FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES) . 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S. B. NO. 2534 
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Introduced by SENATOR FERDINAND R. MAR"Cbs, JR. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill seeks to define cybercrimes, set param~ters for its prevention and investigation, 
and impose penalties for its violation. 
High technology has proven to be a useful tool in the world today. 
Almost every 
transaction necessitates the use of computer and other related electronic devices. It makes 
business operations, deals in the government, commercial establishments, academic 
institutions and other public organization or office much easier and less complicated. 
It is however unfortunate that technology is sometimes used to the detriment of the 
public. 
Nowadays, methods of digital attacks, identity theft, and hacking, to mention a few, 
beleaguer the information technology system.' Computers nowadays are used to commit crimes 
where confidential information is lost or intercepted, or where one's privacy is violated. 
This legi$lative measure enumerates offenses against the confidentiality, integrity 
and availability of computer data and system, computer-related offenses, and content-
related offenses. It provides penalties against individuals violating this proposed law, 
and enforces corporate liability. 
Under this bill, the Regional Trial Court shall have jurisdiction over any violation 
committed by a Filipino national regardless of the place of commission. Likewise, the 
Government of the Philippines shall cooperate with, and render assistance to other 
nations for purposes of detection, investigation, and prosecution of offenses referred to 
in this proposed Act and in the collection of evidence in electronic form in relation 
thereto. 
Furthermore, there is hereby created a Department of Justice Office of 
Cybercrime mandated to facilitate or directly carry out the provisions of technical advice, 
preservation of data, collection of evidence, give legal information and locate suspects 
and all other cybercrime matters related to investigation and reporting issues. It shall 
investigate and prosecute the punishable acts defined herein. 
. 
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center is likewise created, which 
is tasked, among other~, to prepare and implement appropriate and effective measures 
to prevent and suppress cybercrime activities. 
There is a pressing need to address this matter through legislation so that once 
and for all, cybercrime will no longer plague the society. 
In view thereof, the passage of this bill is earnestly requested. 
J 
R. MARCOS, JR. 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES) 
First Regular Session 
) 
SENA~34 
S.B.NO. __ 
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Introduced by SENATOR FERDINAND R. MARCOS-:JR. 
AN ACT DEFINING CYBERCRIME, PROVIDING FOR THE PREVENTION, 
INVESTIGATION AND IMPOSITION OF PENAL TIES Tt-IEREFOR AND FOR OTHER 
PURPOSES. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ofthe Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
CHAPTER I - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS 
SECTION 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Cybercrime Prevention Act 
of 201 0". 
SECTION 2. Declaration of policy. - The State recognizes the vital role of 
information 
and 
communications 
industries 
such 
as 
content 
production, 
telecommunications, broadcasting, electronic commerce, and data processing, in the 
nation's overall social and economic development The State also recognizes the 
importance of providing an environment conducive to the development, acceleration, 
and rational application and exploitatio[l of information and communications technology 
to attain free, easy, and intelligible access to exchange and/or delivery of information; 
and the need to protect 
and safeguard the integrity of computer, computer and 
communications systems, networks, and databases, and the confidentiality, integrity, 
and availability of information and data stored therein, from all forms of misuse, abuse, 
and illegal access by making punishable under the law such conduct or conducts. In this 
light, the State shall adopt sufficient powers to effectively prevent and combat such 
offenses by facilitating their detection, investigation, and prosecution at both the 
domestic and international levels, and by providing arrangements for fast and reliable 
international cooperation. 
SECTION 3. Definition of terms. - For purposes of this Act, the following terms 
are hereby defined as follows: 
a) Access -
refers to the instruction, communication with, storing data in, 
retrieving data from, or otherwise making use of any resources of a computer 
system or communication network; 
b) Alteration - refers to the modification or change, in form or substance, of an 
existing computer data or program; 
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c) Communication - refers to the transmission of information including voice and 
non-voice data; 
d) Computer system - refers to any device or group of interconnected or related 
devices, one or more of which, pursuant to a program, performs automatic 
processing of data. It covers any type of computer device including devices 
with data processing capabilities like mobile phones and also computer 
networks consisting of hardware and software may include input, output and 
storage facilities which may stand alone or be connected in a network or other 
similar devices. It also includes computer-data storage devices or medium; 


e) Computer data - refers to any representation of facts, information, or concepts 
in a form suitable for processing in a computer system including a program 
suitable to cause a computer system to perform a function and includes 
electronic documents and/or electronic data messages; 
f) Computer program - refers to a set of instructions executed by the computer; 
g) Without right - refers to either: (i) conduct undertaken without or in excess of 
authority; or (ii) conduct not covered by established legal defenses, excuses, 
court orders justifications, or relevant principles under the law. 
