H. No. 146 / 46 OG No. 7, 2973 (July, 1950)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 465, June 09, 1950 ]

AN ACT TO STANDARDIZE THE EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION FEES CHARGED BY THE NATIONAL EXAMINING BOARDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:SECTION 1. Any provisions of existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding, every applicant for examination for the professions of physician, pharmacist, dentist, optometrist, certified public accountant, master mariner, chief mate, major patron, chief and second steam and motor engineers, architect, chemical engineer, civil engineer, professional and associate electrical engineers, professional mechanical engineer, mechanical plant engineer, mining engineer, veterinarian shall pay an examination fee of thirty-five pesos; for examination for nurse, second and third mates, minor patron, harbor, bay, river, and lake patron, third and fourth steam and motor engineers, bay, river, and lake motor engineers, assistant electrical engineer, junior mechanical engineer, master electrician, certified plant mechanic, and surveyors, twenty pesos; and for midwife, twenty pesos.SEC. 2. Every applicant for registration for any of the above-named professions who passed the corresponding examination, shall pay a registration fee of ten pesos: Provided, That an applicant for a certificate of proficiency in the practice of chemical engineering and for registration without examination as certified public accountant, Chinese druggist, nurse, midwife, architect, chemical engineer, civil engineer, professional electrical engineer, associate electrical engineer, assistant electrical engineer, master electrician, and mining engineer, shall pay a registration fee of fifty pesos; for registration as medical student and Red Cross aid social worker, five pesos; and for registration as apprentice in pharmacy, two pesos: Provided, further, That applicants for registration who qualified in the examination given prior to the approval of this Act, shall pay the corresponding registration fee heretofore prescribed.SEC. 3. Every practicing physician, pharmacist, dentist, optometrist, certified public accountant, master mariner, chief mate, major patron, chief and second steam motor engineers, architect, chemical engineer, civil engineer, professional and associate electrical engineers, professional mechanical engineer, mechanical plant engineer, mining engineer, and veterinarian shall pay an annual registration fee of two pesos; for nurse, second and third mates, minor patron, harbor, bay, river lake patron, third and fourth steam and motor engineer, junior mechanical engineer, master electrician, certified plant mechanic, and surveyor, one peso a year which shall be paid in advance not later than the fifteenth of November every year.SEC. 4. Every applicant for duplicate certificates of registration for the profession mentioned in section one of this Act, including Chinese druggist, shall pay a fee of ten pesos; for duplicate registration certificate as medical student, two pesos, and for apprentice in pharmacy, one peso.SEC. 5. All examination and registration fees shall be paid to the disbursing officer of the Bureau of Civil Service.SEC. 6. Each chairman and member of the Boards of Examiners, whether a government employee or not, shall receive as compensation a fee not exceeding ten pesos per capita of the candidates examined, even if the results of the examination shall have been released after the approval of this Act: Provided, That for each candidate examined or registered without examination, or the results of which shall have been released after this Act becomes effective, as midwife, master electrician, certified plant mechanic, druggist, harbor, bay, river, and lake patron and motor engineer, and for each candidate in the preliminary or final physician examination, each chairman and member shall receive a compensation not exceeding five pesos per candidate.SEC. 7. All laws, executive orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof, in conflict with the provisions of this Act shall be and are hereby repealed.SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.Approved, June 9, 1950.

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