Act No. 3909 CHAPTER V.—Schedule and rates—Enforcement and penalties

Section 15

SEC. 15. Person or persons engaged in air commerce shall submit for approval to the Public Service Commission or its authorized representative uniform charges and rates applied to merchandise and passengers per kilometer or over specified distance between given airports.

Section 16

SEC. 16. Except when otherwise specified, the Secretary of Commerce and Communications shall administer the provisions of this Act and, for such purposes, is authorized to make such regulations as may be necessary to execute the functions vested in him by this Act including air traffic rules, which regulations shall conform to and coincide with, as far as possible, the provisions of the Air Commerce Act of nineteen hundred and twenty-six and amendments thereto passed by the Congress of the United States and air commerce regulations and air traffic rules issued from time to time pursuant thereto. The Public Service Commission shall administer the next section preceding and for such purpose is authorized to make such regulations as may be necessary to insure safety, regularity and reliability of air commerce.

Penalty for violation.

Section 17

SEC. 17. Penalty for violation.—Any person who acts as an airman for any aircraft when flown and operated in the Philippine Islands without holding an effective license issued by the Department of Commerce and Communications in accordance with the provisions of this Act or who flies or causes to be flown in the Philippine Islands any aircraft without an effective license or identification issued by the Department of Commerce and Communications in accordance with the provisions of this Act or who violates any provisions of this Act or any rules or regulations promulgated hereunder shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred pesos or six months' imprisonment, or both.