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15. The construction of any establishment within two hundred (200) meters
from open dumps or controlled dumps, or sanitary landfill; and
1. Any person who violates Sec. 48 paragraph (1) shall, upon conviction,
be punished with a fine of not less than Three hundred pesos (P300.00) but
not more than One thousand pesos (P1,000.00) or render community
service for not less than one (1) day to not more than fifteen (15) days to an
LGU where such prohibited acts are committed, or both;
2. Any person who violates Sec. 48, pars. (2) and (3), shall, upon
conviction be punished with a fine of not less than Three hundred pesos
(P300.00) but not more than One thousand pesos (P1,000.00) or
imprisonment of not less than one (1) day but to not more than fifteen (15)
days, or both;
3. Any person who violates Sec. 48, pars. (4), (5), (6) and (7) shall, upon
conviction, be punished with a fine of not less than One thousand pesos
(P1,000.00) but not more than Three thousand pesos (P3,000.00) or
imprisonment of not less than fifteen (15) day but to not more than six (6)
months, or both;
4. Any person who violates Sec. 48, pars (8), (9), (10) and (11) for the first
time shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of Five hundred thousand pesos
(P500,000.00) plus and amount not less than five percent (5%) but not
more than ten percent (10%) of his net annual income during the previous
year.
6. Any person who violates Sec. 48, pars. (12) and (13) shall, upon
conviction, be punished with a fine not less than Ten thousand pesos
(P10,000.00) but not more than Two hundred thousand pesos
(P200,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than thirty (30) days but not
more than three (3) years, or both;
7. Any person who violates Sec. 48, pars. (14), (15) and (16) shall, upon
conviction, be punished with a fine not less than One hundred thousand
pesos (P100,000.00) but not more than One million pesos (P1,000,000.00),
or imprisonment not less than one (1) year but not more than six (6) years,
or both.
10. The fines herein prescribed shall be increased by at lest ten (10%)
percent every three (3) years to compensate for inflation and to maintain
the deterrent functions of such fines.
Section 1. Fines and Penalties for Violations of Other Provisions in the Act
For violations of all other provisions provided in the Act and these
Implementing Rules and Regulations, fine of not less than Ten Thousand
Pesos (P 10,000.00) but not more than One Hundred Thousand Pesos (P
100,000.00) or six (6) years imprisonment or both shall be imposed. If the
offender is a juridical person, the president, manager, directors, trustees,
the pollution control officer or officials directly in charge of the operations
shall suffer the penalty herein provided.
Any person who manufactures, imports, sells, offers for sale, introduces
into commerce,
conveys or otherwise disposes of, in any manner engines and/or engine
components which require the
use of leaded gasoline shall be punished with three (3) years and one (1)
day to five (5) years
imprisonment and liable for the appropriate fine as provided in Section 1.
Specifications.
Any person who manufactures, sells, offers for sale, dispenses, transports
or introduces into commerce unleaded premium gasoline fuel in violation of
Section 3 of Rule XXXI or which do not meet the fuel specifications as
revised by the DOE shall be punished with three (3) years and one (1) day
to five (5) years imprisonment and liable for the appropriate fine as
provided in Section 1.
Specifications.
Any person who manufactures, sells, offers for sale, dispenses, transports
or introduces into commerce automotive diesel fuel in violation of Section 3
of Rule XXXI or which do not meet the fuel specifications as revised by the
DOE shall be punished with three (3) years and one (1) day to five (5)
years imprisonment and liable for the appropriate fine as provided in
Section 1.
Specifications.
Any person who manufactures, sells, offers for sale, dispenses, transports
or introduces into
commerce industrial diesel fuel in violation of Section 3 of Rule XXXI or
which do not meet the fuel
specifications as revised by the DOE shall be punished with three (3) years
and one (1) day to five (5)
years imprisonment and liable for the appropriate fine as provided in
Section 1.
Any person who misfuels shall be punished with one (1) year and one (1)
day to three (3) years imprisonment or a fine of twenty thousand pesos (P
20,000.00)
Low income (but Per capita incomes Between PHP 7,890 7.1 million
not poor) between the poverty to PHP 15,780 per
line and twice the month
poverty line
Note: Author’s calculations on data sourced from 2012 Family Income and
Expenditure Survey (FIES), Philippine Statistics Authority