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RA 3079 Section 19

RA 3079 Section 19

Violations and Penalties.

Section 19

SEC. 19. Violations and Penalties.— (a) Any person who fails to utilize any capital goods acquired from the Commission for the purpose for which they were intended within a period of twenty-four months after actual complete physical delivery, or does not continue to utilize the same without any reasonable cause as long as they are serviceable after having started operations, shall be subject to a fine of five per cent of the value of such goods for every year of default or fraction thereof and to imprisonment for not less than five years nor more than ten years. In addition thereto, the goods, as well as the payments already made thereon, shall be subject to confiscation and forfeiture to the government. " (b) Any person who does not utilize the services of any technician within one month after his arrival in the Philippines, or who utilizes his services, whether partly or wholly, for any purpose other than that for which he was allowed entry, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five thousand pesos nor more than ten thousand pesos and by imprisonment for not less than five years nor more than ten years, and the technician concerned shall be subject to immediate deportation, and in addition thereto, whatever payments already made for such service shall be deemed forfeited tothe government."

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CitationRA 3079 Section 19 (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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