Homeroom

Guidance Program
(Quarter 3-Module 3/ Week 3)

Department of Education
SDO- City of San Fernando (LU)
Region 1
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Homeroom
Guidance Program
((Quarter 3-Module 3/ Week 3)

MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCY:

Analyze the laws that protect oneself and others like but not limited to the following:

Anti-Bullying Act (RA 10627) 2.2 Child Protection Policy (DO No 40 s 2012), Violence
Against Women and their Children (RA 9262), Anti-Sexual Harassment Act (RA 7877), Anti-
Rape Law (RA No 8353) , Cyber Crime Law (RA 10175) , Gender and Development
Millennial Development (DM 88 s 2016, DO 27 s 2013) , Dangerous Drug Acts of 2002 (RA
9165), Reproductive Health Law (RA10354) and Family Code (EO 209) HGSPS-IIIe-6

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For the parents:

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module.
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5. Kindly return the whole module and answer sheets on _________ during Fridays at
____________________.
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feel free to ask from your parents or companions at home. However, if you still could
not understand, you can call me at this number, _____________so I could explain it
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parents on ___________________________.
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4. Follow the one-meter distance so that you will prevent the spread of the virus.

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 Lesson 2 Analyze the laws that protect oneself
and others

What I Need to Know

Analyze the laws that protect oneself and others particularly focusing on Anti-Bullying
Act (RA 10627) 2.2 Child Protection Policy (DO No 40 s 2012), Violence Against Women
and their Children (RA 9262) , Anti-Sexual Harassment Act (RA 7877), Anti-Rape Law
(RA No 8353) , Cyber Crime Law (RA 10175) , Gender and Development Millennial
Development (DM 88 s 2016, DO 27 s 2013) , Dangerous Drug Acts of 2002 (RA 9165),
Reproductive Health Law (RA10354) and Family Code (EO 209)

What Is It

Last week, we discussed the five different laws that can protect us and others. The laws
discussed were Anti-Bullying Act, Child Protection Policy, Violence Against Women
and Children, Anti-Sexual Harassment Act and Anti-Rape Law. For this week, will
continue with the other laws namely the Cyber Crime Law (RA 10175), Gender and
Development Millennial Development (DM 88 s 2016, DO 27 s 2013), Dangerous Drug
Acts of 2002 (RA 9165), Reproductive Health Law (RA10354) and Family Code (EO
209)

1. Cyber Crime Law (RA 10175)- An act defining Cybercrime, providing for the
prevention, investigation, suppression and the imposition of penalties therefor and for
other purposes.

The State recognizes the vital role of information and communications industries such
as content production, telecommunications, broadcasting electronic commerce, and
data processing, in the nations overall social and economic development. The State also
recognizes the importance of providing an environment conducive to the development,
acceleration, and rational application and exploitation of information and
communications technology (ICT) to attain free, easy, and intelligible access to
exchange and/or delivery of information; and the need to protect and safeguard the
integrity of computer, computer and communications systems, networks, and
databases, and the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information and data
stored therein, from all forms of misuse, abuse, and illegal access by making punishable
under the law such conduct or conducts. In this light, the State shall adopt sufficient
powers to effectively prevent and combat such offenses by facilitating their detection,

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 investigation, and prosecution at both the domestic and international levels, and by
providing arrangements for fast and reliable international cooperation.
Cybercrime Offenses. The following acts constitute the offense of cybercrime punishable under
this Act:

(a) Offenses against the confidentiality, integrity and availability of computer data and systems:
(1) Illegal Access. The access to the whole or any part of a computer system without
right.
(2) Illegal Interception. The interception made by technical means without right of any
non-public transmission of computer data to, from, or within a computer system
including electromagnetic emissions from a computer system carrying such computer
data.
(3) Data Interference. The intentional or reckless alteration, damaging, deletion or
deterioration of computer data, electronic document, or electronic data message,
without right, including the introduction or transmission of viruses.
(4) System Interference. The intentional alteration or reckless hindering or interference
with the functioning of a computer or computer network by inputting, transmitting,
damaging, deleting, deteriorating, altering or suppressing computer data or program,
electronic document, or electronic data message, without right or authority, including
the introduction or transmission of viruses.
(5) Misuse of Devices.
(6) Cyber-squatting. The acquisition of a domain name over the internet in bad faith to
profit, mislead, destroy reputation, and deprive others from registering the same, if such
a domain name is:
(i) Similar, identical, or confusingly similar to an existing trademark registered
with the appropriate government agency at the time of the domain name
registration:
(ii) Identical or in any way similar with the name of a person other than the
registrant, in case of a personal name; and
(iii) Acquired without right or with intellectual property interests in it.

