SIXTI':I,NTI I CONCil{I':SS OF TIlI~ REPUBLIC 
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Ol! TI lie I'II1LII'I'INI':S 
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First l~egLllur Session 
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NOV 26 P 2 :57 
S 1,:N ATE 
S. No, 
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J I1troduccd by Scnutor -Miriam Defensor Santiago 
1 ':Xl'l ANATO!Z Y NOTlO 
With the ;ldvancell1cnt in technology, cOlllmunicating with one another has been mack 
easleL Ilowever, it is also much easier now to terrorize, frighten, intimidate, threaten, harass, 
molest, or annoy another person, or to disturb the peace and quiet of another person just by 
calling his or her phone, mobile or otherwise. 
Most tciecomillunication device users have already experienced being on the receiving 
end 01' a malicious phone call. These calls arc sometimes just in the nature or a repeatecl call 
where the caller without speaking, will dciiberately bang LIp or break the telephone connection as 
or aner the telcphone call is answered, However, some callers go as If II' as threatening physical 
harm or damage to the person on the otber line in the course of tbeir conversation. 
Through caller II), some telecommunication device users are able to track clown the 
culprit 
Ilowever, they are unable to make the culprit stop beeause of the absence of laws 
punishing malicious pholle calls, Most telecomnlllnieation device users just ignore the callers. 
Ilowcver, some or thel11 arc I()recd to resort to illegal means just to make the malicious callers 
stop, 
This hill aims to give telecommunication users a legal remedy against malicious phone 
calls by allowing thl:1l110 lilc a case against the callers under this ;\c1.* 
• This bill was origillally riled durillg the Thirt<.:cnth Congress, Second Rcgul:lr Session. 


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SIXILI'NIII CON( JRI~SS OF II IE RI~I)U13UC 
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()J! 1111': 1'IIILII'I'INi':S 
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First Rcgulm Scssioll 
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NOV 26 P 2 ;57 
SUNATI~ 
S, No, 19_50 
Introduced by Scnator Miriam DeICnsor Santiago 
AN ACT' 
I'LNAI ,I I.!N (i MAUCIOUS US); OF A TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE 
/!e il cnllcled hy Ihe Senale lind Ihe [[01/SC of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress (fssemhled: 
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SJ<:C:TION I, ShuI'! '!'ille. -- This Act shall be known as the "Anti-pj:ank Calls Act." 
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SLCTION 2, /)eciuration oj Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State to 
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promote the geneml well;lre or the pcople. To this end, the State aims to prohibit malicious and 
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improper usc or telewlllnlunicatioll devices. 
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SLCIION 3. J'rohiiJiliol1s. -
Any person who maliciously uses any service provided by a 
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telecol]llllunieations service provider with intent to terrorize, ji'ighten, intimidatc, threaten, 
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harass, molest, or annoy another person, or to disturb the peace and quiet or another person by 
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nny of the rollowing: 
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ThreHtenillg physicnl hmm or damage to any person or property in the course of a 
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cOJlversation or I11CSSHgc through the usc of a telecommunications service or device. 
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Falsely and deliberately reporting througll the use of a telecommunications 
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service or device tirat a person has been injured, has suddenly taken ill, has suffered death, or hus 
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been tire victim oj' a crime or an accident. 
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Ikliberutely 
reillsing or Jailing to 
disengage a 
connection between a 
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telecomlllunications 
device 
and 
another 
telecommunications 
device 
or 
between 
a 
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telecolllmunications device and other equipment provided Cor the transmission of messages 
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through the use or a telecommunications service or device. 


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lJsing vulgar, indecent, obscene, or otlcnsivc languagc or suggesting any lewd or 
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insciviollS (let 
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tile course or a conversation or message through the 
llse of a 
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telecoillmunications service or device. 
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Repeateclly initiating a telephone call and, without speaking, deliberately hanging 
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up or breaking the telephone connection as or aller the telephone eall is answered. 
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M'lking nn unsolicited commcrcial telephone call that is received between the 
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hours oj' 71'M and ()j\M. "1\n unsolicited commcrcial telephone call" means a call made by a 
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person or recording device, on behalf oj' a person, corporation, or other entity, soliciting business 
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or contributions. 
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Dclibcmtc1y cngagmg or causing to engage Ihe use of a telecommunications 
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servIce or device oj' ,mother person in a repetitive manner that causes interruption in 
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teleCOIlllllllllications service or prevents the person fi"OI11 utilizing his or her telecommunications 
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service or device. 
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SI':CTION 4. l'ellallie.I·.· 1\ person violating this 1\ct may be imprisoned for not more 
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(Iran two (2) yeW's, or lined notmoce thal1 One Hundred Thousand Pesos (1'100,000.00), or both. 
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1\n ol"ICnsc is cOll1mitted under this 1\ct i/'the communication either originates or terminates in 
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tiris country and may bc prosecuted at the place of origination or termination. 
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SLCTION 5. ScpaJ'{{hilily Cla1lse .
.. II" any provision or part hereof is held invalid or 
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unconstitutional, the remaindcr oj' the law or thc provision not other"'~sc aflccted shall remain 
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valid and subsisting. 
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SFCTION 6. Repealing Clallse. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
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order, letter o/' inslrlletion, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or inconsistent 
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with the provisions 01" this Act is hereby repealed, modified, or amended accordingly. 
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SI':CTION 7. IWeclivily Clause . .. This Act shall talec eI'J'cct EIlecn (15) days allcr its 
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publicalion in at 1casllwo (2) newspapers "('general circulation. 
Approved, 
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