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REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1296 - AN
ACT TO PROHIBIT THE IMPORTATION OF ONIONS, POTATOES, GARLIC AND
CABBAGES, EXCEPT FOR SEEDLING PURPOSES, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR
THE VIOLATION THEREOF |
Section 1. It
shall be unlawful for any person, association or corporation to import
into any point in the Philippines onions, potatoes, garlic and
cabbages: Provided, however, That for seedling purposes potatoes and
garlic may be imported: And provided, further, That should there be an
existing or imminent shortage in the local production of the
abovementioned commodities, the President may, upon the recommendation
of a board to be composed of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural
Resources as chairman, and the Secretary of Commerce and Industry and
the Administrator of the Agricultural Cooperative Credit and Financing
Administration (ACCFA) as members, authorize the Price Stabilization
Corporation (PRISCO) to import as much of these commodities as may be
necessary to meet the local demand for them, stabilize their price, and
insure a steady, normal supply of the same.cralaw
Sec. 2. The penalty or fine of not less than two
thousand pesos nor more than twenty thousand pesos or imprisonment of
not less than two years nor more than five years, or both, such fine
and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court, shall be imposed upon
persons found guilty of violation of the provision of this Act:
Provided, That in the case of aliens, the penalty to be imposed shall
consist of the payment of the fine hereinabove provided for and that of
immediate deportation without any further proceedings on the part of
any Deportation Board: Provided, further, That if the violation is
committed by the manager, representative, director, agent or employee
of any natural or juridical person in the interest of the latter, such
violation shall render the employer amenable to the penalty
corresponding to the offense, without prejudice to the imposition of
the corresponding penalty, either personal or pecuniary or both, upon
the manager, representative, director, agent or employee committing the
violation: Provided, furthermore, That in the case of the violation
being committed by or in the interest of a foreign juridical person
duly licensed to engage in business in the Philippines, the immediate
revocation of such license to engage in business shall form part of the
penalty to be imposed: Provided, also, That if the act committed by a
public officer or employee is penalized by any other law, the penalties
prescribed in the law punishing the offense shall be imposed in
addition to those prescribed herein and that of perpetual absolute
disqualification: Provided, finally, That commodities imported in
violation of this Act shall be subject to forfeiture in accordance with
the procedure established in the Revised Administrative Code, the
proceedings to terminate within thirty days after the importation and
under no circumstances or conditions may such goods be released to the
importer without the previous approval of the President. |
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