This season of sharing we are "taught" of generosity. Everyday, especially this Christmas season, we are flocked with kids on the streets knocking on car windows, caroling in the streets, clinging to jeepneys. And almost instantly we drop a coin or two, for whatever purpose it serves the beggars, or us... What we were not taught is that there this is a law against this act.
What is the law against beggars? The ANTI-MENDICANCY law signed in 1978, says that mendicants, exploited infants (do you see women carrying babies in the streets?), children who are 8 years old and below, minors found begging, parents of exploited infants and children are criminally liable under Article 59 and 60 of Presidential Decree No. 603. Definition of terms, penalties and scope of the law in
http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1978/pd_1563_1978.html
There are avenues to sharing your blessings to the "rightful" poor and helping them improve their lives. Please take the route to a LAWFUL "alms-giving," fund raising.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
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