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ATENEO CENTRAL BAR OPERATIONS 2007 Commercial Law SUMMER REVIEWER COMMERCIAL LAW that branch of private law,
, which regulates the juridical relations arising from commercial acts. CONTRACTS BY CORRESPONDENCE a contract entered into by correspondence like letters, telegrams, by messengers but not including those made by phone or through agents. RULE ON THE PERFECTION OF CONTRACTS BY CORRESPONDENCE Theory of Manifestation Mercantile contracts are perfected from the moment the acceptance is sent, even if it has not yet been received by the offeror. Offeror can no longer withdraw the offer or change the terms and conditions. Theory of Cognition Contracts governed by civil law such as partnerships, agencies, deposits, loans, sales and guaranties will be perfected only upon receipt by the offeror of the unconditional acceptance by the offeree. give money to a third person on the basis of the letter and on the credit of the person issuing it. SIGNIFICANCE OF LETTERS OF CREDIT Roughly at least 85% of importations are financed by letters of credit. The underlying idea of a letter of credit is to ensure certainty of payment. Seller is assured of payment because the bank intervenes and makes the commitment to pay. The idea behind it is like your credit card. You walk into a department store and they sell to you on credit although youre a total stranger because you show your credit card, which means that the bank which issued the credit card tells the seller that it will pay the goods being bought. ESSENTIAL CONDITIONS
OF A LETTER OF CREDIT 1. Issued in favor of a definite person and not to order. In effect, it is not a negotiable instrument governed by the Negotiable Instruments Law. 2. Limited to fixed or specified amount, or to one or more amounts, but with maximum stated limit. If any circumstance is missing, the letter is a mere letter of recommendation (Article 568, Code of Commerce) PARTIES TO A LETTER OF CREDIT 1. Buyer - who procures the letter of credit and obliges himself to reimburse the issuing bank upon receipt of the documents title; 2. Issuing bank - which undertakes to pay the seller upon receipt of the draft and proper documents of titles and to surrender the documents to the buyer upon reimbursement; and 3. Seller - who in compliance with the contract of sale ships the goods to the buyer and delivers the documents of title and draft to the issuing bank to recover payment. The number of the parties may be increased and may include: 1. Advising (notifying) bank - may be utilized to convey to the seller the existence of the credit. 2. Confirming bank - which will lend credence to the letter of credit issued by a lesser known issuing bank; the confirming bank is JOINT ACCOUNT is a business arrangement whereby two or more persons interest themselves in the business of another, making contributions thereto, and participating in the results of the business in the proportion they may determine. FEATURES OF A JOINT ACCOUNT 1. It may be contracted orally or in writing. 2. No common name can be adopted. 3. Only one member is ostensible and can sue or be sued. The others are silent. 4. No common fund. QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor (Articles 240-242, Codeare
needed to see this picture. of Commerce) COMPARISON OF JOINT ACCOUNT WITH COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIP (see Annex C) LETTER OF CREDIT a letter issued by one merchant to another for the purpose of attending to a commercial transaction. In banking practice, it is a request by one bank to another bank to advance or Adviser: Atty. Jacinto Jimenez; Heads: Gail Maderazo; Volunteers: Jojo Baetiong, Joanne Bibal, Vira Castro, Moe Villamor, Agatha Cruz
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directly liable to pay the seller-beneficiary; 3. Paying bank - which undertakes to encash the drafts drawn by the exporter/seller 4. Instead of going to the place of the issuing bank to claim payment, the buyer may approach another bank, termed the negotiating bank to have the draft discounted (Charles Lee v. CA, GR No. 117913 February 1, 2002) LIABILITIES OF PARTIES 1. Drawer liable to person on whom it was issued provided identity proven, for the amount paid within fixed maximum. 2. Bearer has no right of action if not paid by person who issued it. 3. Drawer may annul the letter of credit, informing the bearer and to whom it is addressed. 4. Bearer shall pay the amount received to drawer, otherwise action for execution may be filed with interest and current exchange in place where payment made on place where repaid. 5. If a bearer does not make use of letter of credit within agreed period, or if none, within 6 months from date if in the Philippines, and 12 months if outside the Philippines, it shall be void. (Articles 569-572, Code of Commerce) INDEPENDENCE PRINCIPLE in a letter of credit transaction means that a bank, in determining compliance with the terms of a letter of credit is required to examine only the shipping documents presented by the seller and is precluded from determining whether or not the main contract is actually accomplished or not. RULE OF STRICT COMPLIANCE in a letter of credit transaction means that the documents tendered by the seller or beneficiary must strictly conform to the terms of the letters of credit, i.e., they must include all documents required by the letter of QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor credit. Thus, a
correspondent picture. which departs bank are needed to see this from what has been stipulated under the letter of credit, as when it accepts a faulty tender, acts on its own risk and may not thereafter be able to recover from the buyer or the issuing bank, as the case may be, the money thus paid to the beneficiary (Feati Bank vs. CA, G.R. No. 94209, April 30, 1991) COMMON TYPES OF LETTERS OF CREDIT (see Annex D) BULK SALES LAW PURPOSE OF THE LAW 1. To prevent the defrauding of creditors by the secret sale or disposal or mortgage in bulk of all or substantially all of a merchants stock of goods. 2. To prevent secret or fraudulent sale or mortgage of goods in bulk until the creditor of the seller shall have been paid in full. IMPORTANT: The law covers all transactions, whether done in good faith or not, or whether the seller is in a state of insolvency or not, as long as the transaction falls within the description of what is a bulk sale. TRANSACTIONS CONSIDERED AS BULK SALE sale, transfer, mortgage or assignment of 1. a stock of goods, wares, merchandise, provisions, or materials otherwise than in the ordinary course of trade 2. all, or substantially all, of the business of the vendor, mortgagor, transferor, or assignor 3. all, or substantially all, of the fixtures and equipment used in the business of the vendor, mortgagor, transferor, or assignor. EXEMPTED TRANSACTIONS 1. When accompanied with a written waiver by all the seller/mortgagors creditors 2. The law does not apply to executors, administrators, receivers, assignees in insolvency, or public officers, acting under legal process 3. Sale or mortgage is made in the ordinary course of business 4. Sale by assignee in insolvency or those beyond
the right of creditors 5. Sale of properties exempt from attachment or execution VENDOR BUYER, ASSIGNEE, MORTGAGEE, TRANSFEROR No direct liability nor any obligation under the Bulk Sales Law Has obligations and liabilities under the Bulk Sales Law. Page 3 of 124
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OBLIGATIONS OF THE VENDOR UNDER THE LAW The vendor, mortgagor, transferor or assignor must: 1. deliver to the vendee, mortgagee, transferee, or assignee a written statement of: a. names and addresses of all creditors to whom said vendor or mortgagor may be indebted b. amount of indebtedness due or owing to each of said creditors 2. apply the purchase money to the pro-rata payment of bona fide claims of the creditors as shown in the verified statement. 3. at least 10 days before the sale, shall: a. make a full detailed inventory of the goods, merchandise, etc., cost price of each article to be included in the sale b. notify every creditor at least 10 days before transferring possession of the goods, of the price, terms and conditions of the sale EFFECTS OF VIOLATION 1. As between the parties: VALID CONTRACT 2. As between persons other than the creditors: VALID CONTRACT 3. As to affected creditors of the seller/mortgagor: VOID CONTRACT 4. Criminal liability, if expressly provided RULE AS TO TRANSFERS WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OR FOR NOMINAL CONSIDERATION 1. What the law says - The law makes it unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, as owner of any stock of goods, wares, merchandise, provisions, or materials, in bulk, to transfer title to the same without consideration or for a nominal consideration only. 2. Effect - This will make the seller criminally liable, and the sale would be void for lack of consideration. QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture.
2. to regulate the relationship between a warehouseman and: a. the depositor of the goods or b. holder of a warehouse receipt for the goods or c. the person lawfully entitled to the possession of the goods or d. other persons. TERMS OR INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE CONTAINED IN A RECEIPT ISSUED BY THE WAREHOUSEMAN FOR THE COMMODITY HE RECEIVES FOR STORAGE Although the law does not prescribe any particular form, the receipt must at least contain the following: 1. Location of the warehouse 2. Date of Issue 3. Receipt number 4. Language to indicate if the receipt were negotiable or nonnegotiable 5. Rate of storage charges 6. Description of goods or packages containing them 7. Signature of the warehouseman or his agent 8. Language indicating if the warehouseman is an owner solely or jointly with others, of the goods deposited and 9. Statement of advances made by the warehouseman for which he claims a lien RULE ON ADDITIONAL TERMS IN THE RECEIPT A warehouseman could add or insert any other terms to his receipt provided that 1. such additional terms are not contrary to the provisions of the Act 2. they do not impair the degree of care in the safekeeping of the goods entrusted to him required under the Act. Note: A warehouseman cannot provide in the warehouse receipt that the risk of loss of the goods by fire or theft shall be for the depositors account as that would be contrary to his obligation to keep the goods safe. What is the degree of care required of a warehouseman in the safekeeping of goods entrusted to him? The degree of care that a reasonably careful man would exercise in regard to similar goods of his own. KINDS OF RECEIPTS WAREHOUSEMAN ISSUED BY A WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS LAW
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Non-Negotiable Receipt A receipt which states that the goods received by the warehouseman will be delivered to the depositor or to any other specified person. To make a receipt nonnegotiable, the word non-negotiable should be placed plainly upon its face. Negotiable Receipt A receipt which states that the goods received by the warehouseman will be delivered to the bearer or to the order of any person named in such receipt. It can never be converted into a nonnegotiable by inserting provisions. Such provision, if inserted, shall be void. Note: A negotiable warehouse receipt is not a negotiable instrument under the NIL. entitled to such delivery, which authority is endorsed upon the receipt or written on another paper c. The person in possession of a negotiable receipt by the terms of which the goods are deliverable: i. to him or order, or ii. to bearer, or iii. which has been endorsed to him or in blank by the person to whom delivery was promised by the terms of the receipt of immediate endorsee. 2. MISDELIVERY or CONVERSION A warehouseman would be liable for misdelivery or conversion if he delivers the goods to: a. the one who is not in fact lawfully entitled to the possession of goods b. a person holding a nonnegotiable receipt or a negotiable receipt if prior to such delivery he had been requested not to make such delivery or had information that the delivery about to be made was to one not lawfully entitled to the possession of goods. STEPS THAT A WAREHOUSEMAN COULD
TAKE TO PROTECT HIMSELF FROM A MISDELIVERY 1. Warehouseman is entitled to reasonable time within which to ascertain the validity of the adverse claim or to bring legal proceedings to compel the claimants to interplead 2. Warehouseman may require the claimants to interplead. RULE AS TO THE ATTACHMENT, GARNISHMENT, OR LEVY OF GOODS IN POSSESSION OF A WAREHOUSEMAN General Rule: Goods in the possession of a warehouseman for which a negotiable receipt has been issued may be attached by garnishment or be levied upon under an execution provided, the receipt covering the goods is first surrendered to the warehouseman or its negotiation enjoined. Exceptions: 1. Where the person who made the deposit is not the owner of the goods or is not a person whose act in conveying title to them to a purchaser in good faith for value would bind the owner. 2. In an action filed by the owner of the goods for their recovery or delivery to him. WAREHOUSEMANS OBLIGATION TO DELIVER THE GOODS 1. Deliver to whom upon demand a. Holder of the receipt for the goods b. Depositor 2. The demand should be accompanied by: a. An offer to satisfy the warehousemans lien b. An offer to surrender the receipt if it is negotiable c. A readiness and willingness to sign an acknowledgement, when the goods are delivered, that they have been delivered if such is requested by the warehouseman. KINDS OF DELIVERY BY THE WAREHOUSEMAN 1. JUSTIFIED DELIVERY A warehouseman QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor is justified are needed to see this picture. goods to any of in delivering the the following: a. The person lawfully entitled to
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3. Where the attachment of the goods on deposit is made before the negotiable receipt is issued. RULE AS TO COMMINGLING OF GOODS General Rule: Warehouseman must keep the goods of the depositor separate from the goods of other depositors, or from the goods of the same depositor from a separate receipt (Ratio: to permit the inspection and redelivery of the goods deposited at all times) Exceptions: 1. If the goods are fungible, i.e., any unit of the goods is, from its nature or by mercantile custom, treated as the equivalent of any other unit 2. The commingling is authorized by agreement or by custom OTHER LIABILITIES OF A WAREHOUSEMAN (see Annex E) WAREHOUSEMANS LIEN 1. Object of the Lien on the goods deposited with him or on the proceeds thereof in his hands 2. Purpose for all lawful charges for storage and preservation of goods, money advanced by him in relation to such goods such as expenses of transportation or labor. 3. Against what Property may the lien be enforced all goods belonging to the person liable for the charges, as well as against all goods belonging to others deposited by the person liable for the charges and could have validly pledged the same. 4. Loss of lien by warehouseman - by surrendering the possession of the goods or refusing to deliver the goods when demand is made with which he is bound to comply. 5. Effect of the sale of goods to satisfy the warehousemans lien or on account of the goods perishable or hazardous nature warehouseman,QuickTimethea sale, shall not be after and liable for TIFF (Uncompressed) this picture.the goods to the failing to see decompressor deliver are needed to person lawfully
entitled to the goods, even if such receipt were negotiable. RIGHTS ACQUIRED BY A PERSON TO WHOM A NEGOTIABLE RECEIPT HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED 1. Title to the goods as the person negotiating or transferring the receipt could convey 2. Direct obligation of the warehouseman to hold possession of the goods for him as fully as if the warehouseman contracted with him directly. TRUST RECEIPTS LAW PURPOSE OF THE LAW 1. To encourage and promote the use of trust receipts as an additional and convenient aid to commerce and trade; 2. To provide for the regulation of trust receipts transactions in order to assure the protection of the rights and enforcement of obligations of the parties involved therein; and, 3. To declare the misuse and/or misappropriation of goods or proceeds realized from the sale of goods, documents or instruments released under trust receipts as a criminal offense punishable as estafa. TRUST RECEIPT - a written/printed document signed and delivered by the entrustee in favor of the entruster, whereby the latter releases the goods, documents or instruments over which he holds absolute title or a security interest to the possession of the former, upon the entrustees promise to hold said goods in trust for the entruster, and to sell or otherwise dispose of the goods, etc. with the obligation to turn over the proceeds thereof to the extent of what is owing to the entruster; or to return the goods if UNSOLD, or for other purposes.
OBLIGATIONS IN THE TRUST RECEIPT FOR GOODS OR DOCUMENTS 1. To sell them 2. To manufacture the for the purposes of sale 3. To unload/ship or deal with them in a manner preliminary to their sale FOR INSTRUMENTS 1. To sell them 2. To deliver them to a principal 3. To effect the consummation of a transaction involving delivery to a depositary or a register 4. To effect their presentation, Page 6 of 124
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collection or renewal NATURE OF THE TRUST RECEIPT AGREEMENT 1. A trust receipt agreement is merely a collateral agreement, the purpose of which is to serve as security for a loan. 2. In relation to a letter of credit, a letter of credit is a separate document from a trust receipt. While the trust receipt may have been executed as a security on the letter of credit, still the two documents involve different undertakings and obligations. CONTENTS OF A TRUST RECEIPT A trust receipt need not be in any form but it must substantially contain the following: 1. A description of the goods, documents or instruments subject of the trust receipt 2. The total invoice value of the goods and the amount of the draft to be paid by the entrustee 3. An undertaking or a commitment of the entrustee: a. to hold in trust for the entruster the goods, documents or instruments therein described b. to dispose of them in the manner provided for in the trust receipt; and c. to turn over the proceeds of the sale of the goods, documents or instruments to the entruster to the extent of the amount owing to the entruster or as appears in the trust receipt or to return the goods, documents or instruments in the event of their nonsale within the period specified therein. 4. The trust receipt may contain other terms and conditions agreed upon by the parties in addition to those hereinabove enumerated provided that such terms and conditions shall not be contrary to the provisions of this Decree, any existing laws, public policy or morals, public order or good customs. 5. Trust receipts are denominated in Philippine QuickTime
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AND ENTRUSTER 1. To give possession of the goods to the entrustee; 2. To give at least 5 days notice to the entrustee of the intention to sell the goods at the intended public sale; ENTRUSTEE 1. To hold the goods o the entruster; 2. To comply with his 3. To ensure agaisnt l 4. To keep the goods identifiable; 5. To observe the conditions of the trust receipt not contrary to the provisions of the TRL. RIGHTS OF ENTRUSTER AND ENTRUSTEE ENTRUSTER 1. Entitled to the proceeds from the ENTRUSTEE 1. To receive the surplus from the NOTES 1. Liability of the entruster in any sale or contract made by the entrustee not be responsible as principal or as vendor under any sale or contract to sell made by the Page 7 of 124
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entrustee by virtue of such interest or having given the entrustee liberty of sale or other disposition of the goods, documents or instruments under the terms of the trust receipt transaction. 2. Who bears risk of loss Entrustee 3. Rights of a purchaser for value and in good faith of the goods covered by the Trust Receipt He acquires said goods, documents or instruments free from the entruster's security interest. 4. Novation of a trust agreement - Supreme Court ruled that a Memorandum of Agreement entered into betweenthe bankentruster and entrustee extinguished the obligation under the existing trust receipt because the agreement did not only reschedule the debts of the entrustee but it provided principal conditions which are incompatible with the trust agreement. Hence, the liability for breach of the Memorandum of Agreement would be purely civil in nature and no criminal liability under the Trust receipt Law can be imposed. (Philippines Bank v. Alfredo T. Ong, GR No. 133176, August 8, 2002) Negotiable Instruments vs. Documents of Title (see Annex F) Negotiable PROMISSORY NOTE An unconditional promise to pay in writing made by one person to another, signed by the maker, engaging to pay on demand or a fixed determinable future time a sum certain in money to order or bearer. When the note is drawn to makers own order, it is
not complete until indorsed by him. (Sec. 184) BILL OF EXCHANGE An unconditional order in writing addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to order or to bearer. (Sec. 126) CHECK A bill of exchange drawn on a bank and payable on demand. (Sec. 185) NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS LAW Promissory Note vs. Bill of Exchange Promissory Note Bill of Exchange unconditional order involves 3 parties (drawer, payee, drawee) drawer only secondarily liable generally 2 presentments for acceptance and for payment NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT Written contracts for the payment of money; by its form, intended as a substitute for money and intended to pass from hand to hand, to give the holder in due course the right to hold the same and collect the sum due. CHARACTERISTICS OF NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS: QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. Unconditional promise Involves 2 parties (maker, payee) Maker primarily liable Only 1 presentment - for payment Check vs. Bill of Exchange CHECK - always drawn upon a bank or banker - always payable on demand BOE - may or may not be drawn against a bank - may be payable on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time
1. Negotiability - right of transferee to hold the instrument and collect the sum due 2. Accumulation of secondary contracts instrument is negotiated from person to person Negotiable Instruments Instruments (see Annex G) vs. Non-Negotiable Page 8 of 124
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- not necessary that it be presented for acceptance - drawn on a deposit - the death of a drawer of a check, with knowledge by the banks, revokes the authority of the banker to pay - must be presented for payment within a reasonable time after its issue (6 months) - necessary that it be presented for acceptance - not drawn on a deposit - the death of the drawer of the ordinary bill of exchange does not revoke the authority of the banker to pay - may be presented for payment within a reasonable time after its last negotiation. short of the diligence expected from it. It may still, however, pursue an action against the person responsible or who may have unjustly benefited. Pabugais vs. Sahijwani, 423 SCRA 596 (2004) Generally, a managers check is not legal tender and the creditor may accept or refuse it. But, payment by check may be accepted as valid if no prompt objection is made. 2. Crossed check Though the NIL is silent as to crossed checks, courts can take judicial cognizance of the practice that a check crossed with two parallel lines in the upper left hand corner means that it can only be deposited and not converted to cash. The effects of a crossed check thus relate to the mode of payment meaning that the drawer intends it to be only for deposit by the rightful person, the named payee. Bataan Cigar vs. CA A holder of crossed-checks is not obliged to inquire, when he acquires them, as to purpose for which the checks
were issued. A payee who further negotiates cross-checks that he accepted from someone cannot be considered a holder in good faith (and thus not a HIDC) is not applicable to this case. Here, when the payee acquired the checks, he duly deposited them in his bank account, and therefore, the purpose behind the crossing was satisfied by the payee. Ngo vs. People, 434 SCRA 522 (2004) The law does not require the payee to be interested in the obligation in consideration for which the check was issued. The cause or reason of issuance is inconsequential (in connection with BP 22) in determining criminal liability. Associated Bank v. Court of Appeals, 208 SCRA 465 The payee of crossed checks issued with the notation for payees account only can sue a collecting bank which allowed an unauthorized third person to deposit the checks in his own account and to withdraw the proceeds of the checks, because the proceeds of the checks belonged to the payee and the bank paid the checks although the third person had no title to the checks. Promissory Note vs. Check PN there are two (2) parties, the maker and the payee may be drawn against any person, not necessarily a bank may be payable on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a promise to pay CHECK there are three (3) parties, the drawer, the drawee bank and the payee always drawn against a bank always payable on demand An order to pay TYPES OF CHECKS 1. Managers check - One drawn by the banks manager upon the bank itself; and it is similar to a cashiers check both as to effect and use. [International Corporate Bank v Gueco 351 SCRA 516 (2001) BPI Family Savings Bank v Manikan, 395 SCRA
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A promise or order should not depend on a contingent event. If it is conditional, it is nonnegotiable. REQUISITES OF A NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT Sec. 1. An instrument to be negotiable, must conform to the following requirements: (a) It must be in writing and signed by the maker or drawer; (b) Must contain an unconditional promise or order to pay a certain sum in money; (c) Must be payable on demand, or at a fixed or determinable future time; (d) Must be payable to order or to bearer; and Where the instrument is addressed to a drawee, he must be named or otherwise indicated therein with reasonable certainty. HOW NEGOTIABILITY IS DETERMINED 1. By the provisions of the Negotiable Instrument Law, particularly Section 1 thereof 2. By considering the whole instrument 3. By what appears on the face of the instrument and not elsewhere NOTE: In determining whether the instrument is negotiable, only the instrument itself and no other, must be examined and compared with the requirements stated in Sec. 1. If it appears on the instrument that it lacks one of the requirements, it is not negotiable and the provisions of the NIL do not govern the instrument. The requirement lacking cannot be supplied by using a separate instrument in which that requirement appears. WHEN A SUM IS CERTAIN Sec 2. The sum payable is a sum certain within the meaning of this Act, although it is to be paid: (a) With interest; or QuickTime and (b) By statedTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor installments; or a are needed to see this picture. (c) By stated installments, with a provision that, upon
default in payment of any installment or of interest, the whole shall become due; or (d) With costs of collection or an attorneys fee, in case payment shall not be made at maturity. EFFECT OF A CONDITIONAL PROMISE OR ORDER WHEN PROMISE IS UNCONDITIONAL Sec 3. An unqualified order or promise to pay is unconditional within the meaning of this Act, though coupled with (a) An indication of a particular fund out of which reimbursement is to be made, or a particular account to be debited with the amount; or (b) A statement of the transaction which gives rise to the instrument. But an order or promise to pay out of a particular fund is not unconditional. WHAT CONSTITUTES DETERMINABLE FUTURE TIME Sec 4. An instrument is payable at a determinable future time, within the meaning of this Act, which is expressed to be payable (a) At a fixed period after date or sight; or (b) On or before a fixed or determinable future time specified therein; or (c) On or at a fixed period after the occurrence of a specified event, which is certain to happen, though the time of happening be uncertain. An instrument payable upon a contingency is not negotiable, and the happening of the event does not cure the defect. WHEN SOME OTHER ACT IS REQUIRED OTHER THAN PAYMENT OF MONEY IN AN INSTRUMENT Sec 5. An instrument which contains an order or promise to do any act in addition to the payment of money is not negotiable. But the negotiable character of an instrument otherwise negotiable is not affected by a provision which (a) Authorizes the sale of collateral securities in case the instrument be not paid at maturity; or (b) Authorizes a confession of judgment if the instrument be not paid at maturity; or (c) Waives the benefit of any
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(d) Gives the holder an election to require something to be done in lieu of payment of money. But nothing in this section shall validate any provision or stipulation otherwise illegal. Notes on Section 5: 1. Limitation on the provision: it cannot require something illegal. 2. There are two kinds of judgments by confession: a. cognovit actionem b. relicta verificatione 3. Confessions of judgment in the Philippines are void as against public policy. 4. If the choice lies with the debtor, the instrument is rendered non-negotiable. INSTANCES THAT DO NOT AFFECT VALIDITY AND NEGOTIABILITY OF INSTRUMENT THE AN An instrument is payable to order when it is drawn payable to the order of a specified person or to a specified person or his order. FOR WHOSE ORDER AN INSTRUMENT CAN BE DRAWN Sec. 8 The instrument is payable to order where it is drawn payable to the order of a specified person or to him or his order. It may be drawn payable to the order of (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) A payee who is not maker, drawer, or drawee; or The drawer or maker; or The drawee; or Two or more payees jointly; or One or some of several payees; or The holder of an office for the time being. Sec 6. The validity and negotiable character of an instrument are not affected by the fact that (a) It is not dated; or (b) Does not specify the value given, or that any value has been given therefor; or (c) Does not specify the place where it is drawn or the place where it is
payable; or (d) Bears a seal; or (e) Designates particular kind of current money in which payment is to be made. But nothing in this section shall alter or repeal any statute requiring in certain cases the nature of the consideration to be stated in the instrument. WHEN AN INSTRUMENT IS PAYABLE UPON DEMAND Sec. 7 An instrument is payable on demand (a) Where it is expressed to be payable on QuickTime and a demand, or at sight, (Uncompressed) decompressor or TIFF or on presentation; are needed to see this picture. Where the instrument is payable to order the payee must be named or otherwise indicated therein with reasonable certainty. INSTRUMENTS PAYABLE TO BEARER Sec. 9 The instrument is payable to bearer (a) When it is expressed to be so payable; or (b) When it is payable to a person named therein or bearer; or (c) When it is payable to the order of a fictitious or non-existing person, and such fact was known to the person making it so payable; or (d) When the name of the payee does not purport to be the name of any person; or (e) When the only or last indorsement is an indorsement in blank. INSTANCES WHEN A DATE MAY BE INSERTED IN AN INSTRUMENT Sec. 13. Where an instrument expressed to be payable at a fixed period after date is issued undated, or where the acceptance of an instrument payable at a fixed period after sight is undated, any holder may insert therein the true date of issue or acceptance, and the instrument shall be payable accordingly. The insertion of a wrong date does not avoid the instrument in the hands of a subsequent holder in due course; but as to him, the date so inserted is to be regarded as the true date. Page 11 of 124
(b) In which no time for payment is expressed. Where an instrument is issued, accepted, or indorsed when overdue, it is, as regards the person so issuing, accepting, or indorsing it, payable on demand. WHEN AN INSTRUMENT IS PAYABLE TO ORDER
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EFFECT WHEN A DATE IS INSERTED IN AN INSTRUMENT A holder may insert the true date of issuance or acceptance, the insertion of a wrong date does not avoid the instrument in the hands of a subsequent holder in due course. As regards to the holder in due course, the date inserted (even if it is a wrong date) is regarded as the true date. DEFICIENCIES THAT DO NOT AFFECT THE RIGHTS OF A SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IN DUE COURSE 1. Incomplete but delivered instrument (Sec. 14) 2. Complete but undelivered (Sec. 16) 3. Complete and delivered issued without consideration or a consideration consisting of a promise which was not fulfilled (Sec 28) DEFICIENCIES/ABNORMALITIES THAT AFFECT THE RIGHTS OF A HOLDER IN DUE COURSE 1. Incomplete and undelivered instrument (Sec. 15) 2. Maker/drawers signature forged (Sec. 23) Republic Bank v. Court of Appeals, 196 SCRA 100 Where the amount of the check was altered by increasing it but the drawee bank failed to return it to the collecting bank within 24 hours, the collecting bank is absolved from liability for the drawee bank should detect the alteration. PNB v. Court of Appeals, 256 SCRA 491 The alteration of a serial number of a check is not material and does not entitle the drawee bank which paid it to recover the payment. 2. Where only a signature on a blank paper was delivered: a. It was delivered by the person making it in order that it may be converted into a negotiable instrument b. The holder has prima facie authority to fill it up as such for any amount. (Sec. 14) WHEN AN INSTRUMENT
IS INCOMPLETE AND UNDELIVERED Sec. 15. Where an incomplete instrument has not been delivered, it will not, if completed and negotiated without authority, be a valid contract in the hands of any holder, as against any person whose signature was placed thereon before delivery. Note: It is a real defense. It can be interposed against a holder in due course. Delivery is not conclusively presumed where the instrument is incomplete. Defense of the maker is to prove nondelivery of the incomplete instrument. WHEN AN INSTRUMENT IS COMPLETE BUT UNDELIVERED Sec. 16. Every contract on a negotiable instrument is incomplete and revocable until delivery of the instrument for the purpose of giving effect thereto. As between immediate parties, and as regards a remote party other than a holder in due course, the delivery, in order to be effectual, must be made either by or under the authority of the party making, drawing, accepting, or indorsing, as the case may be; and in such case the delivery may be shown to have been conditional, or for a special purpose only, and not for the purpose of transferring the property in the instrument. But where the instrument is in the hands of a holder in due course, a valid delivery thereof by all parties prior to him so as to make them liable to him is conclusively presumed. And where the instrument is no longer in the possession of a party whose signature appears thereon, a valid and intentional delivery by him is presumed until the contrary is proved. Rules On Delivery Of Negotiable Instruments 1. Delivery is essential to the validity of any negotiable instrument 2. As between immediate parties or those in like cases, delivery must be with intention of passing title 3. An instrument signed but not completed by the drawer or maker and retained by him is Page 12 of 124
WHEN INSTRUMENTS ARE INCOMPLETE BUT DELIVERED 1. Where an instrument is wanting in any material particular: a. Holder has QuickTime and a authority to fill up prima facie TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this the blanks therein. picture. b. It must be filled up strictly in accordance with the authority given and within a reasonable time. c. If negotiated to a holder in due course, it is valid and effectual for all purposes as though it was filled up strictly in accordance with the authority given and within reasonable time. (Sec. 14)
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invalid as to him for want of delivery even in the hands of a holder in due course But there is prima facie presumption of delivery of an instrument signed but not completed by the drawer or maker and retained by him if it is in the hands of a holder in due course. This may be rebutted by proof of non-delivery. An instrument entrusted to another who wrongfully completes it and negotiates it to a holder in due course, delivery to the agent or custodian is sufficient delivery to bind the maker or drawer. If an instrument is completed and is found in the possession of another, there is prima facie evidence of delivery and if it be a holder in due course, there is conclusive presumption of delivery. Delivery may be conditional or for a special purpose but such do not affect the rights of a holder in due course. Sec. 22. The indorsement or assignment of the instrument by a corporation or by an infant passes the property therein, notwithstanding that from want of capacity the corporation or infant may incur no liability thereon. EFFECT OF A FORGED SIGNATURE OR
ONE MADE WITHOUT AUTHORITY Sec. 23. When a signature is forged or made without the authority of the person whose signature it purports to be, it is wholly inoperative, and no right to retain the instrument, or to give a discharge therefor, or to enforce payment thereof against any party thereto, can be acquired through or under such signature, unless the party against whom it is sought to enforce such right is precluded from setting up the forgery or want of authority. Notes: 1. Section 23 applies only to forged signatures or signatures made without authority 2. Alterations such as to amounts or the like fall under section 124 3. Forms of forgery are a) fraud in factum; b) duress amounting to fraud; c) fraudulent impersonation 4. Only the signature forged or made without authority is inoperative, the instrument or other signatures which are genuine are not affected 5. The instrument can be enforced by holders to whose title the forged signature is not necessary 6. Persons who are precluded from setting up the forgery are a) those who warrant or admit the genuineness of the signature b) those who are estopped. 7. Persons who are precluded by warranting are: a) indorsers; b) persons negotiating by delivery; c) acceptors. 8. drawee bank is conclusively presumed to know the signature of its drawer 9. if endorsers signature is forged, loss will be borne by the forger and parties subsequent thereto 10. drawee bank is not conclusively presumed to know the signature of the indorser. The responsibility falls on the bank which last guaranteed the indorsement and not the drawee bank. Page 13 of 124 PERSONS LIABLE IN AN INSTRUMENT General rule: A person whose signature does not appear on the instrument is not liable. Exception:
1. One who signs in a trade or assumed name (Sec. 18) 2. A duly authorized agent (Sec. 19) 3. A forger (Sec. 23) WHEN AN AGENT INSTRUMENT IS LIABLE ON THE Sec. 20. Where the instrument contains or a person adds to his signature words indicating that he signs for or on behalf of a principal, or in a representative capacity, he is not liable on the instrument if he was duly authorized; but the mere addition of words describing him as an agent, or as filling a representative character, without disclosing his principal, does not exempt him from personal liability. QuickTime and a SIGNATURE BY PROCURATION - operates as TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. notice that the agent has a limited authority to sign. Effects: 1. The principal is only bound if the agent acted within the limits of the authority given 2. The person who takes the instrument is bound to inquire into the extent and nature of the authority given. (Sec. 21) LIABILITY OF INFANTS AND CORPORATIONS FOR THEIR INDORSEMENT OR ASSIGNMENT
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11. Where the payees signature is forged, payments made by the drawee bank to the collecting bank are ineffective. No debtor/creditor relationship is created. An agency to collect is created between the person depositing and the collecting bank. The drawee bank may recover from collecting bank who may, in turn, recover from the person depositing. Rules On Liabilities Of Parties On A Forged Instrument In a PN 1. A party whose indorsement is forged on a note payable to order and all parties prior to him including the maker cannot be held liable by any holder 2. A party whose indorsement is forged on a note originally payable to bearer and all parties prior to him including the maker may be held liable by a holder in due course provided that it was mechanically complete before the forgery 3. A maker whose signature was forged cannot be held liable by any holder In a BOE 1. The drawers account cannot be charged by the drawee where the drawee paid 2. The drawer has no right to recover from the collecting bank 3. The drawee bank can recover from the collecting bank 4. The payee can recover from the drawer 5. The payee can recover from the recipient of the payment, such as the collecting bank 6. The payee cannot collect from the drawee bank 7. The collecting bank bears the loss but can recover from the person to whom it paid 8. If payable to bearer, the rules are the same as in PN. 9. If the drawee has accepted the bill, the drawee bears the loss and his remedy is to QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor go after theare needed to see this picture. forger 10. If the drawee has not accepted the bill but has paid
it, the drawee cannot recover from the drawer or the recipient of the proceeds, absent any act of negligence on their part. LIABILITY OF BANK FOR ALLOWING PAYMENT ON CHECKS WHERE THE DRAWERS SIGNATURE IS FORGED Bank of P.I. vs. Casa Montessori Internationale, 430 SCRA 261 (2004] Forgery is the counterfeiting of any writing, consisting of the signing of anothers name with intent to defraud, is forgery. The bank which allows the payment on a check where the signature is forged is liable to the depositor-drawer. When one of two persons suffers the wrongful act of a third person, he whose negligence was the proximate cause of the loss must bear the loss. Pursuant to its prime duty to ascertain well the genuineness of the signatures of its clientdepositors, the drawee-bank is expected to use reasonable business prudence. In the performance of that obligation, it is bound by its internal banking rules and regulation that form part of the contract it enters into with its depositors. A drawee bank must restore to the account of the drawer the amounts of checks on which the signature of its president was forged even of the forger was the independent auditor of the drawer, who was in charge of reconciling the bank statements with the records of the drawer. Astro-Electronics Corp. vs. Philguarantee, 411 SCRA 462 (2003) The Pres is personally liable. In signing his name apart from being the Pres., he became a comaker. Persons who write their names on the fact of PNs are makers. Metropolitan Waterworks & Sewerage System v. Court of Appeals, 143 SCRA 20 Where a depositor who was allowed to print its checks privately adopted no security measures in the printing of the checks, 23 checks with forged signatures of the authorized signatories were
deposited over a period of three months, and the fraud was not discovered because of the failure of the depositor to reconcile the bank statements with its records, the depositor must bear the loss because of its negligence. Philippine National Bank v. Court of Appeals, 25 SCRA 693 A drawee bank which paid a check on which the signature of the drawer had been forged cannot recover the payment from the collecting bank, because payment implies acceptance and an acceptor admits the genuineness of the signature of the drawer. Page 14 of 124
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Associated Bank v. Court of Appeals, 252 SCRA 620 While a drawee bank which paid several checks payable to order with forged endorsements can recover the payment from the collecting bank because the forged endorsement is inoperative, the drawer must share one-half of the loss where the drawer substantially contributed to the loss by continuing to release the check to the forger although it knew the forger was no longer the cashier of the drawer. Banco de Oro Savings & Mortgage Bank v. Equitable banking Corporation, 157 SCRA 188 Where the endorsements on a check presented by a collecting bank for clearing are forged, the drawee bank can recover the payment, for it is the duty of the collecting bank to see to it that the endorsements are genuine. CONSIDERATION Sec. 24. Every negotiable instrument is deemed prima facie to have been issued for a valuable consideration; and every person whose signature appears thereon to have become a party thereto for value. Sec. 26. Where value has at any time been given for the instrument, the holder is deemed a holder for value in respect to all parties who became such prior to that time. Sec. 28. Absence or failure of consideration is matter of defense as against any person not a holder in due course; and partial failure of consideration is a defense pro tanto, whether the failure is an ascertained and liquidated amount or otherwise. Notes: 1. Absence of consideration is where no consideration was intended to pass. 2. Failure of consideration implies that consideration was intended but that it failed to pass QuickTime a 3. The defense of wantandof consideration is TIFF (Uncompressed)
decompressor are needed toa holder in due course see this picture. ineffective against 4. A drawee who accepts the bill cannot allege want of consideration against the drawer Yang vs. CA, 409 SCRA 159 (2003) He who posits that there was no consideration, is obliged to present convincing evidence to overthrow the presumption that every Negotiable Instrument is acquired by every party for value. Samson v. Court of Appeals, 402 SCRA 348 Since consideration is presumed, the maker is liable to pay under a negotiable promissory note. Villaluz v. Court of Appeals, 278 SCRA 540 Since a check which was dishonored for lack of funds is presumed to have been issued for valuable consideration. The drawer should be ordered to pay its value if he failed to rebut the presumption. ACCOMMODATION PARTY An accommodation party is one who signs the instrument as maker, drawer, acceptor, or indorser without receiving value for it and for the purpose of lending his name to some other person. LIABILITY OF AN ACCOMMODATION PARTY Sec. 29. An accommodation party is one who has signed the instrument as maker, drawer, acceptor, or indorser, without receiving value therefor, and for the purpose of lending his name to some other person. Such a person is liable on the instrument to a holder for value, notwithstanding such holder at the time of taking the instrument knew him to be only an accommodation party. Notes: 1. The accommodated party cannot recover from the accommodation party 2. Want of consideration cannot be interposed by the accommodation party 3. An accommodation maker may seek reimbursement from a co-maker even in the absence of any provision in the NIL; the
deficiency is supplied by the New Civil Code. 4. He may do this even without first proceeding against the debtor provided: a. He paid by virtue of judicial demand b. Principal debtor is insolvent Prudencio v. Court of Appeals, 143 SCRA 7 To be entitled to recover from an accommodation party, the holder of a negotiable instrument must be a holder in due course except for the notice of want of consideration. Caneda v. Court of Appeals, 181 SCRA 762 A party who signed a promissory note as accommodation maker in favor of the payees, who Page 15 of 124
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then indorsed it to a financing company, cannot raise the defense that he did not receive any value but is entitled to reimbursement from the party accommodated. People v. Maniego, 148 SCRA 30 Where a party indorsed several checks as accommodation endorser and the checks were dishonored for lack of funds, she is liable to the holder for the payment of the checks. WHEN AN INSTRUMENT IS NEGOTIATED Sec. 30. An instrument is negotiated when it is transferred from one person to another in such manner as to constitute the transferee the holder thereof. If payable to bearer, it is negotiated by delivery; if payable to order, it is negotiated by the indorsement of the holder completed by delivery. REQUISITES OF A VALID INDORSEMENT Sec. 31. The indorsement must be written on the instrument itself or upon a paper attached thereto. The signature of the indorser, without additional words, is a sufficient indorsement. KINDS OF INDORSEMENTS 1. Special (Sec. 34) 2. Blank (Sec. 35) 3. Restrictive (Sec. 36) 4. Qualified (Sec. 38) 5. Conditional (Sec. 39) EFFECTS OF A TRANSFER WITHOUT ENDORSEMENT: Sec. 49. Where the holder of an instrument payable to his order transfers it for value without indorsing it, the transfer vests in the transferee such title as the transferor had therein, and the transferee acquires, in addition, the right to have the indorsement of the transferor. But for the purpose of determining whether the transferee is a holder in due course, the negotiation takes effect as of the time when the indorsement is actually made. RIGHTS OF A HOLDER Sec. 51. The
holder of a negotiable instrument may sue thereon in his own name; and payment to him in due course discharges the instrument. REQUISITES FOR A HOLDER IN DUE COURSE (HDC) Sec. 52. A holder in due course is a holder who has taken the instrument under the following conditions: (a) That it is complete and regular upon its face; (b) That he became the holder of it before it was overdue, and without notice that it had been previously dishonored, if such was the fact; (c) That he took it in good faith and for value; (d) That at the time it was negotiated to him he had no notice of any infirmity in the instrument or defect in the title of the person negotiating it. Notes: 1. Every holder is presumed to be a HDC (Sec. 59) 2. The person who questions such has the burden of proof to prove otherwise if one of the requisites are lacking, the holder is not HDC 3. An instrument is considered complete and regular on its face if: a) the omission is immaterial; b) the alteration on the instrument was not apparent on its face 4. An instrument is overdue after the date of maturity. 5. On the date of maturity, the instrument is not overdue and the holder is a HDC 6. Acquisition of the transferee or indorsee must be in good faith 7. Good faith means the lack of knowledge or notice of defect or infirmity EFFECTS OF INDORSING AN INSTRUMENT ORIGINALLY PAYABLE TO BEARER Sec. 40. Where an instrument, payable to bearer, is indorsed specially, it may nevertheless be further negotiated by delivery; but the person indorsing specially is liable as indorser to only such holders as make title through his indorsement.
