than the Government. SECTION  1538 . Determination of Cause by Court of First Instance at Manila . — A cause removed to the Court of First Instance at Manila, as above contemplated, shall be deemed to be at issue upon the filing of the record therein and the giving of due notice  to the adverse party when the removal is effected by the Government. SECTION  1539 . Settlement of Cause by Payment of Fine or Redemption of Forfeited Property . — If, in any seizure case, the owner or agent shall, while the cause is yet before the collector of the district of seizure, pay to such collector the fine imposed by  him or, in case of forfeiture, shall pay the appraised value of the property, or if after removal of the cause, he shall pay to the Insular Collector the amount of the fine as finally determined by him or, in case of forfeiture, shall pay the appraised va lue of the property, such property shall be forthwith surrendered, and all liability which may or might attach to the property by virtue of the offense which was the occasion of the seizure and all liability which might have been incurred under any bond gi ven by the owner or agent in respect to such property shall thereupon be deemed to be discharged. Redemption of forfeited property shall not be allowed in any case where the importation is absolutely prohibited or where the surrender of the property to the person offering to redeem the same would be contrary to law. [Comp., 1690, 1691 ( b ).] SECTION  1540 . Right of Protest in such Cases . — Where payment is made or redemption effected as allowed under the preceding section, the party making payment or effecting the redemption may, if he desires to test the validity of the proceedings, make forma l protest at the time of making such payment or effecting such redemption, or within fifteen days thereafter, and make claim for the repayment of the whole or any part of the sum so paid by him, whereupon the proceedings shall take the same course as in or dinary cases of protest against customs duties and charges generally. [Comp., 1691 ( b ).] SECTION  1541 . Disposition of Cases Arising at Port of Manila . — In cases which arise at the port of Manila the rulings and decisions therein made by the Insular Collector in the exercise of the functions of collector of customs of the port, shall be remova ble immediately to the Court of First Instance in the city of Manila under the same conditions as cases which come to him for review from other ports; and the same provisions concerning the time and manner of the Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 449