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(a) an appointment,
(b) election, or
(c) contract.
What comprises the Government of the
Republic of the Philippines?
1) The National Government (Executive, Legislative and
Judicial Department ), and
2) Any of its-
(a) subdivisions (Local Government Units i.e.
Province, Cities, Municipalities),
(b) agencies or instrumentalities (CHED, DPWH,
DOH, NSO, PNP, etc., including
(c) Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations (GOCC)
i.e. NPC, CDC, and their subsidiaries.
Who is a PERSON as defined under R.A. No.
7080?
AMOUNT must be
AT LEAST 50 MILLION PESOS
(Php 50,000,000.00).
What COURT has the JURISDICTION to
hear and try
PLUNDER CASES?
• Form:
1) Information billboards posted at the main entrance of offices
or at the most conspicuous place, and
2) Published materials written either in English, Filipino or in
the local dialect.
• Required Action:
1) Simple Transactions – not longer than five
(5) working days (maximum).
2) Complex Transactions – not longer than ten
(10) working days (maximum).
LIGHT OFFENSES:
1) Refusal to accept application and/or request within the
prescribed period or any document being submitted by a
client;
2) Failure to act on an application and/or request or
failure to refer back to the client a request which cannot
be acted upon due to lack of requirement/s within the
prescribed period;
3) Failure to attend to clients who are within the premises
of the office or agency concerned prior to the end of
official working hours and during lunch break;
4) Failure to render frontline services within the prescribed period
on any application and/or request without due cause;
5) Failure to give the client a written notice on the disapproval of
an application or request; and
6) Imposition of additional irrelevant requirements other than
those listed in the notice.
PENALTY:
1st Offense – 30 days suspension without pay and mandatory
attendance in Values Orientation Program;
PENALTY:
Dismissal and perpetual disqualification from public
service.
SANDIGANBAYAN:
Accused is:
1) a PUBLIC OFFICER , and
2) a PRIVATE PERSON in conspiracy with a
PUBLIC OFFICER.
Presidential Decree No. 1866
as amended by Republic Act No. 8294
Illegal/Unlawful Possession of Firearm
• PUNISHABLE ACT:
Unlawful manufacture, dealing in, acquisition, disposition, or
possession of any low powered firearm, such as rimfire handgun,
.380 or .32 and other firearm of similar firepower, part of firearm,
ammunition, or machinery, tool or instrument used or intended to
be used in the manufacture of any firearm or ammunition:
• PENALTY:
Prision Correccional in its maximum period and a fine of not less
than P15,000.00.
• PUNISHABLE ACT
Unlawful manufacture, dealing in, acquisition,
disposition, or possession of any high powered firearm
which includes those with bores bigger in diameter than
.38 caliber and 9 millimeter such as caliber .40, .41, .44,
.45 and also lesser calibered firearms but considered
powerful such as caliber .357 and caliber .22 center-fire
magnum and other firearms with firing capability of full
automatic and by burst of two or three.
PENALTY:
Prision Mayor in its minimum period and a fine of
P30,000.00.
• USE OF UNLICENSED FIREARM AS AN
AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCE
PENALTY:
Arresto Mayor
• PUNISHABLE ACT:
PENALTY:
Prision Mayor in its maximum period to reclusion
temporal and a fine of not less than P50,000.00.
• USE OF EXPLOSIVES, DETONATION AGENTS OR
INCENDIARY DEVICES AS AGGRAVATING
CIRCUMSTANCE
• PENALTY:
• PENALTY:
Prision Correccional .
• COVERAGE OF THE TERM UNLICENSED
FIREARM
• PENALTY:
Imprisonment for a period of not less than 30
days nor more than 6 months.
• DEADLY ARROW OR “PANA”:
• PERMIT:
A permit may be issued to any individual to
possess a deadly arrow or “pana” for
livelihood purposes.
Presidential Decree No. 330
Penalizing Timber Smuggling or Illegal Cutting of Logs from
Public Forests and Forest Reserves as Qualified Theft
• PUNISHABLE ACT:
Cutting, gathering, removing, or smuggling
timber, or other forest products, from a public
forest, forest reserve and other kinds of public
forests (whether under license or lease), or from
any privately owned forest lands without the
required permit, license, clearance, or authority
from the concerned government agencies. The
perpetrator shall be guilty of the crime of
QUALIFIED THEFT defined and penalized under
the Revised Penal Code.
• POSSIBLE OFFENDERS:
1) Natural Person
2) Juridical Person, i.e. corporation, firm,
partnership or association)
- the penalty shall be imposed upon the guilty
officer or officers.
- if the guilty officer or officers are aliens, in
addition to the imposable penalty, shall also
be deported without further proceedings.
Republic Act No. 9287
An Act Increasing the Penalties for Illegal Numbers Games
• ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAME:
Any form of illegal gambling activity which uses
numbers or combinations thereof as factors in
giving out jackpots.
