Section 11. Misuse of the Red Cross, the Red Crescent, or the Red Crystal Emblem as Indicative Device in Peacetime and in Times of Armed Conflict. —

Any person who willfully, and without entitlement, make use of the Red Cross, Red Crescent, or Red Crystal emblem; the words "Red Cross", "Red Crescent", and "Red Crystal" or their translation in any official language and dialect; a distinctive signal or any other sign, designation or signal which constitutes an imitation thereof or likely to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive the general public, irrespective of the purpose of such use; as well as any person who has displayed the said emblems or words on signs, posters, announcements, leaflets or commercial documents, or has affixed them to goods or packaging, or has sold, offered for sale or placed in circulation goods thus marked shall be punished by the penalty of arresto mayor, or a fine of not less than Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00), or both, at the discretion of the court for each and every violation.

If the misuse is committed by a partnership, corporation, association or any juridical entity, the partner, president, director, manager, trustee, estate administrator or officer who consents to or knowingly tolerates such misuse shall be held criminally liable as a co-principal. If the person convicted is a foreigner, he or she may be ordered deported and blacklisted after serving his or her sentence.

In addition, the court may order the forfeiture in favor of the PRC of any proceeds, or property or assets upon which an emblem, designation, design, wording or sign was used directly or indirectly in violation of this Act, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties.