14th Congress of the Republic ) 
of the Philippines 
1 
1st Regular Session 
1 
Introduced by Senator Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Public Markets are vital economic enterprises and public utilities, which 
contribute significantly to the income and general welfare of cities and 
municipalities. They provide increased livelihood opportunities and marketing 
services, and are usually standard barometers for the level of development of 
local governments. 
The sad plight of public markets all over the country is, therefore, 
becoming a serious concern for everybody seeking an immediate relief from the 
economic burdens presently besetting our country. 
Certain major problems existing in majority of our public markets covering 
important aspects of market operations such as location, construction, sanitation, 
security /safety, market fee collection, and award and occupancy of stalls result 
in the gradual but progressive deterioration of the markets. 
It is thus imperative that positive action to remedy these situations be 
undertaken by the national leadership in support of local governments, which are 
charged with the management of public markets. 
The National Market Code being submitted to the Senate seeks to achieve 
this goal. This one intervention activity could enhance the role of markets as 
effective contributor to development. It will also help local governments 
maximize the utility of such units to facilitate the development of their areas. 
Immediate action on the said Code is therefore being requested. 
AQ 6 
ILINO Q. PIMENTEL, fl-d 
JR. 


14th Congress of the Republic ) 
1st Regular Session 
1 
of the Philippines 
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S E N A T E  
Introduced by Senator Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. 
AN ACT 
INSTITUTING A NATIONAL MARKET CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Be it enacted Ov the Senate and House of Reoresentatives of the PhiiRDines in 
Consress assembled 
TITLE I - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS 
SECTION 1. Name ofdct - This Act shall be known and cited as the 
"National Market Code of the Philippines." 
SEC. 2. GeneraIUbjecfive, - It is the purpose of this Code to make 
public markets responsive and effective instruments of public service as well as 
dynamic and viable enterprises to strengthen the financial capabilities of cities 
and municipalities, thus significantly contributing to national and local 
development, and towards this end, to develop, regulate, and standardize 
market systems and professionalize market services. 
SEC. 3. Scope ofAppIication, - This Code shall govern all public 
markets as hereinafter defined, whether owned and/or managed by the 
government or by private groups or individuals. 
SEC. 4. Definjfions of Terms - The following definition of terms 
refers to the province, city, municipality or 
shall be applicable in the interpretation of the provisions of this Code: 
a) Local uovernment 
barangay. 
b) Local market authorities refer to the city/municipal Mayor, his duly 
appointed 
Market Administrator, 
the 
City 
Administrator, 
the 


city/municipal Treasurer, or any other city/municipal official charged 
with the management of the day-to-day operations of the public 
market and/or specific aspects of such operations. 
c) A "Public market" shall be understood to mean a place, building or 
structure of any kind owned or operated by a city or municipality 
designated as such by the Sanqqunian of that city or municipality 
dedicated to the service of the general public, where basic food items 
and other commodities are displayed and offered for sale. " Public 
Market" also includes market stalls, tiendas, buildings, roads, subways, 
waterways, drainage, parking spaces and other appurtenances, which 
are integrat thereto. 
d) "Soecial Markets" as used herein shall refer to auction markets for 
fish, livestock, vegetable and other products, and commodity markets, 
located in production areas serving as resource-based wholesale 
centers. 
e) "Tradina Dost" refers to a wholesale resource-based area near 
production and consumption areas to facilitate the distribution of 
livelihood products. There is no physical exchange of products, only 
transactions such as payments, inquiry and briefings are done in the 
trading post. 
9 "Warehouse" -is 
a building or structure where the process of 
receiving, storing and delivering of goods takes place. Distribution is a 
function of warehousing which includes the preparation and delivery 
of goods according to plan or special order. 
g) "SUDDO~~; 
facilities" shall refer to service areas directly supportive of 
market operations, including the "bagsakan area, central collection 
station for wastes, poultry dressing area, ice storage facilities, cold 
storage and storage rooms, toilets, parking areas, slaughterhouses, 
ice-plants, warehouses and trading posts. 
h) A "Baasakan'' 
area is basically an open area for the delivery of 
wholesaie goods in bulk and functions as a transaction area among 
producers, wholesalers and retailers. 
i) "Market premises" refer to any open space in the market 
compound, the market lot consisting of bare ground not covered by 
the market buildings, usually occupied by transient vendors especially 
during market days, and the total area designated as the market 
place. 


j) "Slaushterhouse" refers to a place designated by law to kill, clean 
and cut-up animals for human consumption. 
k) A poultry dressina area is an area servicing the poultry stalls in the 
wet section of the market. 
I) A cold storaae is a place properly furnished, where perishable goods 
are stored. Separate storage areas are to be provided for fish, meat, 
vegetables and fruits, as storing them together tends to affect their 
taste and color. 
m) An ice storage is an area that may be included in the market to 
n) Market Sectionincl is grouping together in one section or zone in 
the market the same or similar goods, commodities or foodstuffs 
offered for sale. 
0) Market stall refers to any allotted space or both in the public market 
where merchandise of any kind is sold or offered for sale and from 
which a regular fee is collected on a defined periodic basis. 
refer to persons who have been granted the right to 
use a stall or stalls, where they can display or sell their goods, 
commodities or Foodstuffs, and pay rentals thereon. 
q) Marine Products refer to fresh or dried fish, seaweeds, shells like 
mussels, clams, shrimps. Lobster and the like. 
r )  A vendor shatl mean a person who sells goods, commodities or 
foodstuffs, within the market premises. 
s) Peddler means any person who, either for himself or on commission, 
travels from place to place and sells his goods or offers to sell and 
delivers the same. 
t) Ambulants are vendors who do not occupy a definite or permanent 
place or stall in the market who come to sell goods either daily or 
occasionally by sitting or moving from place to place within the market 
premises. 
basis. 
supply the need for ice. 
p) Stallholders 
u) Hawkers refer to ambulant vendors who sell their wares on daily 
v) Rental fee means a charge fixed by law or by an agency, whether in 
money or otherwise, given for the enjoyment or use of a thing. 
TITLE 11. BASIC POLICIES AND REGULATIONS 
Chapter 1. - LOCATION, ESTABLISHMENT & CONSTRUCTION 


SEC. 5. Sife. - No public market of any kind shall be established except 
on sites determined in accordance with the National Building Code, zoning laws, 
and applicable local ordinances. In any case no such public market shall be 
established beside a national or local road if it is deemed to cause traffic 
congestion due to the absence of ample parking space within the vicinity of the 
market area. 
SEC. 5. €stabfisiiment Requirement -- Subject to permit or 
licensing requirements of the local government unit concerned, the design and 
construction of every public market shall be in accordance with the provisions of 
existing laws. 
SEC. 7. Number of Markets. -- The local Sanclclunian shall taking 
into consideration the economic viability of the areas, determine the number of 
public markets to be established in the city or municipality, whether owned 
and/or managed by the government or by private groups or individuals based on 
the needs of both consumers and traders in the area. 
Chapter 2. - SANITATION 
SEC. 8. Clean/iness and Sanitation. -- 
All markets and their 
premises must at all times be kept clean and in sanitary condition to safeguard 
the health and safety of the buying public as well as the stall owners, vendors 
and market personnel. Facilities for sanitation and maintenance, such as cleaning 
and elimination of harborages of vermin shall be provided. 
SEC. 9. Sanitation Unit. -- All markets must have a sanitation unit 
with an adequate number of personnel to ensure efficient maintenance of 
cleanliness and sanitation within the market and its premises. The cleaning of 
markets and their premises shall be done daily and as often as may be 
necessary. 
SEC. 10. Responsibility of Individual Stall Owners or Vendors. - 
Individual stall owners or vendors shall keep and maintain their stalls in clean 
and sanitary condition. They shall 'likewise be responsible for the cleanliness of 
the passageways, alleys or spaces immediately in front or behind or by the side 
of their stalls. In cooperation with local market authorities and personnel, market 


