Section 9
SEC. 9. Any person who violates any provision of this Act or of any rule or regulation promulgated in accordance therewith or who purchases or otherwise acquires fertilizers and soil conditioners and/or selected seeds in violation of this Act, or who, being an officer or employee of the government, violates, abets, or tolerates the violation of any provision of this Act or of such rule and regulation, shall be punished by a fine of two thousand pesos and by imprisonment of one year. In case the offender is an officer or employee of the government, he shall, in addition, suffer the penalty of perpetual disqualification to hold public office.