Penalties.
Section 9
SEC. 9. Penalties.—The Bureau of Fiber Development and Inspection Service may cause the cancellation of the grading permit issued to a grading-baling establishment if it has been found that such establishment has not conducted its grading and baling operations in accordance with this Decree and the rules and regulations of the Bureau. The individual responsible for the violation of any of the provisions of this Decree, or any rules or regulations of the Bureau, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than six years nor more than ten years or by a line of not less than Five Thousand Pesos nor more than Fifteen Thousand Pesos, or by both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court. Whenever the violation is committed by a corporation, association, partnership or firms, the penalty shall be imposed on the president, partner, manager of principal officer thereof. If the offender is a naturalized citizen, he shall, in addition to the penalty prescribed herein, suffer the penalty of cancellation of his naturalization certificate and such registration in the civil registry and immediate deportation after serving completely his sentence. If the offender is an alien he shall, after serving completely his sentence, suffer an additional penalty of immediate deportation. If the offender is a public officer or employee, he shall in addition to the penalty of imprisonment and fine prescribed herein, be dismissed from office and perpetually disqualified from holding a public office.