SEC. 103.—Penal Provisions.—
Unless otherwise provided in any Chapter or section in this
Code, any person who shall violate disobey, refuse, omit or neglect to
comply with any of the rules and regulations promulgated under this Code
shall be guilty of misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by
imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or by a fine of not
exceeding one thousand pesos or both depending upon the discretion of
the court.
Any person who shall interfere with or hinder, or oppose any
officer, agent or member of the Department or of the bureaus and offices
under it, in the performance of his duty as such under this Code, or
shall tear down, mutilate, deface or alter any placard, or notice,
affixed to the premises in the enforcement of the Code, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and punishable upon conviction by imprisonment for a
period not exceeding six months or by a fine of not exceeding one
thousand pesos or both depending upon the discretion of the Court.
SEC. 104. Separability Clause.—In the event that any
section, paragraph, sentence, clause, or word of this Code is declared
invalid for any reason, other provisions thereof shall not be affected
thereby.
SEC. 105. Repealing Clause.—All laws, as
well as pertinent rules and regulations thereof which are inconsistent
with the provisions of this Code are hereby repealed or amended
accordingly.
SEC. 106. Effectivity.—This Code is
hereby made part of the law of the land and shall take effect
immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of December in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant
[*] Permissible if process is
performed in a public slaughterhouse under prescribed regulations.
[*] The use of such chemicals
is permissible in the practice of pharmacy and in printing where
read-made lead types are used.