• JUETENG:
An illegal numbers game that involves the
combination of 37 numbers against 37 numbers
from numbers 1-37 or the combination of 38
numbers in some areas, serving as a form of local
lottery where bets are placed and accepted per
combination, and its variants.
• MASIAO:
An illegal numbers game where the winning
combination is derived from the results of the last
game of Jai Alai consisting of 10 players pitted
against one another, and its variants.
• LAST TWO:
An illegal numbers game where the winning
combination is derived from the last 2 numbers
of the first prize of the winning sweepstakes
ticket which comes out during the weekly draw of
the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO),
and its variants.
• PUNISHABLE ACTS:
1)Betting
Penalty: 30-90 days imprisonment
2) Acting as a personnel or staff of an illegal
numbers game operation
3) Allowing one’s vehicle, house, building or land to
be used in the operation of an illegal numbers
game
Penalty: Imprisonment from 6 years and 1 day to
8 years.
4) Acting as collector or agent (Cabo, Cobrador, etc)
Penalty: Imprisonment from 8 years and 1 day to
10 years.
5) Acting as coordinator, controller or supervisor
Penalty: Imprisonment from 10 years and 1 day to
12 years
6) Acting as a maintainer, manager or operator
Penalty: Imprisonment from 12 years and 1 day
to 14 years
7) Acting as a financier or capitalist
Penalty: Imprisonment from 14 years and 1 day to
16 years
8) Acting as a protector or coddler
Penalty: Imprisonment from 16 years and 1 day to
20 years
• LIABILITY OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
AND/OR PUBLIC OFFICIALS:
If the collector, agent, coordinator, controller,
supervisor, maintainer, manager, operator,
financier or capitalist of any illegal numbers game
is a government employee and/or public official,
whether elected or appointed, the PENALTY
IMPOSABLE are:
1) 12 years and 1 day to 20 years imprisonment;
2) Fine ranging from 3 million to 5 million; and
3) Perpetual Absolute Disqualification from Public
Office.
• A government employee and/or public official
who having knowledge of the existence of the
operation of any illegal numbers game in
his/her jurisdiction, fails to abate or to take
action, or tolerates the same.
Penalty:
1) 12 years and 1 day to 20 years imprisonment;
2) Fine ranging from 3 million to 5 million; and
3) Perpetual Absolute Disqualification from
Public Office.
• A LAW ENFORCER who fails to apprehend
perpetrators of any illegal numbers game.
Penalty:
• UPON CONVICTION:
Such parent/guardian shall be deprived of his/her
authority over the minor child, ward, or
incapacitated person.
• PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF ILLEGAL
NUMBERS GAME:
Possession of any gambling paraphernalia and
other materials used in the illegal numbers
game.
• PRIMA FACIE PRESUMPTION:
All assets and properties of an accused of
Illegal Numbers Game either owned or held
by him/her in his/her name or in the name of
another person found to be manifestly out of
proportion to his/her lawful income shall be
prima facie presumed to be PROCEEDS of the
offense.
• Witness Protection – provided to any person who
provides material information, whether
testimonial or documentary, necessary for the
investigation or prosecution of individuals
committing illegal numbers game.
• Informer’s Reward – provided to any person who
discloses any information of any offense
punishable under RA 9287 which may lead to the
arrest and final conviction of the offender, may
be rewarded a certain percentage of the cash
money or article of value confiscated or forfeited
in favor of the government.
Republic Act No. 9482
Anti-Rabies Act of 2007
• Mandated the implementation of a NATIONAL
RABIES PREVENTION AND CONTROL
PROGRAM to be implemented by a multi-
agency committee chaired by the Bureau of
Animal Industry of the Department of
Agriculture, the DOH, DILG, DepEd, LGUs, and
with the assistance of the DENR, NGOs, and
POs.
• POLICY: To eradicate Rabies.
ACT PENALTY
Failure/refusal to register a dog/ immunized P2,000.00 fine
against rabies
Refusal to have their dog vaccinated against Pay for the vaccination of both the dog
rabies and the individuals bitten by the dog.
Refusal to have their dog put under observation P10,000.00 fine
after said dog has bitten an individual
Refusal to have their dog under observation and P25,000.00 fine
do not shoulder medical expenses of the person
bitten
Refusal to put leash on their dogs when brought P500.00 fine for each incident
outside their house
Impounded dog Owner shall pay a fine of not less than
P500.00 but not more than P1,000.00
Trading of dog for meat Not less than P5,000.00 per dog
Using electrocution as a method of euthanasia Not less than P5,000.00 per act.
