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Municipal Ordinance No.09-07

Town Ordinance | 2007 | Municipal Ordinance No.09-07

                                               Republic of the Philippines 
                                              Province of Occidental Mindoro
                                             MUNICIPALITY OF MAMBURAO
 
                                    OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN
 
Address: Municipal Building, Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro Tel. No.: (043) 711-1813
 
EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG 
BAYAN OF MAMBURAO, OCCODENTAL MINDORO HELD ON OCTODER 30,2007 AT THE
SUNNGANIANG BAYAN SESSION HALL.
   
   
MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE NO.09  
   
AN       ORDINANCE    REGULATING    THE     SALE     OF  
INTOXICATION   LIQUIDS    ANG CIGARETTES  IN  THE   
MUNICIPALITY OF MAMBURAO, OCCIDENTAL  MINDORO.  
   
 
 
   
   
Introduced by Councilors, JACINTO A. OLFATO, DAMASO   
      G. ABELEDA II, ANGELINA F. TRIS, DONALD L.   
      TADEJA, ELORDE A. MASANGKAY, ALOBERTO .   
      ALASTRE, LINDA R. TAJONERA, and SEGUNDO B.   
      MAGUAD. JR.  
 
 
   
WHEREAS, Section 497 (a) (2) (v) of the local Government Code of  
1991 provides that the Sangguniang Bayan shall regulate the sale, giving   
away or dispensing of any intoxicating malt, vino, mixed, of fermented   
Liqours at any retail outlet;  
   
WHEREAS,  Republic Act No. 9211 otherwise known as " Tabacco   
Regulation Act of 2003 was signed into law by President Gloria   
Macapagal - Arroyo las june 23,2003 purposely to regulate the selling of  
 ciggarettes ang other tabacco products;  
   
WHEREAS, the Municipality of Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro, in  
accordance with these laws, seeks to regulate the cigarettes   
and intoxicating liquors in the locality especaially among minor;  
   
   
NOW THEREFORE:   
   
   
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN OF   
MAMBURAO, OCCIDENTAL  MINDORO, in its session assembled  
that:  
   
   
      ARTICLE 1.  SHORT- TITLE. This ordinate shall be known  
 as  " An ordinance regulating the sale  of intoxicating liquors and  
cigarettes in the unicipality of Mamburao, Occidental mindoro. "  
   
ARTICLE 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY-  
   
   
                     SECTION1. The Municipal Government of Mamburao,   
Occidental Mindoro shall regulte the sale, giving away or dispensing of  
any intoxicating liqours and cigarettes at any store and retail outlet in the  
territorial jurisdiction of this municipality.  
   
                    SECTION 2. The basis of this ordinance particularly the selling  
of cigerettes and other tabacco products is Republic Act No. 9211 - The   
Tabacco Regulation Act of 2003.  
   
                    ARTICLE  3.   PURPOSES-  
   
                    a) To promote healthful and clean environment.  
   
                    b) To create awareness on the  ill- effects of drinking of   
                    intoxicaing liquors and smoking of cigarettes to the health of its  
                    constituents.   
   
                    c) To pro tect and discourage our minors from drinking   
                     intoxicating liquors and initiate to cigerette smoking and tabacco.  
   
   
                    ARTICLE 4. DEFINITION OF TERMS- When used in this   
 ordinance the following words shall mean:  
   
                   a) cigarette    -a short cylinder of finely cut tabacco    rolled in  
                                          very thin paper for smoking.  
   
                   b) consumer   - someone who uses articles made by another.  
   
                   c) liquor          - drink of high alcoholic content.  
   
                   d) minors        - children below 18 years old.  
   
                   e) nicotine      - addicted drug in tabacco.  
   
                   f) regulate       - to control by rules or system.  
   
                   g) retail           -the sale of goods in the qualtities directly to   
                                          consumers.  
   
                   h) retail store  - establihments that sale goods in quantities    
                                          directly to consumers.  
   
                   i) sale             - a selling or being sold.  
   
                   j) tar               -   powerful cancer causing agents. Whenever it  
                                        touches living tissue, it produce abnormsl cells   
                                        where cancer starts.  
   
                  k) tabacco       - a genus of plants with large ovate leaves and  
                                        white or pink flowers.  
   