QuickTime and a EFFECTS WHEN A HOLDER STRIKES OUT AN TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. INDORSEMENT, WHICH IS NOT NECESSARY TO HIS TITLE Sec. 48. The holder may at any time strike out any indorsement, which is not necessary to his title. The indorser whose indorsement is struck out, and all indorsers subsequent to him, are thereby relieved from liability on the instrument. Page 16 of 124
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8. A holder is not a HDC where an instrument payable on demand is negotiated at an unreasonable length of time after its issue (Sec. 53) RIGHTS OF A HOLDER IN DUE COURSE Sec. 57. A holder in due course holds the instrument free from any defect of title of prior parties, and free from defenses available to prior parties among themselves, and may enforce payment of the instrument for the full amount thereof against all parties liable thereon. Notes: 1. Personal or equitable defenses are those which grow out of the agreement or conduct of a particular person in regard to the instrument which renders it inequitable for him through legal title to enforce it. Can be set up against holders not HDC 2. Legal or real defenses are those which attach to the instrument itself and can be set up against the whole world, including a HDC. Personal Defenses Real Defenses 1. absence or failure of Alteration consideration 2. want of delivery of Want of delivery of complete instrument incomplete instrument 3. insertion of wrong Duress amounting to date where payable at a forgery fixed period after date and issued undated; or at a fixed period after sight and acceptance is undated 4. filling up the blanks Fraud in factum or in contrary to authority esse contractus given or not within reasonable time 5. fraud in inducement Minority 6. acquisition of the Marriage in case of a wife instrument by force, QuickTime and a duress or fear TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. 7. acquisition of the Insanity where the insane instrument by unlawful person has a guardian means appointed by the court 8. acquisition of the Ultra vires acts of a instrument for an illegal
corporation where its consideration charter or by statue, it is prohibited from issuing commercial paper 9. negotiation in breach Want of authority of agent of faith 10. negotiation under circumstances amounting to fraud 11. Mistake 12. intoxication 13. ultra vires acts of corporations 14. want of authority of the agent where he has apparent authority 15. illegality of contract where form or consideration is illegal 16. insanity where there is no notice of insanity Execution of instrument between public enemies Illegality of contract made by statue Forgery WHEN SUBJECT TO ORIGINAL DEFENSES Sec. 58 In the hands of any holder other than a holder in due course, a negotiable instrument is subject to the same defenses as if it were nonnegotiable. But a holder who derives his title through a holder in due course, and who is not himself a party to any fraud or illegality affecting the instrument, has all the rights of such former holder in respect of all parties prior to the latter. RIGHTS OF A HOLDER NOT A HDC 1. may sue in his own name 2. may receive payment and if it is in due course, the instrument is discharged 3. holds the instrument subject to the same defenses as if it were non-negotiable 4. if he derives his title through a HDC and is not a party to any fraud or illegality thereto, has all the rights of such HDC WHO IS A HOLDER IN DUE COURSE Sec. 59. Every holder is deemed prima facie to be a holder in due course; but when it is shown
that the title of any person who has negotiated the instrument was defective, the burden is on the holder to prove that he or some person under whom he claims acquired the title as holder in due course. But the last-mentioned rule does not apply in favor of a party who became bound on the instrument prior to the acquisition of such defective title. Page 17 of 124
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Yang vs. CA, 409 SCRA 159 (2003) Every holder is presumed to be a HDC. Also, a holder is not obliged to show that there was valuable consideration, since the same is presumed. He does not also have to show that he made the aforementioned inquiry. Absence the showing of a circumstance that should have put the holder into such an inquiry, the failure to inquire is no tantamount to bad faith. Banco Atlantico v. Auditor General, 81 SCRA 335 A collecting bank which allowed the depositor to withdraw the proceeds of a check although the check had not been cleared and was told by the depositor not to present the check for payment until a later date although the check was already due, is not a holder in due course and cannot recover from the drawer in case the check is dishonored. State Investment House v. Intermediate Appellate Court, 175 SCRA 310 Where the postdated checks issued by the drawer as a loan to the payee were crossed, were indorsed by the payee to an investment house and were dishonored for lack of funds, the investment house cannot hold the drawer liable, because it is not a holder in due course. Since the checks were crossed and could only be deposited, it should have ascertained the title to the check and the nature of the possession by the payee. If it failed to do so, it is not a holder in good faith. Hence, if the issuance of the check was subject to the condition that the payee would deposit funds for the check and failed to do so, the drawer can raise this defense. State Investment House, Inc. v. Court of Appeals, 217 SCRA 32 A drawer who issued two checks as security for jewelry to be sold by the drawer is liable to an endorsee to whom the payee
negotiated the checks even if the drawer returned the pieces of jewelry to QuickTime and a the payee, sinceTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor the payee is presumed to be a are needed to see this picture. holder in due course and the drawer cannot invoke want of consideration between the drawer and the payee as a defense. LIABILITIES OF A MAKER Sec. 60. The maker of a negotiable instrument by making it engages that he will pay it according to its tenor, and admits the existence of the payee and his then capacity to indorse. Notes: 1. A makers liability is primarily and unconditional 2. One who has signed as such is presumed to have acted with care and to have signed with full knowledge of its contents, unless fraud is proved 3. The payees interest is only to see to it that the note is paid according to its terms 4. When two or more makers sign jointly, each is individually liable for the full amount even if one did not receive the value given 5. The maker is precluded from setting up the defense that a) the payee is fictional, b) that the payee was insane, a minor or a corporation acting ultra vires. LIABILITY OF A DRAWER A drawer is secondarily liable. By drawing the instrument, the drawer: 1. Admits the existence of the payee, 2. The capacity of such payee to indorse 3. Engages that on due presentment, the instrument will be accepted or paid or both according to its tenor. Notes: 1. If the instrument is dishonored, and the necessary proceedings on dishonor duly taken a. The drawer will pay the amount thereof to the holder b. Will pay to any subsequent indorser who may be compelled to pay it. (Sec. 61) 2. A drawer may insert an express stipulation to negative or limit his liability ACCEPTOR - By accepting the instrument, an acceptor: 1.
Engages that he will pay according to the tenor of his acceptance 2. Admits the existence of the drawer, the genuineness of his signature and his capacity and authority to draw the instrument 3. The existence of the payee and his then capacity indorse IRREGULAR INDORSER - a person not otherwise a party to an instrument places his signature in blank before delivery is liable as an indorser in the following manner: 1. If payable to order of a third person liable to the payee and to all subsequent parties Page 18 of 124
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2. If payable to order of the maker or drawer liable to all parties subsequent to the maker or drawer 3. If payable to bearer liable to all parties subsequent to the maker or drawer 4. If signs for an accommodation party liable to all parties subsequent to the payee (Sec. 64) WARRANTIES AND ITS LIMITATIONS Sec. 65. Every person negotiating an instrument by delivery or by a qualified indorsement warrants (a) That the instrument is genuine and in all respects what it purports to be; (b) That he has a good title to it; (c) That all prior parties had capacity to contract; (d) That he has no knowledge of any fact which would impair the validity of the instrument or render it valueless. But when the negotiation is by delivery only, the warranty extends in favor of no holder other than the immediate transferee. The provisions of subdivision (c) of this section do not apply to persons negotiating public or corporation securities, other than bills and notes. Notes: 1. A qualified indorser is one who indorses without recourse 2. Recourse - resort to a person secondarily liable after default of person primarily liable 3. A qualified indorser cannot raise the defense of a) forgery b) defect of his title or that it is void c) the incapacity of the maker, drawer or previous indorsers. 4. A qualified indorsement makes the indorser mere assignor of title of instrument, relieves him of general obligation to pay if instrument is dishonored, but he is still liable for the warranties arising from instrument only up to QuickTime and a warranties of general indorser TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. 5. The warranty is to the capacity of prior parties at the time the instrument
was negotiated. Subsequent incapacity does not breach the warranty. 6. Lack of knowledge of the indorser as to any fact that would impair the validity or the value of the instrument must be subsisting all throughout. 7. A person Negotiating by Delivery warrants the same as those of qualified indorser and extends to immediate transferees only WARRANTIES OF A GENERAL INDORSER Sec. 66. Every indorser who indorses without qualification warrants, to all subsequent holders in due course (a) The matters and things mentioned in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of the next preceding section; and (b) That the instrument is at the time of his indorsement valid and subsisting. And, in addition, he engages that on due presentment, it shall be accepted or paid, or both, as the case may be, according to its tenor, and that if it be dishonored, and the necessary proceedings on dishonor be duly taken, he will pay the amount thereof to the holder, or to any subsequent indorser who may be compelled to pay it. Notes: 1. The indorser under Section 66 warrants the solvency of a prior party 2. The indorser warrants that the instrument is valid and subsisting regardless of whether he is ignorant of that fact or not. 3. Warranties extend in favor of a) a HDC b) persons who derive their title from HDC c) immediate transferees even if not HDC 4. The indorser does not warrant the genuineness of the drawers signature 5. General indorser is only secondarily liable PRESENTMENT FOR PAYMENT Sec. 70. Presentment for payment is not necessary in order to charge the person primarily liable on the instrument; but if the instrument is, by its terms, payable at a special
place, and he is able and willing to pay it there at maturity, such ability and willingness are equivalent to a tender of payment upon his part. But, except as herein otherwise provided, presentment for payment is necessary in order to charge the drawer and indorsers. Notes: PRESENMENT FOR PAYMENT production of a BOE to the drawee for his acceptance, or to a drawee or acceptor for payment. Also presentment of a PN to the party liable for payment of the same. Page 19 of 124
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1. It consists of: a) a personal demand for payment at a proper place; and, b) the bill or note must be ready to be exhibited if required and surrendered upon payment. 2. Parties primarily liable persons by the terms of the instrument are absolutely required to pay the same. E.g. maker and acceptors. They can be sued directly. 3. If payable at the special place, and the person liable is willing to pay there at maturity, such willingness and ability is equivalent to tender of payment. 4. Presentment is necessary to charge persons secondarily liable otherwise they are discharged 5. Acts needed to charge persons secondarily liable: a) presentment for payment/acceptance; b) dishonor by nonpayment/non-acceptance; c) notice of dishonor to secondary parties 6. Acts needed to charge persons secondarily liable in other cases: a) protest for nonpayment by the drawee; b) protest for nonpayment by the acceptor for honor REQUISITES FOR PROPER PRESENTMENT Sec. 72. Presentment for payment, to be sufficient, must be made (a) By the holder, or by some person authorized to receive payment on his behalf; (b) At a reasonable hour on a business day; (c) At a proper place as herein defined; (d) To the person primarily liable on the instrument, or if he is absent or inaccessible, to any person found at the place where the presentment is made. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6. That the drawee or acceptor will pay (Sec 79) Presentment not required to charge the indorser where: a. The instrument was made or accepted for his accommodation b. He has no reason to expect that the instrument will be paid if presented (Sec. 80) Summary of rules as to presentment for payment: a. Presentment not necessary to charge persons primarily liable b. Necessary to charge persons secondarily liable Except: i. The drawer under Sec. 79 ii. The indorser under Sec. 80 When excused under Sec. 82 a. After due diligence, presentment cannot be made b. Presentment is waived c. The drawee is a fictitious person d. When the instrument has been dishonored by nonacceptance under Sec. 83 How dishonored by non-acceptance: a. The instrument was duly presented but payment is refused or cannot be obtained b. Presentment is excused and the instrument is overdue and unpaid (Sec. 83) Effects of dishonor by non-payment: a. An immediate right of recourse to all parties secondarily liable accrues to the holder. (Sec. 84) c. If the instrument is payable on demand: 1. Presentment must be made within reasonable time after issue (if a note) 2. Presentment QuickTime and a must be made within TIFF (Uncompressed)
decompressor reasonableare needed to see this picture. negotiation (if a time after last bill) Notes: 1. Presentment not required to charge the drawer: a. He has no right to expect b. He has no right to require REQUISITES OF A PAYMENT IN DUE COURSE Sec. 88. Payment is made in due course when it is made at or after the maturity of the instrument to the holder thereof in good faith and without notice that his title is defective. TO WHOM A NOTICE OF DISHONOR MAY BE GIVEN Sec. 90. The notice may be given by or on behalf of the holder, or by or on behalf of any party to the instrument who might be compelled to pay it to the holder, and who, upon taking it up, would have a right to reimbursement from the party to whom the notice is given. Page 20 of 124
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FORM OF A NOTICE Sec. 95. A written notice need not be signed, and an insufficient written notice may be supplemented and validated by verbal communication. A misdescription of the instrument does not vitiate the notice unless the party to whom the notice is given is in fact misled thereby. Sec. 96. The notice may be in writing or merely oral and may be given in any terms which sufficiently identify the instrument and indicate that it has been dishonored by nonacceptance or non-payment. It may in all cases be given by delivering it personally or through the mails WHEN NOTICE CAN BE WAIVED Sec. 109. Notice of dishonor may be waived, either before the time of giving notice has arrived or after the omission to give due notice, and the waiver may be express or implied. Notes: 1. Protest may be waived. It is also deemed a waiver of presentment and notice of dishonor (Sec. 111) 2. Where notice is waived, presentment is not waived 3. Where presentment is waived, notice is also waived 4. Where protest is waived, notice and presentment is waived Notice of Dishonor - given by the holder to the parties secondarily liable, drawer and each indorser, that the instrument was dishonored by nonacceptance or non-payment by the drawee/maker General rule: Any drawer or indorser to whom such notice is not given is discharged. Exceptions: 1. Waiver (Sec. 109) 2. Notice is dispensed (Sec. a QuickTime and 112) TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor 3. Not necessary to Drawer (Sec. 114) are needed to see this picture. 4. Not necessary to Indorser (Sec. 115) WHEN NOTICE OF DISHONOR IS NOT NECESSARY TO A DRAWER Sec. 114. Notice of dishonor is not
required to be given to the drawer in either of the following cases: (a) Where the drawer and drawee are the same person. (b) When the drawee is a fictitious person or a person not having capacity to contract. (c) When the drawer is the person to whom the instrument is presented for payment. (d) Where the drawer has no right to expect or require that the drawee or acceptor will honor the instrument. (e) Where the drawer has countermanded payment. WHEN NOTICE TO AN INDORSER IS NOT REQUIRED Sec. 115. Notice of dishonor is not required to be given to an indorser in either of the following cases: (a) Where the drawee is a fictitious person or a person not having capacity to contract, and the indorser was aware of the fact at the time he indorsed the instrument; (b) Where the indorser is the person to whom the instrument is presented for payment; (c) Where the instrument was made or accepted for his accommodation Note: 1. Omission to give notice of dishonor by nonacceptance does not prejudice a HDC (Sec. 117) 2. Protest only necessary for a foreign bill of exchange. Protest for other negotiable instruments is optional. (Sec. 118) State Investment House, Inc. v. Court of Appeals, 217 SCRA 32 The holder of two checks which were dishonored because the drawer withdrew her funds from the bank can hold the drawer liable even if no notice of dishonor was given to the drawer, since the drawer had no right to expect that the drawee bank would honor the checks. Associate Bank v. Tan, 446 SCRA 282 A drawee bank is liable for damages to a drawer whose checks were dishonored for lack of funds because, it did not give him notice that the check he deposited in his account was dishonored CAUSES OF DISCHARGE OF THE INSTRUMENT Sec. 119. A negotiable instrument is
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(c) By the intentional cancellation thereof by the holder; (d) By any other act which will discharge a simple contract for the payment of money; (e) When the principal debtor becomes the holder of the instrument at or after maturity in his own right. Notes: 1. Discharge of the instrument discharges all the parties thereto 2. Payment must be in due course, and by the principal debtor or on his behalf 3. If payment is not made by the principal debtor, payment only cancels the liability of the payor and those obligated after him but does not discharge the instrument. 4. Payment by an accommodation party does not discharge the instrument. HOW A SECONDARY PARTY IS DISCHARGED Sec. 120. A person secondarily liable on the instrument is discharged (a) By any act which discharges the instrument; (b) By the intentional cancellation of his signature by the holder; (c) By the discharge of a prior party; (d) By a valid tender of payment made by a prior party; (e) By a release of the principal debtor, unless the holder's right of recourse against the party secondarily liable is expressly reserved; (f) By any agreement binding upon the holder to extend the time of payment, or to postpone the holder's right to enforce the instrument, unless made with the assent of the party secondarily liable, or unless the right of recourse against such party is expressly reserved. RIGHTS OF A PARTY SECONDARILY LIABLE WHO ALREADY PERFORMED HIS OBLIGATION TO PAY 1. The instrument is not discharged 2. The party is remitted to and a former rights as to QuickTime his TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor all prior parties to see this picture. are needed 3. The party may strike out his own
and all subsequent indorsements 4. The party may negotiate the instrument again EXCEPTIONS: 1. An instrument cannot be renegotiated where it is payable to order of a 3rd person and has been paid by the drawer 2. Instrument cannot be renegotiated where it was made or accepted for accommodation and it has been paid by the party accommodated. WHEN RENUNCIATION BY A HOLDER DISCHARGES AN INSTRUMENT 1. Made in favor of a person primarily liable 2. Made at or after maturity of the instrument 3. In writing or the instrument is delivered up to the person primarily liable . Notes: 1. If renounced in favor of a party secondarily liable, only he is exonerated from liability and all parties subsequent to him. 2. Discharge by novation is allowed. General rule: When materially altered, without the consent of all parties liable, the instrument is avoided Except as against: 1. The party who has made the alteration 2. The party who authorized or assented to the alteration. Subsequent indorsers Exception: If in the hands of a HDC, may be enforced according to its original tenor Material Alteration - if it alters the effect of the instrument. Sec. 125 Any alteration, which changes (a) The date; (b) The sum payable, either for principal or interest; (c) The time or place of payment; (d) The number or the relations of the parties; (e) The medium or currency in which payment is to be made; Or which adds a place of payment where no place of payment is specified, or any other change or addition which alters the effect of the instrument in any respect, is a material alteration. INSTANCES WHEN A BOE MAY BE TREATED AS A PN 1. The drawer and the drawee are one and the same 2. The drawee is a fictitious person 3. The drawee has no capacity to contract. Page 22 of 124
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Acceptance - the signification by the drawee of his assent to the order of the drawer. It is an act by which a person on whom the BOE is drawn assents to the request of the drawer to pay it. ACCEPTANCE MAY BE: 1. actual 2. constructive 3. general 4. qualified REQUISITES OF AN ACTUAL ACCEPTANCE 1. In writing 2. Signed by the drawee 3. Must not express that the drawee will perform his promise by any other means than payment of money 4. Communicated or delivered to the holder Note: A holder has a right to: 1. require that acceptance be written on the bill and if refused, treat it as if dishonored (Sec. 133) 2. refuse to accept a qualified acceptance and may treat it as dishonored (Sec. 142) CONSTRUCTIVE ACCEPTANCE Sec. 137. Where a drawee to whom a bill is delivered for acceptance destroys the same, or refuses within twenty-four hours after such delivery, or within such other period as the holder may allow, to return the bill accepted or non-accepted to the holder, he will be deemed to have accepted the same. PRESENTMENT FOR ACCEPTANCE 1. If necessary to fix the maturity of the bill 2. If it is expressly stipulated that it shall be presented for acceptance 3. If the bill is drawn payable elsewhere than the residence or place of business of the drawee. QuickTime and a TIFF decompressor SUMMARY ON(Uncompressed) this picture. PRESENTMENT FOR are needed to see ACCEPTANCE OF BILLS OF EXCHANGE: 1. To make the drawee primarily liable and for the accrual of secondary liability (Sec. 144) 2. Necessary to fix maturity date, where bill expressly stipulates presentment, bill
payable other than place of drawee (Sec. 143) 3. When presentment is excused: a. drawee is dead, hides, is fictitious, incapacitated person, b. after due diligence presentment cannot be made, c. presentment is refused on another ground although presentment is irregular (Sec. 148) General rule: Protest is required only for foreign bills Exception: Inland bills and notes may also be protested if desired WHEN PROTEST REQUIRED Sec. 152. Where a foreign bill appearing on its face to be such is dishonored by non-acceptance, it must be duly protested for non-acceptance, and where such bill which has not previously been dishonored by non-acceptance is dishonored by nonpayment, it must be duly protested for non-payment. If it is not so protested, the drawer and indorsers are discharged. Where a bill does not appear on its face to be a foreign bill, protest thereof in case of dishonor is unnecessary. Notes: 1. Protest - formal statement in writing made by a notary under his seal of office at the request of the holder, in which it is declared that the same was presented for payment or acceptance (as the case may be) and such was refused 2. It means all steps or acts accompanying the dishonor of a bill or note necessary to charge an indorser 3. Required when the instrument is a foreign bill of exchange. 4. It must be made on the same date of dishonor, by a notary/respectable citizen of the place in the presence of 2 credible witnesses so recourse to secondary parties Bill in Set - a bill of exchange drawn in several parts, each part of the set being numbered and containing a reference to the other parts, the whole of the parts just constituting one bill. Lee v. CA, 375 SCRA 5579 (2002) Although drafts issued in connection with letters of credit are negotiable instruments.
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CONTRACT OF INSURANCE An agreement whereby one undertakes for a consideration to indemnify another against loss, damage or liability arising from an unknown or contingent event. CONTRACT OF SURETYSHIP An agreement whereby a party called the surety guarantees the performance by another called the principal or obligor of an obligation or undertaking in favor of a third party called the oblige. It shall be deemed to be an insurance contract if made by a surety who or which, as such, is doing an insurance business. DOING AN INSURANCE OR TRANSACTING AN INSURANCE BUSINESS: A person is doing or transacting an insurance business if he performs any of the following: 1. Making or proposing to make an insurer, any insurance contract; 2. Making or proposing to make, as surety any contract of suretyship as a vocation, not as a mere incident to any other legitimate business as a surety; 3. Doing any insurance business like reinsurance and similar acts; and, 4. Doing or proposing to do any business equivalent to the above. CHARACTERISTICS OF AN INSURANCE CONTRACT: 1. Aleatory - it is an aleatory but not a wagering contract. By an aleatory contract, one of the parties or both reciprocally bind themselves to give or to do something in consideration of what the other shall give or do upon the happening of an event which is uncertain, or QuickTime and a which is to occur at an indeterminate time. TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. 2. Unilateral - A contract of insurance is
wholly executed on the party of the insured by the payment of the premium, and remains executory on the part of the insurer, subject to the condition of the happening of the event insured against. 3. Personal - it is personal in the sense that each party to it, in entering into the insurance contract, takes into account the character, credit and conduct of the other. 4. Conditional - The insurers liability is based on the happening of the event insured against. 5. Contract of Indemnity Indemnity is the basis of all property insurance. It simply means that the insured who has insurable interest over a property is only entitled to recover the amount of actual loss sustained and the burden is upon him to establish the amount of such loss. ELEMENTS OF AN INSURANCE CONTRACT: Aside from the essential requisites of an ordinary contract such as consent, subject-matter and consideration, an insurance contract must have the following elements: 1. The insured must possess an interest of some kind susceptible of pecuniary estimation, known as insurable interest; 2. The insured is for a risk of loss through the destruction or impairment of that interest by the happening of designated perils; 3. The insurer assumes the risk of loss; 4. Such assumption is part of a general scheme to distribute actual losses among a large group of persons bearing somewhat similar risks; 5. As consideration for the insurers promise, the insured makes a ratable contribution called premium, to a general insurance fund. UBERRIMAE FIDES CONTRACT The contract of insurance is one of perfect good faith not for the insured alone, but equally so for the insurer. It requires the parties to the contract to disclose conditions affecting the risk of which he is aware, or material fact, which the
applicant knows, and those, which he ought to know. COVER NOTE A concise and temporary written contract issued by the insurer through its duly authorized agent embodying the principal terms of an expected policy of insurance. It is a contract for temporary insurance for a reasonable time until the policy or policies can be written or issued by the insurer. RULES GOVERNING COVER NOTES: 1. The cover note shall be issued or renewed only upon proper approval of the Insurance Commission; Page 24 of 124
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2. The cover note shall be valid and binding not more than sixty (60) days from the date of its issuance; 3. No separate premium is required for the cover note; 4. The policy should be issued within sixty (60) days after the issuance of the cover note; 5. The sixty (60) day period may be extended upon written approval or the Insurance Commission; and 6. The written approval of the Insurance Commission is dispensed with upon the certification of the president, vice-president or general manager of the insurer that the risk involved, the values of such risks and premium therefore have not as yet been determined or established and the extension or renewal is not contrary to or is not for the purpose of violating the Insurance Code or any rule. INSURANCE POLICY A written document issued by the insurer to the insured, embodying the terms and conditions of their contract of insurance. The policy is not necessary for the perfection of the contract. It is required however that all policies issued or delivered must be in the form previously approved by the Insurance Commission. BASIC CONTENTS OF A POLICY: 1. Parties; 2. Amount of insurance, except in open or running policies; 3. Rate of premium; 4. Property or life insured; 5. Interest of the insured in the property if he is not the absolute owner; 6. Risk insured against; and 7. The period during which the insurance is to continue. RIDER An attachment to an insurance policy that modifies the conditions QuickTime and a by expanding or of the policy TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor restricting its benefitsneededexcluding certain conditions are or to see this picture. from the coverage. Riders,
together with other attachments to the policy like clause, warranty or endorsements, are not binding on the insured unless the descriptive title or name thereof is mentioned and written on the blank spaces provided in the policy Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Lincoln Philippine Life Insurance Company, G.R. No. 119176 (March 19, 2001) When the requirements for a rider are complied with (including clause, warranty or endorsement), it is considered part of the policy. Thus, a rider containing an automatic increase clause one that increases the coverage subject to the attainment of a certain age of the insured is not a separate contract. It is part of the original policy which is in the nature of a conditional obligation. GROUNDS FOR CANCELLATION OF NON-LIFE POLICY: Cancellation by the insurer of an insurance policy other than life requires (a) prior notice to the insured, and (b) any of the following grounds: 1. Non-payment of premium; 2. Conviction of a crime out of acts increasing the hazard insured against; 3. Fraud or material misrepresentation; 4. Willful or reckless acts or omissions increasing the risk insured against; 5. Physical changes in the property insured making it uninsurable; and 6. Determination by the Insurance Commissioner that the policy would violate the Insurance Code. REQUISITES FOR CANCELLATION: 1. Prior notice of cancellation to insured; 2. Notice must be based on the occurrence after effective date of the policy of one or more of the grounds mentioned; 3. Notice must be in writing, mailed or delivered to the insured at the address shown in the policy; and 4. Notice must state the grounds relied upon and upon request of insured, to furnish facts on which cancellation is based. KINDS OF POLICIES: Property insurance policies are classified
into: 1. Open policy Value of thing insured is not agreed upon, but left to be ascertained at time of loss; 2. Valued policy Definite valuation is agreed upon by both parties, and written on the face of the policy; 3. Running policy Contemplates successive insurances and which provides that the subject of the policy may from time to time be defined. Life insurance policies are always valued policies. Page 25 of 124
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TYPES OF INSURANCE CONTRACTS: 1. Life Insurance a. Individual Life Insurance on human lives and insurance appertaining thereto or connected therewith; b. Group Life A blanket policy covering a number of individuals. c. Industrial Life A form of life insurance under which the premiums are payable either monthly or oftener, if the face amount of insurance provided in any policy is not more than five hundred times that of the current statutory minimum daily wage in the City of Manila and if the words industrial policy are printed upon the policy as part of the descriptive matter. 2. Non-Life Insurance a. Marine b. Fire c. Casualty 3. Contract of Suretyship PARTIES TO AN INSURANCE CONTRACT: 1. Insurer The person who undertakes to indemnify another 2. Insured The person with capacity to contract and having an insurable interest in the life or property of the insured; and 3. Beneficiary Person designated to receive proceeds of policy when risk attaches. INSURANCE CORPORATION Corporations formed or organized to save any person or persons or other corporations harmless from loss, damage, or liability from any unknown or future or contingent event, or to indemnify or to compensate any person or persons or other corporations for any such loss, damage, or liability, or to guarantee the performance of or compliance with contractual obligations or the payment of debt of others. It must have (1) sufficient capital and assets required and a under the Insurance QuickTime TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor Code and pertinent regulations issued by the are needed to see this picture. Commission, and (2) a
certificate of authority to operate issued by the Insurance Commission which should be renewed every year. 2. 3. 4. 5. whether or not the beneficiary has an insurable interest in the life of the insured. Exceptions: Persons specified in Article 739 of the Civil Code cannot be designated: a. Those made between persons who were guilty of adultery or concubinage (conviction not being a condition precedent); b. Those made between persons found guilty of the same criminal offense, in consideration thereof; c. Those made to a public officer or his wife, descendants or ascendants by reason of his office. Note: The designation of persons mentioned in Article 739 is void but the policy is binding. The estate will get the proceeds. If a person will insure the life of another payable to himself, he must have insurable interest on the life of the person whose life he is insuring. In property insurance, the beneficiary must have insurable interest on the property. The designation is revocable unless the right to revoke is expressly waived in the policy. If the insured or beneficiary is a minor, and the amount involved does not exceed P50,000.00, the father, in the absence or incapacity, the mother may exercise the minors rights under the policy, without the need of a court authority or a bond. BPI v. Posadas, 56 Phil. 215 If the premiums are paid out of the conjugal funds, the proceeds are considered conjugal. If the beneficiary is other than the insureds estate, the source of premiums
would not be relevant. VOID STIPULATIONS IN AN INSURANCE CONTRACT: 1. Stipulations for the payment of loss whether the person insured has or has not any interest in the property insured; or 2. The policy shall be received as proof of such interest, or 3. Policies executed by way of gaming or wagering. INSURABLE INTEREST means that the insured possess an interest of some kind susceptible of pecuniary estimation. RULES IN THE DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY: 1. When one insures his own life, he may designate any person as the beneficiary, Page 26 of 124
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INSURABLE INTEREST IN LIFE INSURANCE: Every person has an insurable interest in the life and health of: 1. Himself, of his spouse and of his children; 2. Any person on whom he depends wholly or in party for education or support, or in whom he has pecuniary interest; 3. Any person under a legal obligation to him for the payment of money, or respecting property or services, of which death or illness might delay or prevent the performance; and 4. Any person upon whose life any estate or interest vested in him depends. INSURABLE INTEREST IN PROPERTY INSURANCE: 1. Insurable interest in property is any interest therein, or liability in respect thereof and it may consist in an existing interest, an inchoate interest founded on an existing interest, or any expectancy coupled with an existing interest. 2. In general, a person has an insurable interest in the property, if he derives pecuniary benefit or advantage from its preservation or would suffer pecuniary loss, damage or prejudice by its destruction whether he has or has no title in, or lien upon, or possession of the property. Hence, pecuniary interest over the property is always necessary. 3. Existence of insurable interest is a matter of public policy. Hence, the principle of estoppel cannot be invoked. GENERAL RULE AS TO CHANGE IN INTEREST OF THING Generally, a change in interest in the thing insured without a change in insurance does not transfer the policy but suspends it until the interest in the thing and the interest in the insurance are vested in the same person. EXCEPTION TO THE GENERAL RULE IN THE CHANGE OF INTEREST IN THE THING INSURED WITHOUT A CHANGE QuickTime and a IN INSURANCE: In case of TIFF
(Uncompressed) decompressor life, health and accident insurance: are needed to see this picture. 1. When the change in interest results after the occurrence of an injury which results in a loss 2. A change of interest in one or more several distinct things, separately insured by one policy 3. A change in the interest by will or succession on the death of the insured (interest passes to the heirs) 4. A transfer of interest by one of several partners, joint owners in common who are jointly insured to the others (even though it has been agreed that the insurance shall seize upon the alienation of the thing insured). CHANGE OF INTEREST THAT SUSPENDS AN INSURANCE CONTRACT: The change of interest contemplated by law is an absolute transfer of the insureds entire interest in the property insured to one not previously interested or insured. In the following cases, the policy is not suspended: 1. Execution of a mortgage 2. Lease of the insured property 3. Judgment debtor whose property has been sold on execution (right to redeem) 4. Mortgagor whose property has been foreclosed (right of redemption) 5. Vendor who has a lien on the property sold until the purchase price is paid or the conditions of the sale are performed Table 1 Life May be based on pecuniary interest, affinity, or consanguinity General Rule: at the Time the policy takes effect except life insurance taken by creditor on the life of the debtor wherein interest must also exist at the time of the loss General Rule: no limit Except: if insurable interest is based on creditordebtor Category Basis Property Based on pecuniary interest
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relationship (only to the extent of the credit or debt) REQUISITES IN ORDER THAT A PERSON MAY BE INSURED UNDER A CONTRACT OF INSURANCE: 1. He must be competent to enter into a contract; 2. He must possess an insurable interest in the subject of the insurance; and 3. He must not be a public enemy (subject of a country with whom the Philippines is at war) EXTENT OF INSURABLE INTEREST IN A MORTGAGE SITUATION: 1. Mortgagor may insure the property mortgaged to the full value of such property. 2. Mortgagee can insure the same only to the extent of the amount of his credit. CONSEQUENCES WHERE THE MORTGAGOR INSURES THE PROPERTY MORTGAGED IN HIS OWN NAME BUT MAKES THE LOSS PAYABLE TO THE MORTGAGEE OR ASSIGNS THE POLICY TO THE LATTER: 1. The insurance is still deemed to be upon the interest of the mortgagor who does not cease to be a party to the original contract. 2. Any act of the mortgagor, prior to the loss, which would otherwise avoid the insurance, will have the same effects, although the property is in the hands of the mortgagee. 3. Any act, which under the contract of insurance is to be performed by the mortgagor, may be performed by the mortgagee with the same effect as if it has been performed by the mortgagor. 4. Upon the occurrence of the loss, the mortgagee is entitled to recover to the extent of his credit and the balance, if any, is payable to the mortgagor a since such policy is QuickTime and TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor for the benefit of see this picture. mortgagor and both the are needed to mortgagee. 5. Upon recovery of the mortgagee to the extent of his credit from the insurer, the
mortgagor is released from his indebtedness. EFFECTS OF INSURANCE PROCURED BY THE MORTGAGEE WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE RIGHT OF THE MORTGAGOR: 1. The mortgagee may collect from the insurer upon the occurrence of the loss to the extent of his credit. 2. Unless otherwise stated in the policy, the mortgagor has no right to collect the balance of the proceeds of the policy after payment of the interest of the mortgagee. 3. The insurer, upon payment to the mortgageeinsured, becomes subrogated to the rights of the mortgagee against the mortgagor and may collect the debt of the mortgagor to the extent of the amount paid to the mortgagee. 4. The mortgagee-insured can no longer collect the mortgagors indebtedness after receiving full payment of his credit from the insurer since the latter thereby acquires the right to collect from the mortgagor by virtue of subrogation. RISKS OR PERILS THAT MAY BE INSURED: 1. Any contingent or unknown event, whether past or future, which may damnify a person having an insurable interest; or 2. Any contingent or unknown event, whether past or future, which may create a liability against the person insured. PREMIUM The consideration paid to an insurer for undertaking to indemnify the insured against a specified peril. Sec. 77. An insurer is entitled to payment of the premium as soon as the thing insured is exposed to the peril insured against. Notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, no policy or contract of insurance issued by an insurance company is valid and binding unless and until the premium thereof has been paid, except in the case of a life or an industrial life policy whenever the grace period provision applies. EXCEPTIONS TO GENERAL RULE AS TO PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS: 1. In case of life and
industrial life whenever the grace period provision applies. 2. Where there is an acknowledgement in the contract or policy of insurance that the premium had already been paid. 3. The rule laid down in Makati Tuscany Condominium v. Court of Appeals to the effect that Section 77 may not apply if the parties have agreed upon to the payment of the premium in installments and partial Page 28 of 124
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payment has been made at the time of the loss. 4. Where a credit term was agreed upon like the agreement in UCPB General Insruance, Inc. v. Masagana Telemart where the insurer granted a 60-90-day credit term for the payment of the premiums despite full awareness of Section 77. 5. Where the parties are barred by estoppel. American Home Assurance Co. v. Chua, G.R. No. 130421 (June 28, 1999) Where an insurer authorizes an insurance agent or broker to deliver a policy to the insured, it is deemed to have authorized said agent to receive the premium in its behalf. The insurer is also bound by its agents acknowledgement of receipt of payment of premium.. RETURN OF PREMIUMS: The insured is entitled to return of premiums paid: 1. If the thing insured was never exposed to the risks insured against; 2. Contract is voidable due to the fraud or misrepresentation of insurer; 3. Insurer never incurred liability; 4. When the insurance is for a definite period and the insured surrenders his policy before the termination thereof; 5. Contract is voidable because of the existence of facts of which the insured was ignorant without his fault; 6. When there is over-insurance; and, 7. When rescission is granted due to the insurers breach of contract. Philippine Pryce Assurance Corporation v. Court of Appeals, 230 SCRA 164 (1994) Generally, premium is also necessary in order for the contract of suretyship or bond to be binding. However, where the oblige has accepted the bond, it is binding even if the premium has not been paid subject to the right of the insurer to recover the premium from its principal.
QuickTime and a Sec. 181. A policy (Uncompressed) decompressor life or health TIFF of insurance upon are needed to see this picture. may pass by transfer, will or succession to any person, whether he has an insurable interest or not, and such person may recover upon it whatever the insured might have recovered. the insured. If there is transfer of property insurance without such consent, the insurance policy is suspended and will not be avoided until the interest in the thing and the interest in the insurance are vested in the same person. PRIMARY CONCERNS OF THE INSURER: 1. Correct estimation of risk which enables insurer to determine if he will approve the policy application and if so at what premium rate; 2. Delimitation of the risk; 3. Control of risk to guard against increase in risk; 4. Determine if loss occurs and if so the amount thereof. DEVICES OF INSURER IN ASCERTAINING AND CONTROLLING RISK: 1. Concealment 2. Representations 3. Warranties Statements or promises by the insured, whether expressed, implied, affirmative or promissory, set forth in the policy itself or incorporated in it by proper reference, the untruth or non-fulfillment of which in any respect, and without reference to whether the insurer was in fact prejudiced by such untruth or non-fulfillment renders the policy voidable by the insurer. 4. Conditions 5. Exceptions Excluding certain specified risks that otherwise would be included under the general language describing the risks assumed. CONCEALMENT A neglect to communicate that which a party knows and ought to communicate. EFFECTS OF CONCEALMENT: General Rule The insured is not required to
communicate the nature (or kind) or the amount of his insurable interest in the life or property insured to the insurer. Exceptions 1. When the insurer makes inquiry from the insured of the nature or amount of the latters insurable interest, whether in life or property insurance; 2. Insurance policy must specify the interest of the insured in the property insured, if he is not the absolute owner thereof. On the other hand, property insurance cannot be transferred without the consent of the insurer because the insurer approved the policy based on the personal qualification and the insurable interest of Page 29 of 124
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Note: Concealment, whether intentional or not, entitles the injured party to rescind a contract of insurance, provided the: 1. Party concealing must have knowledge of the facts concealed; 2. Facts concealed must be material to the risk; 3. Party is duty bound to disclose such fact to the other; 4. Party concealing makes no warranty as to the facts concealed; 5. Other party has no other means of ascertaining the facts concealed. INSTANCES WHEN CONCEALMENT MADE BY AN AGENT PROCURING THE INSURANCE BINDS THE PRINCIPAL: 1. Where it was the duty of the agent to acquire and communicate information of the facts in question; 2. Where it was possible for the agent, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, to have made the communication before the making of the insurance contract. Failure on the part of the insured to disclose such facts known to his agent, or wholly due to the fault of the agent, will avoid the policy, despite the good faith of the insured. INFORMATION NOT BOUND TO BE COMMUNICATED: Neither party to the insurance contract is bound to communicate information on the following matters except in answer to the inquiries of the other: 1. Those of which the other knows; 2. That which, in the exercise of ordinary care, the other ought to know and of which the former has no reason to suppose his ignorance, i.e. political situation, general usages of trade; 3. Those of which the other waives communication; 4. Those which prove or tend to prove the existence of the risk excluded by a warranty and which are not otherwise material; QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor 5. Those which needed to seeto
picture. excepted from relate this a risk are the policy and which are not otherwise material. NOTE: Neither party is bound to communicate his mere opinion, even upon inquiry, because such opinion would add nothing to the appraisal of the application. NOTE: Information as to the nature of interest need not be disclosed except in property insurance, if the insured is not the owner. If somebody is insuring properties of which he is not the owner, he must disclose why he has insurable interest that would entitle him to insure it. WAIVER OF MATERIAL FACTS: 1. by the terms of the insurance; or 2. by the neglect to make inquiry as to such facts, where they are distinctly implied in other facts which information is communicated. Vda. de Canilang v. CA, 223 SCRA 443 (1993) Test of Materiality Materiality is determined not by the event, but solely by the probable and reasonable influence of the facts upon the party to whom the communication is due, in forming his estimate of the disadvantages of the proposed contract, or in making his inquiries or in fixing the premium rate. Hence, good faith is no defense in concealment. Sunlife Assurance Company of Canada v. Court of Appeals, 245 SCRA 268 (1995) The fact that the matter concealed had no bearing to the cause of death of the insured is not important because it is well-settled that the insured need not die of the disease he had failed to disclose to the insurer. It is sufficient that his non-disclosure misled the insurer in forming his estimates of the risks of the proposed insurance policy or in making inquiries. REPRESENTATION It is a factual statement made by the insured at the time of, or prior to, the issuance of the policy, to give information to the insurer and otherwise induce him to enter into the insurance contract. It may be made orally or in writing. It may
be made at the time of, or before, the issuance of the policy. It may be altered or withdrawn before the insurance is effected, but not afterwards. NOTE: A representation cannot qualify an express provision in a contract of insurance but it may qualify an implied warranty. A representation as to the future is to be deemed a promise unless it appears that it was merely a statement of belief or an expectation that is susceptible to present, actual knowledge. The statement of an erroneous opinion, belief or information, or of an unfulfilled intention, will not avoid the contract of insurance, unless fraudulent. Page 30 of 124
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KINDS OF REPRESENTATION: 1. Affirmative which is an affirmation of a fact existing when the contracts begins; or 2. Promissory which is a statement by the insured concerning what is to happen during the term of the insurance. NOTE: If there is misrepresentation, the injured party is entitled to rescind from the time when the representation becomes false. The right to rescind must be exercised previous to the commencement of an action on the contract (the action referred to is that to collect a claim on the contract) Table 2 Concealment Misrepresentation Neglect of one party Communication to communicate to required to comply the other material with the prohibition facts against concealment; information insured gives in compliance with the duty to reveal information Passive form of the Active form of the act act WARRANTY It is a statement or promise set forth in the policy or by reference incorporated therein, the untruth or non-fulfillment of which in any respect, and without reference to whether insurer was in fact prejudiced by such untruth or nonfulfillment, renders the policy voidable. KINDS OF WARRANTY: 1. Express; and 2. Implied Warranties that are deemed included in the contract, although not expressly mentioned. They are found only in marine insurance. 3. Affirmative Asserts the existence of a fact or condition at the time it is made; QuickTime and a 4. Promissory (Uncompressed) insured stipulates that The decompressor TIFF are or conditions certain facts needed to see this picture.shall exist or thin shall be done or omitted. EFFECT OF BREACH OF WARRANTY: It gives the insurer the right to rescind, except in the following instances 1.
