In Section 9 of the Child Abuse Law (Republic Act Number 7610),
a person who either hires, employs, uses, persuades, or induces a child to perform in obscene exhibitions and indecent shows, pose or model in obscene publications or pornographic materials; or, sells or distributes such materials may be imprisoned for 8 to10 years The penalty is increased to 10 to12 years of imprisonment if the child is below 12 years of age.

Article 201 of the Revised Penal Code carries the penalty of prision mayor or a fine from P6,000 to P12,000 for authors, publishers, and sellers of obscene literature, those who exhibit indecent or immoral shows, and those who distribute material considered offensive to public morals.

RA 9208 or the Anti-Trafficking of Women and Children Law punishes the trafficking of women and children for “purposes of prostitution, sexual exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery, servitude and the removal or sale of body organs.” The law defines sexual exploitation to include the exploitation of women and children in pornography. This law gives the most explicit definition of pornography as “any representation, through publication, exhibition, cinematography, indecent shows, information technology, or by whatever means, of a person engaged in real or simulated explicit sexual activities or any representation of the sexual parts of a person for primarily sexual purposes.”

Various government agencies, such as the Philippine National Police and the Department of Social Welfare and Development, also implement programmes and provide services for the rescue, rehabilitation, and recovery of victimized children.