vendors and stall owners shall be responsible for the general cleanliness and 
sanitation of the market and its premises. 
SEC. 11. Facifitieies Required to be Provided. -- There shall be 
proper and adequate drainage and sewerage system to ensure cleanliness and 
sanitation in the market. Appropriate facilities to abate pollution shall be 
installed. 
SEC. 12. Water and Drinking Facilities. -- All markets shall have 
available ample water for washing purposes. There shall be separate drinking 
facilities to prevent contamination. 
SEC. 13. Public Toilets. -- Public toilets with adequate lavatories, at 
least one for men and another for women, shall be provided and installed in 
strict conformity with the Sanitation Code which shall at all times be kept clean 
and sanitary. 
SEC. 14. "No Liftering"Signs. - "No littering" signs shall be posted 
in conspicuous places to warn vendors and buyers that the same is punishable 
by law. 
SEC. 15. Number and Type of Garbage Receptacles. - All markets 
shall be provided with large garbage receptacles of the fly-and-rat-proof type for 
the collection of all garbage and rubbish in the market and its premises. In 
addition, adequate garbage cans shall be placed at strategic places for the 
garbage and rubbish of the buyers, ambulant vendors and market personnel. 
Likewise all stall owners and vendors shall be required to have individual garbage 
cans. 
SEC. 16. Purpose of Cover. - All garbage cans must be properly 
covered to keep them from becoming the breeding places of flies, mice, rats, 
mosquitoes and other insects. 
SEC. X7. "Use of Garbage Cans" Signs. -- "Keep Our Premises 
Clean", 
"Use Garbage Cans" signs shall be placed at the entrance, in 
passageways and in places where garbage are collected. 


SEC. 18. Disposalof Gar&age. -- It shall be the responsibility of the 
individual stall owners and vendors to dispose of their garbage at the end of 
each day by placing them in the receptacle referred to in Section 15 hereof. 
However, the disposal of the garbage of the buying public, ambulant vendors 
and market personnel shall be the responsibility of the local market authorities. 
The waste dumping area of disposed garbage shall be located at a convenient 
place wherein garbage collectors/trucks shall have access to collect them. Solid 
waste from each stallholder shall be transferred to the central dumping area to 
facilitate efficient solid waste management. 
SEC. 19. T h e  for Collection and Disposal of Garbage. -- All the 
garbage and rubbish of the market must be collected and dispose of at 
appropriate schedules to be determined by the local authorities. 
SEC. 20. Meat and Meat Products. -- All meat and meat products 
shall be inspected pursuant to existing laws and local ordinances. 
SEC. 
21. 
Sa/e of Marine Products. -- 
Only fresh, live and 
wholesome fish and marine products or dried, salted, or smoked or fermented 
fish and marine products, which are safe for consumption, shall be sold. Fish and 
other marine products caught in radioactive zones as well as in areas 
contaminated by toxic substances or high in mercury count as determined by the 
Department of Health (DOH) in coordination with the Bureaus of Fisheries and 
Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), shall be 
condemned and shall not be allowed for sale. 
SEC. 22. Protection and Preservation of Food - All foods which 
require no further cooking shall be wrapped, covered, or enclosed in containers 
to preserve their freshness and prevent contamination. 
SEC. 23. Applicability of Code on Sanitation. -- (1) All provisions 
of the Code on Sanitation shall, whenever applicable, be observed by and 
enforced upon public markets and all establishments therein and their respective 
personnel. 
(2) 
Special effort shall be exerted to strictly observe and enforce the 
provisions of said Code of Sanitation relating to water supply, food 
establishment, sewage collection and disposal, excrete disposal and drainage, 
and refuse disposal. 


