Section 13Sec./Art. 13

Safe Haven. -Notwithstanding Articles 276 and 277 of the Revised Penal Code and Republic Act No. 7610, any parent who relinquishes an infant thirty (30) days old and younger to the following persons or entities shall be exempt from criminal liability:

(a) A licensed child-caring agency;

(b) A licensed child-placing agency;

(c) A church:Provided,That, for purposes of this Act, a church shall be defined as a place devoted to religious worship held with regularity;

(d) DOH-accredited health facilities including hospitals, infirmaries, city health offices, birthing homes, rural health units and barangay health stations;

(e) A Local Social Welfare and Development Office; and

(f) DSWD-managed residential care facilities and LGU-managed residential care facilities.