Practice question
What is the general rule on status offenses in current section 57?
- Conduct not an offense or not penalized if committed by an adult is not an offense and is not punished when committed by a child
- Every childhood rule violation requires imprisonment
- A local label automatically turns any child’s act into a felony
- Only children may be convicted of all noncriminal adult behavior
- All conduct by every person below eighteen is lawful
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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