This is an ordinance enacting the Mandaluyong city

CODE OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE

PROTECTION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS.

The Mandaluyong City government has on-going efforts

to ensure the safety and well-being of its children.

It is the policy of the Mandaluyong City

Government to protect the interest of child from
reckless, careless and negligent parents and to shield
them from dangerous or predatory situations arising
from such irresponsibility.
 Layunin nitong lalong mabigyang
kaganapan ang tungkulin ng mga magulang
na patnubayan and kanilang mga anak para
mailayo sa masasamang bisyo at upang
managot sa kamalian ng kanilang mga anak
bunga ng kanilang kapabayaan sa
pagkalinga at sa pagpapalaki sa mga ito.
 Sila ang mga taong may edad na mas mababa
sa 18, o kahit na mas mataas pa sa 18 ngunit
di naman kayang pangalagaan at bigyang
proteksyon ang sarili laban sa pang-aabuso
bunga ng pisikal o mental nilang kundisyon.
 Mananagot ang ama at ng ina ng bata o kung
wala nang magulang ay ang legal na taga-
pangalinga (legal guardian) na itinalaga ng
Family Code.
SECTION 6. SPECIAL PARENTAL AUTHORITY

- The school, its administrators and teachers, or

the individual, entity or institution engaged in child
shall have special parental authority and
responsibility over the minor child while under
their supervision, instruction or custody. Authority
and responsibility shall apply to all authorized
activities whether inside or outside the premises of
the school, entity or institution.
States that, criminal liability shall attach to any parent
having the parental authority and responsibility who:

#5. Fails to monitor the child’s attendance and

performance in school, and to attend, without
justifiable grounds, parent-teacher conferences
when required by the school.

#10. Permits the child to possess or use intoxicating

drinks, narcotic drugs, cigarettes and to engage in
gambling and other vices or harmful practices.
States that, criminal liability shall attach to any
parent having the parental authority and
responsibility who:

16. Allows his or her child to join gangs,

fraternities or sororities inside or outside
school, and who allows to head join, or, in
any other manner, participate in hazing and
other forms of initiation rites under the
R.A. No.8049
 Ang ama at ina ay parehong isasakdal,
maliban kung ang isa sa mga ito ay “absent”
o wala na sa tahanan o namatay o pumanaw
na.

Isasakdal lamang ang magulang kung

mapapatunayang sila ay may kapabayaan
ayon sa mga itinakdang probisyon ng
Ordinansa.
SEKSYON 12. KAPABAYAAN SA MGA ANAK O KABATAAN.
ANG PANANAGUTAN SA BATAS AY IPAPATAW SA MGA MAGULANG
NA MAY TUWIRANG KAPANGYARIHAN AT OBLIGASYON
SA MGA ANAK O BATA.

 Dahil iisa lamang ang paglabag, isang Ördinance Violation Receipt

(OVR)” din lang ang ii-isyu sa mga magulang.

Kung mag-a-avail ang mga magulang ng “No Contest Provision”,

isang multa lamang ang kanilang babayaran at isang “community
service” din ang puwedeng ipataw sa kanila na pwede nilang
paghatian ang pagtupad.
Section 13. TORTS– Parents shall be civilly liable for the
injuries and damages caused by the acts or omissions of
their unemancipated children living in their company and
under their parental authority subject to the appropriate
defenses provided by the law.
Section 14. PENALTIES – The acts mentioned hereof shall
be punishable as follows:

a.) FIRST OFFENSE – a fine of P1,000.000 or three (3)

months imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of the
court;
a.) SECOND OFFENSE – a fine of P3,000.000 or six (6)
months imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of the
court;
a.) FIRST OFFENSE – maximum penalty of a fine of
P5,000.000 or one (1) year imprisonment, or both, at
the discretion of the court;
Section 16. ATTENDANCE IN PARENT EFFECTIVENESS
SERVICE SESSIONS MANDATORY

In all cases of violations under this Ordinance, the

parents concerned shall always undergo Parent
Effectiveness Service Sessions to be conducted in their
respective barangays in addition to the penalty imposed.
 Article VIII – Program for Treatment and Rehabilitation of
Drug Dependents

Section 73. Liability of a Parent, Spouse, or Guardian Who Refuses to

Cooperate with the Board or any Concerned Agency.

– Any parent, spouse or guardian who, without valid

reason, refuses to cooperate with the board or any
concerned agency in the treatment and rehabilitation
of a drug dependent who is a minor, or in any manner,
prevents or delays the after-care, follow-up or other
programs for the welfare of the accused drug
dependent, whether under voluntary submission
program or compulsory submission program, may be
cited for contempt by the court.
Article IV – Participation of the Family, Students, Teachers, and School
Authorities in the Enforcement of this act.

Section 44. Heads, Supervisors, and Teachers of Schools – All school

heads, supervisors and teachers shall be deemed persons in
authority and, as such, are hereby empowered to apprehend, arrest
or cause the apprehension or arrest of any person who violates. They
shall be deemed persons in authority if they are in the school or
within its immediate vicinity, or even beyond such immediate vicinity
if they are in attendance at any school or class function in their
official capacity as school heads, supervisors and teachers.
Article IV – Participation of the Family, Students, Teachers, and School
Authorities in the Enforcement of this act.

Section 44. Heads, Supervisors, and Teachers of Schools – Any teacher

or school employee, who discovers or finds that any person in the
school or within its immediate vicinity is liable for violating any of
said provisions, shall have the duty to report the same to the school
head or immediate superior who shall, in return, report the matter to
the proper authorities.

Failure to do so in either case, within a reasonable period from the

time of discovery of the violation shall, after due hearing, constitute
sufficient cause for disciplinary action by the school authorities.
Article IV – Participation of the Family, Students, Teachers, and School
Authorities in the Enforcement of this act.

Section 41. Pagiging Kabahagi ng Pamilya– Ang pamilya bilang bahagi

ng lipunang Filipino ay siyang may pangunahing responsibilidad na
tumulong sa pagtuturo, pagmumulat at pagpapalaganap sa kasapi
ng pamilya patungkol sa masasamang epekto ng ipinagbabawal na
droga at pagbabantay sa miyembro ng pamilya na maaaring
malulong sa ipinagbabawal na droga.