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Senate Bill No. 
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Introduced by Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Over the years, terrorism has evolved in its types, forms and objectives and has become a 
global phenomenon. While it had beeh the September 11, 2001 or the 9/11 tragedy which 
highlighted the need for the international community to be more vigilant and aggressive in 
combating terrorism, various literature indicate that terrorism drew its original meaning from the 
“Reign of Terror” of the French Revolution. Subsequently, it acquired a wider meaning to mean 
“a system of terror” and a terrorist was considered as anyone who furthered his views by a 
system of coercive intimidation. 
Even more recently, the term terrorism (like guerrilla) has been used in so many different 
senses as to become almost meaningless, covering almost any, and not necessarily political, act 
of violence. 
No definition of terrorism can possibly cover all the varieties of terrorism that appeared 
throughout history: peasant wars and labor disputes and brigandage have been accompanied by 
systematic terror, and the same is true of general wars, civil wars, revolutionary wars, wars of 
national liberation and resistance movements against foreign occupiers. 
The importance of terrorism should not be belittled not only because “terroristic 
activities” continue to take place in various countries all over the world, but also because of the 
fact that although the number of victims in these instances is comparatively small, terrorism 
undermines goveniment authority. 
It may have this effect by showing that democratic 
governments are unable to respond effectively. 
But, is it realistic to expect governments which are incapable of stamping out crime, or 
drug peddling, illegal immigration, smuggling, kidnapping, gambling, pornography, prostitution, 
vandalism, large scale swindling, and corruption to have full success in the battle against 
terrorism? If governments could not protect all of the citizens all of the time against muggers 
and thieves, how could they protect everyone against terrorist attacks? 
It may well be that, as some argue, terrorism constitutes a potentially serious domestic 
threat. But much experience has shown that democratic societies seldom take effective measures 
against potential threats. Only when the threat becomes clear and present are the authorities and 
the public sufficiently aroused to agree on the adoption of measures likely to put an end to 
terrorism, or at least to cause a drastic decline to terrorist activities. 
Hence, this bill. The proposed measure presents a more precise definition not only of the 
crime of terrorism, but the crimes of conspiracy to commit terrorism and of proposal to commit 
terrorism as well. Furthermore, it strengthens the legal processes by which the problem of 
terrorism may be addressed and, at the same time, it contains provisions that may well be 
regarded as safeguard measures to protect the rights and interests of our citizenry. 
In view of the foregoing, the approval of this measure is earnestly sought. / 


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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session 
Senate Bill No. 2 18 7 
Introduced by Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile 
AN ACT 
TO DEFINE AND PUNISH THE CRIME OF TERRORISM, THE CRIME OF 
CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT TERRORISM, AND THE CRIME OF PROPOSAL TO 
COMMIT TERRORISM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Terrorism. - Any person who, acting in any of the manner described in 
Paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 of Article 17 of the Revised Penal Code, uses or, having the ability or 
capability to do so, threatens to use assassination, kidnapping, hostage-taking, hijacking, 
bombing, dynamiting, destructive flooding, biological or chemical agent or agents, nuclear 
device or devices, arson, the destruction of the main water reservoir or water supply system, the 
destruction of the environment, the serious disruption of the electric power or communication 
systems of the country, or the destruction of any other strategic infrastructures of the nation, or 
any other form of violence similar or analogous to any of those enumerated herein, in order to 
inflict widespread fear, anxiety or panic among the populace so as to coerce a government, a 
political authority, or a population to comply with a given demand, or, even without such 
coercion and demand, so as to cause great injury, damage, and or destruction to a population, a 
government, or a political authority shall be guilty ofthe crime of terrorism and shall suffer the 
penalty of reclusionperpetua or death, at the discretion of the court. 
SEC. 2. Conspiracy to Commit Terrorism. -- Persons who conspire t0 commit the crime 
of terrorism shall suffer the penalty of reclusionperpetua. 
There is a conspiracy to commit the crime of terrorism when two or more persons come 
to an agreement to use or, having the ability or capability to do so, to threaten to use 


