SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session 
SENATE 
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S.B. No. 
2608 
Introduced by Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. 
AN ACT 
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PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NO CALLS AND NO TEXT 
REGISTRATION SYSTEM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Cellular phone use has become a vital part of our lives. Communication has been 
very effective especially in the advent of cellular phone use. It has also effectively eased 
information dissemination, not only not only, for day to day business, school and family 
concerns, but also for purposes of communication during emergencies and national 
calamities. 
Because of widespread eellular phone use, eel/phone companies or other 
businesses concerned make use of communication features of cellular phones to send 
various promos to entice the users. These promos are more often than not unsolicited 
and unwarranted. 
With these unsolicited messages, there is fear that the privacy and also security 
of users are being jeopardized. This bill seeks to establish a No Calls and No Text 
Registry which will regulate outbound and unsolicited calls and/or text message by any 
cellular telephone user. The registry shall be put up and supervised by the National 
Telecommunications Commission. 


SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.B. No. 2608 
Introduced by Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NO CALLS AND NO TEXT 
REGISTRATION SYSTEM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Congress assembled: 
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Section 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as the "No Cals and No Text 
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Registration Act of 2015." 
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Section 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the policy of the State to protect and 
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promote the right of consumers to privacy and protect them from unwanted calls and 
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text messages inducing purchase of goods or services and solicitations. 
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Section 3. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act: 
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a) Caller and/or sender refers to any person, including its employees and agents, 
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who initiate a call and/or text message for the purpose of making an outbound 
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and/or unsolicited call and/or text message; 
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b) Negative option refers to a feature which shall enable a person to stop receiving 
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any call and text from a caller and/or sender; 
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c) Outbound call and/or text refers to a telephone call or text message initiated by 
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any person to induce the purchase of goods and services; 
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d) Person refers to any person whether natural or juridical; 
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e) Prize refers to anything offered, or purportedly offered, and given, or purportedly 
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given, to a person by chance; 
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f) Prohibited call and/or text refers to a hoax, junk and/or scam call and/or text. This 
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message incudes, but not limited to, the following: 
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1. message congratulating the recipient for winning any prize in a promo 
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or award of prize when the recipient did not join or subscribe to any game 
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or activity of chance; 
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2. message supposedly coming from a relative abroad asking the recipient 
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to reload their "new" roaming number; 
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3. message requiring the recipient to register by texting his or her name 
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and Oother personal details to a phone number; or 
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g) Text refers to any message sent via short message service (SMS); 
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h) Upselling refers to soliciting the purchase of goods or services following an initial 
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transaction during a single telephone call or text message; and 
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i) Unsolicited call and/or text refers to a call or text message which is not initiated 
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by the recipient of the call and/or text message such as, but not limited to, 
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upselling, surveys, award of prize when the recipient did not join or subscribe to 
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any game or activity and/or solicitation to any non-profit and charitable institution 
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whether or not the call and/or text message induce purchases of goods and 
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services. 
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Section 4. Establishment of the No Calls and No Text Registry. -
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National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) shall establish a No Calls and no Text 
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Registry: Provided, That the identity and privacy of the persons registered shall be kept 
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highly confidential such that only the telephone numbers may be accessed from the 
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registry. 
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Any person shall register first with the NTC before they can access the telephone 
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numbers in the No Calls and No Text Registry. 
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Section 5. Allowable Telephone Numbers Registered per Person. - Any person 
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shall only be allowed to register up to three (3) mobile phone numbers regardless of the 
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network provider; Provided, That the registration of mobile numbers or persons below 
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eighteen (18) years of age may be done by their parents and/or legal guardian. 
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Registration of fixed telephone numbers shall only be allowed for residential 
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lines. 
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Section 6. Registration in the No Calls and No Text Registry. - Outbound and 
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unsolicited calls and/or text message may be managed or limited by any cellular 
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telephone user by registering in the No Calls and No Text Registry of the NTC. 
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No outbound and unsolicited calls and/or text message shall be made and/or 
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sent to the telephone numbers on the No Calls and No Text Registry. 
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Section 7. Negative Option Requirement - A person whose number is not 
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registered in the No Calls and No Text Registry may manage and limit outbound and 
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unsolicited calls and/or text messaging through the negative option feature. 
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Any caller and/or sender shall set up a negative option which shall be available to 
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the reCipient immediately upon answering the call and/or at the beginning of the text 
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after providing the required information under Section 8 of this Act. 
