Section 2
SEC. 2. Section twenty-seven hundred and twelve of the same Act, is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2712. Unlawful entry into and departure of stow-aways from the Philippine Islands.— Any stow-away arriving in the Philippine Islands in violation of section twelve hundred and thirty-six of this Code may be arrested and detained, upon the direction of the Insular Collector of Customs, in any insular prison; and with the consent of the proper military authorities the Insular Collector shall cause such stowaway to be deported upon the first available transport of the United States Army. The detention of stow-away under the provisions of this section shall not extend beyond the time of sailing of the first transport to leave the Philippine Islands after the apprehension of such person as herein provided, and shall cease immediately after the military authorities notify the Collector of Customs that they are unwilling to take back such stowaway. Upon the certificate of a medical officer to the effect that the health or safety of such person would be unduly imperiled by immediate deportation, such person may be held for treatment until such time as he may, in the opinion of such medical officer, be safely deported. "Any person who shall become a stowaway in violation of the second paragraph of section twelve hundred and thirty-six of this Code shall upon conviction thereof be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred pesos, or imprisonment for a period not exceeding one month, or by both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court."