SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC } 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE
Senate Bill No. 1 2 1 0
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Prepared Jointly by the Committees on Public Order & Dangerous Drugs 
and National Defense & Security, with Senators Honasan, Lacson, Poe and
Angara, as Authors thereof.
AN ACT
EXPANDING THE SCOPE AND COVERAGE OF REPUBLIC 
ACT NO. 4200, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ACT TO 
PROHIBIT AND PENALIZE WIRE TAPPING AND OTHER 
RELATED VIOLATIONS OF THE PRIVACY OF 
COMMUNICATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress 
assembled:
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SECTION 1. Short Title. This Act shall be known as the
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“Expanded Anti-Wire Tapping Act of 2016.”
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SECTION 2. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 4200, otherwise
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known as the Anti-Wire Tapping Law is hereby amended to read as
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follows:
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"SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person TO SECRETLY 
WIRETAP, INTERCEPT, OVERHEAR AND LISTEN TO, 
SCREEN, READ, SURVEIL, RECORD OR COLLECT, WITH 
THE USE OF ANY MODE, FORM, KIND OR TYPE OF 
ELECTRONIC, MECHANICAL OR OTHER EQUIPMENT 
OR DEVICE OR TECHNOLOGY NOW KNOWN OR MAY 
HEREAFTER BE KNOWN TO SCIENCE OR WITH THE 
USE OF OTHER SUITABLE WAYS, ARRANGEMENTS OR 
MEANS 
FOR 
THE 
ABOVE 
PURPOSES, 
PRIVATE 
COMMUNICATIONS, CONVERSATIONS, DISCUSSION/S, 
DATA, 
INFORMATION, 
MESSAGES 
IN 
WHATEVER 
FORM, KIND OR NATURE, SPOKEN OR WRITTEN
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WORDS OF ANY PERSON OR PERSONS, WITHOUT ANY 
AUTHORIZATION 
FROM 
ALL 
THE 
PARTIES 
CONCERNED. [, not being authorized by all the parties to any 
private communication or spoken word, to tap any wire or cable, or 
by using any other device or arrangement, to secretly overhear, 
intercept, or record such communication or spoken word by using a 
device commonly known as a dictaphone or dictagraph or dictaphone 
or walkie-talkie or tape recorder, or however otherwise described:]
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It shall also be unlawful for any person, he be a participant or 
not in the act or acts penalized in the next preceding sentence, to 
knowingly possess any tape record, wire record, disc record, or any 
other MODE, FORM , TYPE AND KIND OF 
such record, or 
copies 
thereof, 
of 
any 
PRIVATE 
communication, 
CONVERSATION, DISCUSSION, DATA, INFORMATION, 
MESSAGE IN WHATEVER FORM, KIND OR NATURE, 
WRITTEN or spoken word [secured either before or after the 
effective date of this Act in the manner prohibited by this law]; or to 
replay the same for any other person or persons; or to communicate 
the contents thereof, either verbally or in writing, or to furnish 
transcriptions thereof, whether complete or partial, to any other 
person: Provided, That the use of such record or any copies thereof 
as evidence in any civil, criminal investigation or trial of offenses 
mentioned in section 3 hereof, shall not be covered by this 
prohibition”.
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SECTION 3. Republic Act No. 4200 is also hereby amended by
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inserting Section 1-A, as follows:
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“SECTION 
I-A. THE SALE OR IMPORTATION BY 
MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS OR ANY PERSON OF 
ANY MODE, FORM, KIND OR TYPE OF ELECTRONIC, 
MECHANICAL OR OTHER EQUIPMENT OR DEVICE OR 
TECHNOLOGY NOW KNOWN OR MAY HEREAFTER BE 
KNOWN TO SCIENCE KNOWING OR HAVING REASON 
TO KNOW THAT THE DESIGN OF SUCH ELECTRONIC,
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MECHANICAL, OR OTHER EQUIPMENT OR DEVICE OR 
TECHNOLOGY IS PRIMARILY INTENDED AND USEFUL 
FOR THE 
PURPOSES STATED IN SECTION 1 OF THIS 
ACT SHALL BE ALLOWED ONLY UPON WRITTEN 
PERMIT OR AUTHORITY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF 
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 
(DICT); PROVIDED, THAT, SUCH REQUIREMENT SHALL 
NOT BE APPLICABLE TO PROCUREMENT UNDER THIS 
ACT 
BY 
THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), 
THE 
PHILIPPINE 
DRUG 
ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCY 
(PDEA), THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
(NBI) AND THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES 
(AFP). 
