Penalties.
Section 9
SEC. 9. Penalties.—Any person violating any provision of this Act or any of the rules and regulations promulgated under Section four hereof shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment of not less than five years nor more than ten years and fine of not less than five thousand pesos nor more than ten thousand pesos and, in addition, such violation shall ipso facto constitute a valid ground for the revocation of all privileges, permits and authorization granted to such person under this Act: Provided, however, That if the offender is a corporation, firm, partnership or association, the penalty shall be imposed upon the guilty officer or officers as the case may be of the corporation, firm or association, and if such guilty officer or officers be alien or aliens, in addition to the penalties herein pressed, he or they shall be deported without further prolongs on the part of the Deportation Board. Any officer or employee of the Government who by himself or through his agent, acting under his discretion and authority, shall connive, abet, or tolerate the violation of the provisions of this Act or any rules and regulations promulgated under Section four hereof or who fails to within thirty days any violation thereof to the fiscal or chief of police in the place where the Zone is located shall suffer the penalties prescribed in the preceding paragraph including perpetual disqualification to hold public office. The foregoing penalties shall be without prejudice to the assessment and collection of such taxes and duties as may be due on the foreign-made articles or merchandise which have been landed in the Zone and have not been reshipped to a foreign port at the time of the revocation of the authority of the offender to operate within the Zone. In the event such taxes and duties shall not for any reason be paid upon demand by the Collector of Customs of the port within whose collection district the Zone is located, the foreign-made articles or merchandise of the offender remaining within such Zone at the time of revocation of its authority to operate therein, including its physical plants, machinery and equipment therein, shall, after due notice and hearing, be forfeited in favor of the Government and may be disposed of by the Government in the manner and for such purpose as it may so desire.