Section 44Executive Order No. 5427, of August 20, 1930 of the President of the United States, entitled "Waiver or Reduction of Application and Visa Fees for Nonimmigrants.", Sec./Art. 44

(a) If any vessel arriving at a port of the Philippines from a place outside thereof -

(1) Fails to submit to the immigration officials at the port of arrival the crew lists and passenger manifests and other information required by regulations issued under section thirty-two of this Act; or

(2) Fails to produce or satisfactorily account for every seaman or passenger whose name appears in such crew list or passenger manifest - the master, agent, owner, or consignee of the vessel shall be subject to a fine of fifty pesos in the case of each person concerning whom there is such failure.

(b) If any vessel arriving- at a port in the Philippines from a place outside thereof and having an alien on board -

(1) Fails to prevent the landing of such alien in the Philippines at any time or place other than as designated by the immigration officers; or

(2) Refuses or fails to pay the cost of maintenance and other costs, as required by section thirty-five of this Act, of such alien when temporarily removed from the vessel for examination by order of the immigration officers; or

(3) Refuses to receive such alien on board for removal from the Philippines if he is excluded, or to pay the cost of his removal if by another vessel, as required by section thirty-six of this Act; or

(4) Makes any charge against such alien for the cost referred to in clause (2) above, or for the cost of the removal of the alien from the Philippines if he is excluded, or takes any security from the alien for the payment of any such costs - the master, agent, owner or consignee of the vessel shall be subject to a fine of five hundred pesos for each and every violation of these provisions in the case of each person concerning whom there is such violation.

(c) Whenever the Commissioner of Immigration shall find that there has been a violation of any of the foregoing provisions of this section, the Collector of Customs shall collect the fine and may enforce its payment against the vessel in the same manner as fines are collected and enforced against vessels under the customs laws. The fines shall be deposited in the Philippine Treasury. No vessel shall be granted clearance pending the determination of the question of the liability to the payment of such fine or while the fine remains unpaid, except upon deposit with the Collector of Customs of security sufficient to cover the fine.

(d) No prosecution or proceeding for the enforcement of any penalty for any violation of the provisions of this section shall be instituted more than five years after the violation is committed.

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