Jurisdiction and Control over Articles Stored in Regional Warehouse.
Section 6
SEC. 6. Jurisdiction and Control over Articles Stored in Regional Warehouse.— The provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Regional Collector of Customs shall exercise jurisdiction and supervision over all articles entering the Philippines destined for regional warehouses including the following: Supervise the receiving, handling, custody, entry, examination, classification, appraisal and delivery of articles destined for regional warehouses, causing all said articles to be entered at the customshouse and causing all such articles to be identified, classified and appraised in accordance with existing customs laws and regulations unless herein otherwise provided. Require the invoice to state the place from which the articles are shipped, the date when and the person to whom and he person by whom they are shipped; the port of entry to which he articles are destined a detailed description of the articles according to the terms of the heading or sub-headings, if especially mentioned in this Code; otherwise, the description must be in sufficient detail to enable the articles to be identified both the Tariff classification and statistical purposes, indicating their correct commodity description, in customary terms or commercial designation, including the grade or quality, numbers, marks or symbols under which they are sold by the seller or manufacturer, together with the marks and numbers of the packages in which the articles are packed; the quantities in the weight and measures of the country in the place from which the articles are shipped, and in the weights and measures used in the Code; the value of each articles in the unit of quantity in which the articles are usually bought and sold, in the currency in which the transactions are usually made, or, in the absence of such value, the price in such currency which the manufacturer, seller, shipper or owners would have received, or was willing to receive, for articles if sold in the ordinary course of trade and in the usual wholesale quantities in the country of exportation; all charges upon the articles itemized by name and amount when known to the seller or shipper; or all charges by name (e.g., insurance, freight, cases, containers, coverings and cost of packing) included in invoice prices when the amounts for such charges are unknown to the manufacturer or shipper. Authorize the immediate transfer of the entered articles to the regional warehouse where the examination, classification and appraisal of the articles pursuant to sub-section (a) hereof may be conducted.