Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB08235 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT ALLOWING THE TERMINATION OF ANY POSTPAID SUBSCRIPTION WHENEVER SERVICES HAVE BEEN SUBSTANDARD OR DELINQUENT, TO FOSTER CONSUMER PROTECTION, PROVIDING PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| ABSTRACT : Seeks to promote the rights and interests of the paying consumer-subscriber by mandating telecommunications company to act with fairness and equality by providing for quality services, resources management, service regulation, penalties-sanctions and dispute resolution.Penalizes the telecommunications company/service provider who violates or who fails to comply with this Act:a)First Offense – a fine of not less than Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000.00);b)Second Offense – a fine of not less than Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00);c)Subsequent Offenses – a fine of not less than One million pesos (P1,000,000.00) and revocation of the franchise to operate. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ROMERO, MICHAEL ODYLON L., Ph.D. | |
| DATE FILED : 2018-09-12 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Tambunting (000 2018-09-24) | 2. Sy-Alvarado (000 2018-10-08) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ON 2018-09-18 |
Abstract
Seeks to promote the rights and interests of the paying consumer-subscriber by mandating telecommunications company to act with fairness and equality by providing for quality services, resources management, service regulation, penalties-sanctions and dispute resolution.Penalizes the telecommunications company/service provider who violates or who fails to comply with this Act:a)First Offense – a fine of not less than Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000.00);b)Second Offense – a fine of not less than Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00);c)Subsequent Offenses – a fine of not less than One million pesos (P1,000,000.00) and revocation of the franchise to operate
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