h) Database -
refers to a representation of information, knowledge, facts, 
concepts, or instructions which are being prepared, processed or stored or 
have been prepared, processed or stored in a formalized manner and which 
are intended for use in a computer system; 
i) 
Interception - refers to listening to, recording, monitoring or surveillance of the 
content of communications, including procuring of the content data, either 
directly, through access and use of a computer system or indirectly, through 
the use of electronic eavesdropping or tapping devices, at the same time that 
the communication is occurring; 
j) Service provider - refers to: 
i. 
Any public or private entity that provides to users of its service the 
ability to communicate by means of a computer system, or 
ii. Any other entity that processes or stores computer data on behalf of 
such communication service or users of such service; 
k) Subscriber's information - refers to any information contained in the form of 
computer data or any other form that is held by a service provider, relating to 
subscriber's of its services other than traffic or content data and by which can 
be established: 
i. 
The type of communication service used, the technical provisions 
taken and the period:of service; 
ii. The subscriber's identity, postal or geograph ic add ress, telephone and 
other access number; any assigned network address, billing and 
payment information, available on the basis of the service agreement 
or arrangement; 
. 
iii. Any other available information on the site of the installation of 
communication equipment, available on the basis of the service 
agreement or arrangement. 
I) 
Traffic data or non-content data - refers to any computer data other than the 
content of the communication including but not limited to the communication's 
origin, destination, route, time, date, size, duration, or type of underlying 
service. 
CHAPTER II - PUNISHABLE ACTS 
SECTION 4. Cybercrlme offenses. - The following acts constitute the offense 
of cybercrime punishable under this Act: 
A. Offenses against the confidentiality, integrity and availability of computer data 
and systems: 


1. Illegal access - the intentional access to the whole or any part of a computer 
system without right. 
2. Illegal interception - the intentional interception made by technical means 
without right of any non-public transmission of computer data to, from, or within a 
computer system including electromagnetic emissions form a computer system 
carrying such computer data: provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful for 
an officer, employee, or agent of a service provider, whose facilities are used in 
the transmission of communications, to intercept, disclose, or use that 
communication in the normal course of his employment while engaged in any 
activity that is necessary to the rendition of his service or to the protection of the 
rights or property of the service provider, except that the latter shall not utilize 
service observing or random monitoring except for mechanical or service control 
quality checks; 
. 
3. Data interference - the ihtEmtional or reckless alteration of computer data 
without right. 
4. System interference - the intentional or reckless hindering without right of the 
functioning of a computer system by inputting, transmitting, deleting or altering 
computer data or program. 
5. Misuse of devices -
a. The use, production, sale,. procurement, importation, distribution, or otherwise 
making available, without right, of: 
i. 
a device, including a computer program, designed or adapted primarily 
for the purpose of committing any of the offenses under this Act; or 
ii. a computer password, access code, or similar data by which the whole' 
or any part of a computer system is capable of being accessed with 
intent that it be used for the purpose of committing any of the offenses 
under this Act; 
b. The possession of an item referred to in paragraphs 5 (a)(i) or (ii) above with 
intent to use said devices for the purpose of committing any of the offenses 
under this Section; provided, that no criminal liability shall attach when the use, 
production, sale, procurement, importation, distribution, or otherwise making 
available, or possession of computer devices/data referred to is for the testing of 
a computer system. 
B. Computer-related offenses: 
1. Computer-related forgery - (a) the international input, alteration, or deletion of 
any computer data without right resulting in inauthentic data with the intent that it 
be considered or acted upon for legal purposes as if it were authentic, regardless 
whether or not the data is directly readable and intelligible; (b) the act of 
knowingly using computer data which is the product of computer-related forgery 
as defined, for the purpose cif perpetuating a fraudulent or dishonest design. 
