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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHIUPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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Senate No.
SENATE
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Prepared Jointly by the Committees on National Defense and Security, Peace, 
Unification and Reconciliation 
Finance, with Senators Sotto, Lacson, 
Marcos
as Authors thereof
AN ACT
AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9372, OTHERWISE 
KNOWN AS "AN ACT TO SECURE THE STATE AND PROTECT OUR PEOPLE
FROM TERRORISM"
Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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SECTION 1. 
Section 1 of Republic Act No. 9372, otherwise known as the
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Human Security Act, is hereby amended to read as follows:
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"SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall henceforth be known as the ["Human
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Security Act of 2007."] "ANTI-TERRORISM  ACT OF 2019."
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SECTION 2. 
Section 2 of the same Act, is also hereby amended to read as
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follows:


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"SEC. 2. Declaration o f Policy. - It is declared a policy of the State to protect life, 
liberty, and property from acts of terrorism, to condemn terrorism as inimical and 
dangerous to the national security of the country and to the welfare of the people, and 
to make terrorism a crime against the Filipino people, against humanity, and against the 
law of nations.
In the implementation of the policy stated above, the State shall uphold the 
basic rights and fundamental liberties of the people as enshrined in the Constitution.
[The State recognizes that the fight against terrorism requires a comprehensive 
approach, comprising political, economic, diplomatic, military, and legal means duly 
taking into account the root causes of terrorism without acknowledging these as 
justifications for terrorist and/or criminal activities. Such measures shall include conflict 
management and post-conflict peace-building, addressing the roots of conflict by 
building state capacity and promoting equitable economic development.
Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted as a curtailment, restriction or diminution 
of constitutionally recognized powers of the executive branch of the government. It is 
to be understood, however that the exercise of the constitutionally recognized powers 
of the executive department of the government shall not prejudice respect for human 
rights which shall be absolute and protected at all tim es.]"
SECTION 3. 
R.A. No. 9372 is also hereby renumbered and amended by 
inserting a new Section 3, as follows:
"SEC. 3. D E F IN IT IO N  OF TERMS. - AS USED IN  THIS ACT:
(A ) 
"CONSPIRACY" EXISTS WHEN TWO OR MORE PERSONS COME TO
AN AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE COMMISSION OF THE CRIMES
DEFINED AND PENALIZED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, AND
DECIDE TO COMMIT THE SAME;
(B ) 
"CR ITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE" REFERS TO AN ASSET OR SYSTEM
THAT IS  ESSENTIAL FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF VITAL SOCIETAL


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FUNCTIONS, HEALTH, SAFETY, SECURITY, ECONOMIC, OR SOCIAL 
W ELL-BEING. 
IT  
MAY 
INCLUDE, 
BUT 
IS  
NOT 
LIM ITE D  
TO, 
COMMUNICATIONS, EMERGENCY SERVICES, FUEL, ENERGY, DAMS, 
FINANCE, FOOD, PUBLIC SERVICES, INDUSTRY, TRANSPORT, RADIO 
AND 
TELEVISION, 
INFORMATION 
TECHNOLOGY, 
COMMERCIAL 
FACILITIES, CHEMICAL AND NUCLEAR SECTORS, AND WATER;
(C) 
"FOREIGN TERRORISTS" ARE ANY PERSONS WHO TRAVEL TO A 
STATE OTHER THAN THEIR STATES OF RESIDENCE OR N ATIO NALITY 
FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERPETRATING, PLANNING, OR PREPARING 
FOR, OR PARTICIPATING IN , TERRORIST ACTS OR PROVIDING FOR OR 
RECEIVING OF TERRORIST TR AIN IN G . THESE SHALL ALSO INCLUDE 
IN D IV ID U A LS  RESIDING ABROAD WHO COME TO THE PH ILIPPINES TO 
PARTICIPATE IN  PERPETRATING, PLANNING, OR PREPARING FOR, OR 
PARTICIPATING IN  TERRORIST ACTS OR PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR OR 
FACILITATE TERRORIST TR AIN IN G  HERE OR ABROAD;
(D ) 
"IN C IT IN G  TO COMMIT TERRORIST ACTS" IS  COMMITTED WHEN 
A 
PERSON, 
DIRECTLY 
OR 
INDIRECTLY, 
PROVOKES, 
GOADS, 
INSTIGATES, 
OR 
PERSUADES 
ANOTHER 
IN D IV ID U A L  
OR 
ORGANIZATION TO COMMIT ANY OF THE CRIMES DEFINED AND 
PENALIZED UNDER 
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, WHETHER BY 
MEANS OF VERBAL, W RITTEN, OR VISUAL COMMUNICATION;
(E) 
"MATERIAL SUPPORT" REFERS TO ANY PROPERTY, TANGIBLE OR 
INTANG IBLE, OR SERVICE, INCLUDING CURRENCY OR MONETARY 
INSTRUMENTS OR FINANCIAL SECURITIES, FINANCIAL SERVICES, 
LODGING, TR AIN IN G , EXPERT ADVICE OR ASSISTANCE, SAFEHOUSES, 
FALSE DOCUMENTATION OR ID EN TIFIC ATIO N, COMMUNICATIONS 
EQUIPMENT, 
FACILITIES, 
WEAPONS, 
LETHAL 
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EXPLOSIVES, PERSONNEL (1 OR MORE IN D IV ID U A LS  WHO MAY BE OR 
INCLUDE ONESELF), AND TRANSPORTATION, EXCEPT MEDICINE OR 
RELIGIOUS MATERIALS;
(F) 
"PROPOSAL TO COMMIT TERRORIST ACTS" IS  COMMITTED 
WHEN A PERSON WHO HAS DECIDED TO COMMIT ANY OF THE CRIMES 
DEFINED AND PENALIZED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT 
PROPOSES ITS EXECUTION TO SOME OTHER PERSON OR PERSONS;
(G ) 
"RECRUIT" SHALL REFER TO ANY ACT TO PROCURE, INDUCE, OR 
IN C ITE 
OTHERS 
TO 
PARTICIPATE, 
COMMIT, 
OR 
SUPPORT ANY 
TERRORIST ACTS, OR TERRORIST IN D IV ID U A LS  OR ORGANIZATIONS;
(H ) 
"SURVEILLANCE A C TIVITIES " REFER TO THE TRACKING DOWN, 
FOLLOWING, 
OR 
INVESTIGATION 
OF 
IN D IV ID U A LS  
OR 
ORGANIZATIONS; OR THE TAPPING, LISTENING, INTERCEPTING, AND 
RECORDING OF MESSAGES, CONVERSATIONS, DISCUSSIONS, SPOKEN 
OR 
W RITTEN 
WORDS, 
AND 
OTHER 
COMMUNICATIONS 
OF 
IN D IV ID U A LS  
ENGAGED 
IN  
TERRORIST 
ACTS 
AS 
DEFINED 
HEREUNDER;
( I)  
"T R A IN IN G " SHALL REFER TO THE G IVING  OF INSTRUCTION OR 
TEACHING DESIGNED TO IM PART A SPECIFIC SKILL IN  RELATION TO 
SOME TERRORIST ACTS AS DEFINED HEREUNDER, AS OPPOSED TO 
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE;
(J) 
"TERRORIST IN D IV ID U A L" SHALL REFER TO ANY NATURAL 
PERSON WHO COMMITS ANY OF THE ACTS DEFINED AND PENALIZED 
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OR ACCESSORY, OR THOSE WHO ARE MEMBERS OF TERRORIST 
ORGANIZATIONS PROSCRIBED UNDER SECTION 24 HEREOF;
(K ) 
"TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, ASSOCIATION 
OR GROUP 
OF 
PERSONS" SHALL REFER TO ANY ENTITY ORGANIZED FOR THE 
PURPOSE OF ENGAGING IN  TERRORIST ACTS, OR THOSE PROSCRIBED 
UNDER SECTION 24 HEREOF OR THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY 
COUNCIL-DESIGNATED TERRORIST ORGANIZATION; AND
(L ) 
"WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION" (W M D ) SHALL REFER TO 
CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, OR NUCLEAR WEAPONS 
W HICH ARE CAPABLE OF A HIGH ORDER OF DESTRUCTION OR 
CAUSING 
MASS 
CASUALTIES. 
IT  
EXCLUDES 
THE 
MEANS 
OF 
TRANSPORTING OR PROPELLING THE WEAPON WHERE SUCH MEANS 
IS  A SEPARABLE AND D IV IS IB LE  PART FROM THE WEAPON."
SECTION 4. 
Section 3 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 
[3] 4. [Terrorism] TERRORIST ACTS. -  [Any person who commits an 
act punishable under any of the following provisions of the Revised Penal Code:] ANY
PERSON WHO COMMITS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING UNLAWFUL ACTS, IN  OR 
OUTSIDE OF THE PHILIPPINES, REGARDLESS OF ITS STAGE OF EXECUTION:
[a. 
Article 122 (Piracy in General and Mutiny in the High Seas or in the 
Philippine Waters);
b. 
Article 134 (Rebellion or Insurrection);
c. 
Article 134-a (Coup d' Etat), including acts committed by private persons;
d. 
Article 248 (Murder);
e. 
Article 267 (Kidnapping and Serious Illegal Detention);
f. 
Article 324 (Crimes Involving Destruction); or under
(1) 
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(2) 
Republic Act No. 6969 (Toxic Substances and Hazardous and 
Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990);
(3) 
Republic Act No. 5207, (Atomic Energy Regulatory and Liability Act 
of 1968);
(4) 
Republic Act No. 6235 (Anti-Hijacking Law);
(5) 
Presidential Decree No. 532 (Anti-Piracy and Anti-Highway Robbery 
Law of 1974); and
(6) 
Presidential Decree No. 1866, as amended (Decree Codifying the 
Laws on Illegal and Unlawful Possession, Manufacture, Dealing in, Acquisition or 
Disposition of Firearms, Ammunitions or Explosives)
thereby sowing and creating a condition of widespread and extraordinary fear 
and panic among the populace, in order to coerce the government to give in to 
an unlawful demand shall be guilty of the crime of terrorism and shall suffer the 
penalty of forty (40) years of imprisonment, without the benefit of parole as 
provided for under Act No. 4103, otherwise known as the Indeterminate 
Sentence Law, as amended.]
A. ATTACKS THAT CAUSE DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO 
ANY PERSON, OR ENDANGERS A PERSON S LIFE;
B. ATTACKS THAT CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION 
TO 
A 
GOVERNMENT 
OR 
PUBLIC 
FACILITY, 
C RITIC AL 
INFRASTRUCTURE, 
PUBLIC 
PLACE 
OR 
PRIVATE 
PROPERTY 
LIKELY TO ENDANGER HUMAN LIFE OR RESULT IN  MAJOR 
ECONOMIC LOSS;
C. MANUFACTURE, 
POSSESSION, 
AC Q U ISITIO N , 
TRANSPORT, 
SUPPLY OR USE OF WEAPONS, EXPLOSIVES OR OF BIOLOGICAL 
OR CHEMICAL WEAPONS, AS WELL AS RESEARCH INTO, AND 
DEVELOPMENT OF, BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS;


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D. RELEASE OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES, OR CAUSING FIRES, 
FLOODS 
OR 
EXPLOSIONS 
THE 
EFFECT OF 
W HICH 
IS  
TO 
ENDANGER HUMAN LIFE; AND
E. THREAT TO COMMIT ANY OF THE ACTS LISTED IN  PARAGRAPHS
(A ) TO (D ) OF THIS SECTION
WHEN THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ACT, BY ITS NATURE AND CONTEXT, IS  
TO IN TIM ID A TE , PUT IN  FEAR, FORCE OR INDUCE THE GOVERNMENT 
OR ANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, OR THE PUBLIC TO DO OR 
TO ABSTAIN FROM DOING ANY ACT, OR SERIOUSLY DESTABILIZE OR 
DESTROY THE FUNDAMENTAL POLITICAL, ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL 
STRUCTURES OF THE COUNTRY, OR CREATE A PUBLIC EMERGENCY OR 
UNDERMINE PUBLIC SAFETY, SHALL BE GUILTY OF CO M M ITTING  A 
TERRORIST 
ACT 
AND 
SHALL 
SUFFER 
THE 
PENALTY 
OF 
LIFE 
IM PRISO NM ENT 
W ITHOUT THE 
BENEFIT OF 
PAROLE 
AND 
THE 
BENEFITS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10592, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "A N  
ACT AMENDING ARTICLES 29, 94, 97, 98 AND 99 OF ACT NO. 38 15 , AS 
AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE": 
PROVIDED, 
THAT, 
TERRORIST 
ACTS 
AS 
DEFINED 
UNDER 
T H IS  
SECTION 
SHALL 
NOT 
COVER 
LEGITIMATE 
EXERCISES 
OF 
THE 
FREEDOM 
OF 
EXPRESSION 
AND 
TO 
PEACEABLY 
ASSEMBLE, 
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIM ITED TO ENGAGING IN  ADVOCACY, PROTEST, 
DISSENT OR MASS ACTION WHERE A PERSON DOES NOT HAVE THE 
INTENTIO N TO USE OR URGE THE USE OF FORCE OR VIOLENCE OR 
CAUSE HARM TO OTHERS."
SECTION 5. R.A. No. 9372 is also hereby renumbered and amended by 
inserting a new Section 5, as follows:
"SEC. 5. PLANNING, TRAINING, PREPARING AND F A C ILIT A T IN G  
THE CO M M ISSIO N OF A TERRORIST ACT. - IT  SHALL BE UNLAW FUL 
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PREPARATION 
AND 
FACILITATION 
IN  
THE 
COMMISSION 
OF 
A 
TERRORIST 
ACT, 
POSSESSING 
OBJECTS 
CONNECTED 
IN  
THE 
COMMISSION OF A TERRORIST ACT OR COLLECTING OR M AKIN G  
DOCUMENTS 
LIKELY 
TO 
FACILITATE 
THE 
COMMISSION 
OF 
A 
TERRORIST ACT. 
