FaAN ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTING AND ENFORCING bolder steps to protect their inhabitants,

THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9208,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN
PERSONS ACT OF 2003” AND ITS IMPLEMENTING
RULES AND REGULATIONS, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES
FOR CERTAIN ACTS OR OMISSIONS VIOLATIVE OF
THIS ORDINANCE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
WHEREAS, the trafficking in persons, especially
women and children, is a real problem that demands
proactive and coordinated response at the international,
regional, national, and even local levels;
WHEREAS, the Philippine Government declared its
full support to the worldwide campaign to fight trafficking
in persons when the Congress passed Republic Act
No.9208, otherwise known as the “Anti-Trafficking in
Persons Act of 2003”, and which was formally signed
into law by the President on May 26, 2003;
particularly women and children from nefarious
activities such as trafficking in persons;
WHEREAS, the incidences of documented as well as
unreported cases of trafficking and abuse of minors and
women clearly manifest that the human trafficking is a
nagging issue in the Municipality;
WHEREAS, it is imperative that this concern be
directly and effectively addressed by this Sangguniang
Bayan, in order to prevent the Municipality from becoming
a source, transit point or destination of trafficking victims;
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the local
government of ________________________deems it urgent
that the instant legislative measure be promulgated and
adopted, pursuant to its duty of promoting the general
welfare and its mandate of protecting the well-being of its
residents and constituents.

WHEREAS, R.A. 9208 was enacted to institute

Republic of the Philippines
policies to eliminate trafficking in persons, especially Province of _________________________
women and children, to establish the necessary Municipality of____________________________
institutional mechanisms for the protection and support of
SANGGUNIANG BAYAN
trafficked persons, and to provide penalties for various
acts of trafficking; ORDINANCE NO._________
(Third Draft)

WHEREAS, the Implementing Rules and Regulations

of R.A. 9208 were drafted through a series of national AN ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTING AND ENFORCING

consultations and adopted by the Inter-Agency Council THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9208,

Against Trafficking (IACAT) on September 17, 2003; OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN
PERSONS ACT OF 2003” AND ITS IMPLEMENTING

WHEREAS, after four (4) years of implementing R.A. RULES AND REGULATIONS, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES

9208 at both national and local levels, there are numerous FOR CERTAIN ACTS OR OMISSIONS VIOLATIVE OF

gaps and areas of improvement in the law that have been THIS ORDINANCE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

identified and which can be rectified through local

legislation; BE IT ORDAINED by the Sangguniang Bayan of
the Municipality of _______________ in regular session

WHEREAS, the principle of local autonomy duly assembled, that:

enunciated in Article X of the 1987 Constitution and

the plenary police power of local governments Section 1. Short Title. – This Ordinance shall be

stated in Section 16 (General Welfare Clause) of the known and/or cited as the “Anti-Trafficking in Persons

Local Government Code, when viewed in relation to Ordinance of ________________. “

Section 16(j) of R.A. 9208 and Section 19 of its

Implementing Rules and Regulations, adequately Section 2. Statement of Policies and

justify the local government units (LGUs) in taking Principles. – It is hereby declared that the local
government of _____________________ values the dignity of of sexual exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery,
every human person and guarantees the full respect of servitude, or the removal or sale of organs.
individual rights. Towards this end, the municipal
government shall give highest priority to the enactment of The recruitment, transportation, transfer,
measures and the development of programs that will harboring or receipt of a child for the purpose of
promote human dignity and protect the people from any exploitation shall also be considered as “trafficking in
threats of violence and exploitation. persons” even if it does not involve any of the means set
forth in the preceding paragraph.
The municipal government of
_____________________ likewise recognizes its vital role in (b) Child – refers to a person below eighteen (18)
addressing the problem of trafficking in persons, especially years of age or one who is over eighteen (18) but is unable
women and children, at the local level by instituting to fully take care of or protect himself/herself from abuse,
policies and programs to prevent, protect and rehabilitate neglect, cruelty, exploitation, or discrimination because of
victims of trafficking. physical or mental disability or condition.

