Presidential
Decree No. 401-A
AMENDING
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 401, ENTITLED “PENALIZING THE
UNAUTHORIZED INSTALLATION OF WATER, ELECTRICAL OR TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS, THE
USE OF TAMPERED WATER OR ELECTRICAL METERS, AND OTHER ACTS”
WHEREAS,
on March 1, 1974
Presidential Decree No. 401 was
promulgated in order to put an end to rampant illegal installation of water,
electrical and telephone connection, use of tampered water and electrical
meters, jumpers and other devices to steal water or electricity;
WHEREAS,
Presidential Decree No. 401 does not include in its
coverage the unauthorized/illegal/unlawful installation of piped gas connection
and other similar acts, although this nefarious activity is violative to the
objectives of the New Society and constitutes theft of piped gas;
WHEREAS,
there is an equally urgent need to put an end to rampant theft/pilferage of
piped gas, unauthorized/illegal/unlawful installation of piped gas connection,
use of tampered gas meters, jumpers and other devices to steal piped gas, and
other similar acts;
NOW,
THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972 and General Order
No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby and decree that
Presidential Decree No. 401 be amended as follows:
“SECTION 1. Any person who installs any water,
electrical, telephone or piped gas connection without previous authority from
the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System, the
Manila Electric Company, the
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company,
or the Manila Gas Corporation, as the case may be, tampers and/or uses tampered
water, electrical or gas meters, jumpers or other devices whereby water,
electricity or piped gas is stolen; steals or pilfers water, electric or piped
gas meters, or water, electric and/or telephone wires, or piped gas pipes or
conduits; knowingly possesses stolen or pilfered water, electrical or gas
meters as well as stolen or pilfered water, electrical and/or telephone wires,
or piped gas pipes and conduits, shall, upon conviction, be punished with prision correccional in its minimum
period or a fine ranging from two thousand to six thousand pesos, or both.
“If the violation is committed by, or
with the connivance of an officer or employee of the
Metropolitan Waterworks
and Sewerage System, or the
Manila
Electric Company, or the
Philippine Long
Distance Telephone Company, or the Manila Gas Corporation, such officer or
employee shall, upon conviction, be punished with a penalty one degree higher
than the penalty provided herein, and forthwith be dismissed and perpetually
disqualified from employment in any public or private utility or service
company.”
SEC.
2. Any provision of
Presidential
Decree No. 401 and of any law inconsistent with this Decree is hereby
repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
SEC.
3. This Decree shall take effect
immediately.”
Done
in the City of
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