EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S. No. 1581
FILED
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Introduced by SENATOR RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL POLICE CLEARANCE SYSTEM, PROVIDING 
FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
CRIME PREVENTION and police services should always be responsive to the 
needs of the society. Oid methods should be replaced and upgraded to ensure 
efficiency and effectiveness.
At present, our local police databases are not integrated. A person's police 
clearance varies across different poiice stations covering their respective jurisdiction. 
He may have a police clearance without annotation from one iocality but might appear 
to be one of the persons aileged to have committed a crime in another. Clearly, a 
police dearance which is usualiy required by empioyers can easily be manipulated. A 
suspect or a criminal has the liberty to obtain a police clearance from a locality within 
which he knows he has a dean record. This should not be allowed.
To address this issue, there is a need to use information and communications 
technology to modernize the law enforcement tools of the Philippine Nationai Poiice.


By maximizing the available technology, we can provide a more effective and efficient 
service to the public.
With the aid of modern technology, the proposed bill seeks to establish and 
institutionalize a National Police Clearance System (NPCS). The NPCS will consolidate 
and connect information into a centralized police clearance database. It is geared 
towards a centralized crime-related record checking nationwide which will result to a 
standardized and streamlined police clearance application, convenient online 
application portal and an integrated PNP's crime-related database.
In view of the foregoing, I earnestly seek the passage of this bill.
RONALD "BAtO" DELA ROSA


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE S. No. 1581
uj date;
ICO ______
06:21 pm
Introduced by SENATOR RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL POLICE CLEARANCE SYSTEM, PROVIDING 
FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
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Congress assembled.
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SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "National Police
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Clearance System Act".
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Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby deciared the policy of the State to
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ensure pubiic safety thru a highly efficient, effective, competent and modernized
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police force and the use of information and communications technology. Furthermore,
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the State shall improve efficiency in the delivery of service by reducing bureaucratic
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red tape and preventing corruption while ensuring the protection of the fundamental
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human right of privacy.
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Sec. 3. National Police Clearance System. - The National Police Ciearance
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System (NPCS) is hereby estabiished. The Philippine National Police shall be the
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primary government agency responsible for the implementation of the NPCS.
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Pursuant to this mandate, the PNP shail formulate and adopt policies for the
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effective operatiohaiization of the NPCS including but not limited to maintenance of a
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national record of all reported crime incidents, warrants of arrest, pictures and
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personal details of arrested and wanted persons, fingerprints and ballistic examination
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records and other relevant information.


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Sec. 4. Processing of Information. - The processing of information under the
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NPCS shall be subject to Section 11,12 and 13 of Republic Act No. 10173, otherwise
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known as the "Data Privacy Act of 2012".
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Sec. 5. Issuance of National Police Clearance. - Any person may request for
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the issuance of their National Police Clearance from the PNP. In line with this, the PNP
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may determine, fix and collect reasonable amounts to be charged as fees for the
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issuance of the police clearance: Provided, That no fees and other charges shall be
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collected from first time jobseekers when obtaining such police clearance as mandated
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by Republic Act No. 11261, otherwise known as the "First Time Jobseekers Assistance
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Act."
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Sec. 6. Confidentiality. - The Philippine National Police shall ensure at all times
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the confidentiality of any personal information that comes to its possession or
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obtained as a requirement for the issuance of a Police Clearance under the preceding
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section.
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Sec. 7. Penal Provision. - (a) Any person, who breach the confidentiality of
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information contained in the NPCS, whether by carelessness, improper behavior,
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behavior with malicious intent, and use of confidential information for profit, shall be
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penalized by imprisonment of three (3) months but not to exceed one (1) year and a
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fine of not less than Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00) but not more than One
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Hundred Thousand Pesos (P100,000.00), subject to the degree of breach of
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information;
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(b) The unauthorized processing of National Police Clearance without the
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consent of the subject individual shall be penalized by imprisonment of three (3)
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months but not to exceed one (1) year and a fine of not less than Fifty Thousand
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Pesos (P50,000.00) but not more than One Hundred Thousand Pesos (P100,000.00).
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Sec. 8. Appropriation. - The amount necessary for the effective
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impiementation of the provisions of this Act shall be taken from the current year's
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appropriation of the PNP. Thereafter, such sum as may be needed for the continued
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implementation of this Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
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Sec. 9. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within sixty (60) days from
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the effectivity of this Act, the PNP shall promulgate the rules and regulations
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necessary for the for the effective implementation of this Act.
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Sec. 10. Separability Clause. - If any portion or provision of this Act is declared
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unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act or any provisions not affected thereby shall
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remain in force and effect.
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Sec. 11. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, regulations and policies
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3 inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed and/or amended 4
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accordingly.
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Sec. 12. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 6
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complete publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,