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inKict widespread fear, anxiety, or panic among the populace so as to coerce a government, a 
assassination, kidnapping, hostage-taking, hijacking, bombing, dynamiting, destructive flooding, 
biological or chemical agent or agents, nuclear device or devices, arson, the destruction of the 
main water reservoir or water supply system, the destruction of the environment, the serious 
disruption of electric power or communication systems of the country, or the destruction of any 
other strategic infrastructures of the nation, or who uses or threatens to use any other form of 
violence similar or analogous to any of those enumerated herein, in order to inflict widespread 
fear, anxiety, or panic among the populace so as to coerce a government, a political authority, or 
a population to comply with a given demand, or, even without such coercion and demand, so as 
to cause great injury, damage, and or destruction to a population, a government, or a political 
authority. 
SEC. 4. Accomplice. - An individual person, not being a proposer or a co-conspirator in 
a crime of terrorism and not being a principal in such a crime under either Paragraph 1, 


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Paragraph 2, or Paragraph 3 of Article 17 of the Revised .Penal Code, who cooperates in the 
execution of the crime of terrorism by previous or simultaneous act or acts shall be adjudged an 
accomplice to the crime of terrorism and shall suffer the penalty of reclusion temporal in its 
maximum period. 
SEC. 5. Accessory. -An individual person who, having knowledge of the commission of 
the crime of terrorism and not being involved as a proposer, as an accomplice, as a co- 
conspirator, or as a principal therein in any of the manner described in Paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 of 
Article 17 of the Revised Penal Code, takes part subsequent to the commission of the crime of 
terrorism, or the crime of conspiracy to commit terrorism, or the crime of proposal to commit 
terrorism, as the case may be, by committing any of the following acts: (a) profiting himself or 
assisting the perpetrator or perpetrators of the crime of terrorism to profit by the effects thereof; 
(b) concealing or destroying the body of the crime or the effects or instruments thereof, in order 
to prevent its discovery; or, (c) harboring, sheltering, concealing, supplying food, money, 
weapons, any means of transportation to, or in any way aiding, a proposer of, or a co-conspirator, 
an accomplice, or a principal in a crime of terrorism, in a crime of conspiracy to commit 
terrorism, or in a crime of proposal to commit terrorism, or assisting in the escape of such 
proposer, co-conspirator, accomplice, or principal, shall be adjudged as an accessory to the crime 
of terrorism, or to the crime of conspiracy to commit terrorism, or to the crime of proposal to 
commit terrorism, as the case may be, and shall suffer the penalty of Prision Mayor in its 
maximum period. 
SEC. 6. Interception and Recording of Communications - The provisions of Republic 
Act No. 4200, otherwise known as the Anti-Wire Tapping Law, to the contrary notwithstanding, 
it shall be proper, without incurring any criminal liability, fbr a police or military personnel or 
any other government law enforcement agent, provided he is authorized by a written order of a 
Regional Trial Court to do so, to overhear, intercept, and record with the use of electronic 
devices or of any other suitable means, or to do any of the acts declared unlawful in R.A 4200 in 
connection with the communications, conversations, discussions, or spoken or written words of 


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any person charged or suspected for the crimes of terrorism, or for the crime of conspiracy to 
commit terrorism, or for the crime of proposal to commit terrorism. 
SEC. I. Formal Application for Judicial Authorization. - The written order of the 
Regional Trial Court to overhear, intercept, and record communications, conversations, 
discussions, or spoken or written words of said charged or suspected person shall only be issued 
or granted by the Regional Trial Court upon a written application to that effect by a police or 
military personnel or by a government law enforcement agent and upon examination under oath 
or affirmation of the applicant and the witnesses he may produce to establish: (a) that there are 
reasonable grounds to believe that any of the said crimes has been committed, or is being 
committed, or is about to be committed; (b) that there are reasonable grounds to believe that 
evidence, which is essential to the conviction of any suspected person for, or to the solution or 
prevention of, any such crimes, will be obtained; and, (c) that there is no other effective means 
readily available for acquiring such evidence. 
SEC. 8. Classification and Contents of the Order of the Court. - The written order issued 
or granted by the Regional Trial Court slid be deemed classified information. It shall specify the 
following: (a) the identity, such as name and address, if known, of the charged or suspected 
person whose communications, conversations, discussions, or spoken or written words are to be 
overheard, intercepted, and recorded and, in the case of electronic or telephonic communications, 
conversations, discussions, or spoken or written words, the electronic transmission systems or 
the telephone nuinhers involved and their locations; (b) the identity (name, address, and the 
police or military unit or organization) of the police or military personnel or government law 
enforcement agent judicially authorized to overhear, intercept, and record the communications, 
conversations, discussions, or spoken or written words; (c) the offen.se or offenses committed or 
sought to be prevented; and, (d) the length of time within which the authorization shall be used 
or carried out. 