PROVIDED, 
FURTHER, 
THAT, 
THE 
SAID 
AGENCIES MAY PROCURE THE EQUIPMENT ABOVE- 
MENTIONED EITHER THRU LIMITED SOURCE BIDDING 
OR DIRECT CONTRACTING AS PROVIDED UNDER 
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9184.”
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SECTION 4. Section 2 thereof shall be deleted and a new Section 2 shall
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be inserted and which shall read as follows:
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"SECTION 2. PROHIBITED ACTS. -
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(A) ANY PERSON WHO WILFULLY OR KNOWINGLY 
DOES OR CAUSES TO BE DONE OR WHO SHALL AID, 
ABET OR PERMIT, ANY OF THE ACTS DECLARED TO BE 
UNLAWFUL IN SECTION 1 HEREOF SHALL, UPON 
CONVICTION, 
SUFFER 
THE 
PENALTY 
OF 
IMPRISONMENT OF NOT LESS THAN SIX (6) YEARS BUT 
NOT MORE THAN TWELVE YEARS (12) AND A FINE OF 
NOT LESS THAN ONE (1) MILLION PESOS BUT NOT 
EXCEEDING FIVE (5) MILLION PESOS 
WITH THE 
ACCESSORY 
PENALTY 
OF PERPETUAL ABSOLUTE 
DISQUALIFICATION FROM PUBLIC OFFICE IF THE 
OFFENDER BE A PUBLIC OFFICIAL AT THE TIME OF 
THE 
COMMISSION 
OF 
THE 
OFFENSE. 
IF 
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OFFENDER IS AN ALIEN, HE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO 
DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS AFTER THE SERVICE OF 
HIS/HER SENTENCE.
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(B) 
ANY 
PERSON 
WHO 
MANUFACTURES, 
ASSEMBLES, SELLS, IMPORTS, DISTRIBUTES, OR 
OTHERWISE DISPOSES ANY MODE, FORM, KIND 
OR TYPE OF ELECTRONIC, MECHANICAL OR 
OTHER 
EQUIPMENT 
OR 
DEVICE 
OR 
TECHNOLOGY NOW KNOWN OR MAY HEREAFTER 
BE KNOWN TO SCIENCE KNOWING OR HAVING 
REASON TO KNOW THAT THE DESIGN OF SUCH 
ELECTRONIC, 
MECHANICAL, 
OR 
OTHER 
EQUIPMENT, 
DEVICE 
OR 
TECHNOLOGY 
IS 
PRIMARILY 
INTENDED AND USEFUL 
FOR THE 
PURPOSES STATED IN SECTION 1 OF THIS ACT 
WITHOUT 
FIRST 
SECURING 
THE 
NECESSARY 
AUTHORITY 
OR 
PERMIT 
SHALL, 
UPON 
CONVICTION, 
SUFFER 
THE 
PENALTY 
OF 
IMPRISONMENT OF NOT LESS THAN THREE (3) 
YEARS BUT NOT MORE THAN SIX (6) YEARS AND 
A FINE OF NOT 
LESS THAN 
FIVE 
HUNDRED 
THOUSAND PESOS BUT NOT EXCEEDING TWO (2) 
MILLION 
PESOS 
WITH 
THE 
ACCESSORY 
PENALTY 
OF 
PERPETUAL 
ABSOLUTE 
DISQUALIFICATION 
FROM 
PUBLIC 
OFFICE 
IF 
THE OFFENDER BE A PUBLIC OFFICIAL AT THE 
TIME OF THE COMMISSION OF THE OFFENSE. IF 
THE OFFENDER IS AN ALIEN, HE SHALL BE 
SUBJECT 
TO 
DEPORTATION 
PROCEEDINGS 
AFTER THE SERVICE OF HIS/HER SENTENCE.
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IN 
ADDITION 
TO 
THE 
PENALTY 
IMPOSED 
HEREIN, 
THE 
EQUIPMENT, 
DEVICE 
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TECHNOLOGY 
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AUTOMATICALLY FORFEITED IN FAVOR OF THE 
GOVERNMENT.