Loss occurs before the time of performance of the warranty; 2. The performance becomes unlawful; 3. Performance becomes impossible. Table 3 Warranty Misrepresentation Part of the contract Collateral Inducement Written on the policy Need not be written or in a valid rider or attachment Generally Should be conclusively established to be presumed to be material material Fact warranted must Requires only to be be strictly complied substantially true with OTHER INSURANCE CLAUSE This is a clause in the policy that provides that the policy shall be void if the insured procures additional insurance without the consent of the insurer. The purpose is to prevent overinsurance and thus to avert the possibility of a perpetration of fraud. It is a warranty that entitles the insurer to rescind in case of breach. General Insurance and Surety Corp. v. Ng Hua, 106 Phil 1117 The other insurance clause may be subject to waiver but the waiver must either be express or if it is to be implied from conduct mainly, said conduct must be clearly indicative of a clear intent to waive such right. There must be clear showing that the insurer knew about the violation of the clause. TIME TO EXERCISE THE RIGHT TO RESCIND: 1. Non-Life Policy Prior to the commencement of an action on the contract 2. Life Policy A period of two years from the date of issue or last reinstatement of the policy (i.e. incontestability clause). Sec. 48. Whenever a right to rescind a contract of insurance is given to the insurer by an provision of this chapter, such right must be exercised previous to the commencement of an action on the contract. After a policy of life insurance made payable on the death of the insured shall have been in force during the lifetime of the insured for a period of two years from the date of its issue or of its last reinstatement, the
insurer cannot prove that the policy is void ab initio or is rescindible by reason of the fraudulent concealment or misrepresentation of the insured or his agent. Page 31 of 124
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REQUISITES OF INCONCTESTIBILITY CLAUSE: 1. The insurance is a life insurance policy payable on the death of the insured. 2. It has been in force during the lifetime of the insured for at least 2 years from its date of issue or of its last reinstatement. The period of 2 years may be shortened but it cannot be extended by stipulation. DEFENSES THAT ARE NOT BARRED BY INCONTESTIBILITY CLAUSE: 1. That the person taking the insurance lacked insurable interest as required by law; 2. That the cause of the death of the insured is excepted risk; 3. That the premiums have not been paid; 4. That the conditions of the policy relating to military or naval service have been violated; 5. That the fraud is of a particularly vicious type, wherein: a. The policy was taken in furtherance of a scheme to murder the insured; b. The insured instituted another person for the medical examination; and, c. The beneficiary feloniously killed the insured; 6. That the beneficiary failed to furnish proof of death or to comply with any condition imposed by the policy after the loss has happened; or, 7. That the action was not brought within the time specified. DOUBLE INSURANCE It exists where the same person is insured by several insurers separately in respect to same subject and interest. It is not prohibited by law but it may be prohibited by an other insurance clause. When there is double insurance and over insurance results, the insured can claim in case of loss only up to the agreed valuation or up to the full insurable value from any, some or all insurers, without prejudice to the insurers ratably apportioning the payments. QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor Insured can also needed to see
this picture. or after the loss, are recover before from both insurers the excess premium he has paid. REQUISITES OF DOUBLE INSURANCE: 1. The person insured is the same; 2. There are two or more insurers insuring separately; 3. The subject matter is the same; 4. The interest insured is also the same; 5. The risk or peril insured against is likewise the same. REINSURANCE is one by which an insurer procures a third person to insure him against loss or liability by reason of such original insurance. In every reinsurance contract, the original contract of insurance and the contract of reinsurance are separate and distinct and covered by separate policies. Table 4 Policy of Insurance Reinsurance Written document Any contract by embodying the terms which an insurer and stipulations of procures a 3rd the contract of person to insure him insurance between against loss or the insured and liability by reason of insurer an original insurance Formal written The original contract instrument of insurance and the evidencing the contract of contract of insurance reinsurance are covered by separate policies Table 5 Double Insurance Reinsurance Involves the same Insurance of interest different interests Insurer remains in Insurer becomes an such capacity insured in relation to insurer Insured in the 1st Original insured has contract is a party in no interest in interest in the 2nd reinsurance contract contract Subject of insurance Subject of insurance is property is the original insurers risk Insured has to give Consent of original his consent insured, not necessary INSURER IS LIABLE IF: 1. Loss the proximate cause of which is the peril insured
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3. Loss through the negligence of insured except where there was gross negligence amount to willful act; and 4. Loss caused by efforts to rescue the thing from peril insured against if during the course of rescue, the thing is exposed to a peril not insured against, which permanently deprives the insured of its possession, in whole or in part. INSURER IS NOT LIABLE IF: 1. Loss by insureds willful act or gross negligence; 2. Loss due to connivance of the insured; 3. Loss where the excepted peril is the proximate cause. CLAIMS SETTLEMENT: 1. Life Insurance a. The proceeds shall be paid immediately upon the maturity of the policy if there is such a maturity date. b. If the policy matures by the death of the insured, within sixty (60) days after presentation of the claim and filing of the proof of the death of the insured. 2. Property Insurance a. Proceeds shall be paid within thirty (30) days after proof of loss is received by the insurer and ascertainment of the loss or damage is made either by agreement or by arbitration. b. If no ascertainment is made within 60 days after receipt of proof of loss, the loss shall be paid within 90 days. EFFECT OF DELAY OF INSURER: If the prescribed period for both life and property insurance are not complied with, the beneficiary is entitled to payment of: 1. Interest for the duration of the delay at the rate of twice the legal interest; 2. Attorneys fees and other litigation expenses; 3. Appropriate damages under the Civil Code QuickTime and a TIFF and (Uncompressed) decompressor like moral are neededexemplary damages when to see this picture. requisites are present. Sec. 63. A condition, stipulation, or agreement in any policy
of insurance, limiting the time for commencing an action thereunder to a period of less than one year from the time when the cause of action accrues, is void. In the absence of an express stipulation in the policy it being based on a written contract, the action prescribes in 10 years. However, the parties may validly agree on a shorter period provided it is not less than one year from the time the cause of action accrues. The cause of action accrues from the final rejection of the claim of the insured and not from the time of the loss. Where a policy of insurance provides for a prescriptive period of one year from the time the cause of action accrues and the insured files a motion for reconsideration upon the initial denial of his claim, the period shall commence to run from the denial of the claim, not from the resolution of the motion for reconsideration filed by the insured, otherwise, it can be used by the insured as a scheme or device to waste time until the evidence which may be used against him is destroyed. Jacqueline Jimenez Vda. De Gabriel v. CA, G.R. No. 103883 (November 4, 1996) Under 384 of the Insurance Code, notice of claim must be filed within six months from the date of accident, otherwise the claim shall be deemed waived. Action or suit must be brought in proper cases, with Commission or the courts within one year from the denial of the claim, otherwise, the claimants right of action shall prescribe. SUBROGATION The right of subrogation is the mode which equity adopts to compel the ultimate payment of a debt by one who in justice and good conscience ought to pay. It is not dependent upon, nor does it grow out of any privity of contract nor upon written assignment of claim. It accrues simply upon payment by the insurance company of the
insurance claim. Consequently, the payment made by the insurer to the assured operates as an equitable assignment to the former of all the remedies which the latter may have against the obligor. CASES WHEN THERE IS NO RIGHT OF SUBROGATION: 1. The insured by his own act releases the wrongdoer/third person liable for the loss; 2. Where the insurer pays the insured for a loss or risk not covered by the policy; 3. In life insurance; 4. For recovery of loss in excess of insurance coverage. Page 33 of 124
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IMPLIED WARRANTIES IN MARINE INSURANCE: 1. That the ship is seaworthy at the inception of the insurance; 2. That the ship will not deviate from agreed voyage unless deviation is proper; 3. That the ship will not engage in an illegal venture; 4. Warranty of possession of documents of neutrality; that the ship will carry the requisite documents of nationality or neutrality of the ship or cargo where such nationality or neutrality is expressly warranted; 5. Presence of insurable interest. INSURABLE INTEREST IN MARINE INSURANCE: 1. Shipowner a. Over the value of the vessel, (even if chartered and the charterer agreed to pay the shipowner the value of the vessel in case of loss, however, the shipowner can recover only the amount not recoverable form the charterer). However, if the ship is hypothecated by a bottomry loan, the insurable interest is only up to the excess of the value of the vessel over the loan. b. Over expected freightage. 2. Cargo owner/shipper Over the cargo and expected profits. 3. Charterer a. Over the vessel up to the extent of the amount he is liable to the shipowner, if the ship is lost or damaged during the voyage. b. Over his expected profits or freightage if he accepts cargoes from other persons for a fee. c. Over his own cargo or his clients cargo. Table 6 Perils of the Ship Not covered by marine insurance Denote nature accidents peculiar to the sea which do not happen by intervention of man nor are to be prevented by human prudence
Damage or losses resulting from: 1. natural and inevitable action of the sea 2. ordinary wear and tear of a ship, or 3. negligent failure of the ship owner to provide the vessel with proper equipment to convey the cargo under ordinary conditions BARRATRY Willful misconduct on the part of the master or crew in pursuance of some unlawful or fraudulent purpose without the consent of owners, and to the prejudice of owners interest. This may be expressly covered by thepolicy. When so covered, proof of willful and intentional act is necessary. No honest error or judgment or mere negligence, unless criminally gross, can be barratry. LOAN ON BOTTOMRY OR RESPONDENTIA A loan in which under any condition whatsoever, the repayment of the sum loaned, and of the premium stipulated, depends upon the safe arrival in port of the goods on which it is made or of the price they may receive in case of accident. It is a loan on bottomry when the security is a vessel, and respondentia when the security is cargo. CHARTER PARTY CONTRACT Contract by virtue of which the owner or the agent of a vessel binds himself to transport merchandise or persons for a fixed price. It has also been defined as a contract by virtue of which the owner or the agent of the vessel lets the vessel or some principal part thereof for the transportation of goods or persons from one port to another. CONCEALMENT IN MARINE INSURANCE: 1. Belief and expectation of a third person in reference to a material fact is material and must be disclosed in marine insurance. The rule is different from the general rule where matters of belief, judgment or opinion of third persons (except experts) are not material. 2. Ordinarily, the matters need not be the cause of the loss. In marine insurance, there are Page 34 of 124
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instances when matters, although concealed, will not vitiate the contract except when they caused the loss: a. National character of the insured; b. Liability of insured thing to capture or detention; c. Liability to seizure from breach of foreign laws; d. Want of necessary documents; and, e. Use of false or simulated papers. SEAWORTHINESS A ship is seaworthy, when reasonably fit to perform the service, and to encounter the ordinary perils of the voyage, contemplated by the parties to the policy. There should be due consideration to the nature of the ship, the voyage and the service to be performed. WHEN A SHIP SHOULD BE SEAWORTHY: An implied warranty of seaworthiness is complied with if the ship be seaworthy at the time of the commencement of the risk, except in the following cases: 1. Time policy When the insurance is made for a specified length of time, the implied warranty is not complied with unless the vessel is seaworthy at the commencement of every voyage it undertakes during that time; 2. When the insurance is upon the cargo which, by the terms of the policy, description of the voyage, or established custom of trade, is to be transshipped at an intermediate port, at the commencement of each particular voyage; 3. Where different portions of the voyage are contemplated, at the commencement of each portion; 4. When the ship was unseaworthy at the commencement of the voyage but becomes unseaworthy during the voyage to which an insurance related, and unreasonable delay in repairing the defect exonerates the insurer on ship or shipowners interest from liability from any loss arising therefrom. QuickTime and a
TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. 3. If made in good faith to avoid a peril; 4. If made to save human life or another distressed vessel. KINDS OF LOSSES IN MARINE INSURANCE: 1. Actual total loss a. Total Destruction; b. Loss by sinking; c. Damage rendering the thing valueless; or d. Total deprivation of owner of possession of thing insured. 2. Constructive total loss a. Actual loss or more than three-fourths (3/4) of the value of the object; b. Damage reducing value by more than three-fourths (3/4) of the value of the vessel and of cargo; and c. Expenses of shipment exceed threefourths (3/4) of value of cargo. NOTE: In case of constructive total loss, insured may abandon the goods or vessel to the insurer and claim for whole insured value, or he may, without abandoning vessel, claim for partial actual loss. ABANDONMENT The act of the insured by which, after a constructive total loss, he declares the relinquishment to the insurer of his interest in the thing insured. REQUISITES FOR VALID ABANDONMENT: 1. There must be an actual relinquishment by the person insured of his interest in the thing insured; 2. There must be constructive total loss; 3. The abandonment be neither partial nor conditional; 4. It must be made within a reasonable time after receipt of reliable information of the loss; 5. It must be factual; 6. It must be made by giving notice thereof to the insurer which may be done orally or in writing; and 7. The notice of abandonment must be explicit and must specify the particular cause of the abandonment. KINDS OF AVERAGES: 1. Simple or Particular Average Includes all expenses and damages caused to the vessel or cargo which have not inured to the common benefit of all persons interested in the vessel or cargo. Page 35 of 124
DEVIATION Departure of vessel from course of voyage, or an unreasonable delay in pursuing voyage, or the commencement of an entirely different voyage. DEVIATION IS PROPER WHEN: 1. If due to circumstances outside the control of the ship captain or ship owner; 2. If done to comply with a warranty;
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2. General or Gross Average - Includes all the damage and expenses which are deliberately caused in order to save the vessel, its cargo or both, from real and known risks. RIGHT TO FREIGHTAGE: 1. Freightage earned before loss -Belongs to the insurer of freightage 2. Freightage earned after loss - Belongs to insurer of ship CO-INSURANCE Coinsurance is a form of insurance in which a person who insures his property for less than the entire value is understood to be his own insurer for the difference which exists between the true value of the property and the amount of insurance. means within the control of the insured, and increasing the risks, entitles the insurer to rescind a contract of fire insurance. EFFECT OF AN ALTERATION IN THRE USE OR CONDITION OF A THING INSURED FORM THAT LIMITED BY THE POLICY: The insurer may rescind a contract of fire insurance provided the following requisites are present: 1. The use or condition of the thing insured is specially limited or stipulated in the policy; 2. Such use or condition is altered; 3. The alteration is made without the consent of the insurer; 4. The alteration is made by means within the control of the insured; 5. The alteration increases the risk; and. 6. There must be a violation of a material policy provision. WHEN CO-INSURANCE APPLIES: 1. Insurance taken is less than the actual value of the thing insured 2. Loss is partial FIRE INSURANCE It is a contract of indemnity by which the insurer for a consideration
agrees to indemnify the insured against loss of, or damage to, property by fire, but may include loss by lightning, windstorm, tornado or earthquake and other allied risks, when such risks are covered by extension to fire insurance policies or under separate policies. FRIENDLY FIRE AND HOSTILE FIRE: 1. Friendly Fire Fire that burns in a place where it is supposed to burn 2. Hostile Fire Fire that escapes and burns in a place where it is not supposed to be. It may also refer to fire that started out as a friendly fire but escapes from its original place or it becomes too strong as it becomes out of QuickTime and a control. TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. loss or damage NOTE: The insurer is liable for caused by hostile fire (fire that escapes from the place where it was intended to burn and ought to be in) and not that caused by friendly fire (fire which burns in a place where it is intended to burn). ALTERATION An alteration is the use of condition of a thing insured from that to which it is limited by the policy made without the consent of the insurer, by CASUALTY INSURANCE It is an insurance covering loss or liability arising from accident or mishap, excluding those falling under those types of insurance such as fire or marine. Biagtan v. The Insular Life Assurance Co. Ltd., 44 SCRA 58 (1972) Where a provision of the policy excludes intentional injury that is controlling. If the injuries suffered by the insured clearly resulted from the intentional act of a third person, the insurer is relieved from liability as stipulated. Pan Malayan Insurance Corp. v. CA, 184 SCRA 54 The terms accident and accidental as used in insurance contracts, have not acquired any technical meaning. They are construed by the courts in the ordinary and common acceptation. Thus, the terms have
been taken to mean that which happens by chance or fortuitously, without intention or design, which is unexpected, unusual and unforeseen. The terms do not, without qualification, exclude events resulting in damage or loss due to fault, recklessness or negligence of third parties. The concept is not necessarily synonymous with no fault. It may be utilized simply to distinguish intentional or malicious acts from negligent or careless acts of man. LIFE INSURANCE Life insurance is an insurance on human life. Insurance appertaining thereto or connected therewith may be payable: (1) On the death of the insured, (2) On his surviving a Page 36 of 124
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specified period, and (3) Otherwise, contingently on the continuance or cessation of life (b and c refer to endowment or annuities) KINDS OF LIFE INSURANCE: 1. Whole Life or Ordinary Policies - the insured agrees to pay annual, semi-annual or; 2. Quarterly premiums while he lives. The insurer agrees to pay the face value of the policy upon the death of the insured. 3. Limited Payment Life Policy - premiums paid only for a specified period of years. 4. Term Policy - insurers liability arises only upon the death of the insured within the agreed term as period. If the latter survives the period, the contract terminates and the insurer is not liable 5. Endowment Policy - insurer agrees to pay a certain sum to the insured if the latter outlives a designated period; if he dies before that time, the proceeds are paid to the beneficiary 6. Life Annuity - debtor binds himself to pay an annual pension or income during the life of one or more persons in consideration of a capital consisting of money or other property, whose ownership is transferred to him with the burden of income. VARIABLE CONTRACT Any policy or contract on either on either a group or individual basis issued by an insurance company providing for benefits or other contractual payments or values thereunder to vary so as to reflect investment results of any segregated portfolio of investment. EFFECT OF DEATH OF INSURED THROUGH SUICIDE: The insurer in alife insurance contract shall be liable in case of suicide by the insured if: 1. Suicide was committed after the policy has been in force for a period of two years from the date of its issue or its last reinstatement, unless the policy provides a shorter period; 2. Suicide committed in a state of
insanity; it QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor shall madearethe insurerpicture. needed to see this liable regardless of the date of the commission of the suicide. Agreement whereby surety SURETYSHIP guarantees the performance by another of an undertaking or an obligation in favor of a 3rd party. COMPULSORY MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE (CPTL) The Insurance Code makes it unlawful for any land transportation operator or owner of a motor vehicle to operate the same in public highways unless there is an insurance or guaranty to indemnify the death or bodily injury of a third party or passenger arising from the use thereof. RULES OF CPTL: 1. Registration of any vehicle will not be made or renewed without complying with the requirement. 2. The protection may be complied with using any of the following: a. Insurance policy b. Surety bond c. Cash bond First Integrated Bonding and Ins. Co., Inc. v. Hernando, 199 SCRA 746 The purpose of CPTL is to give immediate financial assistance to victims of motor vehicle accidents and/or their dependents, especially if they are poor regardless of the financial capability of motor vehicle owners or operators responsible for the accident. NO FAULT CLAUSE The injured third party or passenger is given the option to file a claim for death or injury without the necessity of proving fault or negligence of any kind. CONDITIONS FOR APPLICATION OF NO FAULT CLAUSE: 1. The total indemnity in respect of any person shall not exceed five thousand pesos; 2. The following proofs of loss, when submitted under oath, shall be sufficient evidence to substantiate the claim: a. Police report of accident; and, b. Death certificate and evidence sufficient to establish the proper payee; or, c. Medical report and
evidence or medical or hospital disbursement in respect of which refund is claimed. 3. Claim may be made against one motor vehicle only. RECOVERY OF INJURED PERSON: 1. In the case of an occupant of a vehicle, claim shall lie against the insurer of the vehicle, claim shall lie against the insurer of the vehicle in which the occupant is riding, mounting or dismounting from. Page 37 of 124
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2. If not an occupant, claim shall lie against the insurer of the directly offending vehicle. 3. In all cases, the right of the party paying the claim to recover against the owner of the vehicle responsible for the accident shall be maintained. TIME TO FILE AND PROCESS CLAIM UNDER CPTL: 1. Period to File Notice The written notice of claim must be presented within six (6) months from the date of the accident otherwise the claim is deemed waived. 2. Prescriptive Period The action must be filed in court of the Insurance Commission within one (1) year from denial of the claim. 3. If there is an agreement, the insurance company shall forthwith ascertain the truth and extend of the claim and make payment within five (5) working days after reaching an agreement. 4. If no agreement is reached, the insurance company shall pay only the no-fault indemnity without prejudice to the claimant from pursuing his claim further, in which case, he shall not be required or compelled by the insurance company to execute any quit claim or document releasing it from liability under the policy of insurance or surety bond issued. Bonifacio Brothers v. Mora, 20 SCRA 261 If the policy provides for indemnity against liability, the insurer can be sued directly by a third person. However, if the policy provides for reimbursement after actual payment by the insured, or for the indemnity against loss, a third person has no cause of action against the insurer. Pan Malayan Insurance Corporation v. CA, 184 SCRA 54 While insurers liability may be direct, it does not mean that the insurer can be held solidarily liable with the insured. The insurers liability is based on contract; that of the insured ais based on torts.
QuickTime and TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to liability Furthermore, the insurerssee this picture. is limited to the amount of the insurance coverage. AUTHORIZED DRIVER CLAUSE A stipulation in a motor vehicle insurance which provides that the driver, other than the insured owner, must be duly licensed to drive the motor vehicle otherwise the insurer is excused from liability. The clause means that the insurer indemnifies the insured owner against loss or damage to the car but limits the use of the insured vehicle to the insured himself or any person who drived on his order or with his permission. CCC Insurance Corporation v. CA, 31 SCRA 264 If the claimant was able to present a drivers license the same is presumed to be genuine. Thus, even if it was established that the driver does not know how to read and write, the license will still be sustained in the absence of proof that it was not validly issued. Gutierrez v. Capital Insurance Co., 130 SCRA 618 A driver (not the insured himself) who holds an expired drivers license is not an authorized driver. THEFT CLAUSE The risks insured against in the policy may include theft. If there is such a provision and the vehicle was unlawfully taken, the insurer is liable under the theft clause and the authorized driver clause does not apply. The insured can recover even if the thief has no drivers license. CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN THE COMMISSIONER MAY REVOKE OR SUSPEND THE LICENSE OF AN INSURER: 1. If insurance contract is in unsound condition 2. If it has failed to comply with the provisions of law or regulations obligatory upon it 3. Its conditions or methods of business is such as to render its proceedings hazardous to the public or to its policy holders 4. That its paid up capital stock, or its available cash assets, or its security
deposits, as the case may be, is impaired or deficient 5. That the margin of solvency required of each company is deficient NOTE: The Insurance Commissioner has concurrent jurisdiction with the regular courts to hear and decide claims for which an insurer may be answerable under any kind of policy or contract of insurance where the amount of the loss, damage or liability excluding interest, costs and attorneys fees, does not exceed in any single claim P100,000. PDIC v. CA, 283 SCRA 462 (1997) In order for a claim for deposit insurance with PDIC to prosper, the law requires that a corresponding deposit be placed in the insured bank; and a deposit as defined under Section 3(f) of R.A. No. 3591 may be constituted only if money or the equivalent of money is received by a bank. When the evidence shows that the certificates of time deposit were issued in consideration of checks received by the issuing bank, which checks Page 38 of 124
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bounced, then the issuing bank received no money therefore, no deposit therefore came into existence, and therefore PDIC cannot be held liable for value of the certificates of time deposit. PREFERENCE VS. LIEN A preference applies only to claims that do not attach to specific properties, while a lien creates a charge on a particular property. GENERAL PROVISIONS Art. 2236. The debtor is liable with all his property present and future, for the fulfillment of his obligations, subject to the exemptions provided by law. (1911a) The creditors have the right to pursue the property in possession of the debtor to satisfy the debt Creditors may impugn the acts which the debtor may have done to defraud them EXEMPT PROPERTY 1. Present property: family home; those enumerated in Rule 39, Sec. 13 of the Rules of Court; and Sec. 118 of Public Land Act 2. Future property: a debtor who obtains a discharge from his debts on account of insolvency is not liable for the unsatisfied claims of his creditors with said property subject to certain exceptions provided by law 3. Custodia legis & public dominion: under legal custody and those owned by municipal corporations necessary for governmental purposes Art. 2237. Insolvency shall be governed by special laws insofar as they are not inconsistent with this Code. (n) The Civil Code prevails in case of conflict with special laws on insolvency unless otherwise provided Art. 110, Labor Code: preference of workers as regards unpaid wages and money claims Insolvency proceedings have for their aim the conservation of all the remaining assets of the
insolvent/liquidated person/corporation for distribution to the creditors, after payment of taxes. Art. 2238. So long as the conjugal partnership or absolute community subsists, its property shall not be among the assets to be taken possession of by the assignee for the payment of the insolvent debtors Page 39 of 124 CONCURRENCE AND PREFERENCE OF CREDITS CHARACTERISTICS OF CONCURRENCE AND PREFERENCE 1. The liens and mortgages with respect to specific movable and immovable property have been increased. 2. The New Civil Code and the Insolvency Law have been brought into harmony. 3. Preferred claims as to the free property of the insolvent have also been augmented. 4. The order of preference among claims with respect to specific personal and real property has been abolished, except that taxes must first be satisfied. CONCURRENCE OF CREDIT A concurrence of credit implies the possession by two or more creditors of equal rights or privileges over the same property or all of the property of the debtor. PREFERENCE OF CREDIT A preference of credit is the right held by a creditor to be preferred in the payment of his claim above others (to be paid first) out of the debtors assets A concurrence or preference of credit does not create a lien. It merely creates a right of one creditor to be paid first as against other creditors. If the property is not sufficient, creditors who concur share pro-rata. APPLICATION OF THE RULES ON PREFERENCE QuickTime and a The rules on preference generally apply only when TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. the debtor does not have sufficient property to pay his debts. These rules are inapplicable when there is enough to pay everyone. Specifically, these rules apply
only when the following concur: 1. There are two or more creditors. 2. The debtors assets are not enough. 3. The claims held by various creditors have been established (in a proper proceeding). 4. All the credits must be due.
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obligations, except insofar as the latter have redounded to the benefit of the family. If it is the husband who is insolvent, the administration of the conjugal partnership or absolute community may, by order of the court, be transferred to the wife or to a third person other than the assignee. Subsisting CGP/ACP is exempt from assignment in insolvency, except if obligation has redounded to the benefit of the family Art. 2239. If there is property, other than that mentioned in the preceding article, owned by two or more persons, one of whom is the insolvent debtor, his undivided share or interest therein shall be among its assets to be taken possession of by the assignee for the payment of the insolvent debtors obligations. If there is coownership, the undivided share/interest of one co-owner can be possessed by the assignee for payment of debtors obligation Art. 2240. Property held by the insolvent debtor as a trustee of an express or implied trust, shall be excluded from the insolvency proceedings. (n) Subject matter of a trust in possession of trustee is also excluded CLASSIFICATION OF CREDITS Art. 2241. With reference to specific movable property of the debtor, the following claims or liens shall be preferred: (1) Duties, taxes and fees due thereon to the State or any subdivision thereof; (2) Claims arising from misappropriation, breach of trust, or malfeasance by public officials committed in the performance of their duties, on the movables, money or securities obtained by them; (3) Claims for the unpaid price of movables sold, on said movables, so long as they and a in the possession QuickTime are of the debtor, up TIFF (Uncompressed) this picture. same; and if
the toare needed to see decompressor the value of the movable has been resold by the debtor and the price is still unpaid, the lien may be enforced on the price; this right is not lost by the immobilization of the thing by destination, provided it has not lost its form, substance and identity; neither is the right lost by the sale of the thing together with other property for a lump sum, when the price thereof can be determined proportionally; aaesme (4) Credits guaranteed with a pledge so long as the things pledged are in the hands of the creditor, or those guaranteed by a chattel mortgage, upon the things pledged or mortgaged, up to the value thereof; (5) Credits for the making, repair, safekeeping or preservation of personal property, on the movable thus made, repaired, kept or possessed; (6) Claims for laborers' wages, on the goods manufactured or the work done; (7) For expenses of salvage, upon the goods salvaged; (8) Credits between the landlord and the tenant, arising from the contract of tenancy on shares, on the share of each in the fruits or harvest; sLoEat (9) Credits for transportation, upon the goods carried, for the price of the contract and incidental expenses, until their delivery and for thirty days thereafter; (10)Credits for lodging and supplies usually furnished to travellers by hotel keepers, on the movables belonging to the guest as long as such movables are in the hotel, but not for money loaned to the guests; (11)Credits for seeds and expenses for cultivation and harvest advanced to the debtor, upon the fruits harvested; (12)Credits for rent for one year, upon the personal property of the lessee existing on the immovable leased and on the fruits of the same, but not on money or instruments of credit; (13)Claims in favor of the depositor if
the depositary has wrongfully sold the thing deposited, upon the price of the sale. In the foregoing cases, if the movables to which the lien or preference attaches have been wrongfully taken, the creditor may demand them from any possessor, within thirty days from the unlawful seizure. This is just an enumeration of the credits that enjoy preference with respect to specific movables; no order of preference, except as regards the State Last paragraph applies only when the right of ownership in the specific property continues in the debtor Art. 2242. With reference to specific immovable property and real rights of the debtor, the following claims, mortgages and liens shall be preferred, and shall constitute an encumbrance on the immovable or real right: (1) Taxes due upon the land or building; Page 40 of 124
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(2) For the unpaid price of real property sold, upon the immovable sold; (3) Claims of laborers, masons, mechanics and other workmen, as well as of architects, engineers and contractors, engaged in the construction, reconstruction or repair of buildings, canals or other works, upon said buildings, canals or other works; (4) Claims of furnishers of materials used in the construction, reconstruction, or repair of buildings, canals or other works, upon said buildings, canals or other works; (5) Mortgage credits recorded in the Registry of Property, upon the real estate mortgaged; (6) Expenses for the preservation or improvement of real property when the law authorizes reimbursement, upon the immovable preserved or improved; (7) Credits annotated in the Registry of Property, in virtue of a judicial order, by attachments or executions, upon the property affected, and only as to later credits; (8) Claims of co-heirs for warranty in the partition of an immovable among them, upon the real property thus divided; (9) Claims of donors or real property for pecuniary charges or other conditions imposed upon the donee, upon the immovable donated; (10)Credits of insurers, upon the property insured, for the insurance premium for two years. This is just an enumeration of the credits that enjoy preference with respect to specific immovable; no order of preference, except as regards the State A recorded mortgage credit is a special preferred credit Unrecorded sale is superior to a recorded mortgage, since execution in a public instrument is equivalent to delivery Registered mortgage of a latter date is superior to a prior unregistered mortgage There is
preference among the credits mentioned in 2242(7) according to the order of the time they werea levied upon the QuickTime and TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor property are needed to see this picture. Pro rata rule in 2249 does not apply, otherwise a preference of credit could be defeated by a writ of attachment or execution even if such was obtained much later Art. 2243. The claims or credits enumerated in the two preceding articles shall be considered as mortgages or pledges of real or personal property, or liens within the purview of legal provisions governing insolvency. Taxes mentioned in No. 1, article 2241, and No. 1, article 2242, shall first be satisfied. (n) Nature of claims in 2241 and 2242 are considered as mortgages or pledges of real or personal property; thus, provisions on pledge and mortgage are applicable In case of insolvency, such claims shall be considered as liens within the purview of legal insolvency The preference in 2241 and 2242 are to be enforced in accordance with the Insolvency Law; taxes will still be paid first Art. 2244. With reference to other property, real and personal, of the debtor, the following claims or credits shall be preferred in the order named: (1) Proper funeral expenses for the debtor, or children under his or her parental authority who have no property of their own, when approved by the court; (2) Credits for services rendered the insolvent by employees, laborers, or household helpers for one year preceding the commencement of the proceedings in insolvency; (3) Expenses during the last illness of the debtor or of his or her spouse and children under his or her parental authority, if they have no property of their own; (4) Compensation due the laborers or their dependents under laws providing for indemnity for damages in cases
of labor accident, or illness resulting from the nature of the employment; (5) Credits and advancements made to the debtor for support of himself or herself, and family, during the last year preceding the insolvency; (6) Support during the insolvency proceedings, and for three months thereafter; (7) Fines and civil indemnification arising from a criminal offense; (8) Legal expenses, and expenses incurred in the administration of the insolvent's estate for the common interest of the creditors, when properly authorized and approved by the court; (9) Taxes and assessments due the national government, other than those mentioned in articles 2241, No. 1, and 2242, No. 1; (10)Taxes and assessments due any province, other than those referred to in articles 2241, No. 1, and 2242, No. 1; (11)Taxes and assessments due any city or municipality, other than those indicated in articles 2241, No. 1, and 2242, No. 1; Page 41 of 124
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(12)Damages for death or personal injuries caused by a quasi-delict; (13)Gifts due to public and private institutions of charity or beneficence; (14)Credits which, without special privilege, appear in (a) a public instrument; or (b) in a final judgment, if they have been the subject of litigation. These credits shall have preference among themselves in the order of priority of the dates of the instruments and of the judgments, respectively. Enumerates the preferred credits and gives their order of preference in the order named Taxes and assessments are mentioned as No. 9, 10, and 11 in preference; if property is specific, duties and taxes on said property are placed as No. 1 in order of preference In contrast to Arts. 2241 and 2242, Art. 2244 does not create liens on determinate property; Art. 2244 only creates rights in favor of certain creditors to have the cash and other assets of the insolvent applied in a certain sequence or order of priority Specially preferred credits, because they constitute liens, take precedence over ordinary preferred credits insofar as the attached property is concerned Art. 110 of the Labor Code modified Art. 2244 of the Civil Code: it is an ordinary preferred credit (when not falling within 2241(6) and 2242(3)) that became first in priority, and the oneyear limitation in 2244(2) is abolished From the provisions of the Labor Code, a declaration of bankruptcy or a judicial liquidation must be enforced; if not, then the worker is put above the State The reason behind the necessity for a judicial proceeding before the concurrence and preference of credits may be applied is to bind interested parties; there must be an authoritative, fair, and binding adjudication Credits
evidenced by a public instrument and QuickTime by final judgment are and a placed in the same TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. order of preference; preference among themselves is determined by considering the priority of the dates of the instruments/final judgments Notarized over non-notarized; among notarized credits, earlier date prevails The statutory preferences listed in Title XIX do not apply to the obligations of State since the government cannot voluntarily subject itself to or be compelled to undergo insolvency or liquidation proceedings Art. 2245. Credits of any other kind or class, or by any other right or title not comprised in the four preceding articles, shall enjoy no preference. Credits other than those in Arts. 2241, 2242, and 2244 do not enjoy preference; it shall be paid pro rata regardless of dates (pro rata: in proportion or ratably, or a division according to share, interest, or liability of each) In cases of insolvency proceedings involving banks, a depositor cannot bring a separate action against the bank; his remedy is to intervene in the judicial proceedings for liquidation instituted by the Monetary Board; the liquidation court acquires exclusive jurisdiction over all the claims against the bank to the exclusion of all other courts; the reason is to avoid multiplicity of suits ORDER OF PREFERENCE OF CREDITS Art. 2246. Those credits, which enjoy preference with respect to specific movables, excludes all others to the extent of the value of the personal property to which the preference refers. Art. 2247. If there are two or more credits with respect to the same specific movable property, they shall be satisfied pro rata, after the payment of duties, taxes and fees due the State or any subdivision thereof. (1926a) Art. 2248. Those credits, which enjoy
preference in relation to specific real property or real rights, exclude all others to the extent of the value of the immovable or real right to which the preference refers. Art. 2249. If there are two or more credits with respect to the same specific real property or real rights, they shall be satisfied pro rata, after the payment of the taxes and assessments upon the immovable property or real right. Art. 2250. The excess, if any, after the payment of the credits, which enjoy preference with respect to specific property, real or personal, shall be added to the free property, which the debtor may have, for the payment of the other credits. (1928a) Under the New Civil Code, only taxes and assessments upon specific movable and immovable property enjoy absolute preference; all the remaining classes of preferred creditors enjoy no priority among Page 42 of 124
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themselves, but must be paid concurrently and pro rata Arts. 2241 and 2241 read together with Arts. 2246 to 2249 establish a two-tier order of preference: the first-tier includes only taxes, duties, and fees due on the specific movable or immovable property; all other special preferred credits (non-tax credits) are on the second-tier, to be satisfied pro rata, out of any residual value of the specific property to which such other credits relate However, the pro rata rule does not apply to credits annotated in the Registry of Property in virtue of a judicial order, by attachments and executions Art. 2251. Those credits which do not enjoy any preference with respect to specific property, and those which enjoy preference, as to the amount not paid, shall be satisfied according toe the following rules: (1) In the order established in Art. 2244 (2) Common credits referred to in Art. 2245 shall be paid pro rata regardless of dates. (1929a). This contemplates: Other credits that do not enjoy any preference, since they are not among those mentioned in Arts. 2241 and 2242; and Those that are included in Arts. 2241 and 2242 but are unpaid because the value of the property to which the preference refers is less than the preferred credit or credits, shall be satisfied in the order established in Arts. 2244 Also contemplates common credits which do not fall under Arts. 2241, 2242, and 2244, in which case they shall be paid pro rata regardless of date The Chattel Mortgage Law primarily governs chattel mortgage. The provisions on pledge of NCC in so far as not in conflict with CML also
govern chattel mortgages. A chattel mortgage may be rescinded for being in fraud of creditors. SUBJECT MATTER OF A CHATTEL MORTGAGE Personal or movable property 1. Shares of stock; 2. Interest in business; 3. Machinery treated as personal property subsequently installed on leased land (Davao Sawmill v. Castillo, 61 Phil. 709). 4. Vessels recorded in the office of the Philippine Coast Guard to be effective as to third persons; not necessary to be recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds; 5. Motor Vehicles mortgage registered in the LTO (for vehicles used for public services) 6. House of Mixed Materials; 7. House intended to be demolished; 8. House built on rented land. GR: Immovable property. E: treated as movable by estoppel of parties. 9. House of strong materials is personal property for purposes of executing a chattel mortgage as between the parties to the contract if parties so agree and no innocent third party will be prejudiced. General Rule: chattel mortgages cannot cover debts subsequently contracted. Furthermore, the following must be remembered: 1. Chattel mortgages must be registered in place where mortgagor resides and where property (chattel) is located. If mortgagor resides abroad, it must be registered in place where property is located. 2. With respect to growing fruits, they may be secured by a chattel mortgage but they may not be pledged. 3. With respect to machineries placed on plant or building owned by another, they can be the object of chattel mortgage. 4. With respect to shares of stock: place of domicile of corporation and shareholder. No need for notation in books of corporation. REQUISITES TO BIND THIRD PERSONS 1. Affidavit of good faith Page 43 of 124
CHATTEL MORTGAGE LAW QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. CHATTEL MORTGAGE A chattel mortgage is an accessory contract by virtue of which personally property is recorded in the Chattel Mortgage Register as security for the performance of an obligation. (Art. 2140, NCC)
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2. Contract must be registered Under the chattel mortgage law, there can be a recovery of a deficiency judgment, except when the Recto Law applies ESSENTIAL REQUISITES TO CONSTITUTE A VALID CHATTEL MORTGAGE OVER PERSONAL PROPERTY (NOTE: ALL MUST CONCUR) 1. It must be constituted to secure the fulfillment of principal obligation. (Art. 2085, NCC) 2. The mortgagor must be the absolute owner of the thing mortgaged. (Art. 2085, NCC) 3. The persons constituting the mortgage have the free disposal of the property and in the absence thereof, they be legally authorized for the purpose. (Art. 2085, NCC) 4. Must be recorded in the Chattel Mortgage Register in order to bind third persons. The first three requirements pertain to the requirements of any valid mortgage under the Civil Code. REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE CHATTEL MORTGAGE LAW FOR THE VALIDITY OF A CHATTEL MORTGAGE 1. Substantial compliance with form in Sec. 5 of the Chattel Mortgage Law. 2. The deed of mortgage must be signed by at least 2 witnesses. 3. Deed must contain an affidavit of good faith. 4. Deed must be accompanied by a certificate of oath [notarial acknowledgment]. CONTENTS REQUIRED IN THE AFFIDAVIT OF GOOD FAITH 1. Where the parties severally swear that the mortgage is made for the purpose of securing the obligation specified and for no other purpose and that the same is a just and valid obligation and not one entered into QuickTime and a decompressor for fraud; TIFF (Uncompressed) this picture. and, are needed to see 2. Property given in chattel mortgage must be described to enable the parties or any other person after reasonable
inquiry and investigation to identify it. Future property may not be covered by a chattel mortgage. Except: Future property may be the subject of a chattel mortgage when: 1. Such property is a renewal of, or in substitution for goods on hand when the mortgage was executed, or 2. Such property was purchased with proceeds (not of your own money) of said goods. Acts, which provide for criminal liability under the Chattel Mortgage Law: (Art. 319, RPC) 1. Removal of chattel to another city or province without written consent of mortgagee, 2. Selling property already pledged, or mortgaged without written consent of mortgagee. EQUITY OF REDEMPTION There is no right of redemption in Chattel Mortgage. There is only an equity of redemption. The following may redeem if the condition of the mortgage is broken: 1. mortgagor 2. a person holding subsequent mortgage 3. a subsequent attaching creditor (sec. 13, Act 1508) RULE ON RECOVERY OF DEFICIENCY AFTER FORECLOSURE There is recovery of deficiency in all mortgages (chattel or real). Reason: Mortgages as accessory contracts serve only as securities and not for the satisfaction of the principal obligation. Prescriptive Period: 10 years, under Article 1142, NCC (DBP v. Tomelda, 101 SCRA 171). Exception: When the transaction secured is sale of personal property on installment basis under Article 1484 of the New Civil Code otherwise known as Recto Law. Bicol Savings and Loan Association v. Guinhawa A chattel mortgage is just a security, foreclosure thereof will not prevent mortgagee from recovering any deficiency that may result after applying the proceeds of the foreclosure sale to the obligation RECTO LAW (ART. 1484 AND 1485, NCC) Art. 1484. In a contract of sale of personal property the price of
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(1) Exact fulfillment of the obligation, should the vendee fail to pay; (2) Cancel the sale, should the vendee's failure to pay cover two or more installments; (3) Foreclose the chattel mortgage on the thing sold, if one has been constituted, should the vendee's failure to pay cover two or more installments. In this case, he shall have no further action against the purchaser to recover any unpaid balance of the price. Any agreement to the contrary shall be void. (1454-A-a) Art. 1485. The preceding article shall be applied to contracts purporting to be leases of personal property with option to buy, when the lessor has deprived the lessee of the possession or enjoyment of the thing. (1454-A-a) Applicability: 1. Sale of personal property, the price of which is payable on installment; 2. Contracts purporting to be leases of personal property with option to buy (Art. 1458, NCC). SELLERS ALTERNATIVE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES IN CASE OF BUYERS DEFAULT 1. Exact Fulfillment of the obligation, should the vendee fail to pay (action for specific performance) 2. Cancel the sale, should the vendees failure to pay cover two or more installments (rescission) or 3. Foreclose the chattel mortgage on the thing sold, should the vendees failure to pay cover 2 or more installments. He cannot recover any unpaid balance of the price. Any agreement to the contrary shall be void (foreclosure). RECOVERY OF DEFICIENCY AFTER FORECLOSURE 1. In case there is no other security actual foreclosure QuickTime and 2. bars an action for specific aperformance. TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. 3. In case there is an additional security other than chattel mortgage not
covered by the Recto law: a. 1st foreclosure is on the main chattel mortgage covered by the Recto Law b. 2nd foreclosure on the additional security is prohibited (Cruz v. Filipinas Investment). Spouses De Vera vs. Agloro If the mortgagor fails to redeem the property, the buyer at public auction may file, with the RTC in the province or place where the property or portion thereof is located, an ex parte motion for the issuance of a writ of possession within one (1) year from the registration of the Sheriffs Certificate of Sale, and the court shall grant the said motion upon the petitioners posting a bond in an amount equivalent to the use of the property for a period of twelve (12) months. DIFFERENCES OF CHATTEL MORTGAGE WITH a.) PLEDGE Chattel Mortgage Delivery of the property to the mortgagee is not necessary Registration in the Chattel Mortgage Register is necessary for validity Procedure for the Sale is found in Sec. 14, Act. No. 1508 If the property is foreclosed, the excess over the amount due goes to the debtor Creditor may after deficiency Cannot secure obligations recover Pledge Delivery of the property to the pledge is necessary. Registration in the Registry of Property is not necessary Procedure found in Art. 2112 NCC Debtor is not entitled to the excess unless it is otherwise agreed upon or except in the case of a legal pledge Creditor cannot recover deficiency even if agreed upon Can secure future obligations
future b. ) PACTO DE RETRO SALE Chattel Mortgage Pactro de Retro Sale Accessory contract Principal Contract Title to the thing Title to the subject mortgaged is not matter is transferred to transferred the vendee a retro but subject to the redemption by the vendor Affidavit in good faith is Not required required c. ) REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE Chattel Mortgage Real Estate Mortgage Thing mortgaged must Thing mortgaged must Page 45 of 124
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be a personal or movable property Affidavit of Good Faith Required Mortgagor cannot alienate the thing mortgaged without the written consent of the mortgagee No right of redemption be real or immovable property Not Required Mortgagor can alienate the thing mortgaged without the consent of the mortgagee and any such prohibition is void There can be right of redemption in extrajudicial foreclosure and in judicial foreclosure by banks Can secure future obligations suffering and mental anguish, which call be experienced only by one having a nervous system. The statement in People v. Manero and Mambulao Lumber Co. v. PNB that a corporation may recover moral damages if it "has a good reputation that is debased, resulting in social humiliation" is an obiter dictum. However the Supreme Court ruled in Filipinas Broadcasting Network v. Ago Medical and Educational Center that a corporation can recover moral damages under Article 2219(7) of the Civil Code if it was the victim of defamation. Filipinas Broadcasting Network, Inc. v. Ago Medical and Educational Center, 448 SCRA 413 (2005) [Article 2219(7)] expressly authorizes the recovery of moral damages in cases of libel, slander or any other form of defamation. [It] does not qualify whether the plaintiff is a natural or juridical person. Therefore, a juridical person such as a corporation can validly complain for libel or any other form of defamation and claim for moral damages. Although generally the
corporation is in and by itself a separate being from its stockholders and directors, this legal fiction is in certain instances disregarded. Piercing the Veil of Corporate Fiction Piercing the veil of corporate fiction means that while the corporation cannot be generally held liable for acts or liabilities of its stockholders or members, and vice versa because a corporation has a personality separate and distinct from its members or stockholders, however, the corporate existence is disregarded under this doctrine when the corporation is formed or used for illegitimate purposes, particularly, as a shield to perpetuate fraud, defeat public convenience, justify wrong, evade a just and valid obligation or defend a crime. Cannot secure obligations future CORPORATION CODE Sec. 2. Corporation defined. - A corporation is an artificial being created by operation of law, having the right of succession and the powers, attributes and properties expressly authorized by law or incident to its existence. A corporation is an artificial being that is, by such nature, subject to certain limitations. Generally, it cannot commit felonies punishable under the Revised Penal Code for corporations are incapable of the requisite intent to commit these crimes. It cannot commit crimes that are punishable under special laws because crimes are personal in nature requiring personal performance of overt acts. Also, the penalty of imprisonment cannot
be imposed. Further, a corporation cannota be awarded moral QuickTime and TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor damages. are needed to see this picture. ABS-CBN v. Court of Appeals, 301 SCRA 572 (1999) The award of moral damages cannot be granted in favor of a corporation because, being an artificial person and having existence only in legal contemplation, it has no feelings, no emotions, no senses, It cannot, therefore, experience physical Circumstances that may indicate that the piercing doctrine should be applied: 1. The parent corporation owns all or most of the capital of the subsidiary. 2. The parent and subsidiary corporations have common directors or officers. 3. The parent company finances the subsidiary. Page 46 of 124
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4. The parent company subscribed to all the capital stock of the subsidiary or otherwise causes its incorporation. 5. The subsidiary has grossly inadequate capital. 6. The subsidiary has substantially no business except with the parent corporation or no assets except those conveyed to or by the parent corporation. 7. The papers of the parent corporation or in the statements of its officers, the subsidiary is described as a department or division of the parent corporation, or its business or financial responsibility is referred to as the parent corporations own. 8. The parent corporation uses the property of the subsidiary as its own. 9. The directors or executives of the subsidiary do no act independently in the interest of the subsidiary but take their orders from the parent corporation. 10. The formal legal requirements of the subsidiary are not observed. (Phil. National Bank v. Ritratto Group, Inc., 362 SCRA 216 [2001] Francisco v. Mejia, G.R. No. 141617, August 14, 2001 Mere ownership by a single stockholder or by another corporation of all or substantially all of the capital stock of the corporation does not justify the application of the doctrine. There must be other circumstances that must be present. Elements that must be present to justify piercing on the ground that the corporation is a mere alter ego: 1. Control not mere stock control but complete domination not only of finances, but of policy and business practice in respect to the transaction attacked and must have been such that the corporate entity as to this transaction had at the time no separate mind, will or existenceQuickTime and a of its own. TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor 2. Such control needed to see this
picture. are must have been used by the defendant to commit a fraud or wrong to perpetuate the violation of a statutory or other positive legal breach of duty, or a dishonest and an unjust act in contravention of the plaintiffs legal right, and, 3. The said control and breach of duty must have proximately caused the injury or unjust loss complained of. (PNB v. Andrada Electric & Company, 381 SCRA 244 [2002]) Engineering A corporation may also own its own property. Note that the property it owns does not by any means belong to the stockholders. The stockholders thus have no interest in such corporate properties. Conversely, the corporation also has no interest in the properties of the stockholders. Wise v. Man Sung Lung, 69 Phil 309 [The Corporation] is entitled to own properties in its own name and its properties are not the properties of its stockholders, directors and officers. Saw v. Court of Appeals, 195 SCRA 740 (1991) The interest of the stockholder over the properties of the corporation is merely inchoate. As a consequence of this delineation between properties of the corporation and its stockholders, liquidating dividends may be made subject to taxation. F. Guanzon and Sons, Inc. v. Register of Deeds of Manila, G.R. No. L-18216 (1962) FACTS: A corporation was dissolved and its properties conveyed to the stockholders as liquidating dividends. The government is claiming that they are liable for tax on the gain on the dividends. The stockholders said refused on the ground that there was no conveyance of property, rather it was merely a case of partitioning what they own. ISSUE: Whether or not
there is a taxable transaction? HELD: The properties do not belong to the stockholders, they belong to the corporation. Hence, upon distribution via liquidating dividends, there was a conveyance and consequently, a taxable transaction. GRANDFATHER RULE The grandfather rule is applied in determining the nationality of a corporation. It traces the nationality of the stockholders of investor corporations so as to ascertain the nationality of the corporation where the investment is made. Ex: MV Corporation and AC Corporation have equal interest in XYZ Company. MV Corporation is 60% Page 47 of 124
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owned by Filipinos, while AC Corporation is 50% owned by Filipinos. By the grandfather rule, MV Corporation would have a 30% Filipino interest in XYZ Company (60% of 50%), while AC Corporation would have a 25% Filipino interest in XYZ Company (50% of 50%). Hence, the total Filipino interest is only 55%. The application of the test is limited however to resolving issues on investments. By the Foreign Investments Act, the grandfather rule is merely an ancillary rule to the main method of determining nationality, wherein corporations that are 60% owned by Filipinos are automatically considered as 100% Filipino-owned. Only when a corporation is less than 60% owned shall the grandfather rule be applied. Ex: Using the same facts as the example supra, since MV Corporation is 60% Filipino owned then it is considered as 100% Filipino. Hence, the total Filipino interest in XYZ Company would now by 75% (100% of 50% from the MV Corporation plus 50% of 50% from the AC Corporation). SEC. 3. Classes of Corporations. Corporations formed or organized under this Code may be stock or non-stock corporations. Corporations which have capital stock divided into shares and are authorized to distribute to the holders of such shares dividends or allotments of the surplus profits on the basis of the shares held are stock corporations. All other corporations are non-stock corporations. Classes of Corporations: 1. As to organizers: a. Public by State only; and b. Private by private persons alone or with the State. 2. As to functions: a. Public government of a portion of the State; and b. Private usually for profit-making functions. 3. As to governing law: a. Public QuickTime
and a Laws and Local Special TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. Government Code; and b. Private Law on Private Corporations. 4. As to legal status: a. De jure corporation Corporation organized in accordance with requirements of law; b. De facto corporation Corporation where there exists a flaw in its incorporation. NOTE: See Table 2. 5. As to existence of stocks: a. Stock corporation Corporation in which capital stock is divided into shares and is authorized to distribute to holders thereof of such shares dividends or allotments of the surplus profits on the basis of the shares held. b. Non-stock corporation Corporation which does not issue stocks and does not distribute dividends to their members. Distinguish a Corporation from a Partnership Table 1 Corporation Partnership mere As to Commences only By manner of from the issuance agreement of a Certificate of creation Incorporation by the SEC, or, in proper cases, passage of a special law As to the At least 5 persons At least 2 number of organizers As to Restricted due to Subject to the limited personality agreement of powers partners Authority of Stockholders are Mutual agency those who not agents of the between corporation in the partners compose absence of express authority Cannot be Transfer of Freely transferable transferred interest without the without the consent of other consent of the stockholders other partners (unless there is a stipulation to the contrary) Death a partner Succession Existence continues even as ends the persons who partnership compose it change May a corporation be a partner in a partnership? In Aurbach v. Sanitary Wares Manufacturing Corporation (180 SCRA
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partnerships but clarified that they may enter into joint ventures. In that same case, a distinction was made between partnerships and joint ventures. Aurbach v. Sanitary Wares Manufacturing, 180 SCRA 130 (1989) The main distinction cited by most opinions in common law jurisdiction is that the partnership contemplates a general business with some degree of continuity, while the joint adventure is formed for the execution of a single transaction, and is thus of a temporary nature. This observation is not entirely accurate in this jurisdiction, since under the Civil Code, a partnership may be particular or universal, and a particular partnership may have for its object a specific undertaking. It would seem therefore that under Philippine law, a joint adventure is a form of partnership and should thus be governed by the law of partnerships. The Supreme Court has however recognized a distinction between these two business forms, and has held that although a corporation cannot enter into a partnership contract, it may however engage in a joint adventure with others. The SEC has maintained this stand on the grounds that the management of a partnership is vested in the partners and that will run counter to the idea that any exposure of the corporation should be within the control of the directors. However, the SEC has determined at one time that an exception can be made when it is satisfied that the main objections to allowing a corporation to enter into a contract of partnership were adequately met by the proper safeguards and conditions imposed by the Commission (e.g. Articles of incorporation authorize the corporation). Table 2 De Jure De Facto
Created in strict or Actually exists for all substantial conformity practical purposes as a with the statutory corporation but which has no requirements for legal right to corporate incorporation existence as against the QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. State Right to exist cannot be Right to exercise powers successfully attacked cannot be inquired into even in a direct collaterally in any private proceeding by the suit. But such inquiry may be State made by the State in a proper court proceeding. Components of a Corporation: 1. Incorporators those mentioned in the articles of incorporation as originally forming and composing the corporation, having signed the articles and acknowledged the same before the notary public. a. They must be natural persons; b. At least five (5) but not more than fifteen (15); c. They must be of Legal Age; d. Majority must be residents of the Philippines; and e. Each must own or subscribe to at leat one share. 2. Corporators All the stockholders and members of a corporation including the incorporators who are still stockholders. 3. Stockholders Corporators in a stock corporation 4. Members Corporators in a non-stock corporation 5. Directors and Trustees The Board of Directors is the governing body in a stock corporation while the Board of Trustees is the governing body in a non-stock corporation. 6. Corporate Officers They are the officers who are identified as such in the Corporation Code, the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the corporation. 7. Promoter A selfconstituted organizer who finds an enterprise or venture and helps to attract investors, forms a corporation and launches it in business, all with a view to promotion profits. TYPES OF SHARES: 1. Common
Shares A basic class of stock ordinarily and usually issued without extraordinary rights or privileges and entitles the shareholder to a pro rata division of profits. 2. Founders Shares Given rights and privileges not enjoyed by owners of other stocks; exclusive right to vote/be voted in the election of directors shall not exceed 5 years (note: within this period, common shares are deprived of their voting rights) 3. Preferred Shares Issued only with par value; given preference in distribution of assets in liquidation and in payment of dividends and other preferences stated in the articles of incorporation; may be deprived of voting rights. 4. Redeemable Shares Expressly provided in articles; have to be purchased/taken up upon Page 49 of 124
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expiration of period of said shares purchased whether or not there is unrestricted retained earnings; may be deprived of voting rights. 5. Treasury Stocks stocks previously issued and fully paid for and reacquired by the corporation through lawful means (purchase, donation, etc.); not entitled to vote and no dividends could be declared thereon as corporations cannot declare dividends to itself. INSTANCES WHEN HOLDERS OF NON-VOTING SHARES CAN VOTE: 1. Amendments of articles of incorporation 2. Adoption/amendment of by-laws 3. Increase/decrease of bonded indebtedness 4. Increase/decrease of capital stock 5. Sale/disposition of all/substantially all corporate property 6. Merger/consolidation of corporation 7. Investment of funds in another corporation/another business purpose 8. Corporate dissolution PREFERRED CUMULATIVE PARTICIPATING SHARE OF STOCK Share entitling its holder to preference in the payment of dividends ahead of common stockholders and to be paid the dividends ahead of common stockholders and to be paid the dividends due for prior years and to participate further with common stockholders in dividend declarations. PROMOTION STOCKS FOR SERVICES RENDERED PRIOR TO INCORPORATION ESCROW STOCK rd Stock deposited with a 3 person to be delivered to stockholder/assignor after complying with certain conditions. OVER-ISSUED STOCK Stock issued in excess of authorized capital stock; null and void. WATERED STOCK Stock issued gratuitously, money/property less than par and a value, services less QuickTime TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor than
par value, dividends see this picture. surplus profits where no are needed to exist. CERTIFICATE OF STOCK Written acknowledgment by the corporation of the stockholders interest in the corporation. It is the personal property and may be mortgaged or pledged. Transfer binds the corporation when it is recorded in the corporate books. A stockholder who does not pay his subscription is not entitled to the issue of a stock certificate. The total par value of the stocks subscribed by him should first be paid. METHODS OF COLLECTION OF UNPAID SUBSCRIPTIONS: 1. Call, delinquency and sale at public auction of delinquent shares; 2. Ordinary civil action; 3. Collection from cash dividends and other amounts due to stockholders if allowed by bylaws/agreed to by him. CASES WHEN CORPORATION CAN REACQUIRE STOCK: 1. Eliminate fractional shares; 2. Corporate indebtedness arising from unpaid subscriptions; 3. Purchase delinquent shares; 4. Exercise of appraisal right. INCORPORATION AND ORGANIZATION OF PRIVATE CORPORATIONS 25-25 RULE Except for instances specifically provided for by special law, there is no minimum requirement for authorized capital stock to incorporate. There is however a requirement of subscription of at least twenty-five (25%) percent of the authorized capital stock as stated in the articles of incorporation AND at least twenty-five (25%) percent the total subscription must be paid upon subscription. CONTENTS OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION: 1. Name of corporation; 2. Purpose/s, indicating the primary and secondary purposes; 3. Place of principal office; 4. Term which shall not be more than 50 years; 5.