2. Computer-related fraud';" the intentional and unauthorized input, alteration, or 
deletion of computer data or program or interference in the functioning of a 
computer system, causing damage thereby, with the intent of procuring an 
economic benefit for oneself I or for another person or for the perpetuation of a 
fraudulent or dishonest activity; provided, that if no damage has yet been caused, . 
the penalty imposable shall be one degree lower. 


C. Content-related offenses: 
1. Cybersex -
any person who establishes, maintains or controls, directly or 
indirectly, any operation for sexual activity or arousal with the aid of or through 
the use of computer system, for a favor or consideration. 
2. Child pornography - any person who willfully engages in the following acts: 
a. Producing child pornography through computer system; 
b. Offering or making available yhild pornography through a computer system; 
c. Distributing or transmitting child pornography through a computer system; 
d. Procuring child pornography through a computer system for oneself or for 
another person; or 
e. Possessing child pornography materials in the computer system or on a 
computer data storage medium. 
For purposes of this Section, the term "child pornography" shall include 
pornographic material that visually depicts: (a) a minor engaged in sexually explicit 
conduct; (b) a person appearing to be a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct; (c) 
realistic images representing a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. 
3. Unsolicited Commercial Communications. - The transmission of commercial 
electronic communication with the use of computer system which seeks to 
advertise, sell, or offer for sale products and services are prohibited unless: 
a. There is a prior affirmative consent from the recipient; or 
b. The following conditions are present: 
i. 
The commercial.electronic communication contains a simple, valid, 
and reliable way' for the recipient to reject receipt of further 
commercial electronic messages ('opt-out') from 
the 
same 
source; 
ii. The commercial electronic communication 
does 
not 
purposely 
disguise the source of the electronic message; and 
iii. The commercial electronic commLlnication does not purposely 
include misleading information in any part of the message in order 
to induce the recipients to read the message. 
SECTION 5. Other offenses. -
The following acts shall also constitute an 
offense: 
1. Aiding or Abetting in the Commission of Cybercrime. -
Any person who 
willfully abets or aids in the commission of any of the offenses enumerated in 
this Act shall be held liable. 
2. Attempt in the Commission of Cybercrime - Any person who willfully attempts 
to commit any of the offenses enumerated in this Act shall be liable. 
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SECTION 6. Liability under other laws. -
A prosecution under this Act shall be 
without prejudice to any liability for violation of any provision of the Revised Penal Code, 
as amended or special laws. 
CHAPTER III - PENALTIES 


SEC. 7. Penalties. - Any person found guilty of any of the punishable acts 
enumerated in Sections 4A and 4B of this Act shall be punished with imprisonment of 
prision mayor or a fine of at least Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (PhP200,000.00) up to 
a maximum amount commensurate to the damage incurred or both. 
Any person found guilty of any of the punishable acts enumerated in Section 
4C(1) of this Act shall be punished with imprisonment of prision mayor or a fine of at 
least Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (PhP200,000.00) but not exceeding One Million 
Pesos (PhP1 ,000,000.00) or both. 
Any person found guilty of any ?f the punishable acts enumerated in Section 
4C(2) of this Act shall be punished with imprisonment of prision correcional or a fine of 
at least One Hundred Thousand Pesos (PhP100,000.00) but not exceeding Five 
Hundred Thousand Pesos (PhP500,000.00) or both. 
Any person found guilty of any of the punishable acts enumerated in Section 
4C(3) of this Act shall be punished with imprisonment of arresto mayor or a fine of at 
least Fifty Thousand Pesos (PhP50,000.00) but not exceeding Two Hundred Fifty 
Thousand Pesos (PhP250,000.00) or both. 
Any person found guilty of any of punishable acts enumerated in Section 5 shall 
be punished with imprisonment one degree lower than that of the prescribed penalty for 
the offense or a fine of at least One Hundred Thousand Pesos (PhP1 00,000.00) but not 
exceeding Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (PhP500,000.00) or both. 
SECTION 8. Corporate liability. - When any of the punishable acts herein 
defined are knowingly committed on behalf of or for the benefit of a juridical person, by 
a natural person acting either individually or as part of an organ of the juridical person, 
who has a leading position within in, based on (a) a power of representation of the 
juridical person, (b) an authority to take decisions on behalf of the juridical person, or (c) 
an authority to exercise control within the juridical person, the juridical person shall be 
held liable for a fine equivalent to at least double the fines imposable in Section 7 up to 
a maximum of Ten Million Pesos (PhP1 0,000,000.00). 
