Republic Act No. 8792
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ACT OF 2000
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE RECOGNITION AND USE OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCIAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS AND DOCUMENTS, PENALTIES FOR UNLAWFUL USE THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
PART I
SHORT TITLE AND DECLARATION OF POLICY
Sec. 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known as the “Electronic Commerce Act of 2000”.
Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. – The State recognizes the vital role of information and com munications technology (ICT) in nation-building; the need to create an information-friendly environment which supports and ensures the availability, diversity and affordability of ICT products and services; the primary responsibility of the private sector in contributing investments and services in telecommunications and information technology; the need to develop, with appropriate training programs and institutional policy changes, human resources for the information technology age, a labor force skilled in the use of ICT and a population capable of operating and utilizing electronic appliances and computers; its obligation to facilitate the transfer and promotion of adaptation technology, to ensure network security, connectivity and neutrality of technology for the national benefit; and the need to marshal, organize and deploy national information infrastructures, comprising in both telecommunications network and strategic information services, including their interconnection to the global information networks, with the necessary and appropriate legal, financial, diplomatic and technical framework, systems and facilities.
PART II. ELECTRONIC COMMERCE IN GENERAL
PART III. ELECTRONIC COMMERCE IN SPECIFIC AREAS
PART IV. ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS IN GOVERNMENT
PART V. FINAL PROVISIONS
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