Prohibition.
Section 49
SEC. 49. Prohibition.—It shall be prohibited and declared unlawful: (a) To transfer any concession or permit granted or issued under the provisions of this article, except to qualified persons, associations and corporations and with the consent of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources. (b) To fish, collect, or gather any sponges growing on the sea bottom or reefs within the boundary of a concession occupied by another person, and granted under the provisions of this article, or by a concessionaire outside the boundary of his concession. (c) To engage in the practice of "loading" or impregnating sponges with foreign substances of any sort or character whatever for the purpose of increasing the apparent weight of said sponges and thereby deceiving purchasers of said sponges as to their true weight. (d) To ship from or attempt to ship from the Philippine Islands any sponges taken from the waters except through the customhouse at one of the ports of entry of the Philippine Islands. (e) To possess Philippine commercial sponges unless holding a concession or permit in accordance with this article or a bill of sale traceable from a concessionaire. (f) To remove, deface, destroy, or in any way interfere with the location marks of any concession granted under the provisions of this article. (g) To possess undersized sponges, or sponges less than ten centimeters through any diameter. (h) To take from the waters of the Philippine Islands any commercial sponges by the use of any dredge or "gan-gara" except in waters of more than thirty fathoms in depth.