13* Congress of the Republic ) 
of the Philippines 
) 
First Regular Session 
1 
Introduced by Senator Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill proposes The national identification card which will serve as the official 
identification of a Filipino citizen or alien permanent resident dealing with department, 
bureau, agency, or office of the government or any government-owned or controlled 
corporation, firm or establishment, including, but not limited to government financial 
institutions. 
The national identification card will do away with the need to present other 
documents required for identification purposes. It intends to facilitate, for instance, the 
issuance of passports and other official documents required by our citizens from the 
Government. It will make the payment of fees and the collection of taxes much easier and 
efficient. Election fraud, which is national scourge, can be eliminated with the use of a 
national identification card. 
The urgency of the passage of this bill cannot be gainsaid. 
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NTEL, JR. 


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1 3TH Congress of the Republic ) 
of the Philippines 
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'04 ./\I( aa 
3 1  
First Regular Session 
1 
S E N A T E  
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Introduced by Senator Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. 
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION 
SYSTEM 
Be it enacted by the senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall known as the National Identification 
system Act of 2004. 
SECTION 2. Duty of the National Statistics Office. - Within six (6) months 
&om the approval of this Act, the National Statistics Office (NSO) 
shall administer the national identification system specified in this Act. 
SECTION 3. Registration. - All citizens and aliens of legal age permanently 
residing in the Philippines shall, 'within one (1) year fiom the adoption of a national 
identification system, apply for a national identification card at the Office of the Local 
Civil registrar of the city, municipality or province where they reside. 
The parent or legal guardian of a minor or an incompetent person shall file on 
behalf of the minor or incompetent person an application with the Office of the Local 
Civil Registrar of the city, municipality or province where the minor or incompetent 
person resides within the same period. Every child born after the adoption of a national 
identification registration system by the NSO shall be registered by the parent or legal 
guardian of such child within (30) days after the date of his or her birth being born. 
No accredited official of a foreign government recognized by the Republic or a 
member of his official staff and family unless they are citizens of the Republic shall be 
required to have a national identification card. 


SECTION 4. Purpose of Identification Card. - The national identification card 
shall serve as the official identification of a Filipino citizen or alien permanent resident 
when dealing with any department, bureau, agency, or office of the Government or any 
government-owned or controlled corporation, firm or establishment, including but not 
limited to government financial institutions. No other official document shall be required 
by a government agency of a national identification card holder dealing with it or for the 
authentication of any official document that requires the services of notaries public. 
SECTION 5. Form and Content. - The national identification card shall contain 
the following data: the name, age, date and place of birth, citizenship, name of spouse, 
residence (both permanent and temporary), occupation or profession, place of work or 
office address, thumbprint, signature and the photograph of its holder. It shall also have a 
permanent serial number for every national identity card holder. 
The information given by every applicant for a national identity card shall be 
under oath. Anyone who provides false and misleading information in securing a national 
identification card shall be liable for prosecution under the provisions of the Revised 
Penal Code. 
SECTION 6. Change of Personal Status and Residence. - Any change in the 
citizenship, status or residence of a national identification card holder shall be reported by 
the card holder to the proper Local Civil Registrar within sixty (60) days after the change 
OCCLlrS. 
SECTION 7. Penal Provisions. - Any person who fails to comply with the 
requirements of this Act shall be punished with a fine not exceeding ten thousand pesos 
(P 10,000.00) or imprisonment of not more than six> (6) months, or both, at the discretion 
of the court. 


N 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - 
The NSO shall 
promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of 
this Act, 
SECTION 9. Appropriations. - The amount of five hundred million pesos 
(P500,000,000.00) is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of the funds of the 
National Treasury not otherwise appropriated as operating funds of the NSO for this 
purpose, Thereafter, funds sufficient, to carry out the objectives of the Act shall be 
appropriated every fiscal year in the General Appropriations Act. 
SECTION 10. Repealing Clause. - Any provision of law, decrees, orders, rules 
and regulations contrary hereto is hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
SECTION 11. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
complete publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two newspapers of general 
circulation, whichever comes earlier. 
Approved,