Republic Act No.

6969

AN ACT TO CONTROL TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND HAZARDOUS AND NUCLEAR WASTES,

PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Section 13. Prohibited Acts. – The following acts and omissions shall be considered unlawful:

a) Knowingly use a chemical substance or mixture which is imported, manufactured,

processed or distributed in violation of this Act or implementing rules and regulations
or orders;

b) Failure or refusal to submit reports, notices or other information, access to records,

as required by this Act, or permit inspection of establishment where chemicals are
manufactured, processed, stored or otherwise held;

c) Failure or refusal to comply with the pre-manufacture and pre-importation

requirements; and

d) Cause, aid or facilitate, directly or indirectly, in the storage, importation, or bringing

into Philippines territory, including its maritime economic zones, even in transit, either
by means of land, air or sea transportation or otherwise keeping in storage any amount
of hazardous and nuclear wastes in any part of the Philippines.

Section 14. Criminal Offenses and Penalties. –

a) (i) The penalty of imprisonment of six (6) months and one day to six (6) years and one
day and a fine ranging from Six hundred pesos (P600.00) to Four thousand pesos
(P4,000.00) shall be imposed upon any person who shall violate section 13 (a) to (c) of
this Act and shall not be covered by the Probation Law.f the offender is a foreigner, he
or she shall be deported and barred from any subsequent entry into the Philippines
after serving his or her sentence;

ii) In case any violation of this Act is committed by a partnership, corporation,

association or any juridical person, the partner, president, director or manager who
shall consent to or shall knowingly tolerate such violation shall be directly liable and
responsible for the act of the employee and shall be criminally liable as a co-principal;

(iii) In case the offender is a government official or employee, he or she shall, in addition
to the above penalties, be deemed automatically dismissed from office and permanently
disqualified from holding any elective or appointive position.

b) (i) The penalty of imprisonment of twelve (12) years and one day to twenty (20) years,
shall be imposed upon any person who shall violate section 13 (d) of this Act.f the
offender is a foreigner, he or she shall be deported and barred from any subsequent
entry into the Philippines after serving his or her sentence;

(ii) In the case of corporations or other associations, the above penalty shall be imposed
upon the managing partner, president or chief executive in addition to an exemplary
damage of at least Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00).f it is a foreign firm, the
director and all officers of such foreign firm shall be barred from entry into the
Philippines, in addition to the cancellation of its license to do business in the
Philippines;
 (iii) In case the offender is a government official or employee, he or she in addition to the
above penalties be deemed automatically dismissed from office and permanently
disqualified from holding any elective or appointive position.

c) Every penalty imposed for the unlawful importation, entry, transport, manufacture,
processing, sale or distribution of chemical substances or mixtures into or within the
Philippines shall carry with it the confiscation and forfeiture in favor of the Government
of the proceeds of the unlawful act and instruments, tools or other improvements
including vehicles, sea vessels, and aircrafts used in or with which the offense was
committed. Chemical substances so confiscated and forfeited by the Government at its
option shall be turned over to the Department of Environment and Natural resources
for safekeeping and proper disposal.

d) The person or firm responsible or connected with the bringing or importation into the
country of hazardous or nuclear wastes shall be under obligation to transport or send
back said prohibited wastes;

Any and all means of transportation, including all facilities and appurtenances that
may have been used in transporting to or in the storage in the Philippines of any
significant amount of hazardous or nuclear wastes shall at the option of the government
be forfeited in its favor.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9072

AN ACT TO MANAGE AND PROTECT CAVES AND CAVE RESOURCES AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

Sec. 7. Prohibited Acts. - The following shall be considered Prohibited Acts:

(a) Knowingly destroying, disturbing, defacing, marring, altering, removing, or harming the
speleogem or speleothem of any cave or altering the free movement of any animal or plant life
into or out of any cave;

(b) Gathering, collecting, possessing, consuming, selling, bartering or exchanging or offering for
sale without authority any, cave resource; and

(c) Counselling, procuring, soliciting or employing any other person to violate any provisions of
this Section.

