Decision - 6 7 .. G.R. No~227363 2. Guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Statutory Rape under Article 266-A(l)(d) and penalized in Article 266-B of the Revised Penal Code, in Criminal Cas~ No. SCC-6211, and is sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua with modification as to the award of damages. Appellant is ORDERED to PAY AAA the amounts of P75,000.00 as civil indemnity, P75,000.00 as moral damages, and P75,000.00 as exemplary damages. Legal interest of six percent (6%) per annum is imposed on all damages awarded from the date of finality of this Decision until fully paid. Let a copy of this Decision be fun1ished the Department of Justice, the Office of the Solicitor General, the Office of the Court Administrator, and the Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals, for their guidance and information, as well as the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Philippines, as reference for possible statutory amendments on the maximum penalty for lascivious conduct under Section 5(b), Article III of R.A. No. 7 61 0 when the victim is under 12 years of age [reclusion temporal medium], and when the victim is 12 years old and below 18, or 18 or older under special circumstances [reclusion temporal medium to reclusion perpetua] under Section 3(a) ofR.A. No. 7610. SO ORDERED.