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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
First Regular Session 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
1 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 
Introduced by SENATOR LACSON 
EXPLANATORYNOTE 
Terrorist acts constitute an attack equally upon the individual, 
separately considered fiom the society in whch he lives; the state to which 
he belongs and the international community of whch he forms part. 
Terrorism, whether national or international not only has generated a global 
nightmare, but also threatens to unleash a “dialectic of violence” which may 
ultimately destroy liberal, industrial and pluralistic society. Contemporary 
terror-violence is fimdamentally an assault upon the state, and its causes and 
consequences can well undermine the future of the world community. 
Since its impact has been both constant and universal, terrorism in 
either word or deed has not been confined to one particular region and 
cannot be identified with any special group. Its innocent victims may be 
found among every class and nationality. The victims of these purposive and 
legally indefensible acts are persons whose selection as victims, whether 
randomized or calculated, was due solely to their waiting in a hotel lobby, 
sitting in an outdoor cafe, watching a movie in a theater, standing on a street 
comer, flying on an aircraft or riding a bus. 
Terrorism in microcosm is a struggle for power, and its purpose is 
totally destructive. The necessary concomitant of terrorism is fear, and the 
ultimate objective is coercion. It is a strategy by whch groups, unable to 
achieve power or to influence governmental policy through legitimate 
means, can coerce governments, overturn. established regimes and intimidate 
entire peoples. 
As a form of organized violence, terrorism is not a new historical 
phenomenon, but the way it is being implemented by modem terrorist is 
new, The nexus between violent political phlosophes and modem 
technology has helped to create this terror crisis. 
The horror of modem terrorism, and the source of its strength, is that 
everyone is a potential victim. As with infectious disease, the terrorist 
danger is everywhere. And it is not always the result of insane and irrational 
conduct rather it is often the product of sane and rational minds. 


The normal method of detecting and preventing ordinary crimes will 
not count much to meet the present day challenge of terrorism. Much more 
is needed. A more innovative and bolder approach would be necessary if we 
were to succeed in our effort to control and eradicate ths bane of the modern 
world. In our country today, this is urgently required because of the 
undeniable presence of terrorism and terrorist groups in our land. 
Past events have shown the ruthlessness by whch terrorist groups 
carry out their evil design i.e., the bombing of the Port Terminal Services 
building in Zamboanga City on August 10, 1992 which caused the death of 
two (2) foreign missionaries and whxh injured forty (40) others; the 
successive bombings of San Pedro Cathedral in Davao City on December 
26, 1993, whch resulted in the killing of six (6) persons and the wounding 
of One Hundred Thirty Two (132) others; the treacherous and wanton 
pillage of the town of Ipil in Zamboanga del Sur on April 4, 1995, which 
claimed the lives of Fifty Three (53) innocent civilians and peace officers, 
caused injury to Forty Eight (48) other persons, the burning and looting of 
Seventeen (1 7) commercial establishments and the destruction of property 
worth Five Hundred Million Pesos (Plip 500,000,000.00) and more recently, 
the various acts of terrorism committed by a group of armed men calling 
themselves the Abu Sayyaf Group. This group, though espousing the fight of 
their Muslim brothers in the South, actually engages in terroristic activities 
like kidnapping, hostage taking, bombing and other activities designed to 
instill fear and terror to their victims and the community at large. 
To date, &er the Sipadan incident where this group was allegedly 
paid One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) each for the release of their 
victims by the Libyan government, they again struck by forcibly taking 
people who were vacationing in the Dos Palmas Beach Resort in Palawan. 
Recent reports reveal that when they failed to get a concession fiom the 
government regarding their demands, they began killing their innocent 
victims. Two of their victims were reportedly beheaded, an act which shows 
their vileness, of doing whatever is necessary just to get the message 
through. 
If Congress hesitates in responding adequately and effectively to ths, 
or if it fails to read well the aforesaid unmistakable signs of an impending 
danger to our people, it is not remote to say that history will probably hold it 
as being remiss in the discharge of its responsibility to the people of this 
country. 
In view of ths grave and dangerous development, it becomes a matter 
of utmost urgency and necessity for Congress to enact a law that will 
adequately and effectively contain if not eliminate this menace to our society 
and people. Hence tfus proposed bill. 
The proposed measure endeavors to reconcile the need for an 
adequate legal device to enable law enforcement authorities to respond 
effectively to the problem of terrorism on one hand, and the demand for the 


