MEXICAK flSHERY LEGISUTION 



this tax is paid. In case of failure to do so, they will be responsible, together with the 

 person subject to the tax, for the unpaid tax and will be subject in addition, to the pay- 

 ment of a fine of from 100.00 to 10,000.00 pesos on each operation carried out. 



Article 12, The maritime amd border customs houses of the Republic, in order to permit 

 the exportation of the fishery products indicated in article 1 of this decree, must demand 

 that the invoice accompany the application for exportation and that such invoice contain the 

 "Fishery Products" stamps duly affixed and cancelled. 



Any customs employee who permits exportation of these products without compliance with 

 the aforementioned requirements will be fined 1,000.00 pesos for each exportation effected, 

 without prejudice to the other penalties corresponding to the case. 



Article 13. A subsidy equal to the total of the tax collected in accordance with the 

 terms of the preceding articles shall be granted to the cooperatives of regional fishermen 

 legally engaged in the exploitaticxi of the products to which the first article of this decree 

 r«fers, and forming part of the legally authorized Regional Federations of Cooperatives 

 registered by the Ministry of National Econoncr. 



Article H. The subsidy to irtiich the foregoing cirticle refers shall be paid by the 

 Ministry of Treasury and Public Credit, and charged to the corresponding items in the General 

 Expense Budget, 



Article 15. The cooperatives wishing to take advantage of the benefits granted them by 

 this decree must present to the corresponding Federal Treasury Office, through the Regional 

 Federation of Cooperatives to which they legally belong, an application stating their desire 

 to enjoy the subsidy in accordance with the provisions of this decree, and attaching to such 

 application: 



a) A copy of the authorization to operate, issued in their favor by the Ministry of 

 National Kconomy, duly registered in the National Cooperative Registry, leaving a copy of 

 such authorization in that Office. 



b) A copy of the minutes of the general meeting of the Federation of Cooperatives at 

 which the cooperative was admitted as a member, 



c) A copy of the minutes of the geneiMl meeting of the Federation, at which the Board 

 of Directors of the Federation in office at the time was appointed. Ihe same procedure 

 shall oe followed each time the board is renewed or any of its members removed. 



d) A communication signed by the Board of Directors of the Federation stating the 

 name of the person or persons authorized by the Federation to sign requisitions for stamps, 

 to authorize vouchers for the subsidy payable to the member production cooperative, and to 

 invoice the products obtained by the cooperative; giving the signatures of all these persons, 

 unless they register them personally in the proper Federal Treasixry Office. 



Article 16. VJhen the requirements indicated in the preceding article have been fulfilled, 

 the proper Federal Treasury Office shall deliver to the Federation of Cooperatives to which the 

 organization belongs, the stamps necessary for its operation, or shall return the sums which the 

 member cooperatives have paid to cover the exploitation tax, in return for a receipt covering 

 the amount of the subsidy returned to them. 



Article 17. For purposes of article 3 of this decree, those products delivered by the 

 fisheiy cooperatives to the Regional Federatisns of Cooperative Societies to which they legally 

 belong, to be sold in common by such Federations, shall not be considered as acquired by thiixi 

 parties , 



Article 18. TShen the products referred to in article 1 are captured under fishing permits 

 issued to cooperative societies of regional fishermen, they must be shipped from the places 

 mentioned, covered either by fishery certificates of origin issued by the proper authority, who 



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