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Act No. 653 Section 2

Section 2

SEC. 2. Section three hundred and forty-five of the Customs Administrative Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "SEC. 345. The Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago upon receiving such report of the collector, shall cause suit or prosecution to be commenced without delay for the fines, penalties, and other forfeitures by law in such cases provided in the Court of Customs Appeals, which court is hereby given jurisdiction to enforce the fines, penalties, and forfeitures against the persons upon whom the same were imposed by ordering imprisonment at hard labor of the guilty person until such fines, penalties, or forfeitures have been paid or otherwise lawfully satisfied. The sentence shall provide that, if the fine, penalty, or forfeiture is not paid, the imprisonment shall continue a sufficient number of days to pay the same, with lawful costs, at the rate of not less than twenty cents, in money of the United States, per day, for each day's imprisonment. The costs of prosecution shall be added to the fine, penalty, or forfeiture ordered. The rate to be allowed for each day's imprisonment shall be fixed by the court, in its judgment."

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CitationAct No. 653 Section 2 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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