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Act No. 355 Section 78

Section 78

SEC. 78. The master, consignee, or agent of a vessel arriving in the Philippine Archipelago from a foreign port shall immediately after its arrival and before the vessel is entered at the custom-house, mail to the Auditor for the Archipelago at Manila a true copy of the cargo manifest of the vessel for the port at which it may then be, and shall on entering the vessel make affidavit that he has mailed such copy and that the same is true and correct to the best of his knowledge and belief; and the master, agent, or consignee of such m foreign vessel shall also mail to said Auditor a true copy of any amended manifest filed on any port entry of the vessel. Every mailed copy of a manifest in another language must be accompanied by an English translation thereof. If the master, consignee, and agent all neglect or refuse to mail to the Auditor such required true copy and translation of the original manifest, or if they neglect or to mail any such corrected or amended manifests as required by this section, the vessel shall be subject to the same fines and penalties fixed by law for failure to deliver the manifest of a foreign vessel to the collector.

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Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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