Page 139 - Important Provisions of The New Civil Code

Article 218. The school, its administrators and

teachers, or the individual, entity or institution

engaged in child are shall have special parental

authority and responsibility over the minor

child while under their supervision, instruction

or custody.

Authority and responsibility shall apply to all

authorized activities whether inside or outside

the premises of the school, entity or institution.

(349a)

Article 219. Those given the authority and

responsibility under the preceding Article shall

be principally and solidarily liable for damages

caused by the acts or omissions of the

unemancipated minor. The parents, judicial

guardians or the persons exercising substitute

parental authority over said minor shall be

subsidiarily liable.