Section 47
SEC. 47. The armory of each regiment, battalion, company, and detachment shall be subject to the order of the Commander in Chief and be under the charge of its commanding officer, who shall keep therein all property furnished by the Government of the Philippine Islands, and no company shall be furnished with arms or equipment until a suitable armory shall be provided for their deposit; nor shall such arms be loaned or taken from such armories by individual members of the company, without the express order or permission of the commanding officer. Any officer, non-commissioned officer, or private of the National Guard knowingly making any false certificate or false return of the property of the Philippine Government in his hands, or neglecting or refusing to apply all money drawn from the Treasury of the Philippine Islands for the purpose named in the requisition therefor, shall be deemed guilty of estafa, and shall be punished in the manner as provided for that offense in the Penal Code of the Philippine Islands.