Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT REQUIRING THE REGISTRATION OF ALL BUYERS OF PREPAID SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE (SIM) PACKS FOR CELLULAR TELEPHONES AND REQUIRING PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES TO KEEP RECORD OF THESE BUYERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF AIDING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE INVESTIGATION OF A CRIMINAL OR ILLEGAL ACTIVITY AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF
Date filed
July 24, 2007
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB01313 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT REQUIRING THE REGISTRATION OF ALL BUYERS OF PREPAID SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE (SIM) PACKS FOR CELLULAR TELEPHONES AND REQUIRING PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES TO KEEP RECORD OF THESE BUYERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF AIDING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE INVESTIGATION OF A CRIMINAL OR ILLEGAL ACTIVITY AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF | |
| ABSTRACT : Aims to solve the inability of policemen to track down criminals who use cell phones as tools in committing crimes or to harass, threaten or send ransom demands, obscene phone calls or text messages. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : NICOLAS, REYLINA "NENENG" G. | |
| DATE FILED : 2007-07-24 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Lim (R.) (035 ) | 2. Aggabao (040 ) |
| 3. Arenas (040 ) | 4. Bondoc (040 ) |
| 5. Dy (040 ) | 6. Magsaysay (040 ) |
| 7. Roman (040 ) | 8. Silverio (040 ) |
| 9. Sy-Alvarado (041 ) | 10. Pancho (041 ) |
| 11. Cua (J.) (044 ) | 12. Lapus (044 ) |
| 13. Teodoro (044 ) | 14. Rodriguez-Zaldarriaga (044 ) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ON 2007-08-07 |
Abstract
Aims to solve the inability of policemen to track down criminals who use cell phones as tools in committing crimes or to harass, threaten or send ransom demands, obscene phone calls or text messages.
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