If the commission of any of the punishable acts herein defined was made 
possible due to the lack of supervision or control by a natural person referred to and 
described in the preceding paragraph, for the benefit of that juridical person by a natural 
person acting under its authority, the' juridical person shall be held liable for a fine 
equivalent to at least double the fines imposable in Section 7 up to a maximum of Five 
Million Pesos (PhP5, 000,000.00). 
The liability imposed on the juridical person shall be without prejudice to the 
criminal liability of the natural person who has committed the offense. 
CHAPTER IV - PROCEDURE 
SECTION 9. Expedited preservation of stored computer data. -
Law 
enforcement authorities may issue a preservation order to a service provider to 
preserve specified computer data that has been stored by means of a computer system 
in relation to a valid complaint and/or penping investigation. 
SEC. 10. Preservation of computer data. - The integrity of traffic data and 
subscriber information relating to communication services provided by a service 
provider shall be preserved for a minimum period of six (6) months from the date of the 
transaction. Content data shall be similarly preserved for six (6) months from the date of 
receipt of the order from law enforcement authorities requiring its preservation. 
Law enforcement authorities may order a one-time extension for another six (6) 
months provided that once computer data preserved, transmitted or stored by a service 
provider is used as evidence in a case, the mere furnishing to such service provider of 


the transmittal document to the Department of Justice shall be deemed a notification to 
preserve the computer data until the termination of the case. 
The service provider ordered to preserve computer data shall keep confidential 
the order and its compliance. 
SECTION 11. Real-time collection of traffic data. -
Law enforcement 
authorities shall be authorized to collect or record by technical or electronic means, 
and/or to require cooperation from a service provider in the collection or recording of, 
traffic data, in real-time, associated' with specified communications transmitted by 
means of a computer system by issuing a collection order. 
SECTION 12 Interception of content data. - Law enforcement authorities shall 
be authorized to collect or record content data upon securing a court order. 
SECTION 13. Disclosure of subscriber's information, traffic data or relevant 
data. - Law enforcement authorities may issue a disclosure order requiring a service 
provider to disclose or submit subscriber's information, traffic data or relevant data in its 
possession or control within seventy two (72) hours from receipt of the order in relation 
to a valid complaint and/or pending investigation. 
SECTION 14. Search, seizure, and examination of computer data. -Where a 
search and seizure warrant is properly issued, the law enforcement authorities shall 
likewise have the following powers and duties: 
. 
I 
Within the time period specified in the warrant, to cond uct interception, as 
defined in this Act, content of communications, procure the content data either directly, 
through access and use of computer system, or indirectly, through the use of electronic 
eavesdropping or tapping devices, in real time or at the same time that the 
communication is occurring and to: 
a. secure a computer system or a computer data storage medium; 
b. make and retain a copy of those computer data secured; 
c. maintain the integrity of the relevant stored computer data; 
d. conduct examination of the computer data storage medium; and 
e. render inaccessible or remove those computer data in the accessed computer 
or computer and communications network. 
Accordingly, the law enforcement authorities may order any person who has 
knowledge about the functioning of the computer system and the measures to protect 
and preserve the computer data therein to provide, as is reasonable, the necessary 
information, to en'able the undertaking of the search, seizure and examination. 
Law enforcement authorities may request for an extension of time to complete 
the examination of the computer data storage medium and to make a return thereon but 
in no case for a period longer than thirty (30) days from date of approval by the court. 
SECTION 15. Non-compliance. -
Failure to comply with the provisions of 
Chapter IV hereof specifically the orders from law enforcement authorities shall be 
punished as a violation of P. D. No. 1829 with imprisonment of prision correcional in its 
maximum period or a fine of One Hundred Thousand Pesos (PhP100,000.00) or both, 
for each and every non-compliance with an order issued by law enforcement authorities. 
CHAPTER V - JURISDICTION 
SECTION 16. Jurisdiction.- The Regional Trial Court shall have jurisdiction 
over any violation committed by a Filipino national regardless of the place of 
commission. Jurisdiction shall lie if any of the elements was committed within the 
Philippines or committed with the use of any computer system wholly or partly situated 


in the country, or when by such commission any damage is caused to a natural or 
juridical person who, at the time the offense was committed, was in the Philippines. 
