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RA 337 Section 6

RA 337 Section 6

Section 6

SEC. 6. No person, association or corporation not conducting the business of a commercial banking corporation, trust corporation, savings and mortgage bank, or building and loan association, as defined in this Act, shall advertise or hold itself out as being engaged in the business of such bank, corporation or association, or use in connection with its business title the word or words "bank," "banking," "banker," "building and loan association," "trust corporation," "trust company", or words of similar import, or solicit or receive deposits of money for deposit, disbursement, safekeeping, or otherwise, or transact in any manner the business of any such bank, corporation or association, without having first complied with the provisions of this Act in so far as it relates to commercial banking corporations, trust corporations, savings and mortgage banks, or building and loan associations, as the case may be. For any violation of the provisions of this section by a corporation, the officers and directors thereof shall be jointly and severally liable, Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of five hundred pesos for each day during which such violation is continued or repeated, and, in default of the payment thereof, subsidiary imprisonment as prescribed by law.

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CitationRA 337 Section 6 (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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