Section 11Sec./Art. 11

Penalties any person gathering precious or semi-precious corals without an awarded concession shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment of not less than sixty (60) days or more than six (6) years or a fine of not less than Six Thousand (P6,000.00) Pesos, or both at the discretion of the court.

Likewise, any person gathering, harvesting, collecting and/or exporting ordinary corals in violation of Section 5 hereof, or exporting precious and semi-precious corals in violation of Section 9 hereof, shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment of not less than thirty (30) days or more than three (3) years or a fine of not less than Three Thousand (P3,000.00) Pesos, or both at the discretion of the court: Provided, That the penalties herein prescribed shall be without prejudice to the confiscation by the Government of the corals illegally gathered together with the vessel, the gear and paraphernalia used therein. Confiscation shall also cover attempted illegal exportation of corals.