CHAPTER VI-INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 
SECTION 17. Mutual Assistance and Cooperation. - The Government of the 
Philippines shall cooperate with, and render assistance to other nations for purposes of 
detection, investigation, and prosecution of offenses referred to in this Act and in the 
collection of evidence in electronic form in relation thereto. The principles contained in 
Presidential Decree No. 1069, otherwise known as the Philippine Extradition Law and 
other pertinent laws shall apply. 
In this regard, the Government oflthe Philippines shall: 
1. Provide assistance to a requesting nation in the real-time collection of traffic 
data associated with specified communications in the Philippine territory 
transmitted by means of a computer system, with respect to criminal offenses 
defined in this law for which real-time collection of traffic data would be 
available; 
2. Provide assistance to a requesting nation in the real-time collection, recording 
or interception of content data of specified communications transmitted by 
means of a computer system; 
3. Allow another state, without its authorization to: 
a. access publicly available stored computer data, located in the territory, or 
elsewhere; or 
b. access or receive, through a computer system located in the territory, 
stored computer data located in another country, if the nation obtains the 
lawful and voluntary consent of the person who has the lawful authority to 
disclose the data to the nation through that computer system; 
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4. Entertain a request of another nation for it to order or obtain the expeditious 
preservation of data stored by means of a computer system, located within 
the territory, relative to which the requesting nation intends to submit a 
request for mutual assistance for the search or similar access, seizure or 
similar securing, or disclosure of the stored computer data. 
a. A request for preservqtion of data under this Section shall specify: 
i. 
the authority seeking the preservation; 
ii. the offense that is the subject of a criminal investigation or 
proceedings and a brief summary of the related facts; 
iii. the stored computer data to be preserved and its relationship to the 
offense; 
iv. the necessity of the preservation; and 
v. that the requesting nation intends to submit a request for mutual 
assistance for the search or similar access, seizure or similar 
securing, or disclosure of the stored computer data. 
b. Upon receiving the request from another nation, the Government of the 
Philippines 
shall 
take 
all 
appropriate 
measures 
to 
preserve 
expeditiously the specified data in accordance with this law and other 
pertinent laws. For the purposes of responding to a request, dual 
criminality shall not be required as a condition to providing such 
preservation. 
c. A request for preservation may only be refused if: 


i. 
the request concerns an offense which the Government of the 
Philippines considers as a political offense or an offense connected 
with a political offense; or 
II. the Government of the Philippines considers the execution of the 
request will prejudice its sovereignty, security, public order or other 
national interest.' 
d. Where the Government of the Philippines believes that preservation 
will not ensure the future availability of the data, or will threaten the 
confidentiality of, or otherwise prejudice the requesting nation's 
investigation, it shall promptly so inform the requesting nation, The 
requesting nation will determine whether its request should be 
executed. 
e. Any preservation effected in response to the request referred to in 
paragraph 1 shall be for a period not less than sixty days, in order to 
enable the requesting nation to submit a request for the search or 
similar access, seizure or similar securing, or disclosure of the data. 
Following the receipt bf such a request the data shall continue to be 
preserved pending a decision on that request. 
5. Accommodate request from another nation to search, access, seize, secure, 
or disclose data stored by means of a computer system located within Philippine 
territory, including data that has been preserved under the previous subsection. 
The Government of the Philippines shall respond to the request through the 
proper applicati.on of international instruments, arrangements and laws, 
a, The request shall be responded to on an expedited basis where: 
i. 
there are grounds to believe that relevant data is particularly 
vulnerable to loss or modification; or 
ii. the instruments, arrangements and laws referred to in number 2 of 
this Section otherwise provide for expedited co-operation, 
b, The requesting nation must maintain the confidentiality of the fact or 
the subject of request for assistance and cooperation. It may only use 
the request information subject to the conditions specified in the grant 
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SECTION 18. General principles relating to international cooperation. - All 
relevant international instruments on international cooperation in criminal matters, 
arrangements agreed on the basis of uniform or reciprocal legislation, and domestic 
laws, to the widest extent possible for the purposes of investigations or proceedings 
concerning criminal offenses related to computer systems and data, or for the collection 
of evidence in electronic form of a crir;'inal offense shall be given full force and effect. 
