Practice question
After RA 12312 became applicable, a recruiter hires Filipinos and foreign nationals for employment in an offshore-gaming operation in the Philippines. He calls the arrangement a voluntary training program and claims the 2025 law has no link to trafficking legislation. What is the correct statutory response?
- The law exempts all training arrangements.
- Only Filipino recruits are covered.
- Section 9 specifically prohibits the stated offshore-gaming employment, training, or apprenticeship recruitment and links the conduct to the trafficking law.
- Only a change of business name is required.
- A former offshore-gaming license conclusively authorizes continued recruitment.
Legal references
- RA 11862, Sections 3–6 amending RA 9208 definitions, acts, facilitation and qualifications: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2022/ra_11862_2022.html
- RA 10364, retained amendments to RA 9208, read with RA 11862: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10364_2013.html
- RA 12312, Sections 9 and 17, offshore-gaming recruitment and amendment of trafficking law: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/100174
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