Chapter 3. -- SECURITY AND SAFETY 
SEC. 24. Market Hours. -- All public markets shall be opened and 
closed at certain hours as may be determined by the Sanggunian of the local unit 
concerned, in accordance with the requirements of safety, order and sanitation. 
SEC. 25. Proper Identification. -- All market personnel shall be 
required to display conspicuously an identification card or other means of 
identification prescribed by the city or municipality concerned. 
SEC. 26. Security Unit The city of municipality shall provide adequate 
security for the protection of consumers and traders within the vicinity of the 
market area. 
SEC. 27. Losses of StaJ/ho/ders. -- The city or municipality shall not 
be responsible for any loss or damage which stallholders or vendors may incur in 
the city or municipal markets by reasons of fire or force majeure. The local 
market authorities, however, shall encourage stallholders to insure their 
commodities. 
Chapter 4. -- SERVICE AREA/FACILITIES 
SEC. 28. StorageAreas. -- Storage facilities such as those intended 
for ice and cold storage shall be appropriately situated to facilitate efficient 
storage and distribution of ice and perishable goods delivered to the market. 
SEC. 29. Ramps and Stairways. -- Ramps shall be strategically 
located for purposes of visibility, near the approach points to the market 
structure, and shall conform to the provisions of the existing accessibility law 
which requires buildings, institutions, establishment and public utilities to install 
facilities and other devices to enhance the mobility of disabled persons. They 
shall provide convenient linkages to related functional market activities. Regular 
stairways shaR complement the market system. 
SEC. 30. MarketdMes. -- To facilitate mobility, security and safety 
at all times, market aisfes shall be free from any obstructions. Market officials 
and personnel and policemen detailed in the vicinity of the city/municipal 


markets shalt exercise strict vigilance regarding this matter and enjoin strict 
compliance with these provisions. 
SEC. 31. Weighing Sca/es -- The city or municipality shall provide 
weighing scales or the use of consumers to safeguard them against 
shortweighing of commodities. It shall be located as strategic points in the public 
market. 
Chapter 5. -- AWARD AND OCCUPANCY OF STALLS 
SEC. 32. Award, How Made. -- Award or adjudication of newly 
constructed stalls be made pursuant to the provisions of this Code. 
SEC. 33. Market Cummittee. -- There is hereby created in each city 
or municipality a Market Committee, whose duty it shall be to conduct the 
drawing of lots and opening of bids in connection with the adjudication of vacant 
or newly constructed stalls or booths in the city or municipal markets as 
prescribed herein, and to certify to the Sanggunian concerned, the results 
thereof. 
In the chartered cities, the Committee shall be composed of the City 
Mayor or his duly authorized representative as Chairman, and the following as 
members: 
a) a representative of the City Treasurer; 
b) a representative of the Sanggunian; 
c) a representative of the City Attorney or a representative of the City 
d) a representative of €he Market Vendors chosen by them from among 
In the municipalities, the Municipal Mayor or his duly authorized 
a) a representative of the Municipal Treasurer; 
b) a representative of the Sanggunian; and 
c) a representative of Market Vendors chosen by them from among their 
Fiscal in case there is not City Attorney; and 
their members. 
representative shall be the Chairman and the following Treasurer; 
members. 
Where the deliberations of the Market Committee result in a tie vote, the 
Chairman shall break the tie. 


