Article 47. Penalties, exception. –
a) 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.
b) 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 III. – PROTECTION AGAINST DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR ANDUNCONSCIONABLE SALES ACTS OR PRACTICES
CHAPTER I
DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR AND UNCONSCIONABLE SALES ACTS OR PRACTICES
Article 48. Declaration of Policy. – The State shall promote and encourage fair, honest and equitable relations among parties in consumer
transactions and protect the consumer against deceptive, unfair and unconscionable sales acts or practices.
Article 49. Implementing Agency. – The Department of Trade and Industry, hereby referred to as the Department, shall enforce the provisions of
this Chapter.
REGULATION OF SALES ACTS AND PRACTICES
Article 50. Prohibition Against Deceptive Sales Acts or Practices. – A deceptive act or practice by a seller or supplier in connection with a
consumer transaction violates this Act whether it occurs before, during or after the transaction. An act or practice shall be deemed deceptive
whenever the producer, manufacturer, supplier or seller, through concealment, false representation of fraudulent manipulation, induces a
consumer to enter into a sales or lease transaction of any consumer product or service.
Without limiting the scope of the above paragraph, the act or practice of a seller or supplier is deceptive when it represents that