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COMMERCIAL LAWS SUPPLEMENT

fine of not less than Five thousand pesos (P5,000) nor

more than Two million pesos (P2,000,000)

SECTION 16. Penalty for Violation of Price Ceiling . — Any

person who violates Section 6 or 7 of this Act shall suffer

the penalty of imprisonment for a period of not less than

one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years or a fine of not

less than Five thousand pesos (P5,000) nor more than

One million pesos (P1,000,000), or both, at the discretion

of the court.

SECTION 17. Violation by Juridical Persons . — Whenever

any violation of the provisions of this Act is committed by

a juridical persons, its officials or employees, or in case of

a

foreign

corporation

or

association,

its

agent

or

representative in the Philippines who are responsible for

the violation shall be held liable therefor.

SECTION 18. Violation by Aliens . — In case of aliens, in

addition to the penalty provided in Section 15 or 16 of this

Act, the offender shall, upon conviction and after service

of sentence, be immediately deported without need of

any further proceedings.

SECTION

19.

Violation

by

Government

Officials

or

Employees . — Any public official or employee who, by

reason

of

his

office,

with

or

without

consideration,

conspires

in

the

commission or knowingly conceals

violations of any of the provisions of this Act shall likewise

be principally responsible for the violation and shall suffer

the additional penalty of permanent disqualification to

hold public office.

SECTION 20. Criminal Penalties Without Prejudice to

Administrative

Sanctions .

—

The

foregoing

criminal

penalties shall be without prejudice to the administrative

sanctions which the implementing agency may impose

under this Act or under any other law.

SECTION 21. Relations of the Price Act to Other Laws,

Presidential Issuances . — Nothing in this Act shall be

constructed as removing or diminishing the jurisdiction

of

any

agency of Government on certain goods or

products

conferred

by

other

laws

or

presidential

issuances.

SECTION 22. Separability Clause . — If, for any reason, any

provision of this Act or the application of such provision to

any person group or circumstance is declared invalid or

unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act shall not be

affected by such declaration.

SECTION

23.

Repealing

Clause .

—

To

the

extent

inconsistent with this Act, the following laws and letters

of instruction are hereby repealed:

(1) Republic Act No. 4164 , entitled "An Act to Prevent the

Excessive

Increase

in

the

Price

of

Certain

Prime

Necessities of life on the Occasion of a Public Calamity,

Penalizing the Violation Thereof, and for other Purposes."

(2) Presidential Decree No. 1674, entitled "Providing a

Mechanism

for

Price

Regulation,

Creating

a

Price

Stabilization

Council,

Prescribing

its

Powers

and

Responsibilities and for other Purposes;

(3) Letter of Instruction No. 1305, entitled "Directing

Measures

to

Prevent

Cement

Hoarding,

Price

Manipulation and Profiteering."

(4) Letter on Instruction No. 1342, entitled "Ordering

Immediate Measures to Prevent Price Manipulation and

to Protect Consumers; and

(5)

Letter of Instruction No. 1359, entitled "Directing

Measures to Prevent Hoarding, Profiteering and Price

Manipulation.

All laws, and rules and regulations inconsistent herewith

are hereby likewise repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 24. Effectivity Clause . — This Act shall take effect

three (3) days after its publication in two (2) national

newspapers of general circulation.

Approved: May 27, 1992

Published in Malaya and the Philippine Times Journal on

June 4, 1992. Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 88 No.

27 page 4312 on July 6, 1992.

(Price Act, Republic Act No. 7581, [May 27, 1992])

PD No 856 | Code on Sanitation of the

Philippines

December 23, 1975

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 856

CODE ON SANITATION

WHEREAS, the health of the people, being of paramount

importance,

all

efforts

of

public

services should be

directed towards the protection and promotion of health;

and

WHEREAS, with the advance in the field of sanitation in

recent years, there arises the need for updating and

codifying our scattered sanitary laws to ensure that they

are in keeping with modern standards of sanitation and

provide

a

handy

reference

and

guide

for

their

enforcement;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President

of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by

the

Constitution,

do

hereby

order

and

decree

the

following Code on Sanitation:

CODE ON SANITATION OF THE PHILIPPINES

CHAPTER I General Provisions

SECTION 1. Title . — The title of this Code is "Code on

Sanitation of the Philippines".

SECTION 2. Definition of Terms . — Whenever any of the

following words or terms is used herein or in any rule or

regulation issued under this Code, it shall have the

meaning given it in this section, as follows:

a. Code — Code on Sanitation of the Philippines.

b. Department — The Department of Health.

c. Secretary — The Secretary of Health.

d. Regional Director — an official who heads a Regional

Health Office.

e. Local Health Authority — an official or employee

responsible for the application of a prescribed health

measure in a local political subdivision.

f.

Health Officer — Provincial, City or Municipal Health

Officer.

g. Engineer — A Sanitary Engineer.

h.

Section — any section of this code unless the term

refers to other statutes which are specifically mentioned.

SECTION 3.

Functions of the Department of Health . —

The Department shall have the following powers and

functions:

a.

Undertake the promotion and preservation of the

health of the people and raise the health standards of

individuals and communities throughout the Philippines;

b. Extend maximum health services to the people in rural

areas and provide medical care to those who cannot

afford it by reason of poverty;

c.

Develop, administer and coordinate various health

activities and services which shall include public health,

preventive, curative and rehabilitative programs, medical

care, health and medical education services;

d. Upgrade the standards of medical practice, the quality

of health services and programs to assure the people of

better health services;

e. Assist local health agencies in developing public health

programs including medical care, and promote medical

and public health research;

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