Senator Mary Grace Poe said on Wednesday that Republic Act 11934, also known as the “Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Registration Act,” will be fully implemented on December 27, 2022.
Ivan Uy, secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), told Senator Poe. December 12 is the issuance of the IRR (implementing rules and regulations). So it will be effective definitely on December 27.”
What You Need to Know About the SIM Card Registration Law
Poe proposed the ₱11.32 billion budget for the DICT for the year 2023.
The head of the Senate Committee on Public Services said that on December 5. There would be a public hearing to hear what people have to say.
The SIM Registration Act, signed into law on October 10, 2022, says that SIM cards must be registere. This is meant to stop crimes like text scams make possible by mobile phones.
“As the text capital of the world, we hold precious our means to communicate. And anyone who abuses or misemploys the system for their own fraudulent and unlawful interest. Must be traceable and subsequently held accountable,” Poe say.
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito like the law and say that it offers short-term and long-term solutions. To criminal activities that are help by technology.
“Nobody is safe and exempted from these illegal activities. If our Senate president and even our President were not spared from this evil deed. What more are our most vulnerable people in the society?” Senator Ejercito say.
Under the law, the SIM must be registere before it can be use. Everyone who owns a SIM must report it within 180 days. And the deadline could be pushe back by 120 days if there was a grace period.
Poe said that an IRR would make clear the rules and procedures for registering a SIM card, giving telecommunication companies and the public enough information and time to comply.
The law says that 60 days after the law goes into effect. The IRR must be release by the National Telecommunications Commission in cooperation with the DICT, the National Privacy Commission, telecommunications companies, and consumer groups.
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