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(C) ANY PERSON WHO, HAVING KNOWLEDGE OR 
REASON TO KNOW THAT THE DESIGN OF SUCH 
ELECTRONIC, MECHANICAL, OR OTHER EQUIPMENT, 
DEVICE OR TECHNOLOGY IS PRIMARILY INTENDED 
AND USEFUL FOR THE PURPOSES STATED IN SECTION 1 
OF THIS ACT, OWNS OR POSSESSES WITHOUT ANY 
AUTHORITY 
ANY 
OF 
THE 
ABOVEMENTIONED 
EQUIPMENT, 
DEVICE 
OR 
TECHNOLOGY, 
UPON 
CONVICTION SHALL ALSO SUFFER THE PENALTY AS 
PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 2(B).
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SECTION 5. Section 3 of Republic Act No. 4200 is also hereby
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amended to read as follows:
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"SEC. 3. Nothing contained in this Act, however, shall 
render it unlawful or punishable for any [peace] 
LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
OR 
MILITARY 
officer, 
who 
is 
authorized by a written order of the Court, to execute any 
of the APPLICABLE acts declared to be unlawful in the 
two preceding sections in cases involving the crimes of 
treason, espionage, provoking war and disloyalty in case 
of war, piracy, mutiny in the high seas, rebellion, 
conspiracy and proposal to commit rebellion, inciting to 
rebellion, 
COUP 
D'ETAT, 
CONSPIRACY 
AND 
PROPOSAL TO COMMIT COUP D'ETAT, sedition, 
conspiracy to commit sedition, 
inciting to sedition, 
kidnapping as defined by the Revised Penal Code, 
ROBBERY IN BAND AS DEFINED AND PENALIZED 
BY ARTICLES 294, 295, 296, 299 AND 302 OF THE 
REVISED PENAL CODE, BRIGANDAGE/HIGHWAY 
ROBBERY 
AS 
DEFINED 
AND 
PENALIZED 
BY 
ARTICLE 306 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE AND 
PD NO. 532, OTHERW ISE KNOWN AS THE ANTI-
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PIRACY AND ANTI-HIGHWAY ROBBERY LAW OF 
1974, VIOLATIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9165, 
OTHERW ISE KNOWN AS THE COMPREHENSIVE 
DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 2002, VIOLATIONS 
OF 
REPUBLIC 
ACT 
NO. 
9160 
AS 
AMENDED, 
OTHERW ISE 
KNOWN 
AS 
THE 
ANTI-MONEY 
LAUNDERING ACT OF 2001 and violations of the 
Commonwealth Act No. 616, punishing espionage and 
other 
offenses 
against 
national 
security: 
[Provided,
however. 
That 
in 
cases 
involving 
the 
offenses 
of 
rebellion, conspiracy and proposal to commit rebellion, 
inciting to rebellion, sedition, conspiracy to commit 
sedition, and inciting to sedition, such authority shall be 
granted only upon prior proof that a rebellion or acts of 
sedition, as the case may be, have actually been or are 
being committed; (2) that there are reasonable grounds to 
believe that evidence will be obtained essential to the 
conviction of any person for, or to the solution of, or to 
the prevention of, any of such crimes; and (3) that there 
are no other means readily available for obtaining such 
evidence.]
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[The order granted or issued shall specify: (1) the identity 
of 
the 
person 
or 
persons 
whose 
communications, 
conversations, discussions, or spoken words are to be 
overheard, intercepted, or recorded and, in the case of 
telegraphic or telephonic communications, the telegraph 
line or the telephone number involved and its location; 
(2) the identity of the peace officer authorized to 
overhear, 
intercept, 
or 
record 
the 
communications, 
conversations, discussions, or spoken words; (3) the 
offense or offenses committed or sought to be prevented; 
and (4) the period of the authorization. The authorization 
shall be effective for the period specified in the order 
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issuance of the order, unless extended or renewed by the 
court upon being satisfied that such extension or renewal 
is in the public interest.]
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[All recordings made under court authorization shall, 
within forty-eight hours after the expiration of the period 
fixed in the order, be deposited with the court in a sealed 
envelope or sealed package, and shall be accompanied by 
an affidavit of the peace officer granted such authority 
stating the number of recordings made, the dates and 
times covered by each recording, the number of tapes, 
discs, or records included in the deposit, and certifying 
that no duplicates or copies of the whole or any part 
thereof have been made, or if made, that all such 
duplicates or copies are included in the envelope or 
package deposited with the court. The envelope or 
package so deposited shall 
not be opened, or the 
recordings 
replayed, 
or 
used 
in 
evidence, 
or their 
contents revealed, except upon order of the court, which 
shall not be granted except upon motion, with due notice 
and opportunity to be heard to the person or persons 
whose 
conversation 
or 
communications 
have 
been 
recorded.]