SECTION 19. Applicability of the Convention on Cybercrime. -
The 
provisions of Chapter III of the Convention on Cybercrime shall be directly applicable in 
the implementation of this Act as it relates to international cooperation taking into 
account the procedural laws obtaining in the jurisdiction, 
SECTION 20. Cooperation based on reciprocity. - In the absence of a treaty 
or agreement, mutual assistance and cooperation under the preceding sections in this 
Chapter shall be based on the principle of reciprocity. 
SECTION 21. Spontaneous information. -
Information obtained within the 
framework of investigation and enforcement may be forwarded to another nation without 
prior request when the disclosure of such information might assist in initiating or 
carrying out investigations or proceedings concerning criminal offenses punishable in 
the Convention or might lead to a request for cooperation. 


CHAPTER VII - COMPETENT AUTHORITIES 
SECTION 22. Department of Justice. - The Department of Justice (DOJ) shall 
be responsible for extending immediate assistance for the purpose of investigations or 
proceedings concerning criminal offenses related to computer systems and data, or for 
the collection of electronic evidence of a criminal offense and to otherwise ensure that 
the provisions of this law are complied. In this regard, there is hereby created a DOJ 
Office of Cybercrime for facilitating or directly carrying out the provisions of technical 
advice, preservation of data, collection of evidence, giving legal information and locating 
suspects and all other cybercrime matters related to investigation and reporting issues. 
It shall investigate and prosecute the punishable acts defined in this Act. 
Law enforcement authorities specifically the computer or technology crime 
divisions or units responsible for the investigation of cybercrimes are deputized under 
the Department of Justice Office of Cybercrime created in this Act to ensure the proper 
and effective implementation of this Act. 
SECTION 
23. 
Commission 
on 
Information 
and 
Communications 
Technology. -
The Commission. on Information and Communications Technology 
(CICT) shall be responsible for formulating and implementing a national cyber security 
plan and extending immediate assistance for the suppression of real-time commission 
of cybercrime offenses through a computer emergency response team (CERT). 
CHAPTER VIII- CYBERCRIME INVESTIGATION AND COORDINATING CENTER 
SECTION 24. Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center; Powers 
and Functions. - There is hereby created, within thirty (30) days from the effectivity of 
this Act, a Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center, hereinafter referred to as 
CICC, which shall have the following powers and functions: 
a. To prepare and implement appropriate and effective measures to prevent and 
suppress cybercrime activities as provided in this Act; 
b. To monitor cybercrime cases being handled by law enforcement authorities 
and prosecution agencies and require the submission of timely reports; 
c. To facilitate international,'cooperation on intelligence, investigations, training 
and capacity building related to cybercrime prevention, suppression and 
prosecution; 
d. To designated a point of 'contact available on a twenty-four hour, seven-day-
a-week basis; 
e. To coordinate the support and participation of the business sector, local 
government 
units, 
and 
non-government organizations 
in 
cybercrime 
prevention programs and other related projects; 
f. 
To recommend the enactment of appropriate laws, issuances, measures and 
policies; 
g. To call upon any government agency to render assistance in the 
accomplishment of the CICC's mandated tasks and functions; 
h. To perform such other functions and duties necessary for the proper 
implementation of this Act 
SECTION 25. Composition. - The CICC shall be chaired by the Secretary of 
Justice or his representative with the following agencies as members: Chairperson of 
the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT); the Director 
of the NBI; Chief of the PNP; Head ,of the National Computer Center (NCC), or their 
representatives as members. 
. 
The CICC shall be manned by a secretariat of selected personnel and 
representatives from the different participating agencies. 


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CHAPTER IX - FINAL PROVISIONS 
SECTION 
26. 
Appropriations. -
The amount of Ten 
Million 
Pesos 
(PhP10,OOO,OOO.OO) shall be appropriated annually for the implementation of this Act. 
SECTION 27. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The Department of 
Justice (DOJ) in consultation with the agencies mentioned in the creation of the 
Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center shall formulate the necessary rules 
and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act to include the establishment 
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of the relevant computer emergency response team andlor 2417 network. 
SECTION 28. Separability Clause. -
If any provision of this Act is held invalid, 
the other provisions not affected shaU remain in full force and effect. 
SECTION 29. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, or rules inconsistent with 
this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. The provisions of Presidential 
Decree No. 1829, Republic Act Nos, 4200, 8792 and 9372 are modified accordingly, 
SECTION 30. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after the 
completion of its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of 
general circulation. 
Approved.