Section 4
SEC. 4. Section four of the same Act is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 4. Penalties. — Any person who commits any act herein prohibited shall, upon conviction, be punished with a fine of not less than [two] TWENTY thousand pesos [P2,000] (P20,000) but not more than (Ten) FIFTY thousand pesos [P10,000], (P50,O00), or imprisonment of at least two (2) [months] YEARS but not more than [one (1)] FIVE (5) years, or both, in the discretion of the court. In cases of second and subsequent conviction under this act, the penalty shall be both fine and imprisonment as provided herein. Furthermore, the petroleum and/.or petroleum products subject matter of the illegal trading, adulteration, shortselling, hoarding, overpricing [and] OR misuse, shall be forfeited in favor of the Government: Provided, That if the petroleum and/or petroleum products have already been delivered and paid for, the offended party [the payment made] shall be indemnified twice the amount paid [the subject of forfeiture] and if the seller who has not yet delivered has been fully paid, the price received shall be returned to the buyer with an additional amount equivalent to such price; and in addition, if the offender is [a trader] an oil company, marketer, distributor, refiller, dealer, sub-dealer and other retail outlets, or hauler, the cancellation of his license. "Trials of cases arising under this Act shall be terminated within thirty (30) clays after arraignment. "When the offender is a corporation, partnership, or other juridical person, the president, general manager, managing partner, or such other officer charged with this management of the business affairs thereof, or employee responsible for the violation, shall be criminally liable, in case the offender is an alien, he shall be subject to deportation after serving the sentence. "If the offender is a government official or employee, he shall be perpetually disqualified from office."