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RA 11313 (Safe Spaces Act) Section 15

Qualified Gender-Based Streets, Public Spaces and Online Sexual Harassment.

Section 15

SEC. 15. Qualified Gender-Based Streets, Public Spaces and Online Sexual Harassment. - The penalty next higher in degree will be applied in the following cases: (a) If the act takes place in a common carrier or PUV, including, but not limited to, jeepneys, taxis, tricycles, or app-based transport network vehicle services, where the perpetrator is the driver of the vehicle and the offended party is a passenger; (b) If the offended party is a minor, a senior citizen, or a person with disability (PWD), or a breastfeeding mother nursing her child; (c) If the offended party is diagnosed with a mental problem tending to impair consent; (d) If the perpetrator is a member of the uniformed services, such as the PNP and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and the act was perpetrated while the perpetrator was in uniform; and (e) If the act takes place in the premises of a government agency offering frontline services to the public and the perpetrator is a government employee.

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CitationRA 11313 (Safe Spaces Act) Section 15 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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