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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
FIRST REGULAR SESSION 
SENATE 
S.B.No. 2810 
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Introduced by: SEN. RAMON BONG REVILLA, JR. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Since the National Bureau ofInvestigation's creation in 1936, we citizens 
have enjoyed the privilege of having an institution of reliable and dynamic 
professionals committed to providing quality investigative and support service to 
serve the ends of truth and justice, founded on the fine ideals of Nobility, Bravery 
and Integrity. For the past 75 years, the NBI has been instrumental in the 
curtailing the insurgence of crime in society. 
Like any successful institution though, to maintain its efficacy, the bureau 
must continuously be dynamic and able to adapt to the ever-changing society 
which it serves. The influx of new technology especially in the last few decades 
has brought about a new breed of criminals who use the latest most intricate 
technological advancements to further their malevolent pursuits. 
This proposed measure aims to bridge the widening gap in technology by 
reorganizing, expanding and modernizing the NBI. This also includes provisions 
for the betterment of investigators and other personnel by addressing the need for 
continuous learning in order to keep at par and abreast with the worsening crime 
rate. 
I earnestly hope that my fellow legislators realize the urgency and merit of 
this proposed measure, and with me act swiftly for it's passage. 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
S.B.No. 2810 
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INTRODUCED BY HON. RAMON BONG REVILLA JR. 
AN ACT REORGANIZING AND MODERNIZING 
THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it 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 "THE NATIONAL 
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION REORGANIZATION AND MODERNIZATION ACT 
OF 20U". 
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy -It is the policy of the State to promote and maintain 
a modern, competent and highly-trained investigative body, functionally integrated and national 
in scope. 
Towards this end, the State shall formulate plans and programs to enhance and modernize 
the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), with expanded structure, capability and manpower, 
responsive to the demands of the times. 
SECTION 3. Reorganization, Modernization and Expansion and National Bureau of 
Investigation -The National Bureau of Investigation, hereinafter referred to as the NBI, is 
hereby reorganized and modernized. 
The NBI shall implement a modernization program geared towards the acquisition of the 
state-of-the-art investigate and intelligence equipment and establishment of advanced and 
sophisticated forensic and scientific laboratories. The program shall include provisions for the 
training of its personnel in this regard. 
The investigative and non-investigative staff of the NBI shall be increased and their 
positions upgraded to adequately meet the increasing demands of an expanded investigative and 
detective work. 
The present organizational structure of the NBI shall be reorganized into the Office of the 
Director, Office of the Deputy Director for Administration and Office of the Deputy Director for 
Operations, Office of the Assistant Directors for Investigation Service, Intelligence Service, 
Comptroller Service, Internal Audit Service, Forensic and Scientific Research Service, Legal 
Service, and Information and Communications Technology Service. Each Service shall be 
composed of the necessary divisions and sections. 
The NBI shall establish a Regional Office in every region and a Sub-office in every 
province, to be headed by a Regional Director and Head Agent, respectively. Field offices in 
Congressional Districts shall likewise be established and maintained. 
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The investigative and non-investigative staff of the NEI occupying the positions affected 
by the changes embodied in this Act at the time of its approval shall thereafter occupy the 
positions mandated by this Act, and discharge the duties and functions of their new positions and 
receive the corresponding salary and benefits without the necessity of any new appointment. 
SECTION 4. Qualifications of NBI Agents: 
1. Citizen of the Philippines; 
2. Of good moral character; 
3. Member of the Philippine Bar or a Holder of Baccalaureate Degree who passed 
the necessary Government licensure examination; and 
4. Other qualifications for appointment as may be required by the NEI. 
SECTION 5. Powers and Functions - The NEI shall have the following powers and 
functions: 
1.) 
Undertake investigation and detection of crimes and other offenses against the laws 
of the Philippines, upon its own initiative and as public interest may require; 
2.) 
Act as a national clearing house of criminal records and other related information 
for the benefit of judicial, quasi-judicial and administrative bodies, as well as, the 
Legislative and Executive branches of Government. 
3.) 
Act as repository for the following: 
a) All derogatory and criminal records and civilian identification records; 
b) Ballistic records of firearms including but not limited to data ownership, 
possession, and other related identifying circumstances; 
c) Dental records pursuant to PD 1575; and 
d) National deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) database; 
For this purpose, a modem NEI Clearance and Identification Center shall be established; 
4.) 
Render technical assistance to judicial, quasi-judicial and administrative bodies, 
all prosecuting and law enforcement entities of government, as well as, the 
Legislative and Executive branches of the Government, when so requested; 
5.) 