ANY PERSON FOUND GUILTY OF THE PROVISIONS 
OF TH IS  ACT SHALL SUFFER THE PENALTY OF LIFE IM PRISO NM ENT 
W ITHO UT THE BENEFIT OF PAROLE AND THE BENEFITS OF R.A. NO. 
10 59 2 ."
SECTION 6. Section 4 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. [4]. 6. 
ATTEMPT OR Conspiracy to Commit [Terrorism ] A
TERRORIST ACT. - ANY ATTEMPT TO COM M IT ANY OF THE ACTS 
DEFINED AND PENALIZED UNDER SECTION 4 OF THIS ACT SHALL BE 
PENALIZED BY LIFE IMPRISONMENT W ITHO UT THE BENEFIT OF 
PAROLE AND THE BENEFITS OF R.A. NO. 10592.
ANY CONSPIRACY [Persons who conspire] to commit [the crime of 
terrorism] TERRORIST ACTS AS DEFINED AND PENALIZED UNDER 
SECTION 4 OF THIS ACT shall BE PENALIZED BY [suffer the penalty of forty 
(40) 
years 
of imprisonment.] 
LIFE 
IM PRISONM ENT W ITHO UT THE 
BENEFIT OF PAROLE AND THE BENEFITS OF R.A. NO. 10592.
There is conspiracy when two or more persons come to an agreement 
concerning the commission of [the crime of terrorism] TERRORIST ACTS as 
defined in Section [3 ] 4 hereof and decide to commit the same."
SECTION 7. R.A. No. 9372 is also hereby renumbered and amended by 
inserting new Sections 7 to 11, as follows:
"SEC. 
7. PROPOSAL TO C O M M IT TERRORIST ACTS. - ANY 
PERSON WHO PROPOSES TO COMMIT TERRORIST ACTS AS DEFINED 
IN  
SECTION 
4 
HEREOF 
SHALL 
SUFFER 
THE 
PENALTY 
OF
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IM PRISO NM ENT FROM EIGHT (8 ) YEARS AND ONE DAY TO TWELVE 
(1 2 ) YEARS.
SEC. 8. IN C IT IN G  TO CO M M IT TERRORIST ACTS. - ANY PERSON 
WHO DISTRIBUTES OR OTHERWISE MAKES A MESSAGE AVAILABLE TO 
THE PUBLIC W ITH  THE INTENT TO INCITE ANOTHER BY ANY MEANS, 
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO COMMIT A TERRORIST ACT WHERE 
SUCH CONDUCT CAUSES A DANGER OF SUCH ACTS BEING ACTUALLY 
COMMITTED SHALL SUFFER THE PENALTY OF IM PRISONM ENT FROM 
SIX (6 ) YEARS AND ONE DAY TO TEN (1 0 ) YEARS.
SEC. 9. 
RECRUITMENT TO AND MEMBERSHIP IN  A TERRORIST 
ORGANIZATION. - ANY PERSON WHO SHALL RECRUIT ANOTHER TO 
PARTICIPATE, JO IN, COMMIT OR SUPPORT ANY TERRORIST ACT OR A 
TERRORIST 
IN D IV ID U A L 
OR 
ANY 
TERRORIST 
ORGANIZATIO N, 
ASSOCIATION OR GROUP OF PERSONS W HICH IS PROSCRIBED UNDER 
SECTION 24 OF THIS ACT, OR THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY 
COUNCIL-DESIGNATED TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, OR ORGANIZED 
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENGAGING IN  TERRORIST ACTS, SHALL SUFFER 
THE PENALTY OF LIFE IMPRISONMENT W ITHO UT THE BENEFIT OF 
PAROLE AND THE BENEFITS OF R.A. NO. 10592.
ANY PERSON WHO SHALL VOLUNTARILY AND KNOW INGLY JO IN  
ANY 
ORGANIZATION, 
ASSOCIATION 
OR 
GROUP 
OF 
PERSONS 
KNOW ING THAT SUCH ORGANIZATION, ASSOCIATION OR GROUP OF 
PERSONS IS PROSCRIBED UNDER SECTION 24 OF THIS ACT, OR THE 
UNITED 
NATIONS 
SECURITY 
COUNCIL-DESIGNATED 
TERRORIST 
ORGANIZATION, OR ORGANIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENGAGING IN  
TERRORIST ACTS, SHALL SUFFER THE PENALTY OF EIGHT (8 ) YEARS 
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SEC. 10. FOREIGN TERRORIST. -  THE FOLLOWING ACTS ARE 
UNLAWFUL AND SHALL BE PUNISHED W ITH  THE PENALTY OF LIFE 
IM PRISO NM ENT W ITHO UT THE 
BENEFIT 
OF 
PAROLE 
AND 
THE 
BENEFITS OF R.A. NO. 10592:
(A ) 
FOR ANY PERSON TO TRAVEL OR ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL TO A 
STATE 
OTHER 
THAN 
H IS/H ER  
STATE 
OF 
RESIDENCE 
OR 
NATIO NALITY, 
FOR 
THE 
PURPOSE 
OF 
PERPETRATING, 
PLANNING, 
OR 
PREPARING 
FOR, 
OR 
PARTICIPATING 
IN  
TERRORIST ACTS, OR PROVIDING OR RECEIVING TERRORIST 
TR A IN IN G ; OR
(B ) FOR ANY PERSON TO ORGANIZE OR FACILITATE THE TRAVEL 
OF IN D IV ID U A LS  WHO TRAVEL TO A STATE OTHER THAN THEIR 
STATES OF RESIDENCE OR NATIONALITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF 
PERPETRATING, PLANNING, TR AIN IN G , OR PREPARING FOR, 
OR PARTICIPATING IN  TERRORIST ACTS OR PROVIDING OR 
RECEIVING 
TERRORIST 
TR AIN IN G , 
INCLUDING 
ACTS 
OF 
RECRUITMENT W HICH MAY BE COMMITTED THROUGH ANY OF 
THE FOLLOWING MEANS:
i. 
RECRUITING ANOTHER PERSON TO SERVE IN  ANY 
CAPACITY IN  OR W ITH AN ARMED FORCE IN  A FOREIGN 
STATE, WHETHER THE ARMED FORCE FORMS PART OF THE 
ARMED FORCES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THAT FOREIGN 
STATE OR OTHERWISE;
ii. 
PUBLISHING AN ADVERTISEMENT OR PROPAGANDA, 
FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECRUITING PERSONS TO SERVE IN  
ANY CAPACITY IN  OR W ITH SUCH AN ARMED FORCE;
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iii. 
PUBLISHING AN ADVERTISEMENT OR PROPAGANDA 
CONTAINING ANY INFORMATION RELATING TO THE PLACE 
AT W HICH, OR THE MANNER IN  W HICH, PERSONS MAY 
MAKE 
APPLICATIONS 
TO 
SERVE, 
OR 
OBTAIN 
INFORMATION RELATING TO SERVICE, IN  ANY CAPACITY 
IN  OR W ITH  SUCH ARMED FORCE OR RELATING TO THE 
MANNER IN  W HICH PERSONS MAY TRAVEL TO A FOREIGN 
STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF SERVING IN  ANY CAPACITY 
IN  OR W ITH SUCH ARMED FORCE; OR
iv. 
PERFORMING ANY OTHER ACT W ITH  THE IN TEN TIO N  
OF FACILITATING OR PROMOTING THE RECRUITMENT OF 
PERSONS TO SERVE IN  ANY CAPACITY IN  OR W ITH  SUCH 
AN ARMED FORCE.
(C) 
FOR ANY PERSON RESIDING ABROAD WHO COMES TO THE 
PH ILIPPINES 
TO 
PARTICIPATE 
IN  
PERPETRATING, 
PLANNING, 
TR AIN IN G , OR PREPARING FOR, OR PARTICIPATING IN  TERRORIST 
ACTS 
OR 
PROVIDE 
SUPPORT 
FOR 
OR 
FACILITATE 
TERRORIST 
TR A IN IN G  HERE OR ABROAD.
SEC. 11. PRO VIDING  MATERIAL SUPPORT TO TERRORISTS. - 
ANY PERSON WHO KNOW INGLY PROVIDES MATERIAL SUPPORT TO 
ANY 
TERRORIST 
IN D IV ID U A L 
OR 
TERRORIST 
ORGANIZATION, 
ASSOCIATION OR GROUP OF PERSONS COMMITTING, IN C ITIN G  TO OR 
PLANNING TO COM M IT ANY OF THE ACTS PUNISHABLE UNDER 
SECTION 4 HEREOF, OR WHO SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT SUCH 
IN D IV ID U A L 
OR 
ORGANIZATION, 
ASSOCIATION, 
OR 
GROUP 
OF 
PERSONS IS  COMMITTING OR PLANNING TO COMMIT SUCH ACTS,
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SHALL BE LIABLE AS PRINCIPAL TO ANY AND ALL TERRORIST
AC TIVITIES COMMITTED BY SAID IN D IVID U ALS OR ORGANIZATIONS,
IN  AD D ITIO N  TO OTHER C RIM IN AL LIA B ILIT IE S  HE/SHE OR THEY
MAY HAVE INCURRED IN  RELATION THERETO."
SECTION 8. 
Section 5 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. [5 ] 12. Accomplice. - Any person who, not being a principal under Article 
17 of the Revised Penal Code or a conspirator as defined in Section [4 ] 3(A ) AND 
SECTION 5 hereof, cooperates in the execution of [either] ANY OF the crimes [of 
terrorism or conspiracy to commit terrorism] DEFINED AND PENALIZED UNDER 
THE PROVISIONS OF TH IS ACT, by previous or simultaneous acts SHALL BE 
LIABLE AS AN ACCOMPLICE AND shall suffer the penalty of IM PRISO NM ENT 
RANGING from seventeen (17) years, four (4 ) months AND one day to twenty (20) 
years [o f imprisonment]."
SECTION 9. 
Section 6 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. [6 ] 13. Accessory. - Any person who, having knowledge of the 
commission of ANY OF the crimeS [o f terrorism or conspiracy to commit terrorism,] 
DEFINED AND PENALIZED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TH IS ACT, and without 
having participated therein, either as principal or accomplice under Articles 17 and 18 of 
the Revised Penal Code, takes part subsequent to its commission in any of the following 
manner: (a) by profiting himself or assisting the offender to profit by the effects of the 
crime; (b) by concealing or destroying the body of the crime, or the effects, or 
instruments thereof, in order to prevent its discovery; OR (c) by harboring, concealing, 
or assisting in the escape of the principal or conspirator of the crime, SHALL BE 
LIABLE AS AN ACCESSORY AND shall suffer the penalty of IM PRISO NM ENT 
RANGING FROM ten (10) years and one day to twelve (12) years [o f imprisonment].
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[Notwithstanding the above paragraph, the penalties prescribed for accessories shall 
not be imposed upon those who are such with respect to their spouses, ascendants, 
descendants, legitimate, natural, and adopted brothers and sisters, or relatives by 
affinity within the same degrees, with the single exception of accessories falling within 
the provisions of subparagraph (a ).]"
SECTION 10. 
R.A. No. 9372 is also hereby renumbered and amended by 
inserting a new Section 14, as follows:
"SEC. 14. PERPETUAL D ISQ U ALIFIC ATIO N  FROM PU BLIC  OFFICE. - 
ANY PERSON FOUND GUILTY OF ANY OF THE ACTS DEFINED AND PENALIZED 
UNDER 
THE 
PROVISIONS 
OF 
THIS 
ACT 
SHALL 
BE 
PERPETUALLY 
DISQ UALIFIED FROM RUNNING FOR ANY ELECTIVE OFFICE OR HO LDING  
ANY PUBLIC OFFICE. FURTHERMORE, IF SAID PERSON IS A PUBLIC OFFICER 
OR MEMBER OF THE C IV IL SERVICE, HE/SHE SHALL BE METED THE PENALTY 
OF DISM ISSAL FROM SERVICE, W ITH THE ACCESSORY PENALTIES OF 
CANCELLATION OF C IV IL SERVICE E LIG IB ILIT Y , AND FORFEITURE OF 
RETIREMENT BENEFITS."
SECTION 11. 
Section 7 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. [7] 15. Surveillance o f Suspects and Interception and Recording o f 
Communications. - The provisions of Republic Act No. 4200 (Anti-Wire Tapping Law) to 
the contrary notwithstanding, [a police or] law enforcement [official and the members 
of his team] OR M ILITAR Y PERSONNEL may, upon a written order of the Court of 
Appeals SECRETLY WIRETAP, OVERHEAR AND listen to, intercept, SCREEN, 
READ, SURVEIL, [and] record OR COLLECT, with the use of any mode, form, kind or 
type of electronic, 
MECHANICAL OR OTHER EQUIPMENT OR DEVICE or 
TECHNOLOGY NOW KNOWN OR MAY HEREAFTER BE KNOWN TO SCIENCE 
[other surveillance equipment or intercepting and tracking devices,] or with the use of 
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communications, [message,] conversation, discussion/S, DATA, IN FO RM ATIO N , 
MESSAGES IN  WHATEVER FORM, KIN D  OR NATURE, [o r] spoken or written 
words (A ) between 
members of a judicially declared and 
outlawed terrorist 
organization, AS PROVIDED IN  SECTION 24 OF THIS ACT; (B ) BETWEEN 
MEMBERS OF A DESIGNATED PERSON AS DEFINED IN  SECTION 3(E ) OF 
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10168, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 
"TERRORISM 
FINANCING PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION ACT OF 2012"; OR 
(C) 
[association, or group of persons or of] any person charged with or suspected of 
COM M ITTING ANY OF the crimes [o f terrorism or conspiracy to commit terrorism ] 
DEFINED AND PENALIZED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT: Provided, 
That, surveillance, interception and recording of communications between lawyers and 
clients, doctors and patients, journalists and their sources and confidential business 
correspondence shall not be authorized.
