Acts Punishable Under Anti-Wiretapping Act

1. Any person who without authority from all the parties to the private communication or spoken word does any of the following:
a. to tap any wire,
b. to secretly overhear or intercept such communication or spoken word by using any other device or arrangement, or
c. to record such private communication or spoken word by using a device commonly known as dictaphone or walkie-talkie or tape recorder or however otherwise described.

2. Any person, whether participant or not in the above penalized acts, who
a. knowingly possesses any tape record, wire record, disk record or copies thereof, of any communication or spoken word secured either before or after the effective date of this Act on the manner prohibited by law; or
b. to replay the same for any other person; or
c. to communicate the contents thereof, either verbally or in writing; or
d. to furnish transcriptions thereof, whether complete or partial to any other person.

3. Any person who shall aid, permit, or cause to be done any of the acts declared to be unlawful. (Sec. 2)

4. Any person who shall violate the provisions of Section b of the exempted acts below or of an order issued thereunder, or aids, permits or causes such violations. (Sec. 2)




(The Revised Penal Code made easy: Book 1)