RA 4200 (Almonicar) Flashcards
What is The Anti-Wiretapping Act
RA 4200
What is the title of RA 4200?
An Act to Prohibit and Penalize Wiretapping and other related violations of the privacy of communication, and for other purposes
How many sections does RA 4200 have?
6 sections
Is the practice of secretly listening to or recording telephone or internet conversations without the consent of the parties involved
Wiretapping
Who is the author of RA 4200
Senator Lorenzo M. Tañada
When i the enactment of RA 4200
June 19, 1965
Purpose of RA 4200
prohibit and penalize wiretapping
protect individual’s privacy
Imprisonment sentence for violation of RA 4200
atleast 6 months to no more than 6 years
What happens to a public official who violates RA 4200
they lose their right to hold any public office forever
What happens to a foreigner who violates RA 4200
They could be deported from the country
is also known as the Regional Trial Court
The Court of First Instance
Is the local court that handles important legal cases in a specific area
Regional Trial Court
It shall be unlawful for any person, not being authorized by all the parties to any private communication or spoken word, to _____, or by using any other device or arrangement, to _______, _______, or ______ such communication or spoken word.
tap any wire or cable, secretly overhear, intercept, record
A device used to record such communication or spoken word are commonly known as a
Dictaphone, Dictagraph, Detectaphone, Walkie-Talkie, Taperecorder
It shall also be unlawful for any person, be he a participant or not in the act or acts penalized in the next preceding sentence, to _______ any tape record, wire record, disc record, or any other such record, or copies thereof.
knowingly possess
After the authorized period ends, all recordings must be sealed and submitted to the court within ___ hours
48 hours
The law allows ______ to record or listen to private communications if they have a written court order.
Peace Officers
When did RA 4200 get published on the Official Gazette?
May 16, 1966
Nothing contained in this Act, however, shall render it unlawful or punishable for any peace officer, who is authorized by a written order of the Court, to execute any of the acts declared to be unlawful in the two preceding sections in cases involving the crimes of treason, espionage, provoking war and disloyalty in case of war, piracy, mutiny in the high seas, rebellion, conspiracy and proposal to commit rebellion, inciting to rebellion, sedition, conspiracy to commit sedition, inciting to sedition, kidnapping as defined by the _________
Revised Penal Code and Violations of Commonwealth Act No. 616
All recordings made under court authorization shall, within forty-eight hours after the expiration of the period fixed in the order, be deposited with the court in a ______________________.
Sealed envelope or sealed package
The authorization shall be effective for the period specified in the order which shall not exceed ______ days from the date of issuance of the order, unless extended or renewed by the court upon being satisfied that such extension or renewal is in the public interest.
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