Acts Punishable.
Section 2
SEC. 2. Acts Punishable.—The following acts shall constitute illegal trading in or illegal exportation of Philippine sugar, as the case may be: The sale, transfer, or assignment of sugar by any planter, producer, miller, central or refinery or any other person or entity engaged in the production of sugar in the Philippines to any person or entity other than the Philippine Exchange, Inc. and/or the Philippine National Bank. In this case, each of the parties to the transaction shall be liable and subject to the penalties herein provided. Loading or unloading sugar on board any vessel or aircraft at points other than ports of entry or sub-ports of entry designated in or pursuant to the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines. Loading sugar on board any vessel or aircraft for shipment to any point outside the jurisdiction of the Republic of the Philippines without an authority to load from the Bureau of Customs, after securing the corresponding export permits there for from the Sugar Quota Administration and the Central Bank of the Philippines. Loading sugar on board any vessel or aircraft for shipment to any point within the jurisdiction of the Re public of the Philippines without first furnishing the customs authorities at the port of departure a Notification duly executed under oath and containing the names and addresses of the shippers and the name, if any, type and registry number of the vessel or aircraft, the exact quantity of sugar to be shipped, and the port of destination: Provided, that it shall be the ministerial duty of the customs authorities to stamp and acknowledge receipt of such Notification, if duly accomplished, upon presentation of the same; Provided, that: a copy of such Notification, duly stamped as received by the customs authorities shall be kept and produced by the shipper or carrier of such sugar upon inspection by proper authorities in the course of shipment; and upon arrival at the port of destination, such copy of the Notification must have to be presented to the customs authorities thereat for inspection of the shipment: Provided, further, that: Loading sugar in excess by more than two hundred fifty kilos over the quantity stated in the Notification shall, to the extent of such excess, likewise be punishable under this paragraph. Failure of the sugar shipment to arrive at the port of destination within a reasonable time shall be considered prima facie evidence of the illegal trading or illegal exportation of such sugar. A disparity of more than two hundred fifty kilos between the quantity of sugar stated in the Notification and the actual quantity of sugar reaching the port of destination shall likewise be prima facie evidence of the illegal trading in or the illegal exportation of sugar to the extent of such disparity in quantity. In the cases of the offenses described in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) above, both the shipper of the sugar if he loads more than two hundred fifty kilos and the captain or patron or pilot of the vessel or aircraft on which more than two hundred fifty kilos of sugar is loaded shall be liable and be subject to the penalties herein provided. If the offense is committed by a juridical person or entity, the officers thereof who knowingly participated in the acts herein described shall be liable and be subject to the penalties herein provided. If the offender is an alien, he shall be deported after serving his sentence, without further proceedings.