or place to which the vessel is bound, such vessel shall be subject to the same fine as in the preceding paragraph provided. SECTION  1499 . Unauthorized Removal of Life-Saving Equipment . — When any life-saving equipment shall be removed from a Philippine vessel contrary to law or regulation, such vessel shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand pesos. SECTION  1500 . Unlading of Cargo Before Arrival at Port of Destination . — If, after the arrival of any vessel bound to the Philippine Islands from a foreign port within the limits of any collection district of the Philippine Islands, the master shall permit  any part of the cargo to be unladen before her arrival at her port of destination, and without authority from a proper customs officer, such vessel shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand pesos, unless the unlading was rendered necessary by str ess of weather, accident, or other necessity; and if due to necessity, the subsequent approval of the proper collector of customs must be obtained. [355-104.] SECTION  1501 . Unlading of Cargo at Improper Time or Place after Arrival.  — When any vessel, after arrival at her port of destination in the Philippine Islands, shall discharge cargo at any other time or place than such as shall be designated by the collect or of customs, such vessel shall be fined in a sum not exceeding two thousand pesos. [355-307.] SECTION  1502 . Failure to Produce Members of Crew . — When the master of a Philippine vessel returning from abroad shall fail to produce and have forthcoming, as by law required, all members of the crew listed in the vessel's shipping articles, the vessel sh all be fined in the sum not exceeding five hundred pesos for each member absent and unaccounted for. [355-112.] SECTION  1503 . Failure to Exhibit or Deposit Documents . — When the master of a vessel engaged in foreign trade fails to exhibit to the collector at the time of entry of his vessel the register, or other paper in lieu thereof, together with the clearance and  other papers granted by the customs officials to his vessel at the port of departure for the Philippine Islands, or fails to exhibit any certificate or other document required to be then exhibited, such vessel shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one tho usand pesos. 437 Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011