SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This measure is a consolidated/substituted bill drafted by the Committee 
on Justice and Human Rights during the 14th Congress_ 
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) reported an 
alarming increase in the 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 seeks to provide stiffer penalties for crime of theft and robbery of 
portable communication devices such as cellphones, personal digital assistants, 
portable computers, two-way radios and other portable communication 
equipment. 
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
OY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
Senator 


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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING STIFFER PENALTIES FOR CRIME OF THEFT AND ROBBERY 
OF PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICES 
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- Theft 
and Robbery of Portable Telecommunication Devices Act of 2013". 
SEC. 2. Definition. - Portable telecommunication device shall irefer to 
cellular telephones, personal digital assistants, portable computers, two-Way very 
high frequency (VHF) or ultra high frequency (UHF) radios and other portable 
communication equipments utilized to transmit messages, documents, photos, 
images, videos, or information through air, radio or satellite frequencies. 
SEC. 3. Penal Provision. - Any person convicted of the crime of theft and 
robbery as defined under chapters one and three of Title Ten of the Revised 
Penal Code of a portable telecommunication device shall be punished by the 
penalty next higher in degree than those respectively specified in the 
aforementioned articles; Provided, that the additional penalty specified herein 
shall no longer be made applicable if the imposable penalty is in its maximum 
period. 
SEC. 4. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules and 
regulations or other issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with the provision of 
this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 5. Separability Clause. - If my portion of this Act is declared 
unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act or any provision not affected thereby 
shall remain in force and effect. 
SEC. 6. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days 
following the completion of its publication either ih the Official Gazette or in a 
newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines. 
Approved,