Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III supported the proposal to have a nationwide mandatory registration of prepaid subscriber identification module (SIM) cards to address mobile-related crimes.
Senate bill number 7 or the Sim Card Registration Act of 2016 seeks to "eradicate mobile phone-aided terrorism and criminal activities" by registering all prepaid SIMs and limiting each person to own only up to three SIM cards "across all service providers."
"We have witnessed how criminal minds abused the non-registration and loose regulation on SIM cards, latest of which was the Davao City bombing where the bomb was allegedly detonated using a cellular phone," Senate President Koko Pimentel said, justifying the necessity of the bill.
A person can have more than three SIM cards registered under his or her name "provided that he or she is the parent or legal guardian registering for and in behalf of his or her children onward."
Should the bill be passed into law, a registered SIM card owner should be at least 15-years old.
Pimentel said that aside from preventing unscrupulous individuals and criminals in using pre-paid SIM cards in their illegal activities, the registration will also enhance government monitoring of telecommunications firms.
The mandatory registration of pre-paid SIM cards is being pushed by Senate Majority Leader Vicente "Tito" C. Sotto III.
“I fully support Senator Sotto’s move calling for the mandatory registration of pre-paid SIM cards. We have witnessed how criminal minds abused the non-registration and loose regulation on SIM cards –latest of which was the Davao City bombing where the bomb was allegedly detonated using a cellular phone,” Pimentel said.
Source: ABS-CBN
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