Section 11. Specific Acts and Penalties for Gender-Based Sexual Harassment in Streets and Public Spaces.— The following acts are unlawful and shall be penalized as follows:
For acts such as cursing, wolf-whistling, catcalling, leering and intrusive gazing, taunting, pursing, unwanted invitations, misogynistic, transphobic, homophobic, and sexist slurs, persistent unwanted comments on one’s appearance, relentless requests for one’s personal details such as name, contact and social media details or destination, the use of words, gestures or actions that ridicule on the basis of sex, gender or sexual orientation, identity and/or expression including sexist, homophobic, and transphobic statements and slurs, the persistent telling of sexual jokes, use of sexual names, comments and demands, and any statement that has made an invasion on a person’s personal space or threatens the person’s sense of personal safety –
The first offense shall be punished by a fine of One thousand pesos (₱1,000.00) and community service of twelve (12) hours inclusive of attendance to a Gender Sensitivity Seminar to be conducted by the PNP in coordination with the LGU and the PCW;
The second offense shall be punished by arresto menor (6 to 10 days) or a fine of Three thousand pesos (₱3,000.00);
The third offense shall be punished by arresto menor (11 to 30 days) and a fine of Ten thousand pesos (₱10,000.00).
For acts such as making offensive body gestures at someone, and exposing private parts for the sexual gratification of the perpetrator with the effect of demeaning, harassing, threatening or intimidating the offended party including flashing of private parts, public masturbation, groping, and similar lewd sexual actions –
The first offense shall he punished by a fine of Ten thousand pesos (₱10,000.00) and community service of twelve (12) hours inclusive of attendance to a Gender Sensitivity Seminar, to be conducted by the PNP in coordination with the LGU and the PCW;
The second offense shall be punished by arresto menor (11 to 30 days) or a fine of Fifteen thousand pesos (₱15,000.00);
The third offense shall be punished by arresto mayor (1 month and 1 day to 6 months) and a fine of Twenty thousand pesos (₱20,000.00).
For acts such as stalking, and any of the acts mentioned in Section 11 paragraphs (a) and (b), when accompanied by touching, pinching or brushing against the body of the offended person; or any touching, pinching, or brushing against the genitalia, face, arms, anus, groin, breasts, inner thighs, face, buttocks or any part of the victim’s body even when not accompanied by acts mentioned in Section 11 paragraphs (a) and (b) –
The first offense shall be punished by arresto rnenor (11 to 30 days) or a line of Thirty thousand pesos (₱30,000.00), provided that it includes attendance in a Gender Sensitivity Seminar, to be conducted by the PNP in coordination with the LGU and the PCW;
The second offense shall be punished by arresto mayor (1 month and 1 day to 6 months) or a fine of Fifty thousand pesos (₱50,000.00);
The third offense shall be punished by arresto mayor in its maximum period or a fine of One hundred thousand pesos (₱100,000.00).