REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5701 - AN
ACT AMENDING SECTION FORTY-SIX OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED
THIRTEEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION ACT, AS AMENDED
Section 1. Section forty-six of Commonwealth Act Numbered Six
hundred thirteen, known as the Philippine Immigration Act, as amended
by Republic Acts Numbered One hundred forty-four and Eight hundred
twenty-seven, respectively, is further amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 46. Any individual who shall bring into or land
in the Philippines or conceal, harbor, employ, or give comfort to any
alien not duly admitted by any immigration officer or not lawfully
entitled to enter or reside within the Philippines under the terms of
the immigration laws, or attempts, conspires with, or aids another to
commit any such act, and any alien who enters the Philippines without
inspection and admission by the immigration officials, or obtains entry
into the Philippines by willful, false, or misleading representation or
willful concealment of a material fact, shall be guilty of an offense,
and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five thousand
pesos but not more than ten thousand pesos, imprisoned for not less
than five years but not more than ten years, and deported if he is an
alien. Dismissal by the employer before or after apprehension does not
relieve the employer of the offense.
"If the individual who brings into or lands in the Philippines or
conceals, harbors, employs, or gives comfort to any alien not duly
admitted by any immigration officer or not lawfully entitled to enter
or reside herein, or who attempts, conspires with or aids another to
commit any such act, is the pilot, master, agent, owner, consignee, or
any person in charge of the vessel or aircraft which brought the alien
into the Philippines from any place outside thereof, the fine imposed
under the first paragraph hereof shall constitute a lien against the
vessel or aircraft and may be enforced in the same manner as fines are
collected and enforced against vessels under the customs laws:
Provided, however, That if the court shall in its discretion consider
forfeiture to be justified by the circumstances of the case, it shall
order, in lieu of the fine imposed, the forfeiture of the vessel or
aircraft in favor of the Government, without prejudice to the
imposition of the penalty of imprisonment provided in the preceding
paragraph."
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: June 21,
1969.
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