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OR M ILITARY PERSONNEL SHALL LIKEW ISE 
FILE AN EX-PARTE APPLICATION W ITH  THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE 
ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER, TO COMPEL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE 
PROVIDERS (TSP) AND INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS (IS P ) TO PRODUCE 
ALL CUSTOMER INFORM ATION AND IDEN TIFIC ATIO N  RECORDS AS W ELL AS 
CALL AND TEXT DATA RECORDS, CONTENT AND OTHER CELLULAR OR 
INTERNET METADATA OF ANY PERSON SUSPECTED OF ANY OF THE CRIMES 
DEFINED AND PENALIZED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT. UPON 
ISSUANCE 
OF SAID ORDER, 
NOTICE THEREOF SHALL 
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
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TO 
ENSURE 
IM M EDIATE COMPLIANCE."
12. 
Section 8 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. [8 ] 16. Formal Application fo r Judicial Authorization. - The written order 
[o f the authorizing division of the Court of Appeals] to CONDUCT THE ACTS
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AUTHORIZED UNDER SEC. 15 OF THIS ACT [track down, tap, listen to, intercept, 
and record communications, messages, conversations, discussions, or spoken or written 
words of any person suspected of the crime of terrorism or the crime of conspiracy to 
commit terrorism] shall only be granted by the authorizing division of the Court of 
Appeals upon an ex parte written application of a [police or of a] law enforcement 
[official] AGENT OR DEPUTIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, OR M ILIT A R Y  
PERSONNEL, who has been duly authorized in writing by the Anti-Terrorism Council 
[created in Section 53 of this Act to file such ex parte application], and upon 
examination under oath or affirmation of the applicant and the witnesses ESTABLISH 
[he may produce to establish]: (a) that there is probable cause to believe based on 
personal knowledge of facts or circumstances that the [said] crimes DEFINED AND 
PENALIZED 
[o f terrorism 
or conspiracy to commit terrorism] 
UNDER THE 
PROVISIONS OF TH IS 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 any charged or suspected person for, or to the solution or prevention of, any such 
crimes, will be obtained; and, (c) that there is no other effective means readily available 
for acquiring such evidence."
SECTION 13. 
Section 9 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. [9 ] 17. Classification and Contents o f the Order o f the Court. - 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 
application to extend or renew, if any, and the written authorizations of the Anti- 
Terrorism Council] THE APPLICATION FOR SUCH ORDER, shall be deemed and are 
hereby declared as classified information. BEING CLASSIFIED INFO RM ATIO N, 
ACCESS TO THE SAID DOCUMENTS AND ANY INFORM ATION CONTAINED IN  
SAID 
DOCUMENTS 
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SECTION 14. Section 10 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 
[10] 
18. 
Effective Period o f Judicial Authorization. 
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Any 
authorization granted by the [authorizing division of the Court of Appeals] 
COURTS, pursuant to Section [9(d)] 16 of this Act, shall only be effective for 
the length of time specified in the written order of the authorizing division of the 
Court of Appeals which shall not exceed a period of [thirty (30)] SIXTY (6 0 ) 
days from the date of receipt of the written order [o f the authorizing division of 
the Court of Appeals] by the applicant [police or] law enforcement [official] OR 
M ILITAR Y PERSONNEL.
The authorizing division of the Court of Appeals may extend or renew the 
said authorization [fo r] TO A [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] ISSUING COURT is satisfied 
that such extension or renewal is in the public interest: and 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 Anti-Terrorism 
Council.
In case of death of the original applicant or in case he is physically 
disabled 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 [o f the authorizing division of the Court of Appeals] shall file the 
application for extension or renewal: Provided, That, [without prejudice to the 
liability of the police or law enforcement personnel under Section 20 hereof,] the 
applicant [police or] law enforcement OR M ILITARY official shall have thirty 
(30) days after the termination of the period granted by the Court of Appeals as 
provided in the preceding paragraphs within which to file the appropriate case 
before the Public Prosecutor's Office for any violation of this Act.
If no case is filed [within the thirty (30)-day period] AFTER THE LAPSE 
OF THE JU D IC IAL AUTHORIZATION, 
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HEARING JUSTICES, THE CLERK OF COURT AND 
DULY AUTHORIZED 
PERSONNEL OF THE HEARING OR ISSUING COURT. [: Provided, That the person 
being surveilled or whose communications, letters, papers, messages, conversations, 
discussions, spoken or written words and effects have been monitored, listened to, 
bugged or recorded by law enforcement authorities has the right to be informed of the 
acts done by the law enforcement authorities in the premises or to challenge, if he or 
she intends to do so, the legality of the interference before the Court of Appeals which 
issued the written order.] 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 [charged or suspected] person OR PERSONS whose communications, 
messages, conversations, discussions, or spoken or written words are to be tracked 
down, tapped, listened to, intercepted, and recorded and, in the case of radio, 
electronic, or telephonic (whether wireless or otherwise) communications, messages, 
conversations, discussions, or spoken or written words, the electronic transmission 
systems or the telephone numbers to be tracked down, tapped, listened to, intercepted, 
and recorded and their locations or if the person OR PERSONS suspected of 
COM M ITTING ANY OF the crimeS DEFINED AND PENALIZED [o f terrorism or 
conspiracy to commit terrorism is] UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT ARE not 
fully known, such person OR PERSONS shall be subject to continuous surveillance 
provided there is a reasonable ground to do so; (b) the identity [(name, address, and 
the police or law enforcement organization)] of the [police or of the] law enforcement 
[official] AGENT OR M ILITARY PERSONNEL, including the individual identity 
[(names, addresses, and the police or law enforcement organization)] of the members 
of his team, judicially authorized to [track down, tap, listen to, intercept, and record the 
communications, messages, conversations, discussions, or spoken or written words] 
UNDERTAKE SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES; (c) the offense or offenses committed, 
or being committed, or sought to be prevented; and, (d) the length of time within 
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enforcement OR M ILITARY official shall immediately notify the person subject 
of the surveillance, interception and recording of the termination of the said 
surveillance, interception and recording. The penalty of IM PRISO NM ENT 
FROM ten (10) years and one day to twelve (12) years [o f imprisonment] shall 
be imposed upon the applicant [police or] law enforcement OR M ILITA R Y  
official who fails to notify the person subject of the surveillance, monitoring, 
interception and recording as specified above."
SECTION 15. Section 11 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. [11.] 19. Custody o f Intercepted and Recorded Communications. - 
All tapes, discs, OTHER STORAGE DEVICES, [and] recordings, NOTES, 
MEMORANDA, SUMMARIES, EXCERPTS AND ALL COPIES THEREOF 
[made pursuant to the authorization of the authorizing division of the] 
OBTAINED UNDER THE JU DICIAL AUTHORIZATION GRANTED BY THE 
Court of Appeals [, including all excerpts and summaries thereof as well as all 
written notes or memoranda made in connection therewith,] shall, within forty- 
eight (48) hours after the expiration of the period fixed in the written order [o f 
the authorizing division of the Court of Appeals or within forty-eight (48) hours 
after the expiration of any] OR THE extension or renewal granted [by the 
authorizing division of the Court of Appeals] THEREAFTER, be deposited with 
the [authorizing Division of the Court of Appeals] ISSUING COURT in a sealed 
envelope or sealed package, as the case may be, and shall be accompanied by a 
joint affidavit of the applicant [police or] law enforcement OR M ILITARY official 
and the members of his team, THE JO INT AFFIDAVIT SHALL PROVIDE THE 
CHAIN OF CUSTODY OR THE LIST OF PERSONS W HICH EXERCISED 
POSSESSION 
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members of the team named in the written order of the authorizing division of 
the Court of Appeals shall execute with the members of the team that required 
affidavit.]
It shall be unlawful for any person, [police officer] LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OR M ILITA R Y  OFFICIAL or any custodian of the tapes, discs, OTHER 
STORAGE 
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recordings, 
NOTES, 
MEMORANDA, 
SUMMARIES, EXCERPTS AND ALL COPIES THEREOF [and their excerpts 
and summaries, written notes or memoranda to copy in whatever form ,] to 
remove, delete, expunge, incinerate, shred or destroy in any manner the items 
enumerated above in whole or in part under any pretext whatsoever.
Any person who removes, deletes, expunges, incinerates, shreds or 
destroys the items enumerated above shall suffer [a ] THE penalty of 
IM PRISO NM ENT RANGING FROM [not less than] six (6 ) years and one day 
to twelve (12) years [o f imprisonment]."
SECTION 16. Section 12 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. [12] 20. Contents o f Joint Affidavit - The joint affidavit of the 
[police or of the] law enforcement [official and the individual members of his 
team] OR M ILITAR Y PERSONNEL shall state: (a) the number of tapes, discs, 
and recordings that have been made, [as well as the number of excerpts and 
summaries thereof and the number of written notes and memoranda, if any, 
made in connection th erew ith]; (b) the dates and times covered by each of such 
tapes, discs, and recordings; [(c) the number of tapes, discs, and recordings, as 
well as the number of excerpts and summaries thereof and the number of 
written notes and memoranda made in connection therewith that have been 
included in the deposit; and (d) the date of the original written authorization 
granted by the Anti-Terrorism Council to the applicant to file the ex parte 
application to conduct the tracking down, tapping, intercepting, and recording, 
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granted by the authorizing division of the Court of Appeals] AND (C) THE 
CHAIN OF CUSTODY OR THE LIST OF PERSONS WHO HAD POSSESSION 
OR CUSTODY OVER THE TAPES, DISCS AND RECORDINGS.
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, OTHER STORAGE 
DEVICES 
[and] 
recordings, 
NOTES, 
MEMORANDA, 
SUMMARIES, 
EXCERPTS AND ALL COPIES THEREOF and that no duplicates or copies [o f 
the whole or any part of any of such excerpts, summaries, written notes, and 
memoranda] THEREOF, 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.
It shall be unlawful for any person, [police or] law enforcement OR 
M ILITAR Y official to omit or exclude from the joint affidavit any item or portion 
thereof mentioned in this Section.
Any person, [police or] law enforcement OR M ILITARY officer who 
violates any of the acts proscribed in the preceding paragraph shall suffer the 
penalty of IM PRISONM ENT RANGING FROM [not less than] ten (10) years 
and one day to twelve (12) years [o f imprisonment]."
SECTION 17. Section 13 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. [13] 21. Disposition o f Deposited Materials. - The sealed envelope 
or sealed package and the contents thereof, REFERRED TO IN  SECTION 19 
OF TH IS ACT, [which are deposited with the authorizing division of the Court of 
Appeals,] shall be deemed and are hereby declared classified information. [, and 
t] 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 connection therewith) shall not 
be divulged, revealed, read, replayed,] DISCLOSED, or used as evidence unless 
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which written order shall be granted only upon a written application o f the 
Department of Justice [filed before the authorizing division of the Court of 
Appeals and only upon a showing that the Department of Justice has been] duly 
authorized in writing by the Anti-Terrorism Council to file the application with 
proper written notice TO the person whose conversation, communication, 
message, discussion or spoken or written words have been the subject of 
surveillance, monitoring, recording and interception to open, reveal, divulge, and 
use the contents of the sealed envelope or sealed package as evidence.
[Any person, law enforcement official or judicial authority who violates his duty 
to notify in writing the persons subject of the surveillance as defined above shall 
suffer the penalty of six years and one day to eight years of imprisonment.]
THE W RITTEN APPLICATION, W ITH  NOTICE TO THE PARTY 
CONCERNED, FOR THE OPENING, REPLAYING, DISCLOSING, OR USING 
AS EVIDENCE OF THE SEALED PACKAGE OR THE CONTENTS THEREOF, 
SHALL CLEARLY STATE THE PURPOSE OR REASON FOR ITS OPENING, 
REPLAYING, DISCLOSING, OR ITS BEING USED AS EVIDENCE.
VIO LATIO N OF THIS AND THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH SHALL 
BE PENALIZED BY IMPRISONMENT RANGING FROM EIGHT YEARS AND 
ONE DAY TO TEN (1 0 ) YEARS."
SECTION 18. Section 14 of R.A. No. 9372 is hereby deleted.
[SEC. 14. Application to Open Deposited Sealed Envelope or Sealed Package. - 
The written application with notice to the party concerned to open the deposited 
sealed envelope or sealed package shall clearly state the purpose or reason: (a) 
for opening the sealed envelope or sealed package; (b) for revealing or 
disclosing its classified contents; (c) for replaying, divulging, and or reading any 
of the listened to, intercepted, and recorded communications, messages, 
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excerpts and summaries thereof and any of the notes or memoranda made in 
connection therewith); [ and, (d) for using any of said listened to, intercepted, 
and recorded communications, messages, conversations, discussions, or spoken 
or written words (including any of the excerpts and summaries thereof and any 
of the notes or memoranda made in connection therewith) as evidence.
Any person, law enforcement official or judicial authority who violates his 
duty to notify as defined above shall suffer the penalty of six years and one day 
to eight years of imprisonment.]
