Section 5
SEC. 5. In all eases within the purview of the last preceding section, the consul-general, consul, or other consular or commercial authority of such foreign nation charged with the appropriate duty in the particular case, may make application to any Court of First Instance, or to any judge thereof, setting forth that such controversy, difficulty, or disorder has arisen, briefly stating the nature thereof and when and where the same occurred, and exhibiting a certified copy or extract of the shipping articles, roll, or other. proper paper of the vessel to the effect that the person in question is of the crew or ship's n and certifying that sue believed to be about to withdraw himself, from the control and discipline of the master and officers of the vessel, or that he has refused, or is about to refuse, to submit to and obey the lawful jurisdiction of such consular or commercial authority in the premises; and further staling and certifying that, to the best of the knowledge and belief of the officer certifying (unless such officer be acting as an American consular officer), such person is not a citizen of the United States. Such application shall be in writing and duly authenticated by the consular or other sufficient official seal. Thereupon such Court of First Instance, or judge thereof, shall issue a warrant for the arrest of the person so complained of, directed to the sheriff' of the province, or chief of police of the city of Manila, as the case may be, or in his discretion to any person being a citizen of the Philippine Islands or of the United States whom he may specially depute for the purpose, requiring such person to be brought: before him for examination at a certain time and place.