protection of the political and civil rights and liberties of the people on the 
other hand. 
Although it allows the use of electronic surveillance, the wire or cable 
tapping of suspected participants in or perpetrator of terrorism or conspiracy 
to commit terrorism, or members of terrorist organizations, as well as the 
examination of deposit in a bank or other financial institution of money, 
marketable securities or shares of stock or precious metals belonging to such 
participants or perpetrators of the crime involved, or to the members of 
terrorist organizations, and the authorization of warrantless arrests, these 
actions are done under rigid judicial procedures and safeguards. 
The evidence gathered, if any, including duplicates or written or 
photocopies thereof shall not be revealed or disclosed to anyone under pain 
of severe penalty, and only upon the prior written order of a competent 
court. Moreover, such evidence shall not be used for any purpose 
whatsoever other than in a criminal case for terrorism. Conspiracy to commit 
terrorism or membership in a terrorist organization. 
And, finally, an “Anti-Terrorism Council” composed of the Secretary 
of Justice, as Chairman, and the Secretary of National Defense, the Secretary 
of Interior and Local Government, the Court Administrator of the Supreme 
Court, and the Director General of the National Security Council, as 
members, is proposed to be created to coordinate, supervise, and monitor the 
effort of the entire government to combat and eliminate terrorism in our 
land. 
The early passage of ths bill is therefore earnestly sought. 
enator 


THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 1 
OF THE PHTLIPPINES 
I 
First Regular Session 
I 
SENATE 
83 
Senate Bill No. 
Introduced by SENATOR LACSON 
THE ANTI-TERRORISM ACT OF’ 2004 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the PhilQpines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known and cited as the Anti- 
Terrorism Act of 2004. 
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is an imperative policy of the State to declare 
terrorism as a heinous crime against humanity, brutalizing as it does mostly innocent and 
harmless victims, and to regard conspiracy to commit terrorism and membership in any 
terrorist organization as a criminal offense, and to eradicate any and all kinds of 
terroristic acts in the country and, to that end, to provide adequate, efficient and effective 
legal counter measures in order to protect and secure the people from the occurrence or 
incidence of terroristic acts and, necessarily, to strengthen the capability of the 
government to effectively and efficiently detect, deter, prevent, respond to, and eliminate 
such terroristic acts and, finally, to severely punish any and all perpetrators, participants, 
and supporters thereof. 
SEC. 3. Terrorism. How committed. - The crime of terrorism is committed by: 
(1) 
causing or threatening to cause the wanton destruction or loss of lives, 
property, or personal liberties, or the creation of a state of terror calculated to cause a 
change in or impediment to the operation of public authorities or to disturb international 
relations in order to advance his or her ideological, political, religious, cultist, and/or 
other similar cause or purpose; or 
(2) 
hijacking or threatening to hijack any kind of aircraft, ship, vessel, electric 
or railroad train, locomotive, passenger bus or other means of mass transportation, or 


public conveyance, in order to advance his or her ideological, political, religious, ethnic, 
cultist, and/or other similar cause or purpose; or 
(3) 
taking or threatening to take hostages in order to compel, coerce, force, 
induce, or pressure another person, whether natural or juridical, including the government 
or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, to give something of value or a sum of money 
as ransom, or in order for that other person to do or abstain from doing any act or 
decision as a condition for the release or non-taking of the hostages; or 
(4) 
assassinating or threatening to assassinate the President of the Philippines, 
or the Vice President of the Philippines, or the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or the 
President of the Senate, or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or any other 
national 'leader of the country, or any internationally protected person to cause a change 
in or impediment to the operation of public authorities, or to disturb international 
relations, to gain or obtain political, economic or other form of favor or concession Erom 
the government; or 
(5) 
kidnapping or threatening to kidnap the President of the Philippines, or the 
Vice President of the Philippines, or the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or the 
President of the Senate, or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or any other 
national leader of the country, or any internationally protected person, or any member of 
his or her immediate family, as a hostage for ransom, or to cause a change in or 
impediment to the operation of public authorities, or to disturb international relations, or 
for any other forms of economic or political concessions; or 
(6) 
using or threatening the use of arson, noxious or poisonous substances or 
materials, biological or chemical agents, radioactive materials, nuclear devices, bombs or 
explosives, firearms, or any other kind of lethal weapons, material, or substances: (a) in 
order to exact or extort material or other forms of concession from the government or 
from any of its agencies or instrumentalities, or from any person, whether natural or 
juridical; or (b) in order to bring about the loss of lives or safety or property of the people 
of the community; or (c) in order to cause the destruction of the industrial or business 
plants of the nation; or (d) in order to destroy the source of water, food, power, or fuel 
supply of a community; or (e) in order to inflict massive and wanton destruction to the 


