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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Richard J.  ord don 
Mobile phones have become indispensable tools of communication. Reports from 
law enforcement agencies, however, reveal a high incidence of thievery of mobile phones, 
commonly known as cellphone snatching, thereby adversely affecting the personal security 
of our people and their means of communication. 
There is an urgent need to protect our people from cellphone snatchers as well as 
thieves of other related gadgets such as personal digital assistants and laptop or notebook 
computers which are devices for information and communication. 
This bill proposes to punish with stiffer penalties malefactors who take away mobile 
phones and other related gadgets which have become important instruments of modern life. 
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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC ) 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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Introduced by Senator Richard J. Gordon 
AN ACT PUNISHING THE SNATCHING OF MOBILE PHONES 
AND OTHER RELATED GADGETS 
Be if 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-Cellphone Snatching 
Act.” 
Sec. 2. Policy. - It is the policy of the State to protect its people and their property, 
especially mobile phones and other related gadgets. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. - For purposes of this Act, 
(1) “Mobile phone” refers to a portable telecommunications device which may be 
used in a cellular network. 
(2) “Other related gadgey refers to a personal electronic device which may be used 
as information or communication tool, including but not limited to personal digital assistants, 
and laptop or notebook computers. 
(3) “kellphone snatching” refers to the taking away by any mean, method or scheme, 
without the consent of the owner, of any mobile phone or other related gadget with intent to 
gain whether committed with or without violence against or intimidation of any person or 
force upon things. 
Sec. 4. Penal Provision. - Any person convicted of cellphone snatching shall, 
irrespective of the value of the mobile phone of other related gadget involved, be punished 
by prision mayor in its maximum period to reclusion temporal in its medium period, if the 
offense is committed without violence against or intimidation of persons or force upon 
things. If the offense is committed with violence against or i~~imida~ion 
of persons or force 
upon things, the penalty of reclusion temporal in its maximum period to reclusion perpetua 
shall be imposed. If a person is seriously injured or killed as a result or on the occasion of 


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the commission of cellphone snatching, the penalty of reclusion perpefua to death shalt be 
imposed. 
Sec.\5. Repealing Clause. -All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or other 
issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or 
modified accordingly. 
Sec. 6. Separability Clause. - If any portion or provision of this Act is declared 
unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act or any provision not affected thereby shall remain 
in force and effect. 
Sec. 7. fffecfivify. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following the 
completion of its publication either in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general 
circulation in the Philippines, 
Approved,