(b) Computer-related Offenses:

(1) Computer-related Forgery.
(i) The input, alteration, or deletion of any computer data without right resulting
in inauthentic data with the intent that it be considered or acted upon for legal
purposes as if it were authentic, regardless whether or not the data is directly
readable and intelligible; or
(ii) The act of knowingly using computer data which is the product of computer-
related forgery as defined herein, for the purpose of perpetuating a fraudulent
or dishonest design.
(2) Computer-related Fraud. The unauthorized input, alteration, or deletion of computer
data or program or interference in the functioning of a computer system, causing
damage thereby with fraudulent intent: Provided, That if no damage has yet
been caused, the penalty imposable shall be one (1) degree lower.
(3) Computer-related Identity Theft. The intentional acquisition, use, misuse, transfer,
possession, alteration or deletion of identifying information belonging
to another, whether natural or juridical, without right: Provided, That if no
damage has yet been caused, the penalty imposable shall be one (1)
degree lower.

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(c) Content-related Offenses:
(1) Cybersex. The willful engagement, maintenance, control, or operation, directly or
indirectly, of any lascivious exhibition of sexual organs or sexual activity, with the aid
of a computer system, for favor or consideration.
(2) Child Pornography. The unlawful or prohibited acts defined and punishable
by Republic Act No. 9775 or the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009, committed
through a computer system: Provided, That the penalty to be imposed shall be (1) one
degree higher than that provided for in Republic Act No. 9775.
(3) Unsolicited Commercial Communications. The transmission of commercial
electronic communication with the use of computer system which seek to advertise, sell,
or offer for sale products and services are prohibited unless:
(i) There is prior affirmative consent from the recipient; or
(ii) The primary intent of the communication is for service and/or administrative
announcements from the sender to its existing users, subscribers or
customers; or
(iii) The following conditions are present:
(aa) The commercial electronic communication contains a simple, valid,
and reliable way for the recipient to reject. receipt of further
commercial electronic messages (opt-out) from the same source;
(bb) The commercial electronic communication does not purposely
disguise the source of the electronic message; and
(cc) The commercial electronic communication does not purposely
include misleading information in any part of the message in order to
induce the recipients to read the message.

(4) Libel. The unlawful or prohibited acts of libel as defined in Article 355 of the
Revised Penal Code, as amended, committed through a computer system or any other
similar means which may be devised in the future.

b) Dangerous Drug Acts of 2002 (RA 9165)-This Act shall be known and cited as the
"Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002".

It is the policy of the State to safeguard the integrity of its territory and the well-being of its
citizenry particularly the youth, from the harmful effects of dangerous drugs on their physical
and mental well-being, and to defend the same against acts or omissions detrimental to their
development and preservation. In view of the foregoing, the State needs to enhance further the
efficacy of the law against dangerous drugs, it being one of today's more serious social ills.

Toward this end, the government shall pursue an intensive and unrelenting campaign against
the trafficking and use of dangerous drugs and other similar substances through an integrated
system of planning, implementation and enforcement of anti-drug abuse policies, programs,
and projects. The government shall however aim to achieve a balance in the national drug
control program so that people with legitimate medical needs are not prevented from being
treated with adequate amounts of appropriate medications, which include the use of dangerous
drugs.

It is further declared the policy of the State to provide effective mechanisms or measures to re-
integrate into society individuals who have fallen victims to drug abuse or dangerous drug
dependence through sustainable programs of treatment and rehabilitation.

