Section 15
SEC. 15. Any person who so elects may redeem his obligation to the Government to personally render service in money the destruction of locusts in accordance with the provisions of this Act by the payment of sixty centavos for each day that he has failed to render the required service, or he may furnish a substitute to render the service required of him by this Act: Provided, That, whenever a person shall choose to redeem the obligation imposed upon him by virtue of this Act by the payment of a monetary consideration in lieu of the labor required, the collection thereof shall be made only by the municipal treasurer or by such other officer as may be deputized by the provincial treasurer for this purpose, who shall issue a receipt for each payment made in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Any person not duly authorized by the provisions of this Act who shall collect or receive, or attempt to collect or receive, money for the redemption of the obligation imposed by virtue of this Act shall be subject to prosecution under the Penal Code.