Section 12Sec./Art. 12

Other Prohibited Acts. To ensure compliance with the provisions of this Act, the refusal to comply with any of the following shall likewise be prohibited:

(a) submission of any reportorial requirements;

(b) use of clean and safe (environment and worker-benign) technologies;

(c) any order or instruction of the DOE Secretary issued in the exercise of his enforcement powers under Section 15 of this Act; and

(d) registration of any fuel additive with the DOE prior to its use as an additive.

Any person, including but not limited to the chief operating officer or chief executive officer of the partnership, corporation or any entity involved, who is found guilty of any of the said prohibited acts shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment for two (2) years and a fine ranging from Two hundred fifty thousand pesos (P 250,000.00) to Five hundred thousand pesos (P 500,000.00).