It is also the policy of the municipal (c) Prostitution – refers to any act, transaction,
government to take a firmer stance against scheme, or design involving the use of a person by
trafficking in persons by penalizing certain acts or another, for sexual intercourse or lascivious conduct in
omissions that can be considered as violations of exchange for money, profit or any other consideration.
this Ordinance. For this reason, the municipal
government is hereby invoking the principle of local (d) Forced Labor and Slavery – refer to the
autonomy embodied in Article X of the 1987 extraction of work or services from any person by means
Constitution and the plenary police power of local of enticement, violence, intimidation or threat, use of force
governments expressed in Section 16 (General or coercion, including deprivation of freedom, abuse of
Welfare Clause) of the Local Government Code, in authority or moral ascendancy, debt-bondage or
relation to Section 16(j) of R.A. 9208, which deception.
explicitly mandates LGUs to monitor and document
trafficking cases and Section 19 of its Implementing (e) Sex Tourism – refers to a program organized
Rules and Regulations, which clearly directs LGUs to by travel and tourism-related establishments and
“enact ordinances or issuances aimed at providing individuals which consists of tourism packages or
protection and support to trafficked persons and activities, utilizing and offering escort and sexual services
adopt measures to prevent and suppress trafficking as enticements for tourists. This includes sexual services
in persons”. and practices offered during rest and recreation periods
for members of the military.
Section 3. Definition of Terms. – As used in
this Ordinance: (f) Sexual Exploitation – refers to participation
by a person in prostitution or the production of
(a) Trafficking in Persons – refers to the pornographic materials as a result of being subjected to a
recruitment, transportation, transfer or harboring, or threat, deception, coercion, abduction, force, abuse of
receipt of persons with or without the victim’s consent or authority, debt-bondage, fraud, or through abuse of victim
knowledge, within or across national borders by means of ‘s vulnerability.
threat or use of force, or other forms of coercion,
abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or of position, (g) Debt Bondage – refers to the pledging by the
taking advantage of the vulnerability of the person, or, the debtor of his/her personal services or labor those of a
giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the person under his/her control as security or payment for a
consent of a person having control over another person for debt, when the length and nature of services is not clearly
the purpose of exploitation which includes at a minimum, defined or when the value of the services as reasonably
the exploitation or the prostitution of others or other forms assessed is not applied toward the liquidation of the debt.
 (h) Pornography – refers to any representation, 4. To undertake or organize tours and travel
through publication, exhibition, cinematography, indecent plans consisting of tourism or activities for
shows, information technology, or by whatever means, of the purpose of utilizing and offering persons
a person engaged in real or simulated explicit sexual for prostitution, pornography or sexual
activities or any representation of the sexual parts of a exploitation.
person for primarily sexual purposes.
5. To maintain or hire a person to engage in
prostitution or pornography.
(i) Local Committee – refers to the Local
Committee on Anti-Trafficking and Violence Against 6. To adopt, or facilitate the adoption of persons

Women and their Children (LCATVAWC) established for the purpose of prostitution, pornography,

under Section 7 of this Ordinance. sexual exploitation, forced labor, slavery,

involuntary servitude, or debt bondage.

(j) Local Task Force – refers to the Local

7. To recruit, hire, adopt, transport or abduct a
Joint Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons
person, by means of threat or use of force,
(LJTFATP) created under Section 13 of this
fraud, deceit, violence, coercion or
Ordinance.
intimidation for the purpose of removal or
sale of organs of the said person.
(k) Council – refers to the Inter-Agency
Council Against Trafficking in Persons (IACAT). 8. To recruit, transport or adopt a child to
engage in armed activities in the Philippines

Section 4. Acts Punishable under R.A. No. or abroad.

