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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
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Republic Act No. 9165. otherwise known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. declares 
that "it is ihe policy of the State to safeguard the integrity of its terr'.tory and the we ii-
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on their physical and mental well-being, and to defend the same against acts or 
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on drugs, representing a 200,000 increase from the number of drug users 2 years ago. 
The United NatiOi'lS OffiCe of Drugs and CriiTiS' reporr-cd that in 2011 J the Phmppines had 
the highest abuse rate for methamphetamine hydrochlorkie or shabu in East Asia. 
Although the local manufacture of methamphetamine hydrochloride has reportedly gone 
dovvn following successful raids on shabu laboratofteS) enforcement agencieS have 
noted a trend of African shabu being smuggled into the country for the locaJ drug trade 
and transshipment to other countries. 
The government has embarked on an unrelenting campaign against the trafficking and 
use of dangerous drugs yet their distribution and use appear to be as persistent as the 
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trade which has assumed global proportions and now poses a threat to national 
security. We need to upgrade our countermeasures against this giobai menace. 
In the case of Colombia and Mexico, drug cartels maintain organizational structures that 
insulate their leaders and financiers. Many of the principais opemy lead deceptively 
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activities hidden under a securely layered organizational and corporate structure. The 
narcotics trade cannot be stopped by cutiirlQ off the tentacles white leaving the head 
intact. Retailers may be rounded up flfiJ1 drug couriers prosecutf'..d but they are 
expandable. Meanwhile, dangerous drugs continue to flourish despite continuing arrests 
and stiff penaUies. It is a luc-rative industr-~{ that rakes in money for untouchable drug 
lords, even as it exploits poor victims. 
In the PhiHppines, drug syndicates operate with much k;ss rirteSse hut ttlere are 
indications that they are learning fast Marijuana p!ant"uons are burned, shabu 


laboratories raided, not to mention couriers f street ~..qs-he{S and users arrastect, but in 
many Gases the drug fords are never identified or get off sc.ot-free_ There is big money 
in the industry and temptations abound in a worid of bribes and payoffs_ 
The illegal drugs trade like terrorism cannot be treated with kid gloves. This is an 
industry that has made a few peopie lich by pre)ling on society especially the youth, our 
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families and inflicted the most brutal and horrific crimes on soclety_ 
just part of the effort. In fact, these operations have often been the source of corruption, 
with compromise fines and bribes encouraging drug abuse instead of checking it 
The Philippine government must bring the war against megal drugs to the ring leaders. 
Even as we cut off' the tentacles of the drug fftenac.-"e, vre new to urav.; up measures to 
strike at the heart As proven by the experience Qf otr1er ('A)Untries~ tl1is goes beyond 
identifying the drug lords. The defense of those involved in the illegal trade [s known to 
have fallen in the courtroom in the face of legally-acquired iflc-riminatory' wiretapped 
recordings of conversations spelling out their transactions. 
In the United States, 'vviretapping has been USed to solve major ciimes such as 
homicide, illegal gambling, terrorism and drug traffic.king. Data from the courts in the 
United States for the past i5 years show that nine out of every if) wiretapping orders 
iSSUed by the U.S. courts Involved narcotics. \lViremps help estabUsh the ffow of drugs 
and how they are managed from the source to the market The heads of syndicates and 
financiers are not exposed during criminai activity. it is not easy to prove their 
participation in tr£ trade, but recorded C'011versations can establish their ;nvo~vement. 
Intensive wiretapping at the higher levels of a syndicate involves time and resources 
But disrupting operations and decapitating syndicates are more cost effective than 
focusing on the retail trade. 
times its heartless proponents have corrupted our humanity, all because of their 
caliousness and greed_ it is time to take the wa, to them. 
