November 3, 1948

FISHERIES ADMINISTRATIVE)
ORDER NO. 19-4 )

SUBJECT: Amending further Section 5 of Fisheries Administrative Order No. 19, as amended by Fisheries Administrative Orders Nos. 19-1. 19-2 and 19-3, and for other purposes.

SECTION 1. Section 5 of Fisheries Administrative Order No. 19 is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"Section 5. Inspection fee for marine mollusca shells and other marine or aquatic products. Exportation from the Philippines of shells of any species mentioned in Section 1 hereof or any other aquatic product or animal shall be unlawful unless such shipment or exportation is properly effected through the Bureau of Customs' house at a port of entry. No marine mollusca shells, shell wastes cores, trims, or other aquatic products or animals shall be accepted by the Bureau of Customs authorities for Shipment and exportation abroad unless the shipment is covered by a certificate of inspection issued by the representative of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources or the Bureau of Fisheries, or a deputy provincial treasurer. An application for such inspection, accompanied by the export entry for the marine or aquatic products or animals to be exported, shall be filed with the Bureau of Fisheries, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources or the nearest deputy provincial treasurer, at least three (3) days prior to the probable date of exportation: Provided, That if the shipment of shells, aquatic products or animals to be exported arrive from another Philippine port less than three (3) days before the date of exportation, the application' for exportation may be submitted immediately upon its arrival but in no case shall it be later than eleven o'clock in the morning (11 A.M.) of any working day: Provided, Further, That the Bureau of Fisheries shall not be responsible for any unavoidable delay in the inspection of such shells or aquatic products or animals for which the application is received less than three (3) days before the shipment is to leave. An inspection fee equivalent to five per cent (5%) of the declared value of the exportation shall be collected; also, that the fee for corals and shell in manufactured form for decorative purposes, including buttons shall be two per cent (2%) of the declared value. Inspected shells or other marine or aquatic products or animals shall be properly sealed or marked."

SECTION 2. All orders, regulations, circulars, and memoranda or parts thereof contrary to the provisions of this Fisheries Administrative Order, are hereby revoked.

SECTION 3. This Fisheries Administrative Order shall take effect sixty (60) days after its publication in the Official Gazette.

(SGD.) PLACIDO L. MAPA
Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources

RECOMMENDED BY:

(SGD.) D.V. VILLADOLID
Director of Fisheries