Article 156Act No. 3815, Sec./Art. 156

Delivering prisoners from jails.-The penalty of arresto mayor in its maximum period to prision correccional in its minimum period shall be imposed upon any person who shall remove from any jail or penal establishment any person confined therein or shall help the escape of such person, by means of violence, intimidation, or bribery. If other means are used the penalty of arresto mayor shall be imposed.

If the escape of the prisoner shall take place outside of said establishments by taking the guards by surprise, the same penalties shall be imposed in their minimum period.

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(d) Medical or psychological services;

(e) Livelihood and skills training; and

(f) Educational assistance.

Sustained supervision and follow through mechanism

that will track the progress of recovery, rehabilitation and

reintegration of the child victims shall adopted and

carried out.

Section 19. Programs for Victims of Child Pornography.

The Inter-Agency Council Against Child Pornography

created under Section 20 of this Act shall develop and

implement the necessary programs that will prevent any

form of child pornography, as well as protect, heal and

reintegrate the child into the mainstream of society. Such

programs shall include beat but not limited to the

following:

(a) Provision of mandatory services including counseling

free legal services, medical or psychological services,

livelihood and skills training and educational assistance

to the child pursuant to Section 18 of this Act;

(b) Sponsorship of a national research program on any

form of child pornography and other acts covered by the

law and the establishment of a data collection system for

monitoring and evaluation purposes;

(c) Provision of necessary technical and material support

services

to

appropriate

government

agencies

and

nongovernmental organizations:

(d) Sponsorship of conferences and seminars to provide

venue for consensus building amongst the public, the

academe

,

government,

nongovernmental

and

international organizations and

(e) Promotion of information and education campaign.

Section

20.

Inter

-

Agency

Council

against

Child

Pornography.

-

There

is

hereby

established

an

Inter-Agency Council against Child Pornography to be

composed of the Secretary of the DSWD as chairperson

and the following as members:

(a) Secretary of the Department of Justice:

(b)

Secretary

of

the

Department

of

Labor

and

Employment

(c)

Secretary

of

the

Department

of

Science

and

Technology

(d) Chief of the Philippine National Police;

(e) Chairperson of the Commission on Information and

Communications Technology;

(g) Commissioner of the National Telecommunications

Commission;

(h) Executive Director of the Council for the Welfare of

Children;

(i)

Executive

Director

of

the

Philippine

Center

for

Transnational Crimes;

(j) Executive Director of the Optical Media Board;

(k) Director of the National Bureau of Investigation; and

(l)

Three

(3)

representatives

from

children's

nongovernmental organizations. These representatives

shall

be

nominated

by

the

government

agency

representatives of the Council for appointment by the

President for a term of three (3) years and may be

renewed upon renomination and reappointment by the

Council and the President respectively.

The

members

of

the

Council

may

designate

their

permanent representatives, who shall have a rank not

lower

than

assistant

secretary

or

its

equivalent,

to

meetings and shall receive emoluments as may be

determined by the Council in accordance with existing

budget and accounting rules and regulations.

The DSWD shall establish the necessary Secretariat for

the Council.

Section 21. Functions of the Council. - The Council shall

have the following powers and functions:

(a) Formulate comprehensive and integrated plans and

programs to prevent and suppress any form of child

pornography;

(b) Promulgate rules and regulations as may be necessary

for the effective implementation of this Act;

(c) Monitor and oversee the strict implementation of this

Act;

(d) Coordinate the programs and projects of the various

members agencies effectively address the issues and

problems attendant to child pornography;

(e)

Conduct

and

coordinate

massive

information

disseminations and campaign on the existence of the law

and the various issues and problems attendant to child

pornography;

(f) Direct other agencies to immediately respond to the

problems brought to their attention and report to the

Council on the action taken;

(g)

Assist

in the filling of cases against individuals,

agencies, institutions or establishments that violate the

provisions of this Act;

(h) Formulate a program for the reintegration of victims

of child pornography;

(i) Secure from any department, bureau, office, agency or

instrumentality of the government or from NGOs and

other civic organizations such assistance as may be

needed to effectively implement this Act;

(j)

Complement

the shared government information

system

relative to child abuse and exploitation and

ensure that the proper agencies conduct a continuing

research and study on the patterns and schemes of any

form of child pornography which form basis for policy

formulation and program direction;

(k)

develop

the

mechanism

to

ensure

the

timely,

coordinated and effective response to cases of child

pornography;

(l) Recommend measures to enhance cooperative efforts

and mutual assistance among foreign countries through

bilateral and/or multilateral arrangements to prevent and

suppress any form of child pornography;

(m) Adopt measures and policies to protect the rights and

needs of the victims of child pornography who are foreign

nationals in the Philippines;

(n) maintain a database of cases of child pornography;

(o) Initiate training programs in identifying and providing

the necessary intervention or assistance to victims of

child pornography.

(p)

Submit

to

the

President and the Congressional

Oversight committee credited herein the annual report

on the policies, plans, programs and activities of the

Council relative to the implementation of this Act; and

(q) Exercise all the powers and perform such other

functions necessary to attain the purposes and objectives

of this Act.

Section 22. Child Pornography as a Transnational Crime.

- Pursuant to the Convention on transnational Organized

Crime, the DOJ may execute the request of a foreign state

for assistance in the investigation or prosecution of any

form

of

child

pornography

by:

(1)

conducting

a

preliminary investigation against the offender and, if

appropriate, to file the necessary charges in court; (2)

giving information needed by the foreign state; and (3) to

apply for an order of forfeiture of any proceeds or

monetary

instrument

or

properly

located

in

the

Philippines used in connection with child pornography in

the court; Provided, That if the DOJ refuses to act on the

request of for delaying the execution thereof: Provided,

further, That the principles of mutuality and reciprocity

shall, for this purpose, be at all times recognized.

Section 23. Extradition. - The DOJ, in consultation with

the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), shall endeavor

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