Establish an NEI Academy which shall be responsible for the recruitment, 
training and development of all NEI agents and personnel; 
6.) 
Establish and maintain an integrated, comprehensive and state-of-the-art network, 
equipment and facilities to be used by the NEI in its criminal investigation, detection 
and evidence gathering, and to provide the corresponding training in this regard; 
7.) 
Establish and maintain Cyber Investigation and Assessment Center which shall 
serve as the nerve center for computer, information technologies, data on cyber crime 
cases, computer intrusion, threats and other related crimes or activities; 
8.) 
Establish and maintain a Forensic and Scientific Research Center which shall 
serve as the primary center for forensic and scientific research in furtherance of 
scientific knowledge in criminal investigation, detection and evidence collection and 
preservation; and provide the necessary training therefor; 
9.) 
Establish, control, supervise and administer a National Deoxyribonucleic Acid 
(DNA) Databank System; 
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10.) 
Enlist the assistance of the Philippine National Police, Armed Forces of the 
Philippines or any other agency of the Government, including governrnent-owned-
and/or-controlled corporations, in its anti-crime drive. Such assistance may include 
the use of enlisted agency's personnel and facilities upon prior approval of the head 
of the agency concerned; 
11.) 
Enter into any contract or transaction for the acquisition, ownership, possession, 
administration, lease, disposition or acceptance of real or personal property in its 
name; and 
12.) 
Perform such other related functions as the President or the Secretary of Justice 
may assign. 
SECTION 6. Jurisdiction - The NBI shall have primary jurisdiction to undertake 
investigations in the following cases: 
1. Public Corruption 
2. Organized/Syndicated Crimes 
3. Cyber Crimes 
4. Offenses Involving Economic Sabotage 
5. Post-Blast Investigation 
6. Human Trafficking 
7. Illegal Interception of Communications 
8. Commercial Crimes 
9. Kidnapping, assault and assassination of the President, Vice President, 
Members of Congress and the Cabinet, and Supreme Court Justices. 
10. The NBI shall be primarily in charge of identification of the dead/victims 
in case of mass fatality incident caused by natural disasters. 
PROVIDED, however, that the President, Secretary Justice or NBI Director may 
direct investigation of any crime where public interest so requires; and 
PROVIDED further, that the NBI shall have the authority to investigate all crimes 
not assigned exclusively to other law enforcement agency. 
The NBI may, likewise, extend its services, whenever properly requested, in the 
investigation of cases of administrative or civil nature in which the government is 
interested. 
SECTION 7. The NBI Director, Other Officials and the Personnel Selection Board (PSB)-
The NBI shall be headed by a Director and assisted by two (2) Deputy Directors, one Deputy 
Director for Administration and other Deputy Director for Operations, and an Assistant Director 
for each for each of the following seven (7) Services: Investigation Service, Intelligence Service, 
Comptroller Service, Internal Audit Service, Forensic and Scientific Research Service, Legal 
Service, and Information and Communications Technology Service. 
Rank/Classification of NBI Officials and Members of the Investigative Staff shall be as 
follows: 
a) Director 
b) Deputy Director 
c) Assistant Director 
d) Regional Director 
e) Assistant Regional Director 
t) Head Agent 
g) Supervising Agent 
h) Senior Agent 
i) Agent III 
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j) Agent II 
k) Agent I 
No person shall be appointed Director unless he is a natural-born cItizen of the 
Philippines, a member of the Philippine Bar should come from the ranks of Deputy Directors and 
Assistant Directors. He shall serve for a term of three (3) years without reappointment. 
Bureau officials, from Director I to Bureau Director, shall be appointed by the President 
of the Philippines upon the recommendation of the Personnel Selection Board (PSB) as approved 
of the NBI Director. 
Forensic Doctors, Chemists and other experts shall be called Special Agents. Their ranks 
shall be equal to regular agents (Agent I to Head Agent). 
The Personnel Selection Board (PSB) shall be composed of the Deputy Directors and 
such other members as may be required by law. It shall be chaired by the Deputy Director for 
Administration. The PSB shall have the power to recommend, for approval, by the NBI Director, 
all promotions and selections. 
SECTION 8. Compensation - The Director, for purposes of salary and benefits, shall 
have the equivalent rank of a Department Secretary. 
Salaries and benefits of other Bureau officials and personnel shall be reckoned from the 
salary level of the director. 
Subject to availability of funds, salaries and privileges of NBI personnel may be further 
increased in amounts to be determined by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) 
and the NBI Director. 