SECTION 19. Section 15 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered to 
read as follows:
"SEC. [15] 22. Evidentiary Value o f Deposited Materials. - Any listened to, 
intercepted, 
and 
recorded 
communications, 
messages, 
conversations, 
discussions, or spoken or written words, or any part or parts thereof, or any 
information or fact contained therein, including their existence, content, 
substance, purport, effect, or meaning, which have been secured in violation of 
the pertinent provisions of this Act, shall absolutely not be admissible and usable 
as evidence against anybody in any judicial, quasi-judicial, legislative, or 
administrative investigation, inquiry, proceeding, or hearing."
SECTION 20. Section 16 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. [16] 23. Penalty for Unauthorized or Malicious Interceptions and/or 
Recordings. - Any [police or] law enforcement OR M ILITA R Y  personnel who [, 
not being authorized to do so by the authorizing division of the Court of Appeals, 
tracks down, taps, listens to, intercepts, and records in whatever manner or form 
any communication, message, conversation, discussion, or spoken or written 
word of a person charged with or suspected of the crime of terrorism or the 
crime of conspiracy to commit terrorism] 
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AC TIVITIES W ITHO UT A VALID JU DICIAL AUTHORIZATION shall be 
guilty of an offense and shall suffer the penalty of IM PRISONM ENT RANGING 
FROM ten (10) years and one day to twelve (12) years [o f imprisonment].
[In addition to the liability attaching to the offender for the commission of 
any other offense, the penalty of ten (10) years and one day to twelve (12) 
years of imprisonment and the accessory penalty of perpetual absolute 
disqualification from public office shall be imposed upon any police or law 
enforcement personnel who maliciously obtained an authority from the Court of 
Appeals to track down, tap, listen to, intercept, and record in whatever manner 
or form any communication, message, conversation, discussion, or spoken or 
written words of a person charged with or suspected of the crime of terrorism or 
conspiracy to commit terrorism: Provided, That notwithstanding Section 13 of 
this Act, the party aggrieved by such authorization shall be allowed access to the 
sealed envelope or sealed package and the contents thereof as evidence for the 
prosecution of any police or law enforcement personnel who maliciously 
procured said authorization.]"
SECTION 21. Section 17 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. [17] 24. Proscription o f Terrorist Organizations, Association, or 
Group o f Persons. - Any GROUP OF PERSONS, organization, OR association, 
[or group of persons organized for the purpose of engaging in terrorism, or] 
which [, although not organized for that purpose, actually uses the acts to 
terrorize mentioned in this Act or to sow and create a condition of widespread 
and extraordinary fear and panic among the populace in order to coerce the 
government to give in to an unlawful demand] COMMITS ANY OF THE ACTS 
DEFINED AND PENALIZED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, OR 
EXISTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENGAGING IN  TERRORIST ACTS shall, 
upon application of the Department of Justice before a competent Regional Trial 
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PERSONS, organization [,] OR association, [or group of persons concerned], 
be declared as a terrorist and outlawed GROUP OF PERSONS, organization[,] 
OR association, [or group of persons] by the said Regional Trial Court.
THE APPLICATION SHALL BE FILED W ITH  AN URGENT PRAYER 
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A PRELIMINARY ORDER OF PROSCRIPTION. 
NO APPLICATION FOR PROSCRIPTION SHALL BE FILED W ITHOUT THE 
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COUNCIL 
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RECOMMENDATION OF THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COORDINATING 
AGENCY (N IC A ).
SECTION 22. R.A. No. 9372 is also hereby renumbered and amended by 
inserting new Sections 25 to 26, as follows:
"SEC. 25. PRELIM INARY ORDER OF PROSCRIPTION. - WHERE 
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APPLICATION W HICH IS SUFFICIENT IN  FORM AND SUBSTANCE, 
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APPLICATION, 
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PRELIMINARY 
ORDER 
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PROSCRIPTION DECLARING THAT THE RESPONDENT IS A TERRORIST 
AND AN OUTLAWED ORGANIZATION OR ASSOCIATION W IT H IN  THE 
MEANING OF SECTION 24 OF THIS ACT.
THE COURT W ILL SCHEDULE A SUMMARY HEARING AT A DATE 
AND TIM E W IT H IN  A SIX-MONTH PERIOD FROM THE FILING  OF THE 
VERIFIED APPLICATION, WHEN THE RESPONDENT MAY, FOR GOOD 
CAUSE, SHOW WHY THE ORDER OF PROSCRIPTION SHOULD BE SET 
ASIDE. THE COURT SHALL DETERMINE W IT H IN  THE SAME PERIOD 
WHETHER THE QUESTIONED ORDERS SHOULD BE MADE PERMANENT, 
SET ASIDE, M ODIFIED OR BE LIFTED AS THE CASE MAY BE.
THE ORDER OF PROSCRIPTION HEREIN GRANTED SHALL BE 
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SUCH ORDER SHALL BE MADE AND IF  CIRCUMSTANCES WARRANT, 
THE SAME SHALL BE LIFTED.
SEC. 26. REQUEST TO PROSCRIBE FROM FOREIGN JU R IS D IC TIO N S  
AN D  SUPRA-NATIONAL JURISDICTIONS. - CONSISTENT W ITH  THE 
NATIO NAL INTEREST, ALL REQUESTS FOR PROSCRIPTION MADE BY 
ANOTHER JU RISDICTIO N  OR SUPRA-NATIONAL JURISDICTIO N SHALL 
BE REFERRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO THE 
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AGENCY, IF PROSCRIPTION UNDER SECTION 24 OF THIS ACT IS 
WARRANTED. IF THE REQUEST FOR PROSCRIPTION IS GRANTED, THE 
COMMISSION SHALL CORRESPONDINGLY COMMENCE PROSCRIPTION 
PROCEEDINGS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE."
SECTION 23. Section 18 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. [18] 27. [Period of\ Detention Without Judicial Warrant o f Arrest -  
The provisions of Article 125 of the Revised Penal Code to the contrar/ 
notwithstanding, any [police or] law enforcement personnel OR DEPUTIZED 
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR M ILITARY PERSONNEL, who, having 
been duly authorized in writing by the Anti-Terrorism Council has taken custody 
of a person charged with or suspected of COMMITTING ANY TERRORIST 
ACTS [the crime of terrorism] or ANY ATTEMPT OR CONSPIRACY TO 
COM M IT TERRORIST ACTS [the crime of conspiracy to commit terrorism 
shall,] OR ANY MEMBER OF A GROUP OF PERSONS, ORGANIZATION OR 
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or suspected person has been apprehended or arrested, detained, and taken into 
custody by the [said police, or] law enforcement PERSONNEL OR DEPUTIZED 
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR 
M ILITARY personnel IF  IT  IS  
ESTABLISHED THAT (1 ) FURTHER DETENTION OF THE PERSON/S IS  
NECESSARY TO PRESERVE EVIDENCE RELATED TO THE TERRORIST 
ACT OR COMPLETE THE INVESTIGATION; (2 ) FURTHER DETENTION OF 
THE PERSON/S IS NECESSARY TO PREVENT THE COM M ISSION OF 
ANOTHER TERRORIST ACT; AND (3 ) THE INVESTIGATION IS  BEING 
CONDUCTED PROPERLY AND W ITHOUT DELAY. [Provided, That the arrest 
of those suspected of the crime of terrorism or conspiracy to commit terrorism 
must result from the surveillance under Section 7 and examination of bank 
deposits under Section 27 of this Act.]
[The police or law enforcement personnel concerned shall, before 
detaining the person suspected of the crime of terrorism, present him or her 
before any judge at the latter’s residence or office nearest the place where the 
arrest took place at any time of the day or night. It shall be the duty of the 
judge, among other things, to ascertain the identity of the police or law 
enforcement personnel and the person or persons they have arrested and 
presented before him or her, to inquire of them the reasons why they have 
arrested the person and determine by questioning and personal observation 
whether or not the suspect has been subjected to any physical, moral or 
psychological torture by whom and why. The judge shall then submit a written 
report of what he/she had observed when the subject was brought before him to 
the proper court that has jurisdiction over the case of the person thus arrested. 
The judge shall forthwith submit his/her report within three calendar days from 
the time the suspect was brought to his/her residence or office.]
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Immediately after taking custody of a person charged with or suspected 
of C O M M U TIN G  TERRORIST ACTS [the crime of terrorism or conspiracy to 
commit terrorism,] OR ANY MEMBER OF A GROUP OF PERSONS, 
ORGANIZATION OR ASSOCIATION PROSCRIBED UNDER SECTION 24 
HEREOF, the [police or] law enforcement personnel OR DEPUTIZED LAW  
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR M ILITARY PERSONNEL shall notify in writing 
the judge of the court nearest the place of apprehension or arrest OF THE 
FOLLOWING FACTS: [Provided, That where the arrest is made during 
Saturdays, Sundays, holidays or after office hours, the written notice shall be 
served at the residence of the judge nearest the place where the accused was 
arrested.] (A ) THE TIM E, DATE, AND MANNER OF ARREST; (B ) THE 
LOCATION OR LOCATIONS OF THE DETAINED SUSPECT/S AND (C ) THE 
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CONDITION OF THE DETAINED SUSPECT/S. 
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FURNISH THE ANTI-TERRORISM COUNCIL OF THE W RITTEN NOTICE 
GIVEN TO THE JUDGE.
THE HEAD OF THE DETAINING FACILITY SHALL ENSURE THAT 
THE DETAINED SUSPECT IS INFORMED OF H IS /H E R  RIGHTS AS A 
DETAINEE AND SHALL ENSURE ACCESS TO THE DETAINEE BY H IS /H E R  
COUNSEL OR AGENCIES AND ENTITIES AUTHORIZED BY LAW  TO 
EXERCISE V IS ITO R IA L POWERS OVER DETENTION FACILITIES.
The penalty of IM PRISONMENT RANGING FROM ten (10) years and 
one day to twelve (12) years [of imprisonment] shall be imposed upon the police 
or law enforcement OR M ILITARY personnel who fails to notify any judge as 
provided in the preceding paragraph."
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[SEC. 19 . Period o f Detention in the Event o f an Actual or Im m inent 
Terrorist Attack. - In the event of an actual or imminent terrorist attack, suspects 
may not be detained for more than three days without the written approval of a 
municipal, city, provincial or regional official of a Human Rights Commission or 
judge of the municipal, regional trial court, the Sandiganbayan or a justice of the 
Court of Appeals nearest the place of the arrest. If the arrest is made during 
Saturdays, Sundays, holidays or after office hours, the arresting police or law 
enforcement personnel shall bring the person thus arrested to the residence of 
any of the officials mentioned above that is nearest the place where the accused 
was arrested. The approval in writing of any of the said officials shall be secured 
by the police or law enforcement personnel concerned within five days after the 
date of the detention of the persons concerned: Provided, however, That within 
three days after the detention the suspects, whose connection with the terror 
attack or threat is not established, shall be released immediately.]
[SEC. 20. Penalty for Failure to Deliver Suspect to the Proper Judicial 
Authority within Three Days. - The penalty of ten (10) years and one day to 
twelve (12) years of imprisonment shall be imposed upon any police or law 
enforcement personnel who has apprehended or arrested, detained and taken 
custody of a person charged with or suspected of the crime of terrorism or 
conspiracy to commit terrorism and fails to deliver such charged or suspected 
person to the proper judicial authority within the period of three days.]
SECTION 25. Section 21 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. [21] 28. Rights o f a Person under Custodial Detention. - The 
moment a person charged with or suspected of the crime of terrorism or the 
crime of conspiracy to commit terrorism is apprehended or arrested and 
detained, he shall forthwith be informed, by the arresting police or law 
enforcement officers or by the police or law enforcement officers to whose
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custody the person concerned is brought, of his or her right: (a) to be informed 
of the nature and cause of his arrest, to remain silent and to have competent 
and independent counsel preferably of his choice. If the person cannot afford the 
services of counsel of his or her choice, the [police or] law enforcement 
[officers] OR M ILITARY PERSONNEL concerned shall immediately contact the 
free legal assistance unit of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) or the 
Public Attorney's Office (PAO). It shall be the duty of the free legal assistance 
unit of the IBP or the PAO thus contacted to immediately visit the person(s) 
detained and provide him or her with legal assistance. These rights cannot be 
waived except in writing and in the presence of the counsel of choice; (b) 
informed of the cause or causes of his detention in the presence of his legal 
counsel; (c) allowed to communicate freely with his legal counsel and to confer 
with them at any time without restriction; (d) allowed to communicate freely and 
privately without restrictions with the members of his family or with his nearest 
relatives and to be visited by them; and, (e) allowed freely to avail of the service 
of a physician or physicians of choice."
SECTION 26. Section 22 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. [22] 29. Penalty for Violation o f the Rights o f a Detainee. -  [Any 
police or law enforcement personnel, or any personnel of the police or other law 
enforcement custodial unit that violates any of the aforesaid rights of a person 
charged with or suspected of the crime of terrorism or the crime of conspiracy to 
commit terrorism shall be guilty of an offense and shall suffer the penalty of ten 
(10) years and one day to twelve (12) years of imprisonment.] THE PENALTY 
OF IM PRISO NM ENT RANGING FROM TEN (1 0 ) YEARS AND ONE DAY TO 
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RIGHTS OF PERSONS UNDER THEIR CUSTODY, AS PROVIDED FOR IN  
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Unless the [police or] law enforcement OR M ILITAR Y personnel who 
violated the rights of a detainee or detainees as stated above is duly identified, 
the same penalty shall be imposed on the [police officer or head or] leader of 
the law enforcement OR M ILITARY unit having custody of the detainee at the 
time the violation was done."
SECTION 27. Section 23 of R.A. No. 9372 is hereby deleted.
[SEC. 23. Requirement for an Official Custodial Logbook and its Contents. 
