Abstract:
Recently, TV networks reported series of incidents involving minors as suspects. The most publicized was a video covering the murder of a doctor of philosophy committed by minors. Every news of this kind end with a clamor to amend RA 9344 or the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 impliedly citing that the law encourages juvenile delinquency.
RA 9344 sets the new minimum age of criminal responsibility to 15 years and one day and above compared to the nine years and above age set by the Revised Penal Code. With this development, and few months after NAPOLCOM, PNP and UNICEF jointly published the “Police Manual on the Management of Cases of Children In Conflict With The Law (CICL)
”, the Supreme Court enacted Administrative Matter No. 02-1-18-SC known as the Revised Rule On CICL. The two laws are the governing laws when it comes to procedures in handling CICL.
Info
| Source Institution | Philippine National Police |
| Source URL | http://www.ls.pnp.gov.ph/May%202012%20Legal%20Advisories%20B.pdf |
| Page Count | 6 |
| Place of Publication | Quezon City |
| Original Publication Date | May 1, 2012 |
| Tags | Legal Advisories, Manual |