Flowchart in Handling VAWC Cases

PB (or BK) receives PB makes warrantless

arrest of perpetrator
info (orally or in and confiscates
writing) from PB/ any concerned weapons & shall refer
concerned individual individual goes to Is perpetrator cases to nearest PNP
the area & enters around?
or neighbor Yes station PB / PNP assist
the dwelling, Is victim Victim
verifies incident victim for medical
injured and or decides not to
START attention & refer psychologically
return A
No victim to nearest Yes Yes
B available hospital disturbed? home?
Victim reports PB / PNP interviews
client & witness &
incident to PB/
PNP station informs victim
of thier right No
No

PNP arrest perpetrator
B B
Victim stays with
relatives/friends PB conducts

ex parte hearing PB Mother of PB issues BPO *
PB logs incident BPO serve to
on BPO issues child-victim within one (1) respondent C
Victim concerned BPO Yes agrees on Yes hour
A party/ties file/s

BPO
PB refers victim application for BPO
PB / LSWO provides No

No
to DSWD / counselling to victim/
LSWO
perpetrator ex parte
hearing on BPO E

PB files a case Prosecutor files
BPO PPO
C violated? for violation of a case for Court issues TPO Court hears case issued? END
Yes BPO violation of BPO & issues PPO No Yes

No E
PB provides PB monitors case for
sustained assis- 15 days reports (w/in LSW / PNP Complainant /
tance and refers 15 days) & refer case monitors & victim files
Yes
D
victim for other to PNP/local social evaluates case complaint with
support services worker PNP
No

PNP refers complaint
Prosecutor files Concerned
to prosecutor Prosecutor
D for preliminary
files a case?
a case in court & E agencies provide
Yes applies for TPO intervention
investigation

No

Victim appeals
case to DOJ

Punong Barangay (PB) Duties Functions

Barangay Kagawad(BK) LSW / PNP Functions
Department of the Interior and Local Government
Prosecutor / Court Functions
Victims Actions NATIONAL BARANGAY OPERATIONS OFFICE
Flowchart on the Issuance and Enforcement
of Barangay Protection Order (BPO) (Per RA 9262)

PB interviews The PB/Kagawad The PB issues

Victim Survivor
Victim; records; & conducts ex BPO on the same The PB/kagawad
petitioner reports BPO
START Incident to the advises her to file parteproceedings day of serves BPO to the received A
Barangay an application for for the issuance of appointment respondent Yes
BPO* BPO
No

C
Respondents
A
receives BPO

PB transmits copy PB / & LSWDO PB monitors
The PB (or of issued BPO to provides respondents BPO
Kagawad) records PNP Women & counseling compliance violated D
If respondent is all BPOs issued Children assistance to to BPO Yes
not around, the Protection victim
B PB / Kagawad will No

leave a copy of
the BPO at C

Victim / PB files
complaint for
D BPO violation END
with MTC / CTC /
MCTC

* If PB is not available, any available Brgy. Kagawad may admit the victim / complaint

Department of the Interior and Local Government

NATIONAL BARANGAY OPERATIONS OFFICE