FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Richard J. Gordon 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Mobile phones are useful and convenient tools of modern life. While mobile 
phones have brought us speed and efficiency in our transactions, there are 
individuals who take advantage of this modern technology to commit crimes faster 
and with greater facility. 
For example, criminals who commit kidnapping, estafa, and other crimes are 
easily able to consummate their unlawful activities with the use of prepaid Subscriber 
Identity Module (SIM) Cards in mobile phones that presently provide law enforcers 
with no recourse as to their identities for investigation. Lawless elements must not 
be granted the privilege of using mobile phones to achieve their crimes. 
To deter crime and enhance peace and order in our country, there is a need 
to require the registration of SIM Cards in mobile phones. This will promote 
responsibility and accountability in the use of SIM Cards in mobile phones as well as 
provide better law enforcement capability in protecting the public. 6 
HARD J. GORDON 
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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S. No. 289 
Introduced by Senator Richard J. Gordon 
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AN ACT REQUIRING THE REGISTRATION OF 
SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE (SIM) CARDS IN MOBILE PHONES 
Be if enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "SIM Card Registration 
Act of 2007." 
Sec. 2. Policy. -. It is the policy of the State to regulate the ownership and use of 
SIM Cards for legitimate purposes only to maintain peace and order, promote the general 
welfare, and protect the public. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. - For purposes of this Act, 
(1) "SIM Card" refers to the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card in a mobile phone 
(2) "Mobile Phone Company" refers to any mobile telecommunication service 
provider, including, but not limited to, Globe, Smart, or Sun Cellular. 
(3) "NTC" refers to the National Telecommunications Commission. 
Sec. 4. SIM Card Registration. - Every mobile phone company shall be required to 
register its subscribers, both prepaid and postpaid, and maintain a directory thereof, 
indicating therein the SIM Card serial number, mobile phone number, name and address of 
the subscriber. 
Any change in the information required in the SIM Card Registration must be 
registered with the mobile phone company within fifteen (15) days from the occurrence of 
such change. 
Sec. 5. Confidentiality Clause. - Information in SIM Card Registration shall be 
treated as absolutely confidential, unless otherwise specified by the subscriber. It shall not 
be inquired or looked into, except upon probable cause to be determined personally by the 


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judge after examination under oath or affirmation of the complainant and the witnesses he 
or she may produce. 
Sec. 6. Sale of SIM Cards. - Every seller shall require his or her buyer of a SIM 
Card to present valid identification with picture to ascertain the identity of the buyer, The 
seller shall further require the buyer to accomplish a registration form issued by the mobile 
phone company of the SIM Card being purchased. For this purpose, mobile phone 
companies shall issue registration forms. 
The seller shall then promptly submit the 
accomplished registration form to the concerned mobile phone company not later than 
fifteen (15) days from the date of sale. 
The confidentiality clause in the SIM Card 
registration in Section 5 shall start to apply at the point of sale. 
A buyer who does not produce valid identification with picture and accomplish a 
registration form in accordance with the preceding paragraph shall be refused the sale of a 
SIM Card by the seller. 
Sec. 7. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The NTC shall issue rules and 
regulations to implement the provisions of this Act within one (1) month from the effectivity 
of this Act. 
Sec. 8. Penal Clause. - Any violation of the above provisions of this Act shall be 
punished with a fine ranging from five thousand pesos (P5,OOO.OO) to fifty thousand pesos 
(P50,OOO.OO). 
Sec. 9. Transitory Provision. - All existing prepaid subscribers are required to 
register with their respective mobile phone companies within three (3) months from the 
effectivity of this Act. Failure to register within this period shall result in deactivation of the 
prepaid subscription. The deactivated prepaid subscription may only be reactivated after 
registration in accordance with this Act. 
Sec. 10. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or 
other issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby 
repealed or modified accordingly. 
Sec. 11. Separability Clause. - If any portion or provision of this Act is declared 
unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act or any provision not affected thereby shall remain 
in force and effect. 
Sec. 12. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following the 
completion of its publication either in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general 
circulation in the Philippines. 


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Approved,