I n view of the foregoing, immediate passage of this bill is ear 
Senator 


SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
) 
'13 
JUL -1 
:'\11 :04 
SENATE 
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S. No. __ 
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Introduced by Senator Gregorio B. Honasan II 
AN ACT 
AUTHORIZING THE WIRETAPPING, INTERCEPTION, SURVEILLANCE AND 
RECORDING 
OF 
COMMUNICATIONS 
OF 
PUSHERS, 
MANUFACTURERS, 
CULTIVATORS, IMPORTERS AND FINANCIERS OF DANGEROUS DRUGS, 
AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9165 AND FOR OTHER 
PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECf10N 1. Republic Act No. 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive 
Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, is hereby amended by inserting Sections 26-A to 26-K, as 
follows: 
"SEC. 26 - A. WIRETAPPINCi INTERCEPTIO~ SURVEILLANCE AND 
RECORDING OF COMMUNICA TIONS. - THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC 
ACT NO. 4200 (ANTI-WIRE TAPPING LAW) TO THE CONTRARY 
NOTWITHSTANDING, THE PDEA DIRECTOR GENERAL, THE CHIEF OF 
THE PNP, OR THE NBI DIRECTOR MAY AUTHORIZE TEAMS OF THE PDEA, 
PNP OR NBI OPERATIVES RESPECTIVELY, COMPOSED OF A LEADER AND 
MEMBERS FOR EACH TEAM, TO SUBMIT EX-PARTE APPLICATIONS FOR 
THE ISSUANCE OF WRITTEN ORDERS FROM SPECIAL DIVISIONS OF THE 
COURT OF APPEALS, TO WIRETAP, INTERCEPT, LISTEN TO, SURVEIL 
AND RECORD, WITH THE USE OF ANY MODE, FORM, KIND OR TYPE OF 
ELECTRONIC OR OTHER EQUIPMENT OR DEVICE OR WITH THE USE OF 


ANY OTHER SUITABLE WAYS AND MEANS FOR THAT PURPOSE, 
COMMUNICATIONS, MESSAGES, CONVERSATIONS, DISCUSSIONS, OR 
SPOKEN OR WRmEN WORDS OF ANY PERSON, AGAINST WHOM THE 
EXISTENCE OF PROBABLE CAUSE IS ESTABLISHED TO HAVE VIOLATED 
SEC. 4, SEC. 5, SEC. 8, OR SEC. 16 OF THIS ACT. 
SEC. 26 - B. ISSUANCE OF JUDICIAL ORDER. - THE WRITTEN 
ORDER OF THE AUTHORIZING DIVISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS TO 
WIRETAP, 
INTERCEPT, 
LISTEN 
TO, 
SURVEIL 
AND 
RECORD 
COMMUNICATIONS, MESSAGES, CONVERSATIONS, DISCUSSIONS, OR 
SPOKEN OR WRmEN WORDS OF ANY PERSON AGAINST WHOM THE 
EXISTENCE OF PROBABLE CAUSE IS ESTABLISHED TO HAVE VIOLATED 
SEC. 4, SEC. 5, SEC. 8, OR SEC. 16 OF THIS ACT SHALL ONLY BE ISSUED 
AND GRANTED UPON EX-PARTE EXAMINATION UNDER OATH OR 
AFFIRMATION OF THE APPLICANT AND THE WITNESSES HE/SHE MAY 
PRODUCE TO ESTABLISH: (A) THAT THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE TO 
BELIEVE 
BASED 
ON 
PERSONAL 
KNOWLEDGE 
OF 
FACTS 
OR 
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ANY OF THE SAID CRIMES UNDER SEC. 4, SEC. 
5, SEC. 8, OR SEC. 16 OF THIS ACT HAS BEEN COMMITTED, OR IS BEING 
COMMITTED, OR IS ABOUT TO BE COMMITTED; (B) THAT THERE IS 
PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE BASED ON PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF 
FACTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES THAT EVIDENCE WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO 
THE CONVICTION OF THE PERSON AGAINST WHOM THE EXISTENCE OF 
PROBABLE CAUSE IS ESTABLISHED TO HAVE VIOLATED SEC. 4, SEC. 5, 
SEC. 8, OR SEC. 16 OF THIS ACT WILL BE OBTAINED, OR THAT 
EVIDENCE WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO THE SOLUTION OR PREVENTION OF 
ANY SUCH CRIMES WILL BE OBTAINED; AND, (C) THAT THERE ARE NO 
OTHER EFFECTIVE MEANS READILY AVAILABLE FOR ACQUIRING SUCH 
EVIDENCE. 


