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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC ) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Maria Lourdes Nancy S. Binay 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The proposed bill seeks to prevent sex offenders from gaining access to schools, in order to 
protect school children from becoming possible victims of sexual offenses and provides 
penalties for the violation thereof. 
M~/!:;t·!:::CY S. BlNAY 
Senator 


SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Sessiou 
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SENATE 
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S.B. No. (", 'U· 
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Iutroduced by Seuator Lourdes Nancy S. Binay 
AN ACT TO PROTECT THE SAFETY, MORALS, AND WELL-BEING OF SCHOOL 
CHILDREN BY PROHIBITING LISTED SEX OFFENDERS FROM ENTERING. 
SCHOOL PREMISES OR SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House ·of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Title. ~ This Act shall be known as "Sex OJfenders School Access Prohibition 
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Act of2013. " 
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SECTION 2. Sex OJfender. ~ Sex offender shall refer to any person who has been convicted 
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Revised Penal Code, irrespective of completion of s'entence: 
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(a) 
Rape, as defined in Article 266-A of the Revised Penal Code; 
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(b) 
Acts of lasciviousness, as defined Article 336 ofthe Revised Penal Code; 
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(c) 
Qualified seduction, as defined in Article 337 of the Revised Penal Code; 
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(d) 
Simple seduction, as defined in Article 338 of the Penal Code; 
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(e) 
Acts of lasciviousness with the consent of the offended party as defined in Article 339 
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of the Revised Penal Code; 
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(t) 
Corruption of minors as defined in Article 340 of the Revised Penal Code; 
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(g) 
White slave trade as defined Article 341 of the Revised Penal Code 
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SECTION 3. Duty of Bureau of Jail Management and Penology. ~ The local Bureau of Jail 
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Management and Penology shall submit to the Department of Education (hereinafter referred 
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to as DepEd) Division Superintendent and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBl) a list 
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of sexual offenders who have been released or are being placed under parole or probation 
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within one (1) month from the release or placement under parole or probation of the sexual 
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offender concerned. The DepEd Division Superintendent shall thereafter distribute copies of 
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the aforementioned list to every school under its jurisdiction. 
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SECTION 4. Duties of Sexual OJJender. ~ It shall be the duty of each sexual offender who 
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has been released or is under parole or probation to update the NBT with his current address 
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on or before the 31" of January of every year for the rest of his life. Failure on the part of the 
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sexual offender to update the NBl shall result in the revocation of probation or the deferment 
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of parole until such time that the sexual offender shall comply with the foregoing 
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requirement. 


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SECTION 5. School Access 
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If a person is currently listed as sex offender as provided by Section 2 of this Act, it 
shall be unlawful for such person to: 
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Enter or to remain inside the premises of any public or private high school and 
of any public or private elementary school, day care center, or any other 
preparatory building, or school grounds, other than to drop otf or pick up the 
person's own child or children; 
(b) 
Loiter on a public way within five hundred (500) feet of a school building or 
school grounds when children eighteen (18) years of age and underare present 
and are involved in a school activity or when children are present within one 
hour (1) hour before and after a scheduled school activity; 
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Ride in any conveyance owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport 
students to or from school or a school related activity when children eighteen 
(18) yearsofage and under are present in such conveyance; 
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Reside within three hundred (300) meters of the property on which a school is 
located; and 
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Loiter within three hundred (300) meters of any place wherein a school-related 
activity is being conducted outside the school building or school grounds. 
Nothing in this section shall prevent DepEd or the school itself from adopting more 
stringent safety and security requirements for their respective employees and non-
employees while they are in school facilities. 
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SECTION 6. Report of School Principals. - School principals shall immediately report (0 
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law enforcement any listed sex offender who has not been granted permission pursuant to this 
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Act-and who is observed or known to be within the premises, or loitering within three 
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hundred (300) meters of the property line of a school or other location where a school activity 
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is scheduled to occur. 
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School personnel shall not use information received by the school regarding any listed sexual 
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offender to harass, intimidate, commit a crime against, or cause harm to any person. 
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SECTION 7. Penalties. - Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this Act 
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shall be punished with a fine of not less than Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (P200,000.00) 
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and not exceeding Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Pesos (P350,000.00) and imprisonment of 
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not less than thirty (30) days but not more than sixty (60) days, at the discretion of the court. 
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SECTION 8. Separability. If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or unconstitutional, 
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(he reminder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall remain valid and 
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subsisting. 


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SECTION 9. Repealing Clause. All laws, presidential decree or issuance, executive order, 
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letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation, contrary to, or inconsistent with 
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the provisions ofthis Act, is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly. 
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SECTION to. Effictivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen days (i5) days after its full and 
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complete publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general 
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circulation. 
Approved, 
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