Sec. 34. To Whom Award May Be Made. -- (1) No person shall 
operate a market stall without first securing the permits required by the city or 
municipal where the market is located. All applications for the award of stalls 
shall be filed in the office of the local market authorities. 
(2) No person shall sell, offer for sale or expose any article or articles in 
any public market or use or occupy any stall without first having been assigned 
to such stall in the manner prescribed herein. 
Residents of the city or 
municipality shall be given preference in the occupancy or lease of stalls over 
nor-resident applicants at the time of the awarding of the stalls. 
(3) Vendors shall be assigned a stall according to the nature of the 
(4) Stallhotders shall not be allowed to occupy stall or spaces other than 
those leased to them, and it shall be the duty of the market administrator of his 
duly authorized representative to see to it that the stallholders do not occupy 
other stalls or spaces. 
merchandise intended for sate. 
SEC. 
35. Subleasing or Selling Privilege Not Allowed - No 
awardee shall sublet or sublease the stall so awarded nor shall any privilege 
acquired be sold. Any person other than the stallholder found selling in the 
latter’s stall shall be considered prima facie evidence of subleasing and shall 
subject the stallholder to outright revocation of his lease award. 
SEC. 36. Limit of Number of Stalls Awardable. -- No person shall 
be allowed to lease more than two stalls; Provided, that when two stalls are 
leased to one person, such stalls shall adjoin one another and shall be located in 
the same section of the market; and Provided, finallv. That it shall be a 
violation of this section for more than one member of a family consisting of the 
father, mother, sons and daughters to hold stalls in one market unless these 
sons and daughters are already living by themselves and independently of their 
parents. 
SEC. 37. Duration of Lease. -- The duration of lease of a market 
stall in government-owned public markets shall be determined by the local 
Sanggunian and shall be incorporated in the lease contract to be executed for 
such purpose. 
SEC. 38. Revocation of Lease. -- The revocation of lease of a 
market stall in government-owned public markets shall be determined by the 


local Sanggunian. Such provisions shall likewise be incorporated in the lease 
contract to be executed for such purpose. 
SEC. 39. Adjudication of Vacant Staffs to Applicants. - Vacant 
a) Notice of vacancy of the stalls or booths shall be posted for a period of 
not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of the actual award to 
qualified applicants to apprise the public of the fact that such stalls or 
boo#s are vacant and available for lease. Such notice shall be posted 
in the bulletin board of the market concerned. 
stalls shall be leased to applicants in the following manner: 
An application fee shall be collected from each applicant to cover the 
necessary expenses and any excess thereof shall form part of the 
general fund of the city or municipality concerned. 
b) The application should be made under oath. It shall be submitted to 
the Office of the local market authorities concerned by the applicant 
either in person or through his/her authorized representative. 
c) It shall be duty of the local market authorities to keep a registry book 
showing the names and addresses of all applicants for vacant stalls or 
booths, the number and description of the stall or booth applied for by 
them, and the date and hour of receipt of each application. It shall be 
also the duty of the local market authorities to acknowledge receipt of 
the application setting forth therein the time and date of receipt 
thereof. 
d) Applicants who are Filipino citizens shall have preference in the lease of 
public market stalls. If on the last day set for filing applications, there 
is no application from a Filipino citizen, the posting of the Notice of 
Vacancy prescribed above shall be repeated for another ten-day 
period. If after the expiration of that period there is still not Filipino 
applicant, the subject stall may be leased to any alien applicant who 
filed his application first. If there are several alien applicants, the 
adjudication of the stall shall be made thru drawing of lots to be 
conducted by the Market Committee. Incase there is only one Filipino 
applicant, the stall or booth applied for shall be adjudicated to him. I f  
there are several Firipino applicants for the same stall, adjudication of 
the stall is made thru drawing of lots to be conducted by the Market 
Committee on the date and hour specified in the Notice. The result of 
the drawing of lots shall be reported immediately by the Committee to 
the Sanggunian for appropriate action. 


