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Act No. 3091 Section 5

Act No. 3091 Section 5

For the purposes of this Act, the following terms are defined: (a) Insecticide.

Section 5

SEC. 5. For the purposes of this Act, the following terms are defined: (a) Insecticide.—This term shall include any substance, or mixture of substances, intended to be used for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any insects which may infest vegetation, man, or animals, or households, or be present in any environment whatsoever. (b) Paris green.—This term shall include the product sold in commerce as Paris green, and chemically known as the aceto-arsenate of copper. (c) Lead arsenate.—This term shall include the product or products sold in commerce as lead arsenate, and consisting chemically of products derived from arsenic acid (H3AsO4), by replacing one or more hydrogen atoms by lead. (d) Fungicide.—This term shall include any substance, or mixture of substances, intented to be used for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any and all fungi or other micro-organisms that may infest vegetation, or animals, or be present in any environment whatsoever. (e) Misbranded.—This term shall apply to Paris green, lead arsenate, and all other insecticides or fungicides, or articles which enter into the composition of insecticides or fungicides, the package, label, or accompanying descriptive circulars which shall bear any statement, design, or device regarding such article, or the ingredients or sub- stances contained therein, which shall be false or misleading in any particular, and to all insecticides or fungicides, which are falsely branded as to the territory, or country in which they are manufactured or produced.

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CitationAct No. 3091 Section 5 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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