9208. - (a) The following shall be unlawful and penalized

as acts of trafficking in persons: (b) The following shall also be unlawful and
penalized as acts that promote trafficking in persons:

1. To recruit, transport, transfer; harbor, provide

or receive a person by any means, including 1. To knowingly lease or sublease, use or allow

those done under the pretext of domestic or to be used, any house, building or

overseas employment or training or establishment for the purpose of promoting

apprenticeship, for the purpose of trafficking in persons.

prostitution, pornography, sex exploitation,

2. To produce, to print and issue or distribute
force labor, slavery, involuntary servitude or
unissued, tampered or fake counseling
debt bondage.
certificates, registration stickers and
2. To introduce or match for money, profit, or
certificates of any government agency which
material, economic or other consideration,
issues these certificates and stickers as proof
any person or, as provided for under Republic
of compliance with government regulatory
Act No.6955, any Filipino woman to a foreign
and pre-departure requirements for the
national, for marriage for the purpose of
purpose promoting trafficking in persons.
acquiring, buying, offering, selling, or trading
him/her for prostitution, pornography, sexual 3. To advertise, publish, print, broadcast or
exploitation, forced labor, slavery, distribute, or cause the advertisement,
involuntary servitude or debt bondage. publication, printing, broadcasting or

3. To offer or contract marriage, real or distribution by any means, including the use

simulated, for the purpose of acquiring, of information technology and the internet, of

buying, offering, selling, or trading them to any brochure, flyer, or any propaganda

prostitution, pornography, sexual material that promotes trafficking in persons.

exploitation, forced labor, or slavery,

involuntary servitude, or debt bondage.
 4. To assist in the conduct of misrepresentation or confederating with one another. It is
or fraud for purposes of facilitating the deemed committed in large scale if
acquisition of clearances and necessary exit committed against three (3) or more persons,
documents from government agencies that individually or as a group;
are mandated to provide pre-departure
registration and services for departing 4. When the offender is an ascendant, parent,
persons for the purpose of promoting sibling, guardian or a person who exercise
trafficking in persons. authority over the trafficked person or when
the offense is committed by a public officer
5. To facilitate, assist or help in the exit and or employee;
entry of persons from/ to the country at
international and local airports, territorial 5. When the trafficked person is recruited to
boundaries and seaports who are in engage in prostitution with any member of
possession of unissued, tampered or the military or law enforcement agencies;
fraudulent travel documents for the purpose
of promoting trafficking in persons. 6. When the offender is a member of the
military or law enforcement agencies; and
6. To confiscate, conceal, or destroy the
passport, travel documents or personal 7. When by reason or on occasion of the act of
documents or belongings of trafficked trafficking in persons, the offended party
persons in furtherance of trafficking or to dies, becomes insane, suffers mutilation or is
prevent them from leaving the country or afflicted with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
seeking redress from the government or (HIV) or the Acquired Immune Deficiency
appropriate agencies; and Syndrome (AIDS).