- The police or other law enforcement custodial unit in whose care and control 
the person charged with or suspected of the crime of terrorism or the crime of 
conspiracy to commit terrorism has been placed under custodial arrest and 
detention shall keep a securely and orderly maintained official logbook, which is 
hereby declared as a public document and opened to and made available for the 
inspection and scrutiny of the lawyer or lawyers of the person under custody or 
any member of his or her family or relative by consanguinity or affinity within the 
fourth civil degree or his or her physician at any time of the day or night without 
any form of restriction. The logbook shall contain a clear and concise record of: 
(a) the name, description, and address of the detained person; (b) the date and 
exact time of his initial admission for custodial arrest and detention; (c) the 
name and address of the physician or physicians who examined him physically 
and medically; (d) the state of his health and physical condition at the time of his 
initial admission for custodial detention; (e) the date and time of each removal of 
the detained person from his cell for interrogation or for any purpose; (f) the 
date and time of his return to his cell; (g) the name and address of the physician 
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detained person after each of such interrogation; (i) the names and addresses of 
his family members and nearest relatives, if any and if available; (j) the names 
and addresses of persons, who visit the detained person; (k) the date and time 
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person to communicate and confer with his legal counsel or counsels; (m) the 
date and time of each visit, and date and time of each departure of his legal 
counsel or counsels; and, (n) all other important events bearing on and all 
relevant details regarding the treatment of the detained person while under 
custodial arrest and detention.
The said police or law enforcement custodial unit shall upon demand of 
the aforementioned lawyer or lawyers or members of the family or relatives 
within the fourth civil degree of consanguinity or affinity of the person under 
custody or his or her physician issue a certified true copy of the entries of the 
logbook relative to the concerned detained person without delay or restriction or 
requiring any fees whatsoever including documentary stamp tax, notarial fees, 
and the like. This certified true copy may be attested by the person who has 
custody of the logbook or who allowed the party concerned to scrutinize it at the 
time the demand for the certified true copy is made.
The police or other law enforcement custodial unit who fails to comply 
with the preceding paragraph to keep an official logbook shall suffer the penalty 
of ten (10) years and one day to twelve (12) years of imprisonment.]
SECTION 28. Section 24 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. [24] 30. No Torture or Coercion in Investigation and Interrogation. 
-  [No threat, intimidation, or coercion, and no act which will inflict any form of 
physical pain or torment, or mental, moral, or psychological pressure, on the 
detained person, which shall vitiate his free will, shall be employed in his 
investigation and interrogation for the crime of terrorism or the crime of 
conspiracy to commit terrorism; otherwise, the] THE USE OF TORTURE AND 
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PUNISHMENT, AS DEFINED IN  SECTIONS 4 AND 5 OF REPUBLIC ACT 
NO. 9745 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "ANTI-TORTURE ACT OF 2009," 
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DETAINED SUSPECTED TERRORIST IS  ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED. ANY
evidence obtained from said detained person resulting from such [threat, 
intimidation, or coercion, or from such inflicted physical pain or torment, or 
mental, moral, or psychological pressure,] TREATMENT shall be, in its entirety, 
absolutely not admissible and usable as evidence in any judicial, quasi-judicial, 
legislative, or administrative investigation, inquiry, proceeding, or hearing."
SECTION 29. Section 25 of R.A. No. 9372 is hereby deleted.
[SEC. 25. Penalty fo r Threat, Intimidation, Coercion, or Torture in the 
Investigation and Interrogation o f a Detained Person. - Any person or persons 
who use threat, intimidation, or coercion, or who inflict physical pain or torment, 
or mental, moral, or psychological pressure, which shall vitiate the free-will of a 
charged or suspected person under investigation and interrogation for the crime 
of terrorism or the crime of conspiracy to commit terrorism shall be guilty of an 
offense and shall suffer the penalty of twelve (12) years and one day to twenty 
(20) years of imprisonment.
When death or serious permanent disability of said detained person 
occurs as a consequence of the use of such threat, intimidation, or coercion, or 
as a consequence of the infliction on him of such physical pain or torment, or as 
a consequence of the infliction on him of such mental, moral, or psychological 
pressure, the penalty shall be twelve (12) years and one day to twenty (20) 
years of imprisonment.]
SECTION 30. Section 26 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. [26] 31. Restriction on THE R IG H T TO Travel. -  UPON THE 
FILIN G  OF THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE COMMISSION OF ANY 
ACTS DEFINED AND PENALIZED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TH IS 
ACT, THE PROSECUTOR SHALL APPLY W ITH  THE COURT HAVING 
JU RISDICTIO N  FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A PRECAUTIONARY HOLD
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THE S A ID  
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In cases where evidence of guilt is not strong, and the person charged [w ith the 
crime of terrorism or conspiracy to commit terrorism] is entitled to bail and Is 
granted the same, the court, upon application by the prosecutor, shall lim it the 
right of travel of the accused to within the municipality or city where he resides 
or where the case is pending, in the interest of national security and public 
safety, consistent with Article III, Section 6 of the Constitution. THE COURT 
SHALL IM M EDIATELY FURNISH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND 
THE BUREAU OF IM M IG R ATIO N  W ITH  THE COPY OF SAID ORDER. 
Travel outside of said municipality or city, without the authorization of the court, 
shall be deemed a violation of the terms and conditions of his bail, which shall be 
forfeited as provided under the Rules of Court.
He/she may also be placed under house arrest by order of the court at his 
or her usual place of residence.
While under house arrest, he or she may not use telephones, cellphones, 
e-mails, computers, the internet, or other means of communications with people 
outside the residence until otherwise ordered by the court.
IF THE EVIDENCE OF GUILT IS  STRONG, THE COURT SHALL 
IM M EDIATELY ISSUE A HOLD DEPARTURE ORDER AND DIRECT THE 
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CANCEL THE PASSPORT OF 
THE ACCUSED.
The restrictions above-mentioned shall be terminated upon the acquittal 
of the accused or of the dismissal of the case filed against him or earlier upon 
the discretion of the court on motion of the prosecutor or of the accused."
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"[SEC. 27. Judicial Authorization Required to Examine Bank Deposits, 
Accounts, and Records. - The provisions of Republic Act No. 1405 as amended, 
to the contrary notwithstanding, the justices of the Court of Appeals designated 
as a special court to handle anti-terrorism cases after satisfying themselves of 
the existence of probable cause in a hearing called for that purpose that; (1) a 
person charged with or suspected of the crime of terrorism or, conspiracy to 
commit terrorism, (2) of a judicially declared and outlawed terrorist organization, 
association, or group of persons; and (3) of a member of such judicially declared 
and outlawed organization, association, or group of persons, may authorize in 
writing any police or law enforcement officer and the members of his/her team 
duly authorized in writing by the anti-terrorism council to; (a) examine, or cause 
the examination of, the deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets and records 
in a bank or financial institution; and (b) gather or cause the gathering of any 
relevant information about such deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets, 
and records from a bank or financial institution. The bank or financial institution 
concerned, shall not refuse to allow such examination or to provide the desired 
information, when so, ordered by and served with the written order of the Court 
of Appeals.]
[SEC. 28. Application to Examine Bank Deposits, Accounts, and Records. - The 
written order of the Court of Appeals authorizing the examination of bank 
deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets, and records; (1) of a person 
charged with or suspected of the crime of terrorism or conspiracy to commit 
terrorism; (2) of any judicially declared and outlawed terrorist organization, 
association, or group of persons, or (3) of any member of such organization, 
association, or group of persons in a bank or financial institution, and the 
gathering of any relevant information about the same from said bank or financial 
institution, shall only be granted by the authorizing division of the Court of 
Appeals upon an ex parte application to that effect of a police or of a law 
enforcement official who has been duly authorized in writing to file such ex parte
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application by the Anti-Terrorism Council created in Section 53 of this Act to file 
such ex parte application, and upon examination under oath or affirmation of the 
applicant and, the witnesses he may produce to establish the facts that will 
justify the need and urgency of examining and freezing the bank deposits, 
placements, trust accounts, assets, and records: (1) of the person charged with 
or suspected of the crime of terrorism or conspiracy to commit terrorism; (2) of a 
judicially declared and outlawed terrorist organization, association or group of 
persons; or (3) of any member of such organization, association, or group of 
persons.]
[SEC. 29. Classification and Contents o f the Court Order Authorizing the 
Examination o f Bank Deposits, Accounts, and Records. - 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 ex parte application of the 
applicant, including his ex parte application to extend or renew, if any, and the 
written authorizations of the Anti-Terrorism Council, shall be deemed and are 
hereby declared as classified information: Provided, That the person whose bank 
deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets, and records have been examined, 
frozen, sequestered and seized by law enforcement authorities has the right to 
be informed of the acts done by the law enforcement authorities in the premises 
or to challenge, if he or she intends to do so, the legality of the interference. The 
written order of the authorizing division of the Court of Appeals designated to 
handle cases involving terrorism shall specify: (a) the identity of the said: (1) 
person charged with or suspected of the crime of terrorism or conspiracy to 
commit terrorism; (2) judicially declared and outlawed terrorist organization, 
association, or group of persons; and (3) member of such judicially declared and 
outlawed organization, association, or group of persons, as the case may be, 
whose deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets, and records are to be 
examined or the information to be gathered; (b) the identity of the bank or 
financial institution where such deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets, and
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records are held and maintained; (c) the identity of the persons who will conduct 
the said examination and the gathering of the desired information; and, (d) the 
length of time the authorization shall be carried out.]
[SEC. 30. Effective Period o f Court Authorization to Examine and Obtain 
Information on Bank Deposits, Accounts, and Records. - The authorization issued 
or granted by the authorizing division of the Court of Appeals to examine or 
cause the examination of and to freeze bank deposits, placements, trust 
accounts, assets, and records, or to gather information about the same, shall be 
effective for the length of time specified in the written 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 written order of the authorizing division of 
the Court of Appeals by the applicant police or law enforcement official.
The authorizing division of the Court of Appeals may extend or renew the 
said authorization for another period, which shall not exceed thirty (30) days 
renewable to another 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: and. Provided, further. That 
the application for extension or renewal, which must be filed by the original 
applicant, has been duly authorized in writing by the Anti-Terrorism Council.
In case of death of the original applicant or in case he is physically 
disabled 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: Provided, That, without prejudice to the 
liability of the police or law enforcement personnel under Section 19 hereof, the 
applicant police or law enforcement official shall have thirty (30) days after the 
termination of the period granted by the Court of Appeals as provided in the 
preceding paragraphs within which to file the appropriate case before the Public 
Prosecutor's Office for any violation of this Act.
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If no case is filed within the thirty (30)-day period, the applicant police or 
law enforcement official shall immediately notify in writing the person subject of 
the bank examination and freezing of bank deposits, placements, trust accounts, 
assets and records. The penalty of ten (10) years and one day to twelve (12) 
years of imprisonment shall be imposed upon the applicant police or law 
enforcement official who fails to notify in writing the person subject of the bank 
examination and freezing of bank deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets 
and records.
Any person, law enforcement official or judicial authority who violates his 
duty to notify in writing as defined above shall suffer the penalty of six years and 
one day to eight years of imprisonment.]
[SEC. 31. Custody o f Bank Data and Information Obtained after Examination o f 
Deposits, Placements, Trust Accounts, Assets and Records. - All information, 
data, excerpts, summaries, notes, memoranda, working sheets, reports, and 
other documents obtained from the examination of the bank deposits, 
placements, trust accounts, assets and records of: (1) a person charged with or 
suspected of the crime of terrorism or the crime of conspiracy to commit 
terrorism; 
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terrorist organization, 
association, or group of persons; or (3) a member of any such organization, 
association, or group of persons shall, within forty-eight (48) hours after the 
expiration of the period fixed in the written order of the authorizing division of 
the Court of Appeals or within forty-eight (48) hours after the expiration of the 
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 police or law enforcement official and the persons 
who actually conducted the examination of said bank deposits, placements, trust 
accounts, assets and records.]
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[SEC. 32. Contents o f Joint Affidavit - The joint affidavit shall state: (a) the 
identifying marks, numbers, or symbols of the deposits, placements, trust 
accounts, assets, and records examined; (b) the identity and address of the bank 
or financial institution where such deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets, 
and records are held and maintained; (c) the number of bank deposits, 
placements, trust accounts, assets, and records discovered, examined, and 
frozen; (d) the outstanding balances of each of such deposits, placements, trust 
accounts, 
assets; 
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summaries, 
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memoranda, working sheets, reports, documents, records examined and placed 
in the sealed envelope or sealed package deposited with the authorizing division 
of the Court of Appeals; (f) the date of the original written authorization granted 
by the Anti-Terrorism Council to the applicant to file the ex parte application to 
conduct the examination of the said bank deposits, placements, trust accounts, 
assets and records, as well as the date of any extension or renewal of the 
original written authorization granted by the authorizing division of the Court of 
Appeals; and (g) that the items enumerated were all that were found in the bank 
or financial institution examined at the time of the completion of the 
examination.
The joint affidavit shall also certify under oath that no duplicates or copies 
of the information, data, excerpts, summaries, notes, memoranda, working 
sheets, reports, and documents acquired from the examination of the bank 
deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets and records have been made, or, if 
made, that all such duplicates and copies are placed in the sealed envelope or 
sealed package deposited with the authorizing division of the Court of Appeals.
It shall be unlawful for any person, police officer or custodian of the bank 
data and information obtained after examination of deposits, placements, trust 
accounts, assets and records to copy, to remove, delete, expunge, incinerate, 
shred or destroy in any manner the items enumerated above in whole or in part 
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or destroys the items enumerated above shall suffer a penalty of not less than 
six years and one day to twelve (12) years of imprisonment.]