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[The court referred to in this section shall be understood 
to mean the Court of First Instance within whose 
territorial jurisdiction the acts for which authority is 
applied for are to be executed.]”
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SECTION 6. Republic Act No. 4200 is also hereby amended by inserting
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Sections 3-A to 3-H, as follows:
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"SEC. 
3-A. 
WIRETAPPING, 
INTERCEPTION, 
SURVEILLANCE 
AND 
RECORDING 
OF
COMMUNICATIONS. -  THE CHIEF OF THE PNP, THE 
PDEA DIRECTOR GENERAL, THE NBI DIRECTOR OR
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THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE AFP OR THEIR DULY 
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES MAY SUBMIT EX 
PARTE 
APPLICATIONS 
FOR 
THE 
ISSUANCE 
OF 
WRITTEN ORDERS 
FROM THE 
REGIONAL TRIAL 
COURT, 
TO 
SECRETLY 
WIRETAP, 
INTERCEPT, 
OVERHEAR AND LISTEN TO, SCREEN, READ, SURVEIL, 
RECORD AND COLLECT, WITH THE USE OF ANY MODE, 
FORM, KIND OR TYPE OF ELECTRONIC, MECHANICAL 
OR OTHER EQUIPMENT OR DEVICE OR TECHNOLOGY 
NOW KNOWN OR MAY HEREAFTER BE KNOWN TO 
SCIENCE OR WITH THE USE OF ANY OTHER SUITABLE 
WAYS, ARRANGEMENTS OR MEANS FOR THE ABOVE 
PURPOSES, 
PRIVATE 
COMMUNICATIONS,
CONVERSATIONS, 
DISCUSSION/S, 
DATA,
INFORMATION, MESSAGES IN WHATEVER FORM, KIND 
OR NATURE, SPOKEN OR WRITTEN WORDS UPON 
WRITTEN 
APPLICATION 
AND THE 
EXAMINATION 
UNDER OATH OR AFFIRMATION OF THE APPLICANT 
AND THE WITNESSES HE MAY PRODUCE AND A 
SHOWING: 
(1) 
THAT 
THERE 
ARE 
REASONABLE
GROUNDS TO BELIEVE THAT ANY OF THE CRIMES 
ENUMERATED IN SECTION 3 HAS BEEN COMMITTED 
OR IS BEING COMMITTED OR IS ABOUT TO BE 
COMMITTED; (2) THAT THERE ARE REASONABLE 
GROUNDS TO BELIEVE THAT THE EVIDENCE THAT 
WILL 
BE 
OBTAINED 
IS 
ESSENTIAL 
TO 
THE 
CONVICTION OF ANY PERSON FOR, OR TO THE 
SOLUTION OF, OR TO THE PREVENTION OF, ANY OF 
SUCH CRIMES; AND (3) THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER 
EFFECTIVE 
MEANS 
READILY 
AVAILABLE 
FOR 
OBTAINING SUCH EVIDENCE.
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SEC. 
3-B. 
EFFECTIVITY 
PERIOD 
OF 
JUDICIAL 
AUTHORIZATION. - ANY ORDER GRANTED BY THE 
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT SHALL ONLY BE EFFECTIVE
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FOR THE 
LENGTH OF TIME SPECIFIED IN THE 
WRITTEN ORDER, WHICH SHALL NOT EXCEED A 
PERIOD OF SIXTY (60) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF 
RECEIPT 
OF 
THE 
WRITTEN 
ORDER 
OF 
THE 
AUTHORIZING COURT BY THE APPLICANT.
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THE AUTHORIZING COURT MAY, UPON APPLICATION, 
EXTEND OR RENEW THE SAID AUTHORIZATION FOR 
ANOTHER NON-EXTENDIBLE PERIOD, WHICH SHALL 
NOT 
EXCEED 
THIRTY 
(30) 
DAYS 
FROM 
THE 
EXPIRATION OF THE ORIGINAL PERIOD: PROVIDED, 
THAT 
THE 
COURT 
IS 
SATISFIED 
THAT 
SUCH 
EXTENSION OR RENEWAL IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
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SEC. 3-C. CLASSIFICATION AND CONTENTS OF THE 
COURT 
AUTHORIZATION. 