7. To knowingly benefit from, financial or (d) Confidentiality. – At any stage of the

otherwise, or make use of, the labor or investigation, prosecution and trial of an offense under RA
services or a person held to a condition of 9208, law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, court
involuntary servitude, forced labor, or personnel and medical practitioners, as well as parties to
slavery. the case, shall recognize the right to privacy of the
trafficked person and the accused. Towards this end, law
(c) The following are considered as qualified enforcement officers, prosecutors and judges to whom the
trafficking in persons: complaint has been referred may, whenever necessary to
ensure a fair and impartial proceeding, and after
1. When the trafficked person is a child; considering all circumstances for the best interest of the
parties, order a closed-door investigation, prosecution or
2. When the adoption is effected through trial. The name and personal circumstances of the
Republic Act No. 8043, otherwise known as trafficked person or of the accused, or any other
the “Inter-Country Adoption Act of 1995” and information tending to establish their identities and such
said adoption is for the purpose of circumstances or information shall not be disclosed to the
prostitution, pornography, sexual public.
exploitation, forced labor, slavery,
involuntary servitude or debt bondage; In cases when prosecution or trial is conducted behind
closed-doors, it shall be unlawful for any editor, publisher,
3. When the crime is committed by a syndicate, and reporter or columnist in case of printed materials,
or in large scale. Trafficking is deemed announcer or producer in case of television and radio,
committed by a syndicate if carried out by a producer and director of a film in case of the movie
group of three (3) or more persons conspiring industry, or any person utilizing tri-media facilities or
information technology to cause publicity of any case of  President of the Sanggunian Kabataan
trafficking in persons. Federation
 GAD Focal Person
(e) Any person who buys or engages the services  LCPC Representative
of trafficked persons for prostitution shall be penalized for  Three (3) NGOs or faith-based organizations,
use of trafficked persons. which have a proven record of working for
and advocating the rights and concerns of
Section 5. Penalties under R.A. No. 9208. – women, children and overseas Filipino
The afore-mentioned acts shall be penalized in accordance workers.
with the provisions of Sections 10 and 11 of Republic Act
No. 9208. (b) The committee shall convene at least once a
month, and it may call for such special sessions as it may
Section 6. Role of the Local Government of deem necessary. A majority of its members shall constitute
_______________________. – In order to help in the a quorum to conduct official business.
international and national efforts to address the problem
of trafficking in persons, the local government of (c) The MSWO shall serve as the secretariat of the
_________________shall implement programs, services and Local Committee.
activities that will contribute to the prevention, protection
and rehabilitation of trafficked persons in the municipality, Section 8. Functions of the Local
pursuant to Section 16(j) of R.A. No. 9208 and Section19 of Committee. – The existing Local Committee on Anti-
its Implementing Rules and Regulations. Violence Against Women and their Children shall address
and consider the following agenda, in addition to its
Section 7. Implementing Agency. – (a) The present functions and duties:
Local Committee on Anti-Trafficking and Violence Against
Women and their Children (LCATVAWC) shall be the a. Formulate the comprehensive and integrated
primary arm of the municipal government in the municipal program to prevent and suppress
implementation of the provisions of R.A. No. 9208 and this trafficking in persons
Ordinance. Its composition shall include, but not
b. Coordinate the implementation of the
limited to the following:
municipal government’s programs and
activities on anti-trafficking, as enumerated
Chair: The Municipal Mayor, or his/her
under Sections 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and
representative
16 of this Ordinance

Vice Chair: The Chair of the Sanggunian c. Discuss with neighboring LGUs the viability of

committee on women and family grouping together and pooling resources for
a more effective delivery of the mandatory
Members: services under RA 9208

d. Recommend relevant policies or legislative

 Municipal Social Welfare Officer (MSWO)
measures to the Sanggunian Bayan
 Municipal Planning Officer
 Municipal Government Operations e. Lead the preparations and activities for the

Officer celebration of December 12 of every year as

 Municipal Health Officer “National Day Against Trafficking”

 Municipal Employment Services Officer f. Conduct and/or provide for the training of
 Chief of the local Philippine National Police LGU personnel involved in anti-trafficking
(PNP) programs and/or activities
 President of the Liga ng mga Barangay
 g. Establish a sex- and age-disaggregated report to the IACAT on the situation of trafficking in
data base on cases of trafficking in persons persons within the municipality, as well as on the policies
and programs instituted to respond to the problem.
h. Submit an annual report to the Council

i. Perform such other related functions or tasks Section 11. Visitation Powers. – (a) As an
as may be imposed by law or ordinance. incident to its mandated duty under Section 9 of this
Ordinance, the municipal government shall conduct
Section 9. Monitor and document cases of inspection, in coordination with proper authorities, of
trafficking in persons. – (a) The municipal government houses, buildings, or establishments reported as being
shall monitor and document cases of trafficking in persons used for trafficking activities.
within its territorial jurisdiction.

