Section 2
SEC. 2. A new section is hereby added after section eleven of said Act, which shall be known as section twelve and shall read as follows: "SEC. 12. Any person or group of persons who shall open direct, maintain, or manage a private school or college as defined by this Act, and shall advertise, publish, or otherwise announce, verbally or by means of signs, cards, letterheads, or advertisements or through any other form of publicity, that such person or group of persons has applied for authority to open a private school or college, or for the recognition of such school or college, when he has not actually so applied, or that such private school or college has been duly authorized, when in reality the same has not been so authorized, or such authority has been cancelled; or that it is recognized, when in reality it has not been recognized or such recognition has been withdrawn, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not exceeding five hundred pesos, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the court: Provided, That in the 1 case of corporations or partnership, the president, secretary, director, administrator, or manager shall be held responsible for the violation."