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FULL TITLE : AN ACT ESTABLISHING JUVENILE JUSTICE COURTS, GRANTING THEM EXCLUSIVE ORIGINAL JURISDICTION OVER CRIMINAL CASES INVOLVING YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 129, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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Date filed
June 30, 2016
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00010 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT ESTABLISHING JUVENILE JUSTICE COURTS, GRANTING THEM EXCLUSIVE ORIGINAL JURISDICTION OVER CRIMINAL CASES INVOLVING YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 129, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| SHORT TITLE : Juvenile Justice Courts Act Of 2016 | |
| ABSTRACT : Declares it a policy of the State to protect the rights and promote the welfare of the children in keeping with the mandate of the Constitution and the precepts of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child thus providing for a system of adjudication for youthful offenders which will take into account their peculiar circumstances. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : FARIÑAS, RODOLFO C., ALVAREZ, PANTALEON D., ANDAYA, ROLANDO JR. G., DUAVIT, JOHN MICHAEL R., COJUANGCO, CARLOS O., KHO, ELISA "OLGA" T., ABU, RANEO "RANIE" E., SALIMBANGON, BENHUR L., NOGRALES, KARLO ALEXEI B., SUAREZ, DANILO E., BATOCABE, RODEL M. | |
| DATE FILED : 2016-06-30 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| NATURE : Reform | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Nieto (004 2016-08-01) | 2. Dalipe (012 2016-08-17) |
| 3. Bataoil (014 2016-08-23) | 4. Tan (A.) (018 2016-09-05) |
| 5. Villanueva (018 2016-09-05) | 6. Tambunting (032 2016-10-04) |
| 7. Espino (034 2016-10-10) | 8. Violago (062 2017-01-25) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE ON 2016-07-26 |
Abstract
Declares it a policy of the State to protect the rights and promote the welfare of the children in keeping with the mandate of the Constitution and the precepts of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child thus providing for a system of adjudication for youthful offenders which will take into account their peculiar circumstances
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