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COMMITT66 REPORT NO. x
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Submitted by the Committee on Justice and Human Rights on MAY - 
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Re: Senate Bill No. 3 2 2 4 
Recommending its approval in substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 413 and 1207 
Sponsor: Senator Escudero 
MR. PRESIDENT: 
The Committee on Justice and Human Rights to which were referred Senate Bill 
No. 413 introduced by Seuator Jinggoy P. Zjercito-Estrada, entitle& 
”AN ACT 
TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM PERSONAL INTRUSION FOR 
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES’ 
and Senate Bill No. 1207 introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, entitled: 
”AN ACT 
PROHIBITING HARASSMENT AND INVASION OF PRIVACY FOR 
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES” 
has considered the same and has the honor to report them back to the Senate with the 
recommendation that the attached Senate Bill No. 
prepared by the Committee 
entitled: 
“AN ACT 
PROHIBITING HARASSMENT AND INVASION OF PRIVACY 
FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES” 
be approved in substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 413 and 1207 with Senators Estrada, 
Defensor-Santiago and Escudero as authors thereof. 


Respectfully Submitted 
Chairman: 
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FRANCIS G. ESCUDERO 
Vice-Chairman: 
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Members: 
GR GORIO B. HONASAN I1 
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REVILLA, JR. 
ALAN PETER "COMPANERO 
S. CAYETANO 
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Ex-Officio Members: 
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Q. PIMENTEL JR. 
Minority Floor Leader 
Hon. JUAN PONCE ENRILE 
Senate President 
Senate of the Philippines 
Pasay City 


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S. No. 3224 
Prepared by the Committee on Justice and Human Rights with Senators Ejercito- 
Estrada, Defensor-Santiago and Escudero as authors thereof 
AN ACT 
PROHIBITING HARASSMENT AND INVASION OF PRIVACY 
FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Personal Privacy 
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Protection Act” 
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SEC. 2. Declaration ofpolicy. - It is a declared policy of the State to protect public 
and private individuals against unwarranted harassment and invasion of privacy for 
SEC. 3. Definition of Terns. - For the purpose of this Act, the term: 
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”For commercial purposes” means with the exceptions of sale, financial 
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”Harassment” means the act of persistently and physically following or 
chasing a person in a manner that causes the person to have a reasonable 
fear of bodily injury, in order to capture by a visual or auditory recording 
instrument any type of visual image, sound recording or other physical 
impression of the person for commercial purposes. 
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SEC. 4. Harassment for Commercial Purposes. - Any person who shall commit 
harassment against another for commercial purposes shall suffer the penalty of 
(A) 
Reclusion temporal and a fine of Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00), if death 
is proximately caused by such harassment; 
Prision mayor and a fine of Twenty Thousand Pesos (P20,000.00), if 
seriously bodily injury is proximately caused by such harassment; and 
Arresto mayor and a fine of One Thousand Pesos (P1,000.00), if neither 
death nor serious bodily injury is proximately caused by such harassment. 
SEC. 5. Persons Cvimiklly Liable. - Only persons physically present at the time of, 
and engaging in or assisting another in engaging, the commission of the act penalized 
under Section 4 hereof shall be subject to criminal or civil liability under this Act. 
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A person shall not be subject to such violation by reason of the conduct of an 
agent, employee, or contractor of that person or because images or recordings captured 
in violation of this Act were solicited, bought, used, or sold by that person. 
SEC. 6. Limitation on Defenses. - It is not a defense to a prosecution or civil action 
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SEC. 7. Exception. - The provisions of this Act shall not apply with respect to 
No image or recording was captured; or 
No image or recording was sold. 
official law enforcement activities. 
SEC. 8. Separability Clause. - If any provision, or part hereof, is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall 
remain valid and subsisting. 
SEC. 9. 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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SEC. 10. Effecfivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fiteen (15) days after its 
publication in the Official Gazette or at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
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