Prohibited ticket sales and contributions
- Section 1 prohibits the sale of tickets and/or the collection of contributions in any form whatsoever for any project or purpose.
- Section 1 extends the prohibition to collections made by any person, whether voluntary or otherwise.
- Section 1 applies to collections taken from school children, students and teachers of public and private schools, colleges and universities.
- Section 1 requires compliance by prohibiting contributions collected from the covered groups for projects or purposes.
Express exceptions to the prohibition
- Section 1 allows membership fees of school children and students in the Red Cross.
- Section 1 allows membership fees of school children and students in the Girl Scouts of the Philippines.
- Section 1 allows membership fees of school children and students in the Boy Scouts of the Philippines.
- Section 1 permits contributions of parents and other donors for the support of barrio high schools.
Penalties for violating the Act
- Section 2 provides that any educational institution or person who violates Republic Act No. 5546 is punished by a fine not less than PHP 1,000 but not more than PHP 1,000 or imprisonment for not more than one month, or both, at the discretion of the court.
- Section 2 imposes additional administrative consequences when the violation is committed by a private educational institution.
- Section 2 authorizes the Secretary of Education, at discretion, to suspend, revoke, or otherwise cancel the authority to operate a violating private educational institution.