environment; or (f) in order to paralyze or gravely disrupt the vital civil or military 
depots, installations, communications, or power transmission lines of the nation. 
SEC. 4. Penalty for Terrorism. - Any person convicted of the crime of terrorism 
shall suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua to death and a fine not to exceed One 
Million (PhP 1,000,000.00) Pesos. 
SEC. 5. Conspiracy to Commit Terrorism. How committed. - The crime of 
conspiracy to commit terrorism is committed when two or more persons agree to commit 
the crime of terrorism (whether that agreement is expressly or tacitly made, or whether .it 
is implied from their conduct) without actually committing any of the acts enumerated in 
Section 3 of this Act. 
The owner, lessee, caretaker, administrator, superintendent, or occupant of a land, 
room, house, tenement, building, or any kind of edifice or other premises who willfblly 
allows such land,, room, house, tenement, building, edifice, or premises to be used as a 
safehouse or as an assembly area, or as a meeting or hiding place of any member of a 
terrorist organization, or as a place for a person or persons to prepare or plan the crime of 
terrorism, or as a staging area or launching point for terrorism, shall also be liable as a 
conspirator 
Participation in the preparation for or planning of terrorism; or in establishing or 
maintaining, or in serving as, contact or link with any domestic or foreign terrorist 
organization; or in gathering information on potential objects or targets of terrorism; or in 
manufacturing implements, equipment, or instruments for terrorism; or in transporting 
noxious or lethal substances or materials for terrorism; or in providing any material 
support or assistance thereof such as but not limited to finishing, providing, or 
maintaining safehouses, transportation, communications, funds, forged or false passport, 
documentation or identification for any terrorist or any member of any terrorist 
organization; or in procuring weapons, bombs, explosives, devices spare parts, and other 
accessories thereoc or in providing training for terrorism, or in soliciting finds, food, 
medicine, or any material that will assist in the commission of terrorism; or in willfblly 
aiding or protecting any terrorist or any member of a terrorist organization, shall be prima 
facie evidence of conspiring to commit terrorism. 


SEC. 6. Penalty for Conspiracy to Commit Terrorism. - The conspiracy to 
commit terrorism shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than twelve (12) years 
and one day to a maximum of reclusion temporal and a fine not to exceed Five Hundred 
thousand (PhP500,OOO.OO) Pesos, and with the accessory penalty of perpetual absolute 
disqualification to hold public office if the offender be a government official or employee 
at the time of the commission of the offense. 
SEC. 7. Membership in a Terrorist Organizafion. - Any person, whether a 
resident or not, who, after the approval of this Act, knowingly, willfilly and by overt acts 
affiliates himself with, becomes or remains a member of any organization, whether 
domestic or foreign, whose purposes include the conduct of terrorism, whether in or out 
of the country, is guilty of an offense and, when convicted, shall suffer the penalty of 
imprisonment for not less than six (6) years and one (1) day to not more than twelve (12) 
years and with the accessory penalty of perpetual absolute disqualification to hold public 
oEce if the offender be a government official or employee at the time of the commission 
of the offense. 
SEC. 8. The provision of Section 1, Republic Act 4200 otherwise known as the 
“Anti-Wire Tapping Act” to the contrary notwithstanding, in cases involving terrorism or 
conspiracy to commit terrorism or membership in a terrorist organization, a competent 
Court, may, by written order, authorize such number of peace officers as may be 
necessary: (A) to conduct electronic surveillance of any person suspected to be (1) a 
participant in or a perpetrator of the crime of terrorism or the crime of conspiracy to 
commit terrorism, or conspiracy to commit terrorism, or (2) a member of a terrorist 
organization; and/or (B) to tap any wire, cable, or any other means of transmitting any 
form of their communications, written or spoken words, conversations, discussions, 
information, or data and to secretly intercept, listen to or overhear, and record their 
communications, written or spoken words, conversations, discussions, information, or 
data: Provided, That such written order shall be issued or granted only upon application 
in writing by the Secretary of Justice or by his duly authorized representative and only 
upon examination under oath or affirmation of the applicant and the witnesses he or she 
may produce and upon the court being satisfied: (1) that there are reasonable grounds to 
believe that the crime of terrorism has been or is about to be committed, or that the crime 


