FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
Second Regular Session 
SENATE 
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Introduced by Senator Manny Villar 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This Bill intends to amend several provisions of Republic Act 9280. First, 
Section 27 is amended to provide that import entry should be signed by a 
customs broker and the consigneelownerlimporter under oath. 
Second, Section 29 is amended to make that no firm, company, or 
association may be registered or licensed with the Professional Regulation 
Commission for the practice of customs broker profession. However, it would 
allow a corporation to be registered for purposes of engaging in the business of 
customs brokerage provided that they shall hire the services of at least one 
customs broker. 
Moreover, for purposes of the law, the phrase 'engaging in the business of 
customs brokerage' was defined as "making representations in behalf of 
importer-clients in the Bureau of Customs and other government agencies". It 
likewise mandates that corporations engaged in the business of customs 
brokering shall have a minimum paid-up capital of one million pesos 
(PI ,000,000.00) before they are accredited by the Bureau of Customs. 
In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly 
sought. 
MANNY ILLAR 
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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
Second Regular Session 
introduced by Senator Manny Viilar 
AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9280, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 
THE "CUSTOMS BROKERS ACT OF 2004" AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Section 27 of Republic Act 1 No. 9280 is hereby amended to 
read as follows: 
"SEC. 27. Acts Constituting the Practice of Customs Broker 
Profession. - Any single act or transaction embraced within the 
provision of Section 6 hereof shall constitute an act of engaging in 
the practice of customs broker profession. Import [and export] 
entry [declarations] shall be signed [only] by a customs broker 
AND THE CONSlGNEElOWNERllMPORTER under oath based on 
the covering documents submitted by the importers." 
SEC. 2. Section 2.9 of Republic Act No. 9280 is hereby amended to read 
as follows: 
"SEC. 
29. 
[Prohibition 
Against 
Corporate 
Practice] 
ADMISSION TO PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE. - The practice of 
customs broker is a professional service, admission to which shall 
be determined upon the basis of individual 
and personal 
qualifications. AS SUCH, [N]No firm, company, or association may 
be registered or licensed [as such] WITH THE PROFESSIONAL 
REGULATION COMMISSION (PRC) for the practice of customs 
broker profession. 
"NOTHING 
IN 
THIS 
ACT 
SHALL 
PREVENT 
A 
CORPORATION 
FROM BEING REGISTERED FOR THE 
PURPOSE OF ENGAGING IN THE BUSINESS OF CUSTOMS 
BROKERAGE: PROVIDED, THAT THEY SHALL HIRE THE 
SERVICES OF AT LEAST ONE (1) CUSTOMS BROKER. 
"FOR PURPOSES OF THIS 
ACT, 
THE 
PHRASE 
'ENGAGING IN THE BUSINESS OF CUSTOMS BROKERAGE' 
SHALL MEAN MAKING REPRESENTATIONS IN BEHALF OF 
IMPORTER-CLIENTS IN THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS (BOC) 
AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: PROVIDED, THAT 
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SUCH CORPORATIONS ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF 
CAPITAL OF ONE MILLION PESOS (PI ,000,000.00) BEFORE 
THEY ARE ACCREDITED BY THE BOC." 
CUSTOMS BROKERING SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM PAID-UP 
SEC. 3. Repealing Clause. - All laws, presidential decrees, executive 
orders, memorandum orders and other administrative orders, rules and 
regulations or parts thereof contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this 
Act are hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly. 
SEC. 4. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after its publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general 
circulation in the Philippines. 
Approved, 
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