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Practice question: Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act (RA 9344, Titles I, IV, and VII, as amended by RA 10630)

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Compare a child who was fifteen at commission with a child who was sixteen and acted without discernment. Explain criminal exemption, intervention and the separate question of civil liability under current section 6.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2006/ra_9344_2006.html — RA 9344, Titles I, IV and VII, especially sections 6, 20, 57 and 60–61, read with RA 10630.
  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10630_2013.html — sections 3, 6 and 11, amended age rule, intervention and IJISC provisions, qualified parental civil liability and local-ordinance protections.

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