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In the school, Heads, Supervisors, and Teachers of Schools, for the purpose of enforcing the
provisions of Article II of this Act, all school heads, supervisors and teachers shall be deemed
persons in authority and, as such, are hereby empowered to apprehend, arrest or cause the
apprehension or arrest of any person who shall violate any of the said provisions, pursuant to
Section 5, Rule 113 of the Rules of Court. They shall be deemed persons in authority if they
are in the school or within its immediate vicinity, or even beyond such immediate vicinity if
they are in attendance at any school or class function in their official capacity as school heads,
supervisors, and teachers. Any teacher or school employee, who discovers or finds that any
person in the school or within its immediate vicinity is liable for violating any of said
provisions, shall have the duty to report the same to the school head or immediate superior who
shall, in turn, report the matter to the proper authorities.

Failure to do so in either case, within a reasonable period from the time of discovery of the
violation shall, after due hearing, constitute sufficient cause for disciplinary action by the
school authorities.

c) Reproductive Health Law (RA10354) The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive

Health Act of 2012, also known as the Reproductive Health Law or RH Law, and officially
designated as Republic Act No. 10354, is a law in the Philippines, which guarantees universal
access to methods on contraception, fertility control, sexual education, and maternal care.

Reproductive health care refers to the access to a full range of methods, facilities, services
and supplies that contribute to reproductive health and well-being by addressing reproductive
health-related problems. It also includes sexual health, the purpose of which is the enhancement
of life and personal relations. The elements of reproductive health care include the following:

(1) Family planning information and services which shall include as a first priority making
women of reproductive age fully aware of their respective cycles to make them aware of when
fertilization is highly probable, as well as highly improbable;

(2) Maternal, infant and child health and nutrition, including breastfeeding;

(3) Proscription of abortion and management of abortion complications;

(4) Adolescent and youth reproductive health guidance and counseling;

(5) Prevention, treatment and management of reproductive tract infections (RTIs), HIV and
AIDS and other sexually transmittable infections (STIs);

(6) Elimination of violence against women and children and other forms of sexual and gender-
based violence;

(7) Education and counseling on sexuality and reproductive health;

(8) Treatment of breast and reproductive tract cancers and other gynecological conditions and
disorders;

(9) Male responsibility and involvement and men’s reproductive health;

(10) Prevention, treatment and management of infertility and sexual dysfunction;

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(11) Reproductive health education for the adolescents; and

(12) Mental health aspect of reproductive health care.

Reproductive health care program refers to the systematic and integrated provision of
reproductive health care to all citizens prioritizing women, the poor, marginalized and those
invulnerable or crisis situations.

Reproductive health rights refers to the rights of individuals and couples, to decide freely and
responsibly whether or not to have children; the number, spacing and timing of their children;
to make other decisions concerning reproduction, free of discrimination, coercion and violence;
to have the information and means to do so; and to attain the highest standard of sexual health
and reproductive health: Provided, however, That reproductive health rights do not include
abortion, and access to abortifacients.

d)Family Code (EO 209)-The Family Code of the Philippines (Executive Order no. 209) was
signed into law by then President Corazon Aquino on July 6, 1987. The basic law covering
persons and family relations governs marriages, legal separations, property relations between
spouses, and parental authority, among others. EO 209 covers fields significant public interest,
which also includes the laws on marriage. The family code covers fields of significant public
interest, especially the law on marriage. It contains, among others, the definition and requisites
for marriage, as well as the grounds for its annulment. It also contains the law on conjugal
property relations, the rules on establishing filiation, and the governing provisions on support,
parental authority, and adoption.

The Family code states that Marriage is a special contract of permanent union between a man
and a woman entered into in accordance with law for the establishment of conjugal and family
life. It is the foundation of the family and an inviolable social institution whose nature,
consequences, and incidents are governed by law and not subject to stipulation, except that
marriage settlements may fix the property relations during the marriage within the limits
provided by this Code.

Article 2 of the Executive Order also emphasized that No marriage shall be valid, unless these
essential requisites are present:

(1) Legal capacity of the contracting parties who must be a male and a female; and

(2) Consent freely given in the presence of the solemnizing officer.

