by Lily Gut January 7, 2021 Photo from ngcp.ph SAN PABLO CITY, La...
January 7, 2021
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SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna - Junkshop operators in this city recently expressed their solidarity and support to the provisions of Republic Act No. 7832.
The law entitled 'An Act Penalizing The Pilferage of Electricity and Theft of Electric Power Transmission Lines / Materials, Rationalizing System Losses by Phasing Out Pilferage Losses as a Component Thereof, and for other Purposes' passed by the Ninth Congress took effect in December 8, 1994.
City Councilor Buhay D. Espiritu said one of the leaders of the city's junkshops organization stated that the law prohibits the cutting, sawing, carrying, transferring, storing, loading, selling, and melting of any part of the transmission facilities of electricity owned by the National Power Corporation (NPC) currently administered by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) established by virtue of Republic Act No. 9511.
The Councilor directly and explicitly said that all those who invest and manage the junkshop in the city do not buy steel from any part of the transmission power lines for fear of incarceration and fines but, above all, they believe that its destruction is 'economic sabotage.'
He said every transmission power line that is damaged is spent a lot before being restored to good condition. This also causes the long-term brownout to occur and every time there is a power outage in a region all major industrial operations that result in a large loss of national livelihood are stopped.
According to the law, those who violate its provisions will be fined from P50,000 to P100,000 or imprisoned from 12 years to 20 years or the two mentioned penalties. (cpg, PIA-4A and report from Ruben Taninco)
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