"(3) No child below fifteen (15) years of age shall be allowed to work between eight
o'clock in the evening and six o'clock in the morning of the following day and no child
fifteen (15) years of age but below eighteen (18) shall be allowed to work between ten
o'clock in the evening and six o'clock in the morning of the following day."
"Sec. 12-B. Ownership, Usage and Administration of the Working Child's Income. - The
wages, salaries, earnings and other income of the working child shall belong to him/her
in ownership and shall be set aside primarily for his/her support, education or skills
acquisition and secondarily to the collective needs of the family: Provided, That not
more than twenty percent (20%) of the child's income may be used for the collective
needs of the family.
"The income of the working child and/or the property acquired through the work of the
child shall be administered by both parents. In the absence or incapacity of either of the
parents, the other parent shall administer the same. In case both parents are absent or
incapacitated, the order of preference on parental authority as provided for under the
Family Code shall apply.
"Sec. 12-C. Trust Fund to Preserve Part of the Working Child's Income. - The parent or
legal guardian of a working child below eighteen (18) years of age shall set up a trust
fund for at least thirty percent (30%) of the earnings of the child whose wages and
salaries from work and other income amount to at least two hundred thousand pesos
(P200,000.00) annually, for which he/she shall render a semi-annual accounting of the
fund to the Department of Labor and Employment, in compliance with the provisions of
this Act. The child shall have full control over the trust fund upon reaching the age of
majority.
"Sec. 12-D. Prohibition Against Worst Forms of Child Labor. - No child shall be
engaged in the worst forms of child labor. The phrase "worst forms of child labor" shall
refer to any of the following:
"(1) All forms of slavery, as defined under the "Anti-trafficking in Persons Act of
2003", or practices similar to slavery such as sale and trafficking of children,
debt bondage and serfdom and forced or compulsory labor, including
recruitment of children for use in armed conflict; or
"(2) The use, procuring, offering or exposing of a child for prostitution, for the
production of pornography or for pornographic performances; or
"(3) The use, procuring or offering of a child for illegal or illicit activities,
including the production and trafficking of dangerous drugs and volatile
substances prohibited under existing laws; or
"(4) Work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is
hazardous or likely to be harmful to the health, safety or morals of children,
such that it:
"a) Debases, degrades or demeans the intrinsic worth and dignity of a
child as a human being; or