persons exploited in 
prostitution when it is proven that the responsible authorities had knowledge or were 
informed of the activities constituting prostitution but did not take proper action within a 
reasonable period of time. For purposes of this Section, the responsible authorities shall 
be deemed to have knowledge of the prostitution activities when the same are common 
knowledge in the community. 
SEC. 8. Prosecution of Cases. - Any person who has personal knowledge of 
the commission of any offense under this Act, or the person exploited in prostitution, the 
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parents, spouse, siblings, children or legal guardian, or the law enforcement agencies, 
or the Task Force created under this Act may file a complaint for prostitution. 
SEC. 9. Immunity of Government and DSWD-accredited NGOs from Undue 
Interference. -
Members of the National Anti-Prostitution Council and DSWD-
accredited non-governmental organizations that are involved in the implementation of 
anti-prostitution programs are granted immunity from suit and other legal proceeding in 
connection with the enforcement of said programs. 
SEC. 10. Venue - A criminal action arising from a violation of this Act shall be 
filed where tRe offense was committed, or where any of its elements occurred, or where 
the person exploited in prostitution actually resides at the time of the commission of the 
offense; provided, that the court where the criminal action is first filed shall acquire 
jurisdiction to the exclusion of other courts. 
SEC. 11. 
Prescriptive Period -
Cases under this Act shall prescribe in 
TWENTY (20) years. The prescriptive period shall commence to run from the day on 
which the person exploited in prostitution is delivered or released from the situation of 
exploitation and shall be interrupted by the filling of the complaint or information and 
shall commence to run again when such proCeedings terminate without the accused 
being convicted or acquitted or are unjustifiably stopped for any reason not imputable to 
the accused. 
SEC. 12. Exemption from Filing Fees. -
When the victim of prostitution 
institutes a separate civil action from the recovery of civil damages, s/he shall be 
exempt from the payment of filing fees. 
SEC. 13. Confiscation and Forfeiture of the Proceeds and Instruments 
Derived from Prostitution. - In addition to the penalty imposed for the violation of this 
Act, the Court shall order the confiscation and forfeiture, in favor of the government, of 
all the proceeds and properties derived from the commission of the crime, unless they 
are the property of a third person not liable for the unlawful act: provided, however, that 
all awards for damages shall be taken from the personal and separate properties of the 
offender: provided, further, that if such properties are insufficient, the balance shall be 
taken from the confiscated and forfeited properties. 
When the proceeds, properties and instruments of the offense has been 
destroyed, diminished in value or otherwise rendered worthless by any act or omission, 
directly or indirectly, of the offender, or it has been concealed, removed, converted or 
transferred to prevent the same from being found or to avoid forfeiture or confiscation, 
the offender shall be ordered to pay the amount equal to the value of the proceeds, 
property or instruments of the offense. 
SEC. 14. Trust Fund. - All fines imposed under this Act and the proceeds and 
the properties forfeited and confiscated pursuant to Section 12 hereof shall accrue to a 
Trust Fund to be administered by the Council to be used exclusively for programs that 
will prevent prostitution and protect, heal and reintegrate prostituted persons that will 
prevent prostitution and protect, heal and reintegrate prostituted persons into the 
mainstream of society. Such programs shall include but not limited to those provided for 
under Sectidn 20 of this Act. 
SEC. 15. Human Rights of Persons Exploited in Prostitution. -
Persons 
exploited in prostitution have human rights that must be respected, protected and 
promoted by all branches, agencies and instrumentalities of the government in law 
enforcement drives, criminal prosecution, civil suits, service provision, and program 
development and implementation. These rights include, but are not limited to: 
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a. 
the right to be treated as human beings; 
b. 
the right to dignity and security of person; 
c. 
the right against any form of discrimination; 
d. 
the right to equal protection of the law; 
e. 
the right to be protected from abuse and exploitation; 
f. 
the right to seek redress for violations of their rights and to have their 
complaints appropriately addressed; 
g. 
the right to fair and human treatment; 
h. 
the right to sensitive and appropriate legal, health, economic assistance 
and livelihood, and other social services; 
i. 
the right to organize themselves and fight for their legitimate concerns;and 
J. 
the right to be consulted on any governmental initiative affecting them. 
Persons exploited in prostitution shall not be detained on the occasion of on by 
reason of a raid or in the name of law enforcement. There shall be at least one social 
worker or one representative from a non-governmental organization known to be 
working with women exploited in prostitution present during raids. 
