30/07/2019 Republic Act No. 9372 | Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines SEC. 51. Duty to Record and Report the Name and Address of the Informant. — The police or law enforcement o cers to whom the name or a suspect in the crime of terrorism was rst revealed shall record the real name and the speci c address of the informant. The police or law enforcement o cials concerned shall report the informant’s name and address to their superior o cer who shall transmit the information to the Congressional Oversight Committee or to the proper court within ve days after the suspect was placed under arrest or his properties were sequestered, seized or frozen. The name and address of the informant shall be considered con dential and shall not be unnecessarily revealed until after the proceedings against the suspect shall have been terminated. SEC. 52. Applicability of the Revised Penal Code. — The provisions of Book I of the Revised Penal Code shall be applicable to this Act. SEC. 53. Anti-Terrorism Council. — An Anti-Terrorism Council, hereinafter referred to, for brevity, as the “Council,” is hereby created. The members of the Council are: (1) the Executive Secretary, who shall be its Chairperson; (2) the Secretary of Justice, who shall be its Vice Chairperson; and (3) the Secretary of Foreign Affairs; (4) the Secretary of National Defense; (5) the Secretary of the Interior and Local Government; (6) the Secretary of Finance; and (7) the National Security Advisor, as its other members. The Council shall implement this Act and assume the responsibility for the proper and effective implementation of the anti-terrorism policy of the country. The Council shall keep records of its proceedings and decisions. All records of the Council shall be subject to such security classi cations as the Council may, in its judgment and discretion, decide to adopt to safeguard the safety of the people, the security of the Republic, and the welfare of the nation. The National Intelligence Coordinating Agency shall be the Secretariat of the Council. The Council shall de ne the powers, duties, and functions of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency as Secretariat of the Council. The National Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Immigration, the O ce of Civil Defense, the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Anti-Money Laundering Council, the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime, and the Philippine National Police intelligence and investigative elements shall serve as support agencies for the Council. The Council shall formulate and adopt comprehensive, adequate, e cient, and effective anti-terrorism plans, programs, and counter-measures to suppress and eradicate terrorism in the country and to protect the people from acts of terrorism. Nothing herein shall be interpreted to empower the AntiTerrorism Council to exercise any judicial or quasi-judicial power or authority. https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2007/03/06/republic-act-no-9372/ 21/26