Names, citizenship and residences of incorporators; 6. Number, names, citizenships and residences of directors; 7. If stock corporation, amount of authorized capital stock, number of shares; 8. In par value stock corporations, the par value of each share; 9. Number of shares and amounts of subscription of subscribers which shall not be less than 25% of authorized capital stock; 10. Amount paid by each subscriber on their subscription, which shall not be less than 25% of subscribed capital and shall not be less than P5000.00; Page 50 of 124
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11. Name of treasurer elected by subscribers; and 12. If the corporation engages in a nationalized industry, a statement that no transfer of stock will be allowed if it will reduce the stock ownership of Filipinos to a percentage below the required legal minimum. DOCUMENTS THAT SHOULD BE FILED TO SECURE A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF A STOCK CORPORATION: 1. Articles of Incorporation; 2. Treasurers Affidavit certifying that 25% of the total authorized capital stocks has been subscribed and at least 25% of such have been fully paid in cash or property; 3. Bank certificate covering the paid-up capital; 4. Letter authority authorizing the SEC to examine the bank deposit and other corporate books and records to determine the existence of paid-up capital; 5. Undertaking to change the corporate name in case there is another person or entity with same or similar name that was previously registered; 6. Certificate of authority from proper government agency whenever appropriate. REQUIREMENTS FOR AMENDING ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION: 1. A legitimate purpose for the amendment; 2. Majority vote of directors or trustees and the vote or written assent of the stockholders representing at least two-thirds (2/3) of the outstanding capital stock, without prejudice to the appraisal right of dissenting stockholders, or two-thirds (2/3) of the members if it be a non-stock corporation. 3. Indication in the articles, by underscoring, the change or changes made. 4. A copy of amended articles duly certified under oath by the corporate secretary and a majority of the directors or trustees stating the fact that said amendment or amendments QuickTime and a TIFF
(Uncompressed) decompressor have beenareduly to see this picture. by the required approved needed vote of stockholders or members, as the case may be. GROUNDS FOR REJECTING INCORPORATION OR AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION: 1. Not in prescribed form; 2. Purpose illegal, inimical; 3. Treasurers affidavit false; and 4. Non-compliance with required Filipino stock ownership. WHEN A CORPORATE NAME CANNOT BE USED: 1. Names which are identical, deceptively or confusingly similar to that of any existing corporation including internationally known foreign corporation through not used in the Philippines; 2. Name already protected by law; 3. Name which is contrary to law, morals or public policy. Sec. 19. A private corporation formed or organized under this Code commences to have corporate existence and juridical personality and is deemed incorporated from the date the Securities and Exchange Commission issues a certificate of incorporation under its official seal; and thereupon the incorporators, stockholders/members and their successors shall constitute a body politic and corporate under the name stated in the articles of incorporation for the period of time mentioned therein, unless said period is extended or the corporation is sooner dissolved in accordance with law. DE FACTO CORPORATIONS A de facto corporation is one that is defectively created so as not to become a de jure corporation. It is the result of an attempt to incorporate under an existing law coupled with the exercise of corporate powers. The existence of a de facto
corporation can only be attacked directly by the state through quo warranto proceedings. A de facto corporation will incur the same obligations, have the same powers and rights as a de jure corporation. REQUISITES OF A DE FACTO CORPORATION: 1. Valid law under which the corporation was incorporated. 2. Attempt in good faith form a corporation according to the requirements of the law. Here the SC requires that you must have filed with the SEC articles of incorporation and gotten the certificate with the blue ribbon and gold seal. For instance the majority of the directors are not residents of the Philippines or the statement regarding the paid up capital stock is not true, those are Page 51 of 124
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defects that may make the corporation de facto. 3. User of corporate powers. The corporation must have performed acts which are peculiar to a corporation like entering into a subscription agreement, adopting by-laws, electing directors. 4. It must act in good faith. So the moment, for example, there is a decision declaring the corporation was not validly created, it can no longer claim good faith. CORPORATION BY ESTOPPEL It is a corporation which is so defectively formed so that it is not a de jure or a de facto corporation but is considered as a corp with respect to those who cannot deny its existence because of some agreement or admission or conduct on their part. The existence of corporation by estoppel requires that there must be dealings among the parties on a corporate basis. Table 3 De Facto Yes Not required 5. He must possess other qualifications as may be prescribed in the by-laws of the corporation. METHODS OF VOTING IN THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: 1. Straight Voting Every stockholder may vote such number of shares for as many persons as there are directors to be elected; 2. Cumulative Voting for One Candidate a stockholder is allowed to concentrate his votes and give one candidate as many votes as the number of directors to be elected multiplied by the number of his shares shall equal; 3. Cumulative Voting by Distribution a stockholder may cumulate his shares by multiplying also the number of his shares by the number of directors to be elected and distribute the same among as many candidates as he shall see fit
Existence in Law Dealings among parties on a corporate basis Effect of lack of requisites By Estoppel None Required Could be a corporation by estoppel Not a corporation in any shape or form BUSINESS JUDGMENT RULE Questions of policy or management are left solely to the honest decision of officers and directors of a corporation and the courts are without authority to substitute their judgment for the judgment of the board of directors; the board is the business manager of the corporation and so long as it acts in good faith its orders are not reviewable by the courts or the SEC. The directors are also not liable to the stockholders in performing such acts. (Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. v. Court of Appeals, 281 SCRA 232 [1997]) BOARD OF DIRECTORS/ TRUSTESS/ OFFICERS QUALIFICATIONS OF DIRECTORS: 1. Must own at least one (1) share capital stock of the corporation in his own name or must be a member in the case of nonstock QuickTime and a corporations(Uncompressed) decompressor TIFF are needed to see this picture. 2. A majority of the directors/trustees must be residents of the Philippines 3. He must not have been convicted by final judgment of an offense punishable by imprisonment for a period exceeding six (6) years or a violation of the
Corporation Code, committed within five (5) years before the date of his election 4. He must be of legal age INSTANCES WHEN A DIRECTOR IS LIABLE: 1. Willfully and knowingly voting for and assenting to patently unlawful acts of the corporation; 2. Gross negligence or bad faith in directing the affairs of the corporation; 3. Acquiring any personal or pecuniary interest in conflict of duty. DOCTRINE OF APPARENT AUTHORITY If a corporation knowingly permits one of its officers, or any other agent, to act within the scope of an apparent authority, it holds him out to the public possessing the power to so do those acts; and thus, the corporation will, as against anyone who Page 52 of 124
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has in good faith dealt with it through such agent, be estopped from denying the agents authority. Peoples Aircargo and Warehousing Co., Inc. v. Court of Appeals, 297 SCRA 170 (1998) Apparent authority is derived not merely from practice. Its existence may be ascertained through: (a) the general manner in which the corporation holds out an officer or agent as having the power to act or, in other words, the apparent authority to act in general, with which it clothes him; or (b) the acquiescence in his acts of a particular nature, with actual or constructive knowledge thereof, whether within or beyond the scope of his ordinary powers. It requires presentation of evidence of similar acts executed either in its favor or in favor of other parties. It is not the quantity of similar acts which establishes apparent authority, but the vesting of a corporate officer with the power to bind the corporation. expense of the corporation, he must account all the profits by refunding the same to the corporation unless the act has been ratified by a vote of the stockholders owning or representing at least twothirds (2/3) of the outstanding capital stock. REQUISITES OF REMOVAL FROM THE BOARD: 1. It must take place either at a regular meeting or special meeting of the stockholders or members called for the purpose; 2. There must be previous notice to the stockholders or members of the intention to remove; 3. The removal must be by a vote of the stockholders representing 2/3 of the outstanding capital
stock or 2/3 of the members, as the case may be; 4. The director may be removed with or without cause unless he was elected by the minority, in which case, it is required that there is cause for removal. FILLING OF VACANCIES IN THE BOARD: 1. By stockholders or members if vacancy results because of: a. Removal b. Expiration of term c. The ground is other than removal or expiration of term where the remaining directors do not constitute a quorum d. Increase in the number of directors. 2. By board if remaining directors constitute a quorum cases not reserved to stockholders or members. POWERS OF CORPORATIONS GENERAL TYPES OF POWERS OF A CORPORATION: 1. Express those expressly authorized by the Corporation Code and other laws, and its Articles of Incorporation or Charter 2. Implied Powers those that can be inferred from or necessary for the exercise of the express powers. 3. Incidental Powers those that are incidental to the existence of the corporation. EXPRESS POWERS UNDER THE CORPORATION CODE: 1. General a. Sue and be sued in its corporate name; b. Succession; Page 53 of 124 Premiere Development Bank vs. CA, G.R. No. 159352, April 14, 2004 If a private corporation intentionally or negligently clothes its officers or agents with apparent power to perform acts for it, the corporation will be estopped to deny that the apparent authority is real as to innocent third persons dealing in good faith with such officers or agents. When the officers or agents of a corporation exceed their powers in entering into contracts or doing other acts, the corporation, when it has knowledge thereof, must promptly disaffirm the contract or act and allow the other party or third persons to act in the belief that it was authorized or has been ratified. If it acquiesces, with
knowledge of the facts, or fails to disaffirm, ratification will be implied or else it will be estopped to deny ratification. DOCTRINE OF CORPORATE OPPORTUNITY If there is presented to a corporate officer or director a business opportunity which (a) corporation is financially able to undertake; (b) QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor from its nature,needed toin this picture. is see line with corporations are business and is of practical advantage to it; and (c) one in which the corporation has an interest or a reasonable expectancy, by embracing the opportunity, the self-interest of the officer or director will be brought into conflict with that of his corporation. Hence, the law does not permit him to seize the opportunity even if he will use his own funds in the venture. If he seizes the opportunity thereby obtaining profits to the
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Adopt and use a corporate seal; Amend Articles of Incorporation To adopt, amend or repeal by-laws; For stock corporations issue stocks to subscribers and to sell treasury stocks; for non-stock corporations admit members; g. Purchase, receive, take, or grant, hold, convey, sell, lease, pledge, mortgage and otherwise deal with real and personal property, pursuant to its lawful business; h. Enter into merger or consolidation; i. To make reasonable donations for public welfare, hospital, charitable, cultural, scientific, civil or similar purposes (Prohibited: for partisan political activity); j. To establish pension, retirement and other plans for the benefit of directors, trustees, officers and employees; and k. Other powers essential or necessary to carry out its purposes. 2. Specific a. Power to extend or shorten corporate term; b. Increase/Decrease Corporate Stock; c. Incur, Create Bonded Indebtedness; d. To deny pre-emptive right; e. Sell, dispose, lease, encumber all or substantially all of corporate assets; f. Purchase or acquire own shares; g. To invest in another corporation, business other than the primary purpose; h. To declare dividends; i. To enter into management contract; j. To amend the articles of incorporation. Ultra Vires Acts An act not within the express or implied powers of the corporation as fixed by its charter or the statutes. The term not only includes contracts: (1) Entirely without the scope and purpose of the charter and not pertaining to the objects for which the corporation was chartered, but also contracts; and, (2) Beyond the QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor limitations conferred to by thisthe charter although are needed see
picture. within the purposes contemplated by the articles of incorporation. EFFECTS OF ULTRA VIRES ACT: 1. Executed contract Courts will not set aside or interfere with such contracts; 2. Executory contracts No enforcement even at the suit of either party (void and unenforceable); c. d. e. f. 3. Part executed and part executory Principle against unjust enrichment shall apply. THOSE WHO MAY EXERCISE THE POWERS OF THE CORPORATION: Generally, the Board of Directors ALONE exercises the powers of the corporation. These are the instances when other persons or groups within the corporation may do so similarly: 1. If (1) there is a management contract and (2) powers are delegated by majority of the board to an Executive Committee; 2. Corporate Officers (e.g. the President) via authority from (1) law, (2) corporate by-laws; and (3) authorization from the board, either expressly or impliedly by habit, custom or acquiescence in the general course of business; 3. A corporate officer or agent in transactions with third persons to the extent of the authority to do so has been conferred upon him; 4. Those with apparent authority. POWERS THAT CANNOT BE DELEGATED TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: 1. Approval of action requiring concurrence of stockholders; 2. Filling of vacancies in the board; 3. Adoption, amendment or repeal of by-laws; 4. Amendment or repeal of board resolution which by its terms cannot be amended or repealed; 5. Distribution of cash dividends. INSTANCES WHEN THE CONCURRENCE OF STOCKHOLDERS IS NECESSARY FOR THE EXERCISE OF CORPORATE POWERS: 1. Concurrence of 2/3 of the
outstanding capital stock a. Power to extend or shorten corporate term; b. Increase/Decrease Corporate Stock; c. Incur, Create Bonded Indebtedness; d. To deny pre-emptive right; e. Sell, dispose, lease, encumber all or substantially all of corporate assets; f. To invest in another corporation, business other than the primary purpose; g. To declare stock dividends h. To enter into management contract if (1) a stockholder or stockholders representing the same interest of both Page 54 of 124
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the managing and the managed corporations own or control more than 1/3 of the total outstanding capital entitled to vote of the managing corporation; or (2) a majority of the members of the board of directors of the managing corporation also constitute a majority of the members of the board of the managed corporation; i. To amend the articles of incorporation. 2. Concurrence of majority of the outstanding capital stock a. To enter into management contract if any of the two instances stated above are absent; b. To adopt, amend or repeal the by-laws. 3. Without board resolution a. 2/3 of outstanding capital stock Delegate to the board the power to amend the bylaws; b. Majority of outstanding capital stock Reovke the power of the board to amend the by-laws which was previously delegated. BYLAWS BY-LAWS Relatively permanent and continuing rules of action adopted by the corporation for its own government and that of the individuals composing it and those having direction, management and control of its affairs, in whole or in part, in the management and control of its affairs and activities. REQUISITES OF VALID BY-LAWS: 1. It must be consistent with the Corporation Code, other pertinent laws and regulations. 2. It must be consistent with the Articles of Incorporation. In case of conflict, the Articles of Incorporation prevails. 3. It must be reasonable and not arbitrary or oppressive. QuickTime and a 4. It must not disturb vested rights, impair TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor contract or are needed to seerights of stockholders or property this picture. members or create obligations unknown to law. BINDING EFFECT OF PROVISIONS OF BY-LAWS: 1. As
to the Corporation and its components Binding not only upon the corporation but also on its stockholder, members and those having direction, management and control of its affairs. 2. As to Third Persons Not binding unless there is actual knowledge. Third persons are not even bound to investigate the content because they are not bound to investigate the content because they are not bound to know the by-laws which are merely provisions for the government of a corporation and notice to them will not be presumed. (China Banking Corp. v. Court of Appeals, 270 SCRA 503 *1997+) Note: Title on Meetings shall govern unless otherwise provided by by-laws. STOCKS AND STOCKHOLDERS SEC. 60. Subscription contract Any contract for the acquisition of unissued stock in an existing corporation or a corporation still to be formed shall be deemed a subscription within the meaning of this Title, notwithstanding the fact that the parties refer to it as a purchase or some other contract. KINDS OS SUBSCRIPTION CONTRACTS: 1. Pre-incorporation subscription entered into before the incorporation and irrevocable for a period of six (6) months from the date of subscription unless all other subscribers consent or it the corporation failed to materialize. It cannot also be revoked after filing the Articles of Incorporation with the SEC. 2. Post-incorporation subscription entered into after incorporation. VALID CONSIDERATIONS FOR SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENTS: 1. Cash; 2. Property; 3. Labor or services actually rendered to the corporation; 4. Prior corporate obligations; 5. Amounts transferred from unrestricted retained earning to stated
capital (in case of declaration of stock dividends); 6. Outstanding shares in exchange for stocks in the event of reclassification or conversion. UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT An agreement between a corporation and a third person, termed the underwriter, by which the latter agrees, for a certain compensation, to take a stipulated amount of stocks or bonds, specified in the underwriting agreement, if Page 55 of 124
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such securities are not taken by those to whom they are first offered. SHARES OF STOCK This is the interest or right which an owner has in the management of the corporation, and its surplus profits, and, on dissolution, in all of its assets remaining after the payment of its debt. The stockholder may own the share even if he is not holding a certificate of stock. a. By means of deed of assignment, and b. Such is duly recorded in the books of the corporation. TRUST FUND DOCTRINE the subscribed capital stock of the corporation is a trust fund for the payment of debts of the corporation which the creditors have the right to look up to satisfy their credits. Corporations may not dissipate this and the creditors may sue the stockholders directly for their unpaid subscriptions. RIGHTS OF STOCKHOLDERS: 1. Direct or indirect participation in management; 2. Voting rights; 3. Right to remove directors; 4. Proprietary rights; a. Right to dividends; b. Appraisal right; c. Right to issuance of stock certificate for fully paid shares; d. Proportionate participation in the distribution of assets in liquidation; e. Right to transfer of stocks in corporate books; f. Pre-emptive right. 5. Right to inspect books and records; 6. Right to be furnished with the most recent financial statement/financial report; 7. Right to recover stocks unlawfully sold for delinquent payment of subscription; 8. Right to file individual suit, representative suit and derivative suits. OBLIGATIONS OF STOCKHOLDERS: 1. Liability to the corporation for unpaid subscription; 2. Liability to the corporation for
interest on unpaid subscription if so required by the bylaws; 3. Liability to the creditors o the corporation for unpaid subscription; 4. Liability for watered stock; 5. Liability for dividends unlawfully paid; 6. Liability for failure to create corporation. Table 4 Shares of Stock Certificate of Stock Unit of interest in a Evidence of the holders corporation ownership of the stock and of his right as a shareholder and up to the extend specified therein It is an incorporeal or It is concrete and tangible intangible property It may be issued by the May be issued only if the corporation even if the subscription is fully paid subscription is not fully paid SEC. 64. Issuance of stock certificates No certificate of stock shall be issued to a subscriber until the full amount of his subscription together with interest and expense (in case of delinquent shares), if any is due, has been paid. Bitong v. Court of Appeals, 292 SCRA 503 (1998) The certificate of stock must be signed by the President or Vice-President and countersigned by the Corporate Secretary or the Assistant Secretary otherwise it is not deemed issued. TRANSFER OF SHARES: 1. If represented by a certificate, the following must be strictly complied with: QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to the picture. a. Delivery of see thiscertificate; b. Indorsement by the owner or his agent; c. To be valid to third parties, the transfer must be recorded in the books of the corporation. 2. If NOT represented by the certificate (such as when the certificate has not yet been issued or where for some reason is not in the possession of the stockholder):
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the officials of the corporation refuse to sue, or the ones to be sued, or has control of the corporation. 2. Individual Actions those brought by the shareholder in his own name against the corporation when a wrong is directly inflicted against him. 3. Representative Actions those brought by the stockholder in behalf of himself and all other stockholders similarly situated when a wrong is committed against a group of stockholders. However, if the voting trust was a requirement for a loan agreement, period may exceed 5 years but shall automatically expire upon full payment of the loan. LIMITATIONS ON THE RIGHT TO VOTE; 1. Where the Articles of Incorporation provides for classification of shares pursuant to Sec. 6, non-voting shares are not entitled to vote except as other provided in the said section. 2. Preferred or redeemable shares may be deprived of the right to vote unless otherwise provided. 3. Fractional shares of stock cannot be voted unless they constitute at least one full share. 4. Treasury shares have no voting rights as long as they remain in treasury. 5. Holders of stock declared delinquent by the board for unpaid subscription. 6. A transferee of stock if his stock transfer is not registered in the stock and transfer book of the corporation. 7. A stockholder who mortgages or pledges his shares and gives authority for creditor to vote. BOOKS REQUISITES OF DERIVATIVE ACTIONS: 1. The party bringing the suit should be a shareholder as of the time of the act or transaction
complained of; 2. He has exhausted intra-corporate remedies; and 3. The cause of action actually devolved on the corporation, the wrongdoings or harm having been caused to the corporation and not to the particular stockholder bringing the suit. PRE-EMPTIVE RIGHT A pre-emptive right is the shareholders right to subscribe to all issues or dispositions of shares of any class in proportion to his present stockholdings, the purpose being to enable the shareholder to retain his proportionate control in the corporation and to retain his equity in the surplus. INSTANCES WHEN PRE-EMPTIVE RIGHT IS NOT AVAILABLE: 1. Shares to be issued to comply with laws requiring stock offering or minimum stock ownership by the public; 2. Shares issued in good faith in exchange for property needed for corporate purposes; 3. Shares issued in payment of previously contracted debts; QuickTime and a 4. In case the right is denied in the Articles of TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. Incorporation; 5. It does not apply to shares that are being reoffered by the corporation after they were initially offered together with all the shares. VOTING TRUST One or more stockholder of a stock corporation may create a voting trust for the purpose of conferring upon a trustee or trustees the right to vote and other rights pertaining to the shares for a period not exceeding 5 years at any one time. BOOKS REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED: 1. Book of minutes of stockholders meetings; 2. Book of minutes of board meetings; 3. Record or Book of all business transactions; 4. Stock and transfer book. STOCK AND TRANSFER BOOK Record of (1) All stocks in the names of the stockholders alphabetically arranged; (2) The installment paid and unpaid on all stock for which subscription has
been made, and the date of payment of any installment; (3) A statement of every alienation, sale or transfer of stock made; and, (4) such other entries as the by-laws may prescribe. Gokongwei v. SEC, 278 SCRA 793 (1997) The corporate secretary is the officer who is duly authorized to make entries on the stock and transfer book. Garcia v. Jomouad, 323 SCRA 424 (2000) The Supreme Court directly resolved the issue Whether a bona fide transfer of the shares of a corporation, not registered or noted in the books of the corporation, is valid as against a subsequent lawful attachment of said shares, regardless of Page 57 of 124
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whether the attaching creditor had actual notice of said transfer or not. The Court quoted from Uson v. Diosomito, which held that all transfers of shares not entered in the stock and transfer book of the corporation are invalid as to attaching or execution creditors of the assignors, as well as to the corporation and to subsequent purchasers in good faith and to all persons interested, except the parties to such transfers: All transfers not so entered on the books of the corporation are absolutely void; not because they are without notice or fraudulent in law or fact, but because they are made so void by statute. The Supreme Court held that the transfer of the subject certificate made by Dico to petitioner was not valid as to the spouses Atinon, the judgment creditors, as the same still stood in the name of Dico, the judgment debtor, at the time of the levy on execution. In addition, as correctly ruled by the CA, the entry in the minutes of the meeting of the Clubs board of directors noting the resignation of Dico as proprietary member does not constitute compliance with Section 63 of the Corporation Code. Said provision of law strictly requires the recording of the transfer in the books of the corporation, and not elsewhere, to be valid as against third parties. Bitong v. Court of Appeals, 292 SCRA 503 (1998) The stock and transfer book is the best evidence of the transactions that must be entered or stated therein. However, the entries are considered prima facie evidence only and may be subject to proof to the contrary. Lanuza v. Court of Appeals, 454 SCRA 54 The stock and transfer book of the corporation cannot be used as the sole basis for determining the quorum as it does not
reflect the totality of shares which have been subscribed, and more so when the articles of incorporation show a significantly larger amount of shares issued and outstanding as compared to that listed in the stock and transfer book. To thus base the computation of quorum solely on the obviously deficient, if not inaccurate stock and transfer book, QuickTime and and to completely disregard a the issued and TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are as indicated in the articles of needed to see this picture. outstanding shares incorporation would work injustice to the owners and/or successors in interest of the said shares. Gokongwei v. SEC, 97 SCRA 78 (1979) Grounds for not allowing inspection by a stockholder: (1) if the person demanding to examine the records has improperly used any information secured for prior examination, (2) If he is not acting in good faith, (3) It is not being exercised for a legitimate purpose. DOCTRINAL RULINGS ON THE RIGHT TO INSPECT: 1. The demand for inspection should cover only reasonable hours on business days; 2. The stockholder, member, director or trustees demanding the exercise of the right is one who has not improperly used any information secured through any previous examination of the records of the corporation or any other corporation; 3. The demand must be accompanied with statement of the purpose of the inspection, which must show good faith or legitimate purpose; and, 4. If the corporation or its officers contest such purpose or contend that there is evil motive behind the inspection, the burden of proof is with the corporation or such officer to show the same. MERGER AND CONSOLIDATION MERGER A corporation absorbs the other and remains in existence while the others are dissolved. CONSOLIDATION A new corporation is created,
and consolidating corporations are extinguished. PNB v. Andrada Electric & Engr. Co., Inc., 381 SCRA 244 (2002) Merger or consolidation does not become effective by mere agreement of the constituent corporations. The approval of the SEC is required. EFFECTS OF MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION: 1. The constituent corporations shall become a single corporation. 2. The separate existence of the constituents shall cease except that of the surviving corporation (in merger) or the consolidated corporation (in consolidation). 3. The surviving or the consolidated corporation shall possess all the rights, privileges, immunities and powers and shall be subject to all duties and liabilities of a corporation. 4. The surviving or the consolidated corporation shall possess all rights, privileges, immunities and franchises of each constituent corporation and the properties shall be Page 58 of 124
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deemed transferred to the surviving or the consolidated corporation. 5. All liabilities of the constituents shall pertain to the surviving or the consolidated corporation. PROCEDURE: 1. The Board of each corporation shall draw up a plan of merger or consolidation setting forth: a. Names of the corporation involved; b. Terms and mode of carrying it; c. Statement of changes, if any, in the present articles of the surviving corporation or the articles of the new corporation to be formed in the case of consolidation. 2. Plan for merger or consolidation shall be approved by majority vote of each of the board of the concerned corporations at separate meetings, and approved 2/3 of the outstanding capital stock or members for non-stock corporations. 3. Any amendment to the plan must be approved by the majority vote of the board members or trustees of the constituent corporations and affirmative vote of 2/3 of the outstanding capital stock or members. 4. Articles of Merger or Articles of Consolidation shall be executed by each of the constituent corporations, signed by the President or Vice-President and certified by secretary or assistant secretary setting forth: a. Plan of merger or consolidation; b. For stock corporation, the number of shares outstanding; for non-stock, the number of members; c. As to each corporation, number of shares or members voting for and against such plan respectively. 5. Four copies of the Articles of Merger or Consolidation shall be submitted to the SEC for approval. TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor APPRAISAL this picture. RIGHT are needed to see QuickTime and a
1. Extension or reduction of corporate term; 2. Change in the rights of stockholders, authorize preferences superior to those stockholders, or restrict the right of any stockholder; 3. Corporation authorized the board to invest corporate funds in another business or purpose; 4. Corporation decides to sell or dispose of all or substantially all assets of corporation; 5. Merger or consolidation. EXERCISE OF APPRAISAL RIGHT: 1. The stockholder must be a dissenting stockholder; 2. The stockholder must made a written demand on the corporation within 30 days after the vote was taken; 3. The proposed action is any one of the instances supra; 4. The price to be paid is the fair value of the shares on the date the vote was taken; 5. The fair value shall be agreed upon but in case there is no agreement within 60 days from the date the vote was taken, the fair value shall be determined by a majority of the 3 distinguished persons one of whom shall be named by the stockholder another by the corporation and the third by the two who were chosen; 6. The right of appraisal is extinguished when: a. He withdraws the demand with the corporations consent; b. The proposed action is abandoned; c. The SEC disapproves the action. NON-STOCK CORPORATIONS SEC. 87. Definition For the purposes of this Code, a non-stock corporation is one where no part of its income is distributable as dividends to its members, trustees, or officers, subject to the provisions of this Code on dissolution: Provided, That any profit which a non-stock corporation may obtain as an incident to its operations shall, whenever necessary or proper, be used for the furtherance of the purpose or purposes for which the corporation was organized, subject
to the provisions of this Title. The provisions governing stock corporation, when pertinent, shall be applicable to non-stock corporations, except as may be covered by specific provisions of this Title. Page 59 of 124 APPRAISAL RIGHT The right to withdraw from the corporation and demand payment of the fair value of his shares after dissenting from certain corporate acts involving fundamental changes in corporate structure. INSTANCES WHEREIN APPRAISAL RIGHT MAY BE EXERCISED:
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A non-stock corporation cannot be converted into a stock corporation through mere amendment of its Articles of Incorporation as this would be in violation of Section 87 which prohibits distribution of income as dividends to members. (SEC Opinion, 20 March 1995) However, a non-stock corporation can be converted into a stock corporation only if the members dissolve it first and then organize a stock corporation. The result is a new corporation. (SEC Opinion, 13 May 1992) On the other hand, a stock corporation may be converted into a non-stock corporation by mere amendment provided all the requirements are complied with. Its rights and liabilities will remain. CLOSE CORPORATIONS SEC. 96. Definition and applicability of Title. - A close corporation, within the meaning of this Code, is one whose articles of incorporation provide that: (1) All the corporation's issued stock of all classes, exclusive of treasury shares, shall be held of record by not more than a specified number of persons, not exceeding twenty (20); (2) all the issued stock of all classes shall be subject to one or more specified restrictions on transfer permitted by this Title; and (3) The corporation shall not list in any stock exchange or make any public offering of any of its stock of any class. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a corporation shall not be deemed a close corporation when at least two-thirds (2/3) of its voting stock or voting rights is owned or controlled by another corporation which is not a close corporation within the meaning of this Code. Any corporation may be incorporated as a close corporation, except mining or oil companies, stock exchanges, banks, insurance companies, public utilities,
educational institutions and corporations declared to be vested with public interest in accordance with the provisions of this Code. The provisions of this Title shall primarily govern close corporations: Provided, That the provisions of other Titles of this Code shall a apply suppletorily QuickTime and decompressor except insofar as TIFF (Uncompressed) this picture. provides. this needed tootherwise are Title see CHARACTERISTICS: 1. The stockholders themselves can directly manage the corporation and perform the functions of directors without need of election: a. When they manage, stockholders are liable as directors; b. There is no need to call a meeting to elect directors; c. The stockholders are liable for tort. 2. Despite the presence of the requisites, the corporation shall not be deemed a close corporation if at least 2/3 of the voting stocks or voting rights belong to a corporation which is not a close corporation. REQUIREMENTS FOR CLOSE CORPORATIONS: 1. The Articles of Incorporation must state that the number of stockholders shall not exceed 20; 2. The Articles of Incorporation must contain restriction on the transfer of issued stocks; 3. The stocks cannot be listed in the stock exchange nor be publicly offered. COMPANIES THAT CANNOT BE CLOSE CORPORATIONS: 1. Mining companies; 2. Oil companies; 3. Stock exchanges; 4. Banks; 5. Insurance companies; 6. Public utilities; 7. Educational institutions; 8. Other corporations declared to be vested with public interest. SPECIAL CORPORATIONS KINDS: 1. Educational Corporations 2. Religious Corporations a. Corporation Sole b. Religious Societies CORPORATION SOLE Special form of corporation, usually associated with the clergy and consists of one person only and his
successors, who are incorporated by law to give some legal capacities and advantages. Roman Catholic Apostolic Church v. Land Registration Commission, 102 Phil 596 (1957) A corporation sole does not have any nationality but for purposes of applying our nationalization laws, nationality is determined by the nationality of the members. Page 60 of 124
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A registered corporation sole can acquire land if its members constitute at least 60% Filipinos. (SEC Opinion, 8 August 1994) RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES Non-stock corporation formed by a religious society, group, diocese, synod or district of any religious denomination, sect or church after getting the approval 2/3 of its members. DISSOLUTION DISSOLUTION Extinguishment of the franchise of a corporation and the termination of its corporate existence. MODES OF DISSOLUTION: 1. Voluntary dissolution where no creditors are affected a. A meeting must be held on the call of directors or trustees; b. Notice of the meeting should be given to the stockholders by personal delivery or registered mail at least 30 days prior to the meeting; c. The notice of meeting should also be published for 3 consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the place; d. The resolution to dissolve must be approved by the majority of the directors/trustees and approved by the stockholders representing at least 2/3 of the outstanding capital stock or 2/3 of members; e. A copy of the resolution shall be certified by the majority of the directors or trustees and countersigned by the secretary; f. The signed and countersigned copy will be filed with the SEC and the latter will issue the certificate of dissolution. QuickTime where creditors are 2. Voluntary dissolution and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor affected are needed to see this picture. a. Approval of the stockholders representing at least 2/3 of the outstanding capital stock
or 2/3 of members in a meeting called for that purpose; b. Filing a Petition with the SEC signed by majority of directors or trustees or other officers having the management of its affairs verified by President or Secretary or Director. Claims and demands must be stated in the petition; c. If Petition is sufficient in form and substance, the SEC shall issue an Order fixing a hearing date for objections; d. A copy of the Order shall be published at least once a week for 3 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation or if there is no newspaper in the municipality or city of the principal office, posting for 3 consecutive weeks in 3 public places is sufficient; e. Objections must be filed no less than 30 days nor more than 60 days after the entry of the Order; f. After the expiration of the time to file objections, a hearing shall be conducted upon prior 5 day notice to hear the objections; g. Judgment shall be rendered dissolving the corporation and directing the disposition of assets; the judgment may include appointment of a receiver. 3. Dissolution by shortening corporate term This is done by amending the Articles of Incorporation. 4. Involuntary dissolution By filing a verified complaint with the SEC based on any ground provided by law or rules, including: a. Failure to organize and commence business within 2 years from incorporation; b. Continuously inoperative for 5 years; c. Failure to file by-laws within 30 days from issue of certificate of incorporation; d. Continuance of business not feasible as found by Management Committee or Rehabilitation Receiver; e. Fraud in procuring Certificate of Registration; f. Serious Misrepresentation; and g. Failure to file required reports. EFFECTS OF DISSOLUTION: 1. Transfer of Legal Title to Corporate Property 2. On
Continuation of Corporate Business 3. Creation of a New Corporation 4. Reincorporation of Dissolved Corporation 5. Continuation of a Body Corporation 6. Cessation of Corporate Existence for all Purposes LIQUIDATION Process by which all the assets of the corporation are converted into liquid assets in Page 61 of 124
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order to facilitate the payment of obligations to creditors, and the remaining balance if any is to be distributed to the stockholders. Reburiano v. Court of Appeals, 301 SCRA 342 (1999) If full liquidation can only be effected after the 3-year period and there is no trustee, the directors may be permitted to complete the liquidation by continuing as trustees by legal implication a. Mere investment as shareholder and exercise of rights as investor; b. Having a nominee director or officer to represent its interest in the corporation; c. Appointing a representative or distributor which transact business in its own name and for its own account. Lorenzo Shipping Corp. v. Chubb & Sons, Inc., et al., 431 SCRA 266 (2004) *n+o foreign corporation transacting business in the Philippines without a license, or its successors or assigns, shall be permitted to maintain or intervene in any action, suit or proceeding in any court or administrative agency of the Philippines; but such corporation may be sued or proceeded against before Philippine courts or administrative tribunals on any valid cause of action recognized under Philippine laws. INSTANCES WHEN UNLICENSED FOREIGN CORPORATIONS SUE: 1. Isolated transactions; 2. Action to protect good name, goodwill, and reputation of a foreign corporation; 3. The subject contracts provide that Phil. Courts will be venue to controversies; 4. A license subsequently granted enables the foreign corporation to sue on contracts executed before the grant of the license; 5. Recovery of
misdelivered property; 6. Where the unlicensed foreign corporation has a domestic corporation. FOREIGN CORPORATION FOREIGN CORPORATION A corporation formed, organized or existing under any law other than those of the Philippines, and whose laws allow Filipino citizens and corporations to do business in its own country or state. DOING BUSINESS with regard to FOREIGN CORPORATIONS Continuity of commercial dealings incident to prosecution of purpose and object of the organization. Isolated, occasional or casual transactions do not amount to engaging in business. But where the isolated act is not incidental/casual but indicates the foreign corporations intention to do other business, said single act constitutes engaging in business in the Philippines. DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE FOREIGN INVESTMENT ACT: 1. Doing Business a. Soliciting orders, service contracts, opening offices b. Appointing representatives, distributors domiciled in the Philippines or who stay for a period or periods totaling 180 days or more; c. Participating in the management, supervision or control of any domestic business, firm, entity, or corporation in the Philippines; QuickTime and a TIFF decompressor d. Any act (Uncompressed) this picture. a continuity of or acts that imply are needed to see commercial dealings or arrangements, and contemplate to some extent the performance of acts or works or the exercise of some functions normally incident to and in progressive prosecution of, the purpose and object of its organization. 2. Not Doing Business ANTI-DUMPING ACT OF 1999
ANTI-DUMPING DUTY A special duty imposed on the importation of a product, commodity or article of commerce into the Philippines at less than its normal value when destined for domestic consumption in the exporting country, which is the difference between the export price and the normal value of such product, commodity or article. NORMAL VALUE refers to a comparable price at the date of sale of the like product, commodity or article in the ordinary course of trade when destined for consumption in the country for export. Page 62 of 124
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DOMESTIC INDUSTRY refers to the domestic producers as a whole of the like product or to those of them whose collective output of the product constitutes a major proportion of the total domestic production of that product, except when producers are related to the exporters or importers or are themselves importers of the allegedly dumped product, the term domestic industry may be interpreted as referring to the rest of the producers. DUMPED IMPORT /PRODUCT refers to any product, commodity or article of commerce introduced into the Philippines at an export price less than its normal value in the ordinary course of trade, for the like product, commodity or article destined for consumption in the exporting country, which is causing or is threatening to cause material injury to a domestic industry, or materially retarding the establishment of a domestic industry producing the like product. LIKE PRODUCT a product which is identical or alike in all respects to the product under consideration, or in the absence of such a product, another product which, although not alike in all respects, has characteristics closely resembling those of the product under consideration. NON-SELECTED EXPORTER OR PRODUCER an exporter who has not been initially chosen as among the selected exporters or producers of the product under investigation. an exporter who has not been initially chosen as among the selected exporters or producers of the product under investigation. EXPORT PRICE refers to: 1. The ex-factory price at the point of sale for export; or 2. The F.O.B price at the point of shipment. In cases where 91) or (2) cannot be used, then the export price may be
constructed based on such reasonable basis aas the Secretary or QuickTime and TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor the Commission may this picture. are needed to see determine. ANTI-DUMPING DUTY IS IMPOSED: 1. Whenever any product, commodity or article of commerce imported into the Philippines at an export price less than its normal value in the ordinary course of trade for the like product, commodity or article destined for consumption in the exporting country 2. is causing or is threatening to cause material injury to a domestic industry, or materially retarding the establishment of a domestic industry, or materially retarding the establishment of a domestic industry producing the like product, 3. the Secretary of Trade and Industry, in the case of non-agricultural product, commodity or article, or 4. the Secretary of Agriculture, in the case of agricultural product, commodity or article (both of whom are hereinafter referred to as the Secretary, as the case may be), 5. after formal investigation and affirmative finding of the Tariff Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Commission), 6. shall cause the imposition of an antidumping duty equal to the margin of dumping on such product, commodity or article and on like product, commodity or article thereafter imported to the Philippines under similar circumstances, in addition to ordinary duties, taxes and charges imposed by law on the imported product, commodity or article. 7. However, the antidumping duty may be less than the margin if such lesser duty will be adequate to remove the injury to the domestic industry. 8. Even when all the requirements for the imposition have been fulfilled, the decision weather or not to impose a definitive antidumping duty
remains the prerogative of the Commission. It may consider, among others, the effect of imposing an antidumping duty on the welfare of consumers and/or the general public, and other related local industries. NOTE: In the case where products are not imported directly from the country of origin but are exported to the Philippines from an intermediate country, the price at which the products are sold from the country of export to the Philippines shall normally be compared with the comparable price in the country of export. However, comparison may be made with the price in the country of origin, if for example, the products are merely transshipped through the country of export, or such products are not produced in the country of export, or there is no comparable price for them in the country of export. Page 63 of 124
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INITIATION OF ACTION: 1. An anti-dumping investigation may be initiated upon receipt of a written application from any person whether natural or juridical, representing a domestic industry, which shall include evidence of a. dumping, b. injury, and c. causal link between the dumped imports and the alIeged injury. Simple assertions, unsubstantiated by relevant evidence, cannot be considered sufficient to meet the requirements of this paragraph. 2. The application shall contain such information as is reasonably, available to the applicant on the following a. the identity of the applicant and a description of the volume and the value of the domestic production of the like product of the applicant; b. a complete description of the alleged dumped product, the name of the country of origin or export under consideration, the identity of each known exporter or foreign producer, and a list of known persons importing the product under consideration; c. information on the normal value of the product under consideration in the country of origin or export, and d. information on the evolution of the volume of the alleged dumped imports, the effect of these imports on the price of the like product in domestic market, and the consequent impact of the imports on the domestic industry. 3. Within five (5) working days from receipt of a properly documented application, the Secretary shall examine the accuracy and adequacy of the petition to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to justify the initiation of investigation. QuickTime and a TIFF no sufficient evidence to justify (Uncompressed) decompressor 4. If there is are needed to see this