During raids of establishment, and at any stage of the investigation, prosecution 
and trial of complaints for violation of this Act, law enforcers, prosecutors, and judges 
shall not disclose to the public the name, personal circumstances and other information 
that will establish the identity of the person exploited in prostitution, unless the latter 
consents thereto in writing. 
It shall also be the duty of law enforcers to ensure that persons exploited in 
prostitution are not exposed to the media on the occasion of a raid. Law enforcers who 
allow or facilitate the exposure to the media of persons exploited in prostitution shall 
, 
suffer the penalty of six (6) months imprisonment, without prejudice to the filing of other 
criminal, civil and administrative charges under applicable laws. 
SEC. 16. Confidentiality. -
It shall be the responsibility of any journalist, 
reporter, editor, publisher or producer of print and broadcast media to protect the 
identity and privacy of persons exploited in prostitution, most particularly on the 
occasion of raid or rescue operation. Any journalist, reporter, editor, publisher or 
producer or print and broadcast media who exposes to the public the identity of any 
person exploited in prostitution without her or his consent thereto in writing, or causes 
the publication of any picture or video that violates the dignity and other human rights of 
the person exploited in prostitution, shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment of six (6) 
years and a fine of not less than Five hundred thousand pesos (P500, 000.00) but not 
more than One million pesos (P1, 000, 000.00). In addition, the owner or publisher of 
the print or broadcast media found guilty of the violation shall pay a fine of five hundred 
thousand pesos (P500, 000.00). This shall be without prejudice to the right of persons 
exploited in prostitution to file a civil action for damages for the violation of their human 
rights or for any injury caused them by the publication. 
SEC. 17. Entrapment, Prohibition. - Law enforcers shall not use entrapment 
as a method in law enforcement activities when the same will involve the sexual 
exploitation of persons as defined in Section 3(b) of this Act. A law enforcement officer 
who resorts to this method shall suffer the penalty of eight (8) years imprisonment. 
SEC. 18. Requirements for Hotels, Motels and Lodging Houses. -
Notwithstanding any legislation,ordinance or rule to the contrary, every hotel, motel or 
lodging area shall: 
(a) maintain a reception and registration area for guests and patrons that is 
readily within the public view; 
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(b) maintain open garages, or those that do not have doors or any closing 
mechanism; and 
(c) maintain good lighting in all its entrances, exists, driveways and garages. 
, 
No hotel, motel or lodging house shall be allowed to operate in any part of the 
Philippines without complying with the preceding requirements. 
For the purpose of this Section, hotels, motels and lodging houses already 
operating shall have six (6) months from the effectivity of this Act to comply with this 
provision. Failure of any hotel, motel and lodging house to comply with this Section shall 
result in the cancellation of their license or permit to operate. 
SECTION 19. Responsibilities of Local Government Units in Anti-
Prostitution Efforts. -
Local government units shall exercise their powers to curb 
prostitution within their respective jurisdictions. It shall be unlawful for any local 
government unit to issue licenses or permits for the operation of any establishment that 
is used or intended to be used for any prostitution activity. Any such license or permit 
already issued prior to the effectivity of this Act shall be deemed automatically revoked 
or cancelled and shall not be renewed. 
Their responsibility shall include conducting public information campaign against 
prostitution, carrying out rescue operations and ensuring the safety or security of victirns 
of prostitution. 
Local government units may employ elements of the National Bureau of 
Investigation (NBI) or the Philippine National Police (PNP) as provided for under 
Republic Act No. 6975, as amended by the Republic Act No. 8551. 
The 
national 
government 
shall 
ensure 
that 
local 
government 
units 
conscientiously engage in anti-prostitution activities, provide support for the same, and 
intervene when necessary. 
