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Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003

AN ACT TO INSTITUTE POLICIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ESTABLISHING THE NECESSARY INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR THE PROTECTION AND SUPPORT OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

R.A. No. 9208 | 2003-05-26

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
 
Twelfth Congress

Second Regular Session
 
Begun held in Metro Manila on Monday, the twenty-second day of July, two thousand two
 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
 
Section 1. Title. This Act shall be known as the “Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003″.
 
Section 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is hereby declared that the State values the dignity of every human person and guarantees the respect of individual rights. In pursuit of this policy, the State shall give...