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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 455 - AN
ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWO, AND TWO
THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND THREE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE |
Section 1.
Section two thousand seven hundred and two of the Revised
Administrative Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 2702. Unlawful importation of merchandise. — Any person who shall fraudulently or knowingly import or bring into the Philippines, or assist in so doing, any merchandise, contrary to law, or shall receive, conceal, buy, sell, or in any manner facilitate the transportation, concealment, or sale of such merchandise after importation, knowing the same to have been imported contrary to law, shall be punished by a fine of not less than six hundred pesos but not more than five thousand pesos and by imprisonment for not less than three months nor more than two years and, if the offender is an alien, he may be subject to deportation. "When, upon trial for a violation of this section, the defendant is shown to have or to have had possession of the merchandise in question, such possession shall be deemed sufficient evidence to authorize conviction, unless the defendant shall explain the possession to the satisfaction of the court." Sec. 2. Section two thousand seven hundred and
three of the Revised Administrative Code is hereby amended to read as
follows: Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval. Approved: June 8, 1950 |
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