SEC. 20. The National Anti-Prostitution Council. - There shall be a National 
Anti-Prostitution Council composed of the Department of Social Welfare as the lead 
agency and shall have as members the following: 
(a) 
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as lead agency 
(b) 
National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW) 
(c) 
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 
(d) 
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) 
(e) 
National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) 
(f) 
Department of Health (DOH) 
(g) 
, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) 
(h) 
Department of Justice (DOJ) 
(i) 
Department of Tourism (DOT) 
OJ 
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 
(k) 
Philippine National Police (PNP) 
(I) 
three (3) non-government organizations (NGOs) to be selected by NGOs 
providing support services to victims of prostitution 
(m) 
three (3) representatives or persons exploited in prostitution 
The National Anti-Prostitution Council shall perform the following functions: 
i. Develop program addressing prostitution and the needs or persons exploited in 
prostitution and those vulnerable to be exploited in prostitution. The prograrn, shall 
include public information and education campaign against prostitution, crisis 
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intervention service, education assistance, socio-economic assistance such as 
sustainable livelihood skills training and financial support for scale businesses, and 
integration and complete after-care programs for persons exploited in prostitution, 
among others; 
ii. Identify and, if necessary, create centers in strategic places all over the 
Philippines that will provide health services, including counseling and therapy, 
temporary shelter and other crisis intervention services to persons exploited in 
prostitution. The rape crisis centers established under Republic Act No. 8505 and the 
hospital-based protection units for women and children may also serve as centers 
servicing persons exploited in prostitution; 
iii. Ensure that units are created and identified within relevant government 
agencies, particularly those composing the CounCil, that shall focus on addressing 
prostitution and the needs of persons exploited in prostitution. This shall include units 
within the National Prosecution Service Offices in local government units that shall 
specifically focus on the prosecution of offenders under this Act; 
iv. Ensure that relevant government agencies work in close coordination with 
each other in addressing prostitution and the needs of persons exploited in prostitution; 
v. Develop and implement a training program for law enforcers, public 
prosecutors, judges, government lawyers, government health care providers, social 
workers and barangay officials that aims to increase their understanding of prosecution 
as a system, and equip them with the perspective and skills to appropriately address the 
needs of persons exploited in prostitution, respect, protect and promote their human 
rights, and pursue the prosecution of offenders; 
vi. Ensure that local counterparts of the council are created in every municipality, 
city and province; 
vii. Undertake and lead the prosecution of any violation of this Act; 
viii. Promulgate, when necessary, rules and regulations for the effective 
implementation and enforcement of this Act; 
ix. Continuously conduct surveillance and monitor establishments to prevent 
prostitution. They shall promptly investigate any establishment suspected to be engage 
in prostitution and shall take appropriate measures, in coordination with the local 
government unit concerned and other relevant government agencies, for the speedy 
prosecution of the offenders; and 
x. Undertake corrective and enforcement measures to stop activities in tourism 
constituting, promoting or facilitating prostitution in consultation with government 
agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working for the elimination of 
prostitution. 
SEC. 21. Mandatory Services to Victims of Prostitution. To ensure healing, 
recovery, rehabilitation and reintegration into the mainstream of society, concerned 
government agencies, particularly the members of the Council, shall make available the 
following services to trafficked persons: 
21.1. Counseling; 
21.2. Free legal services which shall include information about the victim's 
rights, the procedures for filing complaints, claiming compensation and 
other legal remedies to them; 
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21.3. Emergency shelter or appropriate housing; 
21.4. Medical, doctors' assistance or psychological services; 
21.5. Livelihood, employment, entrepreneurship and skills training which include 
financial assistance to be sourced from the available funds in the 
Department of Social Welfare and Development or 
agricultural fund 
assistance from the Department of Agriculture or small loans granted to 
government financial and lending institutions including those provided by 
local government units. 
SEC. 22. Appropriations. - The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of 
this Act is hereby authorized to be appropriated in the General Appropriations Act of the 
year following the enactment of this law and every year thereafter. 
All local government units are likewise mandated to allot not less than five 
percent (5%) of their gender and development (GAD) budget and not less than five 
percent (5%) of the local development fund of the local government units (LGUs) for 
programs, projects and activities aimed to control prostitution activities within their 
jurisdiction, including the development and the conduct of deterrent information 
campaigns directed to potential and actual buyers of prostitution sex. 
In the next seven (7) years after the effectivity of this Act, 
a fund shall be 
instituted that will address and help the victims in skills acquisition, training, livelihood 
programs and a comprehensive program on self-reliance, entrepreneurship and similar 
concerns. The same shall be funded from the following sources: 
a. 
One percent (1 %) of the total earnings made by such government 
agencies as Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), 
Duty Free Philippines and Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO); 
b. 
Savings generated from various tourism campaigns initiated by the 
Department of Tourism and Philippine Tourism Authority. 
SEC. 23. Implementing Rules and Regulations. -
The Council shall 
promulgate the necessary implementing rules and regulation within sixty (60) days from 
the effectivitl( of this Act. 
SEC. 24. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is declared invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remaining provisions not affected thereby shall continue in full force 
and effect. 
SEC. 25. Repealing Clause. - Articles 202 and 341 of the Revised Penal Code 
are hereby repealed. All other laws, decrees, ordinances and rules inconsistent with the 
provisions of this Act are hereby modified or repealed accordingly. 
SEC. 26. Effectivity. -
This Act shall take effect upon completion of its 
publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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