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Falsification of documents, other offenses punishable under SIM registration law: official

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<p>MANILA - Falsifying documents, selling registered SIM and other offenses are punishable by either fines or imprisonment under the newly enacted SIM registration law, an official said on Wednesday. </p><p>Falsifying documents and proving wrong information during the registration are subject to fines by not lower than P100,000 or imprisonment of 6 months to 2 years, Department of Information and Communications Technology Usec. for Public Affairs and Foreign Relations Anna Mae Lamentillo told Teleradyo. </p><p>&quot;Penalized po yun by law, kung magsisinungaling po kayo (That&#x27;s penalized by law, if you&#x27;re lying), or if you’re going to provide false of fictitious information or magbibigay po kayo ng fictitious identities or fraudulent identification document, meron yan penalty (those have penalty),&quot; she said.</p><p>Penalties will also be imposed on the following offenses:<br/>• breach of confidentiality<br/>• selling of registered SIMs<br/>• negligence resulting in other offenses<br/>• spoofing to make it appear the message was sent from a certain number <br/>• stealing registered SIM</p><p>Lamentillo said the registration period would be done online, which would allow overseas Filipinos to register their roaming SIMs.</p><p>Meanwhile, SIMs of minors should be registered under the names of their parents, she said.</p><p>The following IDs with pictures are among those accepted during the SIM registration period:<br/>• Passport<br/>• National ID<br/>• SSS ID<br/>• GSIS ID<br/>• Police clearance<br/>• NBI clearance<br/>• PRC</p><p>The National Telecommunications Commission on Monday released the implementing rules for the law that is mandating the registration of all SIMs within 180 days starting Dec. 27. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/10/10/22/marcos-approves-sim-registration-law">Marcos signs SIM registration law amid proliferation of text scams</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/12/12/22/ntc-releases-implementing-rules-of-sim-registration-law">Implementing rules for SIM registration released with hefty fines for violators</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2377544" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div> </div>

Falsifying documents, selling registered SIM and other offenses are punishable by either fines or imprisonment under the newly enacted SIM registration law, an official said on Wednesday. 