Section 171
SEC. 171. Information to be given by manufacturers, importers, indentors, and wholesalers of any apparatus or mechanical contrivance specially for the manufacture of articles, subject to specific tax and importers, indentors, manufacturers or sellers of cigarette paper in bobbins, cigarette tipping paper or cigarette filter tips.—Manufacturers, indentors, wholesalers and importers of any apparatus or mechanical contrivance specifically for the manufacture of articles subject to specific tax shall before any such apparatus or mechanical contrivance is removed from the place of manufacture or from the customhouse, give written information to the Commissioner as to the nature and capacity of the same, the time when it is to be removed, and the place for which it is destined as well as the name of the person by whom it is to be used; and such apparatus or mechanical contrivance shall not be set up nor dismantled or transferred without a permit in writing from the Commissioner. A written permit from the Commissioner for importing, manufacturing or selling of cigarette paper in bobbins or rolls, cigarette tipping paper or cigarette filter tips is required before any person shall engage in the importation, manufacture, or sale of the said articles. No permit to sell said articles shall be granted unless the name and address of the prospective buyer is first submitted to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and approved by him. Records showing the stock of the said articles and the disposal thereof by sale to persons with their respective addresses as approved by the Commissioner shall be kept by the seller, and records showing stock of said articles and consumption thereof shall be kept by the buyer, subject to inspection by internal-revenue officers. It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his possession cigarette paper in bobbins or rolls, cigarette tipping paper or cigarette filter tips, without the corresponding authority therefor issued by the Commissioner. Any Person, importer, manufacturer of cigar and cigarette, who has in his or its stock cigarette paper in bobbins or rolls, cigarette tipping paper or cigarette filter tips and which are not supported by permit from the Commissioner shall be fined in an amount of not less than ten thousand pesos . and imprisoned for not less than five years.