Prepaid Simcard Registration

........"Saying right to equal access to technology has limits, the Department of Justice (DoJ) has endorsed the enactment of Senate Bill No. 2644 introduced by Senator Manuel Villar that will require the registration of prepaid subscriber identification module (SIM) cards to discourage crimes.".........
........."Villar, in his proposed SB No. 2644 said that prepaid SIM cards are used by criminals in committing money-making activities such as e-raffle and random lottery.
Prepaid SIM cards, he added, have also become a tool of the so-called “dugong-dugong” gang to commit robbery or extort money from their victims.
The bill proposes that all sellers of prepaid SIM cards will require buyers to present government issued identification cards and record all personal information of the buyer.

The bill proposes a penalty of a fine ranging from P100,000 to P1 million and imprisonment from one year to two years for all violators.".........
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I hope this proposed bill will be approved into law because this will be very helpful for the responsible use of prepaid Sim Cards.