Sec. 8. Penalties. - Any person found guilty of any of the offenses enumerated under Section 7
hereof shall be punished by imprisonment from two (2) years to six (6) years or a fine ranging
from Twenty thousand pesos (P20,000) to five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) or both
at the discretion of the Court: Provided, That the person furnishing the capital to accomplish
the acts punishable herein shall be punished by imprisonment from six (6) years and one (1)
day to eight (8) years or by a fine ranging from Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) to
One million pesos (P1,000,000.00) or both at the Discretion of the Court:Provided, further, That
if the area requires rehabilitation or restoration as determined by the Court, the offender shall
also be required to restore the same, whenever practicable or compensate for the damage:
Provided finally that if the offender is a government employee, he or she shall likewise be
removed from office.
Sec. 9. Administrative Confiscation and Conveyance. - The Secretary shall order the
confiscation, in favor of the Government of the cave resources gathered, collected, removed,
possessed or sold including the conveyance and equipment used in violation of Section 7
hereof.

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1067 December 31, 1976

A DECREE INSTITUTING A WATER CODE, THEREBY REVISING AND CONSOLIDATING

THE LAWS GOVERNING THE OWNERSHIP, APPROPRIATION, UTILIZATION,
EXPLOITATION, DEVELOPMENT, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF WATER
RESOURCES

Article 90. The following acts shall be penalized by suspension or revocation of the violator's
water permit or other right to the use of water and/or a fine of not exceeding One Thousand
Pesos (P1,000.00), in the discretion of the Council:

(a)Appropriation of subterranean or ground water for domestic use by an overlying landowner

without registration required by the Council.

(b) Non-observance of any standard of beneficial use of water.

(c) Failure of the appropriator to keep a record of water withdrawal, when required.

(d) Failure to comply with any of the terms or conditions in a water permit or a water rights
grant.

(e) Unauthorized use of water for a purpose other than that for which a right or permit was
granted.

(f) Construction or repair of any hydraulic work or structure without duly approved plans and
specifications, when required.

(g) Failure to install a regulating and measuring device for the control of the volume of water
appropriated, when required.

(h) Unauthorized sale, lease, or transfer of water and/or water rights.

(i) Failure to provide adequate facilities to prevent or control diseases when required by the
Council in the construction of any work for the storage, diversion, distribution and utilization
of water.

(j) Drilling of a well without permission of the Council.

(k) Utilization of an existing well or ponding or spreading of water for recharging subterranean
or ground water supplies without permission of the Council.

(l) Violation of or non-compliance with any order, rules, or regulations of the Council.

(m) Illegal taking or diversion of water in an open canal, aqueduct or reservoir.

(n) Malicious destruction of hydraulic works or structure valued at not exceeding P5,000.00.

Article 91. A. A fine of not exceeding Three Thousand Pesos (P3,000.00) or imprisonment for
not more than three (3) years, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the
Court, shall be imposed upon any person who commits any of the following acts:

1. Appropriation of water without a water permit, unless such person is expressly exempted
from securing a permit by the provisions of this Code.

2. Unauthorized obstruction of an irrigation canal.

3. Cultivation of a river bed, sand bar or tidal flat without permission.

4. Malicious destruction of hydraulic works or structure valued at not exceeding Twenty-Five

Thousand Pesos (P25,000.00).

B. A fine exceeding Three Thousand Pesos P3,000.00) but not more than Six Thousand Pesos
P6,000.00) or imprisonment exceeding three (3) years but not more than six (6) years, or both
such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court, shall be imposed on any person who
commits any of the following acts:

1. Distribution for public consumption of water which adversely affects the health and safety of
the public.

2. Excavation or enlargement of the opening of a hot spring without permission.

3. Unauthorized obstruction of a river or waterway, or occupancy of a river bank or seashore

without permission.

4. Establishment of a cemetery or a waste disposal area near a source of water supply or

reservoir for domestic municipal use without permission.

5. Constructing, without prior permission of the government agency concerned, works that
produce dangerous or noxious substances, or performing acts that result in the introduction of
sewage, industrial waste, or any substance that pollutes a source of water supply.

6. Dumping mine tailings and sediments into rivers of waterways without permission.

7. Malicious destruction of hydraulic works or structure valued more than Twenty-Five

Thousand Pesos (P25,000.00) but at not exceeding One Hundred Thousand Peso (100,000.00).

C. A fine exceeding Six Thousand Pesos (P6,000.00) but not more than Ten Thousand Pesos
(P10,000.00) or imprisonment exceeding six (6) years but not more than twelve (12) years, or
both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court, shall be imposed upon any
person who commits any of the following acts:

1. Misrepresentation of citizenship in order to qualify for water permit.

2. Malicious destruction of a hydraulic works or structure, valued at more than One Hundred
Thousand Pesos (P100,000.00).