of conspiracy to commit terrorism has been or is being committed, or that the person who 
is to be placed under surveillance or who is to be the subject of a wire or cable cap is a 
member of a terrorist organization; (2) that there are reasonable grounds to believe that 
facts or information which are relevant and material evidence against the perpetrators or 
participants in such crime of terrorism or conspiracy to commit terrorism or membership 
in a terrorist organization will be obtained and that such evidence is material and essential 
to the conviction of the perpetrators or participants thereof or to the solution or the 
prevention of any such crimes; and (3) that there are no other speedy and adequate means 
readily and effectively available to obtain such facts or information. 
The written order granted or issued by the Court shall specie: (1) the identity or 
true name, if known, or alias, if any, of each person against whom electronic surveillance 
shall be conducted or whose communications, written or spoken words, conversations, 
discussions, information or data are be listened to or overheard, intercepted or recorded 
and, in the case of telegraphic or telephonic transmission lines, the telegraphic lines or 
telephone numbers involved and their locations; (2) the identities or true names and the 
code names or numbers, if any, of the peace officers who are authorized and designated 
to conduct the electronic surveillance and/or to intercept, listen to or overhear, and record 
the communications, written or spoken words, conversations, discussions, information, or 
data; (3) the offense or offenses committed or sought to be solved or to be prevented; and 
(4) the period of the authorization. 
The authorization shall be effective for the period specified in the written order 
which shall not exceed sixty (60) days from the date of the issuance of the order unless 
extended or renewed by the Court upon being satisfied that such extension or renewal is 
necessary and in the public interest. 
All communications, written words, information, photographs, data taken or 
intercepted, all recordings of spoken words, conversations, or discussions made, under 
the court’s written authorization shall, within forty eight (48) hours after the expiration of 
the period fixed in the order, be deposited with the Court in a sealed envelope or sealed 
package. 


The sealed envelope or sealed package shall be accompanied by a joint affidavit 
of the peace officers authorized and designated in the written order of the Court to 
conduct the electronic surveillance or to intercept, listen to or overhear, and record the 
communications, written or spoken words, conversations, discussions, information, or 
data, and such joint affidavit shall state the number of times the electronic surveillance 
was conducted and the number of interceptions or recordings made, the date, the time, 
and the place covered by such electronic surveillance, interception or recording, the 
number of mails, letters, documents, photos, or other materials, tapes, discs, or records 
contained in the sealed envelope or sealed package. The joint affidavit shall also include 
a certification that no duplicates or written or photocopies of such mails, letters, 
documents, photos, or other materials, tapes, discs, or records have been made, or if 
made, that all such duplicates or written or photocopies are in the sealed envelope or 
sealed package deposited with the Court. 
The said envelope and sealed package, and the joint affidavit of the peace officers 
so authorized and designated by the written order of the Court shall be kept for 
safekeeping in a fire-proof vault in the court premises under the sole custody and 
personal control of the Clerk of Court who shall be designated as such custodian in a 
formal written order of the Court. 
The sealed envelope or sealed package shall not be opened, or the recordings 
replayed, or their contents revealed, except upon order of the Court, which shall not be 
granted except upon motion, and, if circumstances allow it, with due notice and 
opportunity to be heard to the person or persons who were the object of the electronic 
surveillance conducted or whose communications, written or spoken words, 
conversations, discussions, information, or data were intercepted, listened to or 
overheard, and recorded. 
Any communications, written or spoken words, conversations, discussions, 
information, photos, or data taken, obtained or acquired in the manner authorized by the 
Court in accordance with the provisions of this Act may be used and are admissible as 
evidence only and solely in any judicial, quasi-judicial, legislative or administrative 


