Section 243
SEC. 243. On arrival of goods destined for transshipment to another port, an entry for warehousing and transportation in bond must be obtained. Such entry shall be in triplicate, in the prescribed form, and verified by the oath or affirmation of the importer on the following form: "OATH OR AFFIRMATION OF SHIPPER. "I do solemnly, sincerely, and truly .......................... that the goods, wares, and merchandise prescribed in the within entry, now delivered by me to the collector of customs at the port of are truly intended to be transported in bond by me to the port of .......................... and delivered to the collector of said port, according to the provisions of law and the regulations of the Insular Collector. "................................ this ............... day of .............., 190 ..........., before me. "................................................, "Collector." One copy of said entry shall be forwarded immediately to the collector at the port of destination of the merchandise. Upon making such entry the collector shall take a bond from the importer in an amount equal to at least double the duties chargeable upon the goods, in the following form: "TRANSPORTATION BOND. "Know all men by these presents, that we, ......................... and ........................., as principals, and ........................ and ..........................., as sureties, are held and firmly bound unto the Government of the Philippine Islands in the sum of ....................... dollars, for the payment whereof to the Government of the Philippine Islands, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. "'Witness our hands and seals at the port of ........................ this ....................day of ....................., nineteen hundred and ....................... ""Whereas the merchandise described in the entry hereinafter referred to was heretofore imported into the Philippine Islands, at the port of ...........................; and whereas permission is desired, under the laws and regulations in such case made and provided, to transport the said merchandise to the port of .............................. without the previous payment of duties thereon; and whereas an entry thereof for (withdrawal from warehouse and) (warehouse and immediate) transportation in bond hath this day accordingly been filed with the collector of customs at the port of ........................, in which the said merchandise is described as follows: (here describe in accordance with entry), which said entry is numbered ............................ "Now, therefore, the condition of this obligation is such that if the above-bounden principals shall, within ...................... days from the dale hereof, transport or cause to be transported in ..................... (here name vessel or other conveyance, character, and so forth, and the route as designated on the entry), and shall, within the time herein specified, deliver the same to the collector at the said port of destination, and if due entry thereof shall be made for reward-housing, and if said principals shall also, within the time herein specified, produce to and deposit with the collector at the said port of withdrawal the certificate of the collector at the said port of destination that the said merchandise has been delivered to him according to law, and rewarehoused, and the duties thereon paid or secured, or, failing to do so, shall pay to the proper collecting officer of the Philippine Islands, at the said port of withdrawal, the amount of duties to be ascertained as due and owing on the merchandise aforesaid, and an additional duty of one hundred per centum, then this obligation to be void; otherwise it shall remain in full force. "............................................................. (SEAL.) "............................................................. (SEAL.) "............................................................. (SEAL.) "Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of: "............................................................. "............................................................."