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Introduced by Senator S. R. Osrneiia 111 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
A DlLG study in 1993 reports that about ninety-four (94%) of public 
markets all over the country are owned and controlled by 
the government, 
mostly through local government units. 
Public 
markets are important in the economic 
life of the country, 
because these provide 
the physical 
venue 
where 
suppliers 
of 
basic 
commodities, mainly food are linked together with buyers and consumers, 
making welfare-improving exchange and trade transactions possible. Thus 
public markets support the life of households in the surrounding area, open 
up employment opportunities to vendors, and provide an indispensable impetus 
to economic production in general. 
The present state of public markets are, however deplorable. Problems 
of congestion, poor sanitation, ill-kept and maintained structures threaten the 
safety and health of people ( and this includes a great majority of the citizens 
of the country) who avail of the facilities of public markets. This bill sets forth 
the rules and regulations for the planning, management, and administration of 
public markets in order to upgrade the quality of services that will be available 
in our public 
markets. The present neglect that has led to the generally 
deplorable state of public markets nationwide effectively 
imposes 
highly 
inefficient taxes on the people - taxes in terms of the longer transaction time, 
in terms of health hazards, higher transportation costs and restricted access to 
the opportunities. 
Such inefficiencies have no place in the vibrant market 
economy that we envision for our country during the third millennium. 
In view of the foregoing, the immediate approval of this bill is earnestly 
requested. 
IO 
OSMERA 111 
Senator 


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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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Introduced by Senator S. R. QsmeAa 111 
AN ACT 
INSTITUTING THE 
NATIONAL PUBLIC MARKET 
CODE 
OF THE 
PHILIPPINES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
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TITLE I - DECLARATION OF POLICY 
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SECTION 1. Title. - This Act shall be known and cited as the "National 
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Public Market Code of the Philippines". 
SEC. 2. Declaration offolicy. - The State recognizes that public markets 
make significant contributions to national and local development and hereby 
makes it a policy to make them more responsive and effective instruments of 
public service by professionalizing their services and developing, regulating and 
standardizing existing public market systems. 
SEC. 3. 
Scope of Application. - This Code shall govern all public 
markets as hereinafter defined, whether owned by the government or by private 
associations or individuals. 
SEC. 4. Definition of Terms. - When used in this Code, the following 
terms shall mean: 
(a) 
Ambulants are vendors who do not occupy a definite or permanent 
place or stall in the public market, or who come to sell goods either daily or 
occasionally by sitting or moving from place to place within the market premises; 
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(b) 
Bagsakan is basically an open area where wholesale goods are 
delivered in bulk and which functions as a transaction area for producers, 
wholesalers, retailers and consumers; 
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Cold Storage is a place where perishable goods are stored; 
Cornposting Site is an area where activities and processes for the 
processing and treatment of non-recyclable wastes into composing material are 
carried out; 
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Hawkers refer to ambulant vendors who sell their wares on a daily 
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Ice storage is an area that may be included in the public market to 
supply the need for ice; 
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Local government refers to the province, city, municipality or 
barangay; 
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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 its 
operations; 
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Market premises refers 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; 
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Market sectioning is the grouping together of the same or similar 
goods, commodities or foodstuffs offered for sale in one section or zone in the 
market; 
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Market stall refers to any allocated space or booth in the public 
market where merchandise of any kind is sold or offered for sale, and from which 
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Marine produck refer to fresh and dried fish, sea weeds, shells like 
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mussels, clams or tahong, crustaceans like shrimps, lobsters or crabs and the 
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Peddler means any person, who, either for himself or on 
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commission, travels from one place to another and sells his goods or offers to 
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sell and deliver the same; 
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Poultry dressing area is an area servicing .the poultry stalls in the 
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wet section of the market; 
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Public market refers to a place, building or structure of any kind 
owned and/or operated by a city or municipality designated as such by their 
respective Sanggunians and dedicated to the service of the public in general 
and where basic food items and other commodities are displayed and offered for 
sale. The term also includes market stalls, tiendas, buildings, roads, subways, 
waterways, drainage, parking spaces, and other appurtenances which are an 
integral part thereof; 
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Rental fee means a charge fixed by law or any duly-authorized 
government authority, in the form of money or otherwise, given for the use or 
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enjoyment of a thing; 
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(4) 
Slaughterhouse refers to a place designated by law where animals 
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for human consumption are to be killed, cut up and cleaned; 
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(r) 
Special markets refer to auction markets for fish, livestock, 
vegetable and other products, and single commodity markets located in 
production areas and serving as resource-based wholesale centers; 
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Sfallholders refers to those who have been granted the right to use 
a stall where they can display or sell their goods, commodities or foodstuff and 
pay rentals thereon; 
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Support facilities refer to service areas directly supportive of market 
operations, including the bagsakan, central collection station for waste as well as 
its accompanying cornposting site, poultry dressing areas, ice storage facilities, 
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cold storage and storage rooms, toilets, parking areas, slaughterhouses, ice 
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plants, warehouses and trading posts; 
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Trading post refers to a resource-based wholesale area, situated 
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near production and consumption areas to facilitate the distribution of livelihood 
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products, where no physical exchange of products take place except only 
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transactions as payments, inquiry or briefings; 
(v) 
Vendor refers to a person who sells goods, commodities or 
foodstuffs within the market premises; 
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Warehouse is a building or structure where the process of 
receiving, storage and delivery of goods take place. 
