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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 401
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 401 -
PENALIZING THE UNAUTHORIZED INSTALLATION OF WATER, ELECTRICAL OR
TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS, THE USE OF TAMPERED WATER OR
ELECTRICAL METERS, AND OTHER ACTS
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(REPEALED
BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7832)
WHEREAS, a paramount objective of Proclamation No. 1081 dated September
21, 1972, is to bring about the formation of a New Society infused with
a profound sense of discipline and order;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the foregoing objective is being thwarted by 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, at times with the connivance of some
employees and/or officers of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage
System, the Manila Electric Company or the Philippine Long Distance
Telephone Company, as the case may be, and the pilferage of water
and electric meters as well as water, electric and telephone
meters; and
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need for putting an end to these
illegal activities because they not only run counter to the
aforementioned objective of Proclamation No. 1081 but also prejudice
the economic well-being of both the companies concerned and the
consuming public; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, and
General Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby
order and decree that any person who installs any water, electrical or
telephone connection without previous authority from the
Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System, the Manila Electric
Company or the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, as the case
may be; tampers and/or uses tampered water or electrical meters
or jumpers or other devices whereby water or electricity is
stolen; steals or pilfers water and/or electric meters or water,
electric and/or telephone wires; knowingly possesses stolen or
pilfered water and/or electrical meters as well as stolen or
pilfered water, electrical and/or telephone wires, shall, upon
conviction, be punished by prision correccional in its minimum
period or a fine ranging from two thousand to six thousand pesos, or
both. If the violation is committed with the connivance or permission
of an employee or officer of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage
System, or the Manila Electric Company, or the Philippine Long
Distance Telephone Company, such employee or officer shall, upon
conviction, be punished by a penalty one degree lower than
prision correccional in its minimum period and forthwith be
dismissed and perpetually disqualified from employment in any
public or private utility or service company. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Done in the City of Manila,
this 1st day of March in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-four.
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