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The age of consent in the Philippines was raised from 12 years to 16 years by a law signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in March 2022. This made non-forcible sexual intercourse with a child 15 years and below as statutory rape. [16] [17]
In common law jurisdictions, statutory rape is nonforcible sexual activity in which one of the individuals is below the age of consent (the age required to legally consent to the behaviour). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Although it usually refers to adults engaging in sexual contact with minors under the age of consent, it is a generic term, and very few ...
The age of consent is the age at which a person is considered to be legally competent to consent to sexual acts and is thus the minimum age of a person with whom another person is legally permitted to engage in sexual activity. The distinguishing aspect of the age of consent laws is that the person below the minimum age is regarded as the ...
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Sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 12 was defined as rape, under Chapter 3, Article 266 of the Anti-Rape Law of 1997. [ 102 ] However, while consensual sex with a person under age 18 is not statutory rape, it is still a violation of the law if the child is found to be "exploited in prostitution or subject to other sexual abuse ...
As the age of consent to sexual behaviour varies from country to country, so too do definitions of child sexual abuse. [1] An adult's sexual intercourse with a minor below the legal age of consent may sometimes be referred to as statutory rape, [2] [3] based on the principle that any apparent consent by a minor could not be considered legal ...
An Act Providing for Stronger Protection Against Rape and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Increasing the Age for Determining the Commission of Statutory Rape, Amending for the Purpose Act No. 3815, as Amended, Otherwise Known as "the Revised Penal Code," Republic Act No. 8353, Also Known as "the Anti-Rape Law of 1997," and Republic Act No. 7610 ...
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