Amendment to Manila City Market Regulations

Market vendors must pay prescribed market fees daily and cannot accumulate unpaid fees for more than fifteen days.
Vendors failing to pay fees after due notice automatically forfeit stall rights, and stalls may be closed by the market administrator.

Individuals occupying stalls in any city-operated market are recognized as market vendors.
The city must execute lease contracts with stall occupants within a reasonable time after the Act’s approval.
If the city refuses to execute a lease, the issue is referred to the Market Committee whose decision is final.
Market fees shall remain at rates effective as of July 11, 1968.
Newly constructed markets may have fees set by the municipal board upon recommendations from the Market Committee.
Back rentals from October 16, 1968, until the Act’s approval are condoned.
Vendors whose stalls were declared vacant for non-payment in the same period are restored to their stalls.
Vendors temporarily displaced due to market construction are given priority to re-occupy as many stalls as previously held, up to a maximum of three stalls.

Allocation of stalls, market sectioning, and permitted commodities in new markets are decided by the Market Committee.
City-owned markets cannot be closed, sold, or transferred until all vendors have been relocated by the city at its expense.
Vendors must be notified at least 120 days prior to relocation.
Temporarily relocated vendors are given priority in the new market.
Cargo vehicles delivering goods to market vendors may unload but are prohibited from parking in market areas for selling purposes.

A Market Committee shall be created within thirty days of the Act’s approval, chaired by the Market Administrator.
Members include representatives from the City Treasurer, Municipal Board, Chamber of Filipino Retailers Inc., and Manila Market Vendors Association Inc.
Powers include formulation, recommendation, and adoption of market policies and rules (subject to municipal board and mayor approval).
Internal rules do not require higher ratification.
Members receive per diems; government representatives serve as long as in position; private representatives depend on their organizations.
Committee tenure limited to two years.
The Committee has an office with personnel funded through market administration appropriations.
It has authority over building plans for market construction and priority for remodeling or replacement of markets (subject to municipal board and mayor approval).
It recommends disbursement of the sinking fund.

Thirty percent of annual gross receipts from market fees form a sinking fund.
The fund is to be used for market improvement projects including construction, remodeling, purchase of market buildings, and site acquisition.
Until self-liquidating old markets are renovated or replaced as per committee specifications, 70% of revenues go to the city general fund and 30% to the sinking fund.

Operators of private properties used as public markets may only collect rental fees not exceeding those charged by the city.
Market collectors must issue receipts immediately to vendors with stall numbers recorded; failure constitutes illegal exaction punishable under the Revised Penal Code.

Violators of the Act face a fine of ₱200 to ₱2,000 and imprisonment from six months to one year at the court’s discretion.
Public officials or employees committing violations are also disqualified from holding public office.

Laws, rules, and regulations inconsistent with this Act are repealed or modified accordingly.