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SEC. 9. Effective Period ofhdicial Authorization. - The authorization issued or granted 
by the Regional Trial Court, pursuant to Sec. 8(d) of this Act, shall be effective for the length of 
time specified in the written order of the Regional Trial Court, which shall not exceed a period of 
sixty (60) days from the date the written order of the Regional Trial Court has been received by 
the applicant police or military personnel or government law enforcement agent. 
The Regional Trial Court may extend or renew the said authorization for another period, 
which shall not exceed sixty (60) days from the expiration of the original period, if the Regional 
Trial Court is satisfied that such extension or renewal is in the public interest. 
SEC. 10. Custody of Intercepted and Recorded Communications. - All tapes, discs, and 
recordings made under the authorization of the Regional Trial Court, including all written 
excerpts and summaries thereof, or written notes or memoranda made in connection therewith, 
shall, within ninety-six (96) hours after the expiration of the period fixed in the written order of 
the Regional Trial Court, be deposited with the said Regional Trial Court in a sealed envelope or 
sealed package, and shall be accompanied by an affidavit of the applicant police or military 
personnel or government law enforcement agent. 
SEC. 11. Contents of Afldavit. - The said affidavit of the police or military personnel or 
government law enforcement agent shall state: (a) the number of tapes, discs, and recordings that 
have been made, as well as the number of written excerpts and summaries thereof, or the number 
of written notes and memoranda made in connection therewith; (b) the dates and times covered 
by each of such tapes, discs, and recordings; and, (c) the number of tapes, discs, and recordings, 
as well as the number of excerpts and summaries thereof, or the number of written notes and 
memoranda made in connection therewith, that have been included in the deposit. f 
The said affidavit shall also certify under oath that no duplicates or copies of the whole or 
any part of any of such tapes, discs, and recordings, and that no duplicates or copies of the whole 
or any part of any of such excerpts and summaries or written notes and memoranda, have been 
made, or, if made, that all such duplicates and copies are included in the sealed envelope or 
sealed package deposited with the Regional Trial Court. 


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SEC. 12. Disposition of Deposited Materials. - The sealed envelope or sealed package 
deposited with the Regional Trial Court with the classified information contained therein shall 
not be opened, and its contents (including the tapes, discs, and recordings and all the excerpts 
and summaries thereof and the notes and memoranda made in connection therewith) shall not be 
divulged, revealed, read, replayed, or used as evidence, unless authorized by written order of the 
Regional Trial Court, which written order shall be granted only upon a written application of a 
duly authorized representative of the Department of Justice before the Regional Trial Court. 
SEC. 13. Application to Open Deposited Sealed Envelop or Sealed Package. -- The 
written application to open the deposited sealed envelop or sealed package shall clearly state the 
purpose or reason: (a) for opening the sealed envelope or sealed package; (b) for revealing or 
disclosing any of its contents to third parties; (c) for replaying, divulging, and or reading any of 
the overheard, intercepted, and recorded communications, conversations, discussions, or spoken 
or written words (including any of the excerpts and summaries thereof, or any of the notes or 
memoranda made in connection therewith); and, (d) for using any of said overheard, intercepted, 
and recorded communications, conversations, discussions, or spoken or written words (including 
any of the excerpts and summaries thereof, or any of the notes or memoranda made in 
connection therewith) as evidence, if any said materials are going to be used as evidence. 
SEC. 14. Evidentiary Value of Deposited Materials. - Any overheard, intercepted, and 
recorded communications, conversations, discussions, or spoken or written words, or any part or 
parts thereof, or any information or fact contained therein, including their existence, content, 
substance, purport, effect, or meaning, which have been secured not in accordance with the 
pertinent provisions of this Act, shall absolutely not be admissible and usable as evidence against 
anybody in any judicial, quasi-judicial, legislative, or administrative investigation, inquiry, 
proceeding, or hearing. 


