<P> In the Gaza Strip, any kind of sexual activity outside marriage is illegal . </P> <P> The age of sexual consent is the same as in Jordanian Article 306 of the Penal Code . Consensual sex is legal at the age of 16 years . </P> <P> The minimum age for consensual sex is 18 years . United States' Country Reports on Human Rights Practices lists the age of consent of Philippines as 12 . Sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 12 is defined as rape, under Chapter 3, Article 266 of the Anti-Rape Law of 1997 . </P> <P> The statutory rape law criminalizes sex with minors under age 12 and sex with a child under age 18 involving force, threat, or intimidation . The maximum penalty for child rape is 40 years in prison plus a lifetime bar from political office . As of August the PNP reported 2,750 cases of child rape . The production, possession, and distribution of child pornography are illegal, and penalties range from one month to life in prison plus fines from 50,000 to five million pesos ($1,000 to $100,000), depending on the gravity of the offense . </P>

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