I always look at cybercrime as something under the 2nd block or special penal laws (where I think the E-Commerce Law is in). It took awhile for the law to be passed as legislators and various stakeholders need to understand the magnitude of cybercrime and whether the penalty provisions indicated in the E-Commerce Law – Republic Act 8792 is sufficient or not.Īt a PTV4 Forum on Anti-Cybercrime Law, Department of Justice Assistant Secretary Geronimo Sy explained that laws on cybercrime are considered as the 3rd building block of legislations necessary to protect the people from crimes committed in cyberspace and use of ICT. It is a law considered to be 11 years in the making as various groups, organizations, and personalities lobbied for its passage. Although some provisions were deemed as unconstitutional (struck down) particularly Sections 4(c)(3), 7, 12, and 19. This law is already in effect as the Supreme Court uphold its constitutionality (February 18, 2014). Republic Act 10175 – Cybercrime Prevention Act was signed into law last September 12, 2012.
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