TITLE I I  - BASIC POLICIES AND REGULATIONS 
Chapter 1. - Location, Establishment and Construction 
SEC. 5 .  Site. - No public market of any kind shall be established except 
on sites determined in accordance with the National Building Code and 
applicable zoning laws and ordinances. In any case, no such public market shall 
be established beside a national or local road if, due to the absence of ample 
parking space within its vicinity, it causes traffic congestion. 
Off-site support facilities such as parking, hawker’s area, bagsakan, 
slaughterhouse, ice plant, cold storage, warehouse, composting site, etc. shall be 
made part of the site development plan for the public market. 
SEC. 6. Establishment Requirements. - 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 Sanggunian shall determine the 
number of public markets to be established, whether owned andlor managed by 
the government or private groups or individuals, taking into consideration the 
need of both consumers and traders in the area and its economic viability. 
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SEC. 8. Limitations on the Transfer of Market Sites. - No transfer of 
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market site shall be made unless conditions and development favorable to the 
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relocation or transfer of the market site are obtained. The local sanggunian 
concerned, may, after public consultations, and by a majority vote, transfer or 
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relocate the market site to a location more suited to current needs and future 
development: Provided, That no transfer of market site shall be made outside the 
territorial boundaries of the local government unit concerned. 
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The old market site together with the itnprovements therein may be sold, 
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Chapter 2 - Sanitation and Waste Management 
SEC. 9. 
Cleanliness and Sanitafion. - All public markets and their 
premises must at all times be kept clean and in sanitary condition to ensure the 
health and safety of the public as well as the stall owners, vendors and market 
personnel. To this end, facilities for sanitation and waste management shall be 
provided. 
SEC. 10. Sanitation and Waste Management Unit. - All public markets 
must have a sanitation and waste management unit to ensure efficiency in the 
maintenance of cleanliness of the market premises and facilities as well as the 
management of waste generated therein. The cleaning of public markets and the 
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management of the waste therein shall be done in accordance with a Sanitation 
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and Waste Management Plan which shall be prepared by the said unit and 
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implemented with the cooperation of the market stall owners and vendors. 
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SEC. I I. Responsibility of Individual Stall Owners and vendors. - 
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Individual stall owners and vendors shall maintain their respective stalls in clean 
and sanitary condition. They shall be responsible for the cleanliness of the 
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passageways, alleys or spaces in front, behind or beside their stalls. Failure to do 
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so shall result in the suspension or confiscation of their respective stall permits 
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They shall be consulted by the market’s sanitation and waste 
management unit in the preparation of the market’s Sanitation and Waste 
Management Plan. 
SEC. 12. Mandaloly Facilities. - All public markets to be established 
after the effectivity of this Act shall have the following facilities: 
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pollution abatement equipment; 
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garbage bins and receptacles; 
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composting piles and structures; 
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waste segregation area; 
SEC. 13. Market Waste Management. - The individual stall owners and 
vendors shall dispose their waste in accordance with the Sanitation and Waste 
Management Plan which shall be prepared by the market’s Sanitation and Waste 
Management Unit. 
proper and adequate drainage systems; 
separate water facilities for cleaning purposes and for drinking; 
public toilets with adequate water and lavatories; 
The Sanitation and Waste Management Plan shall put into effect 
appropriate waste management technologies including composting activities to 
keep the market in clean and sanitary condition. 