picture. initiation, the Secretary shall dismiss the petition and properly notify the Secretary of Finance, the Commissioner of Customs, and other parties concerned regarding such dismissal. The Secretary shall extend legal, technical, and other assistance to the concerned domestic producers and their organizations at all stages of the antidumping action. NOTE: The application shall be filed with the Secretary of Trade and Industry in the case of nonagricultural product, commodity or article, or with the Secretary of Agriculture in the case of agricultural product, commodity or article. The Secretary shall require the petitioner to post a surety bond in such reasonable amount as to answer for any and all damages which the importer may sustain by reason of the filing of a frivolous petition. He shall immediately release the surety bond upon making an affirmative preliminary determination In exceptional circumstances, the Philippines may be divided into two or more competitive markets and the producers within each market may be regarded as a separate industry if (a) the producers within such market have the dominant market share; and (b) the demand in that market is not substantially supplied by other producers elsewhere in the Philippines. If in special circumstances, the Secretary decides to initiate an investigation without having received a written application by or on behalf of a domestic industry for the initiation of such investigation, he shall proceed only if he has sufficient evidence of dumping, injury and a causal link, to justify the initiation of an investigation. The application shall be considered to have been made "'by or on behalf of the domestic industry" if it is supported by those domestic producers whose collective output constitutes more than
fifty percent (50%) of the total production of the like product produced by that portion of the domestic industry expressing either support for or opposition to the application. In cases involving an exceptionally large number of producers the degree of support and opposition may be determined by using a statistically valid sampling technique or by consulting their representative organizations. However, no investigation shall be initiated when domestic producers expressly supporting the application account for less than twenty -five percent (25%) total production of the like product produced by the domestic industry. NOTICES TO BE GIVEN OUT: 1. Notice to the Secretary of Finance 2. Notice to Exporting Member-Country 3. Notice to Concerned Parties and Submission of Evidence Page 64 of 124
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DETERMINATION OF MATERIAL INJURY OR THREAT THEREOF: The presence and extent of material injury to the domestic industry, as a result of the dumped imports shall be determined on the basis of positive evidence and shall require an objective examination of, but shall not be limited to the following: 1. The rate of increase and amount of imports, either in absolute terms or relative to production or consumption in the domestic market; 2. The effect of the dumped imports on the price in the domestic market for like product, commodity or article, that is, whether there has been a significant price undercutting by the dumped imports as compared with the price of like product, commodity or article in the domestic market, or whether the effect of such imports is otherwise to depress prices to a significant degree or prevent price increases, which otherwise would have occurred, to a significant degree; and 3. The effect of the imports on the domestic producers or the resulting retardation of the establishment of a domestic industry manufacturing like product, commodity or article, including an evaluation of all relevant economic factors and indices having a bearing on the state of the domestic industry concerned, such as, but not limited to, actual or potential decline in output, sales, market share, profits, productivity, return on investments, or utilization of capacity; factors affecting domestic prices; the magnitude of dumping; actual and potential negative effects on cash flow, inventories, employment, wages, growth, and ability to raise capital or investments. 4. The extent of injury of the dumped imports to the domestic industry shall be determined by the
Secretary and the Commission upon examination of all relevant evidence. Any known factors other than the dumped imports which at the same time are injuring the QuickTime and a domestic TIFF (Uncompressed) this picture. industry see decompressor be examined shall also are needed to and the injuries caused by these factors must not be attributed to the dumped imports. The relevant evidence may include, but shall not be limited to, the following: a. The volume and value of imports not sold at dumping prices; b. Contraction in demand or changes in consumption pattern; Trade restrictive practices and competition between foreign and domestic producers; d. Developments in technology; and e. Export performance and productivity of the domestic industry. 5. A determination of threat of material injury shall be based on facts and not merely on allegation, conjecture or remote possibility. The change in circumstances which will create a situation in which the dumping will cause injury must be clearly foreseen and imminent. In making a determination regarding the existence of a threat of material injury, the following shall be considered, inter alia, collectively: a. A significant rate of increase of the dumped imports in the domestic market indicating the likelihood of substantially increased importation; b. Sufficient freely disposable, or an imminent, substantial increase in capacity of the exporter indicating the likelihood of substantially increased dumped exports to the domestic market, taking into account the availability of other export markets to absorb any additional exports; c. Whether imports are entering at prices that will have significant depressing or suppressing effect on domestic prices and will likely increase demand for further imports;
and d. Inventories of the product being investigated. CUMULATION OF IMPORTS. - When imports of products, commodities or articles from more than one country are simultaneously the subject of an antidumping investigation, the Secretary or the Commission may cumulatively assess the effects of such imports IMPOSITION OF THE ANTI-DUMPING DUTY - The Secretary shall, within ten (10) days from receipt of the affirmative final determination by the Commission, issue a Department Order imposing an anti-dumping duty on the imported product, commodity, or article, unless he has earlier accepted a price undertaking from the exporter or foreign producer. He shall furnish the Secretary of Finance with the copy of the order and request the latter to direct the Commissioner of Customs to collect within c. Page 65 of 124
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three (3) days from receipt thereof the definitive antidumping duty. JUDICIAL REVIEW - Any interested party in an antidumping investigation who is adversely affected by a final ruling in connection with the imposition of an anti-dumping duty may file with the Court of Tax Appeals, a petition for the review of such ruling within thirty (30) days from his receipt of notice of the final ruling: Provided, however, That the filing of such petition for review shall not in any way stop, suspend, or otherwise hold the imposition or collection, as the case may be, of the anti-dumping duty on the imported product, commodity or article. The rules of procedure of the court on the petition for review filed with the Court of Tax Appeals shall be applied. Public Notices - The Secretary or the Commission shall inform in writing all interested parties on record and, in addition, give public notices by publishing in two (2) newspapers of general circulation when: 1. Initiating an investigation; 2. Concluding or suspending investigation; 3. Making any preliminary or final determination whether affirmative or negative; 4. Making a decision to. accept or to terminate an undertaking 5. Terminating a definitive anti-dumping duty. REPORT TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS The Secretary shall regularly submit to the Commissioner of Customs a list of imported products susceptible to unfair trade practices. The Commissioner of Customs is hereby mandated to submit to the Secretary monthly reports covering importations of said products, including but not limited to the following: 1. Commercial invoice; 2. Bill of lading; 3. Import Entries; and 4. Pre-shipment reports. NOTE:
Failure to comply with the submission of such report as provided herein shall hold the concerned QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor officials liable and are needed to see this picture. with a fine not shall be punished exceeding the equivalent of six (6) months salary or suspension not exceeding one (1) year. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW Law on Patents Sec 21 Patentable Inventions Any technical solution of a problem in any field of human activity which is new, involves an inventive step and is industrially applicable shall be patentable. It may be, or may relate to, a product, or process, or an improvement of any of the foregoing. ELEMENTS OF PATENTABILITY 1. New if it does not form part of the prior art 2. Inventive Step if having regard to prior art, it is not obvious to a person skilled in the art at the time of the filing date or priority date of the application claiming the invention 3. Industrially applicable if the invention can be produced and used in any industry PATENT 1. Statury grant by the government conferred to the inventor or his legal successor 2. In return for the disclosure of the invention to the public 3. Giving the right for a limited period of time 4. To exclude others from making, using, selling, importing the invention 5. Within the territory of the country granting the patent. IMPORTANCE OF A PATENT TO A BUSINESSMAN 1. A patent is granted to protect an article that is essentially better in some way than what was made before, or for a better way of making it. 2. The monopoly a patent gives can also extend to any other improved article or process which is better for the same reasons as that on which the patent is
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of pneumatic tires or a monopoly of transistors. Very few patents are as important as that, but the existence of almost any patent will make it necessary for a competitor to do costly design work or even major research of his own rather than copy the actual product he wishes to imitate. Sec 22. Non-Patentable Inventions The following shall be excluded from patent protection: 1. Discoveries, scientific theories, and mathematical methods; 2. Schemes, rules and methods of performing mental acts, playing games or doing business and programs for computers; 3. Methods for treatments of the human or animal body by surgery or therapy and diagnostic methods practiced on the human or animal body. This provision shall not apply to products and composition for use in any of these methods; 4. Plant varieties or animal breeds or essentially biological process for the production of plants or animals. This provision shall not apply to microorganisms and non-biological and microbiological processes; 5. Aesthetic creations; and 6. Anything which is contrary to public order or morality. Diamond vs. Diehr 437 U.S. 584 (1978) While a mathematical formula, like a law of nature, cannot be the subject of a patent, instead seek protection for a process of curing synthetic rubber. Although their process employs a well-known mathematical equation, they do not seek to pre-empt the use of that equation, except in conjunction with all of the other steps in their claimed process.
PATENTABILITY OF COMPUTER PROGRAMS General Rule Computer programs, are in general, copyrightable. Exception They can be patentable if they are part of a process like a business process. Sec. 24 Prior Art Prior art shall consist of: 1. Everything which has been made available to the public anywhere in the world, before the filing date or priority date of the application claiming the invention; and 2. The whole contents of an application for a patent, utility model or industrial design registration, published according to this Act, filed or effective in the Philippines, with a filing or priority date that is earlier than the filing or priority date of the application. Provided, That the application which has validly claimed the filing date of an earlier application under Section 31 of this Act, shall be prior art with effect as of the filing date of such earlier application. Provided further, That the applicant or the inventor identified in both applications are not one and the same. WHEN AN INVENTION IS NOT NEW 1. An invention is not new if it has been disclosed or used in public, or sold in the market before the patent application for the invention is filed. Most often, written disclosures of inventions are founding earlier filed and published patent applications or issued patents, utility models or industrial designs. Patent examiners carry out a search of these disclosures to determine if the invention is new. 2. The most common mistake is to be unaware that premature disclosure or use of an invention before the filing of any patent application would destroy the novelty of an invention and thus completely prejudice the chances of obtaining valid protection. Diamond vs. Chakrabarty 447 U.S. 303 (1980) The patentee has produced a new bacterium with markedly different characterisitics
from any found in nature and one having potential for significant utility. His discovery is not natures handiwork, but his own; accordingly, it is a patentable subject matter. The inventions most benefiting mankind are those that push back the frontiers of chemistry, physics and the like. (Eds note: The subject matter in this case was a genetically engineered live bacterium capable of breaking down components of crude oil) QuickTime and a Great Atlantic &TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor Supermarket Pacific Tea Co. vs. are needed to see this picture. Equipment Corp 340 U.S. 147 (1950) The mere combination of a number of old parts or elements, which, in combination, perform or produce no new or different function or operation than that theretofore performed or produced by them, is not patentable invention. The conjunction or concert of known elements must contribute something; only when the whole in some way exceeds the sum of its parts is the accumulation of old devices patentable. Page 67 of 124
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RULE ON NON-OBVIOUSNESS OF THE INVENTION A claimed invention is unpatentable if the differences between it and the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art. The ultimate determination as to whether or not an invention is obvious is a legal conclusion based on underlying factual inquiries, including: 1. scope and content of prior art; 2. level of ordinary skill in the art; 3. differences between the claimed invention and the prior art; and 4. objective evidence of non-obviousness. Electric Storage Battery Co. vs. Shimadzu 507 U.S. 613 (1939) Prior public use is a bar whether the use was with or without the consent of the patentee. A mere experimental use is not the public use defined by the Act, but a single use for profit, not purposely hidden, is such. The ordinary use of a machine or the practice of a process in a factory in the usual course of producing articles for commercial purposes is a public use. Sec. 25 Non-Prejudicial Disclosure The disclosure of information contained in the application during the twelve (12) months preceding the filing date or priority date of the application shall not prejudice the applicant on the ground of lack of novelty if such disclosure was made by: (a) the inventor; (b) a patent office and the information was contained in another application filed by the inventor and should not have been disclosed by the office or in an application filed without the knowledge or consent of the inventor by a third party which obtained the information directly or indirectly from the inventor; or (c) a third party which obtained the information directly or indirectly from the
inventor. INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY and aThe invention must QuickTime TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor be applicable for are needed to seepurposes. It cannot be practical this picture. purely theoretical. Sec. 28 Right to a Patent The right to patent belongs to the inventor, his heirs, or assigns. When two (2) or more persons have jointly made an invention, the right to a patent shall belong to them jointly. Sec. 30 Inventions Created Pursuant to a Commission The person who commissions the work shall own the patent, unless otherwise provided in the contract. WHO IS ENTITLED TO A PATENT OF AN INVENTION BY AN EMPLOYEE MADE IN THE COURSE OF HIS EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT? 1. Employee if the inventive activity is not a part of his regular duties even if the employee uses the time, facilities and materials of the employer. 2. Employer if the invention is the result of the performance of his regularly-assigned duties unless there is an agreement, express or implied, to the contrary Sec. 29 First to File Rule If two (2) or more persons have made the invention separately and independently of each other, the right to the patent shall belong to the person who filed an application for such invention, or where two or more applications are filed for the same invention, to the applicant who has the earliest filing date or, the earliest priority date. REMEDY OF A TRUE INVENTOR WHO WAS CHEATED OF HIS RIGHT TO A PATENT Though he may not enjoin the IPO from processing the questioned application, he may ask the court , once the application is granted, either to substitute him as a patentee or to cancel the patent and ask for damages.
Sec. 31 Right of Priority An application for a patent filed by any person who has previously applied for the same invention in another country which by treaty, convention or law affords the same privileges to Filipino citizens shall be considered as filed as of the date of the filing the foreign application: Provided, that: a. the local application expressly claims priority b. it is filed within twelve (12) months from the date the earliest foreign application was filed c. a certified copy of the foreign application together with an English translation is filed within six (6) months from the date of filing in the Philippines WHY APPLY FOR A PATENT INSTEAD OF KEEPING THE INVENTION A SECRET In general, it is better and safer to try and obtain a patent for the invention than try to keep the invention a secret. The Page 68 of 124
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chances of not being able to keep the invention a secret are generally much greater than the risk of not getting a patent for the invention that is patentable. Smith Kline Beckman vs. CA, GR No. 126627, August 14, 2003 Concept of divisional applications, comes to play, when two or more inventions are claimed in a single application but are of such a nature that a single patent may not be issued for them. The applicant is thus required to divide that is to limit the claims to whichever invention he may elect, whereas those inventions not elected may be made the subject of separate applications which are called divisional applications. IN WHICH COUNTRIES SHOULD PATENT PROTECTION BE SOUGHT? What should be considered is whether there are potential competitors likely to try and exploit the invention if it is not patented there. If the answer is in the affirmative, patent protection should be sought. WHO MAY FILE A PATENT APPLICATION IN THE PHILIPPINES? As to Nationality As to the legal personality of an applicant 1. inventor or his attorney-in-fact 2. assignee of the inventor Sec 32. The Application The patent application shall be in Filipino or English and shall contain the following: (a) a request for the grant of a patent; (b) a description of the invention; (c) drawings necessary for the understanding of the invention; (d) one or more claims; and (e) an abstract. No patent may be granted unless the application identifies the inventor. If the applicant is not the inventor, the Office may
require to submit said authority. REQUEST must contain: (Section 34) 1. a petition for the grant of the patent; 2. name and other data of the applicant, inventor and the agent; and 3. title of the invention DISCLOSURE AND DESCRIPTION must disclose the invention: (Section 35) 1. in a manner sufficiently clear and complete for it to be carried out by a person skilled in the art; 2. where the application concerns a microbiological process or the product thereof and involves the use of a microorganism which cannot be sufficiently disclosed in the application in such a way as to enable the invention to be carried out by a person skilled in the art and such material is not available to the public, the application shall be supplemented with a deposit of such material with an international depositary institution; and 3. in accordance with the rules and regulations by the Patent Office with respect to the contents of the description and the order of presentation. CLAIMS The application shall contain one (1) or more claims which shall define the matter for which protection is sought. Each claim shall be: (Section 36) 1. clear ; 2. concise; and 3. supplemented by the description. Purpose of the claim: to set the boundaries of the patent ABSTRACT consists of a concise summary of the disclosure of the invention as contained in the description and claims and drawings in preferably not Page 69 of 124 1. Filipino nationals 2. Foreign nationals or those domiciled or have a real and effective commercial establishment in a country which is bound by a treaty to grant Filipinos same right as its own QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor nationals are needed to see this picture.
THE FILING DATE OF A PATENT APPLICATION IS THE DATE WHEN THE APPLICANT FILES ALL OF THE FOLLOWING (Section 40): 1. An express or implicit indication that a Philippine patent is sought; 2. Information identifying the applicant; and 3. Description of the invention and one (1) or more claims in Filipino or English
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more than one hundred fifty (150) words. It must be drafted in a way which allows the clear understanding of the following: (Section 37) 1. technical problem; 2. the gist of the solution of that problem through the invention; and 3. the principal use or uses of the invention. It shall merely serve for technical information. 2. allow the public to submit observations on the patentability of the invention (which will be noted by the Bureau. EFFECT OF PUBLICATION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE APPLICANT BEFORE PUBLICATION AFTER PUBLICATION The patent application Applicant, shall have all and all related the rights of a patentee documents shall not be under Section 76 against made BEFORE PUBLICATION AFTER PUBLICATION available for inspection any person who, without without the consent of his authorization, the applicant, exercised any of the rights in Section 71 in relation to the invention claimed in the published patent application as if a patent had been granted for that invention. Provided that the person had: AFTER-PUBLICATION 1. actual knowledge RIGHTS may only be that the invention exercised by the that he was applicant if: using was the 1. the action is filed subject matter of after the grant of a published the patent and application; or 2. within four (4) 2. received written years from the notice that the commission of invention he was the acts using was the complained of. subject matter of a published application being identified in the said notice by its serial number.
Sec. 38 Unity of Invention The application shall relate to one invention only or to a group of inventions forming a single general inventive concept. RULES ON SEVERAL INDEPENDENT INVENTIONS WHICH DO NOT FORM A SINGLE GENERAL INVENTIVE CONCEPT (Section 38) 1. Director may require that the application be restricted to a single invention. 2. A later application filed for an invention divided out shall be considered as having been filed on the same day as the first application. Provided that: a. The later application is filed within four (4) months after the requirement to divide becomes final or within such additional time, not exceeding four (4) months, as may be granted; and b. Each divisional application shall not go beyond the disclosure in the initial application Sec. 44 Publication of Patent Application The patent application shall be published in the IPO Gazette together with a search document established by or on behalf of the Office citing any documents that reflect prior art, after the expiration of eighteen (18) months from the filing date or priority date. After the publication of a patent application, any interested party may inspect the application documents filed with the Office. The Director General, subject to the approval QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor of the Secretary ofare needed toand Industry, may prohibit Trade see this picture. or restrict the publication of an application, if in his opinion, to do so would be prejudicial to the national security and interests of the Republic of the Philippines. PURPOSE OF THE PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT 1. enable research and development institutions to re-orient or avoid unnecessary research activities on similar technology; and
Sec. 47 Observation by Third Parties Following the publication of the patent application, any person may present observations in writing concerning the patentability invention. Such observation shall be communicated to the applicant who may comment on them. The Office shall acknowledge and put such observations and comment in the file of the application to which it relates. Opposition proceedings cannot be instituted after the publication of the application. Only observations and comments are allowed. Page 70 of 124
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Sec. 48 Request for Substantive Examination The application shall be deemed withdrawn unless within six (6) months from the date of the publication under Section 41, a written request to determine whether a patent application meets the requirements of Sections 21 to 27 and Sections 32 to 39 and the fees have been paid on time. Withdrawal of the request for examination shall be irrevocable and shall not authorize the refund of any fee. After its publication, the application is not examined automatically to determine its patentability. Within six (6) months after its publication, the applicant must decide whether or not to request for a substantive examination of his application. Usually, his decision would depend on the existence of issued patents for similar inventions indicated in the search report published in the IPO Gazette. Sec. 49 Amendment of Application An applicant may amend the patent application during examination. Provided that such amendment shall not include new matter outside the scope of the disclosure contained in the application as filed. IF THE APPLICATION FOR PATENT IS: GRANTED 1. All fees should be paid on time. 2. If the required fees for grant and printing are not paid in due time, the application shall be deemed withdrawn. 3. A patent shall take effect on the date of publication of the grant of patent in the IPO Gazette REFUSED 1. The final order of the refusal to grant patent shall be appealable to the Director General. 2. The Regulations shall provide for the procedure by which an appeal from the order of refusal from the Director shall be undertaken.
person or entity from making, using, offering for sale, selling or importing that product; (b) Where the subject matter of a patent is a process, to restrain, prevent or prohibit any unauthorized person or entity from using the process, and from manufacturing, dealing in, using, selling or offering for sale, or importing any product obtained directly or indirectly from such process. 71.2. Patent owners shall also have the right to assign, or transfer by succession the patent, and to conclude licensing contracts for the same. QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. LIMITATIONS OF PATENT RIGHTS The owner of a patent has no right to prevent third parties from performing, without his authorization, the acts conferred in Section 71 hereof in the following circumstances. (1) Using a patented product put on market in the Philippines by the owner of the product, or with his express consent, insofar as such use is performed after that product has been so put on the said market (2) Where act is done privately and on a noncommercial scale or for a non-commercial purpose provided that it does not significantly prejudice the economic interests of the owner of the patent (3) Where the act consists of making or using exclusively for the purpose of experiments that relate to the subject matter of the patented invention (4) Where the act consists of the preparation for individual cases, in a pharmacy or by a medical professional, of a medicine in accordance with a medical prescription or acts concerning the medicine so prepared (5) Where the invention is used in any ship, vessel, aircraft or land vehicles of any other country entering the
territory of the Philippines temporarily or accidentally provided that such invention is used exclusively for the needs of such vessel and not used for the manufacturing of anything to be sold within the Philippines Sec. 73 Prior User Notwithstanding Section 72 hereof, any prior user, who, in good faith was using the invention or has undertaken serious preparations to use the invention in his enterprise or business, before the filing date or priority date of the application on which a patent is granted, shall have the right to continue the use thereof as envisaged in such Sec. 71. Rights Conferred by Patent. 71.1. A patent shall confer on its owner the following exclusive rights: (a) Where the subject matter of a patent is a product, to restrain, prohibit and prevent any unauthorized Page 71 of 124
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preparations within the territory where the patent produces its effect. The right of a prior user may only be transferred or assigned together with his enterprise or business, or with that part of his enterprise or business, or with that part of his enterprise or business in which the use or preparations for use have been made. CONDITIONS WHERE THE USE OF THE PATENT BY THE GOVERNMENT WITHOUT THE AUTHORITY OF THE PATENT OWNER such use is subject to the same conditions for the grant of compulsory licensing. (Section 74) 1. Where public interest, in particular, national security, nutrition, health or the development of other sectors, as determined by the government, so requires or 2. A judicial or administrative body has determined that the manner of exploitation, by the owner of the patent or his license, is anti-competitive Sec. 54 Term of Patent The term of patent shall be twenty (20) years from the filing date of the application. Sec 53 Contents of the Patent The patent shall be issued in the name of the Republic of the Philippines under the seal of the Office and shall be signed by the Director, and registered together with the description, claims and drawings, if any, in books and records of the Office. Sec 75. Extent of Protection and Interpretation of Claims The extent of protection conferred by the patent shall be determined by the claims, which are to be interpreted in the light of the description and drawings. DOCTRINE OF EQUIVALENTS INFRINGEMENT 1. For the purpose of determining the extent of protection conferred by the patent, due QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor account shall be taken of elements
which are are needed to see this picture. equivalent to the elements expressed in the claims, so that a claim shall be considered to cover not only all the elements as expressed therein, but also equivalents. 2. An infringement takes place when a device appropriates a prior invention by incorporating its innovative concept and although with some modification and change, performs substantially the same function in substantially the same way to achieve the substantially same result. Sec. 56. Surrender of Patent The owner of a patent may surrender his patent or any claim or claims forming part thereof to the Office for cancellation provided the surrender is with the consent of all persons: (1) having grants or licenses or (2) other right, title, or interest in and to the patent and invention covered thereby, which have been recorded in the Office. OPPOSITION TO THE SURRENDER (Section 56.2) A person may give notice to the Office of his opposition to the surrender of a patent under this section, and if he does so, the Bureau shall notify the proprietor of the patent and determine the question. IF SURRENDER IS PROPER AS DETERMINED BY THE PATENT OFFICE (Section 56.3): 1. Accept the offer of surrender 2. Patent shall cease to have effect from the day when the notice of his acceptance is published in the IPO Gazette 3. No action for infringement or right to compensation shall accrue for any use of the patented invention before that day referred in #2 for the services of the government RULES AS TO CORRECTION OF MISTAKES 1. If mistake incurred through the fault of the Office when clearly disclosed in the records thereof Director shall have power to correct the mistake without fee to make the patent conform to the records 2. If mistake is not incurred through the fault of the Office Director is authorized to
correct any mistake of a formal and clerical nature, on request of any interested person and payment of the prescribed fee Sec. 59. Changes in Patents. 59.1. The owner of a patent shall have the right to request the Bureau to make the changes in the patent in order to: (a) Limit the extent of the protection conferred by it; (b) Correct obvious mistakes or to correct clerical errors; and Page 72 of 124
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(c) Correct mistakes or errors, other than those referred to in letter (b), made in good faith: Provided, That where the change would result in a broadening of the extent of protection conferred by the patent, no request may be made after the expiration of two (2) years from the grant of a patent and the change shall not affect the rights of any third party which has relied on the patent, as published. 59.2. No change in the patent shall be permitted under this section, where the change would result in the disclosure contained in the patent going beyond the disclosure contained in the application filed. 59.3. If, and to the extent to which the Office changes the patent according to this section, it shall publish the same. (n) RULES ON DAMAGES 1. Damages cannot be recovered for acts of infringement committed before the infringer had known or had reasonable grounds to know of the patent. 2. It is presumed that the infringer had known of the patent if on the patented product, or on the container or package in which the article is supplied to the public, or on the advertising material relating to the patented product or process, are placed the words Philippine Patent with the number of the patent. 3. No damages can be recovered for infringement committed more than four (4) years before the institution of the action for infringement. ASSESSORS possessed of the necessary scientific and technical knowledge required by the subject matter in litigation, may be appointed by the court. Sec. 77. Infringement Action by a Foreign National Any foreign national or juridical entity
who meets the requirements of Section 3 of the Code and not engaged in business in the Philippines, to which a patent has been granted or assigned, may bring an action for infringement of the patent, whether or not it is licensed to do business in the Philippines under existing law. Sec. 60 Form and Publication of Amendment An amendment or correction of a patent shall be accomplished by a certificate of such amendment or correction, authenticated by the seal of the Office and signed by the Director, which certificate shall be attached to the patent. Notice of such amendment or correction shall be published in the IPO Gazette and copies of the patent kept or furnished by the Office shall include a copy of the certificate of amendment or correction. Annex H Remedies of the True and Actual Inventor Annex I Remedies of a Patent Owner against Infringement PATENT INFRINGEMENT is the making, using, offering for sale, selling or importing a patented product or a product obtained directly or indirectly from a patented process without the authorization of the patentee. CONTRIBUTORY INFRINGER any person who 1. actively inducesQuickTime and a the infringement of patent or TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are infringer with a 2. provides the needed to see this picture. component of a patented product or of a product produced because of a patented process knowing it to be especially adopted for infringing the patented invention and not suitable for substantial non-infringement Liability of Contributory Infringer jointly and severally liable with the infringer
Sec. 78. Process Patents; Burden of Proof. - If the subject matter of a patent is a process for obtaining a product, any identical product shall be presumed to have been obtained through the use of the patented process if the product is new or there is substantial likelihood that the identical product was made by the process and the owner of the patent has been unable despite reasonable efforts, to determine the process actually used. In ordering the defendant to prove that the process to obtain the identical product is different from the patented process, the court shall adopt measures to protect, as far as practicable, his manufacturing and business secrets. (n) Defendant must prove that the process to obtain the identical product is different from the patented process. The court shall adopt measures to protect, as far as practicable, defendants manufacturing and business secrets. Page 73 of 124
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Sec. 82 Patent Found Invalid May Be Cancelled In an action for infringement, if the court shall find the patent or any claim to be invalid, it shall cancel the same, and the Director of Legal Affairs upon receipt of the final judgment of cancellation by the court, shall record that fact in the register of the Office and shall publish a notice to that effect in the IPO Gazette. Sec 81. Defenses in Action for Infringement In an action for infringement, the defendant, in addition to other defenses available to him, may show the invalidity of the patent, or any claim thereof, on any of the grounds on which a petition for cancellation can be brought. Sec 85. Voluntary License Contract To encourage the transfer and dissemination of technology, prevent or control practices and conditions that may in particular cases constitute an abuse of intellectual property rights having an adverse effect on competition and trade, all technology transfer arrangements shall comply with the provisions of this Chapter. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ARRANGEMENT or TTA refers to contracts involving the transfer of systematic knowledge for the manufacture of a product, the application of process, or rendering of service including management contracts, and the transfer, assignment or licensing of all forms of intellectual property rights, including licensing of computer software except computer software developed for mass market. The nationality of parties in the agreement is no longer relevant in determining if an agreement is TTA that is covered by the IP Code. The IP Code no longer requires the registration of the TTAs. It neither imposes any restriction on royalty payments or the duration
of the TTAs. However, it provides that a TTA will be unenforceable if it QuickTime and a contains any of the prohibited decompressor in Section 87. TIFF (Uncompressed) clauses are needed to see this picture. exploiting the subject matter of the TTA himself, ABSENT any contrary provision in the TTA the TTA. CASES WHEREIN EXEMPTION FROM ANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN A VOLUNTARY LICENSING CONTRACT MAY BE ALLOWED where, after evaluation by the DITT Bureau, substantial benefits will accrue to the economy such as: 1. high technology content 2. increase in foreign exchange earnings 3. employment generation 4. regional dispersal of industries and/or 5. substitution with or use of local raw materials or 6. registered companies with pioneer status General Rule One cannot exploit a patent without the consent of the patentee. Exception Through compulsory license Annex - GROUNDS FOR THE GRANT OF COMPULSORY LICENSES WHAT PETITIONER FOR COMPULSORY LICENSING CONTRACT MUST DO 1. Petitioner must file his petition for compulsory license with the Bureau of Legal Affairs of the IPO. 2. He must show his capability to exploit the invention if he is staffed with adequate and competent manpower and facilities to exploit the invention 3. Subject to certain exceptions, the would-be compulsory licensee has negotiated seriously with rightholders to obtain exclusive licenses on reasonable terms but such efforts are not successful. 4. Pay the patentee adequate remuneration, taking into
account the economic value of the grant except in cases where grant of license is to: a. Remedy a practice which was determined to be anti-competitive b. Need to correct the anti-competitive practice may be taken into account in fixing the amount of remuneration Annex J Prohibited Clauses and Mandatory Clauses in a Voluntary Licensing Contract RIGHTS OF LICENSOR Grant of license shall not prevent the licensor from granting further licenses to 3rd persons nor from RIGHTS OF LICENSEE The licensee shall be entitled to exploit the subject matter of the TTA during the whole term of Page 74 of 124
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Law on Trademarks Sec 121.1 Mark means any visible sign capable of distinguishing the goods or services of an enterprise and shall include a stamped or marked container of goods. EXERCISE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS = MONOPOLY? 1. Monopoly is the control obtained by one supplier over the commercial market within a given region. 2. In a way, Intellectual Property Rights is a form of monopoly. Copyrights allow others to enjoy an authors economic rights when there is permission. Trademarks protect goodwill, it does not prevent production of similar goods. It is only allowed by the Constitution because it provides incentive for innovation and technological advancement. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE PARIS CONVENTION ON TRADEMARKS 1. National Treatment Principle foreign nationals are to be given the same treatment in each of the member countries as that country makes available in its own citizens. 2. Right of Priority any person who has duly filed registration for trademark shall enjoy a right of priority of six (6) months. 3. Protection against Unfair Competition 4. Protection of Tradenames protected in all countries without obligation of filing or registration 5. Protection of WellKnown Marks each country-member of the Union may refuse, cancel the registration and prohibit the use of a trademark which is a reproduction, imitation or translation (or any essential part of which constitutes such), liable to create confusion; of a mark considered by competent authority where protection is sought to be well-known in the country as being the mark of a person entitled to the benefits of the convention; and QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed)
decompressor used for similar ortoidentical goods. are needed see this picture. TRADEMARK COLLECTIVE MARK OR COLLECTIVE TRADENAME Any visible sign designated as such in the application for registration and capable of distinguishing the Functions of Trademarks 1. indicate origin or ownership 2. guarantee the quality of the goods and 3. advertise the articles they symbolize origin or any other common characteristic, including the quality of goods or services of different enterprises which use the sign under the control of the registered owner of the collective mark. Arce & Sons vs. Selecta Biscuit Co. 1 SCRA 253 The word Selecta is an ordinary or common word but once adopted or coined in connection with ones business as an emblem or as a badge of authenticity, it may acquire a secondary meaning as to be exclusively associated with its products and business. Converse Rubber Corp. vs. Universal Rubber Products 147 SCRA 154 Boundless choice of words are available and when there is no reasonable explanation for the defendants choice of such a mark, the inference is inevitable that it was chosen to deceive. Actual use of goods in the local market establishes trademark use which serves as the basis for action aimed at trademark pre-emption. Sales invoices are best proof of actual sales of the products in the Philippines. Philips Export B.V. vs. Court of Appeals GR No. 96161 The right to use a corporate name is a property right, a right in rem which it may assert. Corporation Code gives two (2) requirements: (1) That complaint acquired a prior right over such name and (2) that the proposed name is either identical, deceptively
or confusingly similar, or patently deceptive. The test is whether it would be confusing to an ordinary person. Any visible sign capable of distinguishing the goods. Three (3) Distinct Canon Kabushiki vs. Court of Appeals GR No. 120900 Ownership of trademark is a property right which is entitled to protection. However, when a TM is used for a product in which the other party does not deal, the use of the same trademark on the latters product cannot be validly objected to. Trademark owner is entitled to protection when junior user (2nd user) forestalls the normal expansion of the business, but Canon Japan has failed to attach Page 75 of 124
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evidence that would convince that it has also embarked in the production of footwear products. Kho vs. Court of Appeals GR No. 115758 Trademark, copyright and patents are different intellectual property rights that cannot be interchanged with one another. Pearl & Dean vs. Shoemart GR No. 148222 The certificate of registration can confer the exclusive right to use its own symbol only to those goods specified in the certificate and that one who has adopted and used a trademark on his goods does not prevent the adoption and use of the same trademark by others for products which are of a different description. DOCTRINE OF SECONDARY MEANING a word or phrase originally incapable of exclusive appropriation with reference to an article in the market (because it is geographically or otherwise descriptive) might nevertheless have been used for so long and so exclusively by one producer with reference to his article that, in the trade and to that branch of the purchasing public, the word or phrase has come to mean that the article was his property. Asia Brewery Inc. vs. Court of Appeals GR No. 103543 Unfair competition is the employment of deception or any other means contrary to good faith by which a person shall pass off the goods manufactured by him or in which he deals, or his business, or services, for those of another who has already established goodwill for his similar goods, business, or services, or any acts calculated to produce the same result. The use of steinie bottle, similar but not identical, is not unlawful. Being of functional and common use and not the exclusive invention of anyone, it is available to all who might need to use it within the
industry. Nobody can acquire any exclusive right to market articlesQuickTime and a a simple human supplying TIFFor wrappers of (Uncompressed) decompressor need in containers are needed to see this picture.the general form, size, and character commonly and immediately used in marketing such articles. Dissent of Justice Cruz in Asia Brewery Case The test is whether the two (2) articles are distinguishable by their labels when put side by side, but whether the general confusion made by the article upon the eye of the casual customer who is unsuspicious and off his guard is such as is likely to result in confounding it with the original, not side by side comparison. ELEMENTS OF SUITABLE TRADEMARK AND CLASSIFICATION 1. Arbitrary - common words which when applied to certain goods or services, neither suggest nor describe any characteristic of those goods or services. Examples are Camel cigarettes and Apple Computer. 2. Fanciful coined words invented solely for the purpose of functioning as a mark. Examples are Clorox and Kodak. 3. Suggestive requires imagination/deduction. 4. Descriptive marks that describe some characteristic or alleged merit of a product or service. Because descriptive terms may be truthfully applied to the goods and services, they are not entitled to protection unless they have acquired secondary meaning in the marketplace. 5. Generic marks that tell what a product or service is, rather than indicating the source of a product; thus, they must remain in the public domain and can never function as a trademark. Examples are fresh fruits, flower shop. APPLICATION FOR TRADEMARK REGISTRATION must contain: 1. the request for registration of trademark 2. the goods and/or services in connection with which the mark will be used and 3. name of the
applicant and his representative and enclose the reproduction of mark. Application must be filed at the Bureau of Trademarks in the Intellectual Property Office. On receipt of application, an examiner checks if the application includes all the requirements needed to get the filing date. The filing date is very important under the current first to file system because it serves to determine, in case of a dispute with another application for the same or similar mark, who has the prior right and, therefore, entitled to the registration of a mark. Annex L GROUNDS FOR TRADEMARK REGISTRATION REFUSAL OF Page 76 of 124
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Sec 124.2 Use in Commerce The applicant or the registrant shall file a declaration of actual use of the mark with evidence to that effect, as prescribed by the Regulations within three (3) years from the filing date of the application. Otherwise, the application shall be refused or the mark shall be removed from the Register by the Director. General Rule What is required is actual use in the Philippines Exception Internationally Well-Known Marks INTERNATIONALLY WELL-KNOWN MARK - is that which is determined by a competent authority (the courts or the Bureau of Legal Affairs (BLA) of the IPO when adjudicating infringement cases) to be wellknown internationally and in the Philippines, whether or not it is registered in the Philippines, as being already owned by someone taking into account the knowledge of the relevant sector in the Philippines which has been obtained as a result of the promotion of the mark. CONDITIONS TO CLAIM BENEFITS OF AN INTERNATIONALLY WELL-KNOWN MARKS IN THE PARIS CONVENTION 1. the mark must be internationally known or well known 2. the subject of the right must be trademark, not a patent or copyright or anything else 3. the mark must be for use in the same or similar kinds of goods and 4. the person claiming must be the owner of the mark EFFECT OF NON-USE If the registered owner without legitimate reason fails to use the mark within the Philippines, or to cause it to be used in the Philippines by virtue of a license during an uninterrupted period of three (3) years or longer, a petition may be filed for the cancellation of the mark. RIGHTS CONFERREDQuickTime and a REGISTRATION BY THE decompressor OF THE MARK TIFF
(Uncompressed) this picture. are needed to see 1. protection against the reproduction or imitation or unauthorized use of the mark (the legal term is infringement of mark); 2. right to stop the entry of imported merchandise into the country containing a mark identical or similar to the registered mark; and 3. right to transfer or license out the mark. Polaroid Corp vs. Polaroid Elect. Corp., 287 F. 2d 492 Factors to consider in deciding TM infringement when the products are different: 1. Strength of the mark 2. Degree of similarity between the two marks 3. Proximity of the products 4. Likelihood that the prior owner will bridge the gap 5. Actual confusion 6. Defendants good faith in adopting its own mark 7. Quality of the defendants product 8. Sophistication of the buyers McDonalds Corporation vs. LC Big Mak Burgers Inc., GR No. 143993 To establish trademark infringement, the following elements: (1) validity of plaintiffs mark, (2) the plaintiffs ownership of the mark, and (3) use of the mark or its colorable imitation by the alleged infringer results in the likelihood of confusion. Del Monte Corp vs. Court of Appeals, GR No. 78325 The question is not whether the two articles are distinguishable by their label when set side by side but whether the general confusion made by the article upon the eye of the casual purchaser who is unsuspicious and off his guard, is such as to likely result in his confounding it with the original. The general impression of the ordinary purchaser buying, buying under the normally prevalent conditions in trade and giving the attention such purchasers usually give in buying that class of goods is the touchstone.
