Section 11
SEC. 11. It is hereby prohibited and declared unlawful: (a) To transfer any concession or permit granted or issued under the provisions of this Act, except with the consent of the Secretary of the Interior. (b) To fish, collect, or gather any sponges growing on the sea bottom or reefs within the boundary of a concession occupied by another person, and granted under the provisions of this Act, or by a concessionaire outside the boundary of his concession. (c) To engage in the practice of "loading" or impregnating sponges with foreign substance of any sort or character whatsoever for the purpose of increasing the apparent weight of said sponges and thereby deceiving purchasers of said sponges as to their true weight. (d) To ship from or attempt to ship from the Philippine Islands any sponges taken from the waters thereof except through the Custom House at one of the ports of entry of the Philippine Islands. (e) To possess Philippine commercial sponges, unless holding a concession or permit in accordance with this Act or a bill of sale traceable from a concessionaire. (f) To remove, deface, destroy, or in any way interfere with the location marks of any concession granted under the provisions of this Act. (g) To possess undersized sponges, or sponges" less than ten centimeters through any diameter. (h) To take from the waters of the Philippine Islands any commercial sponge by the use of any dredge or "gan-gara" except in waters of more than thirty fathoms in depth.