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F. Sare Enterprises vs. Commissioner Of Customs

F. SARE ENTERPRISES, petitioner, vs. THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, respondent.

G.R. No. L-22263 | 1969-08-28

D E C I S I O N 


CASTRO, J.: 

The petitioner F. Sare Enterprises' importations of dried fish, smoked ham, pears, chestnuts, waternuts, dates, oranges, apples, and other foodstuffs from Hongkong, which arrived in Manila in December, l954 in three shipments, were seized by customs authorities for failure of the petitioner to present the corresponding Central Bank release certificates as required by Central Bank Circulars 44 and 45, and were subsequently delivered to it only upon its posting of three bonds in the amounts of P11,760, P11,455 and P10,344. 

After appropriate proceedings, the Collector of Customs on April 1,1955...