KINDS OF CONFUSION, WHICH BROUGHT BY INFRINGEMENT Confusion of goods When the ordinarily prudent purchaser would be induced to purchase one product in the belief that he was purchasing the other. CAN BE Confusion of Business When although the goods of the parties are different, the defendants products is such as might be reasonably be assumed to originate with the plaintiff, and the public would then be deceived either into that belief or into the belief that there is some connection between the Page 77 of 124
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plaintiff and defendant which, in fact, does not exist. TWO TESTS IN DETERMINING THE LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION Dominancy Test It focuses on the similarity of the prevalent features of the competing trademarks that might cause confusion. Holistic Test It requires the court to consider the entirety of the marks as applied to the products, including the labels and packaging, in determining confusing similarity unfair competition if the effect is to pass off on the public the goods of one man as the goods of another. REMEDIES AVAILABLE TO REGISTRANT IN ORDER TO STOP THE INFRINGEMENT OF MARK 1. Judicial a. Civil b. Criminal Prosecution 2. Administrative Annex N CIVIL, CRIMINAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES AGAINST TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT Annex O CAUSES OF ACTION IN TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT Sec. 160 Right of Foreign Corporation to Sue in Trademark or Service Mark Enforcement Action Any foreign national or juridical person who meets the requirements of Section 3 of this Act and does not engage in business in the Philippines may bring a civil or administrative action hereunder for opposition, cancellation, infringement, unfair competition, or false designation of origin and false description, whether or not it is licensed to do business in the Philippines under existing laws. Annex M TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT vs. UNFAIR COMPETITION RELATED GOODS DOCTRINE - When goods are so related that the
public may be, or is actually, deceived and misled that they come from the same maker or manufacturer, trademark infringement occurs. Alhambra Cigar vs. Mojica, 27 Phil. 266 Unfair competition is passing off or attempting to pass off upon the public the goods/business of one person as for the goods/business of another. Any conduct the end and probable effect of which is to deceive the public or pass off the goods or business of a person as that for another constitutes actionable unfair competition. Not armed at fostering monopoly but to prevent fraud and imposition resulting in some resemblance. Mighty Corp vs. E & J Gallo Winery, GR No. 154342 The law on unfair competition is broader and more inclusive than the law on trademark infringement. Trademark infringement is a more exclusive right derived QuickTime and trademark adoption from the a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. and registration by the person whose goods or business is first associated with it. The law on trademarks is a specialized subject distinct from the law on unfair competition, although the two subjects are entwined with each other and are dealt with together in the IP code. Hence, even if one fails to establish his exclusive property right to a trademark, he may still obtain relief on the ground of his competitors unfairness or fraud. Conduct constitutes LIMITS OF TRADEMARK PROTECTION TERM A certificate of registration of a mark shall remain in force for ten (10) years. It is required, however, that the owner of a mark show that he is using the mark or that his non-use of the same is due to causes beyond his control by filing an Affidavit of Use or Excusable Non-Use, with the BT within one (1) th year from the 5 anniversary of the registration of the
marks. The registration may also be renewed for a period of ten (10) years after its expiration. There is Page 78 of 124 TERRITORIAL LIMIT The registration of a mark will have force and effect within the territory of the Philippines.
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no limit as to the number of times the registrant may request for the renewal of his registration. CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION OF TRADEMARK 1. When Within five (5) years from the registration of mark 2. Who - Any person who believes that he will be damaged by the registration of a mark. 3. Grounds - Any of the grounds to reject the registration of a mark which are enumerated as absolute or relative grounds for refusal. Non-use for an uninterrupted period of three (3) years is also a ground for cancellation. deprive the owner thereof the right granted to him by the IP Code. 4. Right of Owner of Tradename - The IP Code deems unlawful any subsequent use of the trade name by a third party, whether as a trade name or a mark or collective mark, or any such use of a similar trade name or mark, likely to mislead the public. The remedy against the unlawful use of a trade name would be a civil action for damages and injunction. Law on Copyright COPYRIGHT is bundle of rights that an author enjoys of the form of the expression of the ideas. REGISTERED MARK vs. NON-REGISTERED MARK A registered mark enjoys better protection. In order to succeed in an action based on an unregistered mark, it is necessary to show that one has established a goodwill in the mark and that the use complained of would be liable to confuse or deceive the public. Registration on the other hand, gives
a right to stop someone using the same or similar mark on the same or similar goods or services without the need to prove goodwill of the mark or that deception was employed by the defendant. The owner of a mark would, therefore, always be welladvised to register the mark where this is possible. TRADENAMES 1. Definition the name or designation identifying or distinguishing an enterprise 2. The following may not be used as tradenames: a. If by its nature or the use to which the name or designation may be put, it is contrary to public order or morals. b. If it is liable to deceive the public as to the nature of the enterprise identified by QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor the name. are needed to see this picture. c. If the trade name is similar to a mark or a trade name owned by another person and its use would likely mislead the public. 3. Registration - Trade names are protected even prior to or without registration. Thus, non-registration of the trade name with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Department of Trade and Industry will not CRITERIA FOR COPYRIGHT PROTECTION 1. Originality answers the question did you make it? while novelty in patents answers the question did you make it first? 2. Fixation in a tangible medium what is protected is the tangible expression of the idea, not the concept, idea or format Annex Q INTERNATIONAL GOVERNING COPYRIGHT CONVENTIONS Joaquin vs. Drilon, 302 SCRA 225 (1999) Copyright refers to finished works, not concepts. The mere format of a show, explained solely through words, doesnt encompass the whole spectrum of possible
audio and visual effects that the actual show would produce; thus the written words in no sense finish the concept or idea of the show. Hence, without production of the master tapes of both shows, even the determination of probable cause for infringement is not possible. Sec 171 Author is the natural person who has created the work. A collective work is a work, which has been created by two (2) or more persons at the initiative and under the direction of another with the understanding that it will be disclosed by the latter under his own name and that contributing natural persons will not be identified. A work of applied art is an artistic creation with utilitarian functions or incorporated in a useful article, Page 79 of 124
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whether made by hand or produced on an industrial scale. WORKS THAT CAN BE PROTECTED COPYRIGHT 1. Original Works see Annex P 2. Derivative Works see Annex R BY COPYRIGHT or ECONOMIC RIGHTS is the exclusive right to carry out, authorize and prevent anything that has to do with the work. (see Annex 12) Important: Copyright protection never accorded copyright owner complete control over all possible uses of his work. Infringement only possible if violate any of the enumeration in Annex S. Habana vs. Robles, 310 SCRA 511 (1999) Substantial reproduction doesnt necessarily mean that the entire work, or even a large portion, be copied. If so much is taken that the value of the original work is substantially diminished, there is infringement. WORKS shall be protected: (a) by the sole fact of their creation, not registration (b) irrespective of their mode or form of expression, content, quality and purpose WORKS NOT PROTECTED 1. any idea, procedure, system, method or operation (PIOSM), concept, principle, discovery, or mere data (CPDiD) even if they are expressed, illustrated, or embodied in a work (EIE) 2. news of the day & other miscellaneous facts: having character of mere items of press info 3. official text of a legislation, administrative, or legal nature (including its translation) 4. public domain 5. useful article: no separate artistic value RATIO: ideas are relatively few and not worth of monopoly protection. USEFUL ARTICLE DOCTRINE - Works whose sole purpose is
utilitarian, and have no separate artistic value, are not copyrightable. WORKS OF PUBLIC DOMAIN - Works whose 50 year term for copyright protection has expired. WORKS OF THE GOVERNMENT General Rule No copyright subsists in any work of the Philippine Government. Exception BUT prior approval of the agency where it came from is necessary for exploitation of work for profit. Such agency MAY impose things such as payment of royalties. QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. FIRST SALE DOCTRINE - Since the owner has the exclusive right to offer the work for sale, he may do so. Thats the first sale. However, once the sale is completed and the buyer becomes the owner of the tangible medium, thereafter, he has a right to do anything with the medium. In other words, he can sell it to someone else, rent it out, burn it, eat it, use its pages to photocopy, etc. So, a bookstore selling second-hand books is protected under this doctrine. Though the vendee has absolute license to do whatever he wants with the medium, the content of the medium is still protected. So, if, after the sale, the buyer copies out the words of the book and treats them as his own, thats infringement. In digital works, there is no tangible medium. And the vendee is merely given the right to use (i.e. the license). So, a work sold over the internet may not then be sold to other people; but, the vendee may read or listen to it. On the other hand, if you buy a DVD and then sell it, the doctrine applies. But if you buy a DVD, copy the contents, then sell a burnt DVD with those contents, its infringement. Annex T OWNERSHIP OF COPYRIGHT
Exception to the Exception No prior approval is necessary for those rendered in courts, administrative agencies, deliberative assemblies and meetings of public character such statutes, lectures, dissertations, rules and regulations, sermons, speeches and addresses. MORAL RIGHTS - Rights granted to the owner of a copyright, independent of his economic (copyright) rights and of any assignment or license. Page 80 of 124
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SCOPE OF HIS MORAL RIGHTS 1. to require that his name as author be indicated in a prominent way on the copies, in connection with the public use of his work 2. to make any alterations of his work, prior to or withhold it from publication 3. to object to any distortion, mutilation or modification or other derogatory action in relation to, his work (would be prejudicial to his honor or reputation) 4. to restrain the use of his name w/ respect to any work, not of his own creation or in a distorted version of his work EXCEPTIONS TO THE MORAL RIGHTS 1. Absent special contract at the time creator licenses/permits another to use his work, the following are deemed NOT to contravene creators moral rights, provided they are done in accordance w/ reasonable customary standards or requisites of the medium: a. b. c. d. e. Editing Arranging Adaptation Dramatization Mechanical and electrical reproduction 4. It provides the same rights and remedies as a copyright owner. Sec. 194 Breach of Contract An author cannot be compelled to perform is contract to create a work or for the publication of his work already in existence. However, he may be held liable for damages for breach of such contract. If creator contributes work to a collective work, the general rule is that he has waived his right of attribution unless the creator expressly reserved such right. Annex U TERM OF PROTECTION RIGHTS TO PROCEEDS IN SUBSEQUENT TRANSFERS or DROIT DE SUITE - If there is a sale or lease of an original work of painting, sculpture or manuscript subsequent to the first disposition
by the author, the author or his heir have an inalienable right to participate in the gross proceeds to the extent of 5%. WORKS NOT COVERED BY RIGHT TO PROCEEDS IN SUBSEQUENT TRANSFERS Prints, engravings, applied art or works of a similar kind from which the author primarily derives gain from the proceeds of the reproduction. NEIGHBORING RIGHTS - the rights of a performer of an original work. NEIGHBORING RIGHTS 1. encompasses moral rights - specifically the right of the performer to claim to be identified as such performer. 2. include the right to proceeds in subsequent transfers - equivalent to 5% of the compensation received for the original performance. NEIGHBORING RIGHTS DOES NOT APPLY TO THE FOLLOWING 1. exclusive use of a natural person for own personal purposes 2. short excerpts for reporting current events 3. sole use for the purpose of teaching or for scientific research 4. fair use of the broadcast 2. Complete destruction of work unconditionally transferred by creator WAIVER OF MORAL RIGHTS General Rule: Moral rights can be waived in writing, expressly so stating such waiver. Exceptions: Even if writing, waiver is still not valid if: a. use the name of author, title of his work, or his reputation w/ respect to any version/adaptation of his work, which because of alterations, substantially tend to injure literary/artistic reputation of another author b. use name of author in a work that he did NOT create QuickTime and a TERM OF MORAL RIGHTS - during the lifetime of the author and fifty (50) years after the death of the author. 1. Post-humous enforcers shall be named in writing to be filed in the National Library. 2. Moral rights are not assignable or subject to license. 3. Damages can be recovered under the Civil Code for violation of moral rights.
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ACTS THAT DO NOT CONSTITUTE INFRINGEMENT 1. recitation or performance of a work a. lawfully made accessible to public b. done privately & free of charge or c. made strictly for charitable or religious institution or society 2. making quotations from a published work provided: a. compatible w/ fair use and b. extent: justified for the purpose c. source & name of author, if appearing on the work, are mentioned 3. reproduction or communication to the public by mass media of articles of current PRESS provided: a. delivered in public b. use: info purposes c. not expressly reserved d. source: clearly indicated 4. reprod. or comm.. to public of literary, artistic, scientific works a. part of reports of current events b. by means of photo, cinema, broadcasting c. extent necessary for that purpose 5. inclusion of a work in any comm. to the public: a. made by illustration for teaching purposes b. compatible with fair use: source/name of author, mentioned 6. recording in schools, uni and educational institutions a. intended for broadcast for such schools b. recording: deleted w/in reasonable period st after they were 1 broadcast c. recordings: may NOT be made from AV works are part of the general feature films except for brief excerpts of the works. 7. making of ephemeral recordings by broad-orgs by its own facilities and for use of its own broadcasts 8. use of work QuickTime and a or under the made by TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor direction/controltoof Govt are needed see this picture. a. by National Lib or any educ, scientific or professional (SEP) institution b. use: public interest c. compatible w/ fair use 9. public performance/comm. of a work: a. in a
place: no admission fee b. by a club/institution for education and charitable purpose: aim is NOT profitmaking subject to such other limitations as may be provided in the regulations 10. public display of original/copy of work NOT made a. by any media means b. either work has been published, sold, given away, transferred to another person by author or his successor in title (SGT) 11. use: work for purpose of: a. any judicial proceedings b. for giving of professional advice by legal practitioner FAIR USE DOCTRINE the fair use of copyrighted work for criticism, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), research, and similar purposes is not an infringement of copyright. FACTORS TO DETERMINE FAIR USE 1. purpose & character of the use 2. nature of the copyrighted work 3. amount & substantiality of the portion used in relation to the whole thing as a whole 4. effect of the use: on the potential market or the value of the copyrighted work Important: It is immaterial whether the alleged infringement was done for profit or not. A teacher that copies a book and hands out the copies to his students is liable. It is also immaterial whether or not the infringer acknowledges the author. DECOMPILATION = FAIR USE 1. reproduction/translation of code 2. to achieve interoperability of an independently created computer program EFFECT OF FAIR USE AS A DEFENSE IN INFRINGEMENT The defendant relieves the prosecution of the burden of presenting evidence showing the use of the copyright, as the defendant admits having used it. But evidence should still be presented for the purpose of proving damages. Habana vs. Robles, 310 SCRA 511 (1999) Infringement consists in the doing of any person, without the consent of the copyright owner, of anything,
the sole right to do which is conferred by statute to the owner of the copyright. It is when the infringer lifts from anothers work content that was the result of the latters research, then proceeds to misrepresent them as her own, then circulates the book for commercial use without acknowledging the real author. Page 82 of 124 c.
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ELEMENTS OF INFRINGEMENT 1. Unauthorized act 2. Existence of Copyright 3. Access to the Original 4. Copying took place. DEFAULT RULE IN DETERMINING WHETHER THERES INFRINGEMENT For the progress of art and science, allow use of the work provided the use does: 1. not conflict with the normal exploitation of the work and 2. not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the rights holder Microsoft Corp vs. Maxicorp Inc., GR No.140946, September 13, 2004 Copyright infringement and unfair competition are not limited to the act of selling counterfeit goods. They cover a whole range of acts from copying, assembling, packaging to marketing, including the mere offering for sale of counterfeit goods. Annex W DEPOSIT AND NOTICE REQUIREMENTS BANK SECRECY LAW BANK SECRECY ACT This is an act prohibiting disclosure of or inquiry into all types of deposits in any banking institution including investments in bonds issued by the Philippine government and its political subdivisions and instrumentalities. R.A. 1405 considers deposits as absolutely confidential in nature The Law was later extended to include deposits in foreign currency deposits (RA No. 6426, 1972) and deposits in offshore banking units (PD No. 1246, 1977). Deposits may not be examined, inquired or looked into by any person, government official, bureau or office It is also unlawful for
any official or employee of a bank to disclose to any person any information concerning deposits PURPOSE of the Law: To encourage people to deposit their money in banks and, thereby, discourage private hoarding so that the banks may lend out the money and assist in the economic development of the country. [Sec 1] GROUNDS TO ALLOW EXAMINATION OF A BANK ACCOUNT: 1. Where the depositor consents in writing; 2. Impeachment cases; 3. By court order in bribery or dereliction of duty cases against public officials; 4. Deposit is subject of litigation 5. In cases of unexplained wealth (PNB v. Gancayco) 6. By order of the court in cases filed by the ombudsman and upon the latters authority to examine and obtain access to bank accounts and bank records (Marquez v. Desierto) RULE ON MERE POSSESSION OF INFRINGING GOODS General Rule Mere possession of infringing goods is not punishable. Exceptions Unless one can prove that the possessor knows or ought to know that the goods in his possession are an infringing copy of the work and held for the purpose of: 1. selling, letting for hire, or exposing it for selling, letting for hire 2. distributing the article either for purposes of trade or for any other purpose that will prejudice the rights of the copyright owner in the work 3. trade exhibit of the article in public Columbia Pictures vs. CA, 261 SCRA 144 (1996) If so much is taken that the value of the original is sensibly diminished, or the labors of the original author QuickTime and a are substantially and(Uncompressed) decompressor to an injurious extent appropriated TIFF are needed to see this picture. by another, that is sufficient to constitute infringement. REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT 1. Civil 2. Administrative 3. Criminal Important: Doctrine of exhaustion
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7. Audit purposes, made by an independent auditor hired by the bank, the results of which used exclusively for the latter REQUISITES BEFORE CAMERA INSPECTION: 1. 2. 3. 4. ALLOWING AN INhave unexplained wealth under the AntiGraft and Corrupt Practices Act of 1960 Pending case before a court of competent jurisdiction Account must be clearly identified The inspection is limited to the subject matter of the pending case The bank personnel and the account holder must be notified to be present during the inspection, and such inspection may cover only the account identified in the pending case. Mellon Bank v. Magsino, 190 SCRA 633 (1990) Even in cases not involving prosecution under the Anti-Graft and Corrupt practices Act, an inquiry into the whereabouts of the amount converted necessarily extends to whatever is concealed (being in the name of persons other than the one responsible for the illegal acquisition) inasmuch as the case is aimed at recovering the amount converted. An investigation by the Office of the Ombudsman is not a pending litigation to allow examination of a bank account.
INSOLVENCY LAW OTHER ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS TO THE SECRECY OF BANK DEPOSIT ACT (ASIDE FROM THOSE STATED IN THE LAW): 1. The National Internal Revenue Code authorizes the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to inquire into bank deposit accounts of: a. a decedent to determine his gross estate; and b. any taxpayer who has filed an application for compromise of his tax liability by reason of financial incapacity to pay his tax liability, which application shall include a written waiver of his privilege under the Secrecy of Bank Deposit Act or under other general or special laws, and such waiver shall constitute the authority of the Commissioner to inquire into the bank deposits of the taxpayer. 2. In cases of unclaimed balances (Sec. 2, Act 3936) 3. inquiry into or examination of any deposit or QuickTime and a TIFFwith any decompressor (Uncompressed) investment are needed to seebanking institution when this picture. the examination is made by the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas in the course of a periodic or special examination in accordance with the rules of examination of the BSP (Sec 11, RA 9160) 4. The Courts were authorized to examine bank deposits of spouse and unmarried children of government officials found to INSOLVENCY Insolvency generally denotes the state of a person whose liabilities are more than his assets. There are two principal laws available to a corporation seeking debt relief. These are, (1) the Insolvency Law and (2) Presidential Decree No. 902-A. THREE (3) PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS INSOLVENCY LAW: 1. Suspension of Payments 2. Voluntary Insolvency 3. Involuntary Insolvency OF
In accordance with the provisions of the Insolvency Law "every insolvent debtor may be permitted to suspend payments or be discharged from his debts and liabilities" (Sec. 1). Corporate debtors however are not given a discharge. A petition for suspension of payments with a request for the appointment of a management committee or rehabilitation receiver where the corporation has no sufficient assets to cover its liabilities is a creation of PD 902-A and not the Insolvency Law. The Insolvency Law is both distributive and rehabilitative Page 84 of 124
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In Re: Estate of Mindanao Motor Line, Inc., 57 SCRA 103 "......and the purpose of the filing of the petition was other than the purpose for which the Insolvency Law was enacted, which is to effect an equitable distribution of the bankrupt's properties among his creditors and to benefit the debtor by discharging him to start afresh with the property set apart for him as exempt." In the Philippines, no person shall be imprisoned for debt (Sec. 20, Art, III, Constitution). The penal provisions of the Insolvency Law (Sec. 70 to 71) and the Revised Penal Code (Art. 314) punish the commission of fraud by the insolvent and not the non-payment of the debt Jurisdiction in INSOLVENCY MATTERS: Regular Courts Original and Exclusive jurisdiction over all petitions for Voluntary and Involuntary Insolvency SEC Original and Exclusive Jurisdiction over: 1) Petitions for suspension of payments where debtor possesses sufficient assets to cover all its debts but foresees the impossibility of meeting them - may or may not be accompanied with a request for the appt of a management committee or rehabilitation receiver 2) Petitions for QuickTime and a suspension of payments TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. where the corporation has no sufficient assets but accompanied with a request for the appointment with a request for the appointment of a management committee or rehabilitation receiver
However, if the SEC finds that the debtor is insolvent and can no longer be rehabilitated, the SEC can order the dissolution of the debtor and the distribution of its assets in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Code. EFFECT OF INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS FILED BY INDIVIDUAL DEBTORS: 1. Suits pending in court a. secured obligations suspended until assignee appointed b. unsecured obligations terminated except to fix amount of obligation c. foreclosure suits pending continue 2. Suit not yet filed - cannot be filed anymore, but claims may be presented to assignee NOTE: The result is different if the petitioner is a CORPORATION, because under the Revised Rules on Corporate Recovery, ALL claims, whether secured or unsecured, are stayed. SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS - the postponement, by court order, of the payment of debts of one who, while possessing sufficient property to cover his debts, foresees the impossibility of meeting them when they respectively fall due. (Sec. 2) Distinctions between SUSPENSION PAYMENTS and INSOLVENCY: Suspension of Payment Debtor has enough assets to meet liabilities but cannot meet them as they fall due always initiated by debtor OF Insolvency Debtor has more liabilities than assets Purpose is to delay or suspend the payment of debts The amount of indebtedness is not affected initiated by creditors/other persons if involuntary; initiated by debtor if voluntary Purpose is to discharge the debtor from payment of debts Creditors receive less than their credits, and in cases where there are preferences, some creditors may not receive
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anything at all PROCEDURE FOR SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS: 1. Filing of the petition by the debtor (Sec.2); 2. Issuance by the court of an order calling a meeting of creditors (Sec.3); 3. Publication of the order and service of summons (Sec.4); 4. Meeting of creditors for the consideration of the debtors proposition (Sec. 4); 5. Approval by the creditors of the debtors proposition 6. Objections, if any, to the decision which must be made within 10 days following the meeting (Sec. 11); 7. Issuance of order by the court directing that the agreement be carried out in case the decision is declared valid, or when no objection to aid decision has been presented (Sec. 11); 8. If the decision of the meeting be negative, the proceeding shall be terminated and the creditors shall at liberty to enforce the rights which may correspond to them (Sec. 11). EFFECTS OF FILING OF PETITION: 1. No disposition in any manner of his property may be made by the petitioner (Sec. 3); 2. No payments may be made (Sec. 3); 3. Upon request to the court, all pending executions against the debtor shall be suspended except execution against property especially mortgaged (Sec. 6) VOLUNTARY INSOLVENCY An insolvent debtor owing debts exceeding in amount the sum of P1,000 may apply to be discharged from his debts and liabilities by petition to the Regional Trial Court of the province or city in which he has resided for 6 months next preceding the filing of the petition. (Sec. 14) PROCEDURE FOR (Uncompressed) decompressor TIFF VOLUNTARY INSOLVENCY: are needed to see this picture. The procedure is as follows: 1. Filing of petition by the debtor praying for the declaration
of insolvency (Sec. 14); 2. Issuance of an order of adjudication declaring the petitioner insolvent (Sec. 18); 3. Publication and service of the order (Sec. 19); 4. Meeting of the creditors to elect the assignee in insolvency (Sec. 30); QuickTime and a 5. Conveyance of the debtors property by the clerk of court to the assignee (Sec. 32); 6. Liquidation of the debtors assets and payment of his debts (Sec. 33); 7. Composition, if agreed upon (Sec. 63); 8. Discharge of the debtor on his application (Sec. 64), except a corporation (Sec. 52); 9. Objection, if any, to the discharge (Sec. 66); 10. Appeal to the Supreme Court in certain Cases (Sec. 62). Effect of Filing of Petition: Phil. Trust Co. vs. National Bank, 42 Phil. 413 (1921) Once the petition is filed, ipso facto takes away and deprives the debtor petitioner of the right to do or commit any act of preference as to creditors, pending the final adjudication. EFFECT OF COURT ORDER DECLARING DEBTOR INSOLVENT: 1. All the assets of the debtor not exempt from execution are taken possession of by the sheriff until the appointment of a receiver or assignee; 2. The payment to the debtor of any debts due to him and the delivery to the debtor or to any person for him of any property belonging to him, and the transfer of any property by him are forbidden; 3. All civil proceedings pending against the insolvent debtor shall be stayed; 4. Mortgages or pledges, attachments or executions on property of the debtor duly recorded and not dissolved are not, however, affected by the order INVOLUNTARY INSOLVENCY An adjudication of insolvency may be made on the petition of three or more creditors, residents of
the Philippines, whose creditors or demands accrued in the Philippines, and the amount of which creditors or demands are in the aggregate of not less than P1,000. Nature of Involuntary Insolvency: Not a mere personal action against the insolvent for the collection of debts Purpose is to impound all of his non-exempt property, to distribute it equitably among his creditors, and to release him from further liability Page 86 of 124
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Action is a proceeding in rem as well as in personam (Sec. 46) PROCEDURE FOR INVOLUNTARY INSOLVENCY: 1. Filing of the petition by three or more creditors (Sec. 20); 2. Issuance of the order requiring the debtor to show cause why he should not be adjudged insolvent (Sec. 21); 3. Service of order to show cause (Sec. 22); 4. Filing of answer or motion to dismiss (Sec. 23); 5. Hearing of the case (Sec. 24); 6. Issuance of order for decision adjudging debtor insolvent (Sec. 24); 7. Publication and service of order (Sec. 25); 8. Meeting of the creditors to elect the assignee in insolvency (Sec. 30); 9. Conveyance of the debtors property by the clerk of court to the assignee (Sec. 32); 10. Liquidation of the debtors assets and payment of his debts (Sec. 33); 11. Composition, if agreed upon (Sec. 63); 12. Discharge of the debtor on his application (Sec. 52); 13. Objection, if any, to the discharge (Sec. 66); 14. Appeal to the Supreme Court in certain cases (sec. 62) COMPOSITION an agreement, made upon a sufficient consideration, between an insolvent or embarrassed debtor and his creditors, whereby the latter for the sake of immediate or sooner payment, agree to accept a dividend less than the whole amount of their claims, to be distributed pro rata, in discharge and satisfaction of the whole debt. ACTS OF INSOLVENCY: In voluntary insolvency filing of a petition In involuntary insolvency - the following are considered act of insolvency and the petition for involuntary insolvency must set forth one or more of the following: QuickTime and a decompressor 1. Intention TIFF (Uncompressed)from the Philippines to to depart this picture. are needed to see defraud creditors 2. Absence from the
Philippines to defraud creditors 3. Concealing self to avoid service of legal processes 4. concealing pr removing property to avoid its being attached or taken on legal process 5. confession of judgment in favor of a creditor to defraud other creditors 6. allowing default judgment in favor of a creditor to defraud other creditors 7. Allowing property to be taken under legal process in preference of a particular creditor to defraud other creditors 8. Making conveyance, assignment or transfer of his property to defraud his creditors 9. Making conveyance, assignment or transfer of his property in contemplation of insolvency 10. Default of a merchant or tradesman to pay his current obligations for a period of 30 days 11. Failure to pay money on deposit or received in a fiduciary capacity for a period of 30 days after demand 12. Insufficiency of property to satisfy execution against him (Sec. 20) Assets of the insolvent which are not exempt from execution will then be distributed among his creditors in accordance with the rules of concurrence in preference of credits in the Civil Code. There is a provision in the Labor Code which says the claim of laborers take over and priority over all other place including taxes of the government. Distinctions between VOLUNTARY INSOLVENCY and INVOLUNTARY INSOLVENCY: VOLUNTARY INVOLUNTARY INSOLVENCY INSOLVENCY One creditor is sufficient Three or more creditors required Filed by the insolvent Filed by three or more debtor creditors who possess qualifications required by law Debtor must not be guilty Debtor must have of any of the acts of committed one or more insolvency enumerated in of such acts Sec. 20 Amount of indebtedness It must not be less than must exceed P1,000 P1,000 Bond is not required Petition accompany bond Order of
adjudication of Granted only after insolvency may be hearing granted ex parte Petition is filed in RTC Length of residence is where debtor has resided immaterial for 6 months Court issues order of Only after hearing adjudication declaring petitioner insolvent upon filing of the voluntary petition Page 87 of 124
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ORDER OF DISTRIBUTION/PREFERENCE: 1. Equitable Claims; 2. Preferred claims with respect to specific movable property and specific immovable property under Article 2241 and 2242 of the Civil Code; 3. Preferred claims as to unencumbered property of the debtor which shall be paid in the order named in Article 2244 of the Civil Code; 4. Common or ordinary credits which shall be paid pro rata regardless of dates under Article 2245 of the Civil Code PARTNERSHIPS AND CORPORATIONS A partnership may be declared insolvent - BY A PETITION of the partners or any one of them or three or more creditors who can also petition for insolvency. - may be done DURING THE CONTINUATION of the partnership business or AFTER ITS DISSOLUTION and BEFORE THE FINAL SETTLEMENT thereof. Campos Rueda & Co. v. Pacific Commercial Co., 44 Phil.916 (1922) A partnership may be declared insolvent notwithstanding the solvency of the partners constituting the same. Who may file petition for declaration of insolvency of a PARTNERSHIP Voluntary Insolvency ALL the partners, or ANY ONE of them Involuntary Insolvency ONE OR MORE of the partners or THREE OR MORE creditors of the partnership Who may file petition for the declaration of Insolvency of a CORPORATION The petition may be filed by ANY OFFICER DULY AUTHORIZED by the vote of the board of directors or trustees at a meeting especially called for that purpose, or by the assent in writing of the majority of QuickTime the directors, or trustees, as theand a may be. case TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture.
Discharge is the formal and judicial release of an insolvent debtor from his debts with the exception of those expressly reserved by law. DEBTS NOT DISCHARGED: 1. Taxes due the National government of any provincial or municipal government; 2. Debts created by fraud, embezzlement, defalcation as a public officer or while acting in a fiduciary capacity MORE SPECIFICALLY, (these debts not discharged are the following): 1. Taxes and assessments due the Government, whether national or local 2. Any debt created by the fraud or embezzlement of the debtor; 3. Any debt created by the defalcation of the debtor as a public officer or while acting in a fiduciary capacity; 4. Debt of any person liable for the same debt, for or with the insolvent debtor, either as partner, joint contractor, indorser, surety or otherwise 5. Debts of a corporation 6. Claim for support 7. Discharged debt but revived by a subsequent new promise to pay 8. Debts which have not been duly scheduled in time for proof and allowance, unless the creditors had notice or actual knowledge of the insolvency proceedings, are not discharged as to such creditors; 9. Claims for unliquidated damages arising out of pure tort; 10. Claims of secured creditors 11. Claims not in existence or not mature at the time of discharge 12. Claims that are contingent at the time of discharge FRAUDULENT PREFERENCE A fraudulent preference is committed when the debtor procures any part of his property to be attached, sequestered, or seized on execution or makes any payment, pledge, mortgage, assignment, transfer, sale or conveyance of any part of his property, whether directly or indirectly, absolutely or conditionally, to any one under the following circumstances: 1. The debtor is insolvent or in contemplation of insolvency;
EFFECT when a corporation is declared insolvent Whenever any corporation is declared insolvent, its property and assets shall be distributed to the creditors, but NO DISCHARGE shall be granted to any corporation. DISCHARGE Page 88 of 124
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2. The transaction in question is made within 30 days before the filing of a petition by or against the debtor; 3. It is made with a view to giving preference to any creditor or person having a claim against him; 4. and the person receiving a benefit thereby has reasonable cause to believe 5. that the transfer is made with a view to prevent his property from coming to his assignee in insolvency or to prevent the same from being distributed ratably among his creditors or to defeat the object of or any way hinder the operation of or evade the provisions of the Insolvency Law. PRESUMPTION OF FRAUD If such payment, pledge, mortgage, assignment, transfer, sale or conveyance is not made in the usual and ordinary course of business of the debtor, or if such seizure is made under a judgment which the debtor has confessed or offered to allow, that fact shall be prima facie evidence of fraud. (If it is made in good faith and for valueit is a valid conveyance). TRANSFER Transfer includes the sale and every other and different modes of disposing of or parting with property, or the possession of property, absolutely or conditionally, as a payment, pledge, mortgage, gift or security. A deposit of money is NOT transfer. An exchange of securities within the 30-day period is not a fraudulent preference under the law even when both parties know that the debtor is insolvent, if the security given up is a valid one at the time the exchange is made and of equal value with the one received in exchange. The reason is that the exchange takes away nothing from the other creditor. Effect of Fraudulent Transfer: As against the creditors ofand a insolvent debtor, QuickTime the TIFF
(Uncompressed) decompressor any conveyance orto see this picture. assignment fraudulently are needed made is void. In all actions to set aside or nullify fraudulent preference or transactions as void under the provisions of sec. 70, the assignee appears for, and represents, the general creditors. The creditors of the insolvent are not authorized to institute an independent action to annul such fraudulent preferences. When provisions of Act NOT APPLICABLE The provisions of the Act shall not apply to corporations principally in the BANKING BUSINESS or any other corporation as to which there is any SPECIAL PROVISION OF LAW for its liquidation in case of insolvency A petition for liquidation of a n insolvent partnership or corporation is a special proceeding not an ordinary action CORPORATE SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS GOVERNING LAWS 1. The Insolvency Law [Sections 2 to 13] Section 2. The debtor who, possessing sufficient property to cover all his debts, be it an individual person, be it a sociedad or corporation, foresees the impossibility of meeting them when they respectively fall due, may petition that he be declared in the state of suspension of payments by the court, or the judge thereof on vacation, of the province or of the city which he has resided for six months next preceding the filing of his petition. 2. Section 5[d] of PD 902-A Section 5. In addition to the regulatory and adjudicative functions of the Securities and Exchange Commission over corporations, partnerships and other forms of associations registered with it as expressly granted under existing laws and decrees, it shall have original and exclusive
jurisdiction to hear and decide cases involving: Petitions of corporations, partnerships or associations to be declared in the state of suspension of payments in cases where the corporation, partnership or association possesses sufficient property to cover all its debts but foresees the impossibility of meeting them when they respectively fall due or in cases where the corporation, partnership or association has no sufficient assets to cover its liabilities, but is under the management of a Rehabilitation Receiver or Page 89 of 124
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Management Committee created pursuant to this Decree. [as amended by PD 1758] companies, upon request of the government agency concerned. The management committee or rehabilitation receiver, board or body shall have the power to take custody of, and control over, all the existing assets and property of such entities under management; to evaluate the existing assets and liabilities, earnings and operations of such corporations, partnerships or other associations; to determine the best way to salvage and protect the interest of the investors and creditors; to study, review and evaluate the feasibility of continuing operations and restructure and rehabilitate such entities if determined to be feasible by the Commission. It shall report and be responsible to the Commission until dissolved by order of the Commission: Provided, however, That the Commission may, on the basis of the findings and recommendation of the management committee, or rehabilitation receiver, board or body, or on its own findings, determine that the continuance in business of such corporation or entity would not be feasible or profitable nor work to the best interest of the stockholders, parties-litigants, creditors, or the general public, order the dissolution of such corporation entity and its remaining assets liquidated accordingly. The management committee or rehabilitation receiver, board or body may overrule or revoke the actions of the previous management and board of directors of the entity or entities under management notwithstanding
any provision of law, articles of incorporation or by-laws to the contrary notwithstanding. The management committee, or rehabilitation receiver, board or body shall not be subject to any action, claim or demand for, or in connection with, any act done or omitted to be done by it in good faith in the exercise of its functions, or in connection with the exercise of its power herein conferred [as amended by PD 1799] 4. Section 5.2 of the Securities Regulation Code Section 5.2. The Commissions jurisdiction over all cases enumerated under section 5 of Presidential Decree No. 902-A is hereby transferred to the Courts of general jurisdiction or the appropriate Regional Trial Court: Provided, That the Supreme Court in the exercise of its authority may designate the Regional Trial Court branches that shall exercise jurisdiction over the cases. The Commission shall retain jurisdiction over pending cases involving intra3. Section 6[c] and [d] of PD 902 A Section 6. In order to effectively exercise such jurisdiction, the Commission shall possess the following powers: c. To appoint one or more receivers of the property, real and personal, which is the subject of the action pending before the Commission in accordance with the pertinent provisions of the Rules of Court in such other cases whenever necessary in order to preserve the rights of the parties-litigants and/or protect the interest of the investing public and creditors: Provided, however, That the Commission may, in appropriate cases, appoint a rehabilitation receiver of corporations, partnerships or other associations not supervised or regulated by other government agencies who shall have, in addition to the powers of a regular receiver under the provisions of the Rules of Court, such functions and powers as are
provided for in the succeeding paragraph d) hereof: Provided, further, That the Commission may appoint a rehabilitation receiver of corporations, partnerships or other associations supervised or regulated by other government agencies, such as banks and insurance companies, upon request of the government agency concerned: Provided, finally, That upon appointment of a management committee, rehabilitation receiver, board or body, pursuant to this Decree, all actions for claims against corporations, partnerships or associations under management or receivership pending before any court, tribunal, board or body shall be suspended accordingly; d. To create and appoint a management committee, board, or body upon petition or motu propio to undertake the management of corporations, partnerships or other associations not supervised or regulated by other government agencies in appropriate cases when there is imminent danger of QuickTime and a dissipation, loss, wastage or destruction of assets or TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor to see this picture. other properties are neededparalyzation of business of operations of such corporations or entities which may be prejudicial to the interest of minority stockholders, parties-litigants or the general public: Provided, further, That the Commission may create or appoint a management committee, board or body to undertake the management of corporations, partnerships or other associations supervised or regulated by other government agencies, such as banks and insurance Page 90 of 124
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corporate disputes submitted for final resolution which should be resolved within one (1) year from the enactment of this Code. The Commission shall retain jurisdiction over pending suspension of payment/rehabilitation cases filed as of 30 June 2000 until finally disposed. 5. Interim Rules of Procedure on Corporate Rehabilitation (2000) EQUITY TEST When corporation has more assets than liabilities, but is unable to meet his obligations when they fall due. A corporation may petition for suspension of payments although he may be able to pay his debts at some future time on a settlement and winding up of his affairs. SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS PROCEEDINGS: A remedy available to the debtor who, possessing sufficient property to cover all his debts, foresees the impossibility of meeting them when they respectively fall due, and therefore presents a proposal to pay his obligations on dates later than due dates. Purpose: To seek postponement of the payment of debts in order to provide the debtor a given period to convert some of his properties to cash. Jurisdiction: RTC When the suspensive effect commences: Upon the filing of the petition. REQUISITES OF PETITION FOR SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS: 1. Filed by a debtor possessing sufficient property to cover all his debts; 2. Foreseeing the impossibility of meeting them when they respectively fall due; 3. Petitioning that he be declared in the state of suspension of payments; Note: Petition need QuickTimeverified. not be and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture.
When an individual files a petition for suspension of payments, the applicable provisions found in the Insolvency Law provide that only those claims of unsecured creditors are stayed. Those having preferred liens may still enforce. This is found in Section 9 of the Insolvency Law which provides that the following creditors are not affected by an order of suspension of payments: a. Persons having claims for personal labor, maintenance, expenses of last illness and funeral of the wife or children of the debtor incurred in the sixty (60) days immediately preceding the filing of the petition; and, b. Persons having legal and contractual mortgages. Corporations. When a Corporation files a petition for suspension of payments, the applicable laws are PD 902-A and the Interim Rules on Corporate Rehabilitation Promulgated by the Supreme Court. Such Rules provide for an order staying enforcement of all claims, whether for money or otherwise, and whether such enforcement is by court action or otherwise, against the debtor, its guarantors and sureties not solidarily liable with the debtor. *Rule 4 (b), Section 6+. This means that all claims against corporations, partnerships, or associations that are pending before any court, tribunal or board, without distinction as to whether or not a creditor is secured or unsecured, shall be suspended effective upon the appointment of a management committee, rehabilitation receiver, board or body in accordance with the provisions in PD 902A. This stay extends to all claims, pecuniary or otherwise. Thus, even petitions involving non-monetary claims [i.e. a case to rescind a Special Power of Attorney], and unestablished claims [i.e. a labor claim in the NLRC for illegal dismissal] are stayed upon petition for suspension of payments. Only the payments of taxes are not stayed. WHEN AN AUTOMATIC STAY ORDER MAY BE LIFTED The Interim Rules
of Procedure for Corporate Rehabilitation provide that the stay order shall be Page 91 of 124 OF FILING A PETITION FOR EFFECT SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS ON THE PENDING CLAIM FILED AGAINST THE PETITIONER A distinction must be made between an INDIVIDUAL that files for suspension of payments, and a CORPORATION that files the same. Individual.
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issued not later than five [5] days from the filing of the petition. [Rule 4, Section 6] Generally, this stay order shall be effective during the whole of the proceedings for suspension of payments, from its issuance until its termination. [Rule 4, Section 11]. Thus, this stay order may be lifted in two instances: 1. When the proceedings are terminated. 2. When relief from, modification, or termination of stay order has been filed, or motu proprio granted by the court, upon showing that: a. Any of the allegation in the petition, or any of the contents of any attachment, or the verification thereof has ceased to be true; b. A creditor does not have adequate protection over property securing the claim; or c. The debtors secured obligation is more than the fair market value of the property subject of the stay and such property is not necessary for the rehabilitation of the debtor. THE CREDITOR SHALL LACK ADEQUATE PROTECTION IF IT CAN BE SHOWN THAT: 1. The debtor fails or refuses to honor a preexisting agreement with the creditors to keep the property insured; 2. The debtor fails or refuses to take commercially reasonable steps to maintain the property; or 3. The property has depreciated to an extent that the creditor is unsecured [Rule 4, Section 12] Note: The court may motu proprio grant relief from stay. Furthermore, this relief is subject to the caveat that it may be denied if it would prevent the continuation of the debtor as a going concern or otherwise prevent the approval and implementation of the rehabilitation plan. QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture.
