[ Act No. 3555, November 23, 1929 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWELVE HUNDRED AND THREE AND ELEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same:

SECTION 1. Section twelve hundred and three of the Revised Administrative Code of nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby amended by adding thereto a subsection reading as follows:   

"(k) Every motor or steam vessel of more than fifteen gross tons but less than one hundred gross tons, operating for pleasure or any purpose other than the transportation of passengers or freight for hire or profit, shall be required to carry not less than one licensed navigator and one licensed engineer. Motor or steam vessels of fifteen gross tons or less shall be exempt from the provisions of this subsection subject to such conditions as the Insular Collector of Customs may require." 

SEC. 2. A new subsection (e) is hereby inserted in section eleven hundred and ninety-two of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven as amended by Act Numbered Thirty-four hundred and twenty-six reading as follows:    

"(e) Fourth motor engineer.—An applicant for certificate as fourth motor engineer shall be at least nineteen years of age at the time of filing his application and shall produce to the board satisfactory evidence, showing that he has served for at least five years, on a seagoing motor vessel as apprentice engineer, machinist, or oiler: Provided, however, That holders of bay, river and lake motor engineers' certificates who have had two years' experience as such, may apply for examination for fourth motor engineer's certificate even if they do not possess the qualifications stated above." 

SEC. 3. All laws or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed. 

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. 

Approved, November 23, 1929.

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