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SEC. 15. Penalty for Unauthorized Interceptions and or Recordings'. - Any police or 
military personnel or any government law enforcement agent who, not being authorized to do so 
by a Regional Trial Court,' overhears, intercepts, and records in whatever manner or fonn any 
communication, conversation, discussion, or spoken or written word of a person charged or 
suspected for the crime of terrorism, or the crime of conspiracy to commit terrorism, or the crime 
of proposal to commit terrorism shall be guilty of an offense and shall suffer the penalty of 
prision mayor in its maximum period. 
SEC. 16. Proscription of Terrokist Organizations, Association, or Group of Persons. - 
Any organization, association, or group of persons organized for the purpose of engaging in 
terrorism, or which, although not organized for that purpose, actually uses or threatens to use any 
of the acts of terrorism mentioned in this Act as part of or tool for its strategy of violence to 
attain its political, religious, social, or economic ends, shall, upon application of the Department 
of Justice before a competeut Regional Trial Court, with due notice and opportunity to be heard 
given to the organization, association, or group of persons concerned, be declared as a terrorist 
and outlawed organization, association, or group of persons by the Regional Trial Court. 
SEC. 17. Penalty for Membership in a Terrorist Organization, Association, or Group of 
Persons. - Any person who, by overt acts, willfully and knowingly becomes or remains a 
member of a judicially declared and outlawed terrorist organization, association, or group of 
persons shall suffer the penalty ofprision mayor in its maximum period, and shall be disqualified 
SEC. 18. Seizure and Sequestration. - The deposits and their outstanding balances, 
placements, trust accounts, assets, and records in any bank or financial institution, moneys, 
businesses, transportation and communication equipment, supplies and other implements, and 
property of whatever kind and nature belonging to any person charged before a competent 
Regional Trial Court for the crime of terrorism, or for the crime of conspiracy to commit 


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terrorism, or for the crime of proposal to commit terrorism; or belonging to a judicially declared 
and outlawed organization, association, or group of persons; or belonging to any member of such 
organization, association, or group of persons shall be seized and sequestered in order to prevent 
their use, transfer, or conveyance for purposes that are inimical to the safety and security of the 
people or injurious to the interest of the Government or any of its instrumentalities. 
SEC. 19. Period of Detention Without Judicial Warrant of Arrest - The provisions of 
Article 25 of the Revised Penal Code to the contraiy notwithstanding, any police or military 
personnel or any government law enforcement agent, who has taken custody of a person 
suspected for the crime of terrorism, or for the crime of conspiracy to commit terrorism, or for 
the crime of proposal to commit terrorism, shall, without incurring any criminal liability for 
arbitrary detention, deliver said suspected person to the proper judicial authority within a period 
of fifteen (15) days counted from the day said suspected person has been taken into custody by 
the said police or military personnel or government law enforcement agent. 
SEC. 20. Penalty for Failure to Deliver Suspect to the Proper Judicial Authority Within 
Fifteen (15) Days. - Any police or military personnel or government law enforcement agent who 
has taken custody of a person suspected for the crime of terrorism, or for the crime of conspiracy 
to commit terrorism, or for the crime of proposal to commit terrorism and who fails to deliver 
such suspected person to the proper judicial authority within the said period of fifteen (15) days 
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SEC. 21. Rights of a Person Under Custodial Detention. - When a person charged or 
suspected for the crime of terrorism, or for the crime of conspiracy to commit terrorism, or for 
the crime of proposal to commit terrorism is placed under custodial detention, he shall be: (a) 
informed of his right to a legal counsel or counsels of his choice; (b) informed of the cause or 
causes of his detention in the presence of his legal counsel or counsels; (c) allowed to 
communicate freely with his legal counsel or counsels and to confer with them at any time 


