Section 139
SEC. 139. No merchandise shall be transported by water, under penalties hereinafter prescribed, from one port of the Philippine Islands to another port of the Philippine Islands, either directly or by the way of a foreign port, or for any part of the voyage, in any other vessel than those described in section one hundred and seventeen of this Act. But this section shall not be construed to prohibit the sailing of any foreign vessel from one port of entry to another port of entry in the Philippine Islands: Provided, That no merchandise other than that imported in such vessel from a foreign port, which shall not have been unladen, or an export cargo for foreign port or ports, which has been properly manifested, shall be carried such voyage.