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RA 3524 Section 5

RA 3524 Section 5

Section 5

SEC. 5. A fine of not less than two hundred pesos nor more than five thousand pesos and imprisonment for a period of not less than two months nor more than five years, shall be imposed upon any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this Act. The same penalty shall be imposed on persons who shall be found guilty of committing acts intended to defeat the purposes of this Act. If the offender in the next preceding paragraph is a public officer, he shall be punished with the maximum penalty provided for therein, and if he is an alien, the penalty to be imposed shall consist in the payment of the hereinabove provided and of immediate deportation without any further proceedings on the part of the deportation board. In case the violation is committed by a corporation, partnership or association, the president, managing director or manager thereof shall be held liable under this section. In addition to the penalties hereinabove provided, the articles imported shall be subject to seizure and confiscation by the Commissioner of Customs in accordance with the procedure established in the Revised Administrative Code.

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CitationRA 3524 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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