Application for licenses to take marine mollusca.
Section 25
SEC. 25. Application for licenses to take marine mollusca.—All applications for licenses to take marine mollusca or their shells shall be filed in triplicate with the official or chief of the bureau, office or service designated to carry out the provisions of this Act, who shall forward the original and duplicate copies thereof, together with his recommendation, to the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Licenses for taking marine mollusca, or the shells of such, shall be issued by the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, upon proof that the license fees herein prescribed have been duly paid: Provided, That the taking of marine mollusca without the use of boat, submarine dredge, rake or submarine armor, or the taking of marine mollusca whose shells have a value of less than twenty-five pesos per ton by any device whatever, shall be exempt from the payment of fees. The licenses issued hereunder shall run for the remainder of the calendar year following the date of issuance, and shall authorize the holder thereof to take marine mollusca in Philippine waters, subject to the provisions of this article and to such restrictions as may hereafter be established for the protection and conservation of marine mollusca.