The formal requisites of marriage are:

 Authority of the solemnizing officer;

 A valid marriage license except in the cases provided for in Chapter 2 of this Title; and
 A marriage ceremony which takes place with the appearance of the contracting parties
before the solemnizing officer and their personal declaration that they take each other
as husband and wife in the presence of not less than two witnesses of legal age.

A defect in any of the essential requisites shall not affect the validity of the marriage but the
party or parties responsible for the irregularity shall be civilly, criminally and administratively
liable. (n

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Other provisions of the Executive Order are as follows:

Any male or female of the age of eighteen years or upwards not under any of the impediments
mentioned in Articles 37 and 38, may contract marriage.

No prescribed form or religious rite for the solemnization of the marriage is required. It shall
be necessary, however, for the contracting parties to appear personally before the solemnizing
officer and declare in the presence of not less than two witnesses of legal age that they take
each other as husband and wife. This declaration shall be contained in the marriage certificate
which shall be signed by the contracting parties and their witnesses and attested by the
solemnizing officer.

Chapter 3 Article 220 explains the Effect of Parental Authority Upon the Persons of the
Children. The parents and those exercising parental authority shall have with the respect to
their unemancipated children or wards the following rights and duties
(1) To keep them in their company, to support, educate and instruct them by right precept
and good example, and to provide for their upbringing in keeping with their means;
(2) To give them love and affection, advice and counsel, companionship and understanding;
(3) To provide them with moral and spiritual guidance, inculcate in them honesty, integrity,
self-discipline, self reliance, industry and thrift, stimulate their interest in civic affairs,
and inspire in them compliance with the duties of citizenship;
(4) To enhance, protect, preserve and maintain their physical and mental health at all times;
(5) To furnish them with good and wholesome educational materials, supervise their
activities, recreation and association with others, protect them from bad company, and
prevent them from acquiring habits detrimental to their health, studies and morals;
(6) To represent them in all matters affecting their interests;
(7) To demand from them respect and obedience;
(8) To impose discipline on them as may be required under the circumstances; and
(9) To perform such other duties as are imposed by law upon parents and guardians. (316a)

Article 221 also explains that Parents and other persons exercising parental authority shall be
civilly liable for the injuries and damages caused by the acts or omissions of their
unemancipated children living in their company and under their parental authority subject to
the appropriate defenses provided by law and Article 222 mentions that the courts may appoint
a guardian of the child’s property or a guardian ad litem when the best interests of the child so
requires.

What I Can Do
Activity 1: Choose 3 from the given laws and discuss how each law protect you and
others.

Activity 2: Using your internet or other resources, look for other crafted laws that
protect us. List down and cite each distinct feature.

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 REFERENCES

Online Resources

Republic Act No. 10175 : REPUBLIC ACTS - PHILIPPINE LAWS STATUTES and
CODES (chanrobles.com)
Republic Act No. 9165 | Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines
Republic Act 10354: The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 |
Philippine Commission on Women (pcw.gov.ph)
https://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10627_2013.html
https://www.slideshare.net/vickysuperal/dep-ed-order-number-40-series-of-2012
Republic Act 9262: Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004 | Philippine
Commission on Women (pcw.gov.ph)
Republic Act 7877: Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995 | Philippine Commission on Women
(pcw.gov.ph)
Republic Act 8353: The Anti-Rape Law of 1997 | Philippine Commission on Women
(pcw.gov.ph)

Development Team of the Module

Writer: ARLYN A. SIADOR
Teacher II

Editors/Evaluators/Reviewers: Maria Rhea Reyes, EPS

John Wilson S. Tomboc, Teacher III

Santos M. Pasion Jr., Master Teacher II

Illustrator:

Layout Artist:

Management Team: Dr. Rowena C. Banzon, CESO V, SDS

Dr. Wilfredo E. Sindayen, ASDS

Dr. Agnes B. Cacap, Chief- CID

Dr. Jose Mari P. Almeida, Chief- SGOD

Genevieve B. Ugay, EPS- LRMS

Hazel B. Libatique, Librarian II

Aurelio C. Dayag, Jr. , PDO II