Imprisonment of 1-4 years
Violator is an alien Immediate deportation without further
proceedings
• RESPONSIBILITIES OF PET OWNERS:
1) Have their dog regularly vaccinated against Rabies and
maintain a registration card which shall contain all
vaccinations conducted on their dog;
2) Submit their dogs for mandatory registration;
3) Maintain control over their dog and not allow it to
roam the streets or any public place without a leash;
4) Be a responsible owner by providing their dog with
proper grooming, adequate food and clean shelter;
5) Within 24 hours, report immediately any dog biting
incident to the concerned officials for investigation or
for any appropriate action and place such dog under
observation;
6) Assist the dog bite victim immediately and shoulder the
medical expenses incurred and other incidental
expenses relative to the victim’s injuries.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4200
(Anti-Wire Tapping Law)
What is wire-tapping?
PUNISHABLE ACTS:
A] Any person who makes or draws and issues any check to apply on
account or value, knowing at the time of issue that he does not
have sufficient funds in or credit with the drawee bank for the
payment of such checks in full upon its presentment, which
check is subsequently dishonored by the drawee bank.
What is HAZING?
1) Cow;
2) Carabao;
3) Horse;
4) Mule;
5) Ass; or
6) Other domesticated member of the bovine
family.
Who is considered as an OWNER/RAISER of a
Large Cattle?
OWNER/RAISER -
includes the herdsman, caretaker, employee
or tenant of any firm or entity engaged in the
raising of large cattle or other persons in
lawful possession of such large cattle.
Duty of OWNER/RAISER to Register the LARGE
CATTLE:
The owner/raiser is duty-bound to register the large cattle
belonging to him –
WHEN?
before the large cattle attains the age of 6 months.
WHERE?
with the office of the City/Municipality where the
owner/raiser resides.
person,
firm,
association,
corporation or partnership, or
other organizations
Mere possession
of any goods, article, item, object, or
anything of value which has been the
subject of robbery or theft is a
PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE
of fencing.
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 532
(Anti-Piracy and Anti-Highway Robbery Law)
What is PIRACY?
Any attack upon or seizure of any vessel, or the taking away of
the whole or part thereof, or its cargo, equipment, or the
personal belonging of its complement or passengers, irrespective
of the value thereof, by means of violence against or intimidation
of persons or force upon things.
It is the-
1) The seizure of any person for ransom, extortion or
other unlawful purposes, or
WHERE?
On any PHILIPPINE HIGHWAY.
What is a PHILIPPINE HIGHWAY?
1) Any person who, not being a relative of the child is found alone
with the child inside a room or cubicle of a house, inn, hotel,
motel, pension house, apartelle or other similar
establishments, vessel, vehicle or any other hidden or
secluded area under circumstances which would lead a
reasonable person to believe that the child is about to be
exploited in prostitution and other sexual abuse; and
b) Any ascendant, guardian, or person entrusted in any capacity with the care
of the child who causes and/or allows a child to be employed or to participate
in an obscene play, scene, act, movie or show or in any other acts covered by
Sec. 9 of R.A. 7610.
Other ACTS of NEGLECT, ABUSE, CRUELTY or EXPLOITATION and
other Conditions Prejudicial to the Child’s Development:
1) Offended party;
2) Parents or guardians;
3) Ascendant or collateral relative within the third degree
of consanguinity;
4) Officer, social worker or representative of a licensed
child-caring institution;
5) Officer, social worker of the DSWD;
6) Barangay Chairman;
7) At least 3 concerned responsible citizens where the
violation occurred.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7658
• It prohibits the employment of children below 15 years of age
in public and private undertakings.
EXCEPTIONS:
1) When the child works directly under the sole responsibility
of his parents or legal guardian and where only members of the
family are employed.
Conditions:
a) The employment of the child does not endanger his
or her life, safety, health and morals or impair his
normal development, and
b) The parent/guardian shall provide the minor with
the prescribed primary and/or secondary
education.
2) Where a child's employment or participation in public
entertainment or information through cinema, theater, radio or
television is essential.
CONDITIONS:
a) The employment contract is concluded by the
child’s parents or legal guardian, with express
agreement of the child and the approval of the
DOLE, and
b) The ff: requirements in all instances are strictly
complied with:
1) The employer shall ensure the protection,
health, safety, morals and normal development
of the child;
2) The employer shall institute measures to prevent
the child’s exploitation or discrimination taking
into account the system and level of remuneration,
and the duration and arrangement of working time;
and
LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION:
(g) The right to prompt access to legal and other appropriate assistance,
as well as the right to challenge the legality of the deprivation of his/her
liberty before a court or other competent, independent and impartial
authority, and to a prompt decision on such action;
(h) The right to bail and recognizance, in appropriate cases;
(i) The right to testify as a witness in his/her own behalf under the rule on
examination of a child witness;
(j) The right to have his/her privacy respected fully at all stages of the
proceedings;
(k) The right to diversion if he/she is qualified and voluntarily avails of the
same;
(r) Other rights as provided for under existing laws, rules and
regulations.
PUNISHES: