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 f. for any person to use or reuse any restored, altered, expired, damaged stamp, tag certificate or license for the, purpose of making it appear that the instrument of weight or measure has been tested, calibrated, sealed or inspected;

g. for any person engaged in the buying and selling of consumer products or of furnishing services the value of which is estimated by weight or measure to possess, use or maintain with intention to use any scale, balance, weight or measure that has not been sealed or if previously sealed, the license therefor has expired and has not been renewed in due time;

h. for any person to fraudulently alter any scale, balance, weight or measure after it is officially sealed;

i. for any person to knowingly use any false scale, balance, weight or measure, whether sealed or not;

j. for any person to fraudulently give short weight or measure in the making of a scale;

k. for any person, assuming to determine truly the weight or measure of any article brought or sold by weight or measure, to fraudulently misrepresent the weight or measure thereof; or

l. for any person to procure the commission of any such offense abovementioned by another.

Instruments officially sealed at some previous time which have remained unaltered and accurate and the seal or tag officially affixed therein remains intact and in the same position and condition in which it was placed by the official sealer or his duly authorized representative shall, if presented for sealing, be sealed promptly on demand by the official sealer or his duly authorized representative without penalty except a surcharge equal to two (2) times the regular fee fixed by law for the sealing of an instrument of its class, this surcharge to be collected and accounted for by the Municipal Treasurer in the same manner as the regular fees for sealing such instruments.

Sec. 9. Penalties.

a. Any person who shall violate the provisions of paragraphs (a) to (f) and paragraph (l) of Section 8 under this Article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than Three hundred pesos (P300.00) but not more than One thousand pesos (P1,000.00) or by imprisonment of not more than one (1) year, or both, upon the discretion of the court.

b. Any person who shall violate the provisions of paragraph of (g) of Section 8 under this Article for the first time shall be subject to fine of not less than Five hundred pesos (P500.00) or by imprisonment of not less than one (1) month but not more than five (5) years, or both, upon the discretion of the court.

c. The owner-possessor or user of instrument of weights and measure enumerated in paragraph (h) to (k) of Section 8 under this Article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than Three hundred pesos (P300.00) or imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year, or both, upon the discretion of the court. (This Article has been updated to conform to the provisions of the Consumer Act of 1992, Republic Act No. 7394)

Article I. Permit Fee on Film-Making

Section 1. Imposition of Fee. There shall be collected the following permit fee from any person who shall go on location-filming within the territorial jurisdiction of this municipality.