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3. The rules so promulgated
shall also specify the bureau or office of the Department of
Agriculture
and Natural Resources, to which the duty of carrying out the purposes
of
this Act may be delegated by the Department Head; shall fix the fees
for
the collection of individual species or group of species of protected
wild
plants; and may be made applicable to the whole Philippine Islands or
any
specified locality or localities and may be continued in force
indefinitely
or for a given number of years or for any specified portion or portions
of each successive year.chan
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4. The Secretary of Agriculture
and Natural Resources is hereby empowered to issue licenses for the
collection,
possession, transportation, sale, or export of such protected wild
plants
as should be collected only by licensed collectors, upon payment of the
fees to be fixed in accordance with this Act. Such licenses shall
specify
the number and kind of plants which may be collected, and the
conditions
under which they may be kept or disposed of. The Secretary of
Agriculture
and Natural Resources may issue a special permit for the possession of
very rare specimens.chan
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5. A permit may be granted
by the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources free of charge to
any person of good repute of legal age, permitting the holder to
collect
specimens of protected wild plants for scientific or educational
purposes.
Such permits shall be in force for a period of one year only and shall
be subject to such conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture and
Natural
Resources may deem wise to impose for the proper carrying out of the
purposes
of this Act. Upon proof that the holder of such permit has taken,
killed
or destroyed any protected wild plant in whole or in part for other
than
a scientific or educational purpose, he shall be subject to the same
penalty
as if he had no permit.chan
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6. No license or permit
shall be granted under the provisions of this Act except to citizens of
the Philippine Islands or of the United States, or to associations or
corporations
that are duly registered or incorporated under the laws of the
Philippine
Islands or of the United States or of any State thereof and authorized
to transact business in the Philippine Islands and sixty-one per cent
of
whose capital stock or interest in said capital stock is owned wholly
by
citizens of the Philippine Islands or of the United States, or to
citizens
of countries the laws of which allow similar rights to citizens of the
Philippine Islands.chan
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7. The making of any false
statement upon the application blank for a collecting license or permit
shall subject the offender both to the forfeiture of his license or
permit
and to the other penalties hereinafter provided.chan
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8. The taking, collection,
destruction, or mutilation of orchids, ferns, and lycopods or club
mosses
and such other plants as may be designated by the Secretary of
Agriculture
and Natural Resources is prohibited within a distance of one hundred
meters
from any public highway or trail: Provided, however, That this
prohibition
shall not apply to the owner of land on which such plants may be found
or the duly authorized agent of the owner.chan
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9. Members of the Philippine
Constabulary; members of municipal and municipal district police, and
such
foresters, rangers and forest guards of the Bureau of Forestry;
botanists,
geologists, and field chemists of the Bureau of Science, public lands
inspectors,
special attorneys and surveyors of the Bureau of Lands; agronomists and
plant inspectors of the Bureau of Plant Industry, and other competent
persons
as may be designated in writing by the Secretary of Agriculture and
Natural
Resources, are hereby made deputy wardens of protected wild plants and
are hereby given full authority and directed to enforce the provisions
of this Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and to arrest
offenders
against the same.chan
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10. Any person, association
or corporation violating this Act or any order or regulation deriving
force
from its provisions shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not
less than ten pesos nor more than two hundred pesos, or by imprisonment
not to exceed thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the
discretion
of the court: Provided, That in the case of an association or
corporation,
the president or manager shall be directly responsible for the acts of
his employees or laborers if it is proven that the latter acted with
his
knowledge; otherwise the responsibility shall extend only as far as
fine
is concerned: Provided, further, That all plants gathered or collected
in violation of this Act shall be forfeited to the Government.chan
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11. This Act shall take
effect on its approval.chan
robles virtual law library:red Approved:
December 3, 1932.
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