QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 7183)
To regulate and control the manufacture, sale, distribution, and use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices for public safety, order, national security, and the enhancement of cultural traditions.
The Act allows common types such as baby rocket, bawang, small triangulo, pulling of strings, paper caps, el diablo, watusi, Judah’s belt, sky rocket (kwitis), and other types equivalent to the foregoing in explosive content.
Examples include sparklers, luces, fountain, jumbo regular and special, mabuhay, roman candle, trompillo, airwolf, whistle device, butterfly, and all kinds of pyrotechnic devices (pailaw), plus other equivalent types.
All other types not mentioned in Section 2, especially those with explosive content that could endanger life and limb (e.g., atomic big triangulo and super lolo and their equivalents).
The Director-General of the Philippine National Police (PNP).
No. Under no circumstances shall a license or permit be granted for the manufacture, sale, and/or distribution of prohibited devices mentioned in Section 3.
To the Chief of the PNP through the provincial director of the province where the business/project is located; applicants from Metro Manila submit through the Commanding Officer of the Firearms and Explosives Unit, Headquarters, PNP.
Only (a) Filipino citizens of good moral character, or (b) entities duly registered with DTI or SEC, with 100% of capitalization owned by Filipino citizens.
Importation of finished firecrackers and fireworks is prohibited.
Yes, but only duly licensed manufacturers are allowed to import chemicals or explosive ingredients used in the manufacture of firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices.
They must submit an application to the Chief of the PNP through the provincial director where the business/project is located; Metro Manila applicants submit through the Commanding Officer of the Firearms and Explosives Unit, Headquarters, PNP.
The outer perimeter of the manufacturing zone must be at least 300 meters away from the nearest residential units, and no residential unit shall be permitted nearer than 300 meters from the perimeter.
At least fifty (50) meters.
Examples: Mixing - 50 meters; Grinding - 40 meters; Packaging - 40 meters; Nagmimitsa - 20 meters; Loading - 20 meters. (Any three are acceptable.)
They must bear labels indicating the name and address of their manufacturers and warning instructions written in Filipino and English.
Complete, itemized, and accurate records showing quantities and kinds of explosives, and the purpose for which the explosives were used.
A fine of not less than P20,000 nor more than P30,000, or imprisonment of not less than six months nor more than one year, or both, at the court’s discretion, plus cancellation of license/business permit and confiscation of inventory/stock by the government.