-  
THE 
WRITTEN
APPLICATION 
TOGETHER 
WITH 
SUPPORTING
DOCUMENTS 
SUBMITTED 
AND 
WRITTEN 
ORDER 
GRANTED BY THE AUTHORIZING COURT SHALL BE 
DEEMED AND ARE HEREBY DECLARED AS CLASSIFIED 
INFORMATION.
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THE WRITTEN ORDER OF THE AUTHORIZING COURT 
SHALL SPECIFY THE FOLLOWING:
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(A) 
THE IDENTITY, SUCH AS NAME AND ADDRESS, 
IF 
KNOWN, 
OF 
THE 
PERSON 
WHOSE 
PRIVATE 
COMMUNICATIONS, CONVERSATIONS, DISCUSSION/S, 
DATA, 
INFORMATION, 
MESSAGES 
IN 
WHATEVER 
FORM, KIND OR NATURE, SPOKEN OR WRITTEN 
WORDS 
AND/OR 
THE 
TELEPHONE 
NUMBERS, 
IF 
KNOWN THAT ARE TO BE SECRETLY WIRETAPPED, 
INTERCEPTED, 
OVERHEARD 
AND 
LISTENED 
TO, 
SCREENED, 
READ, 
SURVEILLED, 
RECORDED 
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(B) 
THE 
IDENTITY 
OF 
THE 
APPLICANT 
AUTHORIZED TO SECRETLY WIRETAP, INTERCEPT, 
OVERHEAR AND LISTEN TO, SCREEN, READ, SURVEIL, 
RECORD AND COLLECT PRIVATE COMMUNICATIONS, 
CONVERSATIONS, 
DISCUSSION/S, 
DATA,
INFORMATION, MESSAGES IN WHATEVER FORM, KIND 
OR NATURE, SPOKEN OR WRITTEN WORDS;
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(C) 
THE CRIME OR CRIMES COMMITTED, OR IS 
BEING COMMITTED, OR SOUGHT TO BE PREVENTED;
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(D) 
THE LENGTH OF TIME WITHIN WHICH THE 
AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE USED OR CARRIED OUT.
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(E) 
WHEN 
APPROPRIATE, 
THE 
SPECIFIC 
ASSISTANCE OR COOPERATION NEEDED FROM THE 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
OR 
INTERNET 
SERVICE 
PROVIDER.
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IN 
NO 
CASE 
SHALL 
THE 
IDENTITY 
OF 
THE 
AUTHORIZED APPLICANT BE DISCLOSED EXEPT UPON 
WRITTEN ORDER OF THE AUTHORIZING 
COURT 
AFTER 
A 
DETERMINATION 
THAT 
THE 
PUBLIC 
INTEREST IN THE DISCLOSURE OF THE INFORMATION 
OUTWEIGHS THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN KEEPING THE 
INFORMATION SECRET OR CONFIDENTIAL.
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SEC. 3-D. CUSTODY OF INTERCEPTED AND RECORDED 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
- 
ALL TAPES, 
DISCS, OTHER 
STORAGE 
DEVICES, 
RECORDINGS, 
NOTES, 
MEMORANDA, 
SUMMARIES, 
EXCERPTS 
AND 
ALL 
COPIES THEREOF MADE PURSUANT TO THE ORDER OF 
THE AUTHORIZING COURT, SHALL, WITHIN FORTY- 
EIGHT (48) HOURS AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE 
PERIOD FIXED IN THE WRITTEN ORDER OR WITHIN 
FORTY-EIGHT (48) HOURS AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF
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ANY 
EXTENSION 
OR 
RENEWAL 
GRANTED, 
BE 
DEPOSITED WITH THE AUTHORIZING COURT IN A 
SEALED ENVELOPE OR SEALED PACKAGE, AS 
THE 
CASE MAY BE, AND SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN 
AFFIDAVIT OF THE AUTHORIZED APPLICANT.
