Commonwealth Act No. 617

: The main purpose of Commonwealth Act No. 617 is to provide uniform units of volume or weight in tradings in rice and palay to standardize trading measurements.
: The authorized units of measurement are the liter, the kilogram, the sack, or the ganta.
: Each sack of rice shall weigh at least fifty-six kilograms, exclusive of the weight of the container.
: Each sack of palay shall weigh at least forty-four kilograms, excluding the container's weight.
: One ganta contains three liters.
: No, bearded and unthreshed palay in straw and in bundles are not included in the tradings covered by this Act.
: Containers must be clearly marked with the volume or weight and the kind or variety of rice or palay, with marks preferably in print, in letters and figures of not less than two inches in height.
: It applies to any person, firm, or corporation engaged in milling, selling, buying, or bartering rice or palay.
: Violators may be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred pesos and not more than five hundred pesos, imprisonment for not less than fifteen days and not more than three months, or both.
: The manager, managing director, or person charged with the management of the business of such firm or corporation is criminally responsible for the violation.
: The Act took effect three months after its approval on June 4, 1941.