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AN ACT TO PROTECT FILIPINO CONSUMERS FROM SUBSTANDARD PRODUCTS, MANDATING FOR THIS PURPOSE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A 'TIMBANGAN CENTER' IN ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MARKETS IN THE COUNTRY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CHAPTER II OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7394, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'CONSUMER ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES'
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TIMBANGAN SA MERKADO ACT OF 2018
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March 10, 2018
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29
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Entitled: AN ACT TO PROTECT FILIPINO CONSUMERS FROM SUBSTANDARD PRODUCTS, MANDATING FOR THIS PURPOSE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A ‘TIMBANGAN CENTER’ IN ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MARKETS IN THE COUNTRY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CHAPTER II OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7394, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘CONSUMER ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES’ [ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ] [ 2018 ] 10/3/2018 Introduced by Senator GRACE L. POE; 10/8/2018 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on TRADE, COMMERCE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP; and LOCAL GOVERNMENT; (Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, SBN-2050 with pertinent documents transmitted to the Archives for safekeeping and preservation on November 18, 2020) (The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry on committee meetings is prepared by the Committee Affairs Bureau)