e) The successful applicant shall furnish the provincial or city or municipal 
treasurer two copies of his or her picture immediately after the award 
of the lease. it shall be the duty of the treasurer to affix one copy of 
the picture to the application and the other copy to the record card 
kept for that purpose. 
SEC. 40. EffectofLessee’s Death. -- Upon the death of the holder 
of the stall, the contract of lease covering said stall shall be deemed terminated. 
However, if the deceased has a surviving spouse or legal heirs who are not 
disqualified under the provisions of this Code, and who desire to continue the 
business of the deceased, the lease may be transferred to the deceased’s spouse 
or legal heirs upon application thereof: Provided, That the local market 
authorities shall be notified within 30 days after the death of the original lessee 
of the desires OF the spouse of legal heirs to succeed and upon payment of all 
necessary rents or lease Que at the time of the original lessee. 
Chapter 6. -- COLLECTION AND USE OF MARKETS FEES 
SEC. 41. Market Fees. -- The city of municipality may collect fees or 
rentals for the occupancy or use of any part of a government-owned public 
market or its premises in accordance with existing laws. The rental rates or fees 
shall be determined by the local Sanggunian in accordance with the actual 
requirements for the maintenance of the public market and the sustenance of its 
economic viability. 
SEC. 42. Subdivision of Market 5uifding and Rates of Fees and 
Rentals There& -- The public market shall be subdivided into sections with 
each section housing one class or group of allied goods, commodities or 
merchandise. The local Sanggunian shall fix for each section, reasonable rates of 
fees or rentals per square meter or space per month or day. 
In case there are several market buildings, or pavilions, each of them shall 
be given a number or other designation for better identification. 
SEC. 43. RentaJs for Fixed StaJJ.. Booths and Tiendas. -- Rentals 
for fixed stall, booths, and tiendas shall also be fixed by the month to be paid 
within the first ten days of each month. The fixed stalls, booths, and tiendas 
situated in the best locations shall be assigned higher rates per square meter 
than those less favorable located. Provided. That said higher rates per square 


meter shall be within the ranges of such rates determined by the local 
Sanggunian as provided in Sec. 42 hereof. 
SEC. 44. Market Fees for the Occupancy of Market Premises. -- 
The market fees for the occupancy of market premises shall be fixed at such 
reasonable rate per day per square meter of space occupied therein, or a 
fraction thereof. 
SEC. 45. Market Entrance Fee. I n  lieu of the regular market fees 
based on the space occupied, a market entrance fee may be imposed on all 
transient vendors or any commodity or merchandise being brought into the 
public market for sale on the basis of weight, bundle, sack, can, cartload, or any 
other convenient unit of measure. The amount of entrance fee to be imposed 
shall not exceed the amount of market fee that would be collectibJe if the fee 
were charged on the basis of space occupied by the said commodity or 
merchandise, as provided in the immediately preceding section. 
SEC. 46. Payment of Fees. - Unless otherwise provided herein, the 
market fee must be paid in advance before any person can sell, or offer to sell, 
any commodity or merchandise within the public market and its premises. 
SEC. 
47. Issuance of Cash Tickets to Transient Vendors; 
Prohibition on Transfer Thereof. -- Cash tickets shall be issued to the 
vendor buying the same and his name, date and signature of the collector shall 
be written on the back thereof. The cash tickets shall pertain only the person 
buying the same and shall be good only for the space or spaces of the market 
premises to which they are assigned while in the hands of the original purchases. 
If 
a vendor disposes of his merchandise by wholesale to another vendor, the 
latter shall purchase new tickets if he desires to sell the same merchandise even 
if this is done in the same place occupied by the previous vendor. 
Cash tickets shall be provided with serial numbers by the Office of the City 
or municipal Treasurer that shall monitor the issuance of the cash tickets in 
collaboration with the Market Administrator. 
SEC. 48. Allocation of Collected Market Fees. -- After deducting 
statutory or contractual obligations, a minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the 
remainder of the incame of the public market owned by the government shall be 
reserved and set aside as a capital and management development fund for the 