[SEC. 33. Disposition o f Bank Materials. - 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 shall not be divulged, revealed, read, or used as evidence unless 
authorized in a written order of the authorizing division of the Court of Appeals, 
which written order shall be granted only upon a written application of the 
Department of Justice filed before the authorizing division of the Court of 
Appeals and only upon a showing that the Department of Justice has been duly 
authorized in writing by the Anti-Terrorism Council to file the application, with 
notice in writing to the party concerned not later than three days before the 
scheduled opening, to open, reveal, divulge, and use the contents of the sealed 
envelope or sealed package as evidence.
Any person, law enforcement official or judicial authority who violates his 
duty to notify in writing as defined above shall suffer the penalty of six years and 
one day to eight years of imprisonment.]
[SEC. 34. Application to Open Deposited Bank Materials. - The written 
application, with notice in writing to the party concerned not later than three 
days of the scheduled opening, to open the sealed envelope or sealed package 
shall clearly state the purpose and reason: (a) for opening the sealed envelope 
or sealed package; (b) for revealing and disclosing its classified contents; and, 
(c) for using the classified information, data, excerpts, summaries, notes, 
memoranda, working sheets, reports, and documents as evidence.]
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[SEC. 35. Evidentiary Value o f Deposited Bank Materials. - Any information, data, 
excerpts, summaries, notes, memoranda, work sheets, reports, or documents 
acquired from the examination of the bank deposits, placements, trust accounts, 
assets and records of: (1) a person charged or suspected of the crime of 
terrorism or the crime of conspiracy to commit terrorism; (2) a judicially declared 
and outlawed terrorist organization, association, or group of persons; or (3) a 
member of such organization, association, or group of persons, which have been 
secured in violation of the provisions of this Act, shall absolutely not be 
admissible and usable as evidence against anybody in any judicial, quasi-judicial, 
legislative, or administrative investigation, inquiry, proceeding, or hearing.]
SECTION 32. R.A. No. 9372 is also hereby renumbered and amended by 
inserting a new Section 32, as follows:
"SEC. 32. BANK IN Q U IR Y  AND EXAM INATION. -  UPON ORDER OF 
THE 
COURT 
DECLARING 
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ORGANIZATION, 
ASSOCIATION, 
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GROUP 
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HEREOF, OR IF  A VALID JU D IC IAL AUTHORIZATION IS  AVAILABLE 
AGAINST 
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PERSONS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OR M ILITAR Y PERSONNEL, 
THRU THE AN TI MONEY LAUNDERING COUNCIL, MAY CONDUCT AN 
IN Q U IR Y AND 
EXAMINATION 
INTO THE 
BANK ACCOUNTS 
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INVESTMENTS OF SUCH ORGANIZATION, ASSOCIATION, GROUP OF 
PERSONS, OR IN D IV ID U A L. 
SUCH IN Q U IR Y AND EXAM IN ATIO N  
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NO. 
9 1 6 0 ,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "ANTI-M O NEY LAUNDERING ACT OF 
2001, 
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AMENDED" 
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RELATION 
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REPUBLIC 
ACT 
10168, 
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "TERRORISM FINANCING PREVENTION 
AND SUPPRESSION ACT OF 2012". ANY PERSON, LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OR 
M ILITAR Y 
PERSONNEL WHO 
EXAMINES THE 
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RANGING FROM TEN (1 0 ) YEARS AND ONE DAY TO TWELVE (1 2 ) 
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SECTION 33. Section 36 of R.A. No. 9372 is hereby deleted.
[SEC. 36. Penalty for Unauthorized or Malicious Examination o f a Bank o r 
a Financial Institution. - Any person, police or law enforcement personnel who 
examines the deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets, or records in a bank 
or financial institution of: (1) a person charged with or suspected of the crime of 
terrorism or the crime of conspiracy to commit terrorism; (2) a judicially declared 
and outlawed terrorist organization, association, or group of persons; or (3) a 
member of such organization, association, or group of persons, without being 
authorized to do so by the Court of Appeals, shall be guilty of an offense and 
shall suffer the penalty of ten (10) years and one day to twelve (12) years of 
imprisonment.
In addition to the liability attaching to the offender for the commission of 
any other offense, the penalty of ten (10) years and one day to twelve (12) 
years of imprisonment shall be imposed upon any police or law enforcement 
personnel, who maliciously obtained an authority from the Court of Appeals to 
examine the deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets, or records in a bank or 
financial institution of: (1) a person charged with or suspected of the crime of 
terrorism or conspiracy to commit terrorism; (2) a judicially declared and 
outlawed terrorist organization, association, or group of persons; or (3) a 
member of such organization, association, or group of persons: Provided, That 
notwithstanding Section 33 of this Act, the party aggrieved by such authorization 
shall upon motion duly filed be allowed access to the sealed envelope or sealed 
package and the contents thereof as evidence for the prosecution of any police 
or law enforcement personnel who maliciously procured said authorization.]
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SECTION 34. Section 37 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. [37] 33. Penalty o f Bank Officials and Employees Defying a Court 
Authorization. - An employee, official, or a member of the board of directors of a 
bank or financial institution, who refuses to allow the examination of the 
deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets, and records [of: (1) a person 
charged with or suspected of the crime of terrorism or the crime of conspiracy to 
commit terrorism; (2) a judicially declared and outlawed terrorist organization, 
association, or group of persons; or (3) a member of such judicially declared and 
outlawed organization, association, or group of persons in said bank or financial 
institution, when duly served with the written order of the authorizing division of 
the Court of Appeals, shall be guilty of an offense and] OF A TERRORIST OR 
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the penalty of IM PRISONMENT RANGING FROM ten (10) years and one day 
to twelve (12) years [o f imprisonment]."
SECTION 35. Sections 38 to 44 of R.A. No. 9372 are hereby deleted.
[SEC. 38. Penalty for False or Untruthful Statement or Misrepresentation 
o f Material Fact in Joint Affidavits. - Any false or untruthful statement or 
misrepresentation of material fact in the joint affidavits required respectively in 
Section 12 and Section 32 of this Act shall constitute a criminal offense and the 
affiants shall suffer individually the penalty of ten (10) years and one day to 
twelve (12) years of imprisonment.]
[SEC. 39. Seizure and Sequestration. - The deposits and their outstanding 
balances, placements, trust accounts, assets, and records in any bank or 
financial institution, moneys, businesses, transportation and communication 
equipment, supplies and other implements, and property of whatever kind and
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nature belonging: (1) to any person suspected of or charged before a competent 
Regional Trial Court for the crime of terrorism or the crime of conspiracy to 
commit terrorism; (2) to a judicially declared and outlawed organization, 
association, or group of persons; or (3) to a member of such organization, 
association, or group of persons shall be seized, sequestered, and frozen in order 
to prevent their use, transfer, or conveyance for purposes that are inimical to the 
safety and security of the people or injurious to the interest of the State.
The accused or a person suspected of may withdraw such sums as may 
be reasonably needed by the monthly needs of his family including the services 
of his or her counsel and his or her family's medical needs upon approval of the 
court. He or she may also use any of his property that is under seizure or 
sequestration or frozen because of his/her indictment as a terrorist upon 
permission of the court for any legitimate reason.
Any person who unjustifiably refuses to follow the order of the proper 
division of the Court of Appeals to allow the person accused of the crime of 
terrorism or of the crime of conspiracy to commit terrorism to withdraw such 
sums from sequestered or frozen deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets 
and records as may be necessary for the regular sustenance of his/her family or 
to use any of his/her property that has been seized, sequestered or frozen for 
legitimate purposes while his/her case is pending shall suffer the penalty of ten 
(10) years and one day to twelve (12) years of imprisonment.]
[SEC. 40. Nature o f Seized. Sequestered and Frozen Bank Deposits, Placements, 
Trust Accounts, Assets and Records. - The seized, sequestered and frozen bank 
deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets and records belonging to a person 
suspected of or charged with the crime of terrorism or conspiracy to commit 
terrorism shall be deemed as property held in trust by the bank or financial 
institution for such person and the government during the pendency of the 
investigation of the person suspected of or during the pendency of the trial of 
the person charged with any of the said crimes, as the case may be and their
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use or disposition while the case is pending shall be subject to the approval of 
the court before which the case or cases are pending.]
[SEC. 41. Disposition o f the Seized, Sequestered and Frozen Bank Deposits, 
Placements, Trust Accounts, Assets and Record. - If the person suspected of or 
charged with the crime of terrorism or conspiracy to commit terrorism is found, 
after his investigation, to be innocent by the investigating body, or is acquitted, 
after his arraignment or his case is dismissed before his arraignment by a 
competent court, the seizure, sequestration and freezing of his bank deposits, 
placements, trust accounts, assets and records shall forthwith be deemed lifted 
by the investigating body or by the competent court, as the case may be, and his 
bank deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets and records shall be deemed 
released from such seizure, sequestration and freezing, and shall be restored to 
him without any delay by the bank or financial institution concerned without any 
further action on his part. The filing of any appeal on motion for reconsideration 
shall not state the release of said funds from seizure, sequestration and freezing.
If the person charged with the crime of terrorism or conspiracy to commit 
terrorism is convicted by a final judgment of a competent trial court, his seized, 
sequestered and frozen bank deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets and 
records shall be automatically forfeited in favor of the government.
Upon his or her acquittal or the dismissal of the charges against him or 
her, the amount of Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) a day for the 
period in which his properties, assets or funds were seized shall be paid to him 
on the concept of liquidated damages. The amount shall be taken from the 
appropriations of the police or law enforcement agency that caused the filing of 
the enumerated charges against him/her.]
[SEC. 42. Penalty fo r Unjustified Refusal to Restore or Delay in Restoring Seized, 
Sequestered and Frozen Bank Deposits, Placements, Trust Accounts, Assets and 
Records. - Any person who unjustifiably refuses to restore or delays the
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restoration of seized, sequestered and frozen bank deposits, placements, trust 
accounts, assets and records of a person suspected of or charged with the crime 
of terrorism or conspiracy to commit terrorism after such suspected person has 
been found innocent by the investigating body or after the case against such 
charged person has been dismissed or after he is acquitted by a competent court 
shall suffer the penalty of ten (10) years and one day to twelve (12) years of 
imprisonment]
[SEC. 43. Penalty for the Loss, Misuse, Diversion or Dissipation o f Seized, 
Sequestered and Frozen Bank Deposits, Placements, Trust Accounts, Assets and 
Records. - Any person who is responsible for the loss, misuse, diversion, or 
dissipation of the whole or any part of the seized, sequestered and frozen bank 
deposits, placements, trust accounts, assets and records of a person suspected 
of or charged with the crime of terrorism or conspiracy to commit terrorism shall 
suffer the penalty of ten (10) years and one day to twelve (12) years of 
imprisonment.]
[SEC. 44. Infidelity in the Custody o f Detained Persons. - Any public officer who 
has direct custody of a detained person under the provisions of this Act and who 
by his deliberate act, misconduct, or inexcusable negligence causes or allows the 
escape of such detained person shall be guilty of an offense and shall suffer the 
penalty of: (a) twelve (12) years and one day to twenty (20) years of 
imprisonment, if the detained person has already been convicted and sentenced 
in a final judgment of a competent court; and (b) six years and one day to 
twelve (12) years of imprisonment, if the detained person has not been 
convicted and sentenced in a final judgment of a competent court.]
SECTION 36. Section 45 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered to 
read as follows:
"SEC. [45] 34. Im m unity and Protection o f Government Witnesses. - The 
provisions of Republic Act No. 6981 (Witness Protection, Security and Benefits
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Act) to the contrary notwithstanding, the immunity of government witnesses 
testifying under this Act shall be governed by Sections 17 and 18 of Rule 119 of 
the Rules of Court: Provided, however, That said witnesses shall be entitled to 
benefits granted to witnesses under said Republic Act No.6981."
SECTION 37. Section 46 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. [46] 35. Penalty for Unauthorized Revelation o f Classified Materials. 
- The penalty of [ten (10) years and one day to twelve (12) years of 
imprisonment] IM PRISONM ENT RANGING FROM SIX (6 ) MONTHS AND 
ONE (1 ) DAY TO SIX (6 ) YEARS shall be imposed upon any person, [police 
or] law enforcement agent OR DEPUTIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, 
OR M ILITAR Y PERSONNEL, judicial officer or civil servant who, not being 
authorized by the Court of Appeals to do so, reveals in any manner or form any 
classified information under this Act. 
THE PENALTY IMPOSED HEREIN IS  
W ITHO UT PREJUDICE AND IN  AD D ITIO N  TO ANY CORRESPONDING 
ADM INISTRATIVE LIA B ILIT Y  THE OFFENDER MAY HAVE INCURRED 
FOR SUCH ACTS."
SECTION 38. Section 47 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. [47] 36. Penalty for Furnishing False Evidence, Forged Document, 
or Spurious Evidence. - The penalty of IM PRISONM ENT RANGING FROM 
twelve (12) years and one day to twenty (20) years [o f imprisonment] shall be 
imposed upon any person who knowingly furnishes false testimony, forged 
document or spurious evidence in any investigation or hearing under this Act."
s e c t io n  39. Section 48 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
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"SEC. [48] 37. Continuous Trial. - In cases [o f terrorism or conspiracy to 
commit terrorism] INVOLVING CRIMES DEFINED AND PENALIZED UNDER 
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, the judge CONCERNED shall set the case 
for continuous trial on a daily basis from Monday to Friday or other short-term 
trial calendar [so as] to ensure COMPLIANCE W ITH  THE ACCUSED'S R IG H T 
TO speedy trial."
SECTION 40. Sections 49 to 52 of R.A. No. 9372 are hereby deleted.
