Customs Fees and Charges SECTION  1565 . Fixed Fees . — For acts done, services rendered, and documents issued by the Bureau of Customs, the following fixed fees shall be charged and collected, by requiring the affixture of documentary customs stamps in the proper amount to the instr ument which is the subject of the charge or other paper indicated as the proper recipient of the stamp and by the cancellation of such stamp in a manner to be prescribed by the Insular Collector; and no instrument or paper subject to such charge shall be i ssued or granted by any customs official until the proper stamp has been affixed and canceled: ( a ) For each certificate of Philippine register — 1. In case of a vessel of less than fifteen tons gross P2.50 2. In case of a vessel of from fifteen to five hundred tons gross 5.00 3. In case of a vessel of more than five hundred tons gross 10.00 ( b ) For each certificate of ownership: 1. In case of a vessel of fifteen tons gross or less 2.50 2. In case of a vessel of more than fifteen tons gross 5.00 ( c ) For each entrance from a foreign port 4.00 ( d ) For each clearance to a foreign port 4.00 ( e ) For each coastwise entrance or clearance (to be charged at ports of entry only): 1. In case of a vessel of from six to seventy-five tons net P0.50 2. In case of a vessel of more than seventy-five but not more than one hundred and twenty-five tons net 1.00 3. In case of a vessel of more than one hundred and twenty-five but not more Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 457