Unlawful Possession of Implements and Devices used by Forest Officers.
Section 76
SEC. 76. Unlawful Possession of Implements and Devices used by Forest Officers. — The penalty of prision correccional in its medium period and a fine of not less than one thousand (P1,000) pesos in addition to the confiscation of such implements and devices, and the automatic cancellation of the forestry permit, lease or license, if the offender is a holder thereof, shall be imposed upon any individual, corporation, partnership or association who shall, without authority from the Director or his authorized representative, cut, make, manufacture, or have in his possession any government marking hatchet or other marking implements, or any mark, poster, or other device officially used by officers of the Bureau for the marking or identification of timber or other products, or any duplicate, counterfeit, or imitation thereof, or make or apply a government mark on timber or any other forest products by means of any authentic or counterfeit government marking hatchet, implement, mark, poster or other device, or alter, deface, or remove government marks or signs from trees, logs, stumps, firewood or other forest products, or destroy, deface, remove, or disfigure any such mark, sign, poster or warning notices set by the Bureau to designate the boundaries of cutting areas, municipal or city forest or pasture, classified timberland, forest reserve, national park, to make any false mark or imitation of any mark or sign herein indicated: Provided, however, That if the offender is a corporation, partnership or association, the officers thereof shall be liable.