SEC. 14. Protection and Preservation of Food. - All kinds of food which 
require no further cooking, including meat and met products, freshwater and 
marine fishes and vegetables, shall be wrapped, covered, or enclosed in 
containers to preserve their freshness and prevent contamination. 
SEC. 15. Applicability of the Code on Sanitation. - All provisions of the 
Code on Sanitation shall, whenever applicable, be observed by and enforced 
upon public markets and all establishments therein and their personnel. 
The provisions of the same Code on water supply, drainage, food 
establishments, sewage collection and disposal, excreta and refuse disposal 
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shall not be responsible for any loss or 
may incur in the public market by 
majeure. The local market authorities, 
and vendors to insure their commodities. 
shall be strictly observed. Failure to do so shall subject the violator thereof to 
penalties specified in this Code. 
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camage which stallholders and vendors 
rezson of fire, natural calamity or force 
however, shall, encourage stallholders 
CHAPTER 3 -'Security and Safety 
SEC. 16. Markef Hours. - All public markets shall be opened and closed 
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at specified hours as may be determined by the Sanggunian of the local 
government unit concerned, in accordanc'e with the requirements of safety, order 
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SEC. 17. Market Identification. - All market personnel shall be required 
to display conspicuously an identification (card or other means of identification as 
prescribed by the city or municipality con 
SEC. 18. Security Unit. - The cit 
concerned shall provide 
adequate security for the protection of c nsumers and traders within the vicinity 
of the market area. 
SEC. 19. Losses of Stallholders nd Vendors. - The city or municipality 
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conform to the provisions of the existing Accessibility Law. Regular stairways 
shall complement the ramps installed in the public market. 
SEC. 23. Market Aisles. - To facilitate mobility, security and safety at all 
times, market aisles shall be free from any obstruction. Market officials and 
personnel as well as policemen detaiJed in the vicinity of the public markets shall 
exercise strict vigilance and ensure strict compliance on this matter. 
SEC. 24. Weighing Scales. - The city or municipality concerned shall 
provide weighing scales for the use of the consumers to check the short- 
weighing of commodities sold. They shall be located at strategic points in the 
public market. 
CHAPTER 5 - Award and Occupancy Stalls 
SEC. 25. Award, How Made. - The award or adjudication of newly- 
constructed or vacant stall shall be made in accordance with the provisions of 
this Code. 
SEC. 26'. Market Committee, - There is hereby created in each city or 
municipality a Market Committee, which shall conduct the drawing of lots and 
opening of bids in connection with the award of newly-constructed or vacant 
stalls. 
The Market Committee shall be chaired by the mayor of the city or 
municipality or his duly-appointed representative with the following members 
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the city or municipality Treasurer or his representative; 
a representative of the Sangguniang Panglunsod; 
a representative of the market vendors chosen by them from 
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SEC. 27. To Whom Award May Be Made. - (1) No person shall operate 
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where the public market is located. All applications for the award of a stall shall 
be filed with the Office of the local market authorities. 
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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 non-resident 
applicants at the time of the awarding of the stalls. 
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Vendors shall be assigned a stall according to the nature of the 
merchandise intended for sale. 
(4) Stallholders shall not be allowed to occupy stalls or space other 
than those leased to them, and it shall be the duty of the Market Administrator or 
his duly authorized representative to see to it that the stallholders do not 
wrongfully occupy other stalls or spaces. 
SEC. 28. Subleasing or Selling Privilege Not Allowed. - No awardee 
shall sublet or sublease the stall so awarded nor shall any privilege acquired be 
sold. If any person other than the stallholder is found selling in the latter’s stall, 
this shall be considered prima facie evidence of subleasing and the stallholder 
shall be subjected to outright revocation of his lease award. 
SEC. 29. Limit on Number of Stalls Awarded. - 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 public market: Provided, finally, 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 public market unless these sons 
and daughters are already living by themselves and independently of their 
parents. 
SEC. 30. Duration of Lease. - The duration of lease of a market stall in 
government-owned public markets shall be determined by the local sanggunian. 
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Such provisions. shall likewise be incorporated in the lease contract to be 
executed for such purposes. 
