Section 91
SEC. 91. Except as hereinbefore provided, the master of every foreign vessel is required, at the time of entry, to produce to the collector the register or other document in lien thereof, together with the clearance and other papers granted by the officers of the customs to his vessel at the port of departure for the Philippine Islands, and, within forty-eight hours after entry, to deposit the same with the consul or vice-consul of the nation to which the vessel belongs, and to deliver to the collector the certificate of that consulate that the papers have been so deposited. For a failure to comply with this requirement the master of the vessel so offending shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars, in the discretion of the collector. The papers thus lodged with the consul shall not be returned to the master of the vessel until the production by him to the consul of a clearance by the collector of the port where the vessel has been entered; or the consul may sign and deliver the papers to the collector of customs within forty-eight hours in advance of the expected time of clearance, in order that the papers may be delivered to the master of the vessel by the collector of customs upon the granting of the clearance, without further delay.