Section 5
SEC. 5. Section seven of the same Act is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 7. Fixing, charging and collection of rates. — The Communications and Electricity Development Authority, Cavite, is hereby authorized to fix, charge and collect rates for all services rendered in each sector, city, municipality, or group of consumers, whether to any person, corporation, firm, government body, municipal entity or religious or charitable institutions, subject to review by the Public Service Commission. Services to any consumer who fails to pay his bill for two months shall immediately be disconnected, and shall so remain disconnected until payment of the amount due is made. Any officer or employee of the Authority who knowingly neglects or refuses to take the herein required step against a delinquent consumer shall be punished by a fine of an amount equivalent to five times the amount of the uncollected bill without prejudice to other disciplinary actions that might be warranted by the offense. "The Authority shall exist as an independent agency of the Government under the Public Service Commission for administrative purposes only."