(b) The unjustifiable refusal of the owner or

(b) Any person who has any knowledge or learns person in charge of any house, building, or establishment
of facts or circumstances that give rise to a reasonable to submit the same for inspection by municipal authorities
belief that a person will be, or may be, or has been shall give rise to the prima facie presumption of willfully
trafficked shall immediately report the same, either orally impeding and/or obstructing the mandated duty of the
or in writing or through other means to the Local municipal government to monitor and document
Committee, the nearest police or law enforcement agency, trafficking cases, and may expose said owner or person in
or the Municipal Social Welfare Office (MSWO). charge to possible prosecution for violation of this
Ordinance.
(c) The Municipal Health Office shall likewise
assist in the monitoring function by reporting to the police (c) The Local Committee shall formulate the
or law enforcement officers or the MSWO any suspected proper guidelines and protocols that will be observed in
cases of trafficking in persons for purposes of sexual the exercise of this power, in order to ensure compliance.
exploitation, incident to the conduct of the STD/HIV/AIDS
monitoring test, daily hygiene check-up and other similar Section 12. Cancellation of licenses of
medical examinations. establishments which violate the provisions of R.A.
No. 9208. – (a) The Office of the Municipal Mayor shall
(d) The concerned local government officers shall effect the cancellation or revocation of the business
also contribute to the monitoring function by reporting to permits and/or licenses of any individual or establishment
the police or law enforcement officers or the MSWO any found to have violated the provisions of R.A. No. 9208.
suspected cases of trafficking in persons for purposes of
forced labor, slavery or involuntary servitude, incident to (b) All individuals or establishments applying for
the conduct of inspection of sweatshops, poultry, piggery new business permits and/or licenses or applying for
and other agricultural structures, or other labor-intensive renewal thereof shall sign a written undertaking that they
establishments. shall not employ minors and women who are victims of
trafficking. Bars, nightclubs, videoke/KTV bars, and other
(e) All other local agencies or offices, including similar establishments providing adult amusement or
barangays, receiving reports of suspected cases of entertainment, as well as sweatshops, poultry, piggery
trafficking within the municipality, shall furnish the MSWO and other agricultural structures, or other labor-intensive
with an incident report for monitoring and documentation establishments, shall be required to keep copies of
purposes. National Statistics Office (NSO) authenticated birth
certificates of all employees as proof of age.
(f) The MSWO shall document a reported case of
trafficking in persons in all its stages up to its termination. (c) All boarding houses, pension houses,
dormitories and similar establishments that provide
Section 10. Reportorial Duty. – The temporary or permanent lodging facilities for the purpose
LCATVAWC, through the MSWO, shall submit an annual of generating any rental/lease income, shall be required to
apply for business permits and/or licenses. The owner, (d) Within one (1) month from the adoption of this
proprietor or manager of any such establishment applying Ordinance, the LCATVAWC shall convene a meeting with all
for new business permits and/or licenses or applying for the members of the Local Task Force for the specific
renewal thereof, shall sign a written undertaking that they purpose of developing the guidelines and protocols for the
shall not engage in any acts, which promote trafficking effective coordination in the conduct of surveillance,
such as, but not limited to, allowing the use of their investigation and rescue operations on trafficking in
premises to traffickers and their victims. The owner, persons.
manager or proprietor of such establishment shall have
the mandatory duty to report suspected cases of (e) To facilitate the successful prosecution of
trafficking to the LCATVAWC. trafficking cases, the LCATVAWC shall establish a witness
protection and support services program for victims of
(d) The refusal and/or failure to sign the above- trafficking that shall include, but not be limited to, the
mentioned undertaking, or the subsequent violation of the establishment of a safe house for rescued victims, basic
same, or the failure to keep employees’ birth certificates welfare and legal services, incentives in the form of
as required under paragraph (b), or the possession of financial support or alternative livelihood opportunities.
falsified birth certificates in the records of employment,
shall constitute a ground for the immediate denial or Section 14. Deputizing the barangays. – (a)
cancellation of the business permit and/or license of the The municipal government may deputize the
individual or establishment concerned. barangays in maintaining registries of local
residents recruited for employment elsewhere, their
Section 13. Ensure effective prosecution of respective destinations, the identities of the
trafficking cases. – (a) The municipal government shall recruiters, and other relevant data.
ensure the effective prosecution of cases of trafficking in
persons committed within its territorial jurisdiction. (b) The barangays may likewise be
authorized to require all prospective recruiters to
(b) For this purpose, there shall be created a first apply for a barangay permit before engaging in
Local Joint Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons any recruitment activities in their respective areas
(LJTFATP) to be composed of: (1) the Municipal Attorney, of responsibility.
or in his/her absence, the Chair of the sanggunian
committee on peace and order, as chair, and (2) one Section 15. Information campaign against
personnel/representative each from the municipal police trafficking in persons. – (a) The municipal government
office, regional office of the Bureau of Immigration, shall undertake an information campaign against
regional office of the National Bureau of Investigation, trafficking in persons through the establishment at the
regional office of the Department of Social Welfare and municipal hall of the Migrant Advisory and Information
Development, Municipal Social Welfare Office, Office of the Network (MAIN) desks, in coordination with the
State or Municipal Prosecutor, and at least three (3) non- Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG),
government organizations with a track record in working Philippine Information Agency (PIA), Commission on
and/or advocating on the issue of trafficking in persons. Filipinos Overseas (CFO), NGOs and other concerned
agencies, organizations and individuals.
(c) The Local Task Force shall coordinate all
efforts in the conduct of surveillance, investigation and (b) The municipal government shall conduct
rescue operations of trafficking cases. It shall likewise information dissemination activities at the barangay level
closely collaborate with the LCATVAWC in the formulation and coordinate such activities with the BCPCs and the
of plans and programs for the prevention and/or reduction DILG. Information dissemination activities shall likewise be
of trafficking in persons. For this purpose, the Local Task conducted in schools, churches and communities.
Force shall convene at least once a month.
(c) In partnership with the PIA, the municipal
government shall produce and publish information,
education and communication materials about trafficking Section 18. Enactment of supplemental
in persons such as, but shall not be limited to, primers, ordinances and issuances. – The municipal government
flyers, brochures, posters, stickers, television/radio/print shall formulate and promulgate supplemental ordinances,
advertisements, and websites, which shall be made resolutions or executive issuances aimed at providing
available in piers, ports, airports, bus and jeepney support to trafficked persons, and adopt necessary
terminals, and other similar places where acts of measures to prevent and suppress trafficking in persons
trafficking may be committed and/or facilitated. within its territorial jurisdiction.