SEC. 31. Revocation of lease. - The revocation of the lease contract of 
stallholders shall be affected for cause or causes to be determined by the local 
sanggunian. Such provisions shall likewise be incorporated in the lease contract 
to be executed for such purpose. 
SEC. 32. Adjudication of vacant stalls to applicants. - Vacant stalls shall 
be leased to applicants in the following manner; 
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Notice of vacancy of the stalls or booths shall be posted for a 
period of not less than ten ( I O )  days prior to the date of actual award to qualified 
applicants to apprise the public of the fact that such stalls or booths are vacant 
and available for lease. Such notice shall be posted in the bulletin board of the 
market concerned. 
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/municipality concerned. 
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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 hidher authorized representative. 
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It shall be the 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 stalVbooth applied for by them, and the 
date and hour of receipt of each application. 
It shall also be the duty of the local market authorities to acknowledge 
receipt of the application setting forth therein the time and date of receipt thereof. 
Applicants who are Filipino citizens shall have preference in the 
lease of market stalls. In case there is only one Filipino applicant, the stall or 
booth applied for shall be adjudicated to him. 
If there are several Filipino 
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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. 
If on the l’ast day set for filing applicants, 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 no Filipino applicant, the affected 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. 
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The successful applicant shall furnish the provincial/city/municipal 
treasurer two (2) copies of his picture immediately after the award of the lease. It 
shall be the duty of the treasurer to affix one (1) copy of the picture to the 
application and the other copy to the record card kept for that purpose. 
SEC. 33. Effect of Death of Lessee. -- Upon the death of the holder of a 
stall, the contract of lease covering said stall shall be deemed terminated. 
However, if the deceased leaves 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 therefor: Provided, That the local market 
authorities shall be notified within thirty (30) days after the death of the original 
lessee of the desire of the spouse or legal heirs to succeed and upon payment of 
all necessary rents or lease due at the time of death of the original lessee. 
CHAPTER 6. Collection and Use of Market Fees 
SEC. 34. Market Fees. - The city/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 
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for the maintenance of the public market and the sustenance of its economic 
viability. 
SEC. 35. Subdivision of Market Building and Rates of Fees and Rentals 
Therefor. - The public market shall be divided into sections with each section 
housing one class or group of allied goods, commodities or merchandise. The 
sanggunian shall fix for each section, reasonable rates of fees or rentals per 
square meter or space per month andlor day. 
In case, there are several market buildings, or pavilions, each one of them 
shall be assigned a number or other designation for better identification. 
SEC. 36. Rentals for Fixed Stalls, Booths and Tiendas. - Rentals for 
fixed stalls, booths and tiendas shall be fixed by the month and are to be paid 
within the first ten ( I O )  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 favorably located: 
Provided, That said higher rates per square meter shall be within the range of 
such rates determined by the local sanggunian as provided in Section 44 hereof. 
SEC. 37. Market Fees for the Occupancy of Markef 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. 38. Market Enfrance Fees. - In lieu of the regular market fees 
based on the space occupied, a market entrance fee based on weight, bundle, 
sack, can, carload, or any other convenient unit of measure may be imposed on 
all transient vendors of any commodity or merchandise being brought into the 
public market for sale. The entrance fee to be imposed shall not exceed the 
market fee that’would otherwise be collectible if the fee were charged on the 
basis of space occupied by the said commodity or merchandise, as provided in 
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Duly licensed suppliers or distributors of goods, commodities or general 
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merchandise servicing permanent occupants of market stalls, booths, tiendas, or 
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other space, as well as the same occupants when they bring in goods, 
Any vendor occupying any table, cubicle or other spaces with an area 
exceeding that to which he is entitled by virtue of payment of the entrance fee 
shall be required to pay the correct amount of fees due thereon less what he may 
have already paid as entrance fee. 
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commodities or merchandise to replenish or augment their stock, shall not be 
considered as transient vendors required to pay the market entrance fee herein 
authorized. 
SEC. 39. Slaughterhouse Fees. -- The citylmunicipality may collect fees 
for the slaughter of animals and the use of slaughterhouse or corral owned or 
operated by the public market in accordance with the provisions of this Section. 
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Permit fee to slaughter. - Before any animal is slaughtered for 
public consumption, a permit fee therefor shall be secured from the health officer 
or his duly authorized representative and the corresponding fee, at a reasonable 
rate to be fixed by the local sanggunian, collected. 
