(1) A person in charge of any vessel, vehicle or aircraft who without the permission in writing of the President first had and obtained knowingly takes on board or engages to take on board or has on board the vessel, vehicle or aircraft while it is within the Republic, any of the following persons (in this Act called "illegally enlisted persons") that is to say-

(a) a citizen who, within or without the Republic, has without the permission in writing of the President accepted or agreed to accept any commission or engagement in the military service of any other country;

(b) a citizen who, without the permission in writing of the President, is about to leave the Republic with intent to accept any commission or engagement in the military service of any other country;

(c) a citizen who has been induced to embark under a misrepresentation or false representation as to the service in which he is to be engaged with the intent that the person so induced may accept or agree to accept a commission or engagement in the military service of any other country,

is guilty of second degree felony.

 (2) All illegally enlisted persons shall, immediately on discovery of the offence, be taken from the vessel or aircraft and shall not be allowed to return to it.

(3) A vessel, vehicle or aircraft involved in the commission of an offence under this Act shall be detained until the trial, conviction or acquittal of the person in charge and until all penalties imposed on him have been paid and in any case where he is imprisoned the vessel, vehicle or aircraft shall be released to any person having a lawful claim thereto upon the payment of such sum of money as the court in sentencing the said person shall specify.