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Introduced by Senator Loren Legarda 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Article XV, Section 3 of the Constitution recognizes the State duty to defend 
the right of children to assistance and protection from all forms of neglect, abuse, 
neglect, cruelty, exploitation; and other conditions prejudicial to their development. 
On the other hand, Article XIV, Section 10 highlights the importance of science and 
technology for national development. 
With advancements in the Internet and other technological media allowing 
communication to cross geographic and national borders in. a matter of seconds, 
everything has now become reachable with the click of a button. Most of these 
technological i\dvancements have been utilized by unscrupulous indifiduals for 
illegal activities stich as Internet scams and pornography. Even as schools have 
included computer classes in their curriculum, rendering children comp'uter-savvy, 
they remain vulnerable to predators that lurk within the World Wide Web. 
This bill seeks to protect minors from inqecent and immoral material 
transmitted through electronic mail and other electronic media. Acts such as 
transmitting or offering to transmit information that contains indecent materials to a 
minor and providing access to transmission of said materials to a minor shall be 
deemed punishable. Violators shall be imposed the penalty of imprisonment of up 
to six years or a fine. 
As this measure provides safeguards through which the welfare of our 
children can be protected, its immediate passage is earnestly sought. 
Senator 


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S.B.No. 532 
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Introduced by Senator Loren Legarda 
AN ACT 
TO PUNISH THE ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF INDECENT OR 
PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL TO MINORS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of the Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the" Anti- Computer 
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Pornography Act of 2013" 
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SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the policy of the State to provide special 
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protection to every mino~ from all forms of abuse, neglect, cruelty, exploitation, 
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discrimination, and other conditions prejildicial to their development. Towards this 
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end, the State shall enact measures to prevent the exposure of minors to indecent 
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material. 
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SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act: 
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1. "Computer facility" means a facility that: 
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a) Provides to the public computer storage or processing services by 
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means of an electronic communications system; and 
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b) Permits a computer user to transfer electronic or dig~tal material 
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from the facility to another computeri 
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"Electronic 
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radio, 
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electromagnetic, photo, optical, or photo electronic system used for the 
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transmission of electronic communications, and any computer facility or 
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related 
electronic 
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com~unications, that permits a computer user to transfer electronic or digital 
material to another computer; 
3. "Electronic bulletin board service" means a computer system that exists 
primarily to provide on-site or remote users with digital images or to 
participate in, or create, on-line discussion groups or conferences; and 
4. "Indecent material" means obscene written literature or immoral plays, 
scenes, acts or shows, whether live or in film which: 
a) glorify criminals or condone crimes; 
b) serve no other purpose hut to satisfy the market of violence, lust or 
pornography; 
c) offend any race· or religion; 
d) tend to abet traffic in and use of prohibited drugs; and 
e) are contrary to law, public order, morals, or good custom~. 
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SEC. 4. Penal Provisions. - Any remote computer facility operator, electronic 
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communications service provider, or electronic bulletin board service provider who, 
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with knowledge of the character of the material, knowingly transmits, attempts to 
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transmit, or offers to transmit, any communication that contains indecent material, 
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or who willfully permits a person to use a service that is under his control to 
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knowingly or recklessly transmit indecent material from another remote service, to a 
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person under 18 years of age, shall be punished with the penalty of imprisonment of 
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one (1) month to not more than one (1) year, or a fine of twenty thousand pesos 
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(P20,000) up to five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000), or both, at the c\iscretion of 
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the court. 
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SEC. 5. Repealing Clause.·" Any law, presidential decree or issuance, 
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to, or inconsistent with, the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or 
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amended accordingly. 
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SEC. 6. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof, is held invalid 
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or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law of the provision not otherwise affected 
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shall remain valid and subsisting. 
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SEC. 7. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after 
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its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
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Approved, 
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