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ANY PERSON WHO, WITHOUT WRITTEN AUTHORITY 
FROM 
THE 
AUTHORIZING 
COURT, 
REMOVES, 
CONCEALS, DESTROYS, DISCARDS OR REVEALS ANY 
OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED TAPE, DISC, 
OTHER 
STORAGE 
DEVICE, 
RECORDING, 
NOTE, 
MEMORANDUM, SUMMARY, OR EXCERPTS AND ANY 
COPY THEREOF, OR ANY INFORMATION THEREON 
SHALL, UPON CONVICTION, SUFFER THE PENALTY OF 
IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT LESS THAN SIX (6) YEARS 
BUT NOT MORE THAN TWELVE YEARS (12) AND A FINE 
OF NOT LESS THAN ONE (1) MILLION PESOS BUT NOT 
EXCEEDING FIVE (5) MILLION PESOS 
WITH THE 
ACCESSORY 
PENALTY OF PERPETUAL ABSOLUTE 
DISQUALIFICATION FROM PUBLIC OFFICE IF THE 
OFFENDER BE A PUBLIC OFFICIAL AT THE TIME OF 
THE COMMISSION OF THE OFFENSE.
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SEC. 3-E. CONTENTS OF THE AFFIDAVIT. - THE 
AFFIDAVIT OF THE AUTHORIZED APPLICANT SHALL 
IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING: (A) ALL TAPES, DISCS, 
OTHER STORAGE DEVICES, 
RECORDINGS, NOTES, 
MEMORANDA, 
SUMMARIES, 
EXCERPTS 
AND 
ALL 
COPIES MADE IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; (B) THE 
DURATION OF THE JUDICIAL AUTHORIZATION AND 
THE DATES AND TIMES COVERED BY EACH OF SUCH 
MATERIALS; AND (C) THE NUMBER OF TAPES, DISCS, 
OR OTHER STORAGE DEVICES, RECORDINGS, NOTES, 
MEMORANDA, 
SUMMARIES, 
EXCERPTS 
AND 
ALL 
COPIES MADE IN CONNECTION THEREWITH THAT 
HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE DEPOSIT.
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THE AFFIDAVIT SHALL ALSO CERTIFY UNDER OATH 
THAT NO DUPLICATES OR COPIES OF THE WHOLE OR 
ANY PART OF ANY OF SUCH TAPES, DISCS, OTHER 
STORAGE 
DEVICES, 
RECORDINGS, 
NOTES, 
MEMORANDA, SUMMARIES, AND EXCERPTS, HAVE 
BEEN 
MADE, 
OR, 
IF 
MADE, 
THAT 
ALL 
SUCH 
DUPLICATES AND COPIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE 
SEALED ENVELOPE OR SEALED PACKAGE, AS THE 
CASE MAY BE, DEPOSITED WITH THE AUTHORIZING 
COURT.
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SEC. 3-F. DISPOSITION OF DEPOSITED MATERIAL. - THE 
SEALED ENVELOPE OR SEALED PACKAGE AND THE 
CONTENTS THEREOF, WHICH ARE DEPOSITED WITH 
THE AUTHORIZING COURT, SHALL BE DEEMED AND 
ARE HEREBY DECLARED CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, 
AND THE SEALED ENVELOPE OR SEALED PACKAGE 
SHALL NOT BE OPENED AND ITS CONTENTS SHALL 
NOT BE DISCLOSED, REVEALED, READ, REPLAYED, OR 
USED AS EVIDENCE UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY WRITTEN 
ORDER OF THE AUTHORIZING COURT WHICH SHALL 
NOT BE GRANTED EXCEPT UPON MOTION, WITH DUE 
NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD TO THE 
INDIVIDUAL/S SUBJECT OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED 
COURT AUTHORIZATION. PROVIDED, THAT WITHIN 
NINETY (90) DAYS FROM THE EXPIRATION OF THE 
ORDER, THE INDIVIDUAL/S WHOSE COMMUNICATIONS 
HAVE BEEN INTERCEPTED AND/OR RECORDED SHALL 
BE NOTIFIED OF SUCH FACT, UNLESS DELAY IN 
NOTIFICATION IS ALLOWED BY A WRITTEN ORDER OF 
THE AUTHORIZING COURT, UPON A FINDING THAT AN 
INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING, AND AFTER A 
DETERMINATION THAT THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN 
DELAYING NOTIFICATION OUTWEIGHS THE PUBLIC 
INTEREST IN KEEPING THE INFORMATION SECRET OR
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CONFIDENTIAL: PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT DELAY IN 
NOTIFICATION SHALL NOT BE LONGER THAN ONE (1) 
YEAR.
