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RA 7394 (Consumer Act of the Philippines) Article 47

RA 7394 (Consumer Act of the Philippines) Article 47

Penalties, exception.

Article 47

ART. 47. Penalties, exception. - Any person who violates any of the provisions of Article 46 shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than One thousand pesos (P1,000.00) or an imprisonment of not less than six (6) months but not more than five (5) years or both upon the discretion of the court. No person shall be subject to the penalties of paragraph (a) of this article for (1) having violated paragraph (c) of Article 46 unless he refuses to furnish, upon request by the department or his representative, the name and address of the person from who he purchased such hazardous substances and (2) having violated paragraph (a) of Article 46, if he establishes a guaranty or undertaking signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person from whom he received in good faith, the hazardous substance to the effect that the hazardous substance is not a mislabeled hazardous substance or banned hazardous within the meaning of that term in this Act. TITLE IIIPROTECTION AGAINST DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR AND UNCONSCIONABLE SALES ACTS OR PRACTICESCHAPTER IDECEPTIVE, UNFAIR AND UNCONSCIONABLE SALES ACTS OR PRACTICES

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