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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 ogle 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."* 
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 to make a 
financial gain thereby, without a direct or indirect purpose of marketing a product or service. 
' Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/09/16/politics/main522124.shtml 


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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
AN ACT 
DEFINING THE CRIME OF EXPLOITIVE CHILD MODELING ANI> PROVIDING 
PENALTIES THEREFOR 
Be it enacted 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-Exploitive Child 
Modeling Act of 2007.” 
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is a policy of the State to protect the physical, 
moral and social well-being of children. Towards this end, the State shall exert efforts to prevent 
exploitive child modeling or employment in keeping with the fundamental freedoms guaranteed 
under the Constitution and the Provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other 
international human rights instruments of which the Philippines is a party. 
SECTION 3. DeJinition of Terms. -For the purposes of this Act, the term: 
(A) “Exploitive child modeling” means the display of a minor through any medium 
including, but not limited to, a website without a direct or indirect purpose of 
marketing a product or service other than the minor. 
(B) “Child” means any person below eighteen (18) years of age, or those eighteen (18) 
years old or older hut are incapable of taking care of themselves, as defined under 
Republic Act No. 7610. 
SECTION 4. Pvomoting’Exploitive Child Modeling or Employment; Penalties. -A person 
is guilty of promoting exploitive child modeling or employment when he or she displays the 
image of a child through any medium, or employs a child in exploitive child modeling, with the 
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intent to make a financial gain thereby, without a direct or indirect purpose of marketing a 
product or sewice other than the image o€ a child model or employing an exploitive child model. 
Such act shall he punished by a penalty of prision correctional, or a fine ranging from 
Ten Thousand Pesos (PlO,OOO.OO) to Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00), or both, at the 
discretion of the court, taking into consideration the circumstances of the case. 
If the offender is a family or household member of the victim, the next higher penalty 
shall be imposed. 
SECTION 5. Separability Clause. - If any part hereof, is held invalid or unconstitutional, 
the remainder of the provision not otherwise affected shall remain valid and subsisting. 
SECTION 6. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or inconsistent 
with, the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly. 
SECTION 7. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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