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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Proclamation No. 13 promotes the well-being of Filipino youth by protecting them from 
exploitation, abuse, improper influence, hazard, and other conditions prejudicial to their physical, 
emotional, social, and moral development. The Penal Code, Article 200@), 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 assessed through 
computers. 
This bill seeks to regulate the transmission of indecent materials through computer access 
by minors and penalizes those responsible for the transmission on and access to computers.* 
' This bill was re-filed during the Thirteenth Congress, First Regular Session. 


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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
AN ACT 
TO PUNISH TRANSMISSION OF INDECENT MATERIAL BY COMPUTER TO MINORS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Anti-Computer Pornography 
Act of 2007.” 
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the policy of the State to provide special 
protection to every minor from 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. 
SECTION 3. Definition of Terms. -As used in this Act, the term: 
(A) “Remote computer facility” means a facility that - 
(1) Provides to the public computer storage or processing services by means of an 
electronic communications system; and 
(2) Permits a computer user to transfer electronic or digital material from the 
facility to another computer; 
(B) “Electronic communications service’’ means any wire, radio, electromagnetic, photo 
optical, or photoelectronic 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 
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(C) “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. 
SECTION 4. Punishable Acts. - 
(A) Transmission of Indecent Material to a Minor. - Transmission by remote computer 
facility operator, electronic communications service provider, or electronic bulletin board service 
provider who, with knowledge of the character of the material, knowingly - 
(1) Transmits or offers or attempts 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 offers or attempts to do so; 
(2) 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 attempts to do so; 
(B) 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 willfully permits a person to use a remote computing service, electronic 
communications service, or electronic bulletin hoard 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 eighteen (18) years of age. 
SECTION 5 .  Penalties. - Any person who violates the provisions of this Act shall be 
imprisoned not more than six (6) years, or fine, or both at the discretion of this court. 
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SECTION 6. Repealing 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 repealed, modified or amended accordingly. 
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SECTION 7. EflectiviQ Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
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Approved, 
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