trade, subject to the regulative provisions of law applicable in particular cases. [1341-1.] SECTION  1358 . Vessels Eligible for Coastwise Trade . — The right to engage in the Philippine coastwise trade is limited to vessels carrying a certificate of Philippine register. [355-117, 133.] SECTION  1359 . License for Coastwise Trade . — All vessels engaging in the coastwise trade except boats of five tons gross or less must be duly licensed annually. [591-1; 1397-1.] SECTION  1360 . Philippine Coastwise Emblem . — Vessels engaged in the Philippine coastwise trade shall fly at the mainmast the Philippine coastwise emblem, consisting of a rectangular white flag with one blue and one red star ranged from staff to tip in the  horizontal median line. [520-6; 1738-1.] SECTION  1361 . Transportation of Passengers and Merchandise Between Philippine Ports . — Passengers shall not be received at one Philippine port for any other such port by a vessel not licensed for the coastwise trade, except upon special permission previous ly granted by the Insular Collector; and subject to the same qualification, merchandise embarked at a domestic port shall not be transported by water to any other port in the Islands, either directly or by way of a foreign port, or for any part of the voya ge, in any other vessel than one licensed for the coastwise trade. Passengers or merchandise arriving from abroad upon a foreign vessel may be carried by the same vessel through any port of entry to the port of destination in the Islands without change; and passengers departing from the Islands or merchandise intended for  export may be carried in a foreign vessel through a Philippine port without change. [355-139, 140.] SECTION  1362 . Clearance of Foreign Vessel to and from Coastwise Ports . — Upon such reasonable conditions as he may impose, the Insular Collector may clear foreign vessels for any open coastwise port and authorize the conveyance therein of either merchandis e or passengers brought from abroad upon Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 400