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C.A. No. 108 • An Act to Punish Acts of Evasion of the Laws on the Nationalization of Certain Rights, Franchises or Privileges • The Corpus Juris
for not less than ve nor more than fteen years and by a ne of not less than the value of the
right, franchise or privilege enjoyed or acquired in violation of the provisions hereof but in no
case less than
ve thousand pesos: Provided, However, That the president, managers or
persons in charge of corporations, associations or partnerships violating the provisions of this
section shall be criminally liable in lieu thereof: Provided, Further, That any person, corporation
or association shall, in addition to the penalty imposed herein, forfeit such right, franchise,
privilege, and the property or business enjoyed or acquired in violation of the provisions of this
Act: And provided, nally, That the election of aliens as members of the board of directors or
governing body of corporations or associations engaging in partially nationalized activities shall
be allowed in proportion to their allowable participation or share in the capital of such entities.
SECTION 2-B. Any violation of the provisions of this Act by the spouse of any public o cial, if
both live together, shall be cause for the dismissal of such public o cial.
SECTION 2-C. The exercise, possession or control by a Filipino citizen having a common-law
relationship with an alien of a right, privilege, property or business, the exercise or enjoyment of
which is expressly reserved by the Constitution or the laws to citizens of the Philippines, shall
constitute a prima facie evidence of violation of the provisions of Section 2-A hereof.
SECTION 3. Any corporation or association violating any of the provisions of this Act shall, upon
proper court proceedings, be dissolved.
SECTION 3-A. Reward to informer. In case of conviction under the provisions of this Act,
twenty- ve per centum of any
ne imposed shall accrue to the bene t of the informer who
furnishes to the Government original information leading to said conviction and who shall be
ascertained and named in the judgment of the court. If the informer is a dummy, who shall
voluntarily take the initiative of reporting to the proper authorities any violation of the
provisions of this Act and assist in the prosecution, resulting in the conviction of any person or
corporation pro ting thereby or involved therein, he shall be entitled to the reward hereof in
the sum equivalent to twenty- ve per centum of the
ne actually paid to or received by the
Government, and shall be exempted from the penal liabilities provided for in this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take e ect upon its approval.
Approved: October 30, 1936.
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