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without restriction; (d) allowed to communicate freely with the members of his family or with 
his nearest relatives and to be visited by them; and, (e) allowed freely to avail of the service of a 
physician or physicians, when a real need for it exists. 
SEC. 22. Penalty for Violation of the Rights of a Detainee. - Any police or military 
personnel, government law enforcement agent, or any personnel of the custodial body, who 
violates any of the aforesaid rights of a person charged or suspected for the crime of terrorism, or 
for the crime of conspiracy to commit terrorism, or for the crime of proposal to commit terrorism 
shall be guilty of an offense and shall suffer the penalty ofprision mayor in its maximum period. 
SEC. ,23. Requirement for an OfJicial Custodial Logbook and Its Contents. - The 
custodial body in whose control the detainee is placed shall keep a securely and orderly 
maintained official logbook, which shall be opened to and available for the inspection and 
scrutiny of any interested party. The logbook shall contain a clear record of: (a) the name, 
description, and address of the detainee; (b) the date and hour of his initial admission for 
custodial detention; (c) the name and address of the physician or physicians who examined him 
physically and medically, and the state of his health and physical condition, on the day of his 
initial admission for custodial detention; (d) the date and hour of each removal of the detainee 
froin his cell for interrogation, and the date and hour of his return to it from such interrogation; 
(e) the name and address of the physician or physicians who physically and medically examined 
him after each interrogation; (f) a summary of the physical and medical findings on the detainee 
after each of such examination; (g) the names and addresses of his family members and nearest 
relatives, if any and if available; (h) the names and addresses of persons who visit the detainee; 
(i) the date and hour of each of such visits; 6 )  the date and hour of each request of the detainee to 
communicate and confer with his legal counsel or counsels; (k) the date and hour of each visit, 
and date and hour of each departure of his legal counsel or counsels each time; and, (1) all other 
important and relevant details regarding the treatment of the detainee while under custodial 
detention. 


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SEC. 24. No Torture or Coercion in Investigation and Interrogation. - No threat, 
intimidation, or coercion, and no act which will inflict physical pain or torment, or mental or 
moral pressure, on the detained person, which shall vitiate his free-will, shall be employed in his 
investigation and interrogation for the crime of terrorism, or for the crime of conspiracy to 
commit terrorism, or for the crime of proposal to commit terrorism; otherwise, the evidence 
obtained from said detained person resulting from such threat, intimidation, or coercion, or from 
such inflicted physical pain or torment, or mental or moral pressure, shall be, in its entirety, 
absolutely not admissible and usable as evidence in any judicial, quasi-judicial, legislative, or 
administrative investigation, inquiry, proceeding, or hearing. 
SEC. 25. Penalty for Threat, Intimidation, Coercion, or Torture in the Investigation and 
Interrogation of a Detained Person. - Any person or persons who use threat, intimidation, or 
coercion, or who inflict physical pain or torment, or mental or moral pressure, which shall vitiate 
the free-will of a charged or suspected person under investigation and interrogation for the crime 
of terrorisin, or for the crime of conspiracy to commit terrorism, or for the crime of proposal to 
commit terrorisin shall be guilty of an offense and shall suffer the penalty of reclusion temporal. 
When death or serious permanent disability of said person occurs as a consequence of the 
use of such threat, intimidation, or coercion, or as a consequence of the infliction on him of such 
physical pain or torment, or as a consequence of the infliction on him of such mental or moral 
pressure, the penalty shall be reclusion perpetua or death, at the discretion of the Regional Trial 
court. 
SEC. 26. Judicial Authorization Required to Examine Bank Deposits, Accounts, and 
Records. - The provisions of Republic Act No. 1405, otherwise known as An Act Prohibiting 
Disclosure or Inquiiy into Deposits with any Banking Institution and Providing Penalty therefor, 
as amended, to the contrary notwithstanding, it shall be proper for any police or military 
personnel or any other government law enforcement agent, without incurring any criminal 
liability, provided he is authorized by a written order of a Regional Trial Court to do so: (a) to 
examine, or cause the examination of, the deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets, and 


