THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PEPUBLIC ) 
OF THE PHILLPPINES 
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"or1 JUN 30 E32 27 
First Regular Session 
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S E N A T E  
S. No. 
Introduced by Senator Luisa ''Lo?' P. Ejercito Estrada 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Proclamation No. 13 promotes the well being of Filipino youth by protecting them fiom 
exploitation, abuse, improper influence, hazard and other conditions prejudicial to their physical, 
emotional, social and moral development. The Revised Penal, Article 201 (b), punishes those 
who exhibit indecent or immoral plays, scenes, acts or shows in theaters, fairs, cinematographs 
or any other place. These laws do not mention pornographic materials, which can be accessed 
through computers. 
This bill seeks to regulate the transmission of indecent materials through computer access 
by minors and penalizes those responsible for the transmission of and access to computers. 
Hence, the immediate approval of this bill is highly recommended. 
LUISA "LOP' 
EJERCITO ESTRADA 
Senator 


THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE PEPTJBLIC ) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
1 
First Regular Session 
) 
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Introduced by Senator Luisa "Lo?' P. Ejercito Estrada 
AN ACT 
TO PUNISH TRANSMISSION OH INDECENT MATERIAL BY COMPUTER TO 
MINORS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - 
This Act shall be known as the "Anti-Computer 
Pornography Act." 
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policv. - It is the policy of the State to provide special 
protection to every minor fiom all forms of abuse, neglect, cruelty, exploitation and 
discrimination and other conditions prejudicial to their development. 
Toward this end, the State shall enact measures to prevent the exposure of minors 
to indecent materials. 
SEC. 3. Definitions. - As used in this Act - 
(a) 
the terin "remote computer facility" means a facility that - 
(i) 
provides to the public computer storage or processing services by means 
of an electronic communications system; and 
permits a computer user to transfer electronic or digital material from the 
facility to another computer; 
(ii) 


(b) 
the term “electronic communications service7’ means any wire, radio 
electromagnetic, photo optical, or photo-electronic system for the transmission of 
electronic communications, and any computer facility or related electronic 
equipment for the electronic storage of such communications, that permits a 
computer user to transfer electronic or digital material from the service to another 
computer; and 
the term “electronic bulletin board service” means a computer system, regardless 
of whether operated for commercial purposes, that exists primarily to provide 
remote or on-site users with digital images, or that exists primarily to permit 
remote or on-site users to participate in or create on-line discussion groups or 
conferences. 
(c) 
SEC. 4. Punishable Acts. - 
Transmission by 
remote 
computer facility operator, electronic 
communications service provider, or electronic bulletin board service 
provider. 
- A remote computer facility operator, electronic 
communications service provider, electronic bulletin board service 
provider who, will with knowledge of the character of the material, 
knowingly - 
transmit or offers or attempt to transmit from the remote computer facility, 
electronic communications service, or electronic bulletin board service 
provider a communication that contains indecent material to a person 
under eighteen (1 8) years of age; or 
causes or allows to be transmitted from the remote computer facility, 
electronic communications service or electronic bulletin board a 
communication that contains indecent material to a person under eighteen 
(18) years of age or offers or attemDts to do so. 
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Permitting access to transmit indecent material to a minor. - Any remote 
computer facility operator, electronic communications service provider, or 
electronic bulletin board service provider who willfilly permits a person 
to use a remote computing service, electronic communications service, or 
electronic bulletin board service that is under the control of that remote 
computer facility operator, electronic communications service provider, or 
electronic bulletin board service provider, to knowingly or recklessly 
transmit indecent material from another remote computing service, 
electronic communications service, or electronic bulletin board service, to 
a person under 18 years of age. 
SEC.5. Pen&. 
- Any person who violates the provisions of this Act shall be punished 
with imprisonment for not more than six (6) years, or a fine of not less than one hundred 
thousand pesos (PlO0,OOO.OO) or both at the discretion of the court. 
SEC. 6. Separabilitv Clause - If any provision or part hereof, is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise aEected shall remain 
valid and subsisting. 
SEC 7. Revealing Clause - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive order, 
letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to, or inconsistent with, the 
provisions of this Act is hereby amended or repealed, modified or amended accordingly. 
SEC. 8.. Effecctivitv Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
complete publication in the Oficial Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general 
circulation. 
Approved, 
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