maintenance and improvement of the market and for staff development. The 
balance shall accrue to the general fund of the local unit concerned. 
SEC. 49. Duties Of a City or Municipal Treasurer. -- The City of 
Municipal Treasurer shall be limited to the collection, custody, and proper 
disbursement of fees and other income of the public market, and furnishing 
collection reports to the Market Administrator, provision of existing laws to the 
contrary nohithstandhg. The administration, supervision and control of the 
public market shall be vested in such bodies or officials as may be provided for 
by the Sanggunian concerned. 
Chapter 7. -- SPECIAL MARKETS 
SEC. 50. Special Regulations. -- The provisions of the foregoing 
chapters of this Code may be treated differently from other markets and shall be 
subject to such ordinances regarding location, establishment, and security as 
may be provided for by the Sanggunian concerned. 
Chapter 8. - RESTRICTION 
SEC. 51. Rules of Conduct, -- (1) The Sanggunian shall promulgate 
such rules of condud as may be applicable within the market premises to render 
efflcient market management and operations. 
(2) The names and pictures of persons authorized by stallholders to help 
them in their daily business shall be registered with the Office of the local market 
authorities. 
SEC. 52. Peddfing and Hawking. -- (1) No person shall peddle, 
hawk, offer for sale or expose for sale any articles in the passageways or aisles 
used by purchases in any city or municipal markets. 
(2) Local market authorities shall designate appropriate areas within the 
market premises whkh peddlers and hawkers can occupy. Neither shall they 
permitted to expose or sell merchandise on sidewalks, courts (patios) or places 
designated and/or intended for the passage of the public of the city or municipal 
markets. Market offlcials and personnel and policemen detailed in the vicinity of 
the city or municipal markets shall exercise strict compliance with these 
Provisions. 


SEC. 53. Dispensing and Sewing of Intoxicating Drinksm -- No 
person shall drink, serve or dispense liquor or any intoxicating drink within the 
premises of any city or municipal market. Any violation hereof shall subject the 
offender to the penal provisions of this Code and his or her lease award shall be 
subject to revocation. 
SEC. 54. Loose Animals, -- The local market authorities shall make 
sure that no dogs or other animals are allowed in the premises of the city or 
municipal market. 
SEC. 55. Illegal Construction. -- The construction of living quarters, 
within the market premises shall not be allowed. 
SEC. 56. eected Stallholders Disqualified to Participate I n  The 
Drawing of Lots. -- Should a stallholder be ejected from his or her stall or 
booth, for cause, as provided in this Code, he or she shall be disqualified from 
subsequently filing another application for the lease of any stall or booth in the 
public market of the city or municipality. 
SEC. 57. Pmhibitlons. -- (1) No lease shall remove, construct and 
alter the original structure of any booth or booths or electrical wiring or water 
connection without prior permit from the local market authorities approved by 
the city or municipal building offkial. Any unauthorized construction shall be 
subject to demolition by local authorities. Dwelling in stalls or any place within 
the market premises shall be strictly prohibited. 
and crude oil within the market premises. 
(2) No stallholder in the public market shall be allowed to store gasoline 
TITLE 111. -- ADMINISTRATION 
Chapter 1. -- LOCAL ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC MARKETS 
SEC. 58. focalddvisory Committee. -- In each city or municipality, 
the Mayor may create a Local Advisory Committee to be composed of 
representatives from the government and private sectors to assist him and the 


Sanaaunian in the formulation of policies to enhance the efficiency of market 
operations. 
Chapter 2. -- MARKET PERSONNEL 
SEC. 59. Market Admlnistrator. -- The Market Administrator shall 
exercise direct and immediate supervision, administration and control over local 
government-owned or operated public markets and the personnel thereof 
including those whose duties concern the maintenance, upkeep, peace and order 
of the market premises, subject to the supervision of the city or municipal Mayor, 
Market Collectors shall be directly under the City or Municipal Treasurer in 
accordance with existing laws, local ordinances and other rules and/or 
regulations pertinent thereto insofar as collection, remittance and reporting of 
collections are concerned, the Market Administrator including the assignment of 
market collectors therein, however, shall supervise actual collection activities. 
SEC. 60. Powersand Functions of the Market Administrator. The 
Market Administrator shall: 
a) Exercise general supervision over the management and operation of 
b) Enforce all laws, rules and regulations affecting public market 
c) Assist in the formulation of the budget for operations of the city or 
d) Propose and coordinate plans and programs for public markets, 
e) Propose the imposition of the adjusted market fees to the Sanggunian 
public markets; 
management and operations; 
municipal public market prior to submission to the Sanggunian; 
including market linkages; 
based on standards set forth in this Code; and 
9 Prepare monthly financial statements in collaboration with the City or 
Municipal Treasurer indicating market income and expenses to be 
submitted to the Mayor and the Sanggunian. 
SEC. 61. Other Market Personnel. -- Other officials and employees 
of the public market shall be determined by the Sanggunian in accordance with 
existing laws. 