Section 16. Encourage and support Section 19. Strengthening of existing

community-based initiatives. – (a) The municipal bodies. – The municipal government shall exert efforts to
government shall encourage and support community- strengthen, activate and mobilize existing committees,
based initiatives which address the issue of trafficking in councils, similar organizations and special bodies at the
persons. local level to prevent and suppress trafficking in persons

(b) It shall provide financial support and technical Section 20. Penalties and Sanctions for
assistance to BCPCs and qualified and accredited NGOs Violations of this Ordinance. – The following acts or
and POs that are engaged in activities for the protection, omissions shall be deemed violations of this Ordinance
recovery and reintegration of victims of trafficking. and shall be subject to the imposition of the corresponding
penal sanctions:
Section 17. Mandatory services to trafficked
persons. – (a) Pursuant to Section 23 of R.A. No. 9208, the a. Any public official/officer who has any
municipal government shall, in coordination with the knowledge or learns of facts or
concerned government agencies, make available the circumstances that give rise to a reasonable
following mandatory services to trafficked persons. belief that a person will be, or may be, or has
been trafficked, and fails to immediately
1. Emergency shelter or appropriate housing report such to the LCATVAWC or other
concerned agencies shall be penalized with a
2. Counseling
fine of P 2, 500.00 or imprisonment not
3. Free legal services, which shall include exceeding 6 months.
information about the victim’s rights and the
procedure for filing complaints, claiming b. If the offender above is a private person, the
compensation and such other legal remedies penalty shall be a fine of P2, 500.00 or
available to them, in a language understood imprisonment not exceeding 3 months.
by the trafficked person