No time limit as long the corporation, partnership or association debtor is under management committee/rehabilitation receiver No need to obtain approval of creditors creditors Absent any agreement among creditors, automatically expires after 3 months Agreement is subject to qualifying majority votes CORPORATE REHABILITATION (Interim Rules of Procedure on Corporate Rehabilitation (effective December 15, 2000)) CORPORATE REHABILITATION A process to try and conserve and administer the corporations assets in the hope that it may eventually be able to return from financial stress to solvency. NATURE OF CORPORATION REHABILIATION PROCEEDINGS in rem summary and non-adversarial APPLICABILITY Rules apply to petitions for rehabilitation filed by corporations, partnerships and associations pursuant to PD 902-A. STEPS: 1. Filing verified petition with the appropriate RTC by a. corporate debtor who foresees the impossibility of meeting its debts when they respectively fall due; or b. creditors holding at least 25% of the debtors total liabilities. 2. The following shall be annexed to the petition: a. audited financial statements at end of its last fiscal year; Page 92 of 124
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interim financial statement; Schedule of debts and liabilities; Inventory of assets; Rehabilitation plan; Schedule of payments and disposition of assets effected within 3 months preceding the filing of the petition; g. Schedule of cash flow for the last 3 months; h. Statement of possible claims; i. Affidavit of general financial condition; j. At least 3 nominations for rehabilitation receiver; k. Certificate under oath that directors and stockholders have irrevocably approved/consented to all actions/matters necessary under the rehabilitation plan. 3. The court shall issue the stay order not later than 5 days from the filing of the petition, which among others shall: a. appoint a rehabilitation receiver; b. stay all actions for claims against the debtor, which shall cover both secured and unsecured creditors; c. set an initial hearing for the petition (not earlier than 45 days but not later 60 days from filing of the petition); and d. direct the creditors to file their verified comment or opposition not later than 10 days before the initial; their failure to do so would bar them from participating in the proceedings. 4. Publication of the stay orders in a newspaper of general circulation for 2 consecutive weeks; 5. Referral of rehabilitation plan to rehabilitation receiver; 6. Meetings between corporate debtor with creditors. Discussions on the rehabilitation plans; 7. Submission of final rehabilitation plan to t the RTC for approval; and a QuickTime TIFF shall be decompressor 8. The petition(Uncompressed) discussed (which result are needed to see this picture. into the automatic lifting of the stay order unless RTC ordered otherwise) if no rehabilitation plan is approved 180 days
from initial hearing. 9. Approval or disapproval of the rehabilitation plan by RTC. REHABILITATION RECEIVER b. c. d. e. f. A person appointed by the RTC, in behalf of all the parties for the purpose of preserving and conserving the property and preventing its possible destruction or dissipation, if it were left in the possession of any of the parties. He does not take over the management and control of the debtor, but shall closely oversee and monitor the operations of the debtor during the pendency of the proceedings. (Bar Review Materials in Commercial Law, Jorge Miravite, 2002 ed.) POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OR REHABILITATION RECEIVER [Sec. 6 (d), PD 902-A] 1. To take custody of, and control over, all the existing assets and property of such entities under management; 2. To evaluate the existing assets and liabilities, earnings and operations of such corporations, partnerships and associations; 3. To determine the best way to salvage and protect the interest of the investors and creditors; 4. To study, review and evaluate the feasibility of continuing operations and structure and rehabilitate such entities if determined to be feasible by the RTC; 5. To report and be responsible to the RTC until dissolved; and 6. May overrule or revoke the actions of the previous management, notwithstanding any provision of law, articles of incorporation or bylaws to the contrary. AUTOMATIC STAY Effect of appointment of a management committee or rehabilitation receiver: All actions for claims against the corporation shall be suspended accordingly. Purpose: To enable the management committee or the rehabilitation
receiver to effectively exercise its powers free from any judicial or extrajudicial interference that might unduly hinder or prevent the rescue of the debtor company (Rubberworld v. NLRC). No definite duration; deemed to apply during the entire period that the corporate debtor is under management committee or the rehabilitation receiver (BF Homes v. CA). PURPOSE FOR CERTIFICATION UNDER INTERIM RULES ON CORPORATE REHABILITATION: Page 93 of 124
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1. To state that the filing of the petition has been duly authorized. 2. To confirm that the directors and stockholders have irrevocably approved and or consented to, in accordance with existing laws, all actions or matters necessary and desirable to rehabilitate the corporate debtor. (Chas Realty vs. Talavera, GR 151925) NATURE AND PURPOSE OF CORPORATE REHABILITATION Philippine Veterans Bank Employees Union vs. N.U.B.E., 360 SCRA 22 (2001) Rehabilitation connotes a reopening or reorganization; a continuance of corporate life and activities in an effort to restore the corporation to its former position of successful operation and solvency. It is the opposite of liquidation, which is the winding up wherein assets are reduced to cash, liabilities discharged and surplus or loss is divided. They cannot thus be undertaken simultaneously. Thus, to allow liquidation would hinder the rehabilitation of a corporation MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Ramon Jacinto and Jaime Colayco v. First Womans Credit Corporation, G.R. No. 154049 (August 28, 2003) Mere disagreement among stockholders as to the affairs of the corporation would not in itself suffice as a ground for the appointment of a management committee. At least where there is no imminent danger of loss of corporate property or of any other injury to stockholders, management of corporate business should not be wrested away from duly elected officers who are prima facie entitled to administer he affairs of the corporation, and placed in the hands of the management committee. However, where the dissension among stockholders is
such that the corporation cannot successfully carry on its QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are picture. corporate functionsneeded to see thisappointment of a the management committee becomes imperative. SEC OR RTC JURISDICTION Fabia v. CA, GR No. 132684, (Sept. 11, 2002). RA 8799 effectively amended Sec. 5 of PD 902-A, jurisdiction over intra-corporate disputes is now vested in the RTCs. However, while Sec. 5 was amended, there is no repeal of Sec. 6 thereof declaring that the fraudulent acts or schemes, which the SEC shall exclusively investigate and prosecute are those in violation of any laws or rules and regulations administered and enforced by the SEC alone. The filing of civil/intra-corporate case before SEC does not preclude the simultaneous and concomitant filing of a criminal actions before the regular courts, such that a fraudulent act may have given rise to liability for violation of the rules and regulations of the SEC cognizable by the SEC itself, as well as criminal liability for violation of the Revised Penal Code cognizable by the regular courts both charges to be filed and proceeded independently, and may be simultaneously with the other. Phil. Blooming Mills vs. CA, GR 142381, (October 15, 2003) The SEC was empowered, as rehabilitation receiver, to take custody and control of the assets and properties of corporation only; for the SEC has jurisdiction over corporations only, not over private individuals, except stockholders in an intra-corporate dispute (PD 902-A and PD 1758). VOID CORPORATE REHABILITATION NDC vs. Phil. Veterans Bank, 192 SCRA 257 (1990) A decreed corporate rehabilitation that
provides for the extinguishment of mortgage liens and other charges on the claims of secured creditors is void and unconstitutional, since it constitutes an unlawful and unreasonable exercise of police power that abridges the obligatory force of contracts. SECURITIES REGULATION CODE PURPOSE OF THE LAW: 1. Encourage the widest participation of ownership in enterprises; 2. Protect investors, ensure full and fair disclosure about securities; 3. Minimize, if not totally eliminate, insider trading and other fraudulent or Page 94 of 124
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manipulative devices and practices which create distortions in the free market. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SEC (SEC 5): 1. Have jurisdiction and supervision over all entities who are the grantees of primary franchises and/or a license or permit issued by the Government; 2. Formulate, amend, or repeal policies and recommendations concerning the securities market; advise Congress and other government agencies and propose legislation and amendments; 3. Handle registration statements, and registration and licensing applications; 4. Supervise, monitor, suspend or take over the activities of exchanges, clearing agencies and other SROs; 5. Impose sanctions for the violation of laws and IRR; 6. Deputize any and all enforcement agencies of the Government, civil or military as well as any private institutions, 7. Issue cease and desist orders to prevent fraud or injury to the investing public; 8. Punish for contempt, both direct and indirect; 9. Compel the officers of any registered corporation or association to call meetings of stockholders or members; 10. Issue subpoena duces tecum and summon witnesses to appear in any proceedings, order the examination, search and seizure of all documents, 11. Suspend, or revoke, after proper notice and hearing, the franchise or certificate of registration of corporations, partnerships or associations; NOTE: However, the SECs jurisdiction over all cases enumerated under Section 5 of PD No. 902-A (intracorporate disputes) has been transferred to the courts ofand a general jurisdiction or QuickTime TIFFRegional decompressor (Uncompressed) Trial Court. the appropriateare needed to see this
picture. SECURITIES are shares, participation or interests in a corporation or in a commercial enterprise or profitmaking venture evidenced by a certificate, contract, instrument, whether written or electronic in character. ISSUER is an originator, maker, obligor, or creator of the security. BROKER is a person engaged in the business of buying and selling securities for the account of others. REGISTRATION STATEMENT is the application for the registration of securities required to be filed with the SEC. All securities must first have a registration statement duly filed with the SEC before they may be sold or offered for sale or distribution within the Philippines. Prior to any sale, information on the securities shall be made available to each prospective purchaser. A registration statement may be withdrawn by the issuer only with the consent of the SEC. PROSPECTUS is the document made by or on behalf of an issuer, underwriter or dealer to sell or offer securities for sale to the public through a registration statement filed with the SEC. UNDERWRITER is a person who guarantees on a firm commitment and/or declared best effort basis the distribution and sale of securities of any kind by another company. DEALER is any person who buys and sells securities for his/her own account in the ordinary course of business. CLEARING AGENCY is any person who acts as intermediary in making deliveries upon payment to effect settlement in securities transactions. EXCHANGE is an organized marketplace or facility that brings together buyers and sellers and executes trades of securities and/or commodities. AN ASSOCIATED PERSON OF A BROKER OR DEALER is an employee who, directly exercises control of supervisory authority, but does not include a salesman, or an agent or a person
whose functions are solely clerical or ministerial. SALESMAN is a natural person, employed as such or as an agent, by a dealer, issuer or broker to buy and sell securities. INVESTMENT CONTRACTS AS SECURITIES is an investment in a common venture, premised on a reasonable expectation of profits to be derived from the entrepreneurial or managerial efforts of others Page 95 of 124
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(People vs. Petralba, 439 SCRA 159 [Sept. 27, 2004]) PUBLIC COMPANIES Corporations with a class of equity securities listed on an exchange, or with assets of at least 50M Pesos and having 200 or more holders, each of them holding at least 100 shares of a class of equity securities. REPORTS WHICH MUST BE SUBMITTED BY EVERY ISSUER TO THE COMMISSION: 1. Within 135 days, after the end of the issuers fiscal year, OR such other time as the Commission may prescribe, an annual report which shall include among others, a balance sheet, profit and loss statement and statement of cash flows, for such last fiscal year, certified by an independent certified public accountant, and a management discussion and analysis of results of operations; and 2. Such other periodical reports for interim fiscal periods AND current reports on significant development of the issuer as the Commission may prescribe as necessary to keep current information on the operation of the business and financial condition of the issuer. GENERAL RULE: Securities shall not be: 1. sold, 2. offered for sale or distribution 3. within the Philippines 4. without a registration statement duly filed and approved by the SEC EXCEPT: EXEMPT SECURITIES (Sec. 9) NO need for registration statement to be duly filed and approved by the SEC.: 1. Those issuedQuickTimeguaranteed by the or and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor Governmentneededthe this picture. are of to see Philippines, or by any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; 2. Those issued or guaranteed by the government of any country with which the Philippines maintains diplomatic relations (on the basis of
reciprocity); 3. Certificates issued by a receiver or by a trustee in bankruptcy duly approved by the proper adjudicatory body; 4. The sale of any security, or its derivatives, which, by law, is under the supervision and regulation of the Office of the Insurance Commission, Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board, or the Bureau of Internal Revenue; 5. Any security issued by a bank (except its own shares of stock). 6. Exempt Transactions (Sec. 10) STEPS TO AVAIL OF THE EXEMPTION: 1. Apply for an exemption by filing with the SEC a notice identifying the exemption; 2. Pay to the SEC a fee equivalent to onetenth (1/10) of one percent (1%) of the maximum aggregate price or issued value of the securities. PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATION (SEC. 12): 1. Filing: The issuer must file in the main office of the SEC, a. a sworn registration statement with respect to such securities, b. the registration statement must include any prospectus which may be required 2. Signature: The registration statement shall be signed by the issuers executive officer, its principal operating officer, its principal financial officer, its comptroller, principal accounting officer, its corporate secretary or persons performing similar functions accompanied by a duly verified resolution of the board of directors of the issuer corporation. 3. Fees: Upon filing, the issuer shall pay a fee of not more than 1/10 of 1% of the maximum aggregate price at which such securities are proposed to be offered. 4. Publication: Notice of the filing of the registration statement shall be immediately published by the issuer, at its own expense, in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines, once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks, reciting: - That a registration statement for the sale of such security has been filed, - That the aforesaid registration
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such reasonable charge as the SEC may prescribe. 5. Order: Within forty-five (45) days after the date of filing, the SEC shall declare the registration statement effective or rejected, 6. Entry of Order: The SEC will enter an order declaring the registration statement to be. 7. Oath by the issuer: Upon effectivity of the registration statement, the issuer shall state under oath in every prospectus that all registration requirements have been met and that all information are true and correct as represented by the issuer or the one making the statement. SUSPENSION OF REGISTRATION (SEC. 15): 1. The SEC may suspend registration if the issuer refuses to furnish information required by the SEC in order to enable it to ascertain whether the registration of such security should be revoked if it finds that: 2. The information contained in the registration statement filed is or has become misleading, incorrect, inadequate or incomplete in any material respect, 3. Or the sale or offering for sale of the security registered may work or tend to work a fraud. 4. The SEC may also suspend the right to sell and offer for sale such security pending further investigation. NOTE: 1. Any sale of the security when the registration is suspended shall be void. 2. Upon issuance of an order of suspension, the SEC shall conduct a hearing. If it determines that the sale of any security should be revoked, it shall issue an order prohibiting the sale of such security. SALE, OFFER, OR DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES have to be registered whether or not the offeror is a foreignerQuickTime and a or not. TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture.
REQUISITES BEFORE A PRE-NEED PLAN IS SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC: 1. It must be registered; 2. Persons involved in the sale of pre-need plans must be licensed; 3. There must be disclosures to prospective plan holders; 4. Provide for uniform accounting system, reports and record keeping with respect to such plans, 5. Impose capital, bonding and other financial responsibility; 6. And establish trust funds for the payment of benefits under such plans. REPORTORIAL REQUIREMENTS; PERIODIC AND OTHER REPORTS OF ISSUERS (SEC. 17): Every issuer shall file with the SEC: a. Within 135 days, after the end of the issuers fiscal year, an annual report which shall include, a balance sheet, profit and loss statement and statement of cash flows, for such last fiscal year, certified by an independent certified public accountant, and a management discussion and analysis of results of operations; and b. Other periodical reports for interim fiscal periods and current reports on significant developments of the issuer ISSUER An issuer is one which has sold a class of its securities pursuant to Sec. 12 or is a Public Company. PUBLIC TENDER OFFER a public announced intention by a person acting alone or in concert with other persons, to acquire equity securities of a public company. (SEC IRRs, Rule 19) CREEPING ACQUISITION When a person seeks to acquire 35% or more of equity shares in a public company, in one or more transactions, within a period of 12 months. 1 REPORTORIAL REQUIREMENTS OF PERSONS ACQUIRING SECURITIES: 1. If the issuer is one that has to make a report, any person who acquires directly or Again, note that under the SRC itself, the creeping acquisition threshold is 30%.
1 PRE-NEED PLAN is a contract which provides for the performance of future services or the payment of future monetary considerations at the time of actual need. A contract wherein plan holders pay in cash or installment at stated prices, with or without interest or insurance coverage and includes life, pension, education, interment, and other plans which the SEC may from time to time approve. Page 97 of 124
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indirectly the beneficial ownership of more than 5% of such class, or in excess of such lesser per centum as the Commission may prescribe, shall, within 10 days after such acquisition or such reasonable time as fixed by the Commission, submit to the issuer of the security, to the Exchange where the security is traded, and to the Commission a sworn statement containing: a. His personal circumstances b. The nature of such beneficial ownership c. If the purpose was to acquire control of the business, any plans the recipient may have affecting a major change in the business d. The number of shares beneficially owned, and the number of shares for which there is a right to acquire granted to such person or his associates e. Information as to any agreement with a third person regarding the securities (e.g. joint ventures, loans, option arrangements, etc.) (Sec. 18) REPORTORIAL REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE WHO ACQUIRE SUBSTANTIALLY MORE THAN 5% 1. Any person who intends to acquire 35% or more of equity shares in a public company, whether in a single acquisition or over a period of within 12 months, must submit a public tender offer to the stockholders. If the acquisition of even less than 35% results in ownership of more than 51% of total outstanding equity securities, the person making the offer is obligated to purchase all securities thus tendered. (Sec. 19) 2 NOTE: In a public tender offer, the person intending to acquire more than 35% is essentially making to the stockholders an open offer to purchase securities from whoever is willing to sell them to him. If the tender offer is over-subscribed, and a is obligated to buy he QuickTime TIFF decompressor from those
offering(Uncompressed) this picture. reach that 35% pro to rata, to are needed see plateau (or whatever percentage he was trying to reach). Now, if you were going to acquire more than 51%, then since youre basically taking over the company, you are obligated to purchase from all those that 2 want to sell to you, even if you go above 51%. In other words, theres no pro rata buying, and neither is there a cap on how much you have to buy. Remember, these measures are undertaken to protect the existing stockholders. If they dont want to be shareholders in a corporation in which Emil Piolo Ocfemia, for example, as the potential substantial shareholder, will have a stake after his acquisition, they can get out if they want, and he has to be the one to bail them out. NOTE: present status of thresholds on tender offers: The thresholds of 15% or more for a single acquisition or 30% for creeping acquisitions under S. 19 of the SRC have been suspended indefinitely, until the subject provisions of the Code are duly amended and on the finding that the economic conditions that prompted the issuance of the said Resolution (originally suspending the thresholds) still prevail. (SEC Memorandum Circ. 12, s. 2003) REQUISITES OF A PROXY SOLICITATION (SEC. 20): 1. Must be in writing, 2. Signed by the stockholder or his duly authorized representative, 3. Filed before the scheduled meeting with the corporate secretary. a. The proxy shall be valid only for the meeting for which it is intended. No proxy shall be valid and effective for a period longer than 5 years at one time. REPORTORIAL REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE WHO HAS BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF 10%(SEC. 23): 1. Every person who is directly or
indirectly the beneficial owner of more than 10% of any class of any equity security, or who is a director or an officer of the issuer of such security, shall file: a. Statement with the SEC and, if such security is listed for trading on an Exchange, also with the Exchange, of the amount of all equity securities of such issuer of which he is the beneficial owner, b. Within 10 days after the close of each calendar month, if there is a change in ownership during such month, a statement indicating his ownership at the close of the calendar month and such changes in his ownership as have occurred during such calendar month. Page 98 of 124 Note: These threshold limits are found in the SEC IRRs. The limits found in the SRC itself are: a) 15% for a single acquisition; and, b) 30% for a creeping acquisition. The 51% requirement is not in the SRC.
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SALE OF ANY EQUITY SECURITY BY A BENEFICIAL OWNER, DIRECTOR OR OFFICER WHEN UNLAWFUL if the person selling the security or his principal: 1. Does not own the security sold; or 2. If owning the security, does not deliver it against such sale within 20 days, or does not within 5 days after such sale, deposit it in the mails or other usual channels of transportation. SHORT SWING PROFITS (SEC. 23.2) 1. Any officer, director, or 10% beneficial owner of any security registered under Sec. 12 of SRC 2. Who realizes any profit 3. from a purchase and sale, or sale and purchase of 4. any non-exempt equity security 5. within any period of less than 6 months 6. shall be liable to the corporation for the profits made from the trading. - This provision is for the purpose of preventing the unfair use of information which may have obtained by such beneficial owner, director, or officer by reason of his relationship to the issuer. PROHIBITIONS ON FRAUD, MANIPULATION AND INSIDER TRADING PERSONS DEEMED AS INSIDER: UNLAWFUL ACTS, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY: 1. To create a false or misleading appearance of active trading in any listed security traded in an Exchange or any other trading market: 2. To effect, alone or with others, a series of transactions in securities that: a. Raises their price to induce the purchase of a security, b. Depresses their price to induce the sale of a security, c. Creates active trading to induce such a purchase or sale through manipulative devices 3. To circulate or disseminate information that the price of any security listed in an
Exchange will or is likely to rise or fall because of manipulative market operations 4. To make false or misleading statements with respect to any material fact, which he knew or had reasonable ground to believe was so false or misleading, for the purpose of inducing the purchase or sale of any security listed or traded in an Exchange. 5. To effect any series of transactions for the purchase and/or sale of any security traded in an Exchange for the purpose of pegging, fixing or stabilizing the price of such security, unless otherwise allowed by this Code. PROHIBITED CONDUCTS: 1. The issuer; 2. A director or officer (or person performing similar functions) of, or a person controlling the issuer; 3. A person whose relationship or former relationship to the issuer gives or gave him access to material information about the issuer or the security that is not generally available to the public; 4. A government QuickTime and a or director, or employee, TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor officer of are needed to see this picture.clearing agency an exchange, and/or self-regulatory organization who has access to material information about an issuer or a security that is not generally available to the public; or 5. A person who learns such information by a communication from any of the foregoing insiders. PAINTING THE TAPE engaging in a series of transactions in securities that are reported publicity to give the impression of activity or price movement in a security. MARKING THE CLOSE buying and selling securities at the close of the market in an effort to alter the closing price of the security. IMPROPER MATCHED ORDERS engaging in transaction where both the buy and sell orders are entered at the
same time with the same price and quantity by different but colluding parties. HYPE AND DUMP engaging in buying activity at increasingly higher prices and then selling securities in the market at the higher prices. Page 99 of 124
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WASH SALES engaging in transactions in which there is no genuine change in actual ownership of a security. SQUEEZING THE FLOAT taking advantage of a shortage of securities in the market by controlling the demand side and exploiting market congestion during such shortages in a way as to create artificial prices. FRAUDULENT TRANSACTIONS: It shall be unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, in connection with the purchase or sale of any securities to: 1. Obtain money or property by means of any untrue statement of a material fact 2. Engage in any act, transaction, practice or course of business, which operates as a fraud or deceit upon any person. POSSESSION UNLAWFUL: OF MATERIAL INFORMATION; 2. Would be considered by a reasonable person important under the circumstances in determining his course of action whether to buy, sell or hold a security. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT; MANDATORY: No person shall engage in the business of buying or selling securities in the Philippines as a broker or dealer, or act as a salesman, or an associated person of any broker or dealer unless registered as such with the SEC (Sec. 28). QUALIFICATIONS OF BROKERS, DEALERS, SALESMEN AND ASSOCIATED PERSONS (hereinafter, the applicant for registration): 1. If a natural person, the applicant must satisfactorily pass a written examination; 2. In the case of a broker or dealer, the applicant satisfy a minimum net capital as prescribed by the SEC, and provide a bond or other security 3. If located outside of the Philippines, the applicant must file a written consent to service of
process upon the SEC. PROHIBITED SALE BY A DEALER OR BROKER: No broker or dealer shall deal in or otherwise buy or sell, for its own account or for the account of customers, when: 1. The securities listed on the Exchange and dealt, are issued by a corporation, 2. When such corporations stockholder, director, associated person or salesman is at the time holding office in said issuer corporation as a director, president, vicepresident, manager, treasurer, comptroller, secretary or any office of trust and responsibility, or is a controlling person of the issuer (Sec. 30). BROKER OF THE EXCHANGE EXERCISING INVESTMENT DISCRETION TO EFFECT ANY TRANSACTION FOR HIS OWN ACCOUNT: It shall be unlawful for any member-broker of an Exchange to effect any transaction on such Exchange for its own account, the account of an associated person, or an account with respect to which it or an associated person exercises investment discretion. It shall be unlawful for an insider to sell or buy a security of the issuer, while in possession of material information with respect to the issuer or the security that is not generally available to the public, Unless: 1. The insider proves that the information was not gained from such relationship; or 2. If the other party selling to or buying from the insider (or his agent) is identified, and the insider proves: a. That he disclosed the information to the other party, or b. That he had reason to believe that the other party otherwise is also in possession of the information. It shall be unlawful for any insider to communicate material non-public information about the issuer or the security to any person who, by virtue of the QuickTime and a communication, TIFF (Uncompressed) this picture. becomes see decompressor are
needed to an insider, where the insider communicating the information knows or has reason to believe that such person will likely buy or sell a security of the issuer while in possession of such information. INFORMATION IS MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC IF: 1. It has not been generally disclosed to the public and would likely affect the market price of the security; or Page 100 of 124
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HOWEVER, THE FOLLOWING SHALL NOT BE UNLAWFUL: 1. Any transaction by a member-broker acting in the capacity of a market maker; 2. Any transaction reasonably necessary to carry on an odd-lot transactions; 3. Any transaction to offset a transaction made in error; and 4. Any other transaction of a similar nature as may be defined by the SEC. POWERS WITH RESPECT TO EXCHANGES AND OTHER TRADING MARKET (SEC. 36) POWERS ARE GRANTED TO THE SEC IN THE CODE: The SEC is authorized (provided there is notice and an opportunity for hearing): 1. To summarily suspend trading in any listed security on any Exchange or other trading market for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days or, 2. With the approval of the President of the Philippines, summarily to suspend all trading on any securities Exchange or other trading market for a period of more than thirty (30) but not exceeding ninety (90) days; 3. To determine the number, size and location of stock Exchanges, other trading markets and commodity Exchanges and other similar organizations 4. To establish or facilitate the establishment of trust funds which shall be contributed by Exchanges, brokers, dealers, underwriters, transfer agents, salesmen and other persons transacting in securities, for the purpose of compensating investors for the extraordinary losses or damage they may suffer due to business failure or fraud or mismanagement of the persons with whom they transact, QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor 5. Take custody andsee this picture. management of the fund are needed to itself as well as investments in and disbursements from the funds.
UNCERTIFICATED SECURITIES (SEC. 43): A corporation whose securities are registered pursuant to this Code or listed on a securities Exchange may: 1. If approved by a Board resolution and agreed by a shareholder, investor or securities intermediary, issue shares to, or record the transfer of some or all of its shares in the form of uncertificated securities. 2. If so provided in its articles of incorporation and by-laws, issue all of the shares of a particular class in the form of uncertificated securities and subject to a condition that investors may not require the corporation to issue a certificate in respect of any shares recorded in their name. RESTRICTIONS ON BORROWINGS BY MEMBERS, BROKERS, AND DEALERS (SEC. 49): It shall be unlawful for any registered broker or dealer, or member of an Exchange, directly or indirectly: 1. To permit an aggregate indebtedness to exceed the percentage of the net capital (exclusive of fixed assets and value of Exchange membership) employed in the business, but not exceeding 2,000%. 2. To encumber or arrange to encumber any security carried for the account of any customer under circumstances that will permit: a. the commingling of his securities, without his written consent, with the securities of any customer; b. such securities to be commingled with the securities of any person other than a bona fide customer; or c. such securities to be encumbered, or subjected to any lien or claim for a sum in excess of the aggregate indebtedness of such customers in respect of such securities. 3. To lend or arrange for the lending of any security carried for the account of any customer without the written consent of such customer or in contravention of the SECs IRRs.
PRESCRIPTIVE PERIOD FOR ACTIONS UNDER THE CODE two (2) years after the discovery of the facts constituting the cause of action and within five (5) years after such cause of action accrued. Page 101 of 124
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PROCEDURE CHARGES: FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF the license of the erring broker, dealer, salesman and associated person. CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS ISSUED BY THE SEC UNDER THE CODE: General rule: Whenever it shall appear that any person has engaged or is about to engage in any act or practice which would violate this Code, the SEC may issue an order to such person to desist from committing such act or practice. Exception: The SEC cannot charge any person with a violation of the rules of an Exchange or other self regulatory organization unless it appears to the SEC that such Exchange or other self-regulatory organization is unable or unwilling to take action against such person. Exception to the exception: If the SEC makes a finding that there is a reasonable likelihood of continuing, further or future violations by such person, then an ex-parte cease and desist order for a maximum period of ten (10) days can be issued, enjoining the violation and compelling compliance with such provision. ACTION TO RECOVER THE PROFITS
OBTAINED THROUGH THE UNFAIR USE OF INFORMATION: Suit to recover such profit may be instituted before the Regional Trial Court by the issuer, or by the owner of any security of the issuer in the name and in behalf of the issuer if the issuer shall fail or refuse to being such suit within 60 days after request or shall fail diligently to prosecute the same thereafter, but no such suit shall be brought more than two years after the date such profit was realized. 1. Parties being investigated and/or charged may propose in writing an offer of settlement with the SEC. 2. Upon receipt of such offer of settlement, the SEC may consider the offer based on timing, the nature of the investigation or proceeding, and the public interest. POWER OF THE SEC WITH REGARD SPECIAL ACCOUNT RULES (SEC. 68): TO 1. The authority to make, amend, and rescind such accounting rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Code, 2. Prescribe the form or forms in which required information shall be set forth, the items or details to be shown in the balance sheet and income statement, and the methods to be followed in the preparation of accounts, appraisal or valuation of assets and liabilities, APPEAL FROM SEC (SEC. 70): Any person aggrieved by an order of the SEC may appeal the order to the Court of Appeals by petition for review in accordance with the pertinent provisions of the Rules of Court. COURSES OF ACTION WHEN INVESTIGATION DISCLOSES POSSIBLE FRAUD OR OTHER LAW VIOLATIONS: When investigation discloses possible fraud or other law violations, there are several courses of action or remedies which the Commission may
pursue, as follows: 1. Civil Injunction The Commission may issue exparte a cease and desist order, for a maximum period of ten days, enjoining the violation, and compelling compliance with such provision; QuickTime and a decompressor 2. Criminal TIFF (Uncompressed) this picture.The Commission Prosecution are needed to see shall refer all violations of this Code to the Department of Justice for preliminary investigation and prosecution before the proper court; 3. Administrative remedy The Commission may suspend the security from being traded and revoke the registration of thereof. The Commission may likewise suspend or revoke TRUTH IN LENDING ACT TRUTH IN LENDING ACT [with IRRs: CB Circular Nos. 158 & 431] PURPOSES OF THE LAW 1. To protect the debtor from the effects of misrepresentation and concealment; 2. To permit him to fully appreciate and evaluate the real cost of his borrowing; and 3. To avoid circumvention of usury laws. Page 102 of 124
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The Truth in Lending Act (R.A. No. 3765), was enacted primarily to protect its citizens from a lack of awareness of the true cost of credit to the user by using a full disclosure of such cost with a view of preventing the uninformed use of credit to the detriment of the national economy. (Sec. 2, R.A. No. 3765). DUTIES OF THE CREDITOR UNDER THIS ACT Under this Act, any person extending credit must give the debtor, in writing, a recital of: 1. Cash price, 2. Amount credited if on installment price, 3. The difference between the cash and installment price, 4. Recital of the finance charges and what these charges bear to the amount to be financed in percentage. INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE STATED [Sec. 4, RA 3765] Any creditor shall furnish to each person to whom credit is extended, prior to the consummation of the transaction, a clear statement in writing setting forth the following: 1. The cash price or delivered price of the property or service to be acquired. Meaning of cash price or delivered price: in case of trade transactions, it is the amount of money which would constitute full payment upon delivery of the property or service purchased at the creditors place of business in financial transactions, it is the amount of money received by the debtor upon consummation of the credit transaction, net of finance charges collected at the time the credit is extended, if any 2. The amounts, if any, to be credited as down payment QuickTime and a and/or tradein. DOWN PAYMENT amount paid by the debtor at the time of the transaction in partial payment for the property or service purchased
TRADE-IN value of an asset, agreed upon by the creditor and debtor, given at the time of the TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. transaction in partial payment for the property or service purchased 3. The charges, individually itemized, which are paid or to be paid by such person in connection with the transaction but which are not incident to the extension of credit. Meaning of non-finance charges: amounts advanced by the creditor for items normally associated with the ownership of the property or of the availment of the service purchased which are not incident to the extension of credit. in the case of the purchase of an automobile on credit, the creditor may advance the insurance premium as well as the registration fee for the account of the debtor 4. The total amount to be financed. Meaning of amount financed: consists of the cash price plus nonfinance charge less the amount of the down payment and value of the trade-in 5. The finance charge expressed in terms of pesos and centavos. Meaning of finance charge: includes interest, fees, collection charges, discounts, and such other charges incident to the extension of credit as the Board may by regulation prescribe represents the amount to be paid by the debtor incident to the extension of credit such as interest or discounts, collection fees, credit investigation fees, attorney's fees, and other service charges the total finance charge represents the difference between (1) the aggregate consideration (down payment plus installments) on the part of the debtor, and (2) the sum of the cash price and non-finance charges 6. The percentage that the finance bears to the total amount to be financed expressed as a simple annual rate on the outstanding unpaid balance of the
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TRANSACTIONS WHEREIN TRUTH IN LENDING ACT APPLIES [Sec. 3, CB Circ. 158] 1. Any loans, mortgages, deeds of trust, advances and discounts 2. Any conditional sales contract, any contract to sell, or sale or contract of sale of property or services, either for present or future delivery, under which part or all of the price is payable subsequent to the making of such sale or contract 3. Any rentalpurchase contract 4. Any contract or arrangement for the hire, bailment, leasing of property 5. Any option, demand, lien, pledge, or other claim against, or for delivery of, property or money 6. Any purchase, or other acquisition of, or any credit upon the security of, any obligation or claim arising out of any of the foregoing 7. Any transaction or series of transactions having a similar purpose or effect TRANSACTIONS NOT COVERED BY ACT [Sec. 3, CB Circ. 158] Considering that the specific purpose of the law is the full disclosure of the true cost of credit, the following credit transactions are outside the scope of the regulations: 1. Which do not involve the payment of any finance charge by the debtor 2. In which the debtor is the one specifying a definite and fixed set of credit terms such as bank deposits, insurance contracts, sale of bonds, etc Definition of a CREDIT [Sec. 3(2), RA 3765] 1. Any loan, mortgage, deed of trust, advance, or discount; 2. Any conditional sales contract; any contract to sell, or sale or contract of sale of property or services, either for present or future delivery, under which part or all of the price is payable subsequent to the makinga of such sale or QuickTime and TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor contract; are needed to see this picture. 3. Any rental-
purchase contract; 4. Any contract or arrangement for the hire, bailment, or leasing of property; 5. Any option, demand, lien, pledge, or other claim against, or for the delivery of, property or money; 6. Any purchase, or other acquisition of, or any credit upon the security of, any obligation of claim arising out of any of the foregoing; 7. Any transaction or series of transactions having a similar purpose or effect. Definition of a CREDITOR [Sec. 3(4), RA 3765] 1. Any person engaged in the business of extending credit who requires as an incident to the extension of credit, the payment of a finance charge 2. Includes any person who as a regular business practice make loans or sells or rents property or services on a time, credit, or installment basis, either as principal or as agent 3. Includes, but not limited to, banks and banking institutions, insurance and bonding companies, savings and loan associations, credit unions, financing companies, installment houses, real estate dealers, lending investors, and pawnshops EFFECT OF FAILURE TO ABIDE BY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW [Sec. 6, RA 3765] 1. A creditor who fails to disclose to any person any information in violation of the Act or any of its regulations shall be liable to such person in the amount of P100 or in an amount equal to twice the finance charged required by such creditor in connection with such transaction, whichever is the greater, except that such liability shall not exceed P2,000 on any credit transaction 2. A Creditor shall be liable for reasonable attorneys fees and court costs as
determined by the court 3. Any person who willfully violates any provision of the Act or any of its regulations shall be fined by not less than P1,00 or more than P5,000 or imprisonment for not less than 6 months, nor more than one year or both 4. No punishment or penalty provided by the Act shall apply to the Philippine Government or any agency or any political subdivision thereof PRESCRIPTIVE PERIOD WITHIN WHICH A DEBTOR MAY RECOVER [Sec. 6(a), RA 3765] Action to recover such penalty may be brought by borrower within one year from the date of the occurrence of the violation, in any court of competent jurisdiction Page 104 of 124
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New Sampaguita Builders Construction, Inc. v. PNB, 435 SCRA 565 (2004) If said bank fails to provide the Disclosure Statement under the Truth-in-Lending Act prior to the draw down or disbursement of the loan. EFFECT OF A FINAL JUDGMENT ON THE CREDITOR A final judgment hereafter rendered in any criminal proceeding under this Act to the effect that a defendant has willfully violated this Act shall be prima facie evidence against such defendant in an action or proceeding brought by any other party against such defendant under this Act as to all matters respecting which said judgment would be an estoppel as between the parties thereto. OFFICERS TASKED WITH ENFORCING THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAW [Sec. 1, CB Circ. 431] 1. Central Bank (now Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) and its offices; 2. Department of Commercial and Savings Banks, with respect to commercial, savings and development banks, and building and loan associations 3. Department of Rural Banks and Savings and Loan Associations, with respect to rural banks and savings and loan associations 4. Office of Non-Bank Financial Intermediaries, with respect to non-bank financial institutions and other persons, whether natural or juridical, covered by the Act and not otherwise assigned to the above departments TRANSPORTATION CODE CONTRACT OF TRANSPORTATION It is a contract whereby a certain person or association of persons obligate themselves to transport
persons, things, news, from one place to another for a fixed price Art. 1766. In all matters not regulated by this Code, the rights and obligations of common carriers shall be governed by the Code of Commerce and by special laws. Governing Laws: 1. New Civil Code 2. Code of Commerce 3. Special Laws Parties to the Contract of Transportation: 1. Shipper - one who gives rise to the contract of transportation by agreeing to deliver the things or news to be transported, or to present his own person or those of other or others in the case of transportation of passengers 2. Carrier/Conductor - one who binds himself to transport persons, things, or news, as the case may be, or one employed in or engaged in the business of carrying goods for others for hire GENERAL CARRIERS: PROVISIONS ON COMMON DBP v. Arcilla G.R. No. 161426 June 30, 2005 It might have been different if the borrower was, say, an ordinary employee eager to buy his first house and is easily lured into accepting onerous terms so long as the same is payable on installments. In such cases, the Court would be disposed to be stricter in the application of the and a QuickTime Truth in Lending Act, TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to be picture. insisting that the borrower see thisfully informed of what he is entering into. But in the case at bar, considering appellees education and training [he was a lawyer], We must hold, in the light of the evidence at hand, that he was duly informed of the necessary charges and fully understood their implications and effects. Difference between common and private carrier: COMMON CARRIER person, corporation, firm, association engaged in the business of
carrying or transporting passengers, goods or both, by land, water, air, for compensation, offering services to the public; must exercise extraordinary diligence he holds himself out as engaged in public service PRIVATE CARRIER is not engaged in the business of carrying for the public requires only ordinary diligence. carries only for persons with whom he has initial Page 105 of 124
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to all persons indifferently. contract and assumes no obligation to carry for the others Conditions to avail of defense: a. if proximate cause, exempting b. if contributory negligence, mitigating 4. The character of the goods or defects in the packing or in the containers. Note: There should be a protest when the defect due to the act or omission is visible. Conditions to avail of defense: exercise of due diligence to forestall or prevent loss 5. Order or act of competent authority. Conditions to avail of defense: with power to issue order Exception to the Exception: 1. When the natural disaster is not the proximate and only cause of the loss; 2. When the common carrier failed to exercise due diligence to prevent or minimize the loss before, during and after the occurrence of the natural disaster; and 3. When the common carrier negligently incurs in delay in transporting the goods. NOTES REGARDING THE COMMENCEMENT AND TERMINATION OF EXTRAORDINARY RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMMON CARRIER 1. The extraordinary responsibility of the common carrier in the transportation of goods lasts from the time the goods are unconditionally placed in the possession of, and received by the carrier for transportation until the same are delivered,actually or constructively, by the carrier to the consignee or to the person who has a right to receive them. 2. Also even when the goods are temporarily unloaded or stored in transit, unless shipper used right of
stoppage in transitu. 3. During the time of the storage at warehouse of common carrier at place of destination, until consignee is advised of goods arrival and has had opportunity to remove or dispose of them. 4. As to the transportation of persons, there are two views: a. Liberal view- when a person offers to be transported placing himself in the care and control of the common carrier who accepts him as such passenger. (Philippine law adopts this view) Page 106 of 124 To be a common carrier, must the carriers principal activity be the carriage of persons or goods? No. Art. 1732 of the Civil Code makes no distinction between one, whose principal business activity is the carrying of persons or goods or both, and one who does such carrying only as an ancillary activity (sideline). Requisites to be a Common Carrier 1. Engaged in business of carrying or transporting goods or passengers whether as principal or ancillary business and whether on regular/scheduled or occasional basis. 2. Offers its services to the public whether to the general population or narrow segment of general population 3. For compensation or fixed price or rate 4. Control of operation or cargo General Rule: The common carrier is presumed to have been at fault or to have acted negligently when the goods transported are lost, destroyed or deteriorated, or when a passenger dies or is injured. Exception: When the same is due to any of the following causes only: 1. Flood, storm, earthquake, lightning or other natural disaster or calamity. Conditions to avail of defense: a. natural disaster was the proximate & only cause b. exercise of diligence to prevent or minimize loss c. no delay (Art. 1740 New Civil Code [NCC]) 2. Act of the public enemy in war, whether international or civil. Conditions to avail of defense: QuickTime and a TIFF the
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b. Strict view- there is actual boarding or placing of a part of the passengers body in the vehicle. The contract terminates when the passenger alights from the vehicle at the place of destination and has reasonable opportunity to leave the common carrier. [Airline has no control over pre-departure area] EXTRAORDINARY DILIGENCE OR RESPONSIBILITY OF COMMON CARRIER REGARDING TRANSPORT OF GOODS (1) To transport with greatest skill and utmost foresight (2) Utmost vigilance of very cautious person, according to all circumstances Is delivery of the common carrier to the customs authorities considered as delivery to the consignee so as to end the carriers extraordinarily responsibility over the goods? Delivery of the cargo to the customs authorities is not delivery to the consignee or to the person who has a right to receive them because in such case the goods are still in the hands of the government and the owner cannot exercise dominion over them. However, the parties may agree to limit the liability of the carrier. General Rule: The extraordinary diligence of the common carrier over the goods continues even when the goods are temporarily unloaded or stored in transit. Exception: when the shipper or owner has made use of the right of stoppage in transitu. REQUISITES FOR A VALID STIPULATION IN TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS CONTRACT BETWEEN THE COMMON CARRIER AND THE SHIPPER OR OWNER LIMITING THE LIABILITY OF THE FORMER TO LESS THAN THE EXTRAORDINARY DILIGENCE 1. In writing 2. Supported by a valuable consideration other than the service rendered by the common QuickTime and a decompressor carrier TIFF
(Uncompressed) this picture. are needed to see 3. Reasonable, just and not contrary to public policy. A STIPULATION IN TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS CONTRACT LIMITING LIABILITY IS VOID IF: 1. unreasonable 2. unjust 3. contrary to public policy A STIPULATION IN TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS CONTRACT LIMITING LIABILITY IS VALID 1. limited to value of goods appearing in the bill of lading 2. fixed sum that is reasonable and just and agreed upon 3. delay due to strike or riot What provisions of law shall apply to a passengers baggage? The provisions of Articles 1733 to 1753 shall apply to the passengers baggage which is not in his personal custody or in that of his employees. As to the other baggage, the rules in Articles 1998 and 2000 to 2003 concerning the responsibility of hotelkeepers shall apply. REQUISITES FOR A CASO FORTUITO WHICH WOULD EXEMPT THE CARRIER FROM LIABILITY 1. The event must be independent of human will 2. The occurrence must render it impossible for the debtor to fulfill the obligation in a normal manner 3. The obligor must be free of participation in, or aggravation of, the injury to the creditor, and 4. The event must have been impossible to foresee, or if it could be foreseen, must have been impossible to avoid. Passenger one who travels in a public conveyance by virtue of an express or implied contract with the common carrier paying fare or what is equivalent thereof. NOTE: The contributory negligence of the passenger does not bar recovery of damages for his death or injuries, if the proximate cause thereof is the negligence of the common carrier, but the amount of damages shall be equitably reduced. DEFENSES THAT A COMMON CARRIER INVOKE TO BE EXEMPTED FROM LIABILITY OR MITIGATE SUCH LIABILITY 1. Exercise of
extraordinary diligence by a common carrier 2. Negligent act of the passenger the proximate cause of death and injury. 3. Employees could not have prevented by ordinary diligence the willful act or negligence of other passengers or strangers which caused the injury or death. Page 107 of 124
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4. Liability is mitigated by the contributory negligence of passenger or his failure to observe ordinary diligence to avoid injury. 5. Stipulation to limit liability is valid in gratuitous carriage if no willful act or gross negligence by common carrier. NOTE: Common carriers are liable for the death or injuries to passengers through the negligence or willful acts of the formers employees, although such employees may have acted beyond the scope of their authority or in violation of the orders of the common carriers. A passenger brought into the bus a box which he declared to contain clothes and other harmless items. It turned out that the box contained firecrackers. A passenger was injured when the firecrackers exploded. Is the carrier liable? The carrier is not liable as it exercised extraordinary diligence. It is to be presumed that the passenger will not take with him anything dangerous to the life and limbs of his co-passengers, not to speak of his own. Not to be considered lightly is the right to privacy to which each passenger is entitled. Will the answer to the above be the same if the carrier is an airplane? No. While there is no law that authorizes bus operators to open the luggage of their passengers, RA 6235 (Acts Inimical to Civil Aviation) gives the airline companies operating as public utilities the authority to open and investigate packages and cargoes being loaded on board the aircraft. Should the personnel of the airline fail to discover the explosive devise, it could only be due to their failure to exercise the utmost diligence of very cautious persons for which the air carrier may be held liable. May the responsibility of the common carrier for the safety of the passengers be dispensed with or
