The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) will release the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the SIM Registration Law in 60 days after the measure becomes effective. READ:
DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy said that even though the new measure becomes effective 15 days after its publication, an IRR would still be needed as its blueprint, ABS-CBN News reported.
“The IRR must outline the offenses that will fall under the law and the registration process, including whether online or offline,” Uy said.
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