Specific penalties.
Section 42
SEC 42. Specific penalties.— Any person engaging in air commerce without a permit issued by the Board as provided in this Act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand pesos or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court: Provided, That a person engaging in air commerce on the date of the approval of this Act may continue so to engage until such time as the Board shall pass upon an application for a permit for such service, which application must be filed, as provided in Chapter IV of this Act, within one hundred and twenty days after the approval of this Act. Any air carrier violating any of the terms, conditions or limitations contained in any permit or amendment thereto shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand pesos for each violation. Any air carrier violating any order, rule or regulation issued by the Board shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand pesos for each violation. The following acts shall subject any air carrier a fine not exceeding one thousand pesos for each offense: Discounts or rebates on authorized rates, fares and charges; Adopting rates, fares and charges which have been found or determined by the Board to be unjust, unreasonable, unduly preferential or unjustly discriminatory in a final order; or which have not been previously approved and authorized by the Board; Issuing any free pass, free tickets or free or reduced rates, fares or charges for passengers except to the following persons: (a) officers, agents, employees of the air carrier and their immediate families; (b) witnesses and attorneys attending any legal investigation into accidents or any legal investigation in which such air carrier is interested; (c) persons injured in aircraft accidents and physicians and nurses attending such persons; (d) members of the Board; (e) officers and personnel of the Civil Aeronautics Administration when traveling on official business upon the exhibition of their credentials; (f) Members of Congress of the Philippines; and (g) such other persons duly approved by the Board. Any person who operates any civil aircraft in violation of any rule, regulation or order issued by the Administrator relating to aeronautical safety standards or practices or procedures shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand pesos or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. Any person who, without the previous approval of the Civil Aeronautics Board, effects any consolidation, merger, purchase, lease, operating contract or acquisition and control between domestic air carriers, or between domestic air carriers and foreign air carriers, or between domestic air carriers and any person engaged in any phase of aeronautics shall be punished by a fine of five thousand pesos or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. No person shall use an unregistered aircraft eligible for registration under the provisions of this Act. Any person who operates such aircraft shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand pesos or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court. Any person serving in any capacity as an airman in connection with any civil aircraft without an airman certificate, or in violation of the terms of any such certificate or in excess of the rating of such certificate shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand pesos. The repetition of this offense shall be sufficient cause for the revocation of the airman's certificate. Any person who employs in connection with any civil aircraft used in air commerce an airman who does not have an airman's certificate authorizing him to serve in the capacity for which he is employed, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand pesos. A repetition of the offense shall be sufficient cause for revocation of the permit. Any person who operates any civil aircraft for which there is not currently in effect an airworthiness certificate or in violation of the terms of such certificate shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand pesos. The repetition of this offense shall be sufficient cause for the revocation of the permit. Any person who without previous approval and authorization of the Board, shall adopt, establish, maintain, change, revise, abandon, alter, amend, defer, reject, discontinue, suspend, or restore, any classification, rule or regulation, or practice affecting routes, itineraries, schedules, classifications, increase or decrease of frequency of flights, in any manner whatsoever, shall be punished by a fine of five thousand pesos. The repetition of such offense shall be sufficient cause for revocation of the permit. No person shall interfere, obstruct, hinder, or delay the Civil Aeronautics Board or any person duly delegated by the Board in the performance of its duties in the public interest. A fine not exceeding five thousand pesos shall be imposed upon anyone who: with intent to interfere with the performance of the duties of the Board or any person duly delegated by the Board, shall knowingly or willfully alter, falsify, mutilate any report, accounts, records, books, papers, contracts, agreements and all other documents; or shall knowingly and willfully fail or refuse: (a) to make and/or submit the books, contracts, tariffs, papers, agreements, reports and all other documents required to be submitted by him for consideration before the Administrator or his duly authorized representative or before the Board; or (6) to keep or preserve accounts, records, memoranda, books, reports, papers and all other documents required by the Administrator or his duly authorized representative, or by the Civil Aeronautics Board; or is guilty of misconduct in the presence of the Board or so near the same as to obstruct or interrupt the hearing or session or any proceedings before the Board and/or the Administrator or any representative duly authorized by them; or shall conduct himself in a rude or disorderly manner before the Administrator or his duly authorized representative or any member of the Board engaged in the discharge of official duty; or shall orally or in writing disrespectfully offend or insult any of the above-named bodies or persons on the occasion of or in the performance of their official duty or during any hearing, session, or investigation held by either the Board or Administrator or their duly designated representative; or refuses to be sworn in as a witness or to answer as such when lawfully required to do so: Provided, That the Board or the Administrator or their duly authorized representative shall, if necessary, be entitled to the assistance of the municipal police for the execution of any order to compel a witness to be present or to testify; or without lawful justification or excuse, hinders obstructs, or delays the Civil Aeronautics Board, the Administrator or their duly designated representative in the inspection or examination of the books and/or accounts of an air carrier for the purpose of ascertaining the correctness in any material particular of any report, papers documents, books, contracts, agreements and/or other documents .submitted by such air carrier, or for any other purpose deemed by the Board and/or the Civil Aeronautics Administration to be in accordance with the public interest; or neglects or refuses to attend and/or testify and/or to answer any lawful inquiry or to produce books, papers, or documents, if in his power to do so, in obedience to the subpoena or lawful requirement of the Civil Aeronautics Board or the Civil Aeronautics Administration; or testifies falsely or makes false affidavits or both before the Board or Civil Aeronautics Administration or any duly designated representative of either. No person shall interfere with air navigation. A fine not exceeding five thousand pesos or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court, shall be imposed upon any person who: with intent to interfere with air navigation within the Philippines, exhibits within the Philippines any light or signal at such place or in such manner that it is likely to be mistaken for a true light or signal established pursuant to this Act or for a true light or signal in connection with an airport or other air navigation facility; or after due warning by the Administrator, continues to maintain any misleading light or signal; or knowingly removes, extinguishes, or interferes with the operation of any true light or signal. Any person who shall knowingly and willfully forge, counterfeit, alter, or falsely make any certificate authorized to be issued under this Act or knowingly use or attempt to use any fraudulent certificate shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand pesos or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section, the manager, or general manager or business manager, or person in charge of the business of the firm corporation committing an unlawful act shall be held personally liable. The Administrator may file the necessary complaints for the imposition of the penalties provided by this Act.