hearing or investigation of the crime of terrorism or conspiracy to commit terrorism, or 
membership in any terrorist organization, and not for any other purpose whatsoever; 
Provided, however, that any communications, written or spoken words, conversations, 
discussions, information, photos, or data taken, obtained or acquired in violation of this 
Section shall be inadmissible as evidence in any judicial, quasi-judicial, legislative or 
administrative hearing or investigation. 
Any person who divulges or reveals the contents of the sealed envelope or sealed 
package or the joint affidavit of the peace officers so authorized and designated by the 
Court, or any communications, written or spoken words, conversations, discussions, 
information, photos, or data taken, obtained or acquired in the manner authorized by the 
Court in accordance with the provisions of this Act (unless authorized to do so by the 
Court and only and solely to the Secretary of Justice or to the peace officers' immediate 
superiors, or in any judicial, quasi-judicial, legislative or administrative hearing or 
investigation of the crime of terrorism or conspiracy to commit terrorism or membership 
in a terrorist organization) or who, in any manner, tampers or destroys the same, or 
causes the partial or total destruction or loss thereof, shall be liable for a criminal offense 
and, when convicted shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment for a period of not less than 
four (4) years and one day to not more than six (6) years and with the accessory penalty 
of perpetual absolute disqualification to hold public office if the offender be a 
government official or employee at the time of the commission of the offense. 
Any person, whether a peace officer or not, who actually and directly participates 
in the acts or operations mentioned in the first paragraph of this section without being 
authorized by the written order of the Court, shall be liable for an offense and, when 
convicted, shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment for not less than six (6) months and 
one day to not more than six (6) years and with the accessory penalty of perpetual 
absolute disqualification to hold public office if the offender be a government official or 
employee at the time of the commission of the offense. 


The Court referred to in this section and in the immediately following section 
shall be understood to be mean the Regional Trial Court within whose territorial 
jurisdiction the acts for which authority is applied for are to be done or executed. 
SEC. 9, The provision of Republic Act No. 1405, otherwise known as the 
“Secrecy Of Bank Deposits Law” as amended, to the contrary notwithstanding, in cases 
of terrorism or conspiracy to commit terrorism or membership in a terrorist organization, 
a competent Court may, by written order, authorize such number of peace officers as may 
be necessary to look into and examine any deposit with any bank or any other financial 
institution of money, marketable securities or shares of stock in a corporation, or precious 
metals belonging to any person or organization when such peace officers have reasonable 
grounds to believe that the depositor is engaged or is about to engage in terrorism or 
conspiracy to commit terrorism, or when such peace officers have reasonable grounds to 
believe that the depositor is a member of a terrorist organization, whether domestic or 
foreign; Provided, that such written order shall only be issued upon application in writing 
by the Secretary of Justice or by his duly authorized representative and only upon 
examination under oath or affirmation of the applicant and the witnesses he may produce 
and upon the Court being satisfied: (1) that there are reasonable grounds to believe that 
the crime of terrorism or conspiracy to commit terrorism has been or is about to be 
committed, or that a depositor in the bank or financial institution is a member of a 
terrorist organization; (2) that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the money, 
marketable securities or shares of stock or precious metals deposited with the bank or 
financial institution are being used or about to be used to support the crime of terrorism 
or conspiracy to commit terrorism or a terrorist organization; and (3) that there are no 
other speedy and adequate means readily and effectively available to deny that financial 
support to the terrorism or conspiracy to commit terrorism or terrorist organization except 
to look into and examine the said deposit of money, marketable securities or shares of 
stock, or precious metals and to freeze, sequester and interdict it in favor of the 
government. 