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Upon selection of the negative option feature, the caller and/or sender shall not 
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make any further steps to persuade the recipient and immediately stop making any calls 
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and/or sending any texts to the recipient: Provided, That the recipient shall report and 
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register the name and the number of the person, company and/or organization that 
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made the call and/or sent the message to the No Calls and No Text Registry in order to 
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make the caller and/or sender liable for violation of thi Act for any subsequent calls 
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and/or text message: Provided further, That this prohibition shall apply to the caller 
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and/or sender regardless of other goods and/or services offered and other telephone 
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number used to contact the recipient. 
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Section 8. Information Requirement of the Caller and/or Sender. - It shall be 
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unlawful to make an outbound and/or unsolicited call and/or text message without 
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disclosing the full name of the person making the call and/or sending the text message, 
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the company or organization for whose benefit the call and/or text message is being 
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made, and the telephone number of a fixed line where such identity can be established 
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and verified: Provided, That noncompliance with this section shall constitute an outright 
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violation of and shall be punishable under this Act. 
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Section 9. Removal of Numbers. Telephone numbers registered in the No Calls 
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and No Text Registry shall not be changed or removed except upon the request of the 
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owner in writing and those invalid or disconnected telephone numbers upon adequate 
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validation of the NTC. 
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Section 10. Liability of Callers and/or Senders. - Any person who commits any 
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violation under this Act and who acts either for his or her own benefit and/or for the 
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benefit of another person, company, organization and/or association which did not 
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officially engage his or her services shall be held solely liable: Provided, That any 
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person who is acting in behalf and for the benefit of another person, company, 
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organization and/or association which officially engage his or her services shall both be 
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held separately liable for any violation under this Act. 
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It shall be the responsibility of any caller and/or sender to register under Section 
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4 hereof and to be informed of the numbers which have registered in the No Calls and 
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No Text Registry. It shall be considered prima facie evidence of knowledge on the part 
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of the caller and/or sender where the telephone number of the recipient is registered on 
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the No Calls and No Text Registry prior to the date the call and/or text message is made 
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in violation of this Act. Nonregistration of the caller and/or sender as required under 
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Section4 of this Act shall not be an excuse from any liability. 
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The use of an automatic dialer or any electronic device that automatically and/or 
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randomly contacts telephone numbers if prohibited. Any person, company, organization 
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and/or association who uses the same shall be held liable. 
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Section 11. Exception. - This Act shall not apply to a call and/or text message 
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made in order to remind, collect, and/or update the recipient of his or her existing bills 
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and/or credit, subject to applicable laws and pertinent rules and regulations of the 
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Bangko Sentral ng Piipinas and other applicable laws. 
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Section 12. Penalties. - Any person found to be in violation of the provisions of 
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this Act shall be imposed the following penalties, without prejudice to administrative 
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sanctions that may be imposed by the NTC, without prejudice to civil or criminal liability: 
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a) Any juridical person who violates the provisions of this Act or its implementing 
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rules and regulations shall suffer the penalty of a fine of not less than Fifty 
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thousand pesos (P50,000.00) nor more than One hundred thousand pesos 
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(P100,000.00) for each violation: Provided, That its officers directly responsible 
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for the violation shall suffer the penalty of a fine of not less than Fifty thousand 
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pesos (P50,000.00) but not more than One hundred thousand pesos 
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(P100,000.00); or 
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b) Any person who violates the provisions of this Act or its implementing rules and 
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regulations shall suffer the penalty of a fine of not less than Fifty thousand pesos 
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(P50,000.00) but not more than One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00) 
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Section 13. Implementing Rules and Regulations - Within ninety (90) days from 
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the effectivity of this Act, the Department of Trade and Industry, in coordination with the 
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NTC and the Department of Science and Technology -
Information and 
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Communications Technology Office, shall promulgate the rule and regulations for the 
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effective implementation of this Act. 
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Section 14. Implementing Agency. - the NTC shall enforce the provisions of this 
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Act and its implementing rules and regulations. 
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Section 15. Funding - The NTC shall immediately include in its programs the 
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implementation of this Act, the initial funding of which shall be charged against its 
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current year's appropriations. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for the 
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continued implementation of this Act shall be included in the annual General 
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Appropriations Act. 
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Proceeds from penalties herein imposed shall accrue to the general fund. 
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Section 16. Separability Clause - If any part or provision of this Act shall be held 
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unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions hereof that are not affected thereby shall 
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continue to be in full force and effect. 
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Section 17. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, 
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executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to, 
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or inconsistent with the prOVisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended 
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accordingly. 
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Section 18. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
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publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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