Section 14Sec./Art. 14

Section 25 of Commonwealth Act No. 146, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 25. Any person, including juridical persons whether foreign or domestic, who shall knowingly and willfully neglect, fail, or omit to do or perform, or who shall knowingly and willfully cause or join or participate with others in causing any public service corporation or company to neglect, fail, or omit to do or perform, or who shall advise, solicit, or persuade, or knowingly and willfully instruct, direct, or order any officer, agent or employee of any public service corporation or company to neglect, fail, or omit to do any act or thing required to be done by this Act, shall be punished, after notice and hearing, by a fine not exceeding Two million pesos (P2,000,000.00) or by imprisonment of not lower than six (6) years and one (1) day and not higher that twelve (12) years, or both, at the discretion of the court.

When the entities involved are juridical persons, the penalty of imprisonment shall be imposed on its officers, directors, or employees holding managerial positions, who are knowingly and willfully responsible for such violation."