Concurred in by Associate Justices Teresita J. Leonardo-de Castro, Arturo D.
Brion, Diosdado M. Peralta and Jose Portugal Perez.
[18]
[19]
Emphasis added.
[20]
Emphasis added.
[21]
G.R. No. 206513, October 20, 2015, 773 SCRA 228.
[22]
Emphasis added and citations omitted.
[23]
Supra.
[24]
1. The accused commits the act of sexual intercourse or lascivious conduct.
2. The said act is performed with a child exploited in prostitution or subjected to
other sexual abuse.
3. That child, whether male or female, is below 18 years of age.
[25]
Id.
[26]
Emphasis added.
An Act Expanding the Definition of the Crime of Rape, Reclassifying the Same as
a Crime against Persons, Amending for the Purpose Act No. 3815, As Amended,
Otherwise Known as the Revised Penal Code, and For Other Purposes.
[27]
[28]
Section. 3. Definition of Terms.
(a) "Children" refers to a person below eighteen (18) years of age or those over but
are unable to fully take care of themselves or protect from themselves from abuse,
neglect, cruelty, exploitation or discrimination because of a physical or mental
disability or condition.
[29]
657 Phil. 577, 601 (2011)
[30]
G.R. No. 197712, April 20, 2015, 756 SCRA 196, 210.
[31]
G.R. No. 205308, February 11, 2015, 750 SCRA 471, 488.
[32]
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