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The quiz has been moved to August 5, 2025, due to the typhoon. It will cover PDIC, BP2, BP22, Bank Secrecy Law, and AMLA, excluding insurance contracts. These topics will be finished by next week.
The Consumer Protection Act aims to protect consumer interests, promote general welfare, and establish standards for business conduct. Its main objectives include protection against health and safety hazards, and deceptive/unfair sales practices.
Deceptive sales involve concealment, false representation, or fraudulent manipulation to induce a consumer into a transaction. Examples include falsely claiming product approval, selling used items as new, misrepresenting product quality (e.g., waterproof phones), misleading pricing tactics (e.g., clearance sales with no actual discount), and false claims about service performance (e.g., internet speed).
Unfair practices exploit consumer weaknesses like ignorance, illiteracy, or lack of time. This includes taking advantage of a consumer's inability to understand contract language, significantly overpricing goods, selling products that offer no substantial benefit, offering credit to those unable to pay, and creating excessively one-sided contracts.
The Consumer Protection Act mandates minimum labeling requirements for consumer products, including correct trade names, manufacturer addresses, ingredients, net quality, and country of origin. Specific additional requirements apply to food (e.g., expiry dates, nutritional value), cosmetics (e.g., irritants, precautions), drugs (generic act labeling), and cigarettes (warning signs).
All publicly offered consumer products must have clearly displayed price tags in pesos and centavos. Products cannot be sold at a price higher than that indicated on the tag, preventing discrepancies between advertised and actual prices.
The Philippine Lemon Law strengthens consumer protection for brand new motor vehicles. It applies to four-wheel road vehicles designed for passengers, excluding motorcycles, trucks, buses, etc. Key requisites include purchase in the Philippines and reporting non-conformity (defects impairing use, value, or safety) within 12 months or 20,000 km, whichever comes first.
Non-conformity does not apply if defects result from consumer non-compliance with warranty, unauthorized modification, abuse or neglect, or damage due to accident or force majeure.
Consumers must undergo at least four separate repair attempts for the same issue by an authorized dealer. Repairs should be completed within 15 days, with any excess time added to the Lemon Law rights period. If unresolved, consumers can seek replacement of the vehicle with a comparable model (with price adjustment if upgrading) or a full refund including collateral charges and reasonable costs incurred.