AMENDED PROVISIONS OF Senate Bill on Comprehensive Juvenile Justice
and Welfare, still to be passed at the Bicameral Session:

1) Children 15 years old (instead of 12) and below at the time of commission of crime shall be
immediately dismissed, exempt from criminal liability and subjected to an intervention program

2) Children above 15 and below 18 years of age shall be likewise exempt from criminal liability
and subjected to an intervention program unless he/she has acted with discernment

3) The child in conflict with the law will enjoy the presumption of minority, and shall enjoy all the
rights of CICL until he/she is proven to be 18 years old or older (determined from the child's birth
certificate, baptismal certificate, information supplied by the child himself, testimonies from other
persons, the physical appearance of the child and other relevant evidence. In case if doubt as to
the age of the child, it shall be resolved in his/her favor.

4) The Office of Juvenile Welfare and Restorative System (OJWRS) shall be created and
established under the Dept of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), not DOJ. OJWRS will be
the one coordinating with all the other agencies focused on juvenile justice and intervention
programs, and will oversee and supervise the implementation of the Act/Bill

5) Local Councils for the Protection of Children (LCPCs composed of community members,
including a representative from the youth, local gpvermment unit concerned, and an NGO or
private agency concerned with the welfare of children) will be established and will be the primary
agency to ovesee the implementation of the Juvenile Intervention Program

6) If the arrested child is determined to be 15 years old or below, the authority having initial contact
with the child shall immediately release the child to the custody of the parent, relative, guardian or
DSWD, and shall immediately take the child to the proper medical and health officer for a thorough
physical and mental examination

7) CICL shall undego diversion program without undergoing court proceedings, provided: where
the imposable crime committed is not more than six years imprisonment, the law enforcement
officer or Punong Barangay with the assistance of the local social welfare development officer
shall conduct mediation, family conferencing and reconciliation and, when appropriate, adopt
indigenous modes of conflict resolution for the best interest of the child, for restorative justice, and
formulation of a diversion program.

8) Under no circumstance shall a child in conflict with the law be placed in the same confinement
as adults

9) Female CICL shall be detained separately from male CICL

10) An initial amoiunt of FIFTY Million Pesos (instead of 10 million pesos) will be included in the
General Appropriations Act of the year, for the purpose of setting up the OJRs

11) One percent (1%) of the Internal Revenue Allotment of Barangays and municipalities shall be
allocated for the strengthening and implementation of the programs of the Local Councils for the
Protection of Children (LCPCs)