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records in a bank or financial institution of a person charged or suspected for the crime of 
terrorism, or for the crime of conspiracy to commit terrorism, or for the crime of proposal to 
commit terrorism, or of a judicially declared and outlawed terrorist organization, association, or 
group of persons, or of a member of such organization, association, or group of persons; and, (h) 
to gather or cause the gathering of any desired iuformation about such deposits, placements, trust 
accounts, assets, and records from a bank or financial institution. The bank or financial 
institution concerned shall not refuse to allow such exaniination or to provide the desired 
information, when so ordered and sewed with the written order of the Regional Trial Court. 
SEC. 27. Application to Examine Bank Deposits, Accounts, and Records. - The written 
order of the Regional Trial Court authorizing the examination of bank deposits, placements, trust 
accounts, assets, and records of the said charged or suspected person, or of any judicially 
declared and outlawed terrorist organization, association, or group of persons, or of any member 
of such organization, association, or group of persons in a bank or financial institution, and the 
gathering of any desired information about the same from said bank or financial institution, shall 
only be issued or granted by the Regional Trial Court upon a written application to that effect by 
a police or military personnel or government law enforcement agent and upon examination under 
oath or affirmation of the applicant and the witnesses he or she may produce. '@ 
SEC. 28. Clussijkation and Contents of the Court Order Authorizing the Examination of 
Bank Deposits, Accounts, and Records. - The written order issued or granted by the Regional 
Trial Court shall be deemed classified information. It shall specify: (a) the identity of the said 
charged or suspected person, or of the judicially declared and outlawed terrorist organization, 
association, or group of persons, or of the member of such organization, association, or group of 
persons, as the case may be, whose deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets, and records are 
to be examined or the information about which must be gathered; (b) the identity of the bank or 
financial institution where such deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets, and records are held 
and maintained; (c) the identity of the persons who will conduct the said examination and the 


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gathering of the desired infomation; and, (d) the length of time the authorization shall be carried 
out. 
SEC. 29. Effective Period of Court Authorization to Examine and Obtain Infornzation on 
Bunk Deposits, Accounts, and Records. - The authorization issued or granted by the Regional 
Trial Court to examine or cause the examination of bank deposits, placements, trust accounts, 
assets, and records, or to gather information about the same, shall be effective for the length of 
time specified in the written order of the Regional Trial Court, which shall not exceed a period of 
sixty (60) days froin the date the written order of the Regional Trial Court has been received by 
the applicant police or military personnel, or governnient law enforcement agent. 
The Regional Trial Court may extend or renew the authorization for another period, 
which shall not exceed sixty (60) days from the expiration of the original period, if the Re ' 
Trial Court is satisfied that such extension or renewal is in the public interest. 
SEC. 30. Custody of Bank Data and Information Obtained after Examination of 
Deposits, Placements, Trust Accounts, Assets, and Records. - All information, data, excerpts, 
summaries, notes, memoranda, working sheets, reports, and other documents obtained from the 
examination of the bank deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets, and records in a bank or 
financial iiistitutioii of a charged or suspected person for the crime of terrorism, or for the crime 
of conspiracy to commit terrorism, or for the crime of proposal to commit terrorism, or of a 
judicially declared and outlawed terrorist organization, association, or group of persons, or of a 
member of any such organization, association, or group of persons, shall, within ninety-six (96) 
hours after the expiration of the period fixed in the written order of the Regional Trial Court, be 
deposited with the said Regional Trial Court in a sealed envelop or sealed package, and shall be 
accompanied by a joint affidavit of the applicant police or military personnel or government law 
enforcement agent and the persons who actually conducted the examination of said bank 
deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets, and records. 