[SEC. 49. Prosecution Under This Act Shall be a Bar to Another 
Prosecution under the Revised Pena! Code or any Special Pena! Laws. - When a 
person has been prosecuted under a provision of this Act, upon a valid complaint 
or information or other formal charge sufficient in form and substance to sustain 
a conviction and after the accused had pleaded to the charge, the acquittal of 
the accused or the dismissal of the case shall be a bar to another prosecution for 
any offense or felony which is necessarily included in the offense charged under 
this Act.]
[SEC. 50. Damages for Unproven Charge o f Terrorism -  Upon acquittal, any 
person who is accused of terrorism shall be entitled to the payment of damages 
in the amount of Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) for every day that 
he or she has been detained or deprived of liberty or arrested without a warrant 
as a result of such an accusation. The amount of damages shall be automatically 
charged against the appropriations of the police agency or the Anti-Terrorism 
Council that brought or sanctioned the filing of the charges against the accused. 
It shall also be released within fifteen (15) days from the date of the acquittal of 
the accused. The award of damages mentioned above shall be without prejudice 
to the right of the acquitted accused to file criminal or administrative charges 
against those responsible for charging him with the case of terrorism.
Any officer, employee, personnel, or person who delays the release or 
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of terrorism as directed in the paragraph immediately preceding shall suffer the 
penalty of six months of imprisonment.
If the deductions are less than the amounts due to the detained persons, 
the amount needed to complete the compensation shall be taken from the 
current appropriations for intelligence, emergency, social or other funds of the 
Office of the President.
In the event that the amount cannot be covered by the current budget of 
the police or law enforcement agency concerned, the amount shall 
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year.]
[SEC. 51. Duty to Record and Report the Name and Address o f the Inform ant - 
The police or law enforcement officers to whom the name of a suspect in the 
crime of terrorism was first revealed shall record the real name and the specific 
address of the informant.
The police or law enforcement officials concerned shall report the 
informant's name and address to their superior officer who shall transmit the 
information to the Congressional Oversight Committee or to the proper court 
within five days after the suspect was placed under arrest or his properties were 
sequestered, seized or frozen.
The name and address of the informant shall be considered confidential 
and shall not be unnecessarily revealed until after the proceedings against the 
suspect shall have been terminated.]
[SEC. 52. Applicability o f the Revised Pena! Code. - The provisions of Book I of 
the Revised Penal Code shall be applicable to this Act.]
SECTION 41. Section 53 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
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"SEC. [53] 38. Anti-Terrorism Council. -  An Anti-Terrorism Council, 
hereinafter referred to, for brevity, as the "Council" is hereby created. The 
members of the Council are: (1) the Executive Secretary, who shall be its 
Chairperson; (2) the Secretary of Justice, who shall be its Vice Chairperson; and 
(3) the Secretary of Foreign Affairs; (4) the Secretary of National Defense; (5) 
the Secretary of the Interior and Local Government; (6) the Secretary of 
Finance; [and] (7) the National Security Advisor[,]; (8 ) THE SECRETARY OF 
INFO RM ATION 
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TECHNOLOGY; 
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PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER FOR PEACE, REUNIFICATION AND U N ITY  
(PARU, FORMERLY PAPP); AND (1 5 ) THE CHIEF M INISTER OF 
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BANGSAMORO 
AUTONOMOUS 
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MUSLIM 
M INDANAO  
(BARM M ), as its other members.
The Council shall implement this Act and assume the responsibility for the 
proper and effective implementation of the anti-terrorism policy of the country. 
The Council shall keep records of its proceedings and decisions. All records of the 
Council shall be subject to such security classifications as the Council may, in its 
judgment and discretion, decide to adopt to safeguard the safety of the people, 
the security of the Republic, and the welfare of the nation.
The National Intelligence Coordinating Agency shall be the Secretariat of 
the Council. The Council shall define the powers, duties, and functions of the 
National Intelligence Coordinating Agency as Secretariat of the Council. 
The 
ANTI-TERRORISM COUNCIL-PROJECT MANAGEMENT CENTER, (ATC- 
PMC) IS  HEREBY INSTITUTIO NALIZED AS THE M AIN COORDINATING 
AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ARM OF THE COUNCIL. 
THE COUNCIL 
SHALL DEFINE THE POWERS, DUTIES, AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ATC- 
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Office of Civil Defense, the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the 
Philippines, the Anti-Money Laundering Council, the Philippine Center on 
Transnational Crime, 
and the Philippine 
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investigative elements shall serve as support agencies for the Council.
The Council shall formulate and adopt comprehensive, adequate, efficient, 
and effective anti-terrorism plans, programs, [and counter-] OR measures to 
PREVENT, COUNTER, suppress [and] OR eradicate terrorism in the country 
and to protect the people from acts of terrorism. 
IN  PURSUIT OF SAID  
MANDATE, THE COUNCIL SHALL CREATE SUCH FOCUS PROGRAMS TO 
PREVENT AND COUNTER TERRORISM AS ARE NECESSARY, SUCH AS 
BUT NOT LIM ITED  TO PROGRAMS TO PREVENT AND COUNTER THE 
SPREAD OF TERRORISM AND TERRORIST IDEOLOGIES, ENSURE THE 
COUNTER-TERRORISM OPERATIONAL AWARENESS OF CONCERNED 
AGENCIES, 
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LEGAL AND 
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STEM TERRORIST FINANCING, AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE W ITH  
INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS TO COUNTER-TERRORISM RELATED 
PROTOCOLS AND BILATERAL AND/O R MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS, 
AND IDENTIFY THE LEAD AGENCY FOR EACH PROGRAM, NAMELY:
1. PREVENTING 
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VIOLENT 
EXTREMISM 
PROGRAM -  THE PROGRAM SHALL ADDRESS THE CONDITIO NS 
CONDUCIVE TO THE SPREAD OF TERRORISM W HICH INCLUDE, 
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC 
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POLITICAL EXCLUSION; 
DEHUMANIZATION 
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TERRORISM; LACK OF GOOD GOVERNANCE; AND PROLONGED 
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PROGRAM SHALL FOCUS ON DENYING TERRORIST GROUPS 
ACCESS TO THE MEANS TO CARRY OUT ATTACKS TO THEIR 
TARGETS AND FORMULATE RESPONSE TO ITS DESIRED IMPACT 
THROUGH DECISIVE ENGAGEMENTS. 
THE PROGRAM SHALL 
FOCUS ON OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO DISRUPT AND COMBAT 
TERRORISM ACTIVITIES AND ATTACKS SUCH AS CURTAILING, 
RECRUITMENT, PROPAGANDA, FINANCE AND LOGISTICS, THE 
PROTECTION OF POTENTIONAL TARGETS, THE EXCHANGE OF 
INTELLIGENCE W ITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND ARREST OF 
SUSPECTED TERRORISTS;
3. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND CAPACITY BUILDING  PROGRAM 
-  THE PROGRAM SHALL ENDEAVOR TO BUILD THE STATE'S 
CAPACITY 
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STRENGTHENING THE COLLABORATIVE MECHANISMS BETWEEN 
AND AMONG COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SUPPORT AGENCIES AND 
FACILITATE COOPERATION AMONG RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS, 
BOTH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL, IN  THE BATTLE AGAINST 
TERRORISM; AND
4. LEGAL AFFAIRS PROGRAM -  THE PROGRAM SHALL ENSURE 
RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND ADHERENCE TO THE RULE OF 
LAW AS THE FUNDAMENTAL BASES OF THE FIGHT AGAINST 
TERRORISM. 
IT  SHALL GUARANTEE COMPLIANCE W ITH  THE 
SAME AS WELL AS W ITH INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS TO 
COUNTER-TERRORISM-RELATED PROTOCOLS AND BILATERAL 
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Nothing herein shall be interpreted to empower the Anti-Terrorism Council 
to exercise any judicial or quasi-judicial power or authority."
SECTION 42. Section 54 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. [54] 39. Functions o f the Council. - In pursuit of its mandate in the 
previous Section, the Council shall have the following functions with due regard 
for the rights of the people as mandated by the Constitution and pertinent laws:
1. Formulate and adopt plans, programs and PREVENTIVE AND counter­
measures against terrorists and acts of terrorism in the country;
2. Coordinate all national efforts to suppress and eradicate acts of terrorism 
in the country and mobilize the entire nation against terrorism prescribed 
in this Act;
3. Direct the speedy investigation and prosecution of all persons accused or 
detained for the crime of terrorism or conspiracy to commit terrorism and 
other offenses punishable under this Act, and monitor the progress of 
their cases;
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PROSECUTION OF ALL PERSONS ACCUSED AN D /O R  DETAINED 
FOR 
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PENALIZED 
UNDER 
THE 
PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT;
[4 .] 5. 
Establish 
and 
maintain 
comprehensive 
data-base 
information 
systems 
on 
terrorism, 
terrorist 
activities, 
and 
counter-terrorism 
operations;
[5. 
Freeze the funds property, bank deposits, placements, trust accounts, 
assets and records belonging to a person suspected of or charged with 
the crime of terrorism or conspiracy to commit terrorism, pursuant to
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Republic Act No. 9160, otherwise known as the Anti-Money Laundering 
Act of 2001, as amended;]
6. 
ENLIST THE ASSISTANCE OF AND FILE THE APPROPRIATE 
ACTION W ITH  THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING COUNCIL TO 
FREEZE 
AND 
FORFEIT 
THE 
FUNDS, 
BANK 
DEPOSITS, 
PLACEMENTS, TRUST ACCOUNTS, ASSETS AND PROPERTY OF 
WHATEVER KIN D  AND NATURE BELONGING ( I)  TO A PERSON 
SUSPECTED OF OR CHARGED W ITH  ANY CRIME DEFINED AN D  
PENALIZED 
UNDER 
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PROVISIONS 
OF 
TH IS 
ACT, 
( I I )  
BETWEEN 
MEMBERS 
OF 
A 
JUDICIALLY 
DECLARED 
AND 
OUTLAWED TERRORIST ORGANIZATION OR ASSOCIATION AS 
PROVIDED IN  SECTION 24 OF THIS ACT; ( I I I )  TO DESIGNATED 
PERSONS DEFINED UNDER SECTION 3(E) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 
10168, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "TERRORISM FINAN C IN G  
PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION ACT OF 2012"; (IV ) TO AN 
IN D IV ID U A L MEMBER OF SUCH DESIGNATED PERSONS, OR (V ) 
ANY ORGANIZATION, ASSOCIATION OR GROUP OF PERSONS 
PROSCRIBED UNDER SECTION 24 HEREOF;
[6 .] 7. Grant monetary rewards and other incentives to informers who give 
vital 
information 
leading 
to 
the 
apprehension, 
arrest, 
detention, 
prosecution, and conviction of person or persons who are liable for the 
[crime of terrorism 
or conspiracy to commit terrorism] 
CRIMES 
DEFINED AND PENALIZED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF T H IS  
ACT; 
PROVIDED, THAT, NO MONETARY REWARD SHALL BE 
GRANTED TO INFORMANTS UNLESS THE ACCUSED'S DEMURRER 
TO EVIDENCE HAS BEEN DENIED OR THE PROSECUTION HAS 
RESTED ITS CASE W ITHOUT SUCH DEMURRER HAVING BEEN 
FILED;
[7 .] 8. 
Establish and maintain coordination with and the cooperation and 
assistance 
of 
other 
[nations 
in 
the 
struggle 
against] 
STATES,
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JURISDICTIO NS, 
INTERNATIONAL 
ENTITIES 
AND 
ORGANIZATIONS IN  PREVENTING AND COMBATING international 
terrorism; [and]
9. 
TAKE ACTION ON RELEVANT RESOLUTIONS ISSUED BY THE 
UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL ACTING UNDER CHAPTER 
V II 
OF 
THE 
UN 
CHARTER; 
AND 
CONSISTENT 
W ITH  
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NATIONAL INTEREST, TAKE ACTION ON FOREIGN REQUESTS TO 
DESIGNATE 
TERRORIST, 
IN D IVID U ALS, 
ASSOCIATIONS, 
ORGANIZATIONS OR GROUP OF PERSONS;
10. TAKE MEASURES TO PREVENT TERRORISTS FROM AC Q U IR IN G  
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION SUCH AS, BUT NOT L IM IT E D  
TO THE IM PO SITIO N  OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL SANCTIONS 
AND IMPORT RESTRICTIONS;
11. LEAD IN  THE FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A 
NATIONAL 
STRATEGIC 
PLAN 
TO 
PREVENT 
AND 
COMBAT 
TERRORISM;
[8 .] 12. Request the Supreme Court to designate specific divisions of the 
Court of Appeals [and] OR Regional Trial Courts [in Manila, Cebu City and 
Cagayan de Oro City, as the case may be,] to handle all cases involving 
the crimes [o f terrorism or conspiracy to commit terrorism] DEFINED 
AND PENALIZED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TH IS ACT, and all 
matters incident to said crimes. [The Secretary of Justice shall assign a 
team of prosecutors from: (a) Luzon to handle terrorism cases filed in the 
Regional Trial Court in Manila; (b) from the Visayas to handle cases filed 
in Cebu City; and (c) from Mindanao to handle cases filed in Cagayan de 
Oro City.]
13. REQUIRE OTHER 
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, 
OFFICES 
AND 
ENTITIES 
AND 
OFFICERS 
AND 
EMPLOYEES 
AND 
NON 
GOVERNMENT 
ORGANIZATIONS, 
PRIVATE 
ENTITIES 
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IN D IV ID U A LS  TO RENDER ASSISTANCE TO THE COUNCIL IN  THE 
PERFORMANCE OF ITS MANDATE; AND
14. INVESTIGATE MOTU PROPRIO OR UPON COMPLAINT ANY 
REPORT OF ABUSE, MALICIOUS APPLICATION OR IMPROPER 
IMPLEMENTATION BY ANY PERSON OF THE PROVISIONS OF 
THIS ACT."
