Section 4
SEC. 4. The Bureau of Fiber Inspection Service shall have the following powers, duties and functions: (a) To maintain and enforce a uniform and standard classification of abaca and other Philippine fibers intended for export; (b) To determine the official standards for the various commercial fibers that are or may hereafter be produced in commercial quantities in the Philippines for local consumption or for shipment abroad; (c) To securely keep at its main office the originals of all official standards prepared in suitable forms; (d) To prepare under its supervision specimens of different grades of fibers conforming to the original official standards to all authorized establishments, chambers of commerce, planters associations and other institutions or persons directly interested in the trade upon the payment in advance of the actual cost of said specimens by the requesting party; (e) To classify grading establishments based on the number of bales baled per annum; (f) To issue grading permits to persons who shall engage in grading and baling fibers after same shall prove that they possess the necessary qualifications to carry on the work and shall pay in advance an annual fee of one thousand pesos for first class, five hundred pesos for second class, two hundred fifty pesos for third class and one hundred pesos for fourth class establishments: Provided, however, That the Bureau of Fiber Inspection Service may cause the cancellation of said grading permit if it has been found that such establishment has not carried out its grading and baling work in accordance with law and the regulations of the Bureau of Fiber Inspection Service; (g) To maintain adequate apparatus or machinery for the accurate determination of color values in fibers subject to grading, as well as the breaking strength of such fibers through pull, doubling, abrasion, knotting and other forms of wear and tear. The Bureau may likewise carry on experiments and tests with a view to find other uses for the fiber for local manufacturers and home industry as a means to stabilize the market and insure more adequate returns for fiber producers; (h) To regulate and control grading and baling establishments ; (i) To organize, train and maintain an adequate force of inspectors in every locality where a grading establishment is located for the supervision and control of the grading and baling work; (j) To open and operate fiber inspection station in as many places as possible; (k) To compile and publish data on fiber balings and shipments by grade, districts of production and port of destination; (l) To make investigations] trips for the establishment of hemp markets abroad and to attend to important conferences on fibers and fiber supply; and (m) To prepare, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Industry, forms, instructions, rules and regulations in order to carry out its functions in accordance with this Act.