The authorization shall be effective for the period specified in the written order 
which shall not exceed sixty (60) days from the date of the issuance of the order unless 
extended or renewed by the Court upon being satisfied that such extension or renewal is 
in the public interest. 
All facts, information, particulars or findings acquired or obtained under court 
authorization in connection with the deposit of money, marketable securities or shares of 
stock or precious metals in bank or any other financial institution shall, within forty eight 
(48) 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 a joint 
affidavit of the peace officers so authorized, stating: (1) the dates when the examination 
have actually been done; (2) the name of the bank or financial institution holding such 
deposit; (3) the account number under which the such deposit is being held by the bank or 
by the financial institution; and (4) the amount or value thereof The joint affidavit shall 
also contain a certification that no duplicates or written or photocopies of the whole or 
part of the facts, information, particulars, or findings have been made, or if made, that all 
such duplicates or written or photocopies are in the sealed envelope or sealed package 
deposited with the Court. 
The said envelope and sealed package, and the joint affidavit of the peace officers 
so authorized and designated by the Court shall be kept for safekeeping in a fire-proof 
vault in the court premises under the sole custody and personal control of the Clerk of 
Court who shall be designated as such custodian in a formal written order of the Court. 
The sealed envelope or sealed package shall not be opened, nor its contents 
revealed, except upon order of the Court, which shall not be granted except upon motion, 
and, if circumstances allow it, with due notice and opportunity to be heard to the person 
or organization whose deposit of money, marketable securities or shares of stock, or 
precious metals with a bank or financial institution has been looked into and examined by 
virtue of the written order of the Court. 
Any person who divulges or reveals the contents of the sealed envelope or sealed 
package or the joint affidavit of the peace officers so authorized and designated by the 


Court, or any facts, information, particulars, or findings acquired or obtained in the 
manner authorized by the Court in accordance with the provisions of this Act (unless 
authorized to do so by the Court and only and solely to the Secretary of Justice or to the 
peace officers' immediate superiors, or in any judicial, quasi-judicial, legislative or 
administrative hearing or investigation of the crime of terrorism or conspiracy to commit 
terrorism or membership in a terrorist organization) or who, in any manner, tampers or 
destroys the same, or causes the partial or total destruction or loss thereof, shall be liable 
for a criminal offense and, when convicted shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment for a 
period of not less than four (4) years and one day to not more than six (6) years and with 
the accessory penalty of perpetual absolute disqualification to hold public office if the 
offender be a government official or employee at the time of the commission of the 
offense. 
Any person, whether a peace officer or not, who actually and directly participates 
in the act or examination mentioned in the first paragraph of this section without being 
authorized in the written order of the Court, shall be liable for an offense and, when 
convicted, shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment for not less than six (6) months and 
one day to not more than six (6) years and with the accessory penalty of perpetual 
absolute disqualification to hold public office if the offender be a government official or 
employee at the time of the commission of the offense. 
Any facts, information, particulars, or findings acquired or obtained in the manner 
authorized by the Court in accordance with the provisions of this Act may be used and 
are admissible as evidence only and solely in any judicial, quasi-judicial, legislative or 
administrative hearing or investigation of the crime of terrorism or conspiracy to commit 
terrorism or membership in a terrorist organization, and not for any other purpose 
whatsoever. 
When the Court is reasonably convinced that the crime of terrorism or conspiracy 
to commit terrorism has been or is about to be committed, or that a depositor in a bank or 
financial institution is a member of a terrorist organization, and that the deposit of money, 
marketable securities or shares of stock, or precious metals with the bank or financial 
institution is being used or about to be used to support such terrorism or conspiracy to 


commit terrorism or terrorist organization, the Court may, upon written application by the 
Secretary of Justice or by his duly authorized representative, grant or issue a written order 
directing the bank or financial institution where such deposit is held not to release any 
portion of the money, marketable securities or shares of stock, or precious metals to the 
depositor or to the depositor's agent or representative. 
SEC. 10. When aprima facie case of terrorism or conspiracy to commit terrorism 
or membership in a terrorist organization has been established in the course of the 
preliminary investigation, a Regional Trial Court of competent jurisdiction may, upon 
written application by the Secretary of Justice or by his duly authorized representative, 
grant or issue a written order placing under sequestration all weapons, materials, funds, 
bombs, explosives, vehicles, communication equipment or instruments, and other assets 
or paraphernalia which are established by clear and convincing evidence to be for the 
commission of terrorism or conspiracy to commit terrorism. Such sequestered weapons, 
materials, fbnds, bombs, explosives, vehicles, communication equipment or instruments, 
and other assets and paraphernalia shall be disposed in accordance with the order of the 
Court after due notice and hearing to all interested parties. 
SEC. 11, A peace officer or a private person may, without a warrant, arrest a 
person; (a) when, in his presence, the person to be arrested has committed, is actually 
committing, or is attempting to commit any of the offense under Sections 3, 5 and 6 
herein; or (2) when any of said offense has in fact been committed and he has reasonable 
ground to believe that the person to be arrested has committed the same. Any person thus 
arrested may be detained for not more than thirty-six (36) hours following his or her 
arrest. The police authorities making the arrest shall, within the said period of thirty-six 
(36) hours file the appropriate charge against the person arrested otherwise, he or she 
shall be released. 
The period of detention may be extended beyond thirty-six (36) hours if the 
person arrested without a warrant demand for a preliminary investigation and waive his 
or her right under the provisions of Article 125 of the Revised Penal Code as amended in 
writing and in the presence of his or her counsel. 


