RA 10863 Section 1420

Breaking of Lock or Fastening Placed by Customs Officers.

Section 1420

SEC. 1420. Breaking of Lock or Fastening Placed by Customs Officers. – If any lock or other fastening device placed by a customs officer upon any hatch door, or other means of communication in the hold of a vessel or aircraft, or other part thereof for the security of the same during the night time, is unlawfully opened, broken or removed, or if any of the goods contained in the hold or in the other compartments so secured is clandestinely abstracted and landed, the owner, operator, or agent of the 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).

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