SEC. 111. Before a clearance shall be granted to any vessel bound to a foreign port, it must be shown by the discharging officer's return that all the cargo imported in the vessel has been duly discharged or accounted for and the master, consignee, or agent shall file with the collector an outward manifest, in the prescribed form under oath, of all the cargo laden on board, and mail a true copy thereof to the Insular Auditor at Manila, which manifest and copy must specify the time, quantities, values, and destination of all such cargo, and must agree with the export entries filed by the several shippers. If the master, consignee, and agent all fail to file such outward manifest or mail said copy, the vessel shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.
The clearance granted by the collector for a vessel and her cargo need not specify the particulars thereof, unless required by the master or other person in charge or command of the vessel.
The manifest of cargo must be verified by the oath or affirmation of the master, as follows:
"OATH OF MASTER TO MANIFEST IN CLEARANCE FOR A FOREIGN PORT.
"I, ................................ master or commander of the ............................. bound from the port of ........................ to ........................... do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear (or affirm) that the manifests of the cargo on board the said ............................, now delivered by me to the collector of this district, and subscribed with my name, contain, according to the best of my knowledge and belief, a full, just, and true account of all goods, wares, and merchandise now actually laden on board the said vessel, and of the value thereof, and the foreign places or countries in which the same are truly intended to be landed. And I further swear (or affirm) that I have mailed to the Insular Auditor at Manila a true and exact copy of this manifest, and if any other goods, wares, or merchandise shall be laden or put on board the said ............................ previous to her sailing from this port. I will immediately report the same to the said collector and Insular Auditor. I do also swear (or affirm) that I verily believe the duties on all the foreign merchandise and the duties and charges on all domestic merchandise therein specified have been paid, or secured, according to law, and that no part thereof is intended to be relanded within the Philippine Islands, and that if, by distress or other unavoidable accident, it shall become necessary to reland the same, I will forthwith make a just and true report thereof to the collector of customs of the district wherein such distress or accident may happen.
"...................................... Master.
"Port of ........................................
"Sworn (or affirmed) to and subscribed before me, this ............................ day of ....................., 190 ............
"................................, Collector."
SEC. 112. Before the clearance of a vessel under the protection of the Government of the Philippine Islands bound on a foreign voyage, the master must file, under oath, a list of the names, places of birth, and residence and a description of the persons who compose his crew, and the collector shall deliver to him a certified copy of such list without erasure or interlineation.
The master of even vessel bound on a foreign voyage shall exhibit the certified copy of the list of the crew to the first boarding officer at the first port in the Philippine Islands at which he shall arrive; on his return, and also produce the persons named therein to the boarding officer, whose duty it shall be to examine the men with such list and report the same to the collector; and it shall be the duty of the collector at the port of arrival, where the same is different from the port from which the vessel originally sailed, to transmit a copy of the list so reported to him to the collector of the port from which such vessel originally sailed. For each failure to produce any person on the certified copy of the list of the crew the master and owner shall be severally liable to a penalty of not exceeding four hundred dollars; but such penalties shall not be incurred on account of the master not producing to the first boarding officer any of the persons contained in the list who may have been discharged in a foreign country with the consent of the consul, vice consul, commercial agent, or vice commercial agent of the United States there residing, certified in writing, under his hand and official seal, to be produced to the collector with the other persons composing the crew nor on account of any such person dying or absconding, or being forcibly impressed into other service, of which satisfactory proof shall also be exhibited to the collector.
SEC. 113. A master bound for a foreign port must make oath that he will not receive nor convey any letters or other packets which have not been regularly posted and received from the post-office at the port of departure, except letters or letter packets relating to the cargo and addressed to the owner or consignee of the vessel and letters or letter packets inclosed in properly stamped envelopes of sufficient denomination to cover the postage. The collector or other officer shall require from the master, as a condition of clearance, an oath or affirmation that he has not under his care, or within his control, and will not receive or convey any letters or letter packets in violation of this provision.
SEC. 114. Collectors are required to detain any vessel manifestly built for warlike purposes and about to depart from the Philippine Islands with a cargo consisting principally of arms and munitions of war. When the number of men shipped on board, or other circumstances, render it probable that such vessel is intended to be employed by the owner or owners to cruise or commit hostilities upon the subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people with whom the United States are at peace, until the decision of the Civil Governor of the Islands be bad thereon, or until the owner or owners shall give bond or security, in double the value of the vessel and cargo, that she will not be so employed, if in the discretion of the collector of customs such bond will prevent the violation of the provisions of this section.
SEC. 115. Masters of foreign steam vessels clearing without passengers are required to make oath as follows:
"OATH OF MASTER OF FOREIGN STEAM VESSEL CLEARING WITHOUT PASSENGERS.
"I, ........................... do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am the master of the ..........................., steamer, bound from the port of ....................... to the port of .........................., in ..........................., with freight (or ballast) only, and that the said steamer will not carry upon the present voyage, from any Philippine port, any cabin, steerage, deck, or other class passenger, nor any person whatever not regularly entered upon the shipping articles of the steamer.
"....................................... Master.
"Subscribed and sworn to before me this ........................ day of ..................., 190 .........
".................................................
"Deputy Collector of Customs."
SEC. 116. Upon compliance with those requirements respecting clearance the collector shall deliver to the master the clearance, and as regards vessels of the United States and under the protection of the Philippine Islands, the vessels register, certificate of protection, and other papers.
Source: Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines — Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).
