False Statement of Vessel's or Aircraft's Destination.
Section 1417
SEC. 1417. False Statement of Vessel's or Aircraft's Destination. – When the master or pilot-in-command of a vessel or aircraft loaded with goods shall make a false statement as to the next destination of such vessel or aircraft when that information is required by a customs officer, the owner or operator of such vessel or aircraft shall be liable for a fine of not less than one hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00) but not more than three hundred thousand pesos (P300,000.00). The arrival of a vessel or aircraft at a different port other than the one it had been originally authorized and cleared for without having been impelled to do so by necessity, shall be prima facie proof that the original statement of the actual destination of the vessel or aircraft was false.