SECTION 9. Powers and Functions of the Director - The Director shall have the 
following powers and functions: 
1) Formulate policies, guidelines and programs to effectively carry the purposes of this 
Act; 
2) Direct, control and supervise the administration and operations of the NBI; 
3) Promulgate rules and regulations as may be necessary or proper for the effective 
exercise of the powers and functions as well as the discharge of the duties and 
responsibilities of out the NBI, its officials and personnel; 
4) Remove, suspend or otherwise discipline NBI Personnel for cause in accordance with 
the existing Civil Service Rules and Regulations and other pertinent laws; 
5) Determine, from time io time, subject to availability of funds, the limits to which, n 
terms of amount and period covered, reasonable allowances, incentives, bonuses, 
privileges and other benefits may be given to Bureau employees; 
6) Deploy any of its official or personnel for out-of-country missions including, but not 
limited to, assignments as fnnctionaries attached to Philippine Embassy, consulate or 
any other diplomatic office abroad in coordination with the Department of Foreign 
Affairs; 
7) Issue mission orders and permits to carry firearms outside residence; 
8) Create or abolish division/unit as may be requires by the exigencies of the service; 
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9) Designate NBI informants; 
10) Perform any and all acts necessary, proper or incidental to the attainment of the 
purposes and objectives to this Act; and 
11) Perform such other related functionsas may be provided by law or authorized by the 
Secretary of Justice. 
SECTION 10. Powers and Functions of the Investigative Staff -The investigative staff 
of the NBI shall have the following powers and functions: 
1. Conduct searches, arrests and seizures in accordance with the existing laws, 
rules and regulations; 
2. Issue subpoena or subpoena duces tecum for the appearance at Government 
expense of any person for investigation. 
Deliberate and unjustified failure to obey the subpoena herein mentioned shall 
render the person concerned liable for Obstruction of Justice under P.D. 1829; 
3. Take and require sworn statements of any person or persons so summoned in 
relation to cases under investigation; 
4. Administer oaths in cases under investigation; 
5. Own, possess and carry, outside their office and residence, suitable and 
adequate firearms for their personal protection in connection with their duties 
and for the 
proper protection of witnesses and persons in custody; 
Provided, that no previous special permit for such possession shall be 
required; 
6. Have access, examine, secure, take custody of and photocopy public records; 
PrOVided, That as regards public and! or bank records, such access need not be 
upon prior approval with the court in cases involving a verified complaint for 
Malversation of Public Funds or Property, as defined and penalized under the 
Revised Penal Code, as amended, violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt 
Practices Act (RA 3019), the Anti-Money Laundering Law of 2001 (RA 9160 
as amended by RA 9194), Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards of Public 
Officials and Employees (RA 6713), Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 
2002 (RA 9165), Anti-Plunder Act (RA 7080, as amended) or the Human 
Security Act of2007 (RA 9372); 
The refusal to allow NBI any access to, examination and! or handling of records 
mentioned in this paragraph shall render the person concerned liable for Obstruction of 
Justice under PD 1829. 
SECTION 11. Benefits and Privileges -The NBI shall provide its employees with the 
following benefits: 
1) Health care services through a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), 
Expenses for the mandatory al111ual executive check-up of all regular employees shall be 
for the account of the NBI; 
2) Accident insurance policies for all employees, procured by the NBI at its own 
expense, while in the performance of their official duties and functions; and 
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3) Without prejudice to efficiency in the service, grant trainings, scholarships and 
seminars to deserving employees, on official time and at the expense of the NBI, to 
upgrade their knowledge and skills; PrOVided, That: scholars under this provisions shall 
be selected on the basis of merit as detennined by competitive examination. 
4.) Longevity Pay subject guidelines that shall hereafter be issued the NBI 
Director; Provided, That: such pay shall, for retirement purposes, be an integral part of an 
NBI retiree's basic salary; and 
5.) A provident fund which shall consist of contributions made by both the 
management and member-employees to a common fund to provide additional benefits to 
NBI employees. That the Fund shall be provided with a capital to be sourced from, 
among others, retained collection from clearance fees. Said Fund shall be augmented by 
counterpart contributions of NBI personnel at an amount to be agreed upon by the 
Management and member-employees. 
SECTION 12. Retirement Benefits - Upon attaining sixty (60) years of age at least 
fifteen (\5) years of continuous govermnent service, or upon accumulation of thirty (30) years of 
satisfactory continuous services, whichever is earlier, an NBI personnel shall be compulsorily 
retired and shall be entitled to receive benefits provided by law. Monetary incentives/special 
allowances shall, for retirement purposes, be an integral part of a retiree's basic salary. 