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Rates of Slaughter Fees. - Slaughter fees may be fixed per head of 
animal or per kilo of the dressed meat thereof. The slaughter fees shall be 
prescribed by the sanggunian concerned. 
If fees are to be charged per kilo, each slaughterhouse shall be provided 
with a balance on which all dressed meat, including liver, heart, tongue and other 
parts utilized for consumption shall be weighed. The weighing shall be made 
under the supervision of the Market Administrator or his duly authorized 
representative. 
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Place of slaughter. - The slaughter of any kind of animal for sale to, 
or consumption of, the public shall be done only in the city or municipal 
slaughterhouse, be it adjacent to the public market or not. Animals slaughtered 
for home consumption shall not be offered for sale. 
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Corral fees. - Fees at rates not exceeding those fixed by the local 
sanggunian, based on per head per day, may be collected for the animals to be 
slaughtered which are deposited and kept in a corral owned or operated by the 
public market. 
SEC. 40. 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. 41. 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 to the person buying the same and 
shall be good o ~ l y  
for the space or spaces of the market premises to which he is 
assigned and only while in the hands of the original purchaser. 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 to 
be done in the same place occupied by the previous vendor. 
Cash tickets shall be provided with serial numbers by the Office of the 
city/municipal treasurer which shall monitor the issuance of the cash tickets in 
collaboration with the Market Administrator, 
SEC. 42. Allocation of Collected Market Fees. - After deducting statutory 
or contractual obligations, a minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the remainder of 
the income 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 government concerned. 
SEC. 43. Duties of a City or Municipal Treasurer. -- 
Provisions of 
existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the functions of the City/MunicipaI 
Treasurer shall be limited to the collection, custody and proper disbursement of 
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the Market Administrator. 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. 44. Special Regulations. Special markets may be exempted from 
the foregoing provisions of this Code but shall be subject to such ordinances 
regarding location, establishment, and security as may be provided for by the 
sanggunian concerned. 
CHAPTER 8. - Restriction 
SEC. 45. Rules of Conduct. - (a) The sanggunian shall promulgate such 
rules of conduct as may be applicable within the market premises to render 
efficient market management and operations. 
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The name and pictures of persons authorized by stallholders to 
help them in their daily businesses shall be registered with the Office of the local 
market authorities. 
SEC. 46. Peddling and Hawking. - (a) No person shall peddle, hawk, 
offer for sale or expose for sale any articles in the passageways or aisles used by 
purchasers in any public market. 
(b) 
The peddling or sale of foodstuffs which deteriorate easily, like 
meat or fish, outside the market site or premises is hereby prohibited. 
(c) 
Local market authorities shall designate appropriate areas within 
the market premises which peddlers and hawkers can occupy. Peddlers shall not 
be permitted to expose or sell merchandise on sidewalks, courts (patios) or 
places designed and/or intended for the passage of the public to the public 
markets. Market officials and personnel and policemen detailed in the vicinity of 
the city/municipal markets shall exercise strict compliance with these provisions. 
SEC. 47. Dispensing and Sewing of Intoxicating Drinks. - No person 
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of any public 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. 48. Loose Animals. - The local market authorities shall make sure 
that no dogs or other animals are left astray in the premises of the public market. 
SEC. 49. //legal construction. - The construction of living quarters within 
the market premises shall not be allowed. 
SEC. 50. Ejected Stallholders Disqualified to Participate in the Drawing 
of Lots. - Should a stallholder be ejected from his stalVbooth for cause, as 
provided in this Code, he shall be disqualified from subsequently filing another 
application for the lease of any stall/booth in any public market of the 
city/municipality. 
SEC. 51. Prohibitions. - (a) No lessee shall remove, construct, or alter 
the original structure, electrical wiring or water connection of any booth or booths 
without prior permit from the local market authorities approved by the 
city/municipal building official. Any unauthorized construction shall be subject to 
demolition by local authorities. 
(b) Dwelling in stalls or any place within the market premises shall be 
strictly prohibited. 
(c) 
No stallholder in the public market shall be allowed to store 
gasoline and crude oil. 
TITLE Ill -ADMINISTRATION 
CHAPTER 1. - Local Administration of Public Markets 
SEC. 52. Local Advisory 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 
sanggunian in the formulation of policies to enhance the efficiency of market 
operation. 
