Section 127
SEC. 127. The Insular Collector is authorized at any time, upon it appearing to him that any certificate of protection issued under these regulations or under preceding ones, or any certificate of American ownership heretofore issued by a consul of the United States in the Philippine Islands, was illegally and improperly issued, to cancel the same, and the vessel for which such certificate was issued shall thereupon no longer be entitled to the protection and flag of the United States. He shall report action in each case, through the usual official channels, to the Secretary of War.