SECTION 13. Legal Assistance - A special trust fund shall be established to assist NBI 
persounel who are criminally charged in connection with the performance of their official 
functions. 
SECTION 14. Seminar and Other Professional Fees - Subject to the availability of 
funds, fees for relevant seminars, as well as professional membership fees for lawyers, 
registration fees, and related miscellaneous expenses incurred in completing the Mandatory 
Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) course shall be borne by the office. Moreover, professional 
membership, registration fees, including the Mandatory Continuing Professional Education 
(MCPE), and related miscellaneous expenses of other. Employees holding positions for which a 
professional license is required by the NBI, shall be borne by the NBI. 
SECTION 15. Transportation Benefits - Subject to availability of funds, employees 
shall be provided with contracted transportation services until such time that the office can 
procure additional motor vehicles for this purpose. 
SECTION 16. Franking Privilege All official mail matters and telegrams of the NBI 
addressed for delivery within the Philippines shall be received, transmitted and delivered free of 
charge of the govermnent postal service: Provided, That such mail matters when addressed to 
private persons or non-govermnent offices shall not exceed one hundred and twenty (120) grams; 
PrOVided further, that use of this privilege for non-official purposes shall be a ground for 
disciplinary action. 
SECTION 17. Grant of Special Allowances - The investigative and non-investigative 
perso11l1el of shall be granted special allowances in amounts to be determined by the NBI 
Director and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). 
The grant of special allowances shall be implemented uniformly in such sums and 
amounts and to the extent that can be supported by the funding source as specified in Section 19 
hereof: PrOVided, That said special allowance shall not exceed One Hundred percent (100%) of 
the basic salary of NBI personnel concerned as provided in Republic Act No. 6758, otherwise 
known as the Salary Standardization Law of 1989, as amended. 
SECTION 18. Retention of Fifty Percent (50%) ofNBI Clearance fees - The NBI shall 
be authorized to retain at fifty percent (50%) of its collection from clearance fees to augment its 
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operational expenses including capital outlay, expenses for health care services, career 
advancement and professionalization, legal assistance, seminars and other professional fees, 
among others. 
SECTION 19. Funding Source - .The funds required for the implementation of this Act 
including employee benefits shall be taken from: 
1) Collections from NBI Clearance and certification fees; 
2) Service incomes from trainings, DNA, Drug Tests, Confirmatory and 
Neuro tests and the like; and 
3) Other miscellaneous incomes. 
SECTION 20. EfJect of Subsequent Salary increases - Upon implementation of any 
subsequent increases in the salary rates provided under Republic Act No. 6758, as mentioned, all 
special allowances granted under Section 17 hereof shall be considered as an implementation of 
said salary increases as provided by law. The special allowances equivalent to the increase in the 
basic salary as may be provided by law shall be converted as part of the basic salary; PrOVided, 
That the amounts converted as basic salary shall be funded from the regular appropriations of the 
NBl. Any excess in the allowances granted under this Act not converted to basic salary continues 
to be granted as such and shall continue to be funded under the immediately preceding Section. 
SECTION 21. Implementing Rules and Regulations - Within sixty (60) days from the 
approval of this Act, the NBI Director, in coordination with the Secretary of Budget and 
Management (DBM), shall promUlgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry 
out the provisions of this Act. 
SECTION 22. Transitory Provisions - All unexpected appropriations, real and personal 
property, contracts, records and documents relating to the existing NBI shall be transferred to the 
reorganized NBl. 
All rights, obligations and liabilities of the existing NBI shall likewise be deemed to be 
rights, obligations and liabilities of the reorganized NBl. 
All incumbent personnel of the NBI shall continue in office and perform their duties as 
such; Provided, that the incumbent Assistant Director shall continue in Office as Deputy Director 
and the incumbent Deputy Directors shall continue in office as Assistant Directors of their 
respective or equivalent Services. 
Incumbent Special Investigators shall be deemed Regular Agents provided they meet the 
qualifications set forth under Section 4 hereof within two (2) years from effectivity of this Act. 
SECTION 23. Repealing Clause - Pertinent provisions of Executive Order 292 (ReVised 
Administrative Code of 1987, as amended), Republic Act No. 157 dated June 19, 1947, and all 
laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof which are contrary to or inconsistent 
with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed or amended accordingly. 
SECTION 24. Separability Clause - If any provision of this Act is declared invalid or 
unconstitutional, the provisions not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect. 
SECTION 25. EfJectivity- This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days from its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) national newspapers of geueral circulation in the 
Philippines. 
Approved, 
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