No business permit
He said the businessman has no business permit from the Cebu City Treasurer’s Office.
NBI agents failed to catch Tee, but he will still be charged with
violating Republic Act (RA) 4653, or “An Act to Safeguard the Health of the People and Maintain the Dignity of the Nation by Declaring it a National Policy to Prohibit the Commercial Importation of Textile Articles Commonly Known as Used Clothing and Rags.”
“It shall be unlawful for any person, association or corporation to introduce into any point in the Philippines textile articles commonly known as used clothing and rags,” the law reads.
Violators will be fined not less than P200 but not more than P20,000 and face imprisonment of between two and five years.