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PD 24 Section 15

Section 15

SEC. 15. Section twenty-eight of the same Act is further amended by amending paragraphs (a) and (b) and adding thereto paragraphs (h) and (i) to read as follows: "SEC. 28. Penal Clause. — (a) Whoever, for the purpose of causing any payment to be made under this Act, or under an agreement thereunder, where none is authorized to be paid, shall make or cause to be made false statement or representation as to any compensation paid or received, or whoever makes or causes to be made any false statement of a material fact in any claim for any benefit payable under this Act, or application for loan with the SSS, or whoever makes or causes to be made any false statement, representation, affidavit, or document, in connection with such claim, shall be fined not less than five hundred pesos nor more than five thousand pesos or imprisoned for not less than six months nor more than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. "(b) Whoever shall obtain or receive any money or check under this Act or any agreement thereunder, without being entitled thereto with intent to defraud any covered employee, employer or the SSS, shall be fined not less than five hundred pesos nor more than five thousand pesos and imprisoned for not less than six months nor more than one year." "(h) Any employer who, after deducting the monthly contributions or loan amortizations from his employee's compensation, fail to remit the said deductions to the SSS within thirty days from the date they became due shall be presumed to have misappropriated such contributions or loan amortizations and shall suffer the penalties provided in

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CitationPD 24 Section 15 (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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