4. Medical or psychological services

c. The owner, manager, or person in charge of
any house, building, or establishment who
5. Livelihood and skills training
refuses, without justifiable reason, to submit

6. Educational assistance to a trafficked child. said premises for inspection by municipal

authorities as provided under Section 11 of
(b) The Municipal Social Welfare Office shall be this Ordinance shall be penalized, at the
the lead agency in the coordination and provision of (1), first instance, with immediate
(2), (4), (5) and (6). On the other hand, the Municipal cancellation of the corresponding
Attorney’s Office shall lead in providing (3). business permit and/or license issued
by the municipal government. At the
(c) All efforts shall be made to ensure that second instance, the offender shall be
the above services will be rendered in child-friendly punished for willfully impeding and/or
and gender-sensitive manner. obstructing the mandated duty of the
municipal government to monitor and
 document trafficking cases, with a fine of P2, Municipal Treasury to cover the first-year implementation
500.00 or imprisonment of 1 month. of this Ordinance. Thereafter, the amount equivalent to
10% of the Gender and Development (GAD) funds from the
d. The unjustifiable refusal and/or failure to sign Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) and 10% of GAD funds
the written undertaking required under from any Official Development Assistance (ODA) shall
Section 12 (b) and (c) of this Ordinance, or constitute the annual budget of the LCATVAWC for
the subsequent violation of the same, or the purposes of implementing this Ordinance.
failure to keep employees’ birth certificates
as required under Section 12 (b), or the The funds allocated for this purpose shall accrue
possession of falsified birth certificates in the exclusively to the program, in accordance with the
records of employment, shall be penalized, guidelines on the matter issued by the National
at the first instance, with immediate Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW).
cancellation of the corresponding
business permit and/or license issued Section 23. Repealing Clause. – All ordinances,
by the municipal government. At the resolutions, executive issuances, or rules and regulations,
second instance, the offender shall be or parts thereof, whose provisions are inconsistent with or
punished with a fine of P2, 500.00. contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance, are hereby
deemed repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.
e. In case of judgment of conviction and
the competent court of justice deems it Section 24. Applicability Clause. - The
proper to impose the penalty of provisions of existing ordinances, resolutions, or executive
“community service”, the LGU shall orders dealing with related subject matter such as
recommend to the judge that said term protection against child labor and exploitation, anti-
should include but not limited to such violence against women and children, and the like, which
activities as tree-planting, cleaning of are not contradictory with this Ordinance, are hereby
public streets, canals or other public adopted as an integral part of this Ordinance.
places, dredging of local rivers, lakes,
or streams, and helping in the Section 25. Separability Clause. – If, for any
collection of garbage, and that contact reason, any section or provision of this Ordinance is held
between the offender and the unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions
trafficking victim/s should be avoided at hereof shall not be affected thereby.
all cost.
Section 26. Effectivity. – This Ordinance shall
Section 21. Rewards and Incentives. – (a) take effect after thirty (30) days from the date of
The Local Committee shall institute an incentive scheme completion of its review by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan
whereby monetary rewards may be given to persons who and its publication in a newspaper of local circulation.
provide vital information that lead to the prevention or
suppression of trafficking activities and to the
apprehension of offenders involved therein.

(b) Likewise, awards and recognition shall be

given to persons, organizations, or establishments that
champion or support activities which contribute to the
prevention or suppression of trafficking in persons.

Section 22. Appropriation. – The initial amount

of ___________________Pesos is hereby appropriated out of
the General Fund (Statutory Obligations) of the