SEC. 12. Any person, not a citizen of the Philippines, who is convicted for any of 
the crimes specified in Sections 3, 5 and 6 of this Act, shall serve the fkll term of his or 
her imprisonment. 
After his or her release from prison, such person shall be deported within seventy- 
two (72) hours to the country that issued his or her last passport, or if such a person is 
stateless, or if his or her passport is a forgery, he shall be deported to his or her last 
country of origin immediately before his or her last entry into the Philippines. 
SEC. 13. Notwithstanding the provisions of existing law to the contrary, any 
foreign national who is known to be a member of a terrorist organization, whether 
domestic of foreign; or found to have been engaged or to be involved in terrorism, 
whether here or abroad, either by himself alone or with others; or discovered to be a part 
of a conspiracy to commit terrorism, shall be rehsed entry into the country as an 
undesirable alien, or may be arrested and charged accordingly either under Section 3, 5 or 
6 of this Act, as the evidence warrants. 
SEC. 14. Any person who provides material information, whether testimonial or 
documentary, necessary for the investigation or prosecution of individuals suspected or 
accused of committing any of the offense under Sections 3, 5 and 6 herein shall be placed 
under the witness protection program under the terms and conditions provided in 
Republic Act 698 1. 
SEC. 15. Any person who serves as a witness for the government and who gives 
testimony in a criminal case of terrorism, or conspiracy to commit terrorism, or 
membership in a terrorist organization, or who, voluntarily or by virtue of a subpoena 
testzjicandum or duces tecum, produces, identifies, or gives testimony on, but not limited 
to, books, papers, documents, tapes containing words, sounds, pictures or images, photos, 
maps, diagrams, sketches, recordings, disc, or any other form of written, recorded, or real 
evidence, shall be immune from any criminal prosecution arising from any damaging or 
incriminating revelation or disclosure of any evidence (oral, written or otherwise) against 
him or her in the course of his or her testimony. 


SEC. 16. In order to effectively implement this Act, there is hereby created an 
" Anti-Terrorism Council", hereinafter referred to as the "Council", composed of the 
Secretary of Justice, as chairman, and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, the Secretary of 
National Defense, the Secretary of Interior and Local Government, the Court 
Administrator of the Supreme Court, and the Director General of the National Security 
Council, as members, to coordinate, supervise and monitor the effort of the entire 
government against, domestic and international terrorism. The Council shall be under the 
control and supervision of the President of the Philippines. 
The personnel of the National Security Council shall provide the support staff and 
secretariat for the Council. Any additional personnel needed by the Council in 
performing its task shall be drawn from the Department of Justice, the Department of 
Foreign Affairs, the Department of National Defense and the Department of Interior and 
Local Government, on a temporary detail, without any additional compensation, 
allowance, or any other form of emoluments for such personnel assigned temporarily to 
the Council. 
In addition to their normal functions, the National Bureau of Investigations, the 
Bureau of Immigration and Deportation, the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency, 
the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and the intelligence and 
investigative elements of the Philippine National Police shall serve as support agencies 
for the Council. 
The Council shall keep records of its proceedings and decisions, and such records 
shall be subject to such security classifications as the Council may, in its sound 
discretion, direct to safeguard the national interest. 
The amount of Twenty Million Pesos (PhP 20,000,000) out of the unappropriated 
funds of the government is hereby appropriated to support the operations of the Council 
for the current year. Thereafter, the amount of money needed to support the operations of 
the Council shall be included yearly in the General Appropriations Act. 


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SEC. 17. Separability Clause.- If, for any reason, any provision, portion, or 
section of this Act is declared unconstitutional, such declaration shall not affect or impair 
the validity and enforceability of the remaining portion of this Act. 
SEC. 18. Repealing Clause.- All laws, executive orders, decrees, rules and 
regulations, or any part thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are deemed 
repealed or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 19. Eflectivity.- This act shall take effect upon its approval. 
Approved,