RA 10: An Act Penalizing Usurpation of Public Authority

Approved: September 2, 1946; Effectivity: Upon its approval.

Punishable Acts: Any person who, with or without pretense of official position, shall perform any act pertaining to
the Government, or to any person in authority or public officer, without being lawfully entitled to do so.
Penalty: Imprisonment for not less than two years nor more than ten years.

RA 10667: Philippine Competition Act

Approved: July 21, 2015; Published: July 24, 2015
Effectivity: 15 days following its publication
Prohibited Acts:
SECTION 14. Anti-Competitive Agreements. —
(a) The following agreements, between or among competitors, are per se prohibited:
1) Restricting competition as to price, or components thereof, or other terms of trade;
2) Fixing price at an auction or in any form of bidding including cover bidding, bid suppression, bid rotation
and market allocation and other analogous practices of bid manipulation;
(b) The following agreements, between or among competitors which have the object or effect of substantially
preventing, restricting or lessening competition shall be prohibited:
1) Setting, limiting, or controlling production, markets, technical development, or investment;
2) Dividing or sharing the market, whether by volume of sales or purchases, territory, type of goods or services,
buyers or sellers or any other means;
(c) Agreements other than those specified in (a) and (b) of this section which have the object or effect of substantially
preventing, restricting or lessening competition shall also be prohibited: Provided, Those which contribute to
improving the production or distribution of goods and services or to promoting technical or economic progress, while
allowing consumers a fair share of the resulting benefits, may not necessarily be deemed a violation of this Act.
An entity under common control with another entity/ies, have common economic interests, and are not otherwise able
to decide or act independently of each other, shall not be considered competitors for purposes of this section.

SEC. 15. Abuse of Dominant Position. – It shall be prohibited for one or more entities to abuse their dominant position
by engaging in conduct that would substantially prevent, restrict or lessen competition:
a. Selling goods or services below cost with the object of driving competition out of the relevant market;
b. Imposing barriers to entry or committing acts that prevent competitors from growing within the market in an
anti-competitive manner;
c. Imposing conditions or other obligations which do not bear a direct relation to the transaction on the other
contracting party;
d. Imposing restrictions on the contract of lease or sale of goods or services such as fixing prices, giving
preferential discounts or rebates upon such price, or imposing conditions not to deal with competing entities;
e. Making the supply of a particular product dependent on the purchase of other products from the supplier
which do not bear a direct relation to the main good to be supplied;
f. Imposing unfairly low purchase prices for the products of marginalized agricultural producers, small to
medium scale enterprises, and the like; and
g. Directly or indirectly imposing unfair purchase or selling price on their competitors, customers, suppliers
or consumers
h. Limiting production, markets or technical development to the prejudice of consumers.

RA 623: An Act to Regulate the Use of Duly Stamped or Marked Bottles, Boxes, Casks, Kegs, Barrels And
Other Similar Containers As Amended by RA 5700 which includes the Containers of Compressed.
Approved: June 5, 1951; Effectivity: Upon approval.
 Persons engaged or licensed to engaged in the manufacture, bottling or selling of beverages in bottles, boxes,
casks, kegs, or barrels, with their names or the names of their principals or products, or other marks of
 ownership stamped or marked thereon, may register with the Philippine Patent Office a description of the
names or are used by them based on applicable law or regulation to the issuance of trademarks. C
 It is unlawful for any person without the written consent of one who has successfully registered the marks
of ownership to fill such marked/ stamped containers for the purpose of sale, or to sell, dispose of, buy or
traffic in, or wantonly destroy the same, for drinking vessels or glasses or drain pipes, foundation pipes, for any
other purpose than that registered by the manufacturer, bottler or seller. Penalty: Fine of not more than
one thousand pesos or imprisonment of not more than one year or both.
 The use or possession by any person other than the registered manufacturer, bottler or seller, without written
permission of the latter shall give rise to a prima facie presumption that such use or possession is unlawful.
 Criminal action shall is not affect any civil action to which the registered manufacturer, bottler, or seller, may be
entitled by law or contract.
 No action shall be brought if there was transfer by way of sale of the containers herein referred to.

RA 9160: Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001 As Amended by RA 9194

Approved: September 29, 2001; Published: Oct. 02, 2001
Effectivity: 15 days following its publication
 Money laundering is a crime whereby the proceeds of an unlawful activity are transacted, thereby making them
appear to have originated from legitimate sources. It is committed by the following:
(a) Any person knowing that any monetary instrument or property represents, involves, or relates to, the proceeds
of any unlawful activity, transacts or attempts to transact said monetary instrument or property.
(b) Any person knowing that any monetary instrument or property involves the proceeds of any unlawful activity,
performs or fails to perform any act as a result of which he facilitates the offense of money laundering referred to
in paragraph (a) above.
(c) Any person knowing that any monetary instrument or property is required under this Act to be disclosed and
filed with the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), fails to do so.
 There are 14 unlawful activities or predicate crimes covered by the AMLA. These are, 
 in the order
enumerated in the law: Kidnapping for ransom; Drug offenses; Graft and corrupt practices; Plunder; Robbery
and extortion; Jueteng and masiao; Piracy on the high seas; Qualified theft; Swindling; Smuggling; Electronic
Commerce crimes; Hijacking, destructive arson and murder, including those perpetrated against non-combatant
persons (terrorist acts); Securities fraud; Felonies or offenses of a similar nature punishable under penal laws of
other 
 countries.
 Sec. 14 (b) - Malicious Reporting. Any person who, with malice, or in bad faith, reports or files a completely
unwarranted or false information relative to money laundering transaction against any person. Penalty:
6)months to 4 years imprisonment and a fine of not less than (Php 100,000.00) but not more than (Php
500,000.00), at the discretion of the court: Provided, That the offender is not entitled to avail the benefits of the
Probation Law.
"If the offender is a corporation, association, partnership or any juridical person, the penalty shall be imposed
upon the responsible officers, as the case may be, who participated in, or allowed by their gross negligence, the
commission of the crime. If the offender is a juridical person, the court may suspend or revoke its license. If the
offender is an alien, he shall, in addition to the penalties herein prescribed, be deported without further
proceedings after serving the penalties herein prescribed. If the offender is a public official or employee, he shall,
in addition to the penalties prescribed herein, suffer perpetual or temporary absolute disqualification from office,
as the case may be.
"Any public official or employee who is called upon to testify and refuses to do the same or purposely fails to
testify shall suffer the same penalties prescribed herein.