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SEC. 31. Contents of Joint Afidavit. - The joint affidavit shall state: (a) the identifying 
marks, numbers, or symbols of the deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets, and records 
examined; (b) tlie identity and address of the bank or financial institution where such deposits, 
placements, trust accounts, assets, and records are held and maintained; (c) the number of bank 
deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets, and records discovered and examined; and, (d) the 
outstanding balances of each of such deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets, and records 
examined and contained in tlie sealed envelop or sealed package deposited with the Regional 
Trial Court. 
The joint affidavit shall also certify under oath that no duplicates or copies of the 
information, data, excerpts, summaries, notes, memoranda, working sheets, reports, and other 
documents acquired from the examination of the bank deposits, placements, trust accounts, 
assets, and records have been made, or, if made, that all such duplicates and copies are placed in 
the sealed envelop or sealed package deposited with the Regional Trial Court. 
SEC. 32. Disposition of Bank Materials. - The sealed envelop or sealed package 
deposited with the Regional Trial Court with the classified information contained therein shall 
not be opened and its contents shall not be divulged, revealed, read, or used as evidence unless 
authorized in a written order of the Regional Trial Court, which written order shall be granted 
only upon a written application of a duly authorized representative of the Department of Justice 
before tlie Regional Trial Court. 
SEC. 33. Application to Open Deposited Bank Materials. - The written application to 
open the sealed envelop or sealed package shall clearly state the purpose and reason: (a) for 
openiiig the sealed envelop or sealed package; (b) for reading and disclosing its classified 
contents; and, (c) for using the classified information, data, excerpts, summaries, notes, 
memoranda, working sheets, reports, and documents as evidence, if said materials are going to 
be used as evidence. 


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SEC. 34. Evidentiary Value of Deposited Bank Materials. - Any information, data, 
excerpts, summaries, notes, memoranda, work sheets, reports, or documents acquired from the 
examination of the bank deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets, and records of a person 
charged or suspected for the crime of terrorism, or for the crime of conspiracy to coininit 
terrorism, or for the crime of proposal to commit terrorism, or of a judicially declared and 
outlawed terrorist organization, association, or group of persons, or of any member of such 
organization, association, or group of persons, which have been secured not in accordance with 
the pertinent provisions of this Act, shall absolutely not be admissible and usable as evidence 
against anybody in any judicial, quasi-judicial, legislative, or administrative investigation, 
inquiry, proceeding, or hearing. 
SEC. 35. Penalty for Unauthorized Examination of a Bank or a Financial Institution. - 
Any person, police or military personnel, or government law enforcement agent who examines 
the deposits, placements, trnst accounts, assets, or records in a bank or financial institution of a 
person charged or suspected for the crime of terrorism, or for the crime of conspiracy to commit 
terrorism, or for the crime of proposal to commit terrorism, or of a judicially declared and 
outlawed terrorist organization, association, or group of persons, or of any member of such 
organization, association, or group of persons, without being authorized to do so by a Regional 
Trial Court, shall be guilty of an offense and shall suffer the penalty ofprision mayor in its 
maximum period. 
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SEC. 36. Penalty of Bank Officials and Employees Defying a Court Authorization. - An 
employee, official, or a member of the board of directors of a bank or financial institution, who 
refuses to allow the examination of the deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets, and records 
of a person charged or suspected for the crime of terrorism, or for the crime of conspiracy to 
commit terrorism, or for the crime of proposal to commit terrorism, or of a judicially declared 
and outlawed terrorist organization, association, or group of persons, or of any member of such 
organization, association, or group of persons in said bank or financial institution, when duly 
served with the written order of the Regional Trial Court authorizing such examination by the 


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persons named in said written order, shall be guilty of an offense and shall suffer the penalty of 
prision mayor in its maximum period. 
SEC. 31. Penalty for Unauthorized Revelation of ClasslJied Materials. - Any person, 
police or military personnel, government law enforcement agent, judicial officer, or civil servant 
who, not being authorized by the Regional Trial Court to do so in the manner provided in this 
Act, reveals in any manner or forni any classified information under this Act shall be guilty of an 
offense and shall suffer the penalty ofprision mayor in its maximum period. 
SEC. 38. Penalty for Furnishing False Evidence, Forged Document, 07, Spurious 
Evidence. - Any person who knowingly furnishes false testimony, forged document, or spurious 
evidence in any investigation or hearing under this Act shall be guilty of an offense and shall 
suffer the penalty of reclusion temporal. 
SEC. 39. Deportation of Aliens. - Any alien convicted under this Act shall serve his full 
sentence in a national penitentiary and, thereafter, shall be deported immediately to his country. 
SEC. 40. Separability Clause. - If for any reason m y  part or provision of this Act is 
SEC. 41. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect on the fifteenth day following its 
publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved