Section 16. Custody of Computer Data. — All computer data, including content and traffic data,
examined under a proper warrant shall, within forty-eight (48) hours after the expiration of the period
fixed therein, be deposited with the court in a sealed package, and shall be accompanied by an
affidavit of the law enforcement authority executing it stating the dates and times covered by the
examination, and the law enforcement authority who may access the deposit, among other relevant
data. The law enforcement authority shall also certify that no duplicates or copies of the whole or any
part thereof have been made, or if made, that all such duplicates or copies are included in the package
deposited with the court. The package so deposited shall not be opened, or the recordings replayed, or
used in evidence, or then contents revealed, except upon order of the court, which shall not be granted
except upon motion, with due notice and opportunity to be heard to the person or persons whose
conversation or communications have been recorded.
Section 17. Destruction of Computer Data. — Upon expiration of the periods as provided in Sections
13 and 15, service providers and law enforcement authorities, as the case may be, shall immediately
and completely destroy the computer data subject of a preservation and examination.
Section 18. Exclusionary Rule. — Any evidence procured without a valid warrant or beyond the
authority of the same shall be inadmissible for any proceeding before any court or tribunal.
Section 19. Restricting or Blocking Access to Computer Data. — When a computer data is prima facie
found to be in violation of the provisions of this Act, the DOJ shall issue an order to restrict or block
access to such computer data.
Section 20. Noncompliance. — Failure to comply with the provisions of Chapter IV hereof specifically
the orders from law enforcement authorities shall be punished as a violation of Presidential Decree No.
1829 with imprisonment of prision correctional in its maximum period or a fine of One hundred
thousand pesos (Php100,000.00) or both, for each and every noncompliance with an order issued by
law enforcement authorities.
CHAPTER V
JURISDICTION
Section 21. Jurisdiction. — The Regional Trial Court shall have jurisdiction over any violation of the
provisions of this Act. including any violation committed by a Filipino national regardless of the place of
commission. Jurisdiction shall lie if any of the elements was committed within the Philippines or
committed with the use of any computer system wholly or partly situated in the country, or when by
such commission any damage is caused to a natural or juridical person who, at the time the offense
was committed, was in the Philippines.
There shall be designated special cybercrime courts manned by specially trained judges to handle
cybercrime cases.
CHAPTER VI
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Section 22. General Principles Relating to International Cooperation. — All relevant international
instruments on international cooperation in criminal matters, arrangements agreed on the basis of
uniform or reciprocal legislation, and domestic laws, to the widest extent possible for the purposes of
investigations or proceedings concerning criminal offenses related to computer systems and data, or
for the collection of evidence in electronic form of a criminal, offense shall be given full force and effect.