                 ARTICLE 5. REGULATORY PROVISIONS. -   
   
                  Section 1 - No smoking areas - aAll public places such as schools,  
restaurants, cafeterias, bus terminals, recreational facilities, parks,  
airports, Bus stations conference halls, food preparation areas, hospitals,  
clinics, laboratoroes and fire hazard places are hereby declared " No   
smoking areas."  
   
   
               Section 2 - Stores selling intoxicating liquors and tabacco    
products must post a notice that  "  sale/distribution to or purchased by  
minors or intoxicating liquors, cigarettes and tabacco products are   
strickly prohibited."  
   
               Section 3 - Store are also prohibited from selling tabacco  
products and intoxicating liuors within 100 meters, away from school,   
playground or other facilities frequent by minors.  
   
               Section 4 - minors are those below 18 years old of ge are strickly  
prohibited from buying and/ or drinking intoxicating liquors and smoking   
cigarettes.  
   
              Section 5 - Drinking of intoxicating liquors in front of retail   
stores within the territorial jurisdiction of jis municipality is strickly  
prohibited.  
   
              ARTICLE 6. Administrative provisions -   
   
              Section 1-  The office of the Municipal Mayor, through the  
assistance of the Mamburao PNP as well as barangay officials of this  
municipality are hereby authorized .to implement this ordinance.  
   
              Section 2 - The office of the Municipal Mayor, through the   
assistance of the local PNP as well as barangay offocials shall also  
institute an apropraite and widest information dissemination to all   
concerned.  
               ARTICLE 7 - PENAL PROVISION   
                             
            Section 1- Any person who shall violat, disobey,refuse or   
neglect to comply any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be  
punished with the following:  
   
             First Offense                                            P500.00   
             Second Offense                                       P1,000.00  
             Third offense                                           P2,000.00 or an imprisonment for a                 
                                                                           period not exceeding 6 months or   
                                                                           both such fine and imprisonment at  
                                                                           the discretion of the court  
   
            Section 2 - Stores who will be caught  selling intoxicating liquors   
and cigarettes or tabacco products to minors shall be punished with the  
following:  
   
             First Offense                                            P500.00   
             Second Offense                                       P1,000.00  
             Third offense                                           P2,000.00 revocation of                 
business permit…  
   
           Section 3 - Minors who wlll be caught buying intoxicating   
liquors and cigarettes shall be punished with the following:  
   
             First Offense                                            P200.00   
             Second Offense                                       P300.00  
   
   
             Third Offense                                           P500.00   or an imprisonment of 5  
                                                                             days   or   both    such   fine   and  
                                                                             imprisonment at the discretion  of   
                                                                              the court.  
Parents, relatives or any person who will order, allow or forced a minor  
to buy cigarettes  or intoxicating liquor shall be held jontly ans solidarily  
liable an will be punished with the penalty provided for in Section 3  
Article 7 of his ordinance.  
   
               ARTICLE 8. SEPARATABILITY CLAUSE.-  
   
   
              In the event that any provision of this ordinance is declared   
invalid, the other provisions not affected thereby shal remain in full   
force and effect.  
   
              ARTICLE 9. REPEALING CLAUSE.-  
   
   
             All local laws, rules and regulations which inconsistent with  
this ordinance are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.  
   
   
               ARTICLE 10. EFFECTIVITY CLAUSE.- this ordinance  
shalll take effect fifteen (15) days after its  posting conpicuos places   
]within the jurisdicton of this municipality and after the required review  
by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.  
   
   
                         Enacted and approved this 20th day of March 2006 at  
Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro.  
   
   
                 I HEREBY  CERTIFY to the correctness of the above- quoted  
ordinance.