THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
) 
'04 JUI -2 A9:04 
\ 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
) 
S E N A T E  
s. NO. 
3.304 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill seeks to require public telecommunications entities (PTEs) to 
establish a foolproof system of identifying userslpurchasers of pre-paid (SIM) 
cards. 
Numerous complaints have been made against the irresponsible and 
sometimes illegal use of the cellular telephone. Our police and firefighters have 
complained of pranksters making hoax emergency calls that result in wasted 
efforts. Also, there has been an increasing incidence of "stalking" with the use of 
cellular telephones. 
I 
The telephone has become a standard tool of criminals in plying their 
trade. Syndicates engaged in illegal drugs, kidnapping, smuggling, extortion and 
other heinous crimes, and lately, groups seeking to sow panic and overthrow the 
government have increasingly used cellular phones to further their ends with 
minimal risk of being caught. The authorities have encountered difficulty in their 
investigations because the identity of the callers could not be established. 
This bill seeks to remove the stumbling block of the police in investigating 
cases by requiring the identification and registration in the uselpurchase of pre- 
paid (SIM) cards. 
Senator 


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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
) 
First Regular Session 
) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
1 
'04 
JUL -2 
:04 
S E N A T E  
S. No. 
1804 
AN ACT 
CARD USERS 
REQUIRING THE REGISTRATION OF PRE-PAID SIM 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines 
in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 'I. Public Telecommuflications Entities (PTE's) are hereby required to 
ensure that the userslpurchasers of their pre-paid SIM cards are properly 
identified and their addresses verified through the presentation of valid 
identification cards. If the sale of the pre-paid SIM cards is done through agents, 
PTE's shall ensure that said agents submit to them the verified names and 
addresses of the pre-paid SIM cards customers within fifteen (15) days from date 
of sale. 
SECTION 2. PTE's 
shall 
submit 
to 
the 
National Telecommunications 
Commission (NTC), within thirty (30) days from the date of effectivity of this Act, 
a verified list of their authorized dealers/ouilets nationwide. Thereafter, PTE's 
shall submit to the NTC, not later than thirty days after every quarter of each 
year, an updated list. 
SECTION 3. The NTC is hereby authorized to promulgate the necessary rules 
and regulations for the proper implementation of this Act. 


;ECTlON 4. Separabilitv Clause. Should any part of this Act be declared 
inconstitutional, the rest of the provisions of this Act shall not be affected 
iereby. 
SECTION 5. 
Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, executive orders, 
iroclamations, rules and regulations, and issuances, or parts thereof which are 
iconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed, amended or 
nodified accordingly. 
;ECTlON 6. Effectivity Clause.’This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
:omplete publication in the Official Gazette or in at least,two (2) newspapers of 
ieneral circulation. 
{pproved.