Section 8
SEC. 8. Any person, association or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Act or regulation promulgated thereunder or shall without permit or license occupy any portion of the national parks, or shall in any manner destroy or damage the timber or other forest products or forest cover therein, or shall hunt, capture, kill or attempt to take, capture, or kill, wilfully disturb, or drive away any kind of birds, fish or mammals, or shall mutilate, deface or destroy objects of natural beauty or of scenic value within the national parks, except as otherwise provided in this Act, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred pesos or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court: Provided, however, That if the area is reforested or under reforestation, the Government may, in addition to the penalties herein prescribed, recover in a civil action double the actual damages sustained as determined by the value of the property destroyed and the detriment to the land and vegetation thereof: Provided, further, That in the case of a company or corporation, the president or manager shall be directly responsible for the acts of his employees or laborers if it is proved that the latter acted with his knowledge; otherwise, the responsibility shall extend only as far as fine is concerned: And provided, finally, That the court shall, upon conviction, order the eviction of the offender from the land and that all timber or other forest products collected or removed or any construction or improvement made thereon by the offender shall be forfeited to the Government.