Practice question
A manufacturer inserts a clause eliminating the consumer-damage indemnity that RA 7394 Article 106 expressly protects. The clause is signed. Which is correct?
- Signature automatically validates every prohibited clause.
- Article 106’s prohibition and Article 6’s legal limits prevent treating signature alone as a complete defense.
- The consumer must transfer all property before invoking the statute.
- A printed contract necessarily repeals consumer law.
- No consumer statute can limit waiver.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html — Civil Code, articles 6 and1171.
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1992/ra_7394_1992.html — RA 7394, article106: prohibited exoneration clauses for the specified consumer damages.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2017/mar2017/gr_164749_2017.html — Abrogar v Cosmos Bottling, GR 164749, March 15 2017, main opinion: waiver and assumption-of-risk issues in the negligence setting.
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