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Introduced by Senator Richard J. Gordon 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Mobile phones are useful and convenient tools of modern life. While mobile phones 
have brought us speed and efficiency in our transactions, there are individuals who take 
advantage of this modern technology to commit crimes faster and with greater facility. 
For example, criminals who commit kidnapping, estafa, and other crimes are easily 
able to consummate their unlawful activities with the use of prepaid Subscriber identity 
Module (SiM) Cards in mobile phones that presently provide law enforcers with no recourse 
as to their identities for investigation. Lawless elements must not be granted the privilege of 
using mobile phones to achieve their crimes. 
To deter crime and enhance peace and order in our country, there is a need to 
require the registration of SIM Cards in mobile phones. This will promote responsibility and 
accountability in the use of SlM Cards in mobile phones as well as provide better law 
enforcement in protecting the public. 
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Introduced by Senator Richard J. Gordon 
AN ACT REQUIRING THE REGISTRATION OF 
SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE (SIM) CARDS IN MOBILE PHONES 
Be if enacfed by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled , 
SECTION 1. Shod Me. - This Act shall be known as the "SIM Card Registration 
Act." 
Sec. 2. Policy. - It is the policy of the State to regulate the ownership and use of SIM 
Cards for legitimate purposes only to maintain peace and order, promote the general 
welfare, and protect the public. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. - For purposes of this Act, 
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"SIM Card" refers to the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card in a mobile 
(2) "Mobile phone company" refers to any mobile telecommunication service 
(3) "NTC" refers to the National Telecommunications Commission. 
Sec. 4. SIM Card Registration. - Every mobile phone company shall be required to 
register its subscribers, both prepaid and postpaid, and maintain a directory thereof, 
indicating therein the SIM Card serial number, mobile phone number, name, and address of 
the subscriber. 
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provider, including but not limited to Globe, or Smart, or Sun Cellular. 
Any change to the information required in the SIM Card registration must be 
registered with the mobile phone company within fifteen (15) days from the occurrence of 
such change. 
Sec. 5. Confidentialify Clause. - Information in SIM Card registration shall be treated 
as absolutely confidential, unless otherwise specified by the subscriber. It shall not be 
inquired or looked into, except upon probable cause to be determined personally by the 


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judge after examination under oath or affirmation of the complainant and the witnesses he 
or she may produce. 
Sec. 6. Sale of SIM Cards. - Every seller shall require his or her buyer of a SIM Card 
to present a valid identification with picture to ascertain the identity of the buyer. The seller 
shall further require the buyer to accomplish a registration form issued by the mobile phone 
company of the SIM Card being purchased. For this purpose, mobile phone companies 
shall issue registration forms. The seller shall then promptly submit the accomplished 
registration form to the concerned mobile phone company not later than fifteen (15) days 
from the date of sale. The confidentiality clause in SIM Card registration in Section 5 shall 
start to apply at the point of sale. 
A buyer who does not produce a valid identification with picture and accomplish a 
registration form in accordance with the preceding paragraph shall be refused the sale of a 
SIM Card by the seller. 
Sec. 7. lmplernenfing Rules and Regulations, - The NTC shall issue rules and 
regulations to implement the provisions of this Act within one (1) month from the effectivity 
of this Act. 
Sec. 8. Penal Clause. - Any violation of the above provisions of this Act shall be 
punished with a fine ranging from five thousand pesos (PhP5,OOO) to fifty thousand pesos 
(PhP50,OOO). 
Sec. 9. Transitory Provision. - All existing prepaid subscribers are required to 
register with their respective mobile phone companies within three (3) months from the 
effectivitylof this Act. Failure to register within this period shall result in the deactivation of 
the prepaid subscription. The deactivated prepaid subscription may only be reactivated 
after registration in accordance with this Act. 
Sec. 10. Repealing Clause. - Ail laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or 
other issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby 
repealed or modified accordingly. 
Sec. 11. Separability Clause. - If any portion or provision of this Act is declared 
unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act or any provision not affected thereby shall remain 
in force and effect. 
Sec. 12. €ffecfivify. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following the 
completion of its publication either in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general 
circulation in the Philippines. 


Approved,