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Market Administrator. - 
The Market Administrator shall 
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government-owned or operated public markets and the personnel thereof 
including those whose duties concern the maintenance and upkeep of, and 
ensuring peace and order in the market premises, subject to the supervision of 
the city/municipal Mayor. Market collectors shall be directly under the 
City/Municipal Treasurer in accordance with existing laws, local ordinances and 
other rules andlor regulations pertinent thereto insofar as collection, remittance 
and reporting of collections are concerned. Actual collection activities including 
the assignment of market collector, however shall be supervised by the Market 
Administrator. 
SEC. 54. Powers and Functions of the Market Administrator. - The 
Market Administrator shall: 
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of public market; 
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Exercise general supervision over the management and operation 
Enforce all laws, rules and regulations affecting public market 
management and operations; 
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Assist in the formulation of the budget for operations of the public 
market prior to it submission to the sanggunian; 
(d) 
Propose and coordinate plans and programs for public markets 01 
all aspects of market operations including market linkages; 
(e) 
Propose the imposition of adjusted market fees to the sangguniai 
based on the standards set forth in this Code; and 
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Prepare monthly financial statements in collaboration with the 
CitylMunicipal Treasurer indicating market income and expenses to be submitted 
to the Mayor and the sanggunian. 
SEC. 55. Other Market Personnel. - Other Officials and employees of 
the public market shall be determined by the sanggunian in accordance with 
existing laws. 
TITLE IV - PENAL PROVISIONS 
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SEC. 56. Penalty for Prohibited Acts. - Any person violating, or causing, 
inducing or abetting the violation of any prohibitory provision of this Code shall, 
upon conviction of the court suffer the penalty of arresfo menor or a fine not 
exceeding Two hundred pesos (P200.00) and in case of recidivism, the penalty 
of arrest0 mayor or a fine ranging from Two hundred pesos (P200.00) to Six 
thousand pesos (P6,OOO.OO). 
SEC. 57. Selling Confiscafed Goods. - Any law enforcement officer or 
public market security guard who confiscates goods from any vendor, ambulant 
or otherwise, and sells or offers these goods for sale himself or through a third 
person/persons, shall, upon conviction of the court, suffer: 
(a) 
The penalty of prison correccional in its medium and maximum 
periods, if the value involved does not exceed Two hundred pesos (P200.00); 
(b) 
The penalty of prison mayor 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); 
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The penalty of prision mayor in its maximum period to reclusion 
temporal in its minimum period, if the value involved is more than Six thousand 
pesos (P6,OOO.OO) but less than Twelve thousand pesos (P12,OOO.OO). 
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The penalty of reclusion temporal in its medium and maximum 
periods if the value is more than Twelve thousand pesos (P12,OOO.OO) but less 
than Twenty-two thousand pesos (P22,OOO.OO). If the amount exceeds the latter, 
the penalty shall be reclusion temporal in its maximum period to reclusion 
perpetua. 
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 duly account 
for any goods confiscated by him upon demand by any duly authorized officer 
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goods. 
SEC. 58. 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 andlor reprimanded. For the second offense, his stall lease shall 
be subject to revocation. 
SEC. 59. 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 56 hereof. 
TITLE V - TRANSITORY AND FINAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 60. Existing Public Market Buildings and Suppon' Facilities. - All 
public market buildings and support facilities constructed under existing laws or 
existing city or municipal building codes or ordinances, if legally done in 
accordance therewith, shall not be subject to location, establishment and 
construction limitations established in this Code. 
However, alterations, additions and or repairs to be made in such 
buildings or structures shall be subject to the provisions of this Code. 
SEC. 
61. 
Barangay Markets. - 
Barangay governments are hereby 
authorized to establish their own public markets subject to the same rules and 
policies provided in this Code. 
SEC. 62, Administrative Authority of the Secretary of Local Government. 
- The Secretary of Local Government is hereby authorized to issue rules and 
regulations for the effective implementation of this Code. 
SEC. 63. Separability Clause. - If for any reason, any part of this Code 
shall be declared to be unconstitutional or invalid, other parts or provisions hereof 
which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect. 
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repealed or modified accordingly. 
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SEC. 65. Effectivity. - This Code shall take effect fifteen days (15) after 
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