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SEC. 3-G. DESTRUCTION OF DEPOSITED MATERIAL. - 
AFTER THE LAPSE OF FIVE (5) YEARS FROM THE 
EXPIRATION OF THE PERIOD FIXED IN THE WRITTEN 
ORDER, THE AUTHORIZING COURT SHALL ORDER THE 
DESTRUCTION OF THE DEPOSITED MATERIAL UNLESS 
IT IS BEING UTILIZED IN AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION 
OR PROSECUTION, IN WHICH CASE, IT SHALL BE 
DESTROYED TWO (2) YEARS AFTER THE TERMINATION 
OF THE 
INVESTIGATION 
OR 
FINALITY 
OF THE 
DECISION ON THE CASE.
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SEC. 3-H. COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANCE FOR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. - THE AUTHORIZING COURT MAY 
ORDER ANY TELECOMMUNICATIONS OR INTERNET 
SERVICE PROVIDER TO ASSIST AND COOPERATE WITH 
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OR MILITARY OFFICERS IN 
IMPLEMENTING THE ORDER OF THE AUTHORIZING 
COURT. THE SPECIFIC ASSISTANCE OR COOPERATION 
NEEDED SHALL BE INDICATED IN THE WRITTEN 
ORDER 
AS 
STATED 
IN 
SECTION 
3 
(C). 
THE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
OR 
INTERNET 
SERVICE 
PROVIDER SHALL TAKE MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT 
THE PERSON WHOSE PRIVATE COMMUNICATIONS, 
CONVERSATIONS, 
DISCUSSION/S, 
DATA,
INFORMATION, MESSAGES IN WHATEVER FORM, KIND 
OR NATURE, SPOKEN OR WRITTEN WORDS ARE TO BE 
SECRETLY WIRETAPPED, INTERCEPTED, OVERHEARD 
AND LISTENED TO, SCREENED, READ, SURVEILLED, 
RECORDED AND COLLECTED SHALL NEITHER DETECT 
NOR BE NOTIFIED OF SUCH FACT.
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3
4
5
6 
7
1
THE 
RESPONSIBLE 
PERSON/S 
OF 
THE 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
OR 
INTERNET 
SERVICE 
PROVIDER 
WHO 
UNJUSTIFIABLY 
REFUSE/S 
TO 
COMPLY WITH THE ORDER OF THE COURT SHALL BE 
CITED FOR CONTEMPT AND FINED IN AN AMOUNT NOT 
LESS THAN ONE (1) MILLION PESOS BUT NOT MORE 
THAN THREE (3) MILLION PESOS.
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9
10
11
12
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NO 
ADMINISTRATIVE, 
CRIMINAL 
OR 
CIVIL 
PROCEEDINGS SHALL LIE AGAINST THE EMPLOYEES 
OR OFFICIALS OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS OR 
INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER FOR HAVING ASSISTED 
OR COOPERATED WITH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OR 
MILITARY OFFICERS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 
THE WRITTEN ORDER OF THE COURT.”
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SECTION 7. Section 4 of Republic Act No. 4200 is hereby
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amended to read as follows;
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23
24
25
26
27
28 
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“SEC. 4. Any PRIVATE communications, CONVERSATIONS, 
DISCUSSION/S, DATA, INFORMATION, MESSAGES IN 
WHATEVER FORM, KIND OR NATURE, or spoken OR 
WRITTEN words, or the existence, contents, substance, purport, 
effect, or meaning of the same or any part thereof, or any 
information therein contained obtained or secured by any person in 
violation of the preceding sections of this Act shall not be admissible 
in 
evidence 
in 
any judicial, 
quasi-judicial, 
legislative 
or 
administrative hearing or investigation. PROVIDED, THAT THE 
USE OF ANY EVIDENCE VALIDLY OBTAINED PURSUANT 
TO SECTIONS 3-A TO 3-H OF THIS ACT IN RELATION TO 
ANY OF THE OFFENSES MENTIONED IN SECTION 3 OF 
THIS ACT SHALL BE ALLOWED. “
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SECTION 8. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Act shall be
31 
declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining part or provisions not otherwise
32 
affected shall remain in force.
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1 
SECTION 
9. 
Repealing 
Clause. 
Any 
law, 
decree, 
ordinance,
2 
administrative circulars not consistent with any provision of this Act is hereby
3 
amended, repealed or modified accordingly.
4 
SECTION 10. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15)
5 
days after its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2)
6 
newspapers of general circulation.
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Approved,
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