lessened? No. The responsibility of a common carrier for the safety of passengers aQuickTime and a by law cannot be required TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor dispensed with or lessenedsee thisstipulation, by posting by picture. are needed to of notices, by statements on tickets or otherwise. Exception: In gratuitous carriage, stipulation to limit liability may be valid but not for willful act or gross negligence. MORAL DAMAGES MAY BE RECOVERED IN AN ACTION FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT OF TRANSPORTATION 1. When death results. 2. Even if death does not result, when the carrier was guilty of fraud or bad faith. However only the injured passenger is entitled to moral damages due to his injury. NOTE: The defense of the exercise of all the diligence of a good father in the selection and supervision of their employees is appropriate only in the quasi-delict or culpa aquiliana. It is not available, however, in culpa contractual and therefore, a common carrier cannot raise such defense in action brought by its passengers. BILL OF LADING written acknowledgment of receipt of goods and agreement to transport them to a specific place to a person named or his order. NOTE: It is not indispensable to the creation of a contract of carriage. The contract itself arises from the moment goods are delivered by shipper to carrier and the carrier agrees to carry them. The bill of lading serves 3 functions: 1. It is a receipt for the goods shipped 2. It is a contract by which the three parties namely the shipper, carrier and consignee undertake specific responsibilities and assume stipulated obligations; and 3. It is a legal evidence of the contract between the shipper and the carrier. As evidence, its contents shall decide all disputes which may arise with regard to their
execution and fulfillment. NOTE: In the absence of a bill of lading, their respective claims may be determined by legal proofs which each of the contracting parties may present in conformity with law. How may the contract of transportation be proven in the absence of a bill of lading? In the absence of a bill of lading, their respective claims shall be determined by legal proofs which each of the contracting parties may present in conformity with the general provisions established in this Code for commercial contracts. Delivery The carrier must deliver the goods in the same condition and quantity in which they were received according to the bill of lading. Partial/Defective Delivery Page 108 of 124
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1. In case of partial delivery, consignee may refuse to receive those delivered if they cannot be used independently of those not delivered. 2. If the goods delivered were rendered useless for sale or consumption, consignee may refuse to receive. 3. If the goods delivered are damaged to such an extent that their value is diminished, carrier must pay the difference in value as judged by experts. In the first 2 cases, consignee may exercise abandonment and be entitled to the full value of the goods. NOTES REGARDING CLAIMS ON ACCOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE GOODS TRANSPORTED: 1. If the damage is apparent from the exterior of the package, the claim must be made upon receipt of the package. 2. If the damage cannot be known from the exterior, the claim must be made within 24 hours following the receipt of the merchandise. [longer period may be stipulated] 3. After the periods have elapsed, or after the transportation charges have been paid, no claim whatsoever shall be admitted against the carrier with regard to the condition in which the goods transported were delivered. 4. Claim is a condition precent to right of action, which must be filed within 1 year from delivery of goods or denial of claim. [Sufficient shorter period maybe stipulated in bill of lading] PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN MARITIME COMMERCE 1. Ship owner and/or ship agent. A ship agent is the person entrusted with the provisioning of a vessel or who represents her in the port in which she may be found. 2. Captain or master. He is the person in charge of the
vessel and navigates it. 3. Other officers of the vessel 4. Supercargo. He is the person specially employed by the owner of a cargo to take charge of and sell to the best advantage merchandise which has been shipped, and to purchase returning cargoes and to receive freight, as he may be authorized. LIABILITIES OF SHIP OWNERS AND SHIP AGENTS 1. Civil liability for the acts of the captain 2. Civil liability for contracts entered into by the captain to repair, equip and provision the vessel, provided that the amount claimed was invested for the benefit of the vessel rd 3. Civil liability for indemnities in favor of 3 persons which may arise from the conduct of the captain in the care of the goods which the vessel carried, as well as for the safety of the passengers transported 4. Damages in case of collision by reason of the fault, negligence or lack of skill of captain or any of the complement. NOTE: Ship owner/agent not liable for the obligations contracted by the captain if the latter exceeds his powers and privileges inherent in his position of those which may have been conferred upon him by the former. However, if the amount claimed were made use of for the benefit of the vessel, the ship owner or ship agent is liable. Liability of the ship agent for the unlawful acts of the captain the lawful acts and obligations of the captain beneficial to the vessel may be enforced against the agent for the reason that such obligations arise from the contract agency (provided, however, that the captain does not exceed his Liability for the lawful acts of the captain as to any liability incurred by the captain through his unlawful acts, the ship agent is limited to the vessel and it does not extend further. MARITIME COMMERCE
are needed VESSELS engaged to see this picture. in navigation, whether coastwise or on the high seas, including floating docks, pontoons, dredges, scows and any other floating apparatus destined for the services of the industry or maritime commerce. Those with motive power and used as means of water transportation. Excluded in the definition are local and foreign military vessels, bancas and other watercrafts of less than 3 tons gross capacity and small watercrafts engaged in river and bay traffic. QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor Page 109 of 124
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authority) DOCTRINE OF LIMITED LIABILITY - liability of ship owner is confined to that which he is entitled to abandon the vessel with all her equipments and the freight he may have earned during the voyage and if they are lost, it suffices for his discharge. [No ship no liability] Exceptions: 1. Vessel is not abandoned (when the ship owner does acts inconsistent with abandonment e.g. salvage) 2. Ship owner agent/ agent allows his vessel to embark in an unseaworthy condition. 3. Claims under workmens compensation 4. Injury/damage due to ship owners fault 5. Vessel is insured 6. In case the voyage is not maritime but only in river or gulf 7. In case of the expenses for equipping, repairing or provisioning the vessel NOTE: The doctrine also applies for claims due to death or injuries to passengers, aside from claims for goods. In abandoning the vessel, there is no procedure to be followed. There is neither a prescriptive period within which the ship owner can make the abandonment. He may do so for so long as he is not estopped from invoking the same or do acts inconsistent with abandonment. NOTES ON ABANDONMENT IN MARITIME TRANSPORTATION: Only the ship owner and the ship agent can make an abandonment. However, in cases of co-ownership of a vessel, its part owner may exempt himself from liability by the abandonment of the part of the vessel belonging to him. A charterer cannot make an abandonment of the ship as the character cannot be regarded as being in the place of the owners or agents in matters relating to a the responsibility QuickTime and TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor pertaining are needed to see this picture. possession of to ownership
and the vessel. Abandonment may be made so as to be exempted from liability in the following cases: a. For civil liability to third persons arising from the conduct of the captain in the vigilance over the goods which the vessel carried; b. For the proportionate contribution of coowners of the vessel to a common fund for the results of the acts of the captain referred to in Art. 587 of the Code of Commerce; and c. For the civil liability incurred by the ship owner in case of collision. ROLES OF THE CAPTAIN 1. General agent of the ship owner 2. Technical director of the vessels 3. Represents the government of the country under whose flag he navigates THROUGH BILL OF LADING the carrier undertakes to be responsible for the carriage of goods by successive ocean carriers from the point of loading to the final destination; the first carrier is responsible for the whole carriage and claimant may call upon the first carrier for indemnification for any loss along the route whether or not the loss took place in the first carriers custody. SPECIAL CONTRACTS OF MARITIME COMMERCE 1. Charter Parties 2. Bills of lading and contracts of transportation of passengers on sea voyages 3. Loans on bottomry and respondentia 4. Marine insurance CHARTER PARTY a contract by which an entire ship or some principal part thereof is let by the owner to another person for a specified time or use. GENERAL CATEGORIES OR KINDS OF CHARTER PARTY 1. Bareboat or demise charter it involves the transfer of full possession and control of the vessel for the period covered by the contract, the
character obtaining the right to use the vessel and carry whatever cargo it chooses, while maintaining and maintaining the vessel as well. Liable for damages: charterer (acts as a private carrier) 2. Time charter it is a contract to use vessel for a particular period of time, character obtaining the right to direct movements of the vessel during Page 110 of 124 the the the the
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chartering period, although the owner retains possession. It is considered a contract of affreightment. (acts as a common carrier) 3. Voyage charter it is a contract for the hire of a vessel for one or a series of voyages usually for the purpose of transporting goods for the charterer. The voyage charter is a contract of affreightment and is considered a private carriage. In a contract of affreightment the ship owner is the one liable for damages. (acts as a common carrier) OWNER PRO HAC VICE demise charterer to whom the owner of the vessel has completely and exclusively relinquished possession, command and navigation of the vessel. In this kind of charter, the charterer mans and equips the vessel and assumes all responsibility for its navigation, management and operation. He thus acts as the owner of the vessel in all important aspects during the duration of the charter. LOAN ON BOTTOMRY made by shipowner/ship agent guaranteed by vessel itself, repayable upon arrival at destination LOAN ON RESPONDENTIA taken on security of the cargo repayable upon the safe arrival at cargo destination REQUISITES OF A LOAN ON BOTTOMRY/ RESPONDENTIA 1. Ship owner borrows money for use, equipment or repair of vessel. 2. For a definite term and with extraordinary interest called premium 3. secured by pledge of vessel or portion thereof in the case of loan on bottomry or pledge of goods with respect to respondentia. 4. Loan repayment depends or conditioned on the safe arrival of the vessel for bottomry or QuickTime and a safe arrival (Uncompressed) decompressor TIFF of goods for respondentia and are needed to see this picture. obligation
to repay is extinguished if pledged goods are lost. 5. Obligation to repay is extinguished if vessel is lost due to specified marine perils in the course of voyage or within limited time. FORMAL REQUIREMENTS OF LOANS ON BOTTOMRY OR RESPONDENTIA Loans of bottomry or respondentia may be executed: 1. By means of a public instrument. 2. By means of a policy signed by the contracting parties and the broker taking part therein. 3. By means of a private instrument. General Rule: The captain cannot contract loans on repondentia secured by the cargo, and should he do so, the contract shall be void. Neither can he borrow money or bottomry for his own transactions, Exceptions: 1. On the portion of the vessel he owns, provided, no money has been previously borrowed on the whole vessel, nor exists any other kind of lien or obligation chargeable against her. 2. When he is permitted to do so, he must necessarily state what interest he has in the vessel. DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN AN ORDINARY LOAN AND A LOAN ON BOTTOMRY OR RESPONDENTIA ORDINARY LOAN may or may not have a collateral the collateral of an ordinary loan may be any property, real or personal absolutely repayable LOAN ON BOTTOMRY OR RESPONDENTIA must have a collateral must be a vessel or cargo subject to maritime risks subject to usury law need not be in writing but interest shall not be due unless expressly stipulated in writing to be binding on third persons, need not be registered loss of the collateral if any, does not extinguish the same
depends upon the safe arrival at the port of the collateral of the loan Not subject to usury law must be in writing must be recorded in the registry of vessels of the port of registry of the vessel Loss of the collateral extinguishes the same INSTANCES WHEN THE CONTRACT IS CONSIDERED A SIMPLE LOAN AND NOT A LOAN ON BOTTOMRY OR RESPONDENTIA 1. When the loan on bottomry is larger than the value of the object liable for the loan on Page 111 of 124
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bottomry on account of fraudulent means employed by the borrower, the loan on the amount in excess of the value of the object as appraised by experts is a simple loan. 2. If the amount of the loan contracted in order to load the vessel should be used for the cargo, the balance shall be considered as a simple loan. 3. Should the effects of on which money is taken is not subjected to risk, the contract shall be considered a simple loan, with the obligation on the part of the borrower to return the principal and interest at the legal rate if that agreed upon should not be lower. ACCIDENTS AND DAMAGES COMMERCE 1. Averages 2. Arrivals Under Stress 3. Collisions 4. Shipwrecks IN MARITIME 1. There must be an assembly of the sailing mate and other officers with the captain including those with interests in the cargo 2. There must be a resolution of the captain 3. The resolution shall be entered in the log book, with the reasons and motives and the votes for and against the resolution 4. The minutes shall be signed by the parties 5. Within 24 hours upon arrival at the first port the captain makes, he shall deliver one copy of these minutes to the maritime judicial authority thereat ARRIVAL UNDER STRESS an arrival of the vessel at a port not of destination on account of (a) lack of provisions; (b) well-founded fear of seizure; (c) by reason of accident of the sea disabling it to navigate Unlawful when: 1. Lack of provisions due to negligence to carry
according to usage and customs 2. Risk of enemy not well known or manifest 3. Defect of vessel due to improper repair 4. Malice, negligence, lack of foresight or skill of captain COLLISION the impact of two vessels both of which are moving ALLISION the striking of a moving vessel against one that is stationary. CASES OF COLLISION 1. Due to the fault, negligence or lack of skill of the captain, sailing mate or the complement of the vessel - ship owner liable for the losses and damages (Culpable Fault) 2. Due to fortuitous event or force majeure each vessel and its cargo shall bear its own damages (Fortuitous) 3. It cannot be determined which of the 2 vessels caused the collision each vessel shall suffer its own damages, and both shall be solidarily responsible for the losses and damages occasioned to their cargoes (Inscrutable Fault) ERROR IN EXTREMIS where a navigator, suddenly realizing that a collision is imminent by no fault of his own, in confusion and excitement of the moment, does something which contributes to the Page 112 of 124 AVERAGE (1) All extraordinary or accidental expenses which may be incurred during the voyage for the preservation of the vessel or cargo or both (2) All damages or deterioration which the vessel may suffer from the time it puts to sea at the port of departure until it casts anchor at the port of destination, and those suffered by the merchandise from the time they are loaded in the port of shipment until they are unloaded in the port of their consignment SIMPLE AVERAGE - expenses/damages caused to the vessel/cargo not inured to common benefit and profit of all the persons interested in the vessel and her cargo; borne by respective owners GENERAL AVERAGE expenses/damages deliberately caused in order to save the vessel, its
cargo or both from a real and known risk REQUISITES QuickTime and 1. CommonTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor danger present a are needed to see this picture. 2. Arising from accidents of sea, disposition of authority 3. Peril imminent and ascertained 4. Part of vessel or cargo deliberately sacrificed 5. Intended to save vessel and cargo or both 6. Successful saving of vessel or cargo 7. Proper legal steps and authority taken. FORMALITIES TO INCUR GROSS AVERAGE
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collision or omits to do something by which the collision might be avoided, such act or omission is ordinarily considered to be in extremis and the ordinary rules of strict accountability does not apply. SHIPWRECK denotes all types of loss/ wreck of a vessel at sea either by being swallowed up by the waves, by running against another vessel or thing at sea or on coast where the vessel is rendered incapable of navigation MARITIME PROTEST a written statement under oath, made by the master of a vessel, after the occurrence of an accident or disaster in which the vessel or cargo is lost or injured, with respect to the circumstances attending such occurrence. It is usually intended to show that the loss or damage resulted from a peril of the sea, or from some other cause for which neither master nor owner was responsible, and concludes with the protestation against any liability of the owner for such loss or damage. derelict or recapture; a service which one person renders to the owner of a ship or goods by his own labor, preserving the goods or ship which the owner or those entrusted with the care of them either abandoned in distress at sea or are unable to protect and secure; a permit is required to engage in the salvage business DERELICT is a ship or cargo which is abandoned and deserted at sea by those who are in charge of it, without any hope of recovering it, or without any intention of returning it ELEMENTS OF A VALID SALVAGE 1. A marine peril 2. Service voluntarily rendered when not required as an existing duty or from special contract 3. Success, in whole or in part, or that
the services rendered contributed to such success ORDER EFFECTS SHOULD BE JETTISONED 1. Those which are on deck, beginning with those which embarrass the maneuver or damage the vessel, preferring, if possible, the heaviest ones with the least utility and value. 2. Those which are below the upper deck, always beginning with those of the greatest weight and smallest value, to the amount and number absolutely indispensable. THE FOLLOWING GOODS ARE NOT LIABLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF FREIGHT 1. Goods jettisoned for the common safety, shall not pay freight; but its latter amount (freight lost) shall be considered as general average, computing the same in proportion to the distance covered when they (goods) were jettisoned. 2. Goods lost by reason of shipwreck or stranding. 3. Those seized by pirates or enemies. NOTE: If the freight should have been paid in advance, it shall be returned, unless there is an agreement to the contrary. FORWARDING AGENT receives and arranges to forward or send the goods to their destination by the instrumentality of the actual carrier, without assuming the role and responsibility of the carrier, and is compensated for his services from the shipper. He is Page 113 of 124 A maritime protest is required in the following: 1. Arrival under stress; 2. Shipwreck; 3. Collision; 4. In case the vessel has gone through a hurricane or when the captain believes that the cargo has suffered damages. NOTES ON MARITIME PROTEST 1. A maritime protest should be made when a vessel has gone through a hurricane or the captain believes that the cargo has suffered damage or averages. It shall likewise be done if the vessel having been wrecked, the captain is saved alone or with part of his crew, in which case, he shall appear
before the nearest authority and make a sworn statement of the facts. 2. The protest should be made within 24 hours QuickTime and a following TIFF (Uncompressed) the vessel at the first the arrival if decompressor are needed to see this picture. port. Upon arrival at the place of destination, the captain shall ratify the protest within 24 hours. SALVAGE is the compensation allowed to persons by whose voluntary assistance a ship at sea or her cargo or both have been saved in whole or in part from an impending peril, or such property recovered from actual peril or loss, in cases of shipwrecks,
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an agent and a warehouseman for the shipper, and must exercise the care and diligence of a prudent man. FREIGHT FORWARDER is a transport intermediary which publishes its own tariff, issues bill of lading, and assumes all responsibilities of a common carrier without operating its own vessel. This Nonvessel Operating Common Carrier acts as a shipper in relation to the actual shipper, and as a carrier to the shipper. He charges for the entire distance, and assumes responsibility for the transportation of the goods from point of receipt to point of destination. CARGO CONSOLIDATOR consolidates small shipments for various consignors/consignees by procuring vessel/container space from carriers and issuing its own bill of lading. Its destination agents distribute the small shipments to the consignees named in the consolidators manifest. CONTRACT OF TOWAGE - contract whereby a vessel usually motorized pulls another from one place to another for compensation. It is a contract of services. Only the owner of the towing vessel can ask for compensation for the towage. Not the captain, even if the owner waived the claim for the towage, unless the owner assigned or conveyed his right to the captain. CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA ACT REQUISITES OF CONTRACTS COVERED BY COGSA 1. Contracts for the carriage of goods 2. By sea 3. To and from Philippine ports 4. In foreign trade What does the shipper guaranty upon delivery of the goods to the carrier for shipment? The shipper guarantees at the time
of shipment the accuracy of the marks, number, quantity and weight as furnished by him. The shipper shall indemnify the carrier against all loss, damages and expenses arising from inaccuracies in such particulars. What must the shipper or consignee do to be able to recover the loss or damage of the cargo? Notice of the loss or damage and the general nature of such loss or damage should be given in writing to the carrier or his agent at the port of discharge or at the time of the removal of the goods. If the loss or damage is not apparent, the notice must be given within 3 days from delivery. Said notice of loss or damage may be endorsed upon the receipt for the goods given by the person taking delivery thereof. The notice or writing need not be given if the state of the goods at the time of their receipt has been the subject of joint survey inspection. PRESCRIPTIVE PERIODS: 1. if loss or damage is apparent or external, notice in writing must be given to carrier or agent at time of removal of goods by persons entitled to delivery. 2. if loss or damage is not apparent, within 3 days of delivery. a. if no notice is given, there is prima facie evidence of delivery of goods as described in the bill of lading. b. notice is not needed if goods jointly surveyed or inspected at time of their receipt. c. whether notice of loss/ damage is given or not, suit must be filed within 1 year after delivery or when goods should have TOWAGE VS SALVAGE Salvage Towage Crew of salvaging ship crew of the towing ship is entitled to salvage, does not have any and can look to the interest or rights with the salvaged vessel for its remuneration pursuant share to the contract Salvor takes tower has no possessory possession and may lien; only
an action for retain possessionTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor sum of until QuickTime and a of recovery are needed to see this picture. he is paid money Court has power to court has no power to reduce the amount of change amount in remuneration if towage even if unconscionable unconscionable Page 114 of 124
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been delivered; otherwise PRESCRIBED. d. if misdelivery, prescriptive period for suit is 10 years for breach of written contract or 4 years for quasi-delict. NOTE: Only the carriers liability is extinguished if no suit is filed within 1 year by shipper, consignee, or insurer. The prescriptive period does not apply to suits by insured against insurer. When the one-year period in the COGSA is interrupted: 1. When an action is filed in court; 2. When theres a contrary agreement between the parties. What is the effect of issuing a bill of lading under COGSA? It shall be prima facie evidence of the receipt by the carrier of the goods described therein. Contrary evidence may be presented. LIABILITY UNDER THE COGSA 1. maximum of $500 per package or, if not shipped in packages, per customary freight unit (e.g. metric ton). 2. nature and value of goods may be declared by shipper and inserted in bill of lading; declaration is prima facie evidence and not conclusive on carrier. 3. shipper and carrier may agree on another maximum amount, but not more than amount of damage actually sustained. NOTE: When the packages are shipped in a container supplied by carrier and the number of such units is stated in the bill of lading, each unit and not the container constitute the package. NO LIABILITY UNDER COGSA 1. if nature or value of goods knowingly and fraudulently misstated by shipper. 2. if damage resulted from dangerous nature of shipment loaded without consent of carrier. 3. if unseaworthiness not and a to negligence of due QuickTime decompressor carrier. TIFF (Uncompressed) this picture. are needed to see 4. if deviation was to save life or property at sea.
WARSAW CONVENTION WHEN THE WARSAW CONVENTION APPLICABLE The Convention is applicable to: 1. International transport by air 2. Transport of persons, baggage, or goods INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION BY AIR UNDER THE WARSAW CONVENTION Under the Warsaw Convention, there are two categories of international transportation by air: 1. That where the place of departure and the place of destination are situated within the territories of two High Contracting Parties regardless of whether or not there be a break in the transportation or a transshipment; and 2. That where the place of departure and the place of destination are within the territory of a single High Contracting Party if there is an agreed stopping place within a territory subject to the sovereignty, mandate or authority of another power, even though the power is not a party to the Convention. LIABILITIES UNDER THE CONVENTION The liabilities are: 1. Damage sustained in the event of the death or wounding of a passenger taking place on board the aircraft or in the course of any of the operations of embarking or disembarking 2. Loss or damage to any check baggage or goods sustained during the transport by air 3. Delay in the transport by air of passengers, baggage, or goods NOTE: Enumeration of causes of action as above stated is not an exclusive list. (Northwest Airlines vs. Cancer) TRANSPORT BY AIR It is the period during which the baggage or goods are in the charge of the carrier, whether in an airport or on board an aircraft, or in the case of landing outside an airport, in any place whatsoever When must an Action for damages be brought at the
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2. Court of principal place of business of carrier; 3. Court where he has a place of business through which the contract has been made; 4. Before the court at the place of destination LIMITATIONS IN LIABILITY UNDER THE CONVENTION 1. The Convention provides for a limitation of liability: 2. For each passenger - limited to 250,000 francs 3. For goods and checked in baggage - limited to 250 francs per kilogram 4. For hand carry - limited to 5,000 francs per passenger When can a common carrier not avail of this limitation? 1. Willful misconduct 2. Default amounting to willful misconduct 3. Accepting passengers without ticket 4. Accepting goods without airway bill or baggage without baggage check When is a Right to Damages extinguished? The right to damages shall be extinguished if an action is not brought within 2 years from the date of arrival at the destination, or from the date on which the aircraft ought to have arrived, or from the date on which the transportation stopped. Notice requirement: damage to baggage: within 3 days from receipt damage to goods: within 7 days from receipt delay: within 21 days from receipt NOTE: Failure to file written notice, no action shall lie against the carrier, save in the case of fraud on his part. NOTE: The Warsaw Convention has the force and effect of a law in the Philippines, being a treaty commitment assumed by the Philippine government. However, said convention does anot operate as an QuickTime and TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor exclusive enumeration of to see this picture. the instances for declaring are needed a carrier liable for breach of contract of carriage or as an absolute limit of the extent of that liability. Even the Warsaw
Convention declares the carrier liable for damages in the enumerated cases and certain conditions. It must not be construed to preclude the operation of the Civil Code and other pertinent laws. It does not regulate, much less exempt, the carrier from liability for damages for violating the rights of the passengers under the contract of carriage, especially if willful misconduct on the part of the carriers employees is found or established. COGSA/ Warsaw- applies to foreign vessels or air plane/ international travel Code of Commerce applies to inter-island / domestic travel Notice Requirements (see Annex X) PUBLIC SERVICE ACT Every person that may own, operate, manage, control in the Philippines, for hire/compensation with general/limited clientele whether permanent, occasional, accidental, and done for a general business purpose any common carrier, shipyard, electric light, heat and power and public utility. PUBLIC UTILITY - business or service engaged in regularly supplying the public with some commodity or service of public consequence such as electricity, gas, water, transportation, telephone or telegraph service. PRIOR OPERATOR RULE - before permitting a new operator to invade the territory of another already established, the prior operator must be given an opportunity to extend its service to meet the public needs in the matter of transportation PRIOR APPLICANT RULE = presupposes a situation where two interested persons apply for a Certificate of Public Convenience in the same community over which no person has
yet been granted a CPC to operate. If both applicants equal, then the applicant who applied first will be given the CPC. PROTECTION OF INVESTMENT RULE It means that one of the purposes of the Public Service Act is to protect and conserve investments which have already been made for that purpose by public service operators. PRIOR OPERATOR RULE OR PROTECTION OF INVESTMENT RULE NOT APPLICABLE It is not applicable in the following: Page 116 of 124
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Where public interest would be better served by the new operator; 1. Where the old operator failed to make an offer to meet the increase in traffic; 2. Where the CPC granted to the new operator is a maiden certificate; 3. When the application of the rule would be conducive to monopoly. WHAT ARE THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN CPCS AND CPCNS? Certificate of Public Convenience Any authorization to operate a public service issued by the appropriate government agency An authorization issued by the proper government agency for the operation of public services for which no franchise, either municipal or legislative is required by law Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity issued by the appropriate government agency to a public service to which any political subdivision has granted a franchise an authorization issued by the proper government agency for the operation of public services for which a franchise is required by law furnished, as founded and determined by the Commission in a final order which shall be conclusive and shall effect in accordance with this Act, upon appeal or otherwise. (Sec. 19 *a+) KABIT SYSTEM The kabit system has been defined as an arrangement whereby a person who has been granted a certificate of public convenience allows another person who owns motor vehicles to operate under such franchise for a fee. (Lisa Enterprise Inc. v. IAC) Is the kabit system legal? Although not penalized outright as a criminal offense, the kabit system is invariably recognized as being contrary to public policy and, therefore, void and inexistent under Art 1409 of the Civil
Code. Kabit System has been identified as one of the root causes of graft and corruption in the government transportation offices. It is a pernicious system that cannot be too severely condemned. It constitutes an imposition upon the good faith of the government. It is an abuse of a certificate of public convenience, which is a special privilege granted by the government (Teja Marketing v. IAC). CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS May the Government be hampered in its exercise of its right to temporarily take over public utilities or businesses affected with public interest? No. A. XII, S. 17 of the Const. envisions a situation wherein the exigencies of the times necessitated the govt to temporarily take over or direct the operation of any privately owned public utility or business affected with public interest. Since the State, in this case, is merely exercising its police power, such exercise must not be unreasonably hampered nor can it be a source of obligation, in the absence of damage due to arbitrariness. Also, requiring the govt to pay reasonable compensation for the reasonable use of the property pursuant to the operation of the business contravenes the Const. [Agan, Jr. vs. PIATCO, 402 SCRA 612 (2003)] REQUIREMENTS OF CPC AND FRANCHISE 1. Filipino citizenship 2. financial capacity 3. public convenience GROUNDS FOR SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATES ISSUES UNDER PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1. The facts and circumstances on the strength of which said certificate was issued have been misrepresented or materially changed 2. The holder has violated or willfully refused to comply with any order, rule or regulation of the commission QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor 3. The common carrier picture.
fails to are needed to see this repeatedly comply with his or its duty to observe extraordinary diligence What service on the part of the public utility is considered unlawful? It shall be unlawful for any public service to provide or maintain any service that is unsafe, improper, or inadequate, or withhold or refuse any service which can reasonably be demanded and Page 117 of 124
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NATIONAL ELECTRIFICATION DECREE Milwaukee Industries Corp. vs. Pampanga III Electric Cooperative, Inc., 430 SCRA 389 (2005) Under PD 269, the distribution utility has the exclusive right to sell electric power within its authorized area of operation. In turn, NAPOCOR, as the sole agency authorized to generate electric power may only sell to the duly franchised distribution utilities and electric cooperatives. It sells directly to endusers only with the consent of the utility or cooperative operating in the area. Why are distribution companies given exclusive rights to sell? Because the electric power industry is highlycapital intensive and operates as a natural monopoly, and also because of the huge preoperation costs. (Ibid) The powers of the Energy Regulation Commission under the EPIRA law 1. To regulate and fix the power rates to be charged by electric companies; 2. To issue CPCs for the operation of electric power utilities; and 3. To grant or approve provisional electric rates. Freedom from Debt Coalition vs. ERC, 432 SCRA 157 (2004) The following are the safeguards to protect the public (even if ground to grant it exists): 1. Publication 2. Consumers affected are given an opportunity to be heard 3. Increase is only provisional, and thus may be modified or recalled anytime 4. ERC must prescribe a rate-setting methodology in the public interest and to promote efficiency 5. ERC must conduct hearing on the propriety of the grant within 30 days
from the issuance of the provisional order THE PHILIPPINE FLAG CARRIERS LAW When the government takes over a business affected with public interest under Art. XII, S. 17 of the Const., it is not required to give compensation to the private entity-owner as there is no transfer of business, whether permanent or temporary, and the entityowner cannot likewise claim just compensation for the use of the business and its properties as the temporary takeover is not in the exercise of the power of eminent domain [Agan, Jr. vs. Phil. International Air Terminals Co., Inc., 402 SCRA 612 (2003)] FRANCHISE FOR TV AND RADIO STATIONS Associated Communications $ Wireless Services vs. NTC, 397 SCRA 574 (2003) Even if Act 3846 only applies to radio stations, PD 576-A clearly shows that a franchise is needed for both TV and radio stations, in addition to a certificate of public convenience. EO 567 which came after PD 576-A did not dispense with the franchise requirement, though it did abolish the Board of Communications and the Telecom Control Bureau, transferring their powers to the NTC, including the power to issue a CPC and grant permits for frequency use. QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. SHIP MORTGAGE DECREE (P.D 1521) EPIRA LAW Freedom from Debt Coalition vs. ERC, 432 SCRA 157 (2004)
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SALIENT FEATURES OF PD 1521 PD 1521 recognizes the creation of preferred mortgage that must be satisfied prior to all other claims and it allows for the arrest of the vessel which in effect treats the vessel itself as the defendant in an action. PREFERRED MORTGAGE LIEN AND ITS REQUISITES A preferred mortgage lien is one constituted for the financing of the acquisition, purchase, construction and initial operation of vessels under the provisions of PD 1521, and which complies with the following requisites: 1. It is recorded in the MARINA 2. Affidavit of god faith; and 3. The mortgagee does not stipulate the waiver of the preferred status of his claim. 4. The mortgage must be valid. 5. The mortgage includes the whole vessel of domestic ownership. VESSEL OF FOREIGN OWNERSHIP It will be recognized if: 1. The mortgage, hypothecation or similar charge has been duly and validly executed in accordance with the laws of the country under which the vessel is documented 2. The mortgage, hypothecation or similar charge has been duly registered in accordance with such laws in a public register either at the port of registry of the vessel or at a central office. PHILIPPINE DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION ACT (Republic Act No. 3591, as amended by RA 6037, PD 120, PD 1094, PD 1451, PD 1935, RA 7400, RA 8791, and RA 9302) PDIC is a governmentowned and controlled corporation created in 1963 by virtue of Republic Act 3591 for the purpose of insuring bank deposits. The
latest amendments to RA 3591 are contained in RA 9302 enacted on July 27, 2004, which provided enhanced depositor protection through increased deposit insurance coverage up to P250,000 and strengthened PDIC's risk management capabilities through the restoration of PDIC's authority to examine member banks with prior approval by the Monetary Board. The new law also enhanced PDIC's receivership and liquidation powers. The PDIC is an attached agency of the Department of Finance. PURPOSE to create a governmentowned entity, the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation, that shall insure the deposit liabilities of all banks entitled to the benefits of insurance under the Act. Such insurance is intended to protect depositors from situations that prevent banks from paying out deposits, as in bank failures or closures, and to encourage people to deposit in banks. FUNCTIONS: 1. Can lend money to banks before closure. 2. Insurer of deposits against bank closures 3. Act as receiver for banks INSURED DEPOSIT is the net amount due to any depositor for deposits in an insured bank, after deducting unpaid loans and other obligations of the depositor to the closed bank. In no case shall insured deposit exceed P250,000 per depositor. The deposit liabilities of any bank engaged in the business of receiving deposits are CLAIMS PREFERRED OVER A PREFERRED MORTGAGE LIEN The following claims are preferred over a preferred mortgage lien: 1. Taxes 2. Crews wages 3. General average 4. Salvage QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor 5. Prior maritime lienssee this picture. are needed to 6. Damages arising from tort 7. Prior preferred mortgage lien
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required to be insured with the PDIC. (Sec. 4) The PDIC becomes liable to pay the insured deposits in a bank when the bank is closed by the Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, that is, prohibited from doing further business in the Philippines, on account of insolvency and other grounds under the law. (Sec. 10 [c]) On what GROUNDS may the Monetary Board close a bank or quasi-bank, that is, prohibit it from doing business in the Philippines? 1. If the bank or quasi-bank is unable to pay its liabilities as they become due in the ordinary course of business (Sec. 30 [a] of BSP Law); sometimes referred to as the cash flow test; or 2. If the bank or quasi-bank has insufficient realizable assets to meet its liabilities. (Sec. 30 [b] of BSP Law); sometimes referred to as the balance sheet test; or 3. If the bank or quasi-bank cannot continue in business without involving probable losses to its depositors and creditors (Sec. 30 [c] of BSP Law); or 4. If the bank or quasi-bank has willfully violated a cease and desist order under Sec. 37 of BSP Law (Administrative Sanctions) that has become final and involves acts or transactions which amount to fraud or a dissipation of assets (Sec. 30[d]; or 5. If the bank or quasi-bank notifies the BSP or publicly announces a bank holiday (Sec. 53 of RA 8791); or 6. If the bank or quasi-bank in any manner suspends the payment of its deposit liabilities continuously for more than 30 days (Sec. 53 of RA 8791); or 7. If a bank persists in conducting its business in an unsafe or unsound manner (Sec. 56 of RA 8791). The PDICs TIFF (Uncompressed) this picture. P250,0000 per liability tois decompressor up to are needed see depositor / per capacity (before
the amount of insurance is up to P100,000 only). The liability of the PDIC is on a per bank basis. When an insured bank is closed on account of insolvency, the PDIC SHALL PAY EITHER: 1. In cash or 2. By making available to each depositor a transferred deposit in another insured bank QuickTime and a in an amount equal to the insured deposit of such depositor. (Sec. 10 [c]) TRANSFERRED DEPOSIT a deposit in an insured bank made available to a depositor by the PDIC as payment of the insured deposit of such depositor in a closed bank and assumed by another insured bank. (Sec. 3 [h]) By paying its liabilities to depositors in this manner, the PDIC hopes to persuade these depositors to keep their savings in banks where such funds could be lent out, rather than hoarded and kept out of the banking system. If a depositor has several accounts with the bank, the liability of the PDIC will be calculated by adding together all deposits in the bank maintained by the depositor in the same capacity and the same right for his benefit either in his own name or in the name of others. (Sec. 3 [g]) PAYMENT to the depositor of his insured deposit: 1. Discharges the PDIC from any further liability to the depositor, and 2. Subrogates the PDIC to all the rights of the depositor against the closed bank to the extent of such payment. (Secs. 10 [d] and 11 [a]) Every insured bank is required by the Act to display at each place of business maintained by the bank a sign or signs stating that its deposits are insured by the PDIC. A similar statement shall be included by the bank in its advertisements. (Sec. 16 [a]) Claim must be filed within 18 months from order of closure. Note: The PDIC Act is not applicable to Offshore Banking Units.
PDIC vs CA, et al.,G.R. No. 118917, December 22, 1997 The PDIC was created by law and, as such, is governed primarily by the provisions of the special law creating it. The liability of the PDIC for insured deposits therefore is statutory and, under RA 3591, such liability rests upon the existence of deposits with the insured bank, not on the negotiability or nonnegotiability of the certificates evidencing these deposits. In order that a claim for deposit insurance with the PDIC may prosper, the law requires that a corresponding deposit be placed in the insured bank. Page 120 of 124
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A deposit, as defined in Section 3(f) of RA 3591, may be constituted only if money or the equivalent of money is received by a bank. GENERAL BONDED WAREHOUSE ACT (Act No. 3893, as amended by RA 247) business of receiving palay for storage; that the clause in Section 2 thereof which refers to any contract or transaction wherein the rice delivered is to be milled for and on account of the owner must be understood in relation to the subject matter of the statute as expressed in its title, namely, An Act to Regulate the Business of Receiving Commodity for Storage; and that, since her business is the milling of palay, the delivery thereof to her is merely incidental to such business and does not constitute storage within the meaning of the statute. ISSUE: Whether or not Limjoco is engaged in the business of receiving palay for storage. RULING: The Court ruled that Section 2 is too clear to permit of any exercise in construction or semantics. It does not stop at the bare use of the words storage, but expressly provides that any contract or transaction wherein the palay delivered is to be milled for and on account of the owner shall be deemed included in the business of receiving rice for storage for the purpose of the Act. In other words, it is enough that the palay is delivered, even if only to have it milled. Delivery connotes transfer of physical possession or custody; and it may indeed be seriously doubted if the concept of storage under the law would cover a situation where
one merely utilizes the services of the mill but keeps the palay under his physical control all steps of the way. But in this case, it is a fact that palay is delivered to petitioner and sometimes piled inside her camalig in appreciable quantities, to wait for its turn in the milling process. This is precisely the situation covered by the statute. The main intention of the lawmaker is to give protection to the owner of the commodity against possible abuses and negligence of the person to whom the physical control of his properties is delivered. PURPOSE to regulate the business of receiving commodities for storage in order to protect persons who may want to avail themselves of warehouse facilities and to encourage the establishment of more warehouses. To achieve this purpose, any person who wants to engage in the business of receiving commodities for storage is required by the Act to first secure a license therefor from the Department of Trade and Industry. (Sec. 3) WAREHOUSEMAN a person engaged in the business of receiving commodity for storage. (Sec. 2) - person lawfully engaged in the business of storing goods for profit. (Sec. 58 (a) of the Warehouse Receipts Act [Act No. 2137]) The BUSINESS OF RECEIVING COMMODITY FOR STORAGE includes entering into any contract or transaction wherein: 1. The warehouseman is obligated to return the very same commodity to him or pay its value; 2. The commodity delivered is to be milled for the owner thereof; 3. The commodity delivered is commingled with the commodity belonging to other persons, and the warehouseman is obligated to return commodity of the same kind or to pay its value. Limjoco vs. Director of Commerce, G.R. No. L17640, November 29, 1965 FACTS: This petition for declaratory relief involved the
interpretation of Section 2 of the General Bonded Warehouse Act in relation to the rice milling business of petitioner Limjoco. The latter submits that the test to determine the applicability of Act NO. 3983, as amended, is whether or not she is engaged in the QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. Generally, the commodities that may be stored in a bonded warehouse could be any raw, processed, manufactured, or finished product or by-product, goods, article, or merchandise, either domestic or of foreign production or origin, which may be traded to or dealt in openly and legally. Thus, prohibited substances, the possession of which is proscribed by law, may not be validly received for storage in a bonded warehouse. (Sec. 2) Page 121 of 124
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BOND REQUIRED TO BE PUT UP BY THE WAREHOUSEMAN: 1. The bond may either be a cash bond or a bond secured by real estate, or a bond issued by a duly authorized bonding company. 2. The amount of the bond must not be less than 33 1/3 % of the market value of the maximum quantity of the commodity to be received by the warehouseman. 3. It shall be so conditioned as to respond for the market value of the commodity actually delivered and received at any time by the warehouseman in case the latter is unable to return the commodity or to pay its value. (Sec. 4) DUTIES OF A BONDED WAREHOUSEMAN: 1. To insure the commodity received for storage against fire (Sec. 6); 2. To receive for storage any commodity of the kind customarily stored by him in the warehouse, so far as his license and the capacity of his warehouse will permit, without making any discrimination between the persons desiring to avail themselves of warehouse facilities (Sec. 8); 3. To keep a complete record of all commodities received by him, of the receipts issued therefor, of the withdrawals, of the liquidation, and of al the receipts returned to and cancelled by him (Sec. 9). The person injured by the breach by the warehouseman of any of his obligations under the Act may sue on the bond put up by the warehouseman to recover the damages he may have sustained on account of such breach. In case the bond given is not sufficient to cover the full market value of the commodity stored, he may sue on any property or assets of the warehouseman not exempt by law from attachment and execution. (Sec. 7) QuickTime and a
2. 3. Receiving a quantity of commodity greater than that specified in the license of the warehouseman (Sec. 12); Conniving or entering into a combination with an unlicensed warehouseman for the purpose of avoiding compliance with the requirement of obtaining a license before engaging in the business of receiving commodities for storage (Sec. 13). Gonzales vs. Go Tiong, et al., G.R. No. L-11776, August 30, 1958 FACTS: Go Tiong owned a rice mill and a warehouse. Gonzales deposited with Go Tiong on various dates sacks of palay. The receipts for the palay issued by Go Tiong to Gonzales were ordinary receipts, not the warehouse receipts required under the Warehouse Receipts Act. Later, Go Tiongs warehouse burned down. In defending himself from the claim of Gonzales for damages arising from the destruction of hid deposit of palay, Go Tiong argued that inasmuch as the receipts issued to Gonzales were ordinary receipts and not the warehouse receipts required under the Warehouse Receipts Act, the governing law should be the Civil Code and not Act No. 3893, as amended. ISSUE: Whether or not Act No. 3893, as amended, is applicable. RULING: The Court said that Act No. 3893, as amended, is a special law regulating the business of receiving commodities for storage and defining the rights and obligations of a bonded warehouseman and those transacting business with him. Consequently, any deposit made with him as a
bonded warehouseman must necessarily be governed by the provisions of Act No. 3893. The kind or nature of the receipt issued by him for the deposits is not very material, much less decisive. Though it is desirable that receipts issued by a bonded warehouseman should conform to the provisions of the Warehouse Receipts Law, said provisions in our opinion are not mandatory and indispensable in the sense that if they fell short of the requirements of the Warehouse Receipts Act, then the commodities delivered for storage become ordinary deposits and will not be governed by the provisions of the Bonded Warehouse Act. TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor OFFENSES PENALIZED:to see this picture. are needed 1. Engaging in the business of receiving commodities for storage without the proper license (Sec. 11) from the Bureau of Commerce; Note: for palay and commodity license, a bond with the National Grains Authority is required; also an insurance cover is required. Page 122 of 124
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The warehouseman is not covered by the law if the owner merely rents space to a certain group of persons because the law covers a warehouse that accepts goods for: (a) storage, (b) milling, and (c) commingling with the obligation to return the same quantity or to pay their value. If the seller should foreclose on the mortgage constituted on the thing sold, he shall have no further action against the purchaser to recover any unpaid balance of the price. Any agreement to the contrary shall be void. INSTALLMENT SALES LAW (Act No. 4122 also known as the RECTO LAW) Article 1484 of the Civil Code provides for the remedies of a seller in contracts of sale of personal property by installments, and incorporates the provisions of Act No. 4122, known as the Installment Sales Law or the Recto Law, which then amended Article 1454 of the Civil Code of 1889. Levy Hermanos, Inc. vs. Gervacio, 69 Phil. 52 (1939) FACTS: The seller sold a Packard car whereby the buyer paid an initial payment, and issued a promissory note for the balance payable on or before a specified date, with stipulated interest. When the buyer failed to pay
the note at its maturity, the seller foreclosed the mortgaged constituted on the car and sold the same at public auction, which resulted into a deficiency judgment. When the auction was brought to collect on the deficiency, the buyer sought the application of the provisions of the then Article 1454-A of the Old Civil Code, and held that the seller could no longer collect on the balance unpaid. ISSUE: Whether or not the Recto Law is applicable. RULING: The Court held that the provisions of the Recto Law cannot apply to a sale where there is an initial payment and the balance is payable in the future, because the same is not a sale on installment but actually a straight sale. Since such a sale is not covered by the Recto Law, the barring effects of the law cannot be made to apply, and the seller may recover the unpaid balance of the purchase price against the buyer even when the latter shall have lost by foreclosure of the subject matter of the sale. When there is only one payment to be paid in the future, there is no basis to apply the Recto Law, since under the language of then Article 1454-A, the buyer needs to have defaulted in the payment of two or more installments to allow the seller to rescind or foreclose on the chattel mortgage. The Recto Law is aimed at those sales where the price is payable in several installments, for, generally, it is in these cases that partial payments consist in relatively small amounts, constituting thus a great temptation for improvident purchasers to buy beyond their means. There is no such temptation where the price is to be paid in cash, or, as in the instant case, partly in cash and partly in one term, for, in the latter case, the partial payment are not so small as to place purchasers off their guard and delude them to a miscalculation of their ability to pay. Page 123 of 124
RATIONALE the object of Recto Law was to remedy the abuses committed in connection with the foreclosure of chattel mortgages and was meant to prevent mortgagees from seizing the mortgaged property, buying it at foreclosure sale for a low price and then bringing suit against the mortgagor for a deficiency judgment. Under Article 1484 of the New Civil Code, in a contract of sale of personal property the price of which is payable in installments, the vendor may exercise any of the following REMEDIES: 1. Exact fulfillment of the obligation, should the buyer fail to pay any installment; 2. Cancel the sale, should the buyers failure to pay cover two or more installments; 3. Foreclose (Uncompressed) decompressor the QuickTime and amortgage on the chattel TIFF are if one this picture. thing sold, needed to see has been constituted, should the buyers failure to pay cover two or more installments. The remedies have been recognized as alternative, not cumulative, in that the exercise of one would also bar the exercise of the others. They cannot also be pursued simultaneously.
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The provisions of Recto Law are applicable to financing transactions derived or arising from sales of movables on installments, even if the underlying contract at issue is a loan because the promissory note has been assigned or negotiated by the original seller. QuickTime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. Page 124 of 124

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