SEC. 26 - C. EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF JUDICIAL AUTHORIZATION. -
ANY ORDER GRANTED BY THE AUTHORIZING DIVISION OF THE COURT 
OF APPEALS SHALL ONLY BE EFFECTIVE FOR THE LENGTH OF TIME 
SPECIFIED IN THE WRmEN ORDER OF THE AUTHORIZING DIVISION 
OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, WHICH SHALL NOT EXCEED A PERIOD OF 
THIRTY (30) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF RECEIPT OF THE WRmEN 
ORDER OF THE AUTHORIZING DIVISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS BY 
THE APPLICANT PDEA, PNP OR NBI OFFICIAL OR AGENT. 
THE AUTHORIZING DIVISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS MAY 
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 AUTHORIZING DIVISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS IS SATISFIED 
THAT SUCH EXTENSION OR RENEWAL IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: 
PROVIDED, 
FURTHER, 
THAT 
THE 
EX-PARTE APPLICATION 
FOR 
EXTENSION OR RENEWAL, WHICH MUST BE FILED BY THE ORIGINAL 
APPLICANT, HAS BEEN DULY AUTHORIZED IN WRITING BY THE PDEA 
DIRECTOR GENERAL, THE CHIEF OF THE PNP, OR THE NBI DIRECTOR, 
AS THE CASE MAY BE. 
IN CASE OF DEATH, PHYSICAL DISABILITY, RESIGNATION OR 
CESSATION FROM OFFICE OF THE ORIGINAL APPLICANT TO FILE THE 
APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OR RENEWAL, THE ONE NEXT-IN-RANK 
TO THE ORIGINAL APPLICANT AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM 
NAMED IN THE ORIGINAL WRITTEN ORDER OF THE AUTHORIZING 
DIVISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS SHALL FILE THE APPLICATION 
FOR EXTENSION OR RENEWAL. 


SEC. 26 - D. CLASSIFICA TION AND CONTENTS OF THE ORDER OF 
THE COURT OF APPEALS. - THE WRITTEN ORDER GRANTED BY THE 
AUTHORIZING DIVISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS AS WELL AS ITS 
ORDER, IF ANY, TO EXTEND OR RENEW THE SAME, THE ORIGINAL 
APPLICATION OF THE APPLICANT, INCLUDING HIS/HER APPLICATION 
TO EXTEND OR RENEW, IF ANY, AND THE WRmEN AUTHORIZATIONS 
OF THE PDEA DIRECTOR GENERAL, THE CHIEF OF THE PNP, OR THE NBI 
DIRECTOR SHALL BE DEEMED AND ARE 
HEREBY DECLARED AS 
CLASSIFIED 
INFORMATION. 
