QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 946)
RA 946 prohibits labor and certain business operations on Sundays, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Holy Thursday, and Good Friday.
From 12:00 midnight to 12:00 midnight.
Any commercial, industrial, or agricultural enterprise or establishment, including stores and shops of any kind.
No construction or repair of any building or other structure, and no public works whatsoever may be undertaken during the same 12:00 midnight to 12:00 midnight period.
Section 1 covers opening/operations of establishments (stores/shops and enterprises). Section 2 covers construction/repair work and public works.
Examples include hospitals and dispensaries; medical and dental clinics; drug stores; stevedoring and arrastre; public utilities (including loading/unloading of cargoes); restaurants or eating/drinking establishments; markets; government and private telecommunications; and domestic service.
No. Section 3 expressly provides that no cockfighting, Jai Alai games, or horse racing shall be held on Holy Thursday and Good Friday.
No. Section 3 states that non-religious motion picture exhibitions or theatrical performances shall not be made on Holy Thursday and Good Friday.
The Secretary of Labor is authorized to broaden the exceptions when the work is not susceptible of interruption or is indispensable and cannot be delayed without serious prejudice or obstruction to business.
It is appealable by the aggrieved party or by any resident of the Philippines to the President of the Philippines.
A copy must be furnished to the chief of police and the municipal treasurer within five days after issuance.
No. Section 6 prohibits employers from reducing the compensation of employees or laborers by reason of the Act.
Under Section 7, the Secretary of Labor shall issue the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act.
A fine not exceeding one hundred pesos or imprisonment for not more than one month, or both, at the discretion of the court.
The manager shall be held criminally liable; if he is not available, the person acting as such when the violation took place.
The managing head is criminally liable except when the violation was due to an act/commission of some other person over whom the managing head has no control; then the responsible person is liable.
The court shall order the alien’s immediate deportation.