CEBU CITY, Philippines -- Cebu City Vice Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia, on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, filed an ordinance that would curtail the sale, rental, transfer, and distribution of pirated,
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The city council, during its regular session on Wednesday, referred the vice mayor’s proposed ordinance, with a shortened title “Anti-Illicit Trade and Fake Goods Ordinance,” to the Committee on Laws, Ordinances, and Styling. His proposed measure refers “illicit tobacco products” to cigarettes, vapor products, and heated tobacco products that have no genuine internal revenue stamp.
Once approved, violators of this ordinance will be meted with a suspension of their business permit or license for a period of 15 days for the first violation; 30 days for the second violation, and the revocation of their business permit for the third and subsequent violations.
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