SECTION 43. Section 55 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered to read 
as follows:
"SEC. [55] 40. Role o f the Commission on Human Rights. - The 
Commission on Human Rights shall give the highest priority to the investigation 
and prosecution of violations of civil and political rights of persons in relation to 
the implementation of this Act; and for this purpose, the Commission shall have 
the concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute public officials, law enforcers, and other 
persons who may have violated the civil and political rights of persons suspected 
of, or detained for the crime of terrorism or conspiracy to commit terrorism."
SECTION 44. Section 56 of R.A. No. 9372 is hereby deleted.
[SEC. 56. Creation o f a Grievance Committee. - There is hereby created a 
Grievance Committee composed of the Ombudsman, as chair, and the Solicitor 
General, and an undersecretary from the Department of Justice (DOJ), as 
members, to receive and evaluate complaints against the actuations of the police 
and law enforcement officials in the implementation of this Act. The Committee 
shall hold office in Manila.
The Committee shall have three subcommittees that will be respectively 
headed by the Deputy Ombudsmen in Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao. The 
subcommittees shall 
respectively 
hold 
office 
at the 
Offices 
of 
Deputy 
Ombudsmen. Three Assistant Solicitors General designated by the Solicitor 
General, and the regional prosecutors of the DOJ assigned to the regions where 
the Deputy Ombudsmen hold office shall be members thereof. The three
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subcommittees shall assist the Grievance Committee in receiving, investigating 
and evaluating complaints against the police and other law enforcement officers 
in the implementation of this Act. If the evidence warrants it, they may file the 
appropriate cases against the erring police and law enforcement officers. Unless 
seasonably disowned or denounced by the complainants, decisions or judgments 
in the said cases shall preclude the filing of other cases based on the same cause 
or causes of action as those that were filed with the Grievance Committee or its 
branches.]
SECTION 45. Section 57 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. [57] 41. Ban on Extraordinary Rendition. - No person suspected or 
convicted of [the crime of terrorism] ANY OF THE CRIMES DEFINED AND 
PENALIZED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT shall be subjected to 
extraordinary rendition to any country unless his or her testimony is needed for 
terrorist related police investigations or judicial trials in the said country and 
unless his or her human rights, including the right against torture, and right to 
counsel, are officially assured by the requesting country and transmitted 
accordingly and approved by the Department of Justice."
SECTION 46. Section 58 of R.A. No. 9372 is hereby deleted:
[SEC. 58. Extra-Territorial Application o f this Act - Subject to the 
provision of an existing treaty of which the Philippines is a signatory and to any 
contrary provision of any law of preferential application, the provisions of this Act 
shall apply: (1) to individual persons who commit any of the crimes defined and 
punished in this Act within the terrestrial domain, interior waters, maritime zone, 
and airspace of the Philippines; (2) to individual persons who, although physically 
outside the territorial limits of the Philippines, commit, conspire or plot to commit 
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the Philippines; (3) to individual persons who, although physically outside the 
territorial limits of the Philippines, commit any of the said crimes on board 
Philippine ship or Philippine airship; (4) to individual persons who commit any of 
said crimes within any embassy, consulate, or diplomatic premises belonging to 
or occupied by the Philippine government in an official capacity; (5) to individual 
persons who, although physically outside the territorial limits of the Philippines, 
commit said crimes against Philippine citizens or persons of Philippine descent, 
where their citizenship or ethnicity was a factor in the commission of the crime; 
and (6) to individual persons who, although physically outside the territorial 
limits of the Philippines, commit said crimes directly against the Philippine 
government.]
SECTION 47. Section 59 of the same Act is also hereby renumbered and 
amended to read as follows:
"SEC. [59] 42. Joint Oversight Committee. -  [There is hereby created a 
Joint Oversight Committee to oversee the implementation of this Act.
The Oversight Committee shall be composed of five members each from 
the Senate and the House in addition to the Chairs of the Committees of Public 
Order of both Houses who shall also Chair the Oversight Committee in the order 
specified herein. The membership of the Committee for every House shall at 
least have two opposition or minority members. The Joint Oversight Committee 
shall have its own independent counsel.
The Chair of the Committee shall rotate every six months with the Senate 
chairing it for the first six months and the House for the next six months. In 
every case, the ranking opposition or minority member of the Committee shall be 
the Vice Chair.
Upon the expiration of one year after this Act is approved by the 
President, the Committee shall review the Act particularly the provisions that 
authorize the surveillance of suspects of or persons charged with the crime of 
terrorism. To that end, the Committee shall summon the police and law
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enforcement officers and the members of the Anti-Terrorism Council and require 
them to answer questions from the members of Congress and to submit a 
written report of the acts they have done in the implementation of the law 
including the manner in which the persons suspected of or charged with the 
crime of terrorism have been dealt with in their custody and from the date when 
the movements of the latter were subjected to surveillance and his or her 
correspondences, messages, conversations and the like were listened to or 
subjected to monitoring, recording and tapping.
Without prejudice to its submitting other reports, the Committee shall 
render a semi-annual report to both Houses of Congress. The report may include 
where necessary a recommendation to reassess the effects of globalization on 
terrorist activities on the people, provide a sunset clause to or amend any 
portion of the Act or to repeal the Act in its entirety.
The courts dealing with anti-terrorism cases shall submit to Congress and 
the President a report every six months of the status of anti-terrorism cases that 
have been filed with them starting from the date this Act is implemented.]
UPON THE EFFECTIVITY OF THIS ACT, A JO IN T CONGRESSIONAL 
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS HEREBY CONSTITUTED. THE COMMITTEE 
SHALL 
BE 
COMPOSED 
OF 
TWELVE 
(1 2 ) 
MEMBERS 
W ITH  
THE 
CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER OF THE SENATE 
AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AS MEMBERS AND FIVE (5 ) 
AD D ITIO N AL MEMBERS FROM EACH HOUSE TO BE DESIGNATED BY 
THE SENATE PRESIDENT AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES, 
RESPECTIVELY. 
THE 
M IN O R ITY 
SHALL 
BE 
ENTITLED TO A PRO-RATA REPRESENTATION BUT SHALL HAVE AT 
LEAST TWO (2 ) REPRESENTATIVES IN  THE COMMITTEE.
IN  THE EXERCISE OF ITS OVERSIGHT FUNCTIONS, THE JO IN T 
CONGRESSIONAL 
OVERSIGHT 
COMMITTEE 
SHALL 
HAVE 
THE 
AUTHORITY TO SUMMON LAW ENFORCEMENT OR M ILITAR Y OFFICERS
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AND THE MEMBERS OF THE ANTI-TERRORISM COUNCIL TO APPEAR 
BEFORE IT, AND REQUIRE THEM TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND SU BM IT 
W RITTEN 
REPORTS 
OF 
THE 
ACTS 
THEY 
HAVE 
DONE 
IN  
THE 
IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS LAW AND RENDER AN ANNUAL REPORT TO 
BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS AS TO THE STATUS OF ANTI-TERRORISM  
CASES AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ACT."
SECTION 48. R.A. No. 9372 is also hereby renumbered and amended by 
inserting new Sections 43 to 49, as follows:
"SEC. 43. PROMOTING PEACE AND IN C LU S IV ITY  IN  SCHOOLS, 
LEARNING 
CENTERS 
AND 
TR AIN IN G  
IN STITU TIO NS. 
-  
THE 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DEPED), COMMISSION ON HIGHER 
EDUCATION 
(CHED), 
AND 
TECHNICAL 
EDUCATION 
AND 
SKILLS 
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND 
REGULATIONS TO PROMOTE IDEAS AND PRACTICE ON THE CULTURE 
OF PEACE AND IN C LU SIVITY IN  SCHOOLS, LEARNING AND T R A IN IN G  
IN STITU TIO NS UNDER THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIO NS.
SCHOOLS, LEARNING CENTERS AND TR AIN IN G  IN STITU TIO N S 
FOUND 
BY THE 
APPROPRIATE ADM INISTRATIVE 
OR 
LICENSING 
AGENCY TO BE PROMOTING OR ENCOURAGING ACTS OF VIOLENCE, 
EXTREMISM, TERRORIST ACTS OR ANY ACT PROHIBITED UNDER T H IS  
LAW BASED ON SUBSTANTIVE EVIDENCE SHALL HAVE ITS LICENSE 
REVOKED AND SHALL IMMEDIATELY CEASE OPERATIONS. THIS IS  
W ITHO UT 
PREJUDICE 
TO 
OTHER 
C R IM IN AL, 
C IV IL  
AND 
ADM INISTRATIVE ACTIONS THAT MAY 
BE 
FILED AGAINST THE 
OFFICIALS AND PERSONNEL OF THE SCHOOL, LEARNING CENTER OR 
TR AIN IN G  
IN STITU TIO N  AND OTHER IN D IV ID U A LS  ASSOCIATED 
W ITH  THE SCHOOLS, LEARNING CENTER OR TR AIN IN G  IN S TITU TIO N .
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SEC. 44. PROTECTION OF M OST VULNERABLE GROUPS. - THERE 
SHALL BE DUE REGARD FOR THE WELFARE OF ANY SUSPECTS W HO  
ARE ELDERLY, PREGNANT, PERSONS W ITH  D IS A B ILITY , WOMEN AND 
CHILDREN 
W HILE 
THEY 
ARE 
UNDER 
IN VESTIG ATIO N , 
INTERROGATION OR DETENTION.
SEC. 45. 
MANAGEMENT OF PERSONS CHARGED UNDER TH IS  
ACT. -  THE BUREAU OF JA IL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY (B JM P ) 
AND THE BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS (BUCOR) SHALL ESTABLISH A 
SYSTEM 
OF 
ASSESSMENT 
AND 
CLASSIFICATION 
FOR 
PERSONS 
CHARGED FOR COM M ITTING TERRORIST ACTS AND PREPARATORY 
ACTS PUNISHABLE UNDER THIS ACT. SAID SYSTEM SHALL COVER THE 
PROPER MANAGEMENT, HANDLING, AND INTERVENTIONS FOR S A ID  
PERSONS DETAINED.
PERSONS CHARGED UNDER TH IS ACT SHALL BE DETAINED IN  
EXISTING FACILITIES OF THE BJMP AND THE BUCOR.
SEC. 46. TRIAL OF PERSONS CHARGED UNDER THIS ACT. - A N Y  
PERSON CHARGED FOR THE COMMISSION OF TERRORIST ACTS AND 
THE PREPARATORY ACTS PUNISHED UNDER THIS ACT SHALL BE TR IED  
IN  SPECIAL COURTS CREATED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IN  TH IS REGARD, 
THE SUPREME COURT SHALL DESIGNATE CERTAIN BRANCHES OF THE 
REGIONAL 
TR IAL 
COURTS 
AS 
ANTI-TERROR 
COURTS 
WHOSE 
JU RISDICTIO N  IS  EXCLUSIVELY LIM ITED  TO TRY VIO LATIO NS OF THE 
PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT.
PERSONS CHARGED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TH IS ACT 
SHALL 
BE 
ALLOWED 
TO 
REMOTELY 
APPEAR 
AND 
PROVIDE 
TESTIMONIES THROUGH THE USE OF VIDEO-CONFERENCING AN D  
SUCH OTHER TECHNOLOGY NOW KNOWN OR MAY HEREAFTER BE 
KNOWN TO SCIENCE AS APPROVED BY THE SUPREME COURT.
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SEC. 47. AP P LIC A B ILITY  OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE. -  
NOTW ITHSTANDING 
ANY 
LAW, 
RULE 
OR 
REGULATION TO 
THE 
CONTRARY, THE PROVISIONS OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE (ACT NO. 
3 8 15 ), AS AMENDED, SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE PROVISIONS OF T H IS  
ACT: 
PROVIDED, THAT, IN  THE CASE OF M INOR OFFENDERS IN
CONFLICT W ITH THE LAW, THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 
11188, OTHERWISE 
KNOWN AS THE "SPECIAL PROTECTION 
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CHILDREN IN  SITUATIONS OF ARMED CONFLICT ACT" SHALL APPLY.
SEC. 48. APPROPRIATIONS. - THE AMOUNT OF FIVE HUNDRED 
M ILLIO N  PESOS (PHP 500,000,000.00) IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED TO 
THE COUNCIL AS AN IN IT IA L  FUND, FOR THE 
EFFECTIVE AND 
IM M EDIATE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ACT. THEREAFTER, SUCH 
SUMS AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE CONTINUED IM PLEM ENTATION 
OF TH IS  ACT SHALL BE 
INCLUDED IN  THE 
ANNUAL GENERAL 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT.
SEC. 49. IM PLEM ENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS. - THE A N T I­
TERRORISM COUNCIL AND D03, W ITH  THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATIO N 
OF POLICE AND M ILITARY INSTITUTIO NS, SHALL PROMULGATE THE 
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF 
TH IS  ACT W IT H IN  NINETY (9 0 ) DAYS AFTER ITS EFFECTIVITY. THEY 
SHALL ALSO ENSURE THE FULL DISSEM INATION OF SUCH RULES AND 
REGULATIONS TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS, AND ALL OFFICERS 
AND MEMBERS OF VARIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES."
SECTION 50. 
Separability Clause. - If for any reason any part or 
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provisions hereof which are not affected thereby shall remain and continue to be 
in full force and effect."
SECTION 51. 
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."
SECTION 52. Effectivity Clause. -  This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) 
days after its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) 
newspapers of general circulation.
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