TITLE fV. - PENAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 62. Penarty for Prohibited Acts. -- Any person violating, or 
causing, including, or abetting the violation of any prohibitory provision of this 
Code shall, upon conviction of the court suffer the penalty of arresto menor or a 
fine not exceeding two hundred pesos (P 200.00), and, in case of recidivism, the 
penalty of arresto mavor or a fine ranging from (P200.00) to six thousand pesos 
(P6,OOO.OO). 
SEC. 63. Selling Confiscated Goods. -- Any law enforcement or 
public market security guard who confiscates foods from any vendor, ambulant 
or otherwise, and sells or offers these goods for sale by himself or through third 
persons shall, upon convidion by the court, suffer: 
1) The penalty of prison correccional in its medium and maximum 
periods, is the value involved does not exceed two hundred pesos 
(P200.00) 
2) The penalty ofprison ma-vor in its minimum and medium periods, if 
the value involved is more than two hundred pesos (P200.00) but does 
not exceed six thousand pesos (P6,OOO.OO). 
3) The penalty of prison m a w  in its maximum period of reclusion 
temooral in its minimum period, if the value involved is more than six 
thousand pesos (PS,OOO.OO) but is less than twelve thousand pesos 
(P12,000.00). 
4) The penalty of reclusion temooralin its medium and maximum periods 
if the value involved is more than twelve thousand pesos (Pi2,OOO.OO) 
but is less than twenty-two thousand pesos (P22,OOO.OO). If the 
amount exceeds the latter, the penalty shall be reclusion temooral in 
its maximum period to reclusion oeroetua, 
In all cases, persons guilty of selling or offering to sell confiscated goods 
shall also suffer a fine equal to the total value of the goods confiscated and sold 
or offered to be sold. 
The failure of any law enforcement officer or public market security guard 
who confiscated goods from any vendor, ambulant or otherwise, to have duly 
account any goods confiscated by him upon demand by any duly authorized 
officers, shall be a prima fiue evidence that he has sold the unaccounted 
confiscated goods. 


SEC. 64. Weights and Measures 
=- Any stallholder found violating 
the provisions of existing laws regarding weights and measures shall, for the first 
offense, 
be required to correct any deficiency in said weights or measures, 
severely warned and/or reprimanded and for the second offense, his or her stall 
shall be subject to revocation. 
SEC. 65. Dummies. -- Any person who acts as a dummy for another 
in connection with the enjoyment of any of the privileges provided in this Code 
shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 62 hereof. 
TITLE V. TRANSITORY AND FINAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 
66. 
Existing Public Market Buildings and Support 
Facilities- All public market buildings and support facilities constructed under 
existing laws of existing city or municipal building codes or ordinances, if legally 
done in accordance therewith, shall be respected subject to such limitations 
established in this Code. 
However, alterations, addition and/or repairs to be made in such buildings 
or structures shall be subject to the provisions of this Code. 
SEC. 67. Barangay Markets, Barangay units are hereby authorized to 
establish their own barangay markets subject to the same rules and policies 
provided in this Code. 
SEC. 
68. Administrative Authority of the Secretary of Local 
Government. -- The Secretary of Local Government is hereby authorized to 
issue rules and regulations for the smooth and effective implementation of this 
Code, provisions of existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding. 
SEC. 69. Separab,WyClause. -- If for any reason or reasons, any 
part or provisions of this Code shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid, 
other parts of provisions hereof which are not affected thereby shall continue to 
be in full force and effect. 
SEC. 70. Repeafhg Clause. -- All laws, executive order, decrees, 
rules or regulations or ordinances, or parts thereof, inconsistent herewith are 
hereby repeated or modified accordingly. 


SEC. 71. Eflectivify. - This Code shall take effect after fifteen days 
from its publication in two national newspapers of general circulation. 
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