THE 
WRITTEN 
ORDER 
OF 
THE 
AUTHORIZING DIVISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS SHALL SPECIFY 
THE FOLLOWING: (A) THE IDENTITY, SUCH AS NAME AND ADDRESS, IF 
KNOWN, OF THE PERSON WHOSE COMMUNICATIONS, MESSAGES, 
CONVERSATIONS, DISCUSSIONS, OR SPOKEN OR WRITTEN WORDS ARE 
TO BE WIRETAPPED, INTERCEPTED, LISTENED TO, SURVEILLED, AND 
RECORDED IN THE CASE OF RADIO, ELECTRONIC, OR TELEPHONIC 
(WHETHER WIRELESS OR OTHERWISE) COMMUNICATIONS, MESSAGES, 
CONVERSATIONS, DISCUSSIONS, OR SPOKEN OR WRmEN WORDS, 
THE ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS AND/OR THE TELEPHONE 
NUMBERS, IF KNOWN, TO BE WIRETAPPED, INTERCEPTED, LISTENED 
TO, RECORDED, SURVEILLED OR TRACKED AND THEIR LOCATIONS; (B) 
THE IDENTITIES (NAME AND UNIT) OF THE PDEA, PNP OR NBI TEAM 
LEADER, INCLUDING THE INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY (NAMES AND UNIT) OF 
THE MEMBERS OF HIS/HER TEAM, JUDICIALLY AUTHORIZED TO 
WIRETAP, 
INTERCEPT, 
LISTEN 
TO, 
SURVEIL AND 
RECORD 
THE 
COMMUNICATIONS, MESSAGES, CONVERSATIONS, DISCUSSIONS, OR 
SPOKEN OR WRmEN WORDS; (C) THE OFFENSE OR OFFENSES 


COMMmED, OR BEING COMMITIED, OR SOUGHT TO BE PREVENTED; 
AND, (D) THE LENGTH OF TIME WITHIN WHICH THE AUTHORIZATION 
SHALL BE USED OR CARRIED OUT. 
IN NO CASE SHALL THE IDENTITY OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED 
PDEA, PNP OR NBI TEAM LEADER, INCLUDING THE INDIVIDUAL 
IDENTITIES OF THE MEMBERS OF HIS/HER TEAM BE DISCLOSED 
UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY WRITIEN ORDER OF THE AUTHORIZING 
DIVISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, WHICH WRITIEN ORDER SHALL 
BE 
GRANTED 
ONLY 
FOR 
PURPOSES 
OF 
INVESTIGATING 
OR 
PROSECUTING ANY VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 226 OR ARTICLE 229 OF 
THE REVISED PENAL CODE AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 26-E OF THIS ACT 
OR REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4200, AFTER A DETERMINATION THAT THE 
PUBLIC 
INTEREST IN THE 
DISCLOSURE 
OF THE 
INFORMATION 
OUTWEIGHS THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN KEEPING THE INFORMATION 
SECRET OR CONFIDENTIAL. 
SEC. 26 -
E. CUSTODY OF INTERCEPTED AND RECORDED 
COMMUNICATIONS. -
ALL TAPES, 
DISCS, 
RECORDINGS, 
NOTES, 
MEMORANDA, SUMMARIES, EXCERPTS AND ALL COPIES THEREOF MADE 
PURSUANT TO THE ORDER OF THE AUTHORIZING DIVISION OF THE 
COURT OF APPEALS, SHALL, WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT (48) HOURS AFTER 
THE EXPIRATION OF THE PERIOD FIXED IN THE WRITIEN ORDER OF 
THE AUTHORIZING DIVISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS OR WITHIN 
FORTY-EIGHT (48) HOURS AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF ANY EXTENSION 
OR RENEWAL GRANTED BY THE AUTHORIZING DIVISION OF THE COURT 
OF APPEALS, BE DEPOSITED WITH THE AUTHORIZING DIVISION OF THE 
COURT OF APPEALS IN A SEALED ENVELOPE OR SEALED PACKAGE, AS 


THE CASE MAY BE, AND SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A JOINT AFFIDAVIT 
OF THE APPLICANT PDEA, PNP OR NBI OFFICIAL AND THE MEMBERS OF 
HIS/HER TEAM. 
IN CASE OF DEATH, PHYSICAL DISABILITY, RESIGNATION OR 
CESSATION FROM OFFICE OF THE APPLICANT TO EXECUTE THE 
REQUIRED AFFIDAVIT, THE ONE NEXT-IN-RANK TO THE APPLICANT 
AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM NAMED IN THE WRITIEN ORDER 
OF THE AUTHORIZING DIVISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS SHALL 
EXECUTE WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM THE REQUIRED JOINT 
AFFIDAVIT. 
ANY PUBLIC OFFICER WHO, WITHOUT AUTHORITY, REMOVES, 
CONCEALS, OR DESTROYS ANY OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED TAPE, DISC, 
RECORDING, NOTE, MEMORANDUM, SUMMARY, OR EXCERPTS AND ANY 
COPY THEREOF SHALL BE LIABLE UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE REVISED 
PENAL CODE. 
ANY PUBLIC OFFICER WHO, WITHOUT AUTHORITY, REVEALS ANY 
OF 
THE 
ABOVE-MENTIONED 
MATERIALS 
OR 
ANY 
INFORMATION 
THEREON SHALL BE LIABLE UNDER ARTICLE 229 OF THE REVISED 
PENAL CODE. 
SEC. 26 -
F. CONTENTS OF JOINT AFFIDAVIT. -
THE JOINT 
AFFIDAVIT OF THE PDEA, PNP, OR NBI TEAM LEADER AND THE 
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF HIS/HER TEAM 
SHALL IDENTIFY THE 
FOLLOWING: 
(A) 
ALL 
TAPES, 
DISCS, 
RECORDINGS, 
NOTES, 
MEMORANDA, SUMMARIES, EXCERPTS AND ALL COPIES MADE IN 
CONNECTION THEREWITH; (B) THE DATES AND TIMES COVERED BY 
EACH OF SUCH MATERIALS; (C) THE NUMBER OF TAPES, DISCS, 
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RECORDINGS, NOTES, MEMORANDA, SUMMARIES, EXCERPTS AND ALL 
COPIES 
MADE 
IN 
CONNECTION 
THEREWITH 
THAT HAVE 
BEEN 
INCLUDED IN THE DEPOSIT; AND (D) THE DATE OF THE ORIGINAL 
WRITTEN 
AUTHORIZATION 
GRANTED 
BY 
THE 
PDEA 
DIRECTOR 
GENERAL, THE CHIEF OF THE PNP, OR THE NBI DIRECTOR TO THE 
APPLICANT TO FILE THE EX-PARTE APPLICATION AS WELL AS THE 
DATE OF ANY EXTENSION OR RENEWAL OF THE ORIGINAL WRITTEN 
AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE AUTHORIZING DIVISION OF THE COURT 
OF APPEALS. 
THE JOINT AFFIDAVIT SHALL ALSO CERTIFY UNDER OATH THAT 
NO DUPLICATES OR COPIES OF THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF ANY OF 
SUCH TAPES, DISCS, AND RECORDINGS, AND THAT NO DUPLICATES OR 
COPIES OF THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF ANY OF SUCH 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 DIVISION OF THE COURT OF 
APPEALS. 
SEC. 26 - G. DISPOSITION OF DEPOSITED MATERIAL. -
THE 
SEALED ENVELOPE OR SEALED PACKAGE AND THE CONTENTS THEREOF, 
WHICH ARE DEPOSITED WITH THE AUTHORIZING DIVISION OF THE 
COURT OF APPEALS, SHALL BE DEEMED AND ARE HEREBY DECLARED 
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, AND THE SEALED ENVELOPE OR SEALED 
PACKAGE SHALL NOT BE OPENED AND ITS CONTENTS (INCLUDING THE 
TAPES, DISCS, AND RECORDINGS AND ALL THE EXCERPTS AND 
SUMMARIES THEREOF AND THE NOTES AND MEMORANDA MADE IN 


CONNECfION THEREWITH) SHALL NOT BE DIVULGED, REVEALED, READ, 
REPLAYED, OR USED AS EVIDENCE UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY WRITTEN 
ORDER OF THE AUTHORIZING DIVISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, 
WHICH WRITTEN ORDER SHALL BE GRANTED ONLY UPON A WRITTEN 
APPLICATION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OR 
THE PDEA DIRECfOR GENERAL, THE CHIEF OF THE PNP, OR THE NBI 
DIRECfOR FILED BEFORE THE AUTHORIZING DIVISION OF THE COURT 
OF APPEALS. 
THE DISCLOSURE, REVELATION, 
OR UTILIZATION OF THE 
DEPOSITED MATERIAL SHALL ALWAYS BE UNDER THE CONTROL AND 
SUPERVISION OF THE AUTHORIZING DIVISION OF THE COURT OF 
APPEALS. THE DEPOSITED MATERIAL OR PARTS THEREOF WHICH ARE 
NOT UTILIZED IN THE PROSECUTION FOR VIOLATION OF SEC. 4, SEC. 
5, SEC. 8, OR SEC. 16 OF THIS ACf SHALL BE REDEPOSITED WITH THE 
AUTHORIZING DIVISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS. 
SEC. 26-H. DESTRUCTION OF DEPOSITED MATERIAL. -
AFTER 
THE LAPSE OF TEN (10) YEARS FROM THE TERMINATION OF THE 
PERIOD 
AUTHORIZING 
THE 
WIRETAPPING, 
INTERCEPTION, 
SURVEILLANCE AND RECORDING OF COMMUNICATIONS, MESSAGES, 
CONVERSATIONS, DISCUSSIONS, OR SPOKEN OR WRmEN WORDS, 
THE AUTHORIZING DIVISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS SHALL ORDER 
THE DESTRUCfION OF THE DEPOSITED MATERIAL UNLESS IT IS BEING 
UTILIZED IN AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION OR PROSECUTION, IN 
WHICH CASE, IT SHALL BE DESTROYED AFTER THE TERMINATION OF 
THE INVESTIGATION OR PROSECUTION OF THE CASE. 


SEC. 
26-I. 
COMMUNICATIONS 
ASSISTANCE 
FOR 
LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. -
THE AUTHORIZING DIVISION OF THE COURT OF 
APPEALS 
MAY ORDER ANY TELECOMMUNICATIONS OR INTERNET 
SERVICE PROVIDER TO ASSIST AND COOPERATE WITH THE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN IMPLEMENTING THE ORDER OF THE 
AUTHORIZING 
DIVISION 
OF 
THE 
COURT 
OF 
APPEALS. 
THE 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS OR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER SHALL TAKE 
MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT THE PERSON WHOSE COMMUNICATIONS, 
MESSAGES, CONVERSATIONS, DISCUSSIONS, OR SPOKEN OR WRmEN 
WORDS 
ARE 
BEING 
WIRETAPPED, 
INTERCEPTED, 
LISTENED TO, 
SURVEILLED, AND RECORDED SHALL. NEITHER 
DETECT NOR BE 
NOTIFIED OF SUCH FACT. 
SEC. 26 - J. EVIDENTIARY VALUE OF DEPOSITED MATERIALS. -
EVIDENCE OBTAINED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 26-A TO 26-1 OF THIS 
ACT SHALL NOT BE USED IN THE PROSECUTION OF ANY OTHER 
OFFENSE OR FELONY OTHER THAN TO PROSECUTE VIOLATIONS OF 
SEC. 4, SEC. 5, SEC. 8, OR SEC. 16 OF THIS ACT. 
SEC. 26 - K. DESIGNATION OF SPECIAL DIVISIONS OF THE COURT 
OF APPEALS. - THE DANGEROUS DRUGS BOARD SHALL REQUEST THE 
SUPREME COURT TO DESIGNATE AT LEAST ONE SPECIAL DIVISION OF 
THE COURT OF APPEALS EACH FOR LUZON, VISAYAS, AND MINDANAO 
TO IMPLEMENT SECTIONS 26-A TO 26-J OF THIS ACT." 
SEC. 2. Separability Clause. - If for any reason any part or provision of this Act is 
declared unconstitutional or invalid, the other parts or provisions hereof which are n0t 
affected thereby shall remain and continue to be in full force and effect. 


SEC. 3. Repealing Clause. -
All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules or 